awake all night
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(05-03-2014, 05:07 AM)Erthona Wrote:  awake all night
Ok, lets see here...

Each day I find when I wake up -- I don't think you need I find as that information is implied.
that I am one day older,-- I think this can be expressed in fewer words.
my strength it seems grows less and less-, I would get rid of the extra less as it is redundant
and I seem much less bolder.
I’ve lost interest in pretty girls,
they do nothing for me. ---This line is saying what you said in the last line maybe you could combine the two. "they do nothing for me" is a stronger sentiment.
I’d rather be upon a ship,
watching waves at sea. -- I'd get rid of some of the redundant info here as well. If your on a ship watching waves you're either in a large body of water or at sea.
All day long I want to sleep
and this I strive to fight, -- All day long I fight off sleep?

yet at days end when darkness comes,
I stay awake all night. -- Again some redundancy.

–Erthona


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I believe this poem needs to be made more dense and I think this can be accomplished by adding more specific imagery and clipping some of the redundancy. Thumbsup
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Messages In This Thread
awake all night - by Erthona - 05-03-2014, 05:07 AM
RE: awake all night - by Mopkins - 05-04-2014, 11:32 AM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-04-2014, 12:51 PM
RE: awake all night - by tectak - 05-04-2014, 06:35 PM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-05-2014, 08:33 AM
RE: awake all night - by tectak - 05-06-2014, 03:49 AM
RE: awake all night - by tectak - 05-06-2014, 05:54 AM
RE: awake all night - by billy - 05-05-2014, 09:32 AM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-05-2014, 11:47 AM
RE: awake all night - by ChristopherSea - 05-05-2014, 07:17 PM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-06-2014, 03:18 AM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-06-2014, 04:23 AM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-06-2014, 07:45 AM
RE: awake all night - by Brownlie - 05-06-2014, 08:06 AM
RE: awake all night - by Erthona - 05-10-2014, 07:13 AM



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