 Chasing Whimsy 2004-08-25 . chapter 1Not bad at all for a first poem. I can't remember my first poem, but I do remember some earlier ones I wrote way back when, and they were all terrible. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is nice work.
The only thing that struck me as awkward within the poem are the lines, "The sun brings reality/Like a snake." I believe I understand what you're trying to say, but the visual of a snake doesn't seem to fit well within the atmosphere you've created in the poem. Stars, night, twilight, sky, clouds...it gives a whimsical, almost dream-like scene. Then when you stick in a snake, my mind immediately shifts over to a rattler in a desert. This causes the poem to lose a bit of its focus. Still, very nice, I thought it was good. |