Blue, black, red
#1
Feel for the womb less
Widowed before marriage
She’s got old and blue
Nothing borrowed, nothing new
But better a vagabond be
Than horse and carriage
And wedded to that coterie
Better as a fragrant vagrant
Can you not whiff the sweet smell of success?
I digress

Feel for the tomb less
Even death won’t swallow them up
In life, they knew vagrancy
In death, they see no vacancy
Their skin flaked in soil, no boil
Still a dark, black death

Feel for the blameless
Called to war
Never to learn what for
Rivers of blood
Corpses piled to the sky
Miles high
Even the moon’s turned red
On account of the dead

Now peer into the knowing eye of a seer
See his pained pen
Dripping ink, held in fear
Blue
Black
Red
Or maybe a golden hue?
No telling what may appear,
For you
Reply
#2
(03-29-2015, 10:34 AM)nakedwonder Wrote:  Feel for the womb less
Widowed before marriage
She’s got old and blue©
Nothing borrowed, nothing new(cccc)
But better a vagabond be(ccccc )
Than horse and carriage(cccccc)
And wedded to that coterie
Better as a fragrant vagrant
Can you not whiff the sweet smell of success?(cccccc )
I digress(ccccccc)

Feel for the tomb less
Even death won’t swallow them up(ccccc)
In life, they knew vagrancy
In death, they see no vacancy
Their skin flaked in soil, no boil[b] Huh?[b]
Still a dark, black death (ccc)

Feel for the blameless
Called to war(cccc)
Never to learn what for
Rivers of blood(ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc)
Corpses piled to the sky
Miles high(cccccccccccccccc)
Even the moon’s turned red
On account of the dead

Now peer into the knowing eye of a seer
See his pained pen
Dripping ink, held in fear
Blue
Black
Red
Or maybe a golden hue?(cccc)
No telling what may appear,
For you
© Cliche level.
I am so sorry to say this but listing cliches, beginning each line with a capital letter, omitting punctuation, not rhyming, no meter, making gratuitous obscure references, using pseudo-poetic phrasing is all just too much for this crit. I have nothing to add except this. You do not need to use outmoded poetic devices, nor is rhyming an imperative, punctuation can sometimes be minimal if sense is preserved (or achieved) but you must read more poetry to know what you can and cannot get away with. I suggest that you workout what you want to say before you say it...then use your own words.
Best,
tectak
Reply
#3
NW,

This is not a critical forum, and so you need not have critique. If you do not wish critique, do not read the following.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________



The critique:

There is a reason why we no longer cap the first word of every line any more, we found it is easier for the reader to make sense of what the poet is saying. Unless you have some reason besides affectation for capping the first word, I suggest giving your reader a break and stop. even though this is misc. unless the writer specifies no critique, a piece will get plenty critique, as the errors buries what ever meaning might have been there, which will lead to very frustrated reader. Also ditto on the cliches, trite phrases, punctuation, or lack there of. Beyond that this poem seems mainly predicated on the rhymes, mainly forced, and seem to follow wherever the rhyme leads, rather than having or holding to an idea prior to the writing; that is to say the poem has been hi-jacked by the rhyme. I would point out an egregious one, except nearly all are.  

Sorry, don't mean to bust your chops, but you really need to move away from most of the stuff you are doing. If poetry is new to you it is understandable, but nothing of what has been pointed out generally leads to good poetry. Maybe in the hands of a really good poet parts can be used in a beneficial way, but that is not the case here. Just because it is a poem, it is not freed from the usual restrictions of grammar that is imposed on all writing. Rhyme as with any rhythmical component helps drive the poem energetically, but not as to it's purpose. Cliches and trite phrases are nearly always frowned upon, if for no other reason than they lack originality and are boring.    
I have no idea what you are trying to say here, but if you have an idea, try writing it out in grammatical sentences first, so you are clear about that in your mind, so it is less likely to get hi-jacked. Probably stay away from rhyme as it seems to be a pitfall for you at the moment. Rhyme works best with consistent meter, and does not work well without it (that explanation is long so I will forgo it here). Try practicing on some of the simpler metrical forms. This site has much information about all of this. Try http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/forum-10.html


Dale  
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?

The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
Reply




Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!