I Stand In Wonder

by greendog74

Published May 11, 2016

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I stand in wonder

At the world

At each hemisphere

At each continent

At each state

At each city

At each building

At each house

At each family

At each mother

At each father

At each child

I stand and wonder

What would life be if there was no world?

No hemispheres

No continents

No states

No cities

No buildings

No houses

No families

No mothers

No fathers

No children

I stand and wonder…

What would the world be?

Now I ask of you,

What do you wonder?

Now you, my friend

Stand and wonder.

Comments & reviews · 4
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Kaju
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Kaju wrote a review Review · May 12, 2016

Dear greendog74,
I wonder what made you wonder such a different and unique wonder! I mean, I never wondered about such a thing! You really made me wonder but why should I wonder about this. You have asked us to wonder about stuff but you couldn't convince me as to why should I wonder. Poems must contain the power to persuade people to think what you want them to think.
Well, this is my point of view! I won't forget to notice the effort you put into this one. This is a unique concept and I appreciate the fact that you chose such a topic. Put in a little more thought on this one and your poem is an awesome work!!!
Keep it up! All the best!
Keep wondering ;-)

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Brigadier
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Brigadier wrote a review Review · May 12, 2016

Hey there greendog74. It's just lizzy dropping by real quick, so without a further ado, let the reviewing begin.

Do you ever sit an wonder? what do you wonder?

The description is the first thing anyone will ever see about your work. It's the deciding factor on whether they click enter or keep scrolling. So of course it needs to be attention grabbing. You did pretty well by posing the first question but I think the second is unnecessary. You are trying to grab someone in with your wonders. I mean you ask something of an action and that's great. It signals the reader you are going to say something about your wonders.
Just stop there when it was going well. Don't look for theirs, just focus on yours. If you still want that question, maybe put it in bold or italics at the end. I rewrote it a bit just because you had a slight typo.
Do you ever sit and wonder? Of a different reality?

I actually ended up taking a bit from your poem to come up with a replacement of the second question. It may or may not work. Just try it out.

I like the overall point of the poem but the repetition drove me a bit insane. Repetition is nice in poetry but it's really easy to go overboard. Some lines are extremely short and that also bothered me. It took forever to get through the poem because as soon as you read three words you have to switch to the next line. This part needs to be fixed and I think I can kill two birds with one stone. Wait for the magic solution...
Trumpets sound, crowd cheers, everyone gasps
Combine lines that start with the same repetition.

I think the first combo would go nice here.
At each hemisphere

At each continent

At each state

At each city

I was looking at places for the break and decided to choose places that somehow related. In this case you are obviously going from hemisphere to city. To me this was a slow enough descent. Here's the second version.
At each hemisphere, continent, state, city


You just have to repeat the process for each of the different places. I didn't spot anything as far as grammar, spelling, and typos. It seems that this now signals my time here reviewing has come to an end.
Have a nice day.
Lizzy
Queen of the Book Clubs

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gammagamerale
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gammagamerale wrote a review Review · May 12, 2016

ok this send a clear message and i love how at the end where u put Now you, my friend

Stand and wonder.bring the reader to continue this at the end as we all stand and wonder.you bring every major thing in this.from hemispheres to cities to houses and families.the idea and thoughts you put in this are really good so keep up the work and hopefully i will read more of this work.

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OreosAreLife
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OreosAreLife wrote a review Review · May 11, 2016

Greendog74,

This poem was great! I like the visual it gives off and I can clearly see it in my head. I also like your repetition of your poem I think you did a great job at that! I saw no errors or mistakes as I read and that is fabulous! Your a great writer and so keep up the marvelous work! Keep writing and I hope to read more of your work in the future!

AshleyDashley :)

Thank you AshleyDashley :) I appreciate it :D



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