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by alliyah


         The sun has come to show his face.
The night has come, a cold embrace.

          I am still weary, and wish it away.
I miss the lightness of the day.

          It's time to plaster on a smile and greet the world,
It's hard, though anticipated, to come to another goodbye.

          With dusty eyes, hair still not curled,
When darkness creeps it makes no sound, but a sigh.

          Praying only for a day that I can sleep an hour longer-
Praying that though monsters lurk, in the battle I'll be stronger-

                    Someday

          Two people thinking their opposite thoughts,
Caught on opposite sides of this night and day world.


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Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:24 pm
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First off I love this poem. I read it and thought, "wow, what aa quality poem". The rhyming was great and the italics made it even better. I loved it. I love your writing style and formatting. There was one place where you switched rhyming styles, but that's OK. Just try to avoid that. The grammar, spelling, and punctuation was great, the punctuation could be better, but you did well. Keep on writing and Merry (early) Christmas!




alliyah says...


Could you expand on what you didn't like about the punctuation?

This was my first poem I posted on YWS several years ago, but I'd still be interested.



looseleaf says...


Hi! I forget what I meant, but I might have meant italicization. On the word someday, you half italicized it, half didn't, which sort of threw me off. Otherwise, I don't know what I meant. XD



alliyah says...


Alright, I chose that formatting since the poem was from the perspective of two voices, so the word "someday" being half & half was intended to indicate unison. Thanks for your feedback.



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Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:01 am
Dossereana wrote a review...



Hi there @alliyah I am here to review first things first.
what I like
It's hard, though anticipated, to come to another goodbye. I think that this is so true I like this sentins.

what needs a bit of work
The sun has come to show his face. there is one thing that needs to be fiksed here.
The night has come, a cold embrace. okay I am going to ad a bit more to this.
I miss the lightness of the day. I am going to fiks this up a bit
With dusty eyes, hair still not curled, I do not really under stand this sentins but I will try to help you a bit with it.
suggestions
1 for: The sun has come to show his face. The sun has come to show its face to all of the people on this world.
2 for: The night has come, a cold embrace. The night has come, a cold embrace fills the era to my skin and bones.
3 for: I miss the lightness of the day. I miss the sunshine's light and heat of the day.
4 for: With dusty eyes, hair still not curled, With dusty eyes, hair still not curled but nise ley brushed like a straight line, so that is all that I can say, so keep up the good work. HAPPY REVIEW DAY.
@EagleFly out to seek and kill




alliyah says...


Oh yikes! This is the first poem I ever posted on YWS, back in 2012!

Can you explain your suggestions a bit more? :)



Dossereana says...


okay this is what I have said, The sun has come to show its face to all of the people on this world. The night has come, a cold embrace fills the era to my skin and bones. I miss the sunshine's light and heat of the day.With dusty eyes, hair still not curled, With dusty eyes, hair still not curled but nise ley brushed like a straight line,



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okay first off I ADORE this poem so much. I read it and it got a Ying Yang kind of vibe from reading it. The italics from the sun and the harshness of night and how they balance out was amazing! Also, the rhyming gives the day and night something in common so the whole comparison and contrast. I loved it so much.

I love your choice of formatting and writing style it's so unique and special! There was just one part when the rhyming style switches and it confused me a little bit but for all I know, it is a certain style. It didn't stop me from loving this poem!

Keep writing! <3
~Galaxy




alliyah says...


This is my first poem from back in 2012... :D My more recent work is at the bottom of the list rather than the top. Thank you for your comments Galaxy!



dalisay says...


I saw this...and wanted to say SOMETHING I LOVE IT! :3



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Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:32 am
MissLyricz wrote a review...



Hey, alliyah! MissLyricz here for another review! :D

Well, I certainly enjoyed reading this one, for sure! I loved the way you described the different elements in the poem- they were very lyrical and almost musical, actually!

The flow of the poem was well-written, though in some areas it lost its flow. But that's nothing too serious to worry about! I rather liked the style of the poem, as well, it was unique and made it more interesting to read.

