<3 Lovely poem Omni, I like the extended metaphor with spoons - I know my brain thought it was slightly poetic the first time I heard the phrase "low on spoons" and I think your piece can help people understand the feelings a bit more from a personal and poetic lens.
The stanza that really struck me was the one about spoons being handed down from a mother. By speaking through a metaphor there you are able to talk into something that a lot of people probably find to be a very difficult subject, and I like the different ways that can be interpreted too of either passed down biologically, through memories, or shared trauma or experiences.
2nd to last stanza "fro" should be -> "for"
The one stanza I didn't quite mesh with was the "blueprint" one -> I think the construction metaphor should be a bit more developed if used, or else it sort of mixes these cooking/ construction images in ways that fight rather than build together.
Your choice to have lots of end-line punctuation made me read this more deliberately / slowly, and I think was fitting for this piece, I also think the lack of caps made sense for the mood of the poem.
Overall, an impactful poem that comes across as sincere and filled with brooding and emotion. Thank you for sharing about a perhaps difficult subject.
-alliyah
Points: 144000
Reviews: 1228
Donate