Paperbacks

Judging Comment Weekly contest May 27, 2013

Brevity! this poem is one of those that leaves me wondering how did the poet came up with it? It has great imagery and also one of those topics that many can relate to.
You know, I prefer hardcover books for school's books because I fear making the paperbacks wrinkle or to tear the cover off. But for novels I prefer the paperbacks. What I enjoyed the most about the poem is the first stanza and the last one. The first one starts with an introduction of someone reading at night and the last one ends with someone falling asleep after finishing reading. See the poem sounds way better than what I just said and implants an image to the reader. Well done

This is lovely. The poem, concept, style, everything about it. I have a lot of catching up on commenting to do, but I will say I clicked on this mainly because of the title, which is great. Simple, but it's like, hey click on me.
Uh anyway...

Once upon a twilight,
I would prance across
paperbacks and
swing beside envy on
the tips of whirl-pooled
letters,

^ I love this, it's a beautiful opening. It took me to a weird state of nostalgia, bringing back memories. I've only had that happen by listening to a song, but it's a really cool feeling and made me feel the need to comment. (My minds been terribly distracted today so if this is all over the place, I apologize.) Your use of words is enchanting, as far a creating imagery goes.

we would sigh as
the spaces between seconds
would slip into an affair
with quicksand -
an hourglass scandal
we would visit daily
and never fully recover from.

^ This stanza is brilliant. The description of losing track of time/losing time is very interesting. And the words you use are very appealing.

When the last page
called it a day and
the sun peeked through
yawning blindfolds,
I would flap my pillowcase
with leftover sighs,
prepared for a
dream of you to
tumble out absentmindedly.

^ Again, brilliant. (the only word floating around in my mind). The imagery here is great. I miss the days where I could enjoy a novel into the early morning, growing up kind of sucks.

If I've already said this, I'm sorry. But I've really really missed reading your poetry. It's incredible, every single line seems to have a story of it's own in a sense. And I can never manage to get what I'm feeling into words.

Heavenly Hannah, Bravo!!!

Do you have any darker poems? I love the wording the flow of your writing, and I am slightly craving a little more dark and dreary from you.

Do you have any darker poems? I love the wording the flow of your writing, and I am slightly craving a little more dark and dreary from you.