by PinkPanther

Published April 10, 2011

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inkwell
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inkwell wrote a review Review · Apr 10, 2011

PinkPanther wrote:Grass is prickling at my feet,
my thoughts are restless in the heat.
I want to be the rushing creek Punctuation at end of line needed, or make the following "w' lower case.
Without a care of what I seek... Lose the ellipses here and elsewhere, unless absolutely necessary, they're weak. If done well, the words speak for themselves.

I want to be the golden sunshine
bathing in the crystal water... I actually like how this is reversed. Normally I'd think of the water bathing in the light.
Not a distance-loving daughter
who pretends to be an einstein.

I want to be a silver fish,
Who can swim without a leash... Lower case "w" to be consistent with first stanza.
Or better yet- a grizzlie bear!
Who would touch me? Who would dare!?

This stanza gives the impression of a children's story. If that's what you're trying to create than well done. Otherwise tone it down a bit.

Yet G-d has put me where I am,
a species full of hate and sling. Make "sling" plural.
But I can laugh and love and sing Punctuation at end of line.
I don't have to be like them.


Nice poem! It's a little inconsistent with format and tone, making it a little weird to read. The lines about being a daughter who pretends to be einstein felt random at best. I'm also confused by your censoring of "God." Just a little distracting in my opinion. I like the poem though, for what it is though. And by your own admission it is a little "juvenile."
The last stanza is strong and positive, and, if not surprising in subject, surprising in delivery.

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BehindtheMask
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BehindtheMask wrote a review Review · Apr 10, 2011

Hello PinkPanther. I liked it, I enjoy those "expressing individuality" type support groups/poems/songs, etc. They're all sweet and stuff.

Okay, first of all, the rhyme scheme was unorganized and sloppy. For example, in the first stanza you have a strict pattern;

Grass is prickling at my feet, (A)
my thoughts are restless in the heat. (A)
I want to be the rushing creek (B)
Without a care of what I seek... (B)



But then here in the second stanza you break that already:

I want to be the golden sunshine (C)
bathing in the crystal water... (D) I also think the ellipsis is unnecessary.
Not a distance-loving daughter (D)
who pretends to be an einstein. (C)


And again, in the third, it's different:

I want to be a silver fish, (E)
Who can swim without a leash... (F) Again I think the ellipsis is unneeded.
Or better yet- a grizzlie bear! (G)
Who would touch me? Who would dare!? (G)


Okay, so the point is if you want to keep a constant flow in your poetry if you're rhyming, you should always have a rhyme scheme. Otherwise it seems unorganized. For instance, in a Couplet there are two-line stanzas and each stanza has a simple AA, BB pattern.

Besides the distracting ". . ."'s and the uneven rhyme flow, I thought this was very cute. :)

~BTM

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Soulkana
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Soulkana commented Comment · Apr 10, 2011

I truly loved this poem ^^ Hope to see more from you!! Good luck and Happy Writing!!!!!!!!!!
Soulkana<3



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