Comments : Friends that sees me as a stranger ..

  • 13 years ago

    by Larry Chamberlin

    In Friends' it appears you are in voice. I believe you have rendered a good vernacular, but one you could improve for internal consistency.
    As examples of what I see as your voice:
    - your use of number: "friends who has" "people who stays" "people who stands"
    - compressed contractions: Dint thats isnt wont
    - unconventional syntax: "get it all well " "No one know ever" "I miss to have "
    There are some typos that don't fit, though:
    - more than I ever* receive
    - sees through* this

    I think you could improve it by playing the poem silently in your mind, listening to your voice, changing spellings to match what this person would actually say. Pay attention to your grammatical structure. Right now it's post high school, while your voice is somewhere in her mid-to-early teens.
    I hate to say 'dumb it down,' maybe 'less sophistication' would express it better.

    You have beautiful gems embedded throughout <Sparkle of loneliness in my eyes> <Yes you know me . . Remember that one day we met !?>

    I enjoy the rock hard individualism of your poetry.