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Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I read your short tweet of prose "Sometimes I Wonder"  and stopped to ponder your pontification, if we are left to only wonder about life's greatest questions. There's not much text to go on, but you set up your intimation and sum up with conclusion well, in short order.

My mind goes to..."Whether it is better to suffer the slings and arrows..." A lot of the thinking and theorizing about "Man's questions" has mostly been done for us. Why struggle to wonder when you can just Google something?

There are different approaches in philosophy and some wrong-headed conclusions. Without knowing what unanswerable questions Man has been wrestling with, it can be concluded we are all left to wonder without fact-based evidence. You are right! You sum it up so quick here.

Man is ceaselessly prone to wrestling with matters akin to a strong man who tries so many different ways to load a box he's not meant to lift without machination. We all think we can figure it out, find a new angle no one ever thought of, where many have tried and failed.

Only through new technologies are we getting closer to solving many of life's biggest mysteries. My favorite, the hunt for the God particle. But, won't we still doubt if we find proof of a greater existence?

We are Men.

Loved this mini-thesis,


Brian


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Review of Black Cat  
Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with The WDC Angel Army  
Rated: E | (4.0)
Hi The Ink Maiden~ ,

I am reviewing your poem "Black Cat"  because you have been chosen as a Spotlight Author at "Angel Review Forum" .

There are several items in your portfolio that I could review, but my mind kept coming back to this poem. I have a personal/special relationship with three cats in my house and have Respect for felines in general, and was inspired to give you feedback.

Now in your description line you say 'we,' but not meaning you, as in identifying as a cat, but giving voice to an abused, maligned creature. And, I imagine if you Google, there must be some origin to the ignorance towards cats that lasts to this day.

Cats are some of the most beautiful creatures and house pets. Identifying them with witches should have ended centuries ago, except for that infernal Halloween.

Your rhyme scheme did miss a beat and the meter/syllables showed no form, so it's a bit rough structurally. The tone and message are good. I'll bet you could do more to get a nice flow with this. Some suggestions?

You could still rhyme while changing up line breaks. Your first couplet you could remove 'the' before 'moonlight' and Voila! perfect rhyme/meter. Maybe, the next two lines you could mix up lines and words to get:

"Prowling stealthy, he appears a sight
Gives the superstitious quite a fright."

And so on like that. I would have fun with those verbs, make more active. I reach for my thesaurus for a shorter or longer synonym, especially with adjectives, when I need a smoother sounding line. I learn a lot of new words in the process. It's puzzle building really.

I think you've done a nice job with your poem's statement. The repeated words in the same do nicely. If a longer poe, could have repeated. A good poem like this once polished could be used by magazine publications aimed at everything from pet care to children's rhymes.

I hope my feedback was useful. Thanks for supporting our friends,

Brian

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Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hi lezismore-moreislez ,

I am reviewing your poem "Shadows of a Gunslinger"  because you have been chosen as a Spotlight Author at "Angel Review Forum" .

This was a rare treat to read a Western poem, with a gritty feel to boot, and had a driving hook with the use of 'Shadows,' giving it a special flavor.

What I found that was solid with the form used was practical progression. You start with him staggering, losing his bearings, things get fuzzy, Grim at the ready, soul flight, last breathe, carcass and cue the vultures! What's also consistent is symbolism related to this scene. I can imagine someone from an Eastwood film, Mexican border, flowing cloak and gun, it's arid, midday, throw in a cactus or two and it's a dismal scene.

While repetitive, "Shadows of..." works well as that driving hook. Like, death persists, keeps coming in couplets until the ultimate end. What was a little off was meter. First stanza I count 7,6,8,6...2nd: 6,6,7,6...3rd: 7,6,6,5...4th: 7,7,8,7...5th: 7,6,6,6. Now, they don't have to be all perfect, but rhyming lines sound best with same syllable count. Maybe verse three needs revisiting? I count 'scythe' as one syllable, so sound short to you? It's your poem.

Did catch one stray word that maybe you left behind after an edit in stanza four, line three: "the" is hanging out.

I really enjoyed this scene portrayed in poem. It's refreshing to get a different flavor with such crisp imagery to help it along.

Kudos,

B

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Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: 13+ | (4.0)
For a writing exercise, I could see some similarities of what you are doing here with some similar movie heros who go on one more adventure before their retirement. The sequel would be to bring them out of retirement, another theme that's nearly a genre.

