Burial (2nd revision)
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(03-25-2017, 02:32 AM)burrealist Wrote:  
Burial


Floods and cold crests
Shift grain from
Dwelt rocks

Its strength sweeps line
By line, cracks
Dredged deep

White specs dance, flares
Of sprees rush
Like wasps

I thought I could
Stand its strength
As stone

I've sunk in, stuck
I was wrong 
I'm frail

I drudge each foot
Hands thrash out
Splash down

Stern mud pulls me
Both feet cringe
Eyes swell

These coarse hairs grit
Bone with skin
Fringed, caged,

Trapped, struck by nails
My form shreds
Joints numb

Crack hard, like ice
Break and flail
Freeze burns

Sheer, thick sheets slide
Down my lungs
Teeth stung

Gagged, crushed, I snap 
Dropped stones fade,
Hearts sink.

The ghosts off-shore
Watch this tide
Awe-struck

Its flux, its ebb,
Its course, breeze
Draft, whir

Some time has gone
Ice still washed
Cruel flows

Deep in those flows
I still sway
Mute shift
Hi burr,
On a cursory read I took this to be just  nonsense.Subsequent readings convinced me I was correct. The other crits have tried politely to see the King's new clothes but I see him bollock naked.
Look, this "thought train" stuff is all very good at convincing some of the people some of the time that there is something inherently worthy in saying it "as it is". That may be a bonus in politicians but not in poets.The quintessential point about poetry is to find another way. It takes some skill, some intuition, some talent and some effort...the latter being inversely proportional to the sum of the formers. Read this out loud and make changes to clarify, dazzle, impress and IMPROVE. If you need it spelling out in a kindly way,use your thoughts as a frame on which to hang out your metaphorical washing...it needs to be cleaned up,rinsed through, to flutter and dance in the fresh wind...that is poetry, this is just dirty  linen on the line.
No line by line as every line would require comment which you would find detrimental to whatever you thought you were doing...BUT I am NOT convinced that you thought you were doing anything poetically germane...and there's the pity. If you genuinely wish to "make" a piece worth reading...and I hope and believe you do...then please take this crit in the round. It needs more (correct) punctuation, more (potent) imagery, more (clarifying) metaphor, more (consistent) rhythm, more (thoughtful) aliteration, more (tuneful)assonance, more (vectored) direction, more....more....POETRY. 
Best,
tectak
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Messages In This Thread
Burial (2nd revision) - by burrealist - 03-25-2017, 02:32 AM
RE: Burial - by CRNDLSM - 03-26-2017, 06:18 AM
RE: Burial - by burrealist - 03-28-2017, 03:21 AM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by vagabond - 05-15-2017, 07:24 AM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by tectak - 05-16-2017, 11:54 PM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by burrealist - 05-17-2017, 06:53 AM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by tectak - 05-17-2017, 03:15 PM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by just mercedes - 05-17-2017, 07:21 AM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by billy - 05-17-2017, 09:55 AM
RE: Burial (1st revision) - by burrealist - 05-18-2017, 03:26 AM
RE: Burial (2nd revision) - by burrealist - 05-20-2017, 04:31 AM



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