Dark Places In The Contemporary Century

Dark Places In The Contemporary Century

A Poem by Twilight
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This piece is intended as a contemporary follow on poem, from Dark Places; a much older poem of mine.

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Instead of just dark places,
It's hard to find light at all,

Modern societies in pain,
Poorer nations in thrall,

So many problems together,
Maketh our burdens great,

Not just costly cars,
Even filling up the plate,

Stormy weather and drought,
COVID plagues delamorte,

Is modern life,
The ideal forte?

© 2024 Twilight


Author's Note

Twilight
Deliberately using very few words, I have sought to encapsulate some key issues of our "modern" age. In my experience, fewer words, if carefully chosen; can have more impact.

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This is good. Like my last review, I would consider combining your couplets into stanzas of 4 lines. That makes your rhyme scheme clearer. There is something about the rhythm that doesn't work for me in the first couplet. Most of your couplets are asymmetric, yet this one is 7/7. Maybe just split "It's" to "It is" would be enough. Having "just" in the first line wrankles a little, but I can see that it changes the meaning enough not to omit it.

Your last couplet 5/5 works because it's an ending. Actually, I think it would be better as:

Is this modern life
The ideal forte?

You don't need a comma there, and the 6/5 asymmetry again works better for me.

The only reason I am mentioning the rhythm is that you are using rhyme. I find that many poets try to rhyme, ignoring rhythm, but it is the rhythm that makes the rhyme work. If it rhymes, it's poetry. Right? Most of these people don't understand how important rhyme is.

That, actually, is one of the reasons I don't like to write rhyming poetry - because I like maniplating rhythm and playing with it, which just sounds wrong when you have a series of end of line rhymes.

As always, I'm just a single opinion, which you can take or leave.

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Anne Martin

1 Month Ago

I think I did actually mean self-doubt. Self-critical is "did I say this the way I meant to?" Self-d.. read more
Twilight

1 Month Ago

Yes, I think that your reasoning makes sense; as far as that goes. Of course, if expecting to write .. read more



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They say " be the change, the changes you want to see in the world."
The questions and the reflections you are pointing out is real... poem is thought provoking... we must think and come up the solutions too.

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Twilight

1 Month Ago

Those are thoughtful comments, and good that you shared them with me.
This is good. Like my last review, I would consider combining your couplets into stanzas of 4 lines. That makes your rhyme scheme clearer. There is something about the rhythm that doesn't work for me in the first couplet. Most of your couplets are asymmetric, yet this one is 7/7. Maybe just split "It's" to "It is" would be enough. Having "just" in the first line wrankles a little, but I can see that it changes the meaning enough not to omit it.

Your last couplet 5/5 works because it's an ending. Actually, I think it would be better as:

Is this modern life
The ideal forte?

You don't need a comma there, and the 6/5 asymmetry again works better for me.

The only reason I am mentioning the rhythm is that you are using rhyme. I find that many poets try to rhyme, ignoring rhythm, but it is the rhythm that makes the rhyme work. If it rhymes, it's poetry. Right? Most of these people don't understand how important rhyme is.

That, actually, is one of the reasons I don't like to write rhyming poetry - because I like maniplating rhythm and playing with it, which just sounds wrong when you have a series of end of line rhymes.

As always, I'm just a single opinion, which you can take or leave.

Posted 1 Month Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

This comment has been deleted by the poster.
Anne Martin

1 Month Ago

I think I did actually mean self-doubt. Self-critical is "did I say this the way I meant to?" Self-d.. read more
Twilight

1 Month Ago

Yes, I think that your reasoning makes sense; as far as that goes. Of course, if expecting to write .. read more
Infact, less is often more. These times don’t need that much, but your point is taken, and yes they make an impact even more so.

Posted 1 Month Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Twilight

1 Month Ago

Yes, indeed. I have encountered people on here, who think that it's "ambitious" and clever; to write.. read more

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Added on October 6, 2024
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