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Please read my poem. Any Suggestions?

WORDS UNSPOKEN

The words I did not say,

The songs I did not sing,

The prayers I did not pray,

The thoughts that did not wing.

I speak now you have gone,

I sing to soothe my breaking heart.

I pray that I may be forgiven.

I think I may have played my part.

Regrets will come regardless of words

We have said, sung, or thought.

Life has many discordant chords.

Not one extra day can be bought.

Communication now has passed,

But memories will still remain.

No albatross tied to the mast,

Will help us endure the pain.

The age we live in is unique.

Until our very last breath,

Truth and peace each day we seek,

But we have no say in our death

Update:

Jedhoe200 - There is a connection to the "Ancient Mariner" who shot an albatross and regretted the episode ever after

Update 2:

DS Davis- good point

Update 3:

Pamela - The one I often forget to forgive is myself and I think you are right another stanza might round it off. Will give it some thought.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Kate how very, very true, this something i try to teach in life " do it now tomorrow maybe too late".

    I shall print it to send to the people who are in a mourning situation, and through the church i meet many.

    Well done very perceptive, and so gentle in it`s message.

  • 1 decade ago

    Seems to be well thought out and balanced with one exception...

    The line "No albatross tied to the mast,"...

    I have no clue what that means, nor would many people - if any.

    I know an albatross is a big white bird that flies around ships for very long periods of time, but I see no relevance to the poem.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The repetitive phrase poem (love is... love is...) is a really horrible motif and very rarely does anybody make it work. Worse than that it encourages amateurish imitators because people have the delusional belief that a bad/simplistic structure must be EASIER. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    The roses are frozens

    The violets are frozent

    Your poem works

    oh wait, no it doezn't.

  • vanek
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Lola
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I had to blink back

    tears reading this

    The first stanza is

    so very perfectly written.

    We do the best we can,

    for those we love

    somehow,somehow

    cruel fate

    leaves us with

    an aching

    of unsaid

    emotions.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Your poem is really very good.

    I would simply like to see another verse about forgiveness to round it off.

  • 1 decade ago

    the last line is awkward

    feels like a question or topic is missing

    ex. were is the truth were is the peace

    But we have no say in our death

    (this means we have no say in truth and peace like we have no say in death)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it good

    9/9

    Source(s): um ghost the great
  • 1 decade ago

    i think it's good.

    there's no need to change anything about it.

    ^^

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