The drop
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(10-05-2016, 02:52 AM)Shrewbe Wrote:  A drop of ink sat safe in its bottle
and everyday it prayed every day
to be the next drop out in the world
who'll colour all waters in its way. interesting image and personification

That drop watched others as they escaped
gathering momentum to make an unknown fall
and thought of how it would feel the weak line of the stanza
then decided it was worth it all. good stanza though, keeping up with story arc
 
So the drop then waited for a sign
convinced of its destiny again a weak line
and dreamt of the moment of union 
with all the waters it thought it could see. nice bringing back waters; good lead up

The day of judgement came thereafter missing full stop
a hand of god was said to have been felt, by whom? i don't like the switch passive voice here
and something took over the drop 
as it hurled itself beyond the neck. neck?

It massaccared its fellow drops massacared* what's 'it'? the drop? god? i'm having trouble here 
and forged ahead to its destiny throw away line
at the tipping point it saw some waters 
and cried full of epiphanies. stanza lines 3 and 4 bring me back in though

As it was about to fall  so it is the drop..
a curious thing happened,
its world violently begun to shake 
and all the drops came at it! this stanza is consistent to the poem

they all then turned into a wave,
and the drop couldn't tell what happened
and all it could think of was the waters this line sounds nostalgic in terms of 'waters' i though we were looking forward to the drop meeting waters; now the drop is in waters and we're nostalgic? that seems like a mixup in timeline to me
and what it could have been. abstract/confusing line

While it was dying it saw the truth ha! ink dying. yes..
and caught a glimpse of his god...

...it was the artist who had slippery hands
who dropped the bottle to the ground. i like the ending
I can read an allegory for any unfulfilled expectations.  I like it.  some issues with time frames/story arc to my reading but overall well done.

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The drop - by Shrewbe - 10-05-2016, 02:52 AM
RE: The drop - by kolemath - 10-05-2016, 08:01 AM
RE: The drop - by Alic Elliot - 10-05-2016, 03:24 PM
RE: The drop - by kolemath - 10-05-2016, 07:16 PM
RE: The drop - by Shrewbe - 10-05-2016, 11:29 PM
RE: The drop - by Bueller - 10-10-2016, 02:31 AM



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