04-08-2017, 11:36 AM
Hey Elizazile,
I really like that the tone was consistent with the title. The poem overall does have a sense derangement to it. My only concern would be some of your use of metaphors and images. There are times that you mixed your metaphors and images, and that can be confusing for the reader. I'll go into more detail below.
Keep writing,
Richard
I really like that the tone was consistent with the title. The poem overall does have a sense derangement to it. My only concern would be some of your use of metaphors and images. There are times that you mixed your metaphors and images, and that can be confusing for the reader. I'll go into more detail below.
(04-08-2017, 08:43 AM)Elizazile Wrote: I wake, a waitressOverall, I like a lot of what you did in this poem. My main suggestion would just to be careful when mixing metaphors and images.
Balancing five or six plates, -In my opinion, this line works well because of the title.
Which I refuse to set down,
And carry table to table instead,
Thrilled to be put to work. -I like the image of the waitress. However, it seems to get lost a bit after the second stanza.
All aflutter for weeks now -I found this a bit confusing because the first stanza seems to be an awakening, whereas here it seems like this has been happening for a while. I think this could be because of the mania/mental illness, but it still is a little too abrupt for my liking.
I can't quite say
That this feels good anymore
Just that slowing down
wouldn't;
Would be a puddle of milk
Spilled and seeping, I love this metaphor. It creates an awesome image in my mind.
Threatening to down
My tower of tenuous tomorrows. -I am not too sure about this line. It feels like you're mixing the metaphor of the speaker as milk with this metaphor of the tower and the future. I sort of understand what you were going for here. I just think you could express more clearly if you focused on and developed only one of these metaphors.
I no longer feel my center
But see myself, the center
Of a web of glass entanglements -Is this "glass entanglement" part of the tower from the previous stanza?
Sustained by never glancing away,
Shattered by a deep breath -I like these last two lines. It works with the image of the entanglement, but it could also work with the tower metaphor. As well, I think it relates to the title effectively.
Keep writing,
Richard

