Hi Melvin,
What I like most about this poem is that it's focused. It stays on topic and flows well. As Grin mentioned above, it is intense. I like intense poetry. However you have to let the emotions show through more in this poem. In the beginning it seemed more like an journalistic article put into stanzas. I think you should focus on the emotional side of this. Delve deep into your own emotions, your feelings regarding this event and write with passion, whether it be hatred, grief, remorse, or anger. That will give the poem the spark it lacks right now. The last few stanzas were my favorite as you managed to make me, as a reader feel and care more about the victims mentioned in your poem. There was more emotion in the later stanzas. Keep that up.
Good luck!
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