literature

4. Distortion of Fragments

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Her hand gravitated
                   to the glass
                      the surface rippling
                          waves scattering in time


All that left her mouth was a breathy gasp


                                                  Molten
                                 bronze and gold
                      staring back at her
and all she could think of was

 she could

         feel

her hand touching another



    as distorted glass was left to drift



                         at the
                                          soles
                                   of
                            her
                                      feet


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Rose-Em's avatar

Hello, I'm Naktarra from the group :icongrammarnazicritiques: and I'm here today to critique your work.

When will you understand that you write lovely poetry? And when will you understand that I hope you enjoy writing it as much as I enjoy reading it?

Really, with something as artistic as poetry, it can be hard to judge it. Unlike prose, there isn't a real defined form in the community. So, going off a more noble way of a review, I'll be using the general things to review a poem. Remember, poetry really is completely and utterly free to anything it wants to be. What is usually valued in it is the flow and the overall theme or meaning. the top poets are usually held high for their imagery and the feel they gave off. However, much like a painting you could paint a field of flowers or just a blue streak and it can be just as beautiful.

Suggestions/Feedback

1. Punctuation. I think either you could consider more or less in this poem. In total, you have three periods. I find it's a bit disruptive and it doesn't make it just as ascetically pleasing. I think it would be in your best interest to simply remove them from the main poem. When reading the poem, it will draw more attention to your piece of code you have on the bottom. Remember how much every bit of formatting matters, especially on something like a website where you want people to dedicate their time if the words look nice.

2. You have something I rarely actually see in the poetry on Deviantart. You have a form to your poetry that is in an image. Visually, the poetry is usually a blank white wall with dark text; I bet you could show this to someone who hardly knows the language and they'd probably think it's a darn sharp poem.

My challenge to you is to play a bit of a text game. Perhaps make a rather long poem, but put it into the shape of something physical with the words. Have fun with the format. Talk about galaxies and make a pinwheel spiral of arms of stars or have wings spreading out to a march of freedom. I think you could do something real special with it. :)


Happy writing!
Naktarra