The Stinging Tang

by Liminality

Published September 23, 2021

In Poetry (2021)

- the stinging tang

- the wafting breeze

- the jangle of [. . .]

- [. . . ] the motor keys

- the car at home

- the headlights on

- the night in Rome

- the night is gone

- the heavy feet

- the heady breath

- the musty sheet

- the waking death

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creeperfeverdreams wrote a review Review · Sep 23, 2021

Cool poem! I believe this is about leaving and the scent of home never leaving you.My favorite parts in the poem were these lines:”The night is gone” and “the waking death” Both are simple sentences but have meaning behind them.They talk about leaving behind something dear,like home.I enjoyed reading this.Nice Job and have a good day!

Thanks for the review! I enjoyed reading your interpretation of this piece. :D

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HikariHateke wrote a review Review · Sep 23, 2021

Hello Hikari here with a review! Let's get right into it.

I'm not entirely sure what the [. . .] meant but I liked the rest of the poem!

The last Line was powerful wasn't expected it. And I like the ryhmes you had in here.


{the night in Rome

- the night is gone}

I also really like these two lines!

It was a good poem, kudos! ♥

Thanks for the review! I used [. . .] to add a sort of pause/ anticipatory effect there, but it doesn't really have a particular meaning. I might remove it if I revise this poem.

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HikariHateke commented Comment · Sep 23, 2021



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