Flavours
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Some people know well,
How to enjoy life.

Different flavours,
Mind's able to pull-
From: keen composed room,
Blanketed in dark--

Silence shared: unspoken rule;
Some risking popcorn crunches or,
Occasional giggle, arm bending for-
Smuggled candy goods.
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hey chaotic! hope this finds you well

(04-17-2012, 09:26 PM)Chaotic Body Wrote:  Some people know well, ...could drop the comma
How to enjoy life.

Different flavours,
Mind's able to pull-...again, I would drop the comma above and the dash here
From: keen composed room, ..."keen" describing room? not sure I follow
Blanketed in dark--..."dark" would work better as a noun I think

Silence shared: unspoken rule; ...again, not fond of the punctuation used here
Some risking popcorn crunches or,
Occasional giggle, arm bending for-
Smuggled candy goods. ...now these 3 lines my mind can work with and imagine. i liked

i'm seeing some kids at the movies. looking back at the piece, I think the first stanza could potentially be cut. the middle stanza felt a bit cryptic. the last stanza really offers the most meat in a rather effective way.

Written only for you to consider.
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(04-18-2012, 05:06 AM)Philatone Wrote:  i'm seeing some kids at the movies. looking back at the piece, I think the first stanza could potentially be cut. the middle stanza felt a bit cryptic. the last stanza really offers the most meat in a rather effective way.
Thanks again for so much input Smile

I'm trying to describe the sensations of these things, how they can be enjoyed more in the right mindset. Too vague with the title and the middle stanza, then. It might not be something easy to paint in poetry at all, eh... I'll come back to it though.

Yeah basically you could enjoy the cinema once every week but that takes away from the special moments and atmosphere it can have as a rare treat. Should work that in..
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(04-17-2012, 09:26 PM)Chaotic Body Wrote:  Some people know well, Is this comma needed?
How to enjoy life.

Different flavours, Ditto.
Mind's able to pull- None of the dashes in this poem are needed.
From: keen composed room,
Blanketed in dark--

Silence shared: Should that be a semi-colon, like the one after "rule"? unspoken rule;
Some risking popcorn crunches or,
Occasional giggle, arm bending for-
Smuggled candy goods.

The best verse of this poem is the last. The "unspoken rule," "popcorn crunches" and "occasional giggle" are very atmospheric. After reading that last verse the preceding ones feel like needless prologue.
Also, the sentence construction reminds me of Wolcott Gibbs' line: "Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind." I think the poem could be vastly improved with a much simpler style. For instance:

"Some people know
how to enjoy life.

Minds are able
to grasp different flavours,
from keenly composed rooms
to blankets in darkness."

All criticism is JMHO. The last verse is very good. You capture some warmth and tenderness in it. Thanks for the read.
"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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