Glass Eyes

by GingerLizzy

Published February 26, 2008

Just something a little different that I thought of in the spur of the moment. Suggestions are, of course, welcome so keep 'em coming. See if you can guess what the poem is about. :shock:

I watch you in the dead of night,
With eyes that shine with pure delight;
Or is it all simple insight
For me to watch your tragic plight,
Would sure bring screams of ample fright.

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oneeyedunicornhunter commented Comment · Apr 24, 2008

ahhh i love riddles...

but i have absolutely no idea what the answer to this one is.

Cold And Broken Halleluja wrote a review Review · Apr 24, 2008

Line three seems to just... throw it off a little, yes? It's a bit shorter than the others. I think you should make the poem as a whole a bit longer; you know, for those of us who can't guess what the speaker is... well, speaking about.

I guess... something dark. Vampire? *has vampires on the brain*

Loved it. I can't write mysterious poetry. It's just like, here's what happened... blah... blah. I awknowledge your wonderous talent. :)

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CK Lynn
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CK Lynn commented Comment · Apr 24, 2008

The ryhme didn't work for me. Other than that, I really liked it. Please, expand! This theme deserves a longer poem!

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Rjjr_vectra
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Rjjr_vectra commented Comment · Feb 27, 2008

Um, elaborate.

Right now, it's x, an abstract variable. Make it tangible. Please. You've got something good here.

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omgafilangi
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omgafilangi commented Comment · Feb 27, 2008

Ummm....traffic lights? Its a lame guess but it's all I got at the moment, my brain is kind of mush from algebra.

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shanan-cat
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shanan-cat commented Comment · Feb 26, 2008

I liked it. Reminded me of a song that has zip to it.
It was a fun little poem, but I couldn't guess what it was, sorry. Maybe the moon?
shanan-cat

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summergrl13
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summergrl13 commented Comment · Feb 26, 2008

It's a fun little poem but that's just it; it's little and too short for me.

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Alainna
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Alainna wrote a review Review · Feb 26, 2008

This was very cute. I actually though the continuing rhyme worked.

- Line three was a bit odd and I really think it makes very little sense. Consider something else?

- It was very short. It looked a bit like a Haiku rather than a poem so try to lengthen it?

Was it about some sort of creature of the night? A vampire or werewolf?

Alainna
xx

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kokobeans
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kokobeans commented Comment · Feb 26, 2008

As a poem this is a little short, and personally I think continuous rhyme gets slightly annoying.

As a riddle I like this... though I still haven't worked out what it's about...

*Thinking hard*

I'm intrigued.



The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch