most beautiful of all

there is a brave little sparrow

that chirps 

every morning 

outside of my room. 

the cats love to try and catch her, 

but she still sings for me.

      

the sparrow is beautiful.
     

sunlight pours in 

through a small sliver 

between my curtains 

and wakes me. 

it tickles my face 

and warms my feet.

    

the sunlight is beautiful.

     

a breeze wafts in 

from my slightly cracked window 

to relieve me of the 

summer heat. 

air cools down my bedroom  

and soothes my sore eyes.

     

the breeze feels beautiful.

      

flowers pop up 

in my front yard 

that attract buzzing bees 

and give a bright aura to my street. 

but as beautiful as they all seem, 

nothing is more beautiful than you.

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Hijinks
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Hijinks wrote a review · Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:47 pm

Hi screamingsloth! Whatcha here for a quick review!

These are my opinions, so feel free to ask questions, and you don't need to do as I say, I'm just saying what I think.

Okay, so first of all, I like the idea. I can tell this isn't supposed to be a rhyming poem, so there's nothing to say there.

For the first stanza, I might make 'that chirps/every morning' one line, as it seems to keep the poem more flowing.

Normally, I would say, change up the 'beautiful', like the sparrow is brave, the sunshine is cozy, etc., but for this, I think it works, because then your saying, 'nothing is more beautiful than you'. I might italicize 'you', but that's up to you.

Maybe in the second last stanza, you could mention something about curtains getting ruffled by the breeze - that would really complete the picture for me, but you definitely don't have to.

In the last stanza, maybe you could change 'flowers pop up' to 'flowers unfurl', or something, as that sounds more natural to me, but maybe that's just me :)

Anyways, this is a great poem, so keep writing!

~whatcha

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gxldencrxwns
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Hello, hello, gxldencrxwns here for a review.

The poem's overall idea/theme is pretty good and was handled and worked well. Good job. I really didn't see any rhyming so I'm guessing it's a free verse, but I won't harp on you for that. You made the scene easy to imagine by using detailed words, describing it very well. I really like the last stanza of this. It says that although there are many beautiful things in this world, they're not as beautiful as the 'you' presented in this poem.

Keep writing!
~gxldencrxwns

Thank you! ^-^ love your name, by the way

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Cglefley Review

Personally, I loved it! I think that the structure is effective - the one liners that are like "the sunlight is beautiful" definitely emphasises the beauty of things. The poem makes things have a positive side, as some people would say that a breeze feels annoying or nerving, but here you make it seem enjoyable. The tone is calm, and it helps the poem flow.

You have a good way of making the reader picture things - it's an amazing talent! :)

Awe, thank you! I literally wrote in in five minutes and posted with hardly any editing haha. Have a nice day! :D

I wish I could do that :D I could edit for days and still find errors with my own work. Thank you, have a nice day, too!! :)



what are stories if not just vehicles for the pain of your own heart
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