07-03-2025, 08:35 AM
(07-03-2025, 04:56 AM)dukealien Wrote: Respectful BalanceHey Duke,
My one year-old Korean interesting line break here. I was a little afraid of what was coming next!
car will steer itself
using LIDAR cameras until good internal rhyme. might cameras be redundant? I don't think cutting it messes with the rhythm too much
it loses track of lanes breaking at 'track' might open up for some expansion on the idea of 'lanes' ie paths
at which point it calls consider moving 'urgently' up to this line for emphasis, as it is a stronger word than calls, IMO.
urgently for both my hands
upon its wheel.
So unlike a Tesla
in full automation mode
there’s a certain diffidence I like how this ties back to the title
and modesty to its attainments maybe end last line with comma and cut 'and'
which I find both becoming
and, as it does with me,
reassuring. I find the ending a little wanting. I have a suggestion below.
Overall I think this is well done. There is a very little bit of obscurity moving into S2 L3 regarding whether the narrator is referring to Tesla or not. I get it but thought I would would mention it. Obviously, I have made some suggestions only as a consideration, especially as this is not a critique forum. I did think of an alternate ending which, I think, fits with the overall theme of your poem:
which I find both becoming
and reassuring; a child
that still needs me.
There are nuances that can be explored with different wording.
Thanks for the read,
Bryn

