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- From: bechdol@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jeff Bechdol)
- Subject: Re: Critique Wanted-Poetry
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov06.233544.28540@rchland.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 23:35:44 GMT
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- Greetings!
-
- My general comment would be to keep the last line, put the poem away for a couple
- of weeks, then, when the weeks have past, read it again. I find it often takes
- several revisions before I'm happy with something I've written.
-
- However, my style would be to end in rhyme and title the poem with the last few
- words... as below:
-
- In article <BxB2y5.6q8@ora.com>, chalmers@ora.com (Leslie Chalmers) writes:
- |>
-
- "Your Eyes"
- -----------
-
-
- |> The glassy moon appears
- |> as day weaves its night
- |> and gold beams spin silver lace.
- |> I walk down the grey hill
- |> to the house shrouded in silver veils
- |> of mist.
- |> My edges fade and swirl
- |> through your sky.
- Falling in reflections
- from the image of
- your eyes.
-
-
- But this would be my style which may not fit the impressions and emotions you
- were intending. Put it away, look at it again in a couple of weeks.
-
- Have fun!
-
-
- --
- Cheers,
-
- Jeffery A. Bechdol
- "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." IBM/ABS System Design II
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