True Beauties

by ForeverRebel

Published July 6, 2013

E - Everyone

In Poetry

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Flowers never miss

a beat, always knowing when

to make their debut.

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arianaSarroyo
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arianaSarroyo wrote a review Review · Jul 29, 2013

I liked this but this was REALLY short! This was a lovely meaningful piece, but I would have loved to have read more. You seemed to have just ended it for no reason. Therefore I don't really have any critiquing to do, that does not involve the length. But this was a good read though. I hope that you do considering lengthening this and I hope to read more from you soon.

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Rook
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Rook wrote a review Review · Jul 29, 2013

wow, this was an amazing haiku! You really packed meaning into those few words.
-I'm glad you got the syllables right, because some people have no idea how to make a haiku.
-This had a great message. The quiet reassurance that beautiful things will happen right when you need it. and that you represented beauty with flowers witch is nice because all flowers are different.
like Blackwood said, the subtlety in this is beautiful.
I haven't seen a lot of haikus that are just one sentence, but I think this works well.
Great job, I loved this, and its deeper meaning.
Keep writing, you have talent.
~Fortis

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Blackwood
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Blackwood wrote a review Review · Jul 28, 2013

The thing I like the most about this is it's subtleness. Through the use of so few words you can convey a sense of so many. From this poem I immidiately get the idea of nature always prevailing. Nature knowing best. The great thing about slight worded poems is that they can also be metaphors. Open to reader interpretation.
I want to review you but I feel like this poem can not take any critisism so instead I leave you some advise for next time.
When writing haikus be careful with line breaks. Linebreaks can make or break the poem. Because these types are so syllable dependant whatever you put on te second line is going to be The second line even if there was a linebreaks. Personally for me this poem cuts it, but just. I think this is because you put the word 'a' a very insignificant word, on the new line. It works well in the end but just be wary.

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Vervain
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Vervain wrote a review Review · Jul 28, 2013

I've never been very good at reviewing haiku, so forgive me.

This is possibly one of my favourite haiku, due to the symbolism that I infer from it. I'm not going to shove my symbolism down your throat, but I find it very open to interpretation, which is definitely a good thing, because shoving symbolism down your readers' throats has, for some reason, come into style (or perhaps it's just because I'm looking at other poetry with a more critical eye).

Most haiku I find can be somewhat stilted, because the style was originally meant to be written in Japanese, where a lot more can come across in seventeen syllables than it can in English, but this comes off wonderfully - and very fluid!

I must congratulate you; I think it's become rare for me not to find much to critique in something like this. Very nice, and I hope to see more from you!

Killyouwithwords commented Comment · Jul 28, 2013

Very good, but really short. It says a lot in one sentence, however do you mean to add more to it because I would love that! Keep writing!!

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Legibletext commented Comment · Jul 7, 2013

This says a lot in one sentence. This is very much genius material. Perhaps I am exaggerating but this little haiku piece utterly stunned me. Good on you for posting such a masterpiece.

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StoryWeaver13
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StoryWeaver13 wrote a review Review · Jul 7, 2013

Hey there, Rebel! Well I have to say, I've never been a huge haiku person, but this was very well-done. I think that haikus have a tendency to show off a poet's ability to say a lot with a little, and you certainly succeeded. It was quick and clever, and I have nothing bad to say.

Keep writing, and best wishes. xxx

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deleted12
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deleted12 wrote a review Review · Jul 7, 2013

Hi Deleted12 here for a quick review! ;)I liked this Haiku poem!

When I tried to do them-they were kinda hard to do (for me) but this one is a very nice one!

It's cool that the poem was about nature, and not very many people write those so It was cool to read another one!

I think that my favorite part was the: [Always knowing when...]

Because it seemed to give the flowers more personality, ya know??

Well, that was a nice poem and hope to see more soon! ;) -De12

Thank you so much! (: I actually wrote it a few months ago when my class was studying poems in Literature. I have another haiku that I might post about memories.



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