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(06-26-2016, 07:40 PM)Achebe Wrote:  Hi Luna - you can tighten up the intro. It's currently too conversational, like prose. Boring to read.
You should also consider sticking to a single metaphor and consistent imagery.
You start with sunflowers and Autumn then go to tides, then relics and a terracotta floor. Too all over the place.
Suggested edit of S1 below

(06-26-2016, 01:01 AM)LunaDeLore Wrote:  In Cache
 
Sitting here wrenching out words
That won’t flow today
But when the sun shines
After the camellia blooms
Have rotted back into the ground.

Achebe,

I think a conjunction would work and I'll certainly keep your suggestion in mind during revision.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting

Luna

(06-26-2016, 11:22 PM)lizziep Wrote:  
(06-26-2016, 01:01 AM)LunaDeLore Wrote:  In Cache
 
Sitting here wrenching out words
That won’t flow, that will flow
Just not today
Not today.
When the sun shines
On the sunflower’s face
After the camellia blooms
Have all fallen and rotted back into the ground. -- I've read this line several times, and I can't for the life of me see that it's a complete sentence. I do love that the content is very evocative, and it draws me in.
The words will come to me, swiftly
As the tide rises inside -- this is a lovely line
The realm of poetic phrases. I don't love "poetic phrases." Might be better to use a sensory image. 
The corners of sonic awaken the senses -- I'm not sure I love the phrasing of "corners of sonic," but it might just be a style difference.
And relics begin to tremble on a shelf, -- does this mean that the power of the syllables will cause an earthquake? Just want to make sure that I'm tracking.
As syllables drop from tongues
Hitting the terracotta floor. -- I love this line: hitting and terracotta.
The words hidden in cache
Will flow
Just not today.
Lizz,

Corners are places where too ends meet so I kind of understand where you're at with that phrase. I'll consider your comment in revision; maybe something else will work. I'll have to play with it some to decide.

Your comments are much appreciated.
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Thanks for reading.

Luna
In your own, each bone comes alive
the skeleton jangles in its perfunctory sleeve....

(Chris Martin)
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Messages In This Thread
In cache - by LunaDeLore - 06-26-2016, 01:01 AM
RE: In cache - by Achebe - 06-26-2016, 07:40 PM
RE: In cache - by LunaDeLore - 06-26-2016, 11:58 PM
RE: In cache - by Lizzie - 06-26-2016, 11:22 PM
RE: In cache - by 71degrees - 06-27-2016, 10:31 AM
RE: In cache - by LunaDeLore - 06-28-2016, 04:35 AM



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