To be, Just be
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Impressive! I found the wordplay around 'to be or not to be' lovely, very well executed.
The idea of the poem is original and clear - the return to 'mother's arms' in the last stanza is very satisfying.
I like the use of an actor as your character to bring depth to the stage metaphors you use, which are about a very general experience.

I do think that while the omission of little words (e.g. a, he, and) helps the meter for some lines, it doesn't make for healthy lines overall. For example in stanza 2 omitting the 'a' from the beginning of line 4 makes it sound like caveman speak to me.

(03-19-2015, 06:53 PM)summermoose Wrote:  In mother’s arms, he starts to see
the stage on which he plays.
Wide-eyed and free, begins to dream;
the crowds will come some day.

For want of part, he acts to fit,
a vapid Hamlet roams. This line is a bit weak as it doesn't tell me anything new. Why did you pick Hamlet in particular?
Green actors’ thirst, grows truculent
dull pang for greatness moans.

Transcending now, his show robust
gold words from Shakespeare’s kiss.
The crowds have come, fulfilled his lust
but head in hand he sits.

Same curtain falls, cries helplessly What is doing the crying here?
to be, or not to be.
In mother’s arms, he starts to see
to be, to be, to just be. I think it would improve the rhythm of this line if the final 'to' was deleted.
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Messages In This Thread
To be, Just be - by summermoose - 03-19-2015, 06:53 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by groberts01 - 03-19-2015, 08:56 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by LorettaYoung - 03-20-2015, 05:15 AM
RE: To be, Just be - by billy - 03-20-2015, 04:02 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by Daroma - 03-21-2015, 09:06 AM
RE: To be, Just be - by summermoose - 03-21-2015, 04:47 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by jasmine.m.wardiya - 03-22-2015, 04:36 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by kwokfreya - 03-28-2015, 05:34 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by summermoose - 03-29-2015, 03:33 AM
RE: To be, Just be - by nakedwonder - 03-29-2015, 09:37 AM
RE: To be, Just be - by staciamberdawn - 06-06-2015, 03:04 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by tectak - 06-06-2015, 05:53 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by jasmine+clovers - 06-06-2015, 07:14 PM
RE: To be, Just be - by Sharramon - 08-19-2015, 10:20 AM
RE: To be, Just be - by Misanthrope - 08-19-2015, 04:55 PM



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