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To Write Like Poe

The master poet, Poe, beguiles my verse; his rhyme and flow regales my aching core. My muse I wish he might define and nurse, I pled while kneeling down upon the floor.         Then he said...nevermore. I wrote for him my finest poem in rhyme with colors never known or limned before, then sang a song with scores of tunes that chime. “You need to help me now, I must implore."         He said...nothing more. Unable to enchant with clever words, my simple odes his knowing can’t restore. I know he loved Lenore, as time records "I plead will you enter my darkened door?"         He said...nevermore. Undaunted by this refusal I explored then lauded his notorious bird of lore, who perched and crowed above the chamber door. His cark a sound that I had heard before         And...evermore. “Oh would you kindly mentor me with care and write a verse for me I could adore? My soul is sorrow laden with despair.  I said is breathing poems your stock and store?"         He said...evermore. My pen was churning, burning hot as steam of Raven’s flight above the silent shore. To write like Poe this poet’s fervid dream, I tried my best while penning words that pour.         When he said...nothing more.

Copyright © February 2010 cheyenne smyth


This Poem was Critiqued By: Dellena Rovito On Date: 2010-02-28 21:12:19
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Cheyenne, Another great one. I love Poe's Raven and refrain throughout. This is mostly iambic prntameter, yes. It ain't easy for sure. Love the ending. When your done your done. I tried my best while penning words that pour. When he said...nothing more What more can I say but I would love more. Thank you, such talent! Dellena


This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2010-02-20 10:45:11
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
I haven't read Poe in such a long time, that this poem brings back my favs of his, especially The Raven. Remarkable piece Cheyenne - the imagery is outstanding, one to be remembered, and given kudos to for the perfection you've put forth in writing this. I can't find anything to change, rearrange - or point out to fix. Nice work - you're talent is amazing and I can't wait to read more of your poetry. blessings, Deni
This Poem was Critiqued By: Lora Silvey On Date: 2010-02-17 00:00:59
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Excellent in form and meter, a lilting easy flowing poem that brought a smile. Your choice of words create colorful images, those of your own and reminisence of Poe's Raven, a most enjoyable read. I like the way you've presented your final line for each stanza, as if it were a song. Perhaps, it might be, a song of the poet searching, although I think I like your style more than Poe's. No nits or spags. Lora
This Poem was Critiqued By: Thomas Edward Wright On Date: 2010-02-10 22:04:25
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Write like cheyenne. You're better.
This Poem was Critiqued By: Terry A On Date: 2010-02-08 11:46:33
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Hi Cheyenne, First-congratulations on your poem "Too Soon Cold", taking first place in the Jan. contest! Your multiple submissions this month added much to the vibrance of the site, I especially appreciate the variety of your writing, which shows a nice range of interests and an accomplished poetic variance of form. Poe was such an original. I have a wonderful book on him called, "The Unknown Poe", edited by Raymond Foye. It says that Poe's reputation in his day rested on his work as a literary critic and an editor. This book shows him with far more depth than just as the first modern writer to try and methodically investigate the unconscious mind. Your poem is a lark towards the spirit of his writing, fun and light. Here's to February!!! Terry
This Poem was Critiqued By: James C. Horak On Date: 2010-02-06 10:22:23
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
If you know what a "bridge" is in song, you have something highly similar in the example of the whole of the fifth stanza. Look at the over-all beat in the refrains, "never more", "nothing more", "never more", "ever more", "ever more", and "nothing more". An esoteric quality. The choice of six stanzas instead of the usual five or seven is significant as well. Like Poe, breaking out of the mold. You've done very well mastering the art of inversion to fit more subtle the rhyme scheme, something, again significant to Poe's qualities. Recent biographers have not been kind to Poe, painting him as a sort of dissipant. This regard you show here is not only refreshing, but redemptive to newer readers that might be so easily beguiled to rush of judgement. And to help distinguish between the agonizing Doestoyefskian life a writer might have, opposed to his vision of artistry. Would Poe be flattered by your devotion?....I'll make the leap to assert, I think he would. JCH
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