02-21-2022, 07:33 PM
(02-18-2022, 12:52 AM)Mark A Becker Wrote: Nothing that I say todayI couldn’t quite warm up to “murmuring you make”
will mean as much
as the murmuring you make,
stirring in our bed, dawn
softly illuminating our room,
the fan gently whirring
overhead, and your arm
curled across my heart.
“Murmuring” is too much like bees.
“Gently whirring” is a cliche
The final “heart” feels out of place. The rest of the poem is all solid images, but now comes a metaphor.
Maybe “chest”?
I like the general idea of the poem, but it comes across as a bit flat for now

