The Adventurer's Manifesto
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ey! my thoughts
(11-09-2011, 07:01 PM)Heslopian Wrote:  Beauty so harsh and ucompromising,..this line didn't draw me in immediately; I think starting with "beauty" makes the poem feel too typical. Switching with one of the other lines (e.g., the cellophane image, or even the line "caught by the midday light" though I realize its used more for the simile) could make a more unique opening.
glistening like cellophane
caught by the midday light,
no God to blunder blindly through...not sure how necessary "blindly" is. I think blunder is a good, strong word that conveys all you need
This is the vision of which I have dreamed..your call, but felt overly complex. simplified: "I have dreamed"
in camps below the moon.
Freed from man's stupidity
and his cleverness, his ambitions,
daily life, wating for a taxicab,..not sure you need "daily life". I think the taxicab and last chair cover your meaning
the last chair at the coffee house.

To see a flower grow then die,..you have stronger images after this one
rivers wash away their banks, ..like this
sunlight soak an arctic field,..and this!
the meaningless circles of life,...after those concrete images, this felt 1) too telly and 2) too abstract. not sure if it's needed
the pepetual motion machine,
this is the vision of which I have dreamed.
just some quick thoughts, see if you agree or disagree or kind of agree, and I hope they help
Written only for you to consider.
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The Adventurer's Manifesto - by heslopian - 11-09-2011, 07:01 PM
RE: The Adventurer's Manifesto - by billy - 11-10-2011, 11:22 AM
RE: The Adventurer's Manifesto - by heslopian - 11-10-2011, 01:07 PM
RE: The Adventurer's Manifesto - by Philatone - 11-12-2011, 07:31 AM
RE: The Adventurer's Manifesto - by heslopian - 11-12-2011, 01:44 PM
RE: The Adventurer's Manifesto - by Philatone - 11-13-2011, 12:06 AM
RE: The Adventurer's Manifesto - by addy - 11-14-2011, 01:28 PM



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