Any poets? .____.

So I wrote a "poem" I don't even know what it is omfg in Creative Writing and would like some opinions, please~ I need to use this to write a story OTL

 

 

iii.

He gets it removed in the breathy space wedged between autumn and winter by a woman who he’ll never remember

The boy with the breath of pines who yearns for the girl with the heart of broken lilacs

The pain is much sharper than he imagined

Whimpers like tree-blood dripping from his wound,

Oozing, bleeding red from between his lips

He looks out to be reborn with only fear for the immortal lumberjack

He falls, crashing

Then he sheds it all,

Except for the ghost of words once-carved on bark that still haunts the flesh it lives on

(remember it)

 

i.

He gets it engraved on his skin in the breathy space between winter and spring by a man whose face leaves no impression

The boy with the breath of pines who loves the girl with the voice of broken lilacs

Tattooed together, drunk on youth

Laughter and love words dripping from their connected lips

But he doesn’t taste the sawed edges of her tattered soul

They promise for eternity

(sign it)

 

ii.

He does it in the breathless space between dreams and reality by himself with lungs of platinum

The boy with breath of pines for the girl with the soul of broken lilacs

(end it)

 

 

Whatcha think? PLEASE LAY IT ON ME I NEED CRITISIM 

/claws eyes out

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contradictori
#1
So I just saw this now and couldn't resist commenting. I like the switching around of the numbers (they ARE intentional, right? lol), because there's much deep meaning behind that. I believe that poetry differs from person to person, and that literally anything can be considered poetry as long as it's meant to express something rather than just a bunch of random meaningless nonsense. There's also the factor of preference in terms of presentation. I for one don't favour capitalizing the first letter of each line, however, it's up to you of course~

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND WHAT I'M GONNA SAY NEXT OTL I FEEL BAD ALREADY.

In all honesty though, this seems somewhat pretentious. While poets tend to use flowery language, for this poem the heavy vocab kinda weighed it down and made it 'clunky', in a sense. The first impression I got wasn't 'wow, this is beautiful'; instead, I was leaning towards a 'plain confused' reaction. I DON'T MEAN TO CRITICISE ;A; I guess this happens to be one of those complicated poems that require in-depth analysis to detect and dissect the nuances. I'm not exactly sure how to express my thoughts, but basically it's sorta the opposite of the comments below doN'T SHOOT ME PLS. Anyway, don't take my criticism to heart okay? As you know, I'm a negative person by nature, plus poetry a matter of personal preference, after all. c:
swabluu
#2
really pretty ^^ I like this a lot <3
-sleepless #3
*SCREAMING* oh my god this is beautiful it painted such an amazing scene in my mind im done wtf is wrong with u why are you perfect honestly the vision you made in my mind from this poem is beautiful *sheds tear*
kisoap
#4
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CRITICIZE THIS I AM BLINDED BY THE AMAZINGNESS?
craisin
#5
gah don't ask me for constructive criticism I only know how to analyse more classic poems BUT I REALLY LIKE IT THO
so_noice
#6
Wow. This is truly amazing. I like to consider myself a lover of poetry and this is beautiful. There is a typo that I found and it is in the first verse, second line, I think you wrote 'year' instead of 'yearns'. ^^ I really like how much symbolism there is in each line and it makes you think instead of saying everything outright like most people do :P truly a beautiful piece of literature. But one thing I would say is maybe a /little/ bit of clarification and to stick with one tense. I noticed that at some points you go from past tense to present tense. So it would be in your best interest to keep in in either present or past. :) thanks for sharing~ it leaves a haunting feeling. Beautifullly done
smolder
#7
I really like it omg ;A;

Wait, in this part of the second line - "who years for the girl", did you mean "who yearns for the girl"?

bUT DUDE I'M SOBBING RN BECAUSE YOU ARE LIKE SO UNBELIEVABLE GENIUS AND TALENTED YO
siencyn92
#8
i'm no expert and to be honest i'm barely passing my creative writing subject(i somehow feel the pain there chinggu!)... but how about you try to have a measure on your lines, or a little bit of rhyme... just a suggestion.. n,n
but it's really really really good! the words just gives off the feels...
jjang!!!