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Care to comment/critique a truly awful poem?

"Five Years Removed"

I read your poetry again...

slipped into old feelings,

old fears and doubts and memories of who I was

who we were

what we couldn't ever be.

I never went through

denial

bargaining

anger

...I skipped those three,

went straight from grief to calm quiescence,

like my heart short-circuited.

yeah.

short-circuit (sigh)

there's something wrong with me, lover,

something you couldn't fix,

something he can't either...

I'm broken I suppose,

forever and away...

I am a woman who preaches of love,

I am a woman who preaches

I am a woman...

perhaps that is all.

My hips have slope and curve,

my breasts are full and round,

voice low and sweet and filled with power;

I can bring men to tears,

but I am...wired wrong.

I did not rail at God.

I never asked Him why.

I simply knew you were too good

I simply knew you were

I simply knew

and accepted.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Oh my, sister

    this is just a heart beat of what transpired

    and you penned this right, I too am fully

    miswired..

    you had me with this one, I could not resist answering as I shall not tell you my story

    but I felt a total kinship. And a shared sorrow

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You've got plenty of wonderful emotion in there, really, Your poem isn't completely hopeless. I suggest revising the wording a little. Try highlighting the best parts of your poem,and then consider the rest for revision. That's the best way to narrow down the task, in my opinion. Also, I might work on the rhythm a little. Even free verse should have a bit of a beat to it--not necessarily too much, but make sure it doesn't sound sloppy.

    Source(s): I'm a poet
  • Jenny
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    I love your poem it truly does have a lot of emotional told in it. I suggest u use my heart broke In two rather than short circuited. On the second time that you say short circuited try broken hearted or lost soul.

    Source(s): Hope this helps :)
  • Temari
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Hello my friend, it's been a while

    So wonderful to read your words once again.

    I had to read this several times to find your flow.

    It's a quiet, hush tone almost a whisper.

    It's a slow read. Each line resonating...

    It evokes memories and longing.

    I can appreciate that it ends with acceptance...

    At some point we must all face the truth.

    That's not always easy. Thank you for sharing...

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Bit melodramatic, and I don't care, I don't care much, I don't care much at all for the repetitive structure but then I am allergic to anything that seems Whitman-esque.

    Not the terrible thing you prepared me for though. False advertising?

  • 8 years ago

    It must be very tough to read the poems of a dead loved one. This thought struck me pretty hard.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I think you know the poem is not awful. What happened is awful.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Some of it is not though...awful I mean.

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