Abandoned
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(04-13-2015, 02:18 PM)makeshift Wrote:  I may have wrote this on one of your poems before, but I always appreciate the brevity/simplicity in what you write. There is a feeling of air in the poem. This one, despite having some concrete images, felt somewhat abstract, especially the first half. Reading this poem a few times I felt like I was going to have an epiphany moment, but it hasnt come, atleast not yet >.< In the end I had a hard time linking the title with the rest of the poem. I left some comments below. Thnx for sharing. ^_^7

(04-13-2015, 02:39 AM)71degrees Wrote:  I
Inside my house, the many walls, 
all these things interrupting other things This line confuses me a tad, i'm not sure what is interrupting what. Right now I have the house and the walls. I can think of houses and walls interrupting the landscape, hence the inside vs outside thing you have between this stanza and the next. 


Outside my house, the lines 
of my poems, walking on them I like this stanza, even though again i'm left w/o answers. The weird syntax has me thinking of a jigsaw puzzle, like maybe the poem is deconstructed. I thought "lines" was a good line break, it had me thinking about telephone wires. Then "walking on them" brought me back to lines, like a tight rope walker. 


II
I see something random "Random" feels like a weak word. Given the economy of the poem I assume it was chosen with some thought/intentionally but idk its not very evocative. Seems like there may be something better to pair to nameless, that would better get after the anomaly. Maybe I misunderstand your intention here. 
in the garden, nameless

Shoots of new tulips,
a cock-necked starling This feels like the reward for the rest of the poem. The image is beautiful with something angular between the tulip stalks and the birds necked. I am brought back to the line earlier "all these things interrupting other things"  Though I still have a hard time placing abandoned in here.
Very nice suggestions / critique...yes, helpful. Thanks.

If not "abandonment"...what might the poem suggest to you? Just curious...
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Messages In This Thread
Abandoned - by 71degrees - 04-13-2015, 02:39 AM
RE: Abandoned - by makeshift - 04-13-2015, 02:18 PM
RE: Abandoned - by 71degrees - 04-14-2015, 12:34 AM
RE: Abandoned - by makeshift - 04-14-2015, 01:39 PM
RE: Abandoned - by heslopian - 04-14-2015, 05:50 AM
RE: Abandoned - by aland88 - 04-14-2015, 06:53 AM
RE: Abandoned - by 71degrees - 04-17-2015, 12:04 AM
RE: Abandoned - by bena - 04-17-2015, 01:49 AM
RE: Abandoned - by 71degrees - 04-18-2015, 12:53 AM
RE: Abandoned - by bena - 04-18-2015, 06:09 AM
RE: Abandoned - by TimeOut - 04-23-2015, 04:12 PM
RE: Abandoned - by 71degrees - 04-24-2015, 02:29 AM



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