Comments : Arcane

  • 16 years ago

    by Lindsay

    I votes this 'fair'.
    I feel passion in this poem, like you are trying to express something in the beginning that you have no ability to describe it in a single word. By the end, you reveal, more to yourself than to the reader, that it is love.
    I, unfortunately, never had a thing for love poems. They are too easy, and I like to see other writers challenge themselves by writing about something they truly dont understand, or want others to understand.
    Your imagery is impressive, (spellcheck next time though) and I would love to see you challenge a more difficult topic next time.

  • 16 years ago

    by Nix

    -Jaded thoughts captivate.
    Undefined, unconditional passion.
    Lips locked, never to escape.
    Hold tight, not to slip away.-

    ^Truly refreshing and effective opening lines. Though with the full stop on the end of the first line second line doesn't make much sense. If you wanted to tell that jaded thoughts captive passion than you can't finish sentence on the end of first line cause that is one thought and it should end in second line.
    Anyway usually I really don't care about flow because I don't think that it is important part of the piece but here I could really tell that you done fantastic job with flow cause whole piece followed one, truly remarkable, rhythm.

    -Something so precious, so rare,
    should not be taken for granted.
    Treasured by most, unknown to some;
    an epic battle with a nameless outcome.-

    ^Incredible stanza. I admire your metaphor and this lines posses depth filled with a lot of emotions. You truly impressed me with powerful message here, greatly written.

    -Hunted like prey,
    will bullets consume?
    Will flames burn deep within
    scarring the walls that surround?-

    ^Another excellently written part, in my mind it bonded greatly first and second stanza and made whole poem very intense and compact.

    -One cannot determine the ache handed down.
    Yet most do not fathom the beauty it beholds.-

    ^Truly effective and beautiful. I love your choice of words here, priceless lines for this piece, this and second stanza are parts which left me without words.

    -Breathe in.
    Hold on.
    Respect.
    Trust.-

    ^I actually like your choice of words and I think that idea for this stanza is truly creative and that you can express a lot of feelings through this stanza. Though I think that you can make more better tone and rhythm with better allocation of punctuation signs.
    Maybe it would be even more powerful if you chose two of that four lines which you want to highlight because when each line is one sentences you don't get to intense rhythm and don't see one emotions in front of the others.

    -Without love, there is nothing.-

    ^You made it simple here. I personally don't agree with this thought but it is great way to end poem, I think, for my taste little to obliviously said but it holds amount of beauty and I like the way you slowed down tone, very powerful.

    Overall I enjoyed very much in this poem, I think that your descriptions are fantastic and this one quite impressed me.
    Bravo for writing this, it is very unique and it was truly pleasure to read it.

  • 16 years ago

    by noha

    Thats right without love we have nothing i agree with you,nice poem and powerfull words you write,nice imagination too,well done 5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by NyellMoonlight

    First off, the title is excellent, so captivating, it truly caught my attention.

    I fell in love with this poem lol... The whole message is portrayed beautifully and your choice of words is excellent through the whole piece. The atmosphere that you created is what impressed me the most- it is so serene and stunningly beautiful. This is very elegant piece.

    The first stanza is great opening for the whole poem. It caught my attention and pulled me straight into the poem. I have one suggestion: You maybe should, for the sake of the flow, rearrange punctuation in the third line and replace full stop with comma. It sounds better to me:

    - Lips locked, never to escape,
    hold tight, not to slip away.-
    ^^^
    The pause between lines is shorter this way and it gives completely different tone to those lines. This is only my opinion.

    Second Stanza is amazing, so powerful. I don't have anything to critique here, it seem flawless to me.

    The third stanza is my favorite one. I like your choice of words along with brilliant descriptions.

    The rest of the poem holds deep message of the piece and I truly loved it. You managed to make the ending more effective then the beginning and I haven't thought that it is possible lol

    Overall, greatly done.
    5/5 from me

  • 16 years ago

    by iloveyouandrew

    This is a beautifully writen poem, I really like it you write very good keep up the good work :]

  • 16 years ago

    by Jennifer RIP Lesthat Hayden

    Edit:

    scarring the walls that surround?
    Capitalize the S in scarring.

    Great poem. I loved it. I have to say out of the poem of the week contest, this is up there for sure. I love the first stanza very much. I loved the words you used.

    5.

  • 16 years ago

    by Brad Quammen

    This was a very good poem.Seemed straight to the point and I like em' like that ;).You have talent so never let anyone tell you otherwise.