Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Quiet Comments

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The quiet of longing
Footsteps shuffling along
The streets after a hot rain
A heart that's lost it's murmur
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Matt Render
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Bri Edwards 26 July 2023

'The glass sticking to the warm mouth pressed against it' That's my favorite line of your poem. 'Someone sure IS yearning and searching! ' bri ;) welcome to PH

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Bri Edwards 25 July 2023

line 7: I 'had to' check the definition of 'recompense' (as a noun) : 'noun Amends made, as for damage or loss.' I may return, but have to leave PC now. : ) bri

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Bri Edwards 25 July 2023

line 5: also 'it's [sic]' ** ** 'The meaning of SIC is intentionally so written —used after a printed word or passage to indicate that it is intended exactly as printed or to indicate that it exactly reproduces an original. '

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Bri Edwards 25 July 2023

'A heart that's lost it's murmur' ...keep the apostrophe in that's, but LOSE the one you put into 'its'. A heart murmur is sometimes a medical term for a 'defective' heart. I had one; I mean a murmur, not a heart. : )

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