Embalming air
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(11-20-2025, 01:54 AM)adat Wrote:  nice poem and imagery! here is some feedback:

(11-16-2025, 07:17 PM)sun_sparks Wrote:  Embalming air
 
Sun ghosts grey through
blue-hazed diesel fumes.  i like this imagery
 
She apologises through a group;  unclear what this means -- it conjures up apology through a group-chat, which i am not sure is correct (and also is not very evocative)
alien here.    
 
Apple-sweet aromas of plastic-wrapped
decay spill from shadowed lanes—
bile rises, swallowed hard.   this is great, but should it be "aromas" or "aroma"?
 
Salt-clammy sweat stings
on blister-flushed AC-prickled skin. what does blister-flushed mean? can one just say blistered? and normally most of your skin won't have blisters, so what's going on? sun-blistered?
 
She squeezes between jammed SUVs  this might be stronger without specifying "she"? "Squeezes (or squeezing) between ..." ? needs ending comma, too
horns erupting in frustration needs ending comma
followed by the eyes of a child from the sunroof beside.  could be reworded to be stronger, passive verb + detail about the sunroof (and the fact that it is beside) clutter the meaning here
 
Deep-growled acceleration scythes
through grime-textured air.
Brakes
squeal.
 
She turns to witness
the world dying   so far so good, though i am not very good at judging enjambment
in irrevocable motion.   again, feel this could be reworded to make it stronger
Thank you for this feedback adat. I really appreciate you taking the time to review and review this, as well as my other poem! Will review. 

I fell into the trap of reworking this too much. Need to give it some space in my mind... your perspective truly helps!
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Messages In This Thread
Embalming air - by sun_sparks - 11-16-2025, 07:17 PM
RE: Embalming air - by adat - 11-20-2025, 01:54 AM
RE: Embalming air - by sun_sparks - 11-20-2025, 02:36 AM
RE: Embalming air - by JC_Chalant - 11-26-2025, 10:56 PM



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