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Poetry critique, please?

~Youth~

The light of your youth, so vibrant

That it floods the room.

To me you are surreal, almost

Ethereal in nature.

If only I dared, if only one time,

To brush the flesh of your cheek

With the back of my hand.

Would you turn away?

Would my invasion be welcomed?

The heat radiating from within

Every fiber of your being

Consumes all of my thoughts.

All of these thoughts

Are forbidden in nature

Not only by the laws of society,

But also by the stronger morals

My weakened soul does not

Possess.

and

~Wonder~

Stillness bathed in a sea of pale stars, liquid silence

Clarified by the twilight and rising moon;

The color of life is shaded with hesitant dark blues.

Without caution or uncertainty, the curtain of night

Drapes across the stage of the day after its final call,

Faithful and ageless as the dawn of time itself.

Unspoken are the wind's words, though a whisper

Chances a thoughtful escape here and there,

Drifting high and low, as a pillar of wonder.

Update:

Thank you kindly and thank you for taking the time to read these...I've always wondered.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I love both of these, especially Wonder. They are really heartfelt, and very smooth and flowing. You are indeed, as LoveDove...... said, born to write.

    Please keep writing, don't stop if you get any bad critique, just keep going. I think the literacy world needs more poets, especially ones who write poems such as this.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I really like both of them. I can relate to them both. I especially like lines 5-8 of the first one. Good work.

  • 1 decade ago

    This one too! You born to write. Seriously!

    I love them both . =)

  • 1 decade ago

    i really like them both!

    good job!!

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