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Look at a Swan

by Rainn


 

I look at a mirror,
My reflection I see.
I look at the sky,
Bird swoop joyfully.
I look at the trees,
Swaying by and by.

I glance at the moon,
Shining bright in the night,
I  chance at a star,
Gleaming so bright,
Yet seeing a swan,
So full of light.
Gives strength to the lonly's fright.

She swims so smooth,
Not barely a ripple,
Moving with grace,
with beauty.
When I'm looking,
And when I'm seeing,
I am always calm and content.
So when I'm mad,
I should be glad,
For I see a Swan.

With feather so white,
Her beak is so clean.
With heart as pure,
as a fresh water spring.

I dare when your down,
I dare when your mad,

I dare when you frown,
I dare when your sad,

Just to peek,
Just to glance,
Just to see,
The Swan.


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Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:35 am
Rainn says...



Thank you all for the wonderful reviews!




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Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:24 am
rosereader6 says...



Hi Rainn,

I like this piece a lot! It's a nice sweet poem that was very enjoyable to read. I like the concept of putting the thing or object the poem was about at the end. Usually, putting the object at the end gives the reader a clear message of what you were trying to say throughout the poem. I am not too specific with grammar, and nothing really stood out to me that was anything real major. Awesome poem!




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the only thing I saw was here,

She swims so smooth,
Not barely a ripple,
Moving with grace,
with beauty.
When I'm looking,
And when I'm seeing,
I am always calm and content.
So when I'm mad,
I should be glad,
Fore I see a Swan.

you spelled for with a E.




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Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:53 pm
Rainn says...



Okay all, I edited it. I changed some things to flow better. Let me know what you think!




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Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:39 am
phantomwriterjoe wrote a review...



Hello,

I like this poem. It's sweet. Some of the rhymes are quite nice. The last stanza doesn't flow quite as well as the rest of the poem though. It's just slightly off, however, so there isn't much work that needs to be done to fix it.

On another note; how exactly are you lucky enough to see a swan enough to know how nice seeing one makes you feel? I can't even remember the last time I saw a swan ^_^ Swan's are also the bird of love, btw, because they find one mate and mate with that single bird their whole life.

You also wrote "Bird" when I think you meant "Birds" plural. I'm a swan fan too! Keep up the good work :)




Rainn says...


Okay, I'll take a look.
Well, to tell you the truth, I have only ever seen a swan in the wild once. That was when I went to Grand Isle, LA.
I have seen many in LA's Zoo, but it was amazing the difference between captive and wild.



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My edits are in parenthesis :)
"I look at a mirror,
My reflection I see.
I look at the sky,
Bird swoop joyfuly. (joyfully)
I look at the trees,
Swaying by and by.

I glance at the moon,
Shining bright in the sky,
I take chance at a star,
Gleaming in the night,
But when I look at a swan,
Grace is all I see.
(This stanza seems different because it doesn't go along with the rhyming pattern you had in the first stanza)

Swiming so smooth,
Not barely a ripple,
Moving so gracefuly, (gracefully)
so beautifuly. (beautifully)
When I look at them,
When I see them,
I'm always calm and content.
So when I'm mad,
I'll take a peek,
At the swan. ( At a swan)

Her feather so white, (With feathers so white)
Her beak so clean,
Her heart as pure,
as a freash water spring. (fresh)

So when you're down,
When you're sad,
When you're mad,
Or even furious,
Just take a look,
Take a peek,
Or take a glance,
At a swan."

Overall I enjoyed this poem and the theme. But I suggest you either make the rest of the poem with a rhyming pattern or you change the first stanza. Also all my edits are just suggestions and this is a complete review because I'm not sure what you want to change. If you love your poem just the way it is then you shouldn't change it in any way because it's yours but if you are open to changes I suggest editing this piece. Thanks for posting I really did enjoy this, good job!
P.S- if you want me to do a complete review message me and I'll be glad to.




Rainn says...


Yeah, I wrote this a while ago...Still had spelling issues. ;)
I will take your suggestions to mind, I like to try and make what I can better.



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senzafine wrote a review...



Hi,

I think this is your method to relieve.

The flow is quite smooth and relaxing. Love it. :)




Rainn says...


Thank you :)




"You, who have all the passion for life that I have not? You, who can love and hate with a violence impossible to me? Why you are as elemental as fire and wind and wild things..."
— Gone With the Wind