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C.S.Scotkin asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 1 decade ago

Will you share your C/C on this poem?

A VERY SMALL WISH

by C.S. Scotkin

I'd like to pull the night across my head,

a soft velvet comforter

embroidered with silver

French- knotted stars.

Warm and safe

where no brash Sun can burn my face.

Soft twinkling will not blind me...

Update:

Elaine, you have come the closest to the meaning of "twinkling." I hope this helps the first responder.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I am new here. There are some who can actually write. I'll add you to the list.

  • Todd
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It's a nice tight piece of writing.

    The opening two lines set up the conceit nicely.

    L3-4 are the most descriptive. I very much like the use of embroidered and French-knotted stars.

    The last two lines also work well.

    If I were to critique any of it it would be L5.

    This is of course just my opinion: Warm and Safe to me don't add a lot. Certainly under a comforter you may feel warm and safe but when you contrast the idea with L6 no brash Sun can burn my face the night is by contrast put forth as cool. Even if we didn't have the contrast that line steps away from imagery and descriptive language and settles for labeling words that tell us something. I think your poem could exist without the line or the concepts could be reworked into the other lines.

    Overall though it is good work.

    Best,

    Todd

  • 1 decade ago

    Was very small, and very simple, and very lovely in that!

    Sounds like a delightfully poetic surrender to your Circadian Rhythm! And your metaphors make it all seem t'make sense! Very LARGE kudos!

    Write on...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hey; I like this. Can I ask what you refer to by "twinkling"??

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  • Joe K
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    An enjoyable read, C.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is stellar, no pun intended. You have mastered the metaphor. When I read this poem, I actually had a physical reaction. This is what true poetry does to its readers.

    Addition: I believe the poet is referring to the lights behind your eyelids when you close your eyes.

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