This Poem was Submitted By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2014-09-15 09:31:21 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Clean Plate

May the bitter part of yesterday’s  linger no more for every bit of taste  will keep it’s own not thrive within every heart beat Today let it be a memory  a reminder of the bittersweet

Copyright © September 2014 DeniMari Z.


This Poem was Critiqued By: Marcia L McCaslin On Date: 2014-09-26 01:26:21
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
DeniMari--are you playing off the phrase "Clean Plate" to sort of talk about making each day a clean slate? A double entendre? That's what I'm getting. So, it's a philosophical way of saying take the bitter with the sweet and don't let the bitter taste thrive within you. I think the hardest sentiments to write are the short ones like this, b/c you have so much to convey in the few verses you have chosen. (Just as an aside, I don't think your "yesterday's" needs to be possessive--and your it's is definitely not--"its own" IMO. (I have been wrong LOL).


This Poem was Critiqued By: Joe Gustin On Date: 2014-09-15 11:07:09
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Short and sweet and to the point. To re-evaluate the past is to have a different future. An excellent philosophy explained in nine poetic lines. I do wonder if L2 should be yesterday. Seems to flow better. Either way an excellent write
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