Modern Hearts

Judge Comment:

MaryAnne has a creative angle all of her own, and this is why I adore her poetry. This piece here is absolutely beautiful!

The starting stanza is the heart of the piece-

"We check out humans like they are library books,
browsing past their skin with retinas made for
archeologists and not jobless people."

It's very true- We do treat humans like library books.. I never thought of it that way until I read this piece. That is why I adore this piece so much, makes me think beyond what I normally would. The message is very expressing and life gripping.. I can't say enough,
powerful life poem at it's best!

Judging comment:

"What an exquisite write! The opening line instantly reaches out to me because of the truth in such a simple statement. We're all guilty of judging people before we know them, and this statement reminds me of the age old saying "never judge a book by its cover" and yet we do so anyway and will most likely continue to do so, even though we know we shouldn't. "We are made of romance." I love this line, and I find it lovely how the author chose to describe us a whole. If only more people would take these views, the world would be a much happier and peaceful place. The closing verse is what did it for me, I thought it was simply divine. Our hearts are indeed what make us and drive us and it is our hearts we often follow. This poem brought out such a contented feeling for me when I realised that some people do still think like this instead of constantly judging others when there is no need to. It promotes hope, and in such an elegantly crafted way that is brimming with pure imagery. Amazing work as always from Mary-Anne. "

First stanza couldn't have been any more perfect. Everyone judges everyone, it's just fact. I don't think anyone can say they haven't. I suppose it's just of our nature. It's kind of sad actually but unfortunately that's how life goes. But like your poem has stated, it's kind of because we're not willing to open our hearts as much I guess. It's actually quite hard to find people that you can trust, the past and present do affect what we think and such. In the end I feel like all we want is to find the right person. You worded this to a tee, couldn't have expressed it any better. So happy you won with this one!

The opening of this poem is spot on! We do tend to judge people by their looks and compare. The overall poem talks about how society has evolved and yet we don't...we still are the same..judging.

An interesting read and I especially liked the third and final stanza..well done and congrats on the win.

Congratulations on the win girl!!! I loved this poem so much, so am very pleased to see it gracing the front page :) x