Cosmic Eulogy

by RoyalHighness

Published May 4, 2015

E - Everyone

In All My Poetry

your love

echoes

like the light of

a dying

star;

it goes on

eternally,

even after

death.

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rainforest
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rainforest commented Comment · May 31, 2015

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rainforest wrote a review Review · May 31, 2015

Nice!

CaptainSalty here with a review!

I particularly liked this poem because of concept. Its very romantic in a simple poem. It also adds the metaphor of a galaxy. The simplicity of it makes it just very interesting a powerful.

I like how you titled it "Cosmic Eulogy" because a eulogy is basically about someone or something that has deceased. Also, I do love the simplistic shortness of this, but I would maybe lengthen it to make it a little more elaborate. Also, as Dreamwalker said, this is a static imagery poem, and I would possibly expand beyond more forms of poetry.

Otherwise, I really like it! I do indeed would enjoy to see more of your works. Don't give up and always write, RoyalHighness!

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sagnik commented Comment · May 31, 2015

is not this a very short poem to be published or to be reviewed. the line which u wrote is good stays that love is like glittering stars which are internal in the sky pesonified as ur emotion. then u say that it goes itenally. what does last line mean. you had startted with a brilliant idea but had lost it in a way. ur sentence gapng cant make the poem long. u should actually use words to enlongate ur poem.

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Dreamwalker wrote a review Review · May 5, 2015

And there's that space imagery making its way out of your work again, I see!

Short poetry is and can be the powerhouse of poetry. It strikes quick and usually forces a blow enough to stun the reader. In this particular case, you just skimmed that. Just.

I love the message. It rings true in a lot of ways and can translate out to pretty well anyone who reads it. There is power in simplicity. And there is quite a bit of power in this as well, which I particularly appreciate.

The one thing that I will say is, much like the last poem, you do stick to very static imagery. Very basic topics that don't really span outside of their regular wheelhouse. In more fiction that I can even imagine we have love compared to the stars, or stripping oneself of someone else as washing yourself clean of them. These pieces of imagery are nothing new to us and, because of it, it weakens the message. Tempers it a bit and makes it lose that lustre. In some ways, it doesn't simply because it does translate out to anyone who reads it. But it is not nearly the only way of explaining something, especially this powerful.

Consider what inspired this. Consider nebulas and constellations. These are vast and endless. What also feels vast? Time. Silence. The ocean. A George RR Martin novel even. There are so many ways of explaining these feelings. You don't have to stick to the concepts that have already been rehashed a billion times before this.

This is a really powerful piece, but I don't think it's the most powerful piece I'm ever gonna see from you. And I think when you start using imagery that holds more significance to you, your poetry will be unimaginable.

~ Walker

miki555 replied · May 6, 2015

You think it's short too... Don't you?

Not at all. I think poetry can be of any length as long as it's powerful. Haikus, for instance, are short but also hold a lot of weight and substance. There's a difference between critiquing length verses content.

Thanks for the review! I've really been thinking about your suggestions, and I'm really trying to come up with some better imagery for my next few pieces. Thanks so much for your comments; I can't tell you how much they've already improved my writing!

You're very welcome, m'dear! I think you've got a lot of talent so I'm really happy I can help.

mephistophelesangel wrote a review Review · May 4, 2015

Hey, RoyalHighness!

So I really liked the content of this, although it felt kind of awkward to read. What I mean is that the line breaks are placed very frequently, making it hard for me to fully enjoy the poem. But if that is your writing style, I apologize, you do what you like doing :)

I never saw love be compared to the light of a dying star, so that's one point for uniqueness. Thanks for posting this on here! I liked it!

Mephis

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speakerskat wrote a review Review · May 4, 2015

Hello there !

What a nice poem, but why'd you call it a Eulogy ? Seems rather short for a Eulogy. But, I liked the simplicty and sweetness of it and how it was broken up which created a chopy falling like feeling into nothingness. I also liked how you included the infinity of space in there.

Nice, sweet and to the point!

Kat :)

I don't know, actually, I wrote this on the way to school one morning at a stop light and the title just sort of came to me. I think it symbolizes the death of the narrator's lover's love for the narrator, if that makes sense. Basically the death of a relationship. Thanks for the review!

miki555 replied · May 6, 2015

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Russets and tangerine shades of old gold flushing the very outside edge of the senses ... deep shining ochres, burnt umber and parchments of baked earth—reflecting on itself and through itself, filtering the light.
— Guildenstern (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard)