Alone

I am person
I am alone
I am a person
who is alone
alone,
is who I am
freindless,
is why I am alone
weird
is why I am
freindless.
I am weird
is because
I am a writter.
I am not alone
because
I am a writter
because
all writer's
together
alone
am I not!
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Is this confusing?

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Leja
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Leja wrote a review · Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:03 pm

The punctuation is used incorrectly throughout (there are also multiple incorrectly spelled words; make sure you catch as many as you can yourself before posting). For this reason, mostly, it is rather confusing. Kitty pretty much caught it, but if you still need help, feel free to PM me.

Your ending contradicts the beginningt. This has been known to work on occasion, if the middle is developed properly (in prose, it is expected; though prose is not poetry, so maybe this aside isn't too relevent...), but here, the middle just repeats and rambles some. Take Claudette's advice and read some poetry to familiarize youself with structure and such. Still confused? PM me if you have questions. If I can't answer them, I'll find someone who can.

Good luck
-Amelia

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Emerson
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Emerson wrote a review · Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:12 pm

This had no punctuation, but the biggest problem was that the grammar is just not there. I think kitty covered most of this.

This poem needs some help. First person poems always have the problem of being stuck in themselves. Poetry needs to express, while having the reader feel at the same time.

My guess is you are new to poetry. I suggest you read some, even on the forum. Look at critiques, what is good, what is bad? Read poetry by Fand, incandescences, Firestarter, all there poems are very good. Reading poetry will help you understand what makes a good poem.

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Rydia
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Rydia wrote a review · Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:59 pm

A little and it's rather repetitve. Also, writer is spelt wrong and so is friendless. Let me see... Do you want it to make sense? If you do, here are some suggestions...

I am a person.
I am alone.
I am a person
who is alone.
Alone,
is who I am,
friendless,
is why I am alone.
I am weird,
that's
why I am
friendless.
I am weird
because I write.
But I am not alone
because
I am a writer
because
all writers
stand together
so alone
am I not!



Oh, Brightlord Tumul! How unexpected it is to see you standing there! I didn't mean to insult your stupidity. Really, it's quite spectacular and worthy of much praise.
— Wit (The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson)