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Edit 1:
I don't quite like
what poets say when
I put mustard on-my hot dog.
Their poems make a noise like
the bottle does ('fthplffthhhhth')
but are much less discreet.
(at least
you
don't have to
s h a k e
them quite as hard
to
get anything
to
come
out)
Original:
I don't very much like
what poems say when
I put mustard on-my hot dog.
They make a noise like
the bottle does ('fthplffthhhhth')
but are much less discreet.
(at least
you
don't have to
s h a k e
them quite
as
hard to
get anything
to
come
out)
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I throughly enjoy the piece, especially the shake up towards the end, I dont quite get the first three lines though,
'I don't very much like what poems say when I put mustard on my hot dog'
while I don't mind surrealism, I think this could read clearer without ruining the lines.
Is the dash suppose to be between on and my? Said as one word 'onmy' or two separate phrases, I put mustard on: my hot dog.
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12-04-2024, 10:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2024, 12:43 PM by brynmawr1.)
(12-04-2024, 08:10 AM)spencedude75 Wrote: I don't very much like with kindness I say, Yoda speak it is. Seriously, I think cutting the 'very much' works just fine. Or just use normal syntax
what poems say when move 'when' to next line
I put mustard on-my hot dog. Consider...when I put my mustard on. cutting the hot dog part
They make a noise like Poems best to avoid pronouns when possible
the bottle does ('fthplffthhhhth')
but are much less discreet.
Poems make a noise,
('fthplffthhhhth'),
like the bottle does
but much less discreet.
(at least good slant rhyme
you good separation to emphasize the turn but not without problems
don't have to
s h a k e like the form for function here
them quite these next lines could be compressed, and I think more effective. Here the ambiguity of 'them' works
as
hard to
get anything
to
come
out)
eg...them quite as hard
to get anything... using whatever white space you find satisfying
Hey SD75,
Welcome to the Pen. Kudos to you for following the rules and actually providing a critique before posting. I enjoyed the first two stanza very much, very original IMO. That's not to say the rest isn't good just not as for me. The turn gets a little obscure, meaning there is some abruptness of the new 'you', which I don't mind but then nothing that clarifies. My take is this a nice masturbation poem, with a partner

, or 'you' is just a better poet or just better with condiments. The solutions vary depending on your intent.
Well that's all I got for now.
Take care,
Bryn