She sleeps soundly under starry skies

by Maverick

Published July 2, 2015

In Poetry n' stuff

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Sweet
mornings
(dewy, bright)
began with your
temperate sneezes
and little wrinkled nose.
Rather than roasted coffee
to wake up, I snuck short glances
with squinted eyes, your sultry figure
shining strongly like afternoon sunshine.
Even as your blushing cheeks grew pallid,
that blanched face was roseate under
the hued skies of setting daylight.
I should have tasted one last
succulent kiss from your
sighing, rosebud lips
before the night
swept in and
stole your
breath.

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plathonstone
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plathonstone wrote a review Review · Jul 2, 2015

I loved the format and structure of this poem! its almost like a shape poem but without literally writing about (what I think looks like) a mountain, the poem feels like almost a journey with the morning being at the beginning and then a sort of (i'm not sure if climax is the right word but something along the lines of a change) that allows the poem to descend down like a story but it does not lose the power it has over the reader.
I like how it makes me feel I'm being taken through a beautiful day/date.

elitemaster030 wrote a review Review · Jul 2, 2015

Hi, First I would just like to say that I admire your choice of formatting. Most people just like putting a poem in paragraphs, aligned to the right of the page, very bland and dull. But whenever people experiment and utilize structure like this and layouts, it really conveys the poem itself. The fact that your format is like a mountain when you look at it on the side, it makes me think of the central line is the turning point of the poem, the start about tension and the ending about closing the poem.

This poem is beautiful in that you described everything in a way which shows how the narrator feels about the subject of the poem. One of the best things about poetry is that you can express emotion in a way that doesn't have to follow a linear structure or pattern, and I love that you have done this with this poem.

If I could offer you any advice for the future, keep using different formats. It really changes the piece, even if people dont always look for it.

Thanks for the review! Your are dead on about using the middle as a turning point. As I told the other reviewer, if you don't already know, the formatting is a double Etheree! :)

Ack *you're, forgive me

Double ack, *you... You know what? I give up *runs away*

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roeckercody
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roeckercody wrote a review Review · Jul 2, 2015

Thank you for this beautiful piece. I admire the formatting for the piece because I think it is simply elegant.

I like what this has to offer. I get the love that this person feels and you convey it well through the way you spin your words.

I appreciate the vocabulary you have, because it makes it feel more advanced. It's a simple concept that has been very amped up and I like that.

"I should have tasted one last succulent kiss"
I really enjoy that due to the regret that is being expressed for not doing something. It is very real to humanity. Lots of regrets. We need to learn to jump out of that shell of regretting constantly.

I really enjoy this piece.
I cannot wait to see more in the future!
Keep up the great work and Continue Writing!
- Cody

Thanks for the review, I%u2019m glad you enjoyed it!
If you find the formatting elegant, it%u2019s actually a double Etheree, which means the syllable count on each line goes:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
It%u2019s a cool structure, and I thought I%u2019d just mention it :)

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emilyhaller23
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emilyhaller23 wrote a review Review · Jul 2, 2015

Let me just open by saying one thing; "wow." Your writing is absolutely beautiful. I deeply admire your ability to evoke deep emotion through words as you write. This piece is amazing, and there's nothing I'd change about it. Normally I'd be offering advice on how to possibly improve the piece of writing that I'd be reviewing, but here there is an exception. I have no advice for you. I know that's unhelpful, since praise in no way improves writing, but this piece requires no improvement.

Happy writing :)
-Emily

Thank you very much for the review! :)



I wondered why we put villains in our stories when we have plenty of them in real life; then I realized that maybe we wanted stories where the good guy wins.
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