03-08-2016, 05:15 AM
(02-15-2016, 09:02 AM)mlund Wrote: Every strand of her hair was out of place
and she stepped on every crack.
Her curves were in the wrong places - Consider reworking this line to eliminate the repetition of "place."
and her voice came out in rasps.
She avoided every surface
made of glass, and people too. - This needs some work, but I like the thought (whether intended or not) of people being one of these reflective
Anything that reflected surfaces for her. Is there another way to say that though? ie. "Made of faces, made of glass." Having "glass" end
what she thought she really knew. that line gives it more flow.
- You could break the poem here into two separate stanzas to give it more space and breadth as well as to, in format,
But one day as she stood separate the build up from the conclusion.
on the edge of a river, calm - Comma not needed
Her eyes flowed like streams
and her hands shook like palms
As she suddenly caught a glimpse - Remove "as" (it was already used above; repetition of it confuses flow).
of what she never dared to see;
A beautiful shard of chaos
and said, "This is Me".

