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Compilations for the win!!

Today I actually put titles on my poems, because I hadn't before.

I don't have a favorite poet, mainly because I don't read very much poetry. If it's a book written in poetry, I like it, but otherwise, no.

Anyway.

You may critique/review it if you like. Or give feedback, etc. Actually, please critique it. And give feedback. Please, please, give me reasons for your opinions. I like in depth comments. (Who doesn't?)

Anyway(for the second time):


Here's the first.



Inspirat


âBe the change you want to see in the worldâ ~ Mahatma Ghandi


Life does not spring from death
Freedom is not a force that breaks chains
Love will not erupt from hate
Power does not flow from weakness

You must make your life what it is
be it happy or sad
slow or fast
light or burdened

You must have willpower
to fight against what you do not want
life does not happen, before your eyes
while you watch
and be lazy
sitting on a couch
eating Doritos

Yes, you may watch television
and see what you think is life
but you will never be exhilarated
sitting down

You need to be the one
standing at the edge of the cliff
trying to keep your balance
while someone is pushing you down
You need to be the one
rushing down the slope
in makeshift skis
trying to get away from your captors

No house will rise
from the rubble
if no one works to build it
you will not eat
if no food comes to your mouth

What you want will not happen
if you do not make it so.

(I was too lazy to finish the title)

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For all you people who read my stuff, a critique on one of my newer poems would be much appreciated. Actually, I'm requesting it. So. Please.


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How am I to critique this?
Oh, I like the one on pg4 about boys and their games, but skateboarding knowledge is actually cool. Sooooo look I just critiqued!

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I can't believe you just did that.
I can't believe you.
Why did you go and do that?
When all I could ever do was fall apart?

Breaking into a million pieces,
Slicing through your eyes,
Forgetting just to breathe.

Though you often know when to stop,
When to let go of the wing of the airplane,
And just drop.

Never look me in the eyes,
Never see who I am.
Always remember who I was,
But don't forget, I am no more than--

Bury me deep underground,
Let the worms swallow me whole.
Bury me in your guilt, and
Never let me forget what I've done.

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Ok, this one makes no sense and I don't really know what I wrote, but it's a poem. An improvement.

MoonFairy
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Why didn't you add the last stanza from the first one? It was great with it.
Don't get me wrong, I like this one still, but the other one was slightly better.

IcyIndia
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Oh, really? Crap.

Wait, what do you mean??

MoonFairy
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Like... this new edit, it added length, and that is good, but the other felt like it was actually.... something. Like, there was a real feeling behind it...
I'm not one for re-edits, I like it when you write what is on your mind, and it stays raw and unrefined. Sooo

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So, what poem are you referring to?

This isn't an edit of a different poem, this is one I wrote on the first line poetry thing. Here's the original, not changed or anything.

MoonFairy
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Did you really just do that?
it was the same for both, and I do believe I explained via profile chat. ;D
Sooooo. If wolf makes wolf pies, you are icy and you make.....
I dunno. Pick what metaphor you want your poetry to be.

IcyIndia
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Yeah, you explained.

Um... I don't know either. I'll think about that.

MoonFairy
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You could be cake! The icing to the cake! xD
OOOOHHHHHH SNAP.
I could be the cake, and you could be the icing! We could make a poem together!
But I dunno how that would work out.... We do have different minds that don't spit out the same.... hmm.
What do you think? Do you wanna try to make a poem with me?

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We could TRY.... But I don't know how that would work.
Sure. That'd be cool.


What kind of cake?

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What kind of cake?

Why, an ice cream cake of course!
IcyIndia
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ice cream


Eew, I don't like ice cream. It's too cold for me.

Yeah, I'm a freak. I already knew that. :P
Efan
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WWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!! Ice cream is the greatest invention for the desert industry! Maybe you're having the wrong kind.

IcyIndia
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No, seriously, I despise how cold it is. I don't really like anything cold. I don't like ice cream. I guess if it tastes amazing I can stand it, but if the taste is anything below amazing I won't eat it.

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