09-10-2017, 02:02 AM
(09-05-2017, 08:40 PM)ClaireLou Wrote:I like a lot of this, I think you could tighten it a bit. I haven't read the earlier edits or other comments, I hope my thoughts are helpful.
Vascular beats
Wrapped in brown paper
Tied with Old fraying string Nice opening, a heart in a brown shopping package.
Hallow of thoughts, silent of cry. I can't make sense of "Hallow of thoughts" - do you mean "hollow"? "Silent of cry" is awkwardly worded.
The patterned tag long forgotten
Hanging unwanted by my side
Words blur, Paper cockled cockled is lovely
Like a riverbed in Summertime nice simile.
The clock stopped,
Hidden beneath the floor boards
In a tell tale hint
Towards the madness. Towards what madness? Maybe cut "the".
Breathe cold,
A floating cloud
In a blank space
Of self-doubt.
My way lost, I think you should add a word here, like "My way is lost". "My way lost" is strange, and the affect doesn't really add anything imo.
The tissue that crinkled with love
Now ripped & torn, the passion gone,
No happy smiles, No celebration. I think you could say this line in a more interesting way. "ripped and torn" is an example of using images to express the feeling, this is just the feeling - I would try and make it more like "ripped and torn".
This is who I am,
Forgotten as the moon on a Summer day,
A distant memory, I would cut this line, it's implied by "forgotten".
A deflated balloon polluting the stream in which I float. Nice ending.

