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But then....
"He wanders town, with his walker
Awkwardly staring at people's daughters"
Those 2 lines made my week. I love 'em, and will prolly steal 'em at some point.
Go for it! Haha.
I'll have you know, the entire poem is true.. in retrospect, there are probably three people that I shouldn't have sold knives to.
I enjoyed the simplicity of The Garden Variety Depression; the title seems overextended, in contrast to the poem.
I also like un-poems. Meta-poems. That's why my second vote went to Blippy; The poem was just not constructed around its deconstruction; It was built like a house made with clouds; fragile verses built by pure boredom or the lack of a something more "concrete", lack of focus. The focus came back when the objective became clear, thus, turning it into a meta-poem.
I might be wrong, though.
Argh. My critical thinking ends here. I know the limitations of my second language.
Cwalzy and Zeldy get my votes. Cwalzy's has some fascinating images and, like Blippy, I want to steal that pair of lines.
Zeldy (and I suppose Blippy gets credit by extension) does make some fascinating connections that are much more appreciable the more you know about the Bible. While my conclusions are different than those in the poem, I have also asked the same questions, and the language does them justice.
Guilan really starts to flesh out his concepts, especially in the second stanza, but ultimately it didn't set itself enough apart from other similar poems that I've read.
I wanted to like Crusible's more, but it ultimately seemed too general, to the point where it was hard to have a reaction or an emotion...
Blippy's "Placeholder" reminded me of "The Oil Slick" by Frightened Rabbit, where the singer tries to write a love song for his sweetheart but has to come back and admit that he wrote another downer, even though he tried >_< This one gets my honorable mention.
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"Bitterness is a paralytic. Love is a far more vicious motivator." - Sherlock
Blippy and iCawlzy got my votes.
I'm really a sucker for rhyme and poems about lack of direction so Placeholder was a pretty easy choice for me.
Untitled grew on me the more I read it. I like how the middle two lines, (walkers and daughters) have an almost rhyme and the rest is non rhyming.
I would definitely give Connections a vote if I had three, it is well done but I don't agree with the conclusions and that's coloring my view of it.
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Crusible gets my vote this week. I'd offer analysis but tbh I wasn't feeling anyone elses and don't want to seem like a hater. Everything else seemed too heavily salted if it were a meal. Not enough flavor diversity. Crusible presented worthwhile tapas. I dunno I'm weird.
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Although Jesus Christ is my homeboy, I enjoyed Zeldys poem. I felt the God quote at the end was kinda bleh though. I understand what you were trying to accomplish but it just didn't flow for me. Cut that out and go straight to the "Ask me again, why I don't believe" and you probably woulda got my second vote. (Or maybe reword? Idk)
Here are the Poetry submissions for this week:
Masks by Guilan
The Garden Variety Depression by Crusible
Placeholder by Blippytheslug
Connections by Zelderex
Untitled by iCwalzy
Vote for the poem(s) you feel is the best (up to two). Remember to adhere to the "Honor Code" when voting.
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Sorry for the delay, party people!
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Finger wag at Blippy for probably his fifth or sixth un-poem.
Almost voted for iCwalzy, but there was some disconnect I felt near the end of is poem.
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Go for it! Haha.
I'll have you know, the entire poem is true.. in retrospect, there are probably three people that I shouldn't have sold knives to.
I also like un-poems. Meta-poems. That's why my second vote went to Blippy; The poem was just not constructed around its deconstruction; It was built like a house made with clouds; fragile verses built by pure boredom or the lack of a something more "concrete", lack of focus. The focus came back when the objective became clear, thus, turning it into a meta-poem.
I might be wrong, though.
Argh. My critical thinking ends here. I know the limitations of my second language.
See ya, poets!
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Cwalzy and Zeldy get my votes. Cwalzy's has some fascinating images and, like Blippy, I want to steal that pair of lines.
Zeldy (and I suppose Blippy gets credit by extension) does make some fascinating connections that are much more appreciable the more you know about the Bible. While my conclusions are different than those in the poem, I have also asked the same questions, and the language does them justice.
Guilan really starts to flesh out his concepts, especially in the second stanza, but ultimately it didn't set itself enough apart from other similar poems that I've read.
I wanted to like Crusible's more, but it ultimately seemed too general, to the point where it was hard to have a reaction or an emotion...
Blippy's "Placeholder" reminded me of "The Oil Slick" by Frightened Rabbit, where the singer tries to write a love song for his sweetheart but has to come back and admit that he wrote another downer, even though he tried >_< This one gets my honorable mention.
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I'm really a sucker for rhyme and poems about lack of direction so Placeholder was a pretty easy choice for me.
Untitled grew on me the more I read it. I like how the middle two lines, (walkers and daughters) have an almost rhyme and the rest is non rhyming.
I would definitely give Connections a vote if I had three, it is well done but I don't agree with the conclusions and that's coloring my view of it.
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I also liked Garden Variety, short but clear. The grass wilted around us all makes us wish we can go back doesn't it?
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“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments
are we bound to prosperity and ruin.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Although Jesus Christ is my homeboy, I enjoyed Zeldys poem. I felt the God quote at the end was kinda bleh though. I understand what you were trying to accomplish but it just didn't flow for me. Cut that out and go straight to the "Ask me again, why I don't believe" and you probably woulda got my second vote. (Or maybe reword? Idk)
Prayin for ya though ;D
I am pleased by this on a number of levels
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It's like if Spock had an internet connection. Your disinterest is almost hypnotic.
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