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My Poems(please don't copy!!)

Black_kitsune_rioku

Lugia the gaurdain of the sea
  • 27
    Posts
    17
    Years
    here's one of my first poems


    Take Me Away

    No one seems to like me no one
    Seems to care,I wish someone
    Out there would find me and
    Take me away from here.Take
    Me away I need to be healed,
    For I have a broken heart that
    Needs mending and one that no one
    Can heal it. Take me away from all the
    Torment,take me away from the pain
    And suffering,Take me far away from here
    Far from theese beasts. For I need to heal
    And there is no one here who can help
    Or understand my tormented soul. I need
    To get away from this horrible nightmare.
    I need to find away out of this horrible prison.
    For all I want is to be loved,for I am a tormented
    Soul who longs for love.

    By Black_kitsune_rioku copyright2006-2010
     

    Black_kitsune_rioku

    Lugia the gaurdain of the sea
  • 27
    Posts
    17
    Years
    here's another

    Finding Heaven

    Somtimes I just wanna fly.
    Spread my wings and fly far away from this horrible place.
    Far from the violence
    Far from the evil ones
    Fly away to a safer place
    A place where everyone is nice
    A place where no one is evil
    A place where there is no violence
    That place is heaven.
    And heaven is not so far away as people think.
    You see you have always had heaven,heaven
    Is your soul,heaven is what your dreams are made of
    Heaven is.........you
     

    Black_kitsune_rioku

    Lugia the gaurdain of the sea
  • 27
    Posts
    17
    Years
    Here's one of my other ones

    You Are The One
    You are the one.
    I know because you are always there to make
    It right. You are the one for me. For you take
    Up the biggest space in my heart. You are the one
    I love. For it is you who makes things right.
    You fixed my broken heart. You mended it with
    Your kindness, For that I thank you for you have
    Taught me how to love and how to trust again.
    You are my love.
     

    ~Ozy~

    PC's Unofficial Poetry Critic
  • 5,246
    Posts
    20
    Years
    All right, I'll just critique the first one to start off with. I might do the others later.

    What went wrong: One, this seems so terribly generic. I can't tell you how many times I've heard the same ideas, the same phrases even repeated over and over in one poem or another. Try to show me something new, something exciting, something that every teenaged poet (yes, myself included) has not written at one point or another. Two, your consistent use of enjambment (a line break in a place where one wouldn't normally put it) gorws very wearisome, particularly in the middle of a sentence. The technique further doesn't work well with the rythmic style you've chosen, namely, blank verse. It can be confusing and annoying. Third, your word choice is severely lacking. There is a phrase my English teachers drilled into my brain, "Show me, don't tell me." This is definately the latter. Look for more vibrant words, phrases. Play with language a little. That also leads me into your lack of imagery. Anyone I've critiqued knows I harp on this, but I beleiev imagery is a necessary element of a poem. Use a scene to convey emotion instead of telling your readers the emotion itself. I promise you, the latter is more impactful. Fourth, there seems to be no emotion to this poem. It could simply be how tired and generic the subject matter feels to me, but it doesn't seem heartfelt. Finally, it's not the most glaring of problems, but you have several unecessary words thrown in. Not just places where they could be cut, but words that have no grammatical place in the sentence.

    What went right: Though your word choice seemed lacking, it is larger than that of many others I have read here. You also show a better command of the English language than a good bit of what I have seen. These are both commendable. You also didn't try to make the poem fit into an archaic rhyme scheme or rhythmic structure.

    How to improve: If you want to continue with this particular piece, I would suggest rewriting it from the ground up. However, I would suggest you continue more in the vein of your latter two poems and focus particularly about completing a thought within one line. It's easier to begin with than breaking thoughts into seperate lines. Also, focus on using more vibrant words. Make the poem come alive in your reader's mind. Play around with color in particular. Color, sound, touch. Find words that call up physical sensations. Also, may try freewriting a little before you put your thoughts to verse. It clears out all of the junk. Finally, just keep writing poetry. If you do that, you'll improve naturally.

    Overall score: 3/10
     
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