Blue, black, red
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(03-29-2015, 10:34 AM)nakedwonder Wrote:  Feel for the womb less
Widowed before marriage
She’s got old and blue©
Nothing borrowed, nothing new(cccc)
But better a vagabond be(ccccc )
Than horse and carriage(cccccc)
And wedded to that coterie
Better as a fragrant vagrant
Can you not whiff the sweet smell of success?(cccccc )
I digress(ccccccc)

Feel for the tomb less
Even death won’t swallow them up(ccccc)
In life, they knew vagrancy
In death, they see no vacancy
Their skin flaked in soil, no boil[b] Huh?[b]
Still a dark, black death (ccc)

Feel for the blameless
Called to war(cccc)
Never to learn what for
Rivers of blood(ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc)
Corpses piled to the sky
Miles high(cccccccccccccccc)
Even the moon’s turned red
On account of the dead

Now peer into the knowing eye of a seer
See his pained pen
Dripping ink, held in fear
Blue
Black
Red
Or maybe a golden hue?(cccc)
No telling what may appear,
For you
© Cliche level.
I am so sorry to say this but listing cliches, beginning each line with a capital letter, omitting punctuation, not rhyming, no meter, making gratuitous obscure references, using pseudo-poetic phrasing is all just too much for this crit. I have nothing to add except this. You do not need to use outmoded poetic devices, nor is rhyming an imperative, punctuation can sometimes be minimal if sense is preserved (or achieved) but you must read more poetry to know what you can and cannot get away with. I suggest that you workout what you want to say before you say it...then use your own words.
Best,
tectak
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Blue, black, red - by nakedwonder - 03-29-2015, 10:34 AM
RE: Blue, black, red - by tectak - 04-11-2015, 02:09 AM
RE: Blue, black, red - by Erthona - 04-13-2015, 01:41 AM



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