The Shite That Falls From Clouds.
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(06-24-2012, 10:16 AM)billy Wrote:  Nightmare dreams precipitate:
Our thunderous thoughts collected;
and with the waking hours done
in sleep we're resurrected.

Through the maelstrom, run boy run
escape is not a given
once the carousel has spun
we surely will be riven. -- this line is awkward, though metrically sound -- what about "we'll certainly be riven"?

Split asunder torn apart -- a comma would help after asunder
from one horrendous killing; -- "from" or "by"?
till anew the next one starts
and blood afresh starts spilling.

A lifetime's skies can't hide us. -- you miss a foot here, you could try "a lifetime's skies, they can't hide us"
We fail; fall into the crowd -- here you add a foot, maybe "we fail, fall through the crowd"
hit the pavement with a cuss; -- "and" would help at the start of this line
catch our breath and cry out loud. -- I'd be tempted to split this line into two, a variant won't hurt:

catch our breath
cry out loud

Aside from losing your metric mojo in the last stanza, you've put a bloody good poem together here. What are you whinging about?
It could be worse
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The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-24-2012, 10:16 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by tectak - 06-25-2012, 06:27 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-26-2012, 08:45 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by Leanne - 06-26-2012, 11:32 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-28-2012, 09:03 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-29-2012, 04:59 PM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-26-2012, 01:40 PM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by addy - 06-27-2012, 10:19 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-30-2012, 08:39 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by Leanne - 06-30-2012, 08:49 AM
RE: The Shite That Falls From Clouds. - by billy - 06-30-2012, 09:04 AM



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