NURS 233 (Stung)

by Sam

Published September 4, 2005

In Old Poetry

'He’s thinking in another language
now, hitch-hiker thumb jerking
toward the city spilled from its grid. '

That was brilliant. The clash of orderliness and spontanaeity...nice, man. Loads of people try to get that effect but can't, so high fives for all.

' I recite
and lift his palm, longitude by latitude.'

Very confusing. Might make sense to someone else...but not me. The longitude and latitude is nice, but the 'I recite' is a bit clichèd, so I'd opt for something a bit more...er...catchier.

'It’s the dying season and I cannot
leave his wound alone.'

What is it with you and genius last lines?!? Help me out!

Comments & reviews · 3
User avatar
Chevy
Comment
Chevy commented Comment · Sep 5, 2005

Gosh I didn't get it but I still liked it.

Hm....:wonders who is the "he":

User avatar
Firestarter
Comment
Firestarter commented Comment · Sep 4, 2005

Pretty good, although it takes a while to understand all your references. But one scan should never make it easy and it's some good work...again.

Now go read something I wrote. Haha. Just kidding. Please?

Random avatar
emotion_less
Comment
emotion_less commented Comment · Sep 4, 2005

I have a feeling it's one of those poems you take from something that happened and you drape it with fancy words... but you still leave enough so we sort of know what's going on. Sort of. I didn't really like it too much...



It's not nice to roast people when they're out of comebacks.
— Atticus