Please Don't Run

by gamechanger10

Published September 6, 2008

In Poetry

I just wrote this a few minutes ago. :D



Please don’t run.
You won’t be late.
Love’s too strong,
To kill and hate.
Why the rush?
Please don’t hurry.
Life’s too short,
To fear and worry.
Don’t take action,
With unnecessary speed.
Definitely don’t race;
This I plead.
Please don’t run.
You won’t be late.
The Lord will meet you,
At the gate.

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Loozle
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Loozle wrote a review Review · Jan 1, 2009

"Please don’t run.

You won’t be late.

The Lord will meet you,

At the gate."

Love the ending.
The only issues I have are with "Definitely don’t race;" I feel like it doesn't come out right.. maybe you could put something like "never race".
Anyway, love it!

darko.demark666 wrote a review Review · Dec 24, 2008

clueless wrote:"Life’s too short,

To fear and worry.

Don’t take action,

With [s]unnecessary[/s] speed.

[s]Definitely[/s] don’t race;" I'm sure you can find better word instead of this.

no, this sounds to long and breaks it up too much.


I agree with that critique. That was the only word(s) that has been a thorn in my eye. Otherwise good, well written, spontaneous and with flowing...I'll give you 9/10.

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praisejoe
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praisejoe wrote a review Review · Dec 24, 2008

hi, gamechanger im praise and i like your poem.
the special flow and delivery it had to it.


Please don’t run.

You won’t be late.

Love’s too strong,

To kill and hate.

Why the rush?

Please don’t hurry.

Life’s too short,

To fear and worry.

Don’t take action,

With unnecessary speed.

Definitely don’t race;

This I plead.

Please don’t run.

You won’t be late.

The Lord will meet you,

At the gate.


it also teaches good morals

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gamechanger10
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gamechanger10 commented Comment · Sep 17, 2008

Thanks M.J.


I'll try to find alternate words.

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clueless
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clueless commented Comment · Sep 9, 2008

"Life’s too short,

To fear and worry.

Don’t take action,

With unnecessary speed."

no, this sounds to long and breaks it up too much.

other wise bravo.

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gamechanger10
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gamechanger10 commented Comment · Sep 8, 2008

Thanks so much everybody!

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horsez919
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horsez919 wrote a review Review · Sep 8, 2008

oOoOoOoO
I loved it!! it sounds soo good. haha uhm..well..obviously to me and other comment people the rhyming it just right..not too forced.

my favorite part:

Why the rush?
Please don’t hurry.
Life’s too short,
To fear and worry.


And then I agree with dailystatic that the ending is perfect. its kinda calm...but ends the poem..strongly. [?] hmph.

awesome poem!!!

:D

_horsez919

bleh.

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dailystatic Comment
dailystatic commented Comment · Sep 7, 2008

The flow and tone are great! And I actually really like the length. Any longer and it might seem forced. I love the ending "The Lord will meet you/At the gate" because it's so simple but so full of meaning.

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bisquit
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bisquit wrote a review Review · Sep 7, 2008

There is some really great rhyming in here! it doesn't seem forced and isn't unnecessary. good work!
There are so many oppurtunities for semi colons in here. you could afford to add in a few more just for oppurtune punctuation. :)
For something u wrote a few minutes ago, its really very good.
you could even extend on it further
i like it especially because it is straight to the point. :)
good work



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— Pablo Neruda