Social media

Judging comment:

I'm becoming a huge fan of your writing. You have such a way with words that really allows me to think and feel, and I adore the subtle sarcasm that you placed throughout this poem.

Your opening line made me smile slightly, so many people are guilty of venting their emotions via social networking sites instead of talking to the person they have an issue, and this often leads to many more problems being created because of other people's involvement, words being taken out of context etc.

I thought this poem was both apt and wonderfully written but at the same time it creates such melancholic feelings within me-because we are dominated by social media, we do conform to what is expected of us by the media, and it controls a huge part of our lives and most of the time we don't even realize this.

You managed to take such a personal subject and one that is somewhat overdone and yet turn it into your own piece of unique art. There was never a time I was bored throughout nor a time when I found myself thinking how something had been stated several times before by others, which I often find myself doing with poems of this genre/subject.

Wonderful and thought provoking write.

Judging comments:

Social media allows people to be anonymous, passive aggressive, and vague, which this poem touched based on all three pieces. I love how modern this poem is, as it's relate-able to teens and young adults today, but also holds the emotional frustration that everyone can connect with. I love the use of the metaphors with weather as well, thought poetically it really worked here. In this poem, I see a young girl who doesn't realize how good she truly is, how deserving she is of good things.. so she pushes people away. She wants him to see the "flawed" her so she feels..maybe better about herself, so she can continue being the victim. Very interesting and psychological thought process here!

I wont be able to break down your poem and analyse it like others on this website seem to be good at doing, as I am still a novice. But this is amazing.

Such a good read, Blunt and moving.

5/5

Love the wording...the message was great! I will be reading a lot more of your posts! Nice work!

Fantastic write. What makes this one special is that it is up to date, a very modern poem that may be read years from now with astonishment and careful study. "so that's how facebook affected the culture, ah twitter does things like that back then."

good work with the consistency. Congrats on the win, Cynnie!