Your main character has those no-nonesense traits. I'm not up on fantasy like this. I'm picturing Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzneggar as the lead. But, there's some TV actor whose name I don't know that I could visualize.

Context would have been good, especially dialogue, so I could imagine the scenes you were portraying. There's the old, will the wife be able to put up with you around bit, too. It's a good writing exercise with crisp scenes, depictions, but too cliche?

A lot aging actors still play leads into their fifties today, without too many too old for this stuff. I like the idea of a replacement as an adversary, maybe planning to do things different, wants old man out of way?

Oh, now setting is important. The king was hard to picture, not knowing if this is future, parallel universe, or how this fantasy genre accounts for someone in employ of royalty. Not any ruling kings of note anymore.

Good writing exercise. I hope you were able to do more with it, take story further.

B


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Review of Nightmares  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (4.0)
Hi birdie ,

I have come to review your poem "Nightmares"  after reading a little bit that you shared on your portfolio. And, I see you like some of the same categories I like to call on when I write, Death, Dark, Emotional.

It's a sad poem about the loss of a friend, but the majority of the poem is your reaction to it. It must have been devastating. What's even sadder is you say, "I hear her screaming in my head..." Either you imagine such a deep connection of loss with her that she haunts your thoughts, or worse, present at her untimely passing. It's dark and sad stuff.

Remorse is probably the heaviest word. Guilt? Sometimes, we imagine we are to blame for the loss of a loved one, if we had done something different. Regrettably, multiple people, including parents go through this when coping with grief.

Your poem gives tears to think that someone still alive and can write such visual, emotional poetry and is suffering to write such dark verses. I hope it's fictional, because then it would prove your gift.

Thank you for sharing your writing,

Brian


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Review of Confessional  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I was intrigued by your poem "Confessional"  and read it through several times so I could understand the symbolism and the imagery and what you are trying to portray with this.

Visually I imagined a person not able to stand up, was laying down with the snow in their palms, otherwise forming a snowball, or maybe snowing so much while hands extended while pleading we're left covered? So, now I'm getting lost and try to read more, and discover the person is standing. And then the person who is speaking in the poem seems reverent, and I could only imagine a Catholic priest. But I can also imagine a person the intoxicated one is confessing to is the one he cheated on.

The last stanza, the one I had to work on the most, was most befuddling. The mother Mary could've been his wife and that she is pregnant with a child. Otherwise, I'm lost in some Catholic saying to pardon someone.

The poem ends starkly and makes me wonder if there's more. But all I can really take away is that someone had an impression of this man who had a dalliance and cheated and wanted forgiveness while he was drunk in the church parking lot. It's poetry in itself with clues to make a reader try to put it all together.

Bet if I keep working I'll see more of what the poet is trying to convey. (Reread three)

Okay, I got more. There is a date in the description line. Like that's when this event actually happened. What's ironic is he's asking to be pardoned outside a church by his significant other. If so, I'm so sorry. And since it happened in August, he's learned he impregnated the person he cheated with, three months earlier.

Okay, I worked through it now. I start writing reviews and get ahead of myself before I have that 'hey, wait a minute' moment, backtrack and do a little more groundwork. Guess, when I start typing I can see stuff adding up. Ever happen to you? Wonder how many people I shortchange with a review because I don't do my due diligence?

Now I can say that is brilliant writing. Maybe, personal. But, life throws us these moments that make for literary gems.

Well done,

Brian


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Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with Circumpolar Black Light Reviewer  
Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
I have read and digested your poem "Brushstrokes of Humanity"  coming away with two feelings, as you can imagine. Life is tragic and life is beautiful. We have little to say about all that lies between, but we know the news headlines will not bother to touch the joy of your ending verses, unless it's the mandate to end a broadcast on an up note after depressing us yet again.

So, we are left feeling life is mostly tragic. Your poem teaches us to take comfort.

I'm also reminded of the loved ones left behind. If this poem could have an unusual twist for me, it would be to take your contrasts and give them each a connection. That somehow the charmed, normal lives were in fact hfamilies affected by the tragedies and still managed to move forward. I would hope we could teach people strength in the face of adversity.

I'm also reminded of bravery, people who stood up to ISIS and lost their lives protecting others. The people on that 911 flight who fought the hijackers to steer that plane away from its intended target (White House, maybe?); helped a nation on one of our country's darkest days.

