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ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips from the vines
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon
ah, the sea got stormy today
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage,
and a green coluber in the sea of green
ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when you take a sip of juice
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Hey bogpan,
I like some of your imagery here. However, I feel like there's too much repetition for a shorter piece. I'll go into more detail below:
(09-30-2018, 03:48 AM)bogpan Wrote: ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips from the vines
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon -The word "green" is in the title twice, so consider a different word than "greenest".
ah, the sea got stormy today
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage, -I quite like the goat imagery here. This line stuck in my head after reading the entire piece.
and a green coluber in the sea of green -The word "green" is here twice, so I would suggest rewording this line.
ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when you take a sip of juice Maybe think about changing the title, so to help with the overabundance of the repetition of the word "green". I look forward to seeing where you take this from here.
Thanks for the read,
Richard
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(09-30-2018, 10:44 PM)Richard Wrote: Hey bogpan,
I like some of your imagery here. However, I feel like there's too much repetition for a shorter piece. I'll go into more detail below:
(09-30-2018, 03:48 AM)bogpan Wrote: ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips from the vines
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon -The word "green" is in the title twice, so consider a different word than "greenest".
ah, the sea got stormy today
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage, -I quite like the goat imagery here. This line stuck in my head after reading the entire piece.
and a green coluber in the sea of green -The word "green" is here twice, so I would suggest rewording this line.
ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when you take a sip of juice Maybe think about changing the title, so to help with the overabundance of the repetition of the word "green". I look forward to seeing where you take this from here.
Thanks for the read,
Richard
Hello Richard. Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I will think of your suggestion to change the title. Thank you very much for your reading.
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I automatically search for meaning in any given poem, I'm beginning to think that's a bad habit now.
(09-30-2018, 03:48 AM)bogpan Wrote: ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips from the vines nice line
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon I don't understand the conjugation with unrelated sentences
ah, the sea got stormy today a little random
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly interesting imagery but my mind can't digest these lines as the semantics are unintelligible
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage,
and a green coluber, one with in the sea of green
ah, you won’t remember the forget sweet October when you take a sip of juice I feel like repetition doesn't do any justice here
The imagery would benefit from a coherency and more fluent wording
assholery not intended .
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watch out for repetition. the [ah] isn't helping the poem much and too many greens. though you have some good imagery, i'm struggling to put them all together, the images need tying together.
(09-30-2018, 03:48 AM)bogpan Wrote: ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips from the vines [dripped] it's past tense good opening image.
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon
ah, the sea got stormy today
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage,
and a green coluber in the sea of green
ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when you take a sip of juice
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like this a lot-
(09-30-2018, 03:48 AM)bogpan Wrote: ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips from the vines
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon -'little girl' in l4 obviates the need for 'little' here
ah, the sea got stormy today
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly -don't think quickly is necessary here.
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage,
and a green coluber in the sea of green -repetition of green verges on heavy
ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when you take a sip of juice -love this last line.
good work
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(09-30-2018, 03:48 AM)bogpan Wrote: ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when amber juice drips (dripped) from the vines
and where does the little grape picker go on that greenest afternoon
ah, the sea got stormy today Give a little more background, maybe describe the vinyard as "a mass of leaves rolling as waves on open sea", or something else, before this line, it'll perfectly tie in with the line near the end.
little girl, shrink midst the swollen grapes quickly
because the goats’ hooves sing, ah, a joyful god and his dusty entourage,
and a green coluber in the sea of green
ah, you won’t remember the sweet October when you take a sip of juice
Definitely keeps the two ahs, it holds the poem together.
Beautiful piece, just needs a little more refinement.
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