Finitude- poem
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(04-23-2014, 11:11 AM)Nbafan Wrote:  Just a poem I wrote. It's definitely rough and unpolished. Any thoughts are appreciated!

Finitude

Above a freeway I stand— Maybe instead: I stand above a freeway
281 to be exact—
To be exact seems like weird wording. Why would the reader care what highway exactly?
Watching dozens of bright lights
approach and pass.
I feel like the imagery here could go further and would fit with your sense of helplessness - like the world is just passing you by, oblivious to your pain

It’s mid-April now,
Mid takes away from the feel - just plain April works fine
It’s been four months,
And yet the pain
does not fade.
I would say "will not fade" fits with your next line of wanting it to end, but it just won't! Like you're trying to make it fade...

I want it to end
But
I know it won’t
and against my will
fresh tears begin anew.
cliche, maybe say: my cheeks are wet again or something like that - better imagery anyway

I edge forward,
Ready to embrace my finiteness
This and the next line are suddenly so long compared to the others - need rephrasing
But an image of you supplants itself
within my mind.

And I step away
And realize that
despite my sorrow,
despite my pain,

You make my life
worth living.
sorta cliche
You have some punctuation and capitalizing problems to fix. I like it, though. I like how it flows form sorrow to hope.
The Silverwood poet
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Finitude- poem - by Nbafan - 04-23-2014, 11:11 AM
RE: Finitude- poem - by TheDoctorCam - 04-23-2014, 12:00 PM
RE: Finitude- poemcircumscribe - by Erthona - 04-23-2014, 01:02 PM
RE: Finitude- poem - by aerickson - 04-30-2014, 02:11 AM
RE: Finitude- poem - by Caleb Murdock - 05-01-2014, 12:47 AM
RE: Finitude- poem - by Nbafan - 05-05-2014, 11:53 AM
RE: Finitude- poem - by ChristopherSea - 05-05-2014, 07:31 PM



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