04-17-2012, 10:36 AM
looking at the latest version without seeing the inspiration behind it, to see how the piece stands on its merit. i'll try to revisit after seeing the link later
I like the urban atmosphere the poem gives.
I hope some of this is helpful
(04-15-2012, 03:08 AM)Chaotic Body Wrote: v2.0the description is here, but I never felt focused on a specific scene or really felt sure of what I was supposed to imagine because the shifts are constant, as with the different nouns and verbs. I'm getting some kind of spectacle/ production, but am probably off-base.
White with red line, strip, stumbles
Lipstick, glass, of a face turned away ...considered dropping "of"; not sure whose face it is, so it didn't feel necessary. right now, I'm envisioning a reflection
Gritty, dirty surface of the pavement, gravel, you !
Collapses together, red handbag and shoulders and glasses and pavement...wasn't sure of the subject of "collapses." The "red...glasses" really is a great mix of singulars, plurals, and collectives in a sense (glasses being a singular object with two lenses, but also perhaps being multiple pairs of glasses)
Amber cast,
Many door-slams and stiletto-trots and screams, serve distant...I would have stopped after "stiletto-trots", losing also the "ambience" bit of the next line ambience
Amber hued door and bonnet, car spotlit on a stage casting Pavement
Inside lies solace, detachment: door a gateway to..."door" and gateway felt redundant to me
Nasal lens-tinting; a new world of actions done here....the second half of the line did little for me
White with black line, dress
A pretty face queuing on Pavement
Shoulders brush bony male shoulders, two cast together in a play
Docile, shuffles along, shoved, laughs hurled
(end)
I like the urban atmosphere the poem gives.
I hope some of this is helpful
Written only for you to consider.

