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Kaine for Senate '18
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« on: December 31, 2008, 01:06:42 AM »

So, I'm thinking about submitting this poem to my English class for some extra credit; what do you guys think?

I wrote this poem on rock and roll

There’s a darkness on the edge of town,
And all those who were born to run are running.
But they were stopped short of the pink houses,
And they were blinded by the light.

Tuesday’s gone now,
And Dani the girl sings her sad song.
The devil sends his most sincere sympathies,
As the free bird flies away.

The rising has started again,
It’s led by Jude, Jack, and Dianne,
They stroll along the watchtower,
As all the young dudes fight below.

Now I’m losing my religion,
Even though I’m living on a prayer.
I’ve become comfortably numb,
To the street fighting men around me.

I put on my cheap sunglasses,
To cover up my scar tissue,
So goodbye stranger,
I’m taking the long way home.
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Purple State
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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 01:17:06 AM »

Could you provide some insight as to what it means?
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Kaine for Senate '18
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 01:20:02 AM »

Could you provide some insight as to what it means?

I don't really know, myself.
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 01:23:48 AM »

What familar lyrics!
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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 01:27:45 AM »

I'd say the tone definitely flows nicely, but the ideas seem very stifled. You start with one thought but don't continue it in the next stanza. I do like the imagery though, a lot. And you do a good job of contrasting the images and creating certain tensions. An interesting poem for sure.
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 01:44:32 AM »

I see what you did there. Tongue
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Kaine for Senate '18
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« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2008, 10:13:56 PM »


I wanted to see if people would notice Wink
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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2008, 10:15:25 PM »


Isn't it kinda obvious?
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Kaine for Senate '18
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« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2008, 10:16:39 PM »


You'd think so, yes.  I'm not very good at being a subtle writer Tongue
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2009, 03:14:43 AM »

     Not my cup of tea, though I like it anyway.
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« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2009, 10:37:40 AM »

Doesn't scan. Fail.
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2009, 03:17:27 PM »

if you had a rhyming scheme in there someplace, maybe it would've been ok.
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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2009, 08:39:51 PM »

if you had a rhyming scheme in there someplace, maybe it would've been ok.

     That's what I meant by saying it wasn't my cup of tea. I usually only read poems that rhyme.
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2009, 09:38:57 PM »


Urgh
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« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2009, 10:25:44 PM »


Both rhyme and meter each have strong effect
In rendering a poem to my taste
Should either lack my instinct shouts "Reject!"
And all the poet's efforts go to waste.
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