09-24-2013, 08:16 PM
Hi makeshift,
There's an awful lot that I like here. You have some really cohesive, natural imagery. A couple minor issues that I had noted below:
I enjoyed this read. I hope some of the comments were helpful.
Best,
Todd
There's an awful lot that I like here. You have some really cohesive, natural imagery. A couple minor issues that I had noted below:
(09-24-2013, 01:28 PM)makeshift Wrote: I want to collapse,
and seep between atoms--atoms to me just feels too scientific for the rest of the image. It could just be me.
like mountain mist
shifting through valleys, before
sinking to vaporous oceans.
I want nature to scream, and--the and doesn't make a great break. This is a solid line followed up by the lightning strike. Consider ending the line on scream.
strike me with her lighting,
so that I might split
like a backyard tree.--love that. Such a nice progression to this point
Smear me across a thousand miles.
I want to be windswept,
and faceless.
I want nothing,
and everything.
I want disintegration.
Exhale —--I also love the way you ended this with your breaks giving the sense of the speaker discorporating into breath.
I enjoyed this read. I hope some of the comments were helpful.
Best,
Todd
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
