Topic: My place
CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 10:51 AM
My favorite place, is in a tree,
I hide there clinging desperately
no worries of falling, but of being seen
I am silent and still in my land of green

I watch them walking, an ebb and flow
Oblivious to me, as they go
They can't touch this feeling, so serene,
In my world of brown and green

I start to whistle, unaware,
and still no one espies my lair
As they go about their ways,
no one does look up these days.

I climb on down, and with surprise,
A girl sees me with widened eyes.
I smile at her, but walk on by,
and stare serenely at the sky.

Peccy's photo
Thu 02/21/08 10:55 AM
Nice, watch the capitalization and punctuation though!

CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 10:57 AM

Nice, watch the capitalization and punctuation though!


Why? It's poetry.... you're not supposed to worry about either one of those things... *cough*e. e. cummings *cough*

polaritybear's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:04 AM
Lovely, for the glory of the cult.

Peccy's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:04 AM
not arguing the fact, but you're supposed to worry about it in all writing

CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:09 AM

not arguing the fact, but you're supposed to worry about it in all writing


Generally, in poetry,
I only punctuate
when it feels right to me

Mayhaps when i want a pause...
or EMPHASIS!
the dramatic clause

poetry is free to me
seprate from heavy essays
where capitals roam Free
it's just my creativity.


CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:12 AM

not arguing the fact, but you're supposed to worry about it in all writing


Also... umm... I'm noticing a lack of captials and punctuation here too. Just write how you feel, and let punctuation fall where it may.

MsTeddyBear2u's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:17 AM
Nice poem dear! I remember my hiding in the trees days!
flowerforyou :smile: flowerforyou




*&^%$# the puncuation! :wink:

CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:19 AM

Nice poem dear! I remember my hiding in the trees days!
flowerforyou :smile: flowerforyou




*&^%$# the puncuation! :wink:


I'm 20 and I STILL love hiding in trees. I miss my treehouse...

Peccy's photo
Thu 02/21/08 11:34 AM
Edited by Peccy on Thu 02/21/08 11:34 AM
I am only an ex-editor who has been published a little over 400 times, what do I know...lol. I was saying that the poetry, in my opinion, is good enough to be published if you clean it up a bit. All I was talking about.

CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 12:01 PM

I am only an ex-editor who has been published a little over 400 times, what do I know...lol. I was saying that the poetry, in my opinion, is good enough to be published if you clean it up a bit. All I was talking about.


I dunno. It's all personal style I think. I'm too... spazzy to be meticulous about punctuation in poetry...

... There's not much "clean" about hiding in trees either. Also, I keep reading it, and I can't figure out where I'd want to put in other punctuation. I like a freer flow... in fact, I may go back and actually take away some punctuation at the end.

CrazyPalindrome's photo
Thu 02/21/08 12:01 PM

I am only an ex-editor who has been published a little over 400 times, what do I know...lol. I was saying that the poetry, in my opinion, is good enough to be published if you clean it up a bit. All I was talking about.


I dunno. It's all personal style I think. I'm too... spazzy to be meticulous about punctuation in poetry...

... There's not much "clean" about hiding in trees either. Also, I keep reading it, and I can't figure out where I'd want to put in other punctuation. I like a freer flow... in fact, I may go back and actually take away some punctuation at the end.

jimz's photo
Thu 02/21/08 12:26 PM
flowerforyou