Daydreaming at Night
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Hi tommyb Smile Welcome to the site. I have some thoughts for you below.

(03-13-2017, 07:14 AM)tommyb Wrote:  The self-indulgence of daydreaming at night, -- good opening line
wondering if California Anchorman could ever fly. -- I googled this, but couldn't figure out what it is. Undecided
Walking a lot by murk of evening -- you don't need "a lot"
and sleeping.

And it broke me. Like the bullfight, and Brett and a bullfight,
and a soft name in a phone, and that perfect name in between. -- I really like these last two lines. Good concrete detail.
And all I ever did was love her, he said,
but not me.
I think. -- I'd omit this. It feels tacked on, but not in a good way. Integrate it somewhere or else I'd drop it.

When bombs don't go off,
little is rebuilt which is perhaps kinder -- I like these two lines, the alternate perspective
though so much less helpful. -- this sentence is fairly weak because "helpful" is not specific. It's too vague.
This world should end
sometime -- I like the ending too.
The first stanza has two sentences that are not sentences but dependent clauses. I'd rectify that.

Also, I'd think of another title. The one you have 'gives away' one of your best lines.

I enjoyed the read, thanks for posting!

Lizzie
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Messages In This Thread
Daydreaming at Night - by tommyb - 03-13-2017, 07:14 AM
RE: Daydreaming at Night - by nibbed - 03-13-2017, 10:00 AM
RE: Daydreaming at Night - by Fox Womb - 03-13-2017, 12:51 PM
RE: Daydreaming at Night - by Lizzie - 03-15-2017, 02:24 AM
RE: Daydreaming at Night - by tommyb - 03-15-2017, 08:23 AM



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