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Because - Chap. 12
Because - Chap. 12

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Off To The Shores Of Advil PM (comment please!)

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:21 am    Post subject: Off To The Shores Of Advil PM (comment please!) Reply with quote

Under my covers,

When sleep comes not,

And the ticking of the

Old clock does not stop,

I shut my eyes real tight,

Waiting to fall asleep.

But my fridge does 

Not stop humming

And the irregular breathing

Of my sister keeps me awake.

I twist and turn in bed,

trying to get comfortable.

I imagine pleasant things,

hoping to be transfered to

the realm of dreams.

Minutes pass by,

Seeming like hours

And I wait patiently for

Sleep to come and take

Me off to the shores

Of lalaland. 



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thanks XD



Alright Gadi, I made a few additions and changes. However I couldn't really come up with anythng for



Sleep to come and take

Me off to the shores

Of lalaland. 



but note I changed the dreamland to Lalaland. heh, I couldn't really come up with anything too creative.



Here are some ideas though, whatever you think sounds best:



of lalaland

or



The Land of constant snoring (or something like that)



Or

Sleep to come and take

Me off to the shores

Of Advil pm 







Wink it's a sleeep medication.

allright I'm lost. Any other suggestions?

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:30 am    Post subject: Hello Reply with quote

I think that was really good. You see, I am very bad in writing poems. The ones that I write(forced to in school) sound so cheesy!!!!!
Your poems are golden!!!

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to say, it's good. It's really good actually.

But it has the potential to be better.

The main mistakes in your poem right now are your line breaks and your ending. Your line breaks are sudden and really don't help the poem; you should think of line breaks as things that help make a poem better. The ending was cliche, and made the poem all the more irritating--dreamland? That word has been used countless times to descrivve sleep! And "the shores of" is incredibly passe, poetry-wise.

What really made this poem is good is that it relates to all people. I read it, and I was like "WOW! That's exactly how I feel." So add more. My suggestion, add about two more things that cause you insomania, and make them quirkier and quirkier as they go. Like,
"Sometimes, the cockroaches'
hearts beat under my back."
You see? Something bizarre like that will make the poem, oh, so much better. (You indirectly mislead your reader.) But if you don't want that, just make something that we all relate to.

Overall, great job. Exceptional poem.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lalaland is cute, and Advil PM is funny.

Maybe you could use both? Something like "to the shores of Lalaland, where the waves (beach?, I'm not sure if Advil PM is a liquid or solid...) are of Advil PM"

It's good though.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi mizz-iceberg. Someone gave this link while chat was up earlier and I thought I'd take a look at it.


Quote:
I twist and turn in bed,
trying to get comfortable.
These two lines don't sound as impressive as the rest but I know you had to connect everything somehow.

As Gladi. said, I think some of the lines were choppy, but I also think it worked well in the poem. Overall, I think it was a good poem, as everyone else has said. I can believe that you wrote this in the middle of the night but I could also believe if you wrote this while you were daydreaming: I get the strangest poem ideas in the middle of class. Razz

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