Canarsie
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Minimalist poetry is great! I like simplicity, but since I'm easy-to-please, I don't think I have a working knowledge of what acceptable minimalism would be.

(05-02-2017, 03:42 PM)homer1950 Wrote:  Faceless doors and I read about "anti-poetry" where people deliberately threw poetic devices away. Some anarchists like to end lines with conjunctions. Why did you choose to do this? I'm not picking up on the importance of "and". You could probably get away with "Faceless doors" standing alone and moving the conjunction down a line. That will open the door for others to critique the simplicity of this opening line. I think a "door" serves as a good opening.  Smile  And it's faceless, so that's cool too. Doors are commonly faceless- what are you actually saying?
grimy dry windows 
hover above 
cracked sidewalks
This is some run-down neighborhood. When I think of grime, I think of slime, and I don't think that dry windows can be grimy. That is only my understanding. 

The old corner store
longs for warm bodies
This corner store is the run-down building described above? So you're connecting things well. I have a hard time connecting my images when I write. I'm satisfied with your choices. 

The "L" roars past
like a jackhammer,
You've opened with a four-line stanza and then moved to two stanzas of two lines each. Is a sense of division what you intended to get across?

Ah, the noise An interesting way to end this with a sound of satisfaction. You must be happy with the run-down nature of everything described, and maybe have some emotional connection to this place. I like that you're leaving it open to interpretation, despite how ambiguous it is.
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Messages In This Thread
Canarsie - by homer1950 - 05-02-2017, 03:42 PM
RE: Canarsie - by burrealist - 05-03-2017, 08:43 AM
RE: Canarsie - by nibbed - 05-03-2017, 10:50 AM
RE: Canarsie - by Richard - 05-05-2017, 11:44 AM
RE: Canarsie - by Szczepan - 05-06-2017, 11:22 PM
RE: Canarsie - by homer1950 - 12-02-2018, 04:32 PM
RE: Canarsie - by billy - 12-04-2018, 11:35 AM



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