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Post by cry,crayola. on Dec 24, 2005 9:36:58 GMT -8
this band on my finger will stay. everyone says your gone, but i don't believe it. you're just... away.
our son tells me to just step outside they've made a lovely grave for you. made with hard marble and a beautiful parting message.
to one who will always be loved and who always loved us. we miss you, dear father, dear husband
but i wont believe them i refuse! the people at work think i'm crazy and there's too many men wanting to take your spot. well, they can't have it! but, darling, hurry back. i can only drink so much coffee.
you will come back won't you? he did. that's all that darn penelope can talk about. her brave soldier on his white stead. battling for her. just for her.
you'll battle for me, right? i'm waiting here. just as i have been for the past years. in our little apartment. you always promised me a house. you won't break your promise, will you? i haven't broken mine.
they say you disappeared after the wreck. a lot of payments we made on that car. there's still so many more to go. you never believed in insurance.
i didn't believe you'd leave me alone. but you won't you aren't, are you? no. you're just... away. just like him *sighs* i'm afraid this isn't much better from the original. constructive crit. please. oh! and queen.... my cap button on my computer is broken, so i can't really cap. anything unless its all in caps and that's just bleh. i don't really like the second to last stanza. does it feel out of place to anyone else?
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Post by Ramona on Dec 24, 2005 14:31:22 GMT -8
I really love the idea of this one, however I do think it could be enriched. The way it is now seems kind of plain.
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Post by Queen of Rain on Dec 27, 2005 3:17:30 GMT -8
I like teh idea too but I know you can write better dear.. If you connect calypso's quest to another kind of searching, personal for you perhaps or modern in any kind of way it would enrich the poem and take away the um, emptiness in it.. one more thing, it looks more vivid it you start out with a captial letter at times, makes you emphasies breaks and such
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Post by Robin on Dec 27, 2005 5:40:38 GMT -8
It's actually pretty mediocre.
It doesn't describe Odysseus and Calypso at all.
Perhaps putting in more mythological allusions would help you.
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Post by cry,crayola. on Dec 27, 2005 15:32:32 GMT -8
does this even make sense to anyone? *sigh*
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Post by Robin on Dec 27, 2005 18:30:20 GMT -8
It makes sense.
It could just be a lot better.
You have a great idea. You're just unraveling it the wrong way.
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