Poor Poem
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(08-09-2013, 04:23 AM)ray Wrote:  Thanks, ChristopherSea. I'm not quite sure what makes a rant a rant but this wasn't meant to be one or even close. The "Poor" in the title is of the "Ah, poor you" variety. It's a meta-poem.
You've a good point about the punctuation, sort of thing I'd say myself, but there's to be no commas in this.
Eyes burn at deformities and jaundice - which is an abbreviated way of saying "Eyes burn at the sight of deformities and jaundice".
I can see that without "and" or a comma before "the way you gulp for air" but I like the effect, though I'm now thinking on alternatives.
The last 6 lines were originally one stanza. It's meant to lament the inexorable slide of poems off the page on sites such as this one.
Writing poetry can be both a labor of love and like childbirth. If you feel that way about your work, whilst believing that others are just 'crapping them out' so to speak, I would have incorporated it into your poem.
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris
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Poor Poem - by ray - 08-03-2013, 02:55 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by heslopian - 08-03-2013, 12:45 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-04-2013, 04:56 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by heslopian - 08-04-2013, 06:44 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-05-2013, 03:53 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by Leanne - 08-05-2013, 04:23 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-05-2013, 07:11 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-08-2013, 06:29 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by ChristopherSea - 08-08-2013, 09:08 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-09-2013, 04:23 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by ChristopherSea - 08-09-2013, 07:03 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-09-2013, 07:52 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by ray - 08-10-2013, 11:29 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by philoinlove - 08-14-2013, 12:48 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by TheWall0912 - 08-22-2013, 10:54 PM
RE: Poor Poem - by vagabond - 11-19-2014, 07:11 AM
RE: Poor Poem - by shemthepenman - 11-19-2014, 03:52 PM



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