Monday, January 20, 2014

Parallel Paradise Comments

Rating: 5.0

Her silence is like a vicious scream
her voice is like a frightening lullaby
she stares at a ticking clock
like she is summoning it to explode
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Victoria Keret
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Thomas Vaughan Jones 20 January 2014

Victoria, I have the strangest feeling that this poem is about autism? It is full of similes. The first stanza reads a little uncomfortable and you might wish to make it more metaphorical. eg. Her silence is like a vicious scream her voice a frightening lullaby she stares upon a ticking clock she summons to explode. Just an opinion which I feel improves the format, yours to discard at will. Hugz

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