You left early, before the rooster could even sing.
Is it his voice or mine you wish to avoid?
(I wish my voice was like fireworks.)
I felt your skin today. Forgive me if I appear like an octupus
who strives in feverish desire to spread all its tentacles
through eventual pores, eager to breathe the same air they exhale
but sometimes I return to being that young girl who picks
the reddest apples which hang on trees.
The dress you placed on our bed is the colour of aquamarines
with a hint of pearl on its sleaves. Thank you.
I memorized the patterns that lie among its fibers,
in case I might find something about you.
For example, that you like playing chess.
Perhaps we could play it one day
and, like all pawns, I would be blindfolded.
I bet your hair
is the colour of copper.
I could swear I got electrocuted once.















Critiques
Another thing, your really good at, is your choice of words, and structures of the sentences. Again, I believe your ending is quite good, if not some of the best in the poem. First, I disliked it, but I kept thinking what it meant, and now I kinda like it.
The "broken" lines you've made, makes one feel. Makes those words extra important, and I think that it a sign, of a decent, well made poem.
All in all - Really good job. If there is something I should strike down at, it's the length of it. Somehow I believe it's sad it ends so soon, yet again it adds a certain effect to your poem.
The next part reminded me of my little sister, who used to stroke everyone's skin when she was a baby in a comforting way. It's a strong stanza, full of lovely imagery, but I do have one of two suggestions on tweaking it slightly, just for the sake of the flow;
"I felt your skin today. Forgive me if I appear like an octupus
who strives in feverish desire to spread all it's tentacles
through eventual pores, eager to breathe the same air they exhale
but sometimes I return to being that young girl who picks
the reddest apples which hang on trees."
Octopus is just a spelling error. But I would omit the other words I've put in bold, and change the last, "which" to "that" so the verse reads:
"I felt your skin today. Forgive me if I appear like an octopus
who strives in feverish desire to spread it's tentacles
through eventual pores, eager to breathe the air they exhale.
Sometimes I return to being that young girl who picks
the reddest apples that hang on trees."
You seem to be going for an ocean theme as you go into the next stanza, but it's done in such a subtle way - it's strong and wonderful to read. Parts of this are so touching that they just take my breath away; the idea of searching for someone in the fibers in particular, the little thank you in there and the chess as well. Again, there are a few things I would change about the wording and spelling etc:
"The dress you placed on our bed is the colour of aquamarines
with a hint of pearl on it's sleaves. Thank you.
I memorized the patterns that lie among its fibers,
in case I might find something about you.
For example, that you like playing chess."
Sleeves is misspelled, and I would personally change it to, "the sleeve"? It's probably just me but that simply strikes me as a little more lyrical. I'd also change, "among" to "amongst" for the same reason, and you need an apostrophe on the "it's". So the stanza would read:
"The dress you placed on our bed is the colour of aquamarines
with a hint of pearl on the sleeve. Thank you.
I memorized the patterns that lie amongst it's fibers,
in case I might find something about you.
For example, that you like playing chess."
The next lines in italics (again, I think a wise choice; they're relevant but separate) are just brilliant and clever and perfect. Don't change them. The part after however strikes me as a little odd, almost as if it doesn't belong, I can't seem to make it fit with the rest of the piece. The wording is lovely, and perhaps it would work better if you expanded (especially on the final line) and perhaps put them in italics straight after, "I would be blindfolded.". However if I were you I would cut them off and end it there.
Alright, so I have rambled on a lot and that is because this is such a wonderful piece, truly, I think I will have to check out the rest of your gallery
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