up alleys city never saw cold

by Skye

Published May 13, 2007

up alleys city never saw cold
...are anna and boy crushing words and noses
and losing forever more by the minute
.......;..yes
...anna and bedsheets and carbon and decay
and father and mother and friend say
she fell to fall
..--acies, she
....................wept to rust.

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Via
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Via wrote a review Review · May 14, 2007

To be absolutely honest, I hated the style. It was seriously overly distracting and I have no idea what the poem even said because I was concerned with the style and the punctuation the whole time?? I like odd styles, but if you are going to go odd I'd say go really odd, not just a little...otherwise it kind of seems to just get in the way. In my opinion, anyway...


Happy Editing,
WM

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whence
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whence commented Comment · May 14, 2007

I rather enjoyed this one.

It flowed well, and was certainly Cummings in heart. The images were well-used, as was the particular form. Good job.

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Isis
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Isis wrote a review Review · May 13, 2007

very cummings-esque - and in the phrasing, which is very nice. I enjoyed reading this a lot. it works as a small poem but the second half could be expanded a bit -- it feels like there should be more between "decay" and "she wept to rust". Not much. Maybe just another line or two. But that was the impression I got, that there were a few lines missing.



If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?
— Joyce Carol Oates