05-13-2019, 11:52 AM
i think the better edited start creates a better read. the anthracite line fishes it off well.
(05-11-2019, 09:21 PM)dukealien Wrote: Townhouse Conductor
edit2;
As if conducting silent symphony,
the master-vulture shifts, presiding from this opening feels to be a better image
a gleaming copper-glinting gable while below
well-off dog-walkers, never glancing up there are a lot of ing words. you could easily reduce some, glancing could be glance; imsore the last line could also easily be reworked to create leave instead of leaving.
(or down), ignore their eunuchs' leavings.
One block east a second buzzard just a suggestion mind but i'm dying to read it as [second seasoned buzzard]
stands prepared to play her part,
dusky evening dress contrasting with
emerald illegal-tended lawns. again i like this image. i'm brought to mind of the hose pipe bans in the uk.
Still master-vulture perches, anthracite;
directs, anticipating townhouse coda
on a page much closer than
dog-walkers thoughtlessly believe.
Thanks to the new critics. In this edit I've tried to implement the advice, including @UB 's to turn up the alliteration. As to @knot's concerning sound effects, rather than try to recast the whole thing as choreography and dancing-master, I qualified the symphony as silent- see how that works.

- see how that works.