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Love the turnout this week! 10 poems, busier than we've been in a while. Lot of different faces, old and new alike. Good to see Ilvaldi posting again, and a warm welcome to Arbitraryarmor and Gabriel Chase, both of whom are new contributors.
Untitled. Much flowery emo ado about nothing. Next.
Mother. Nice title. Hope it impacts as well. Hmm. Insulting. Loving. Poignant. Possible. Keep it open.
slowly i die. 'nuff said. next.
Object works. I like. keep it open.
Out With The Old is well crafted, but somehow lacks impact. Dunno. Iffy.
Running circles? Short spiral. Next.
Breath breathed in, breathed out. Loved "Creating lines of pure lick", tho! Next.
hidden works. it creeps up on you after reading. i like.
No remorse. Hmmm. Nice concept, strong last stanza. The opening was weak sausage, tho, for the subject material. Next. Oh!
Leaves me with 4 open... hidden even better after a reread. vote. That leaves me with 3 to chose from for vote 2. After a third reread, I'm going to have to go with Crusible, with honorable mentions for Zeldy & Ilvaldi.
Ouch. Though I agree with your review of everyone's material, the delivery was a bit harsh for some, don't you think? I'll try to follow with my own review and explicate some of the weaknesses I thought laid about. Thanks for the honorable mention.
Tact has never been my strong suite. If I peed in anyone's cheerios with my bluntness, soory; I'll try to be more considerate of people's feelings in the future.
I enjoy bluntness in reviews cause it can be entertaining and informative at once, however I got a decent review here so I might be biased...
Anyway I voted for Gabriel Chase and Mother on the Hospital Bed.
For the Untitled one I liked the image behind all the flowery words, also having a title could have really upped this poems impact. good stuff.
For Ilvaldis work, I really like this poems form. I also like how it ends with two lines instead of three. Good imagery and all that. quality!
I had a bunch of close second choices this week, Blip, Preve, Zel, and Guil all made words I enjoyed as well.
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I make words using things
like pen pencil computer
sometimes prolific
sometimes a neuter
Tact has never been my strong suite. If I peed in anyone's cheerios with my bluntness, soory; I'll try to be more considerate of people's feelings in the future.
I pretty much agree with Blippy about my own poem.
Voted for Crusible and Ilvaldi, honorable mention to Preve. Crusible's was simple as ever, smart and insightful, all good things in poetry. Ilvaldi's was delightfully crafted and the metaphors were to die for.
That's pretty much all I have to say about this week.
Re-edited, with some time & thought. Some of it is still tough love, bubu!
The rythm is supposed to be syncopated; I don't know if you're familiar with her, but Emily Dickenson used the same technique: changing the flow of the syllables in order to generate effect (although what effect she was trying to achieve varied greatly from poem to poem).
As far as my (first) poem this week, perhaps it was too cryptic? I'll be sure to work on that next time. It's rater unfortunate that I haven't gotten any votes so far, but that's a sign that I can do nothing but improve from here
i liked adventures in babysitting a lot this week. way my favorite. fourth dimension's poem was pretty good too. simple, but that's all it needed to be, i think.
i got a lot of honorable mentions. heh.
that is all.
my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
Don't sweat it. The votes don't matter. What matters is the vini, vidi, vici of writing. You did all three, so yer Caesar. You can cross the Rubicon next time. Or the time after. Now wipe that blood off your lip and get writing!
I think it's a lot more fun to just kinda chill in the Rubicon. Maybe bring a cooler of beer and some friends, go swimming. The other side is kinda lame; it's mostly just churches and kudzu and department stores.
Nah, I pretty much agree with Blips. It's pretty much impossible to get worse at writing. The more you write, the more you discover little rhythms and techniques and sounds that you like and themes that you enjoy and most importantly; the more you develop your own personal style.
The more you write, the more you discover little rhythms and techniques and sounds that you like and themes that you enjoy and most importantly; the more you develop your own personal style.
this is 100% true. my poems weren't nearly this weird and offputting when i started. you grow into something maybe! or regress! you know, whatever
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my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
Here are the Poetry submissions for this week:
Adventures in Babysitting by Blippytheslug
"No Remorse said the Vigilante" by Queengothica13
Hidden by Preve
A Breath of Fresh Air by Guilan
Running Circles 'Round Life by ArbitraryArmor
Out with the Old by Zelderex
Object Philosophy by Crusible
Slowly I Die by 4thdimensionalbubble
Mother on the Hospital Bed by Ilvaldi
Untitled by Gabriel Chase
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I'm dead tired, so I'll cast votes tomorrow.
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Ouch. Though I agree with your review of everyone's material, the delivery was a bit harsh for some, don't you think? I'll try to follow with my own review and explicate some of the weaknesses I thought laid about. Thanks for the honorable mention.
I enjoy bluntness in reviews cause it can be entertaining and informative at once, however I got a decent review here so I might be biased...
Anyway I voted for Gabriel Chase and Mother on the Hospital Bed.
For the Untitled one I liked the image behind all the flowery words, also having a title could have really upped this poems impact. good stuff.
For Ilvaldis work, I really like this poems form. I also like how it ends with two lines instead of three. Good imagery and all that. quality!
I had a bunch of close second choices this week, Blip, Preve, Zel, and Guil all made words I enjoyed as well.
like pen pencil computer
sometimes prolific
sometimes a neuter
You're still good to me, man.
Voted for Crusible and Ilvaldi, honorable mention to Preve. Crusible's was simple as ever, smart and insightful, all good things in poetry. Ilvaldi's was delightfully crafted and the metaphors were to die for.
That's pretty much all I have to say about this week.
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The rythm is supposed to be syncopated; I don't know if you're familiar with her, but Emily Dickenson used the same technique: changing the flow of the syllables in order to generate effect (although what effect she was trying to achieve varied greatly from poem to poem).
As far as my (first) poem this week, perhaps it was too cryptic? I'll be sure to work on that next time. It's rater unfortunate that I haven't gotten any votes so far, but that's a sign that I can do nothing but improve from here
i got a lot of honorable mentions. heh.
that is all.
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
I think it's a lot more fun to just kinda chill in the Rubicon. Maybe bring a cooler of beer and some friends, go swimming. The other side is kinda lame; it's mostly just churches and kudzu and department stores.
Nah, I pretty much agree with Blips. It's pretty much impossible to get worse at writing. The more you write, the more you discover little rhythms and techniques and sounds that you like and themes that you enjoy and most importantly; the more you develop your own personal style.
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this is 100% true. my poems weren't nearly this weird and offputting when i started. you grow into something maybe! or regress! you know, whatever
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
Someday, you too, could win a Lifetime Achievement award in PRC.
Congratulations to Crusible, the winner of PRC Round 210! Sorry for the delay guys, had internet problems.
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