Call from the night
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(10-15-2014, 08:53 AM)oceanwanderer20 Wrote:  Call from the Night
The darkness beckons
silently in the silky night air. As I read the rest of the poem, is the silky air necessary? And we know it is night, since it is about darkness.
Enveloping her body in a cloak,
hugging her as an old friend Normally I would be against these quite overused images, but... in such combination it works somehow. I get the image of a man wrapping a cloak about a child, and than talking to her - which also my suggest abuse, and this poem gives me the sense that the darkness does not really love her - good. But I still would be happier with some more original images. Up to you. 
He whispers words into her ear:
escape, bliss, wonder. These are too abstract. Escape from where, bliss and wonder - why?
And she thinks about going with him. It would be stronger without this "and"

She wonders what it would feel like the idea behind the line - her wondering, but it sounds too wordy to me, the "like" at the end of the line is not strong enoug.
to see the shadows trace good line, good "trace" at the end of it.
the veins on her arms. again, good line.
To feel frigid adrenaline this is interesting. adrenaline usually suggests temper(ature), hotness, but It kinda works here, it being associated with the desire, temptation AND the night.
pump through her blood: Useless line. we know that adrenaline goes to blood, no need to tell us that sky is blue and sun yellow
Dark, cold, comforting. you already said it is frigid, no need to say it is cold. And you said it is shadows, no need to say it is dark. You say she wonders, so how doesshe know its comforting and all that?
And she thinks about going with him.

He tells her of his years; good line, suggest that the telling is a narrative, and stories do have the power to lure people. 
How he hides in the night. That is the best he can tell her? What is that lures her? Maybe be more specific, or make the darkness more appealing.
And she thinks it seems nice it is too much like that refrain line, it disturbs the structure. "Nice" is rather weak, especially among such strong appeals described here. 
To be submerged in the calm. aaaabstract
Loneliness chimes in:
Peace, tranquility, freedom. This poem is way too abstract in all those abstract words. and this line kind of contradicts the line above. This line sounds positive, while loneliness negative. the colon suggest that this line explains the previous one, so thats why I am confused. 
And she thinks about going with him. The repetition works quite well, to me it suggest the persistent sense of temptation


Logically, stanzas 2 and 3 seem inverted to me. He tells her and that is which makes her think and wonder, huh?

But dawn breaks and darkness cries. because of the darkness crying I can tolearte the breaking of the dawn.
She fears of losing her companion companion? is he only that? nothing more? 
But something tells her to stay. what is this something? I want to know, or feel, or see, or hear.... No need for the "but"s 
She hears a soft murmur in her ear: aha - why say it is something when just after that say it is a murmur. Anyway, you have a very similar line in the first stanza. Maybe change one of them. 
I love you. NO. please. chliché. 

Darkness runs away. Darkness - companion - darkness. What is he then? Hasn´t her view of him changed? Is he not more than darkness at this point? Nice idea that it is he who runs away, not her.
The idea of being tempted by darkness is nothing new, but I like the attempt at describing the darkness, maybe ambivalence between it and the positive - the frigid adrenaline, the telling of the years... The weakest point is its over-vagueness and abstractness.
Thistles.
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Call from the night - by oceanwanderer20 - 10-15-2014, 08:53 AM
RE: Call from the night - by Anonymous - 10-15-2014, 04:32 PM
RE: Call from the night - by stevesteve - 10-17-2014, 11:08 PM
RE: Call from the night - by Owl - 10-19-2014, 02:42 PM
RE: Call from the night - by coolfunboy - 11-03-2014, 06:06 PM
RE: Call from the night - by SimikPK - 11-03-2014, 11:56 PM
RE: Call from the night - by pickles - 11-04-2014, 08:56 AM
RE: Call from the night - by SimikPK - 11-06-2014, 06:43 PM
RE: Call from the night - by AronVanSciver - 11-08-2014, 03:28 AM
RE: Call from the night - by noname - 11-10-2014, 11:40 AM



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