06-24-2013, 12:36 AM
(06-20-2013, 08:23 PM)tectak Wrote: This will most likely be more of a commentary than a critique.This poem seems ambiguous to me, but many things obvious to some are ambiguous to me.
Play the violin again; -- I think you should mention Flesch in the first line so it is clear that the poem is about him.
let hands that flit so lightly
slip a sigh. - I would use a better verb than "slip"
Fold forward into flesch -Capitalize proper nouns.
and scoop the ecstasy;
sweep low to bow
to music’s tempting ways.
Your tender notes will soothe the strings,
I rise on softly wafting wings
in air so thin, bells scarcely ring, - Thin air is tangible I think more details like that would help draw out the feeling.
but there I hear the sky.
Tectak
1992

