Foreigner
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(09-09-2011, 08:44 AM)Leanne Wrote:  I tried to steal your eyes
and see the world through
dark horizons, scarred impressions Instead of the comma could you give "scarred impressions" its own line?
beaten bloody hues Is "bloody" needed? Given "scarred" in the previous line I don't think you need the extra adjective to explain what you mean by "beaten".
of retrograde rainbows Love the phrase "retrograde rainbows".

I could only get
half a handful I think you could bring this up a line and create a better rhythm.
but palm to pupil sparked
a tune I could never hope to sing
and my fingers, slick with tears Is the comma needed?
released and fled

Your world is not mine to enter
but I have never stood
in so beautiful a doorway I love this last tercet. It's so succinct and quietly powerful.
Good poem, Leanne. The title matches the piece perfectly and you have some real fluid, imagistic lines.

"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe
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Foreigner - by Leanne - 09-09-2011, 08:44 AM
RE: Foreigner - by billy - 09-09-2011, 09:12 AM
RE: Foreigner - by Wildcard - 09-09-2011, 10:14 AM
RE: Foreigner - by Leanne - 09-09-2011, 03:01 PM
RE: Foreigner - by Aish - 09-11-2011, 01:09 AM
RE: Foreigner - by Leanne - 09-11-2011, 06:55 AM
RE: Foreigner - by heslopian - 09-12-2011, 11:39 PM



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