Your poem does give this reader cause to reflect and appreciate what you've done here. You give the gift of perspective. Now we need to find courage and pride for those who still make life possible.

Great work!

Brian


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Review of Quantum Communion  
Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with Circumpolar Black Light Reviewer  
Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
-It's amazing how in a moment when we feel sorrow beauty can rise from one's soul. I read your poem "Quantum Communion"  with great interest, intrigued by some unusual depictions of imagery to help my imagination feel your words.

What I read is solely my interpretation not intended to supersede the poet's true vision/intent with this poem. You create a dark and chilling scene that made me feel something cold and loved and this passionate voice connected with it.

The central line in all of this is: "Glittering spatters pooled in the soils of my core." There was chill, a wind, a Spark, then rain before that moment. It's like this narrator connects with those moods, maybe moved by the words of a dark poet and wrote a response to show a relation. How something sad can connect in soils...odd word. But, it spawns flora.

And, a "red rose unfurls." That's love. So, no doubt that spark ignited a passion for something.

Quite unique and a pleasure to be able to react and share my thoughts,

Brian


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Review of Guess I am  
Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with Circumpolar Black Light Reviewer  
Rated: E | (4.0)
his poem reads like a long, rambling dissertation of I'm waiting to find out what will happen to me. Perhaps, doing and saying all the right things, but without a thumbs up from Him, no guarentees about whether your life of steadfast convictions, being virtuous, will ever amount to anything...doubt.

Your poem sets this up nicely, the scene where we are tired in bed but we are grinding on thoughts that won't let rest come. "Knowing darkness" is most powerful. It makes me feel as reader that evil lurks in that mind. Knowing God knows when you're going through the motions, you wonder where your sign is, where's that one sign to give peace.

Do we not place God in our head to punish our sins by his own word? We are self- disciplining. And at the end you philosophilize that after birth we're being taught to love and obey...it's not something inherent. Yet, while we yearn heaven, it appears it is not for us. I'll take it a step further, society using moral laws to keep order, to teach people to 'love thy neighbor.'

I was pleased to come across this item in your portfolio, good insights,

Brian


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Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (4.0)
I really enjoyed the concept of your poem "Where Words come to Life"  encapsulating the beauty of literature and the magic of the writing process.

It feels like an entrance to a book of literature to entreat a viewer to what lays ahead, using good literary references and depictions to tempt an audience.

What I didn't find in this poem was an even meter, rhyme or form. Some lines looked like they used homophones and there was some nice sounding word choices while waxing poetic. The only other thing I noticed would be the aim of theme.

You show references to reading, but also about writing. Thematically lacking cohesiveness, I wondered if you could put the magic of the writing process in the front seat of this vehicle. Perhaps, correlating how these maestros conjured up the great works.

You touch on both, but I think it would read better if focusing mostly on writer and the process.

This is magic and inspired as you were no doubt moved to put these words down to share. This is a special piece of writing that you are working on here.

Brian


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Review of Love is not  
Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with Circumpolar Black Light Reviewer  
Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Hello Mouser ,

This poem took a lot of consideration and time to write, no doubt. When I read the driving title line, "love is not" is made me think of "love is a many splendored thing." Here you have the exact opposite, identifying what many confuse with love.

My own relation to add is love is not pity. I thought that if someone felt sorry for me (the way my mom did) when I was a kid, I had found love. Crazy, right? Love is confused with so many things with what you have detailed here.

Having spent so much time considering what love is not, I had an idea that you could use to end the poem. A long winded, but tightly worded, breathless dissertation of what love is...all the sensations, feelings just rush in like a landslide to the finish. Just spitballing/i.e. brainstorming.

My favorite part was when you point out that "love is not adolescent adoration of beauty"..I think that carries over into adulthood. More of a guy thing, totally relate.

Nice job laying this poem out and impressed by all the revelation that gave me pause to think,

Brian


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Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with The WDC Angel Army  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi WakeUpAndLive️~🚬🚭2024 ,

I am reviewing your poem "Shadows of a Gunslinger"  because you have been chosen as a Spotlight Author at "Angel Review Forum" .

When I first saw the picture with title of this poem, I thought it was going to be adolescent in nature. And what I discovered is an adult reflecting on what they missed in childhood.

I related to this poem because getting older I find myself looking back at my youth and wondering what I missed, how my life would be different if I had different experiences. I take it that the scene where you're looking for your pink fluffy unicorn is really not an actual search, but a person looking at life around them and wondering if they can see the world differently, the way people who appreciate pink fluffy unicorns do.

