01-13-2016, 02:41 AM
(11-19-2015, 12:47 PM)Wjames Wrote: Above street noise,
three birds find
harmony.
Great effect for a short poem, very clear message given with imagery. Hits a lot of major points a poem should. But you kind of wrote this like it is a sentence, with a capitalization and period. Personally, I would drop the cap, the comma and period; as it is now, I am compelled to read it like a sentence, and not a poem. I also would suggest you try to find a different word than harmony. It just seems like too easy of a word, and it is a bit overplayed in poetry. Just some suggestions: stillness, breezeless, windless, at rest. Remember show don’t tell; show us harmony.
This may take more work to narrow down, but I think you miss an opportunity to add more to the story when you just call them birds. I say pick a specific type of bird. Don't let the reader imagine noisy ugly birds, tells us what kind of birds we should be thinking about. What type of birds inspired the poem?

