11-21-2013, 08:39 AM
(11-19-2013, 11:17 PM)jdvanwijk Wrote: Edit 1 (Heslopian, SkaaDee)I think you would be better served using active voice "Our guest room shook" "I'd spend" = spent
Our guest room would shake violently
every ten minutes or so. It was small,
useless, but most treasured: my brother
and I'd spend hours there, howling
and roaring at the trains crashing by.
You can completely cut "useless" and "most" and "there" and "roaring"
Your line breaks through this section need to be completely reconsidered.
Quote:A funeral today, another"like a ghost, i appeared in front of my old home" is good.
support of the bridge gone down.
And like a ghost, I appeared
in front of my old home;
you are doing something strange with the line breaks here, i am not sure if it is intentional but i like it quite a bit. "gone down" feels too prosaic.
Quote:it was quiet.once again, passive voice. Switch to "they buried"
They've buried the tracks,
placed a little park on top.
I wouldn't normally say to add words but an "and" in front of placed gives a nice metric push.
Quote:Something strange about the syntax here, i don't think you are pulling it off, look at it without line breaks -
I closed my eyes,
fast train approaching -
"I closed my eyes, fast train approaching -inhaled all the air in the park, the streets, the city; inhaled all light from the houses, the cars, the sun itself -"
grammatically this is a mess and the punctuation isn't helping.
Quote:inhaled all the air in the park,you might want to break on air
Quote:the streets, the city;
inhaled all light from the houses,
the cars, the sun itself -
and let it all out.
I would consider trimming the second and third "all"'s
I think you have a good start here. It speaks well to an instance of catharsis of youth and nostalgia.
Thanks for posting. Good luck!

