Abuse.
By HiddenBehindTheMask
Thu, 11 Jun 2009
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Down,
Your fists hit my face,
Under,
I must find a safe place.
Deep,
I must crawl into oblivion,
Low,
Survival - one in a millon.
Down,
You kick me again and again,
Under,
Who am I to complain,
Deep,
The scars cover me completely:
Low,
I must leave quiet and discreetly.
Up,
I pick up the phone,
Higher,
Help is at hand -I'm not alone.
By Emma Mew (:
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A powerful poem Emma: your
A powerful poem Emma: your last line might be improved by inserting a dash between 'hand' and 'I'm'.
The rest of the punctuation is a little erratic, too.
You probably need a full stop after 'place' 'million' and 'discreetly'. A colon might suit after 'completely'. Jennifer would know better than I.
In the line beginning 'I must leave...' you should choose either two adjectives or two adverbs, that is,
without -ly or with -ly respectively.
Strictly speaking, it should be the adverbs, but I would choose the adjectives, between commas, as that would scan better.
Brave and honest,
regards
Ewan
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I think the form of this is
Permalink Submitted by sarah wilson on
I think the form of this is excellent - deep, down, under, to up, higher. I know that writing helps - that's why I do it! Sarah x
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Good advice, Ewan, and well
Good advice, Ewan, and well followed, Hidden,
J x
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Ditto Ewan, Jennifer. I'm
Ditto Ewan, Jennifer. I'm so pleased this earned a cherry. Margot
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This is great, very well
Permalink Submitted by russiandoll on
This is great, very well done.
Ewan's feedback is spot on too.
The last couple of lines seem to offer a resolution that, for me, comes a bit too fast and easy given the pace and atmosphere that's set in the rest of the piece.
However, that's just my opinion. Fantastic piece of work.
xx
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Hi Emma, sorry I have just
Permalink Submitted by prettyrose on
Hi Emma, sorry I have just found this poem but so glad I did!!!
IT'S Brilliant!!!!
well done :)
Keep Writing
Keep Smiling :)))
Keep Smiling
Keep Writing xxx
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