The sun sets, but it's a new day

by unsocialbutterfly

Published October 17, 2012

In poems

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MaxZero1496
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MaxZero1496 wrote a review Review · Oct 19, 2012

Not bad at all. Just a few suggestions:
1. Maybe be more conservative in your use of contractions? Sometimes it seemed to disrupt the flow of the verse.
2. Fourth stanza, third line, I'm is misspelled.
I really liked the ending...short, sweet, and too the point.

Thanks! I didn't notice so thanks for pointing that out, one of the dangers of typing on your iPod haha :)

I know how it is.

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ela00051u commented Comment · Oct 18, 2012

good job this is a very strong moving poem you should be proud of your great gift when it comes to writing i really enjoyed your style

p.s please read my poem 'change' and leave a comment on goods or bads

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constantia
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constantia wrote a review Review · Oct 18, 2012

Eeps. I forgot to mention this before, but I don't really consider myself very well-versed in poetry. I only read people like Frost and Dickinson and Cummings at leisure. So, I don't know if you want to take my review into account, but I'll do my best with the knowledge that I do carry!(:

I'm sorry if I don't give you a helpful review. But a word, btw, on how I review: The last thing I want is to offend you. So push that out of your head now. I'm not here to insult you, only to help you grow. I limit myself to two or three major points and I don't go overly in depth with my comments/critiques/suggestions only for the sake of review length. But if you have questions or comments, or if I touch upon things that leave you a little puzzled, don't hesitate to pm me!(:

So anyway.
1. The message put forth was short, sweet and relatable, but admittedly "not my cup of tea". Like I said, I'm a prose junkie--a story writer, so maybe my thought that it's a little emotionally and "meat"-lacking isn't applicable?

2. If I'm not mistaken, form is a very big part of poetry. Your work reads like a piece of prose (not a problem), only offset by the amount of words you have on each line. Maybe the form/structure you have now is exactly the way you intended for it to be, but I just don't see the use of it. For example, "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks reads like a piece of prose, but looking at the structure, the first word of the "sentences" are the last words of the lines. For a purpose. Does this make sense?

3. In the fourth stanza, I like the idea of the speaker kind of "waiting hopelessly" for the subject to look their way. I only have a wordage suggestion: instead of using the word "dream" maybe "hope"? Though, I do understand that this is a piece of poetry and there are probably loads of symbols and/or subliminal messages linked with that word or stanza that I didn't read into enough. Haha

So anyway. That's all I've got for you here. I liked it! It just wasn't much my cup of tea. Keep up the good work!(:

Feel free to message me for anything!(:

xo gummies.

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StoryWeaver13
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StoryWeaver13 wrote a review Review · Oct 17, 2012

This was alright, but I really would've liked to see a little more personality shine through. It came off as being a little cliche in my opinion, and typically that can be avoided by giving the poem your own sort of twist. This is a good poem, but I feel like it lacked anything new.

Ugh! You are constantly telling me that! Haha but seriously, thanks for the feedback. :)

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mb1221
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mb1221 wrote a review Review · Oct 17, 2012

I really, really enjoyed reading this... I see that you are so talented :) Keep up with this work and good luck with writing your next poems... I am looking forward to read your other works.

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it! :)



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