The use of the opening line repeating at the end ties together the thoughts nicely. The free verse is a form I like to use and functions well also. The visual imagery has depth and meaning and helps a person look beneath the surface of the words to get a connection.

I was impressed and moved by this poem. This is a worthy endeavor and something I'm sure people who write poetry can view with appreciation.

It was a pleasure to have read your writing and to be able to give you comment,

Brian

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Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with The WDC Angel Army  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi Yesmrbill ,

I am reviewing your item "Shadows of a Gunslinger"  because you have been chosen as a Spotlight Author at "Angel Review Forum" .

There are so many questions in your essay here that many have debated and will debate from now until the end of time. Just the ultimate question is what it takes to be accepted into heaven. I'm told it's just accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior. I like how you referenced specific verses from the Bible and then use those to ask and try to answer the questions.

When you mentioned 'meek' and how that could translate into debonair, I'm also reminded that the Bible was translated from some scrolls written in, what was it? Latin? Arabic? Already it's opened up to the interpretation by those putting it into English -- then words have different meanings, expressions, and we've had so many offshoots of religions...so, no one unifying text to tell us what exactly what is meant by all those words. But, we all can get the gist of what the Bible says about getting to heaven. Yet, I sit in church on Sunday's and listen to the new pastor put his spin on it, and wonder why I haven't I always looked at it that way before?

Your writing is crisp and your structure is very sound. This is writing that I would typically expect to see when I open up a Sunday paper. Articles like this are very interesting to read. You have done a good job and it was a pleasure to consume and to think about.

Brian
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Review of About Love  
Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with Circumpolar Black Light Reviewer  
Rated: E | (2.0)
Hello, I'm here to comment on "About Love"  by the author Sylvia on find out why she penned this particular poem.
She reportedly described it as, "This is a Shakesperean sonnet declaring love to a special person." however, finding she hadn't written anything, we decided to reach her for comment but she did not return our call at the time of this review's airing.
It's unfortunate, but maybe the declaration fell on silent ears.
Keep hoping.


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Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (2.5)
I came to review your poem that is under construction, but can see your project has been delayed by about eight years. That is a long time to have writer's block. The title "A Fistful of Ashes"  was no doubt inspired by Clint Eastwood's cigar when he had no ash tray.

Im just going to move these pilots, I need to drive through. Astral body?


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Review of poem  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (1.0)
I came here to review your poem, "poem"  which is described as "women uniting." No doubt a feminist piece, but was the author silenced or the poem redacted because the body of the piece just says "women"?

I could review thinkers like this all day. But, maybe we can coerce former writing.com members to come back to the site and explain their derivative one-word/letter manifestos daring all the world to decipher.

*BigSmile*


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Review of Awful Or Awesome?  
Review by Brian K Compton
In affiliation with Circumpolar Black Light Reviewer  
Rated: E | (4.5)
I found this poem to be a treat with a play on the letter "e." The English language is a ruinous thing. just throw it all out and rewrite the whole dictionary. Latin roots we're a good start, but we had a melting pot...now it's hard to understand words and their origins because they come from just about every culture. And we throw them all in one book.

I like that four-line stanza you had. It was a nice little ditty on your reaction to the differences between aw and awe. Nice little poem.


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Review of A Collection  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (1.0)
Hello, I am reviewing your poem that you have entitled, "A Collection" . This 4.5 star rated piece that promises a treasury of writing, but is not what it seems.

Apparently, shortly after creating a static that was supposed to be a test, the author desom disappeared and was never heard of again.

Why reviewers are such a fan of such Impressionism is beyond me. 1*Stary*


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Review of Word's of Wisdom  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (1.0)
Hello, I will be your reviewer today, blessed . Here we have a poem that is trying to be poignant, unfortunately the title has an errant apostrophe that should not be there.

Getting to the text of the poem, the author offers only one word and that is "life." Now this delivers off of the title, so I must put the two together to see if this is an answer to a riddle. Unfortunately, it is nonsensical. It is not words of wisdom, but word.

And what is the wisdom about life? Apparently the wrong answer was given, leaving this reviewer feeling someone did not do their homework on this poetic subject.

