Lost in Translation, Whale song
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Hi Vanity,
I find this rather messy and confusing, it needs editing.
For instance you appear to have two titles, and mercedes has
already pointed out the 'maybes'.
You might start by separating it into verses
and then identifying the essential elements from (what may well
be) the superfluous. There are some nice lines and ideas here
(I liked the 'heel-toe of heartbeats') but they seem overwhelmed.

Some cut and paste suggestions:
The song Like love, heats the blood,

Maybe the whales are just singing

they don’t want to talk
to eyes-in-front types
[like me any more]
(the tone of this seems different
from the rest)

The last of my breath

bubbles out, a long sigh,
chest hurts a little
[as if] the thought was too big
(not sure about how you connect
'breath' to 'thought', but I like the
idea in these lines)

I’d far rather float
through Sargasso forests,
on and on in zero buoyancy
holy [in] the silence between notes

Best, Knot.
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Messages In This Thread
Lost in Translation, Whale song - by Vanity - 02-24-2017, 04:08 PM
RE: Lost in Translation, Whale song - by Vanity - 02-25-2017, 03:30 PM
RE: Lost in Translation, Whale song - by just mercedes - 02-25-2017, 04:26 PM
RE: Lost in Translation, Whale song - by Shelrabbi - 02-25-2017, 04:37 PM
RE: Lost in Translation, Whale song - by Achebe - 02-25-2017, 08:30 PM
RE: Lost in Translation, Whale song - by theDesigner - 03-02-2017, 11:42 PM
RE: Lost in Translation, Whale song - by Knot - 09-09-2018, 10:49 PM



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