Reviews for I Just Need To Say

Love in Light
2007-03-23
ch 1,

This is a first for me. That is a good thing.

You have a gift and a talent. Allow me to explain what I see as the three levels of poetry (they are vey basic. I do not view poetry in these terms only, however, I look at these factors subconsciously when reviewing poetry):

1. Lowest Level: Imagery: A poet with this talent can use words to describe fantastic scenes that play out in a reader's mind. This talent lets people put words that belong together together realistically. It is necessary for any poet, whether the subject matter is tangible or not.

2. Rhyme: This is self explanatory. Without some sort of rhyme scheme, a poem doesn't hold together. It's just a bunch of pretty lines, aligned in some sort of random order. There are some places where people purposely don't use rhyme, but that in itself is a use of rhyme.

3: Highest Level: Rhythm: So many people don't see the importance of rhythm in poetry. Rhythm is possibly the most underestimated force in poetic literature. One can completely omit rhyme if the rhythm of a poem flows enough. Don't get me wrong, there are, again, places where one can purposefully not use a flowing pattern. However, most people don't even pay attention to how lines flow together. And it shows.

You have achieved this highest level. This is a true piece of poetry, a work worth further notice. It is the first piece I have seen on fictionpress that even comes near being rhythmic. You are out of everyone else's (that I've so far read) league.

Encore.

Love in Lady Light

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