Hey Misfit!
I second Kitty! This is an extremely well improvement from your first attempt. I'm so glad to see that you used the tips thrown out there; you've really improved this poem.
See here where destruction rules,
Where winds race and rush,
Where water rises and crushes.
And above rooftops
Lay, unmoving, the scared, pale bodies of the dead
I would suggest possibly leaving off the period in the third line and replacing that with a semicolon. I would also suggest changing above to upon, or another synonym, because above kind of makes it sound like they're floating in mid air.
Drive through the ruins,
Stare at the houses;
See the marks of death.
Look through the broken window;
See the blood on the wall,
See the water,
See the mess.
You have a pretty powerful way of wording up until this point. I would say that the stanza when questions are raised detracts from that power a bit, because you're not narrating anymore. You're ask, ask, asking us, and we don't have the answers.
Rather! I feel that this stanza also detracts a lot from the strength of the poem, because you were asking, and now you are commanding us to do something. This is taking on a whole different sort of power; instead of narrating, you're telling us what to do. We just want to feel the sympathy brought on by the narrative, dearie.
Aaaand:
It makes you wonder...
[s]Wonder[/s] what stories lay in this past;
Whose unfulfilled life was taken,
[s]Taken[/s] without a thought.
Whose family was torn apart,
Isolated by these merciless winds
You have clean lines throughout the poem, until this point when you start using repetition. It's not a bad thing, but I don't feel like it's the best thing to use in this poem!
With that said! I also am not so fond about the first line. You are telling us now what we're doing, and this is also taking power from, and putting a new power there. =P So, I would maybe drop it or replace it with a less demanding line.
At any rate, this is a major improvement and a beautiful piece. Keep it up.
Best,
Juniper
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