Sara,
in this direct almost casual way of telling you express a depth of feeling that is truly worthwhile
John
Reviewed by neerja gandhi (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2008
depressing !!! Don't look for love,no point persisting...Know what... if you love someone let it free,if it comes back to you it was and he was deserving...else it's not meant for him...the spectrum of colors is there for you dear... but a very good write...neerja
Reviewed by Leonard Goslee (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2008
I am an admirer of beauty. Beauty is my word for everything that makes life an endless creative "emotion"; (My instructor of poetics says that "the word emotion could mean everlasting creation, and thus, poetry".) and, I feel the beauty and the emotion that built this poem. That is to say that I like this poem.
I am studying poetics, but I am not qualified to make a technical comment on this brilliant work yet. I did like the idea for a "discussion on the matter" (proposed below) to be technical. That could provide an intellectual entertainment to readers, -students and authors- and benefit the literary field.
I think that the closing lines of "Bad in Black" are great:
“HA! Tears can’t even wet the truth.
You were right—I look bad in black.”
It sounds like a combination of trochee, spondee, iambic and dactyl; choriambics, all in one single poem... A fantastic presentation that could be discussed as a mixed metrics Blank Verse. (I am not affirming, but opening discussion on the matter.) I hope that many will discuss the technicality of this tetrameter; a poem that glows its own light.
This is by any standard a super creative composition of poetic magnificence... "Bad in Black" strikes the learning mind; honors the language, and brings up a new Blank Verse... (Not Free Verse)... "Poetic License" duly applied for artistic reasons. I did enjoy the reading of "Bad in Black".
Much gratitude to the author "Bad in Black" for sharing her artistic jewels.
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in this direct almost casual way of telling you express a depth of feeling that is truly worthwhile
John
I am studying poetics, but I am not qualified to make a technical comment on this brilliant work yet. I did like the idea for a "discussion on the matter" (proposed below) to be technical. That could provide an intellectual entertainment to readers, -students and authors- and benefit the literary field.
I think that the closing lines of "Bad in Black" are great:
“HA! Tears can’t even wet the truth.
You were right—I look bad in black.”
fee
This is by any standard a super creative composition of poetic magnificence... "Bad in Black" strikes the learning mind; honors the language, and brings up a new Blank Verse... (Not Free Verse)... "Poetic License" duly applied for artistic reasons. I did enjoy the reading of "Bad in Black".
Much gratitude to the author "Bad in Black" for sharing her artistic jewels.
In admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU