Dusk and Dawn

by Explosive_Pen

Published February 19, 2009

In Poetry

A/N: So this a poem I wrote for my best friend (*ahem* fluteluvr77). Go and tell her how epically amazing she is. :D
Now, onto the poem:



We bonded over chocolate
And love and silly boys.
We laughed about history
And birds and algebra.
She's bubbly and spontaneous,
Outgoing, an adventurer.
While I may be early morning
And she the image of dusk,
We're as alike as two people
Can be without bickering
Indecently too much.
I am like a turtle,
Hiding in my shell.
But she pulls me out
And pulls me through.
And when we act like owls,
Staying up all night,
I know she won't let me fall asleep,
Because where's the fun in that?

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coborski
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coborski wrote a review Review · Jan 13, 2011

This could be the biography of my best friend and I; I am so timid and she is sooooo outgoing. I<3this.

You should really work on your rhythm though. Your concept was impeccable; I could really feel what you were saying but If I read this allowed it would sound like a paragraph. This is a piece of advice a friend gave me a wile ago that I think you might benefit from:

"Poetry is singing for the tone def. It should sound musical even if your reading it."

thedelphinater wrote a review Review · Feb 22, 2009

HIII!!!!!!! Ahem, sorry about that, loopy on cold medicine. Anyway, this was pretty good, but I definitely agree with Claeren on the whole rhythm and flow thing. I too was sitting there trying to come up with something in my head. I mean, I know you like to be all Little Miss Freestyle/Creative Poetry, but you still need to have some sort of something to have it make sense. Nice imagery, but there's little of it. Quoth you, "Show, don't tell and all that." :P

Angels-Symphony wrote a review Review · Feb 22, 2009

Explosive_Pen wrote:A/N: So this a poem I wrote for my best friend (*ahem* fluteluvr77). Go and tell her how epically amazing she is. :D
Now, onto the poem:



We bonded over chocolate
And love and silly boys.
We laughed about history
And birds and algebra.
She's bubbly and spontaneous,
Outgoing, an adventurer.
While I may be early morning
And she the image of dusk,
We're as alike as two people
Can be without bickering
Indecently too much.
I am like a turtle,
Hiding in my shell.
But she pulls me out
And pulls me through.
And when we act like owls,
Staying up all night,
I know she won't let me fall asleep,
Because where's the fun in that?


Hi explosive, Shina here ^^ I liked the idea here. It definitely surfaced. Umm, about the flow of this poem, there's a lot of words that ruin the flow. Some parts of the poem are kind of bumpy if you know what I mean. It's a really nice poem, but I think you can use some better words.

I'm in a rush, so I leave with that.

~shina

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Claeren
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Claeren wrote a review Review · Feb 20, 2009

This is a really well written piece and since I'm in a good mood, I'll tell it to you as it is:

1. Where's the rhythm? I couldn't get the beat to work in my head, so could you please direct me in the right direction? If you can't, then I think there's something wrong there...

2. The flow of the poem kinda threw me off. Like:

While I may be early morning

And she the image of dusk,


It just didn't flow well up in the brain for me, ya' know? Maybe you could try some different wording?


Other than that, I can't really find anything wrong here, and you seem to have corrected your spelling mistakes... Great job writing this, I really enjoyed reading it!

Happy writing!

==> Claeren (call me Claery)

P.S. You two should gang together over at Double Trouble Writing huddle and start putting some major work together...I'm sure it'd be awesome! (I'm planning on joining the group, so I hope to see you there!)

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ballerina13
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ballerina13 commented Comment · Feb 20, 2009

This is a very well written piece. I very much enjoyed it! It really shows how true friends act and care for each other. Well done! *Gold Star*

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EmmaJ
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EmmaJ commented Comment · Feb 19, 2009

Oh that was lovely, reminds me of my best friend. :) well done.

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fluteluvr77
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fluteluvr77 commented Comment · Feb 19, 2009

Twin, you know I can't spell! But tsktsk, you STILL haven't edited the epically...

fluteluvr77<3

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Explosive_Pen
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Explosive_Pen commented Comment · Feb 19, 2009

Haha, Twin. I fixed it.
But gasp! You spelled "usual" wrong! One l, not two! Tsk tsk. xD
But you know I love ya, and yes, you should feel very special. :D

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fluteluvr77
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fluteluvr77 wrote a review Review · Feb 19, 2009

Yay! I feel special now :D ...
But, twin! You spelled epically wrong!! And, outgoing is one word...no hyphen there...Tsk, tsk...:P, whoa you're right! I do sound like Em...Oh well!
Gold Star..as usuall...

fluteluvr77<3



"In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls -- with the great outside world."
— Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery