Poem. :)&nbs

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Poem. :)&nbs

Poem. :)

 

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whispers walking on the breeze

leaves rustle softly like a babies sneeze

they fall slowly...slowly...tumbling down...

They twirl and twirl and...

gently fall to the ground

fall is here the leaves are changing

dancing singing and slowly falling

 

submitted by GloWorm, age 12, USA
(October 25, 2009 - 6:01 pm)

My first impression is distinctly favorable.

1) First line is seriously awesome. I love that, and I wish I had made it up first. :D

2) Second is good - I might take out the like and replace it with maybe a semicolon just so it flows better. Rocking simile, though.

3) I would replace all the elipses in the third line with dashes, but I have always been an overuser of dashes. It might work better, though. Take a look at it with dashes and decide. 

4) On the fourth line I would take out the elipses maybe. I'm not fond of them in poetry as a whole, but it kind of works here. I wouldn't have the gently in the next line - it kind of breaks the rhythm. 

5) Two falls in three lines - not good. Maybe the first one could change to a drop instead. For the same reason, I might change Fall is here in the next line to Autumn's here. I like it, you may not. I would also remove the and in the last line. That is solely my preference, though - it works there. 

6) And the last falling should rhyme with changing, but the only good rhyme my online rhyming dictionary can produce is ranging, which wouldn't work well. Maybe changing could change.... I like Autumn's here, the leaves are calling / Dancing, singing, and slowly falling. It really doesn't make much sense, but it feels exactly right. To me. You have poetic liscense, and if you want to you can print off my comment and burn it. Have fun with that if you do - I like to play with fire too. (Jk, sort of. If God didn't exist I would be a fire worshipper, honestly. I really love fire.) Or you could tear it up and use it for hamster bedding. That would really be more insulting if you're super ticked at me. Or you could put it in a compost pile. That would work. It's scary what I can come up with randomly. :D

 

All that to say that I love your first line. Wow, I beat around the bush. :D 

 

I love that line.

 

Can I buy it from you? Four hundred pies, and that's my last offer.

 

No? Rats. I'll just have to steal it, then.... *sneaks away laughing maliciously* 

 

Kidding, of course. If I can't buy it, I won't steal it. In theory. 

 

Still kidding. Your line is safe. Once it's in a poem with my name on it. 

 

I love that line.

 

-EH :D

submitted by Emily H. :), age 14, Sparks, NV
(October 25, 2009 - 11:42 pm)

Oh, come on. *energetic whap on the thread's back* Toddle, toddle, little thread / till you're at the thread list's head

 

-EH

submitted by Emily H. :), age 14, Sparks, NV
(October 29, 2009 - 2:06 pm)

Wow, really nice. There are a few choppy parts, but I think Emily mentioned everything. So. . . . Love the poem, you might want to change a couple small things, you are also alowed to burn my comment if you like, and I, to, want to steal you first line . . . Though, sadly, er, I mean, fortunately, I won't let myself do that. *dramatic sigh* So, yeah, that's all. 

submitted by Emma
(November 6, 2009 - 7:34 pm)