Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Revisions

Liar
You may never know
The truth
I’m sorry to say
I lied

I lied to you
No big deal
It really isn’t
But it was wrong

You don’t know.
You might never know
I lied
But I am not a liar.

Celebrate Life
It’s a smoky morning
The day is young
A baby is born
I smile joyfully
It is Magic

Man & Women
Him & Her
Boy & Girl
Brother & Sister
Living & Laughing

Rachel - in both poems I think you should step back from the poem and try to paint a picture rather than tell a story.  What does a liar look like?  What does a liar sound like?  What does a liar do with her hands?  How does she stand?
In the second poem, I like the way you started with a smoky morning - why not paint that picture fully?  I think you could wind up with a very nice poem by creating a magical scene instead of telling me it is magical.
Liar
You may never know
The truth
I’m sorry to say
I lied

I lied to you
No big deal
It really isn’t
But it was wrong

Eyes of sorrow
Face of guilt
Fearful of forgiveness

You don’t know.
You might never know
I lied
But I am not a liar.

Celebrate Life
It’s a smoky morning
The day is young
Smiles full of bliss
Eyes full of sparkles
Posture full of pride

Man & Women
Him & Her
Boy & Girl
Brother & Sister
Living & Laughing

I think that Mimi's advice was helpful to me because it improved my poems. In my original poems, I did not use as many describing words as I did in my revised poems. Mimi's sugesstions were very helpful to me as a poet.

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