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Thomas
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Thomas asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 1 decade ago

Unbreakable (Critique Please!)?

As shades blur

Days stir

Losing my balance

Shorting out

Smoke flares from my mouth

Eyes dim

Shorting out

Sockets burst

Not so shatterproof

As I pick up my shards on the ground

Looking down

Fading to black

Unstable

What constitutes self punishment

Unscrew the sockets

Put in new bulbs

And light up again

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    This was okay. the one line that did stand out to me was 'put in new bulbs and light up again."

    I interpreted this as meaning sometimes when your soul begins to dim and whatever hope there was finally dies out, you begin to surround yourself with those who love you and wish you well, and your able to revive that lost hope once again.

    Just my individual interpretation. But your off to a good start, you just need to read great poetry to become a better poet. Expand upon your vocabulary. Learn about imagery and how to properly use metaphors. Using effective metaphors can do wonders for a poem. It adds depth to its meaning.

    Keep Writing.

    -denmark

  • 1 decade ago

    It made me feel terrible..

    BUT, that means you succeeded.

    I can tell you put a lot of sad emotion into it, and it transfers well <3

    read mine?

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201101...

  • 1 decade ago

    Good . . but its a little complicated . . like a metal song

    overall good

    also check mine http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApSVL...

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