06-22-2019, 11:21 AM
Hey NancyNutmeg,
Welcome to the site
I think this piece would benefit a lot from restructuring it into more distinct stanzas. This could be accomplished by shortening some of your lines. As well, some of your wording here isn't bad, but some of it could use some work. I'll go into a little more detail below:
Thanks for the read,
Richard
Welcome to the site
I think this piece would benefit a lot from restructuring it into more distinct stanzas. This could be accomplished by shortening some of your lines. As well, some of your wording here isn't bad, but some of it could use some work. I'll go into a little more detail below:
(06-22-2019, 06:14 AM)NancyNutmeg Wrote: When i first saw you i thought you were beautiful. When i first kissed you, i knew your skin was made from something magic. -Words like "beautiful" and "something" don't add much. Maybe think about adding images so these lines have a stronger impact on the reader.I hope you take the time to workshop this because I would like to see where you take this from here.
But there's a wall between us. The other woman, the black hole, that rotten person you call a friend.
With your feet firmly planted on the other side, all you could do was say 'I'm sorry',as the tears ran down our cheeks.
I'm sorry, you think that wall is your cocoon, I'm sorry you think you need it.
All I can do is love you from afar and wait until you see, those coloured wings are trapped.
You have always been the butterfly. -I actually like this ending. However, I think you need to start building towards this metaphor from the first line of the poem. Maybe you meant to with the word "beautiful," but you need a stronger hint of the butterfly than that.
Thanks for the read,
Richard
Time is the best editor.

