12-02-2021, 08:18 AM
Hey Ryan. This reads almost more like a thesis than a poem. Nothing inherently wrong with that but the long lines and odd punctuation make the read more tedious than it needs to be. I would give each idea a little more room to breathe. Example below.
Good Luck with it.
(11-30-2021, 07:19 AM)Ryan_w_r Wrote: On the trading floor of right and wrongI think I removed one comma and one period where I felt they were misplaced. For me the tight 4 lines made the piece read more wordy than it actually is.
smooth brained ideologues plan
their unscrupulous divestment of civility.
Speculative swindlers bet long
on the parabolic bull run of subjectivity
as a cacophony of unanswered margin calls ring loudly. "loudly" is dull adverb. Suggest reworking this line. It's the weak point of the poem.
Objective thought is shorted into capitulation.
Good Luck with it.