10-17-2016, 05:58 AM
Nice edit, unfortunately I did not include a copy of the original state of the poem, so cannot comment accurately on the changes. It's possible to update the original post while retaining a copy or copies of previous edits there, hidden inside "pre verse" tags so they're not normally seen. I'll include a copy of the current edit at the end of this coment so you can see how that works - it's helpful to critics, though it does involve some extra work on your part.
At the risk of rewriting - considered a serious sin of critics in some quarters, here is what I mean by standard grammar and word order - your fifth stanza, and recast in past tense:
This is only an example, lacks the immediacy of your poetry, and is certainly not the only way to do it. In particular, it loses the meat/greet rhyme. And anyway, dreams are inconsistent. This is just to explain what I mean by consistent grammar and verb tense, and I apologize again for the rewrite.
At the risk of rewriting - considered a serious sin of critics in some quarters, here is what I mean by standard grammar and word order - your fifth stanza, and recast in past tense:
Quote:The grey haired old Man bowed his head to my feet I rise and his hands I felt
With looks of sorrow he rise his head in gentle tone these words he said
“From their cross hung his flesh like a piece of meat
without life his soul in thy kingdom we greet
with open arms I comfort him for their saviour, is my son.
I give them life this human race yet they betray their only fate
now again I grieve but not for them but for my son,
who wish to return to a world which is dying,
from their own Human waste”
The grey haired old Man bowed his head; to my feet I rose and felt his hands
With looks of sorrow he raised his head; in gentle tone these words he said
“From their cross hung his flesh like a piece of meat
without life his soul in my kingdom we greeted
with open arms I comforted him for their saviour [no comma] is my son.
I gave them life this human race yet they betrayed their only fate
now again I grieve but not for them but for my son,
who wishes to return to a world which is dying[no comma]
from their own Human waste”
This is only an example, lacks the immediacy of your poetry, and is certainly not the only way to do it. In particular, it loses the meat/greet rhyme. And anyway, dreams are inconsistent. This is just to explain what I mean by consistent grammar and verb tense, and I apologize again for the rewrite.
Non-practicing atheist

