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Frost Slaying*

Touch of the sun

slaying frost, lie

like snakes motionless.

In the western sky, stone Murial

burst a splendor sank.

Facing a danger

arrest his course,

as sullen, grieving

of dawn with sight

and sound brought

darkness, where vague

feelings dread the night.

Season changed blossoms

of Spring expanding fruits

of Summer. The leaves fall

on the approach of Winter in

a buried sleep.

The soldier buried limbs

unattached. Facing the cold

darkness. Is these what

becomes dedication on a

Murial wall. Stone symmetry

line as if soldiers at war.

Author notes

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Theme: Soldiers in the grave cast symmetry murial
going to war in the ground.

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  • amaranthine lover gold member
    November 21, 2008
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    a nice piece, but make sure the reader can read everything@!

    • haley27 gold member
      November 21, 2008
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      thank you

      Thank you for the wonderful comment given. Haley27


  • trista gold member
    September 21, 2008

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    Hi there and welcome to the POW

    I’m not exactly sure what happened with your poem as to the problems you mentioned below, but in the future please feel free to contact a judge if you have any difficulties that we can help with. It also looks like you’ve amended your AN to include the theme...something else we consider to be “editing” and needs to wait until all judges have had a chance to review your work, and trophies are awarded...so just a couple of things to keep in mind...for next time.

    Okay, as to the poem itself...

    You have some lovely thoughts and images, but I did find many lines difficult to understand and/or follow...such as:
    “In the western sky,
    burst a splendor sank.”
    I’m not sure if this should be, “a burst of splendor sank” or maybe, “bursts of splendor sank” ? In any case, it seems like there’s a word missing somewhere to give this the right meaning, to my understanding at least. The lines following that one also confused me...if I take them and write it out just as it is, like a sentence but without line breaks, I get:
    “Facing a danger arrest his course, as sullen, grieving of dawn with sight and sound brought darkness, where vague feelings dread the night.”
    As is...I honestly couldn’t hazard a guess as to what you may have meant for sure. It might be a bit easier for you to see where connective words need to be added, suffixes of words need tweaked, or punctuation changed, to give this clarity, when written out this way. Then...after any editing is done...you can make the line breaks again and, I think, come out with a cleaner, clearer picture of what you wish to describe.

    I think your choice of words has a very musical feel, and that’s what I most enjoyed about the poem, giving it a lovely poetic tone I’ve sadly seen very little of otherwise in this particular PO contest. Nice job with that.

    Thanks so much for your entry, and good luck. My scores and other areas of the poem I looked at will be included in final notes.

    Good luck and best wishes,
    ~J.
    Remember...no editing once a judge comments, until after trophies are awarded.

    • haley27 gold member
      September 21, 2008
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      Thank u

      Thank you for the wonderful comment and advice how the poem should be. I had difficulty keeping the poem on the contest, and knowing the glitches are part of this world in cyber space can throw off your game to compete for the best. But like I have mentioned the poem isn't finished. I will be finishing the poem after the contest. I appolize for the problems with the poem. I hope to come back to POW for another go around. Haley27


  • Lost Vampyre Angel
    September 20, 2008

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    Welcome to the POW! You did violate one rule of having black font. But alas not a huge deal with me. this poem has wonderful imagery but it would have been better with being alittle longer and better constructed lines.
    but apart from that this is very very nice your contrast of seasons flows so well and I really enjoyed this.

    No editing once a judge has touched your work.
    MY scores will show up with my final notes.
    - vampy xxx

  • Starz of Heaven gold member
    September 20, 2008

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    Hi there and welcome to pow you bought a theme that I have seen before but it is not a bad write I enjoyed the read my score will apppear at the end of the contest be well

    • haley27 gold member
      September 21, 2008
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      Sorry

      My poem was DQ or their was a glitch in the system that through it off. I will finish the poem after the contest, because I had more to say, but would have gone past the number of lines requested. Thank you anyway for reading my poem. Haley27


  • NeonRose
    September 20, 2008

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    Welcome to the POW for 9/19/08

    You have violated a couple of the basic PO' rules,
    so your scores will suffer a bit from that. They are
    not difficult rules, but we do stress that they be
    followed. Next time I am sure you will read them
    carefully!

    Your font should be black on a white background.
    You neglected to enter your theme/topic in your AN.

    I like the 'feel' of this write, and I wish it
    would have been a bit longer, more fleshed out, be-
    cause it has some lovely images hinted at, but not
    brought to their full fruition.

    Line 2, I think it should be 'lies' instead of 'lie'.
    Lines 13 thru 15, I think this should read:

    "Season changed, blossoms
    of spring expanding to fruits
    of summer. The leaves fall
    on the approach of winter for
    a buried sleep."

    This was a strong image, and the best part of your
    poem. This is what made me want more of the same.

    My scores will appear with final remarks. Best to
    you in the contest.

    Remember, no editing once a judge has commented.

    • haley27 gold member
      September 21, 2008
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      Thank u

      At first when I approached this poem for the POW. It was either DQ or glitch in the system.that threw it off. I feel the poem isn't finished yet. I could have finished, but like you said no editing. I guess I will finish after the contest is over. I enjoyed being here and learn what it takes to be good in writing poetry. I had to copy and paste from the first one. Thank you for liking my poem. Haley27


  • islekine gold member
    September 20, 2008

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    Aloha and welcome to POW!

    I like this…even though you didn’t
    give us a theme…it was easy to see
    what you were penning….I’m not
    fond of your one long poem….I
    prefer stanzas to break up the
    thoughts and help with the flow…
    We usually look for a bit more…
    and you could have easily given it..lol
    your words are wonderful…Best
    wishes in the contest…
    Write on!


    My scores will appear in final notes.
    REMEMBER: No editing once a judge has
    commented on your entry.

    • haley27 gold member
      September 21, 2008
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      Sorry

      Had to copy and paste from the first one because it was DQ or their was a glitch in the system that through it off. It didn't give me much time fix. Thank you for liking my poem. Haley27


  • cutiepie gold member
    September 20, 2008

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    Ah, the onset of winter approaches with deadly footsteps... Good luck in the contest

    • haley27 gold member
      September 20, 2008
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      Thank u

      Thank you for the wonderful comments given to my poem. Like the applaudes too. Haley27

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