03-05-2014, 08:32 AM
(03-05-2014, 06:51 AM)Heslopian Wrote: A house in autumn talks with quiet bliss, "speaks with" or "talks in"I like the vibe the poem is giving but I struggle to visualize a consistent line of imagery.
an old and ugly witch, uncaring for if this refers to the house, it could be referenced as so show that connection. such as "Like an"
its grim appearance. The ancient dead hiss
of victims lost in time and space anew, "anew" sounds off here, but I guess it works. word choice.
with each glass frame or tile shook by wind, the "with" and comma may not be necessary here based on the next line
disturbs a necking kid. A naked sinew it's a couple who's disturbed, but kid is singular.
is draped across his girlish lover's toe, sounds like nudity is draped across her sinew, phrasing could be adjusted
like morbid lace in its buckled embrace.
He screams, she jumps, they look like nervous doe. they both look like a nervous female deer (singular)?
She slaps him, hard, across his crippled face,
suspecting some prank. The sinew is gone.
The bleak and dusty room is all that stays.
A house in autumn keeps its moulding lawns,
once gaudy with light, and now black as pawns. "and" may not be needed
The word choice and phrasing does not flow well and with a little rewording this poem could really stand out. It seems as if it's a couple kids getting spooked by an old abandoned house, but this is a basic concept and isn't very clear. If using this poem to create a scene, there could be more of a story added in so that the reader is aware that the house is the focal point with its own story, and the kids are just the most recent victims. Perhaps adding a couple lines that would reference its history, adding more descriptions of it past and current state, or even a line that this isn't the first creepy occurrence. You touch on it in the last line but it ends there. From reading it I get there's an old house and a couple kids and a missing sinew.
I like the direction of this piece but I think it could be bulked up and have a more substantial impact to the reader.

