Application
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(05-06-2015, 05:56 AM)Unaccoutable ignorance Wrote:  completely newbiieee, totally open to all the criticism -------woot!

You start with a crowd, then
Reduce to a group.
Then it’s left with you and him. For them,
To pick and choose. ------picking and choosing are the same thing. this is redundant.

“Friends” who left with cheer and shouts,
Waving that paper (at times email), jumping up and down, ------I like the image of waving an email. It's a bit silly, but I think it works.
They dance their joy out
Sing happiness out loud ------again, redundant. singing already implies out loud.
Even the air is sweet
Nothing could stop them now. ------cliche, but not necessarily bad or in the wrong place.

But you,
Still in that dark corner, ------ as in "remains in the dark corner" or as in "standing still in the dark corner"?
Tie yourself to the chair.
You ripped your chest open, ------how can you rip your chest open when you're tied to a chair?
Carve out your bowls and heart. ------Bowels.
With whatever other gestures needed,
To outsell yourself
Beg them that you’re special, ------this is a great line.
Creative,
Smart,
… ------I'm not 100% about the use of ellipsis here, i think a line break would work to the same effect. or maybe line break after ellipsis attached to smart.
And many other things that are left,
As much as your long-drained dignity
Starting from when to yourself you secretly vow,
When seeing “the application is open now”. ------end rhyme here is clunky because it's unaccompanied by meter.
Lots of good in this poem, but there's also a lot of polishing to be done. Modern poetic practice says to avoid cliche like the plague, but some people use it extremely effectively and creatively. There's a fair bit of cliche in here (I only pointed out some of them, PM me if you want me to point out all of them) and it's not being used in a nuanced way, but if you're a newbie, just ride whatever feels natural until you end up with a product that is spectacular. Write then read, then read, then write some more, then read, then read some more.
-"You’d better tell the Captain we’ve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital."
--"A hospital? What is it?"
-"It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now."
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Application - by Unaccoutable ignorance - 05-06-2015, 05:56 AM
RE: Application - by Erthona - 05-07-2015, 01:49 AM
RE: Application - by Hematite12 - 05-19-2015, 12:52 PM
RE: Application - by BlowMyWadsworth - 05-27-2015, 10:11 AM
RE: Application - by Animal Riots Activist - 05-27-2015, 05:12 PM
RE: Application - by buildthestars - 05-27-2015, 11:09 PM



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