09-30-2012, 10:32 PM
Hi MrA,
I didn't read the comments so forgive me if I cover areas already fully addressed.
Best,
Todd
I didn't read the comments so forgive me if I cover areas already fully addressed.
(09-28-2012, 02:13 PM)MrA Wrote: I need to borrow her skin.--love the opening lineReally solid start to finish. I like how you address the theme. Your phrasing is original. I hope the comments will be helpful.
A priceless lend of youth's lesson:--This feels a bid awkward to me. I think you could cut this entirely. L1 can move directly into the equally strong L3
time cannot be cured,
nor should it, because heaven
is always a home
where God waits with taut skin.--great image
I'd be just another passing face;
the cold hand that once
chilled and burned her fleeting flesh.--I would just used burned here. It still gives you the contrast and feels stronger than the two words
A tourist scared of the dark,
but sometimes we need the dark to see
that the days are our executioner.--I love days are our executioner
I need to borrow her skin
to watch her age--you could probably cut the to
and be the day, killing,--might be stronger without killing you've already established day as an executioner
dying as the day.
Best,
Todd
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
