merging to the left on
u.s. 50, i didn't see
it coming
our reflections in the
bay windows held up
perfectly in the fading
clementine light
her declarations of
infidelity and the dream
ending ringing through
so shatteringly-clear
held in the reverie
of burning brakes
and for a moment
i thought i heard it
her laughter
lilting me away
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This is real different, This is very strong and has feeling to go along with it. This was a perfect description and its a pretty awsome poem. Thank you for sharing and I enjoyed this
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I like the line "clementine light". The rest of it is good but doesn't really stand out to me.
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Excellent
very good description of a painful experience,i really got a sense of slow motion,as if in shock from the news you had received....writing is great therapy,I hope this served its purpose....cheers
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aaaww...that is so sad...you know that a poem is powerful when there are no worde to say so it just leaves you silent...It's beautiful. Thank you for entering.
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i liked it but it was a little hard to understand i had to read it twice to get everything great job!
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Oh. This is a pretty cool poem that you have going on here.
I'm pretty sure I'm not following it one hundred percent but I think I understand the general feeling you want to get across. It has a lot of sense of loss in this. Lestways, that's what I'm picking up. You did a good job of expressing yourself here.
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This is gorgeous, in every sense of the word. I bet I can guess for whom it was written as well... She's a very lucky lady, and you are lucky to have her
Anyway, enough fluff; I love the word 'reverie'. Don't know why, but it always seems to stick with me for days after reading a poem with that word in it. You have diction down to a science, and it's nice to read the writings of someone who doesn't fake it, who doesn't forgo meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme 'orange' with 'door-hinge'.
*fluff, fluff, and more fluff*
One major observation: as much as I love your earlier poems and the darker stuff, I like this romantic side of you as well. Your words are pure-gold; sentimental, without sounding syrupy or boring. I've missed your poetry, & you.
Stunning. Simply perfect.
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I really appreciate that you took the time to comment on this, but...
...the poem is actually about an ex of mine, and about when she informed me of her infidelity. It's not meant to be romantic at all; rather, it was just me reflecting on it while driving one day. In the poem, I get into an accident because of my thoughts drifting toward that subject. The accident didn't actually happen, but still.
Nice try, though, and thank you.
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I can only say what, apparently, everyone else has said: the words you use in this are stunning. the brevity really makes it all stand out - a huge impact with, relatively, very few words.
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Wonderful poem! I really loved it, your launguage and word choice are stunning, I love the details and the way you made me feel it. Excellent write, thanks for entering!
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Your use of language is so beautiful. You must've heard this a billion times, but the phrase "Clementine light" really is just, gorgeous. Beautiful poem, thanks for entering!
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Again I have to admire this use of language..
"Clementine light" Excllent and a new pharse to me..
Always nice to learn something new
Peace
~A~
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Your language is amazing. I especially loved the final stanza...it really brings everything into perspective and makes it all work. "Clementine light" is one of my favorite phrases - something about it is so real and so perfect. I think the first stanza is maybe the least well-defined. Something about the combo of lowercase u.s. and numerals for 50 doesn't quite do it for me...have you considered spelling fifty out? Maybe I'm just weird lol. I wonder if you've tried playing around with capitalization or punctuation in this piece; although your style is very effective, sometimes simple sentence mechanics can have extra (and sometimes interesting) impacts. Just a thought. Anyways, loved the read. Great job.
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Hey, sorry I didn't reply to this 'til just now; I sometimes forget to respond to comments even after telling myself to.
I prefer not to spell out "fifty" in this instance simply because I've always known and read the highway in question as "50." It's more familiar to me, so I'm more comfortable using the numeric instance of it.
As far as the capitalization and punctuation bit, I've been using lowercase now for a little while; it was initially more of an experiment of mine, but I've grown fond of it. To me, it gives a feeling of minimalism; a small voice that stands firm on the poem's message itself. Combined with the occasional use of italics, it almost feels ethereal to me; sounds weird, I'm sure, but it's something I've liked to do now for a while.
I also prefer to use as little punctuation as possible now, particularly when it comes to line breaks. I've come to think that the end of a line gives just enough of a pause that no punctuation is needed there, and thus there are very few, if any, things distracting one from actually reading the poem.
Anyway, thank you for your comment; it's good to get actual comments now and then.
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creepy. I could hear it too.
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mm.. sounds kinda sad, kinda scary, and at the same time, almost calming...
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