The only thing I would suggest is in the last stanza of the poem. I think it would work far more smoothly if you briefly described the two people on the opposite sides of this world that you have described. You don't have to use this, but for example:

"Two people thinking with opposite thoughts
He was of the night
She was of the day
Standing on opposite sides of this world"

But, considering you have created the style of this poem using two lined stanzas, it may be difficult to incorporate that into the poem. But, something along the lines of that would be ideal. But hey! I can't tell you how to write your poem, I'm only here to give suggestions on how to improve. It's entirely your decision on what you wish to do. I will love your poem regardless of whether or not you change it- it would make a good short story actually! ;)

Other than that, it was a wonderful poem, my friend! :)


MissLyricz x




alliyah says...


Thanks for the comments! This was my first poem posted on YWS back in 2012 so it's been awhile since I've looked at it, but nonetheless I appreciate the review and will take the suggestions into account if I ever get to editing this one.



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Great poem! The contrast was maintained well throughout, though the flow got a bit dicey in the last few stanzas. If I could make a suggestion, I'd recommend you move the comma in stanza 4 to "When darkness creeps, it makes no sound but a sigh," as the late pause seems to throw off the rhythm. I also think that you should omit the second "praying" in stanza 5. This can easily shorten it to tighten the flow, while keeping the message intact. Semantics aside, really nicely done! I've already read most of your other works, and I look forward to seeing your next piece.




alliyah says...


I might change that comma you pointed out. The second praying in stanza 5 is there because the italics is supposed to all be able to be read together as one poem without the normal font (Ending with someday and then the normal font is supposed to be able to be read completely without the italics also ending with someday. If I took out the second praying the 5th stanza wouldn't make as much sense for the normal font poem in my opinion, but I see what you mean as well with the repetition. :) Thank you so much for the comments I really appreciate it. Fell free to check out my newer work at the bottom of the list on the right because this poem's from 2012! :D Thanks again, and enjoy your day!



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This is such a lovely poem. I like how it is set out as well so that is clear the contrasting views. There are just a couple of lines that the wording does not flow as well as others. One of them is:
"I'm weary and wish it away"
This line mostly makes sense,(it is slightly unusual) but I feel like the rhythm is a bit off with the syllables. Sort of like it is missing a syllable or perhaps the words used together give that impression.

Secondly:
"It's hard though anticipated to come to another goodbye"
I get what you are trying to say but the line doesn't really make sense on its own. You might need to change around some words or add some punctuation. I suspect you mean something like. "It's hard, though anticipated, to come to another goodbye" the commas make it make more sense but its still a mouthful.

Finally: "Praying only for a day that I can sleep an hour longer" I would simply cut out the word 'only', it seems to simply add an extra unnecessary syllable.
"Praying for a day that I can sleep an hour longer."
Also in the next line you could cut the word 'that' or the word 'even' and replace it with a comma.

That is all from me. I would check your wording through because your sentences are quite long they might need some structure in wording or punctuation just to tidy them up.

One thing to remember with words is that to get a message across the less words the better, you seem to put a lot of words in that, even though are not bad or wrong, could be omitted and still say exactly the same thing.

Content-wise, fantastic job! I really liked this.




alliyah says...


Thank you for the review! As you can see it was a very long time since I posted, this, but I appreciate the comments regardless. I agree with your criticism except for the taking out the word 'only' as it would make the line after it stick out in length even more. Thanks again! :)



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This is just amazing. :D

I love it and how u contrast night and day.
Its really meaningful.

I love the title even though I thought it would be a about a persons two faced personality... blahh who cares you did good and like it :D

Keep on writing :D




alliyah says...


Thanks so much for the comments! I wrote this piece quite a while ago, but still appreciate the comments! And I'm glad you enjoyed reading it! :)



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tgirly says...



Wow, I love this poem. I kinda wish the rhyming scheme was a bit more concrete, but that's fine; I really love this. I just wish thoughts and earth somehow rhymed, but they don't. :( Good luck and keep at it, ally-wa! Can't wait to read your next work. :P
-tgirly




alliyah says...


Thanks for your comments!



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IwillNOTbow2741 says...



good poem. I can tell you have talent, too bad this is your only poem i wanted to read more. but anyways i liked it good job.





Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind