HOW DOOOO I EVEN START....

I tagged you in a picture and it is about this poem..

OMG MEL...
this makes me want to...
I don't know... what to say...

I mean this is so far from your usual..
this is.. so amazingly penned
so heartfelt..

the way the complexity of the emotions is overlooked by the simplicity of the poem

yet when it gets to the ending there is this
simple impact..

I am impressed
I am blown away...

I AM CERTAIN
that you must do poems like this one more often...

NOMINATED..
and I don't care what they say...
this is a favorite for sure..

and I will read this forever...

I must also give you props for the Title
you always find amazing fitting ones!!

Love you kiddo <3...

- Yaki.

Well Yaki is right in several places. I actually thought it would be nonesense to me .. But, it turned to be an excellent poem of an enticing tone and some amazing randomized thoughts that carry some spark.
I don't know.. I like that :)

FIVE

Well I couldn't help but laugh because of some pieces, which without going into detail I'm sure you know ;) I loved it, though. I thought this was incredibly personal even while it didn't quite seem like it. I love the simplicity of the poem, usually your poetry is so hard to understand until you tell me what the specifics mean for you.. and now here it all just makes sense. This is beautiful, Mel.

I really like the second, the headache la la la part ( I can't go back and look now lol ). I think this piece had a lot of raw and real emotion, and I sense a bit of frustration/pain, perhaps because of said pieces. Love, love, love. Nominating as well :)

Mel, you should speed-write more often! lol.

I loved this, as usual, you've pulled a piece out of the air. and taken words that I would never think could flow well, and made them into a cascade of expressiveness.

Like Britt said, I seemed really personal, but at the same time, it could be read as incredibly impersonal.

"and so this is what it has come to,
a mere poem that is .. nothing.
Nothing but my thoughts on paper,
that took 230 seconds, one
headache, and a bitterness
that would - never -
bloom you a bouquet of
Russian roses."

^best part of the entire piece. I love the straightforwardness, the logging of time, in such an offhand manner, the bit about the headache (haha) and the real hook was the
"-never-" when I read that, just the little hyphens made me want to read that line as a whisper, like a fleeting voice in the background.

As usual, you have seemingly effortlessly put out an amazing write, Mel. If I could nominate it, I definitely would.

-Nevi :)

Jeeze! Britt told me about this poem and I'm going to blame her for not telling me about it earlier! This was truly well-written, Mel, I love it! We were talking that long poems sometimes suck but this one changed my and her minds, Lol. Great write, I wish I had a left nomination. :(

Sorry, if not a winner this week, I'll nominate it the next week. :) Promise!

This is certainly something new from you ... remembering that you took months over your October poem (if I remember correctly). I feel like, in these 4 minutes and 30 seconds, you've compiled your whole poetic oeuvre. The moths, the flowers, the lady beetle, you mentioning your symbolism and metaphors ... Every bit of this poem kind of gives us hints on your writing style. I loved the way you took it all so light-heartedly. The narrator seems to be at ease here, which contrasts so much with your other works, which often have a heavier (more serious) tone. I truly enjoyed this Melosaurus-like poem. =p

If this was indeed done in 5 mins you are shear genius. I loved every word of it. I work so hard to write something worth while and so envious of ppl like you where talent is abundant lol

Just an awesome job
Connie

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This felt so sincere, this was written not to lavishly dance with words(which some of your poems that I saw do) but to state, serenely, that beyond poetry, beyond cleverly & genially made metaphors there are honest words and clever simplistic yet enthralling writing.

This felt so sincere, this was written not to lavishly dance with words(which some of your poems that I saw do) but to state, serenely, that beyond poetry, beyond cleverly & genially made metaphors there are honest words and clever simplistic yet enthralling writing.