Dark room in the corner with a slight mist, Dusty windows with deep brown rust in its wrist..
Chandelier's moving and it sounds haunted, Table of cards and vacant seats left unended..
And here I am, just like a melted candle Unable to ignite again....
Never pictured this life before, never imagined how the evil's rule, They prod my attitude, quelled my dignity, puffed a smoke and yelled, I'm a crazy fool..
Their nasty thoughts, dirty minds haunts me every night, I've lost those starry eyes, grew dark circles, tired of their evil sight..
Now here I am, just like a melted candle, Unable to ignite again....
So jaded for one so young. But you must attend to your singulars and plurals. Wrist is a bad choice, chosen for its rhyming quality alone. You need to go further than one syllable rhymes, look at things like 'insist', 'amethyst', 'desist', 'gist', 'kissed' and so on, and try and make sense of the line. E.g. - Dusty windows with deep brown rust are kissed'. 'How the evil's rule - 'evil's' means 'evil is' so a misplaced comma. Should be 'evil rule'. (Yes, punctuation IS important). The next line, you switch tenses. 'They prod my attitude (present), quelled (past), puffed, yelled, (past), so either 'prod' 'quell' 'puff'' and 'yell', or 'prodded' with your previous choice. 'Dirty minds haunts' should be 'haunt' because 'minds' is plural. Then 'lost' 'grew' 'tired' should be 'lost, grown, tired'. Always pay attention to detail. All the best.
Posted 9 Years Ago
2 of 2 people found this review constructive.
9 Years Ago
I could do with David taking a butcher's at my efforts,probably the only way I'll improve.
This is, as usual, a great piece. There are a few grammatical errors though(dirty minds haunts should be dirty minds haunt). You just need to work on that a bit more. Keep up the good work!
So jaded for one so young. But you must attend to your singulars and plurals. Wrist is a bad choice, chosen for its rhyming quality alone. You need to go further than one syllable rhymes, look at things like 'insist', 'amethyst', 'desist', 'gist', 'kissed' and so on, and try and make sense of the line. E.g. - Dusty windows with deep brown rust are kissed'. 'How the evil's rule - 'evil's' means 'evil is' so a misplaced comma. Should be 'evil rule'. (Yes, punctuation IS important). The next line, you switch tenses. 'They prod my attitude (present), quelled (past), puffed, yelled, (past), so either 'prod' 'quell' 'puff'' and 'yell', or 'prodded' with your previous choice. 'Dirty minds haunts' should be 'haunt' because 'minds' is plural. Then 'lost' 'grew' 'tired' should be 'lost, grown, tired'. Always pay attention to detail. All the best.
Posted 9 Years Ago
2 of 2 people found this review constructive.
9 Years Ago
I could do with David taking a butcher's at my efforts,probably the only way I'll improve.
I never thought of the windowsill having a wrist that is creative, so much isolation seems present yet solitude with the vacant card tables, I wish I could be great at cards and beautiful as Amy Acker when she plays cards, yet everything takes so much time, may you have a peaceful time of recovery and may the light meet your eyes once again, perhaps as the melted wax becomes reformed into a new candle,
Dark/sad but written in a passionate way. I'm the last person to be giving any advice on writing, but I'm going to do it anyway, hahaha. "Chandelier's moving and it sounds haunted" is that in plural form? If it is then maybe it should read "Chandelier's moving and they sound haunted" if not I apologise. How about "Chandelier swaying with a haunted sound" "Chandelier swaying to a haunted sound" either way I like your style of writing. Keep your pen moving.
I'll review it if you swear not to make fun of me :DD
thats the bargain
Posted 9 Years Ago
9 Years Ago
haha......sure..... give your opinion... :)
9 Years Ago
Okay - joking aside - I enjoyed the opening line
I wouldn't have chosen wrist in the second t.. read moreOkay - joking aside - I enjoyed the opening line
I wouldn't have chosen wrist in the second though - I suspect you did because you liked the previous line (its a very good line) and were determined to rhyme it.
A little more time spent on the line about the chandelier instead of 'it sounds haunted' would have really added to the scene setting.
'unended' should be 'upended'
I REALLY liked the repetiton of the melted candle verse - it ended the piece very well IMHO.
:)
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