This Poem was Submitted By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2009-12-25 17:25:00 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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My Tribute To Dave

Grateful to another year geared to leave behind memories to be left around the dark doors in my mind I was chasing arced rainbows slipped delicately on dreams I imagined mine Career â€“ A new love, A miracle building my heart was light Then plague a burning rash formed between nights of dreams both were slashed from my sight Spent of shine if beauty travels with time all of God is flawless beauty  Disdain mirrored my view clutching wounds of pain Where softest inner secrets layer all  pure protection sheltered me from this dangerous fall

Copyright © December 2009 DeniMari Z.

Additional Notes:
Needs work, needs help - so help, lol


This Poem was Critiqued By: Dan D Lavigne On Date: 2010-01-03 11:21:05
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Grateful to another year geared to leave behind memories to be left around the dark doors in my mind I was chasing arced rainbows slipped delicately on dreams I imagined mine Career – A new love, Deni, First let me say that any work from the heart is sacred and right. I used to shy from poem submissions where the poet asked for help, because, I mean who am I to reach what you are striving for with your words. But I will give'er a go. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Grateful to another year geared to leave behind memories to be left around the dark doors in my mind I like this. It starts of gratitude then takes a dark turn. One suggestion I would make would be something like, Grateful to another year geared to leave behind memories left around the darkened corners of my mind ===================================== I was chasing arced rainbows slipped delicately on dreams I imagined mine This is a hard one. It seems incomplete. Not sure what I would do to fix it. The only suggestion I can find here is only partial. I would change arced to faded. Not sure what to do for the second line though. ===================================== Career – A new love, A miracle building my heart was light I like this, it really captures the peaceful feeling of knowing it will work out. ===================================== Then plague a burning rash formed between nights of dreams both were slashed from my sight Again, this seems incomplete. I like what I think your getting at, but I think it needs another line to complete. Maybe rewording the first line and adding a forth would bring flow and completion to this stanza. ===================================== Spent of shine if beauty travels with time all of God is flawless beauty I like this, but would probably add something like, "in creation and design" as a forth line to round it out. ===================================== Disdain mirrored my view clutching wounds of pain Alone I love this line, it the poem I find it awkward to fit and again, maybe incomplete for the poem as a whole but complete as a stand alone. ===================================== Where softest inner secrets layer all pure protection sheltered me from this dangerous fall This is nice, the only thing I would consider here is maybe changing softest to softer to help with flow. I like the piece in all and would love to see it once you have fine tuned it to your liking. Dan


This Poem was Critiqued By: Ellen K Lewis On Date: 2009-12-25 21:49:39
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Hello DeniMari. This poem is jumping around in my head! (lol) I am going through some of the lines with you and making suggestions (you asked for it!) Grateful to another year geared to leave behind (greatful for another year, (geared?)(packed?-as in storage?) memories to be left around the dark doors in my mind.....I hate to say this, but that sounds like dirty laundry! Maybe you should think about those two lines. Its scary to have memorys lurking around dark places....I do understand that is your point-to share-- Then plague a burning rash formed (awesome line-don't change it!) between nights of dreams both were slashed from my sight (I'm lost about 'both'..nights/dreams? do you need a line about days? Mixed between God's flawless beauty and the pain, there is a hint of hope lurking. One more thing. You have dark secrets in your mind, and then softest inner secrets layering protection. Maybe you should make a reference--mind/heart? I like the piece generally. You have a good story to tell. You have it unfolding in a good form. Like you said, it just needs your talented touch to 'fix' it! I hope I haven't offended you with my candor-all remarks are meant to be taken lightly. SMILE Bless you! Ellen
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