B


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Review of Loss  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (1.0)
Sometimes, when we visit the poem, it leaves us with no words. And you know what, they're hiding. That's what I think. So maybe, I could write a review that is also hiding.



Now I'm finished.

B


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Review of wwww  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: 13+ | (1.0)
Once upon a time there was a writer named Nebulous Soul who did not fill out his/her bio block. So we will never know what they claim as far as writing prowess. But there is a poem On writing.com entitled, "wwww." If it is an acronym for something beyond the World Wide Web, I am at a loss to decide what the fourth W stands for. For now I will go with wonky.

The contents of the poem by N.S. contains a single letter. Maybe it is a clue, because it is a W. But, without more for this reviewer to go on we'll just have to close the books and leave this one to the historians.

This was the day I reviewed two pieces that contain one single letter each as the body of text. *RollEyes*


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Review of The  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: 13+ | (1.0)
Well, I would have to say this is the most original piece of poetry I have seen yet here at writing.com. Let's see, how to analyze this, what do you call it, poem? The title is 'The.' Not much to make of that.I'll have to look at your description line. It's repeating the Capital letter L over and over, apparently the first letter of your name...Lorn?

And now for the body of the poem:

"Y"

Yes, that begs the question, why? The world may never know. But I can claim I have witnessed the shortest poem on writing.com.

*Rolling*

B


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Review of Imagine  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (4.5)
The poem moved smooth and quick to conclusion with its repeating title line 'Imagine.' This could easily transform into song lyrics, but it's mostly a chorus I'm hearing.

The rhyme scheme is also tight and drives this poem to its blissful ending. This is what good, romantic poetry does. It coerces love into commitment. The voice is compelling another to consider what they've been through and the future. It's like a we're meant to be together type poem.

Thumbs up for this. Though it has some cliches, it's strong in its common appeal, making a perfect choice to set to music. No edits needed.

B


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Review of Constellations  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (4.0)
I don't doubt you looked up one night and saw the streetlamp and everything came rushing to you about how you could create this poem about a street light as a fallen star. This is inspired stuff and worthy of considering when writing a poem. With this one, you want to make sure that your word choices and imagery can hold water, for lack of a better expression.

My first thought is that you have to get out of the city in order to see the stars. I can cite an Eagles song for you. But, if you considered dusk when the streetlamps first come on, it is possible to see the stars beginning to show in the dark blue illumed night sky. Now you have something even more romantic, because a time element has been introduced.

I couldn't make sense of "tired footsteps" and how it feels "like learning how to fly." Maybe, too tired and not brimming with energy to match this vision unfolding in the mind's eye? And I don't know How it connects to the burgeoning image just talked about with relation to stars. If the person wants to create a narrative, then you can put someone within the scene who feels helpless to reach the stars without wings? Wants to match the magical, energetic moment? Just a thought.

There is something dreamy about stars seeming easy enough to touch. I imagine this scene is so vivid that the idea is to make us feel it's like they're within reach. Now thinking of a Nitty Gritty Dirt band song. *Laugh*

There are some remarkable elements to your poem. You definitely have something good at work here. It makes my mind toy with how to visualize this. Even looking outside at my street lamp glowing orange right now.

Kudos,

B


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Review of A dozen Roses  
Review by Brian K Compton
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Rated: E | (4.5)
That title line, "A Dozen Red Roses" and how it is repeated often is really the signature of this poem yours and casts such a dark cadence that this reader could relate to.

When I read poetry, I am trying to get a feel first about what's going on...emotions, actions. I look for symbolism mostly, what the author is trying to convey. My imagination was going toward death and how these roses, that seem to have lost purpose, are insignificant -- can never bring back this love/relationship. However, on a deeper level, I'm assuming this is the person that has been rejected by love. And that it feels like death, because the roses symbolize what was once a purpose is now useless to this person.

And how you change the purpose of the roses at the end of the poem, used to say goodbye, was most significant and a big mood changer. It does show the character has the strength to move on, even though in this dark reverie.

The rhyme scheme is definitely flawed but did not distract me. But, if one were to polish this piece, I suggest finding better word choices and consider a form or just go free verse. This may sound funny, but I imagine an emotional Irishman in a black overcoat at a funeral symbolically...just holding the roses, maybe having a drink or already being drunk, but controlled in this sober realization.

Just my takeaways from what I read. The poem seems personal but it is transcendent and worthy of a read for anyone who has been severed from a relationship.

A remarkable effort,

Brian


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