05-16-2009, 08:54 AM
(05-16-2009, 01:40 AM)MindCubicle link Wrote: I love the theme, the thoughts behind it and the flow of the thoughts. There feels like there is something off about the ... and here i don't know my terms... tempo... the flow of the words. Unfortunately I am not a poet and I would probably make a mess of the piece if tried to offer suggestions.
However I will say that the piece reminds me of an episode of House (imagine that)...
House: \"... I choose to believe that the white light people sometimes see, visions, this patient saw: they're all just chemical reactions that take place when the brain shuts down.\"
Foreman: \"You choose to believe that?\"
House: \"There's no conclusive science. My choice has no practical relevance to my life, I choose the outcome I find more comforting.\"
Cameron: \"You find it more comforting to believe that this is it?\"
House: \"I find it more comforting to believe that this isn't simply a test.\"
Thanks! I don't know what I was originally thinking when I jotted this down, as I can't imagine I would make such a mess of the meter and tempo, but it seems that I did. In fact, I was so confused when I reposted this, that I thought, maybe it's just now that I'm not getting it. Or heck, maybe I grabbed notes and posted them by mistake.
And that is why I ask for input. I have absolutely no ability to self-critique my work. I once discarded a poem that I pulled from the trash to share when nobody had anything and there was a lull. It was a hit, it later won an award, and a critic told me it was his favorite he'd read in years. >sigh<
I LOVE the House dialogue. Absolutely wonderful.
Thanks again, Mind!
--S