Comments : Miss you

  • 18 years ago

    by Daniel J

    Ok!
    This was one of the best poems on the "Friendship" section I've yet seen. Not that I've seen most of them, by any means.

    I must admit, however, that I have a huge bias towards this poem, as I am about to say the same sort of goodbyes to some of my good friends, as you said to yours.

    Therefore my favourite stanzas were the last two, though I've experienced the first two as well..

    As I like this poem so much, I hope you don't mind if I critique it, in my amateurish way. I hope you don't mind.

    I would suggest the first stanzas "There are so many..." continue right through to line 4, whilst that line ends with "And so many..." to improve the flow.

    I would also suggest breaking it up into equal stanzas for the same reason, unless you wish the lay-out to have a certain effect....

    The repetition of "again" in the last stanza needs to be changed, as it reads awkwardly.

    It also appears this poem was written over a period of more than one sitting, as parts of it rhyme, and others are the example of good prose work. I would suggest fixing this anomaly, perhaps by changing the rhyming parts, unless, of course, that serves some higher purpose i've missed entirely: the same for the tense switch in the line "I love you like a sister (present), you *were* my angel (past)."

    If these were to be undertaken, and with a few more improvements, I'd certainly give it a 9/5, let alone a measly 5/5.

  • 18 years ago

    by Osiris

    I certainly wont say this was "one of the best" poems in the Friendship section, rather, this is "the best" poem in the Friendship section. You've very clearly sent the message you wanted to send through your poem, there is absolute expressionism in here. It's a about a girl friend of yours, your words say it all.

    I wont prefer suggesting anything to you, 'cause I find it written differently. You just made everything flow out of your heart, so it hardly matters whether you change the format or not. Keep up the good work. And the rating meter here sucks, I would have given you much more than just 5.

  • 18 years ago

    by Osiris

    I certainly wont say this was "one of the best" poems in the Friendship section, rather, this is "the best" poem in the Friendship section. You've very clearly sent the message you wanted to send through your poem, there is absolute expressionism in here. It's a about a girl friend of yours, your words say it all.

    I wont prefer suggesting anything to you, 'cause I find it written differently. You just made everything flow out of your heart, so it hardly matters whether you change the format or not. Keep up the good work. And the rating meter here sucks, I would have given you much more than just 5.

  • 18 years ago

    by End Of Eternity

    Hey welcome to this site, its so nice to see so any Indians showing up the art of poetry. U really write beautifully and it was a great experience to go through this one.

    all the best and take care
    5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by disha

    Thank you so much ppl. n Daniel i m just 17 n i just express my feelingson a paper--never took it as a serious job--thts bad i kno but it is like tht..i love writing therefore i do.i need improvement n i m overwhelmed i got someone to critique me.
    thnx everyone--really

  • 18 years ago

    by Katz

    I can sort of relate to this, having a friend so far away is always hard, my bestfriend lives in America and I live in New Zealand! Quite a far way to travel :( it's hard but you gotta hold on if they mean that much to you! well done with this poem, it's very deep!