It is SOOOOOOOOOOOO Good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yah, cool name!!!!

I can't wait to see what people think of this...  your's hasn't showed p yet, Clair. 

And (sorry, me, but some critique for you) for some reason when I read this again, it struck me that the beginning might not make sense.  Oh well, I can fix it.  I can also take a shower...

I just remembered that 'ita' at the end of the word means 'little (blank)'  So I am going as Little MEadow right now.  Haha.  I'm not that little...  So Clairita would mean 'Little Clair'  

I like it! The only thing I would change is the way that one line goes from remembered to December. I don't know, there's just something, well, fourth-gradish about it. But the rest is really, really, good!

Life of Poems

Your thoughts go

To your pocket

Ripped from notebook             I love these three lines

Into locket        Here it seems like you're forcing the rhyme a bit, but I'm not coming up with anything better. Sorry I can't suggest anything.

To be read

And remembered

For reciting

In December       Another forced rhyme. Not that there's anything really wrong with it, but I don't think December serves any purpose but to rhyme, and that's not a good thing. It's kind of random, and in my opinion poetry is best when it focuses sharply.

To be sung

To think about

Forever          I like.

The life of poems

May be clever

On paper or wherever

You may think

That they are boring

That when you'll read them

You'll be snoring

But if the thoughts

Happen to be interesting

Then maybe you'll

Say 'yes'

To your former 'nots'

I would venture to say that this is the best poem I have ever seen posted on the Chatterbox. It's been nearly a day since I first read it, but my opinion hasn't changed. I actually am a big fan of not rhyming at the very end. Excellent, beautiful work, my dear. Methinks you are officially a poet. ;)

Rather loud, enthusiastic cheers,

lavendershy

I like it a lot, though I think that several of the rhymes, as lav pointed out, are rather forced. But I haven't got any good suggestions.

Very nice, Meadow.  (When you get compliments from lav like that, you know it's got to be good! ;D.)  I like the idea that poems, though they may be words on a paper to some, have meaning and are so much more than they appear to be.  I may comment or give suggestions later, but for now, I want to congratulate you on a wonderful accomplishment!

~Leaf

This is an excellent poem. Truly. When I read the first version, my immediate reaction was: 'Wow. And this hasn't even been edited?' Now it's even better than before. However, I'd like to suggest another minor change.

To be read

And remembered 

For reciting

In December

I know that you said you want to keep this, but it's just, well... It doesn't really rhyme, and it seems like its only purpose is to introduce the next line, but I think that's possible with something different, too. How about this:

To be read

To remember

Like a fiercely

Burning ember

Or a cool

Wind-borne caress

And... I can't think of what comes next (except maybe something like 'Gently ruffling your dress,' but that just wouldn't be a good line), nor were my lines particularly good. However, I'm not telling you to use those lines; I'm telling you that, if you want, you can use something besides December (such as ember) to rhyme with remembered (or remember) and introduce what comes next. If you want.

I like it! :) "Distancing" and "Christening" both sort of rhyme with interesting... I don't think it's a bad end though. You could change the "interesting"... it's not a bad word but there might be some that say more in the same space. You could also use a word that goes with interesting but doesn't rhyme, like "interlacing".