aplomb

Cries to repose,

 

reconcile, and reconnoiter

 

are recommended as rendition

 

of your reason.  Reply

 

revamped and revel in rancorous

 

refuge, but don’t expect respect simply

 

because you deserve it.

 

Such a move is far too human for you

Reviews

[Emily Rose]

No, no, I'm not saying that the alliteration was misused - its one of my favorite literary conventions, too. I'm just saying that the usage of the words themselves was sometimes a bit suspect. The words' SOUNDS fit together well enough, but the MEANING didn't make a lot of sense. All I was saying was that this poem would be more powerful if you REworked it a little so the "re" words could mesh well together in both sound AND meaning. That's all I meant.

[Johnny White]

I enjoy alliteration. While childlike in application, I find that in supplanting many reader's professorial expectations with simple quips and gestures my base is often widened to include those whose literary tastebuds are offended by the flavors of convention. Also, redundancy has been shown to release endorphines. Herein, and thereby, I had aimed to lighten the impact of an otherwise smarmy postulate.

:)

[Emily Rose]

I like all the "re" words, but you use some of them a bit loosely, so one sort of gets the feeling that you don't know quite what you're talking about. (It feels almost as if you looked up a bunch of "re" words in the dicationary and then squeezed them in, and that kind of lessens its impact.) I really like the title, though - it fits and it makes the poem seem to make fun of its own garralousness.