#fractured illusions

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west mauve
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@molten oriole

main marlin
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I think you could have made it more simpler, but it is nice already
it is your wish how will you develop it further

mortal fossil
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I’m sure many can relate to the existential angst this poem explores.

You have a lot of great images here. But I feel there is something lacking in the overall journey of the poem. Perhaps too many images and not enough of a through line

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Which for the record I am guilty of in my own work

west mauve
west mauve
main marlin
west mauve
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probably so

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ill figure something thanks for the feedback both of u!

main marlin
main marlin
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it makes it less descriptive and also engaging!
metaphors also come to play here
I think you got my point now!

west mauve
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i do i do

drifting cairnBOT
west mauve
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thankyou sm

main marlin
weak cove
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I just love this

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I love the way you worded certain parts

west mauve
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can i ask which specifically 😭

weak cove
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"Tell me, is sacrifice worth this endless divide?" is beautiful

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"stars scattered like whispers"

weary sentinel
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This is all over the place. Not bad, mind you, but very unfocused. Between general scenery (the second verse), abstract propositions (the third), introspection of the next one, and finally, action piece to top it off. You should decide for yourself if you're making a movie, a painting, or a dispute, and stick to that, sprinkling in other genres, but sparingly

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Talking about technicalities, the third one is great, both in rhytmic picture and rhyming, the last one a little worse, and all others could be more polished

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imperfectly perfect line sounds like you're pronouncing 'incomplete' /in'complete/

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Sacrifice for endless divide sounds profound, but is not, stars scattered like whispers is a completely meaningless simile, whispers aren't scattered

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meaning is lost in these meaningless wars is fine on its own, but in the context it is entirely unclear what wars are 'these' and why meaning is lost in them

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You're enough... — same. Good line, but for a different poem with a different mood

queen iceBOT
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*You're enough... — same. Good

line, but for a different poem

with a different mood*

weary sentinel
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The best one in terms of coherence is probably the second one. Nice picture, even though, again isolated in itself with its 'hunger strikes' and 'aristocrats' which are never expanded upon

drifting cairnBOT
west mauve
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i see i see