Battlefield

by d coe   Mar 30, 2009


Horses charge people scream
blood is drawn it feels the stream
body's lay were once people had once been
you hear the screaming you feel the pain
fear fills the air
shallow graves shallow lifes
beyond the mist the shadows appear
in the silence i can't think straight
i try to speak but no words come out
what am i thinking were do we go from here
on this battlefield of hope and fear

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  • 15 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    You need to add punctuation in this piece, because it would read better and make more sense.
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    "Horses charge people scream
    blood is drawn it feels the stream"

    First line: A comma should be placed after "charge".

    Second line: A comma should be placed after "drawn".
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    "body's lay were once people had once been
    you hear the screaming you feel the pain"

    First line: "body's" should be "bodies".

    First line: Erase the first "once" because repeating it just ruins the flow for me.

    Second line: Comma after "screaming".
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    "fear fills the air
    shallow graves shallow lifes
    beyond the mist the shadows appear"

    Great wording here and imagery portrayed.

    Second line: Comma after "graves".
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    "in the silence i can't think straight
    i try to speak but no words come out
    what am i thinking were do we go from here
    on this battlefield of hope and fear"

    First line: "i" should be "I".

    Second line: "i" should be "I".

    Third line: I don't know which you mean: "what am I thinking? Where do we go from here?" or "what I am thinking is where do we go from here?". Sounds and reads much better, either one.

    Fourth line: Good wording and ending.

    4/5 from me, this poem felt rushed and I suggest going back and spending more time on this piece to correct the errors I pointed out. Also, capitalize the beginning words of each new line (I mean the first letter of that beginning word).

    Take care and God Bless!

    Happy Easter!