The Old Clown

crouching in the corner of a room
blazing unblinking eyes
thinking lotta how to be known
and start throwing the ball

here's the outcome
my sober laugh

they never realize for who am i
they never realize for wat i try
they never realize why i cry
they never care even when i die
they nver care even where would i ly

learn to walked pathway
hope the spotlight back for me
with smile drawn on my face
let they come see me

but here i am
the old clown of all man






wat do u think bout this?i need critics

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betwixt
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betwixt wrote a review · Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:11 am

thinking lotta how to be known

That line doesn't make any sense at all to me. I had to read the poem a few times to really even understand what was going on. Grammar needs a little bit of work. The stanzas don't really tie together, it feels like a bunch of different ideas all crammed into one piece. The title also confused me. I do like your repetition in the 3rd stanza, though.

This was really... well... I don't know what it was, but whatever it is there's a lot of it.

Point-by-point time!

- Take it out of either the bold or the italics. It makes it too hard to read; too in-your-face. (And not in a good way.)

- Capitalize your "I"s. It's sloppy and juvenile to have everything in lowercase.

- Reread and see if you can find the spelling errors. (Hint: "Ly" is not a word. Neither is "nver".)

- "thinking lotta how to be known" makes no sense whatsoever. What are you trying to say?

Peace, love, chocolate,
Muffin

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Leja
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Leja wrote a review · Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:44 am

There are alot of things happen-ing in the first stanza, but I can't see where it's going. The repetition in the third stanza annoyed me after a few lines because it's all common rhymes that don't demonstrate an attempt to think outside the box [side note: unless you're trying to make a point, proper spelling is helpful in not putting people off to your poem]. The fourth stanza confuses me; I'm not sure what's happening. Interesting concept, but the execution could use some spiffing up.

PM me if you have any questions,
-Amelia

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Phoenix
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Phoenix wrote a review · Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:52 pm

This has the makings of a great poem, and the concept is interesting. It's just the grammer and punctuation which lets it down, so I would work on that.

Good job though. :wink:



The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.
— Harold Coffin