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Between athwart stones I sat transfixed
on the glinting scene, pinpoints of peace
in a liar's sunless land

Then it arose from empty shallows,
splashes over dead stones.
A chill caressed my skin.

Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

I fled echoes reflecting
an approaching reverberation,
crystals littering stones
like jutting bones
apprehending with dead-end cessation,
retreating rain above
and encroaching silence below

Awaiting doom on dissenting haunches,
clasping ears with cornered hands
I stared wide eyed
into my shrieking reflection

By my hands they did not stop
but in my skull resounded
baring through my barriers with clamorous axes
and peering through me with shrill grins
on wicked faces

Clear as a night's stillness
I saw it bathed in brightness
ivory hands holding a  face
limned in alabaster tresses
and streaking scarlet droplets
over pearly cheeks

I sat with a chest of burning anticipation
the other gasping
with a knife-chested handle
renting the silence

Assuming anyone reads this or is poem savvy, what should I change? Not the full work, just the section I'm clarifying for the next part.


 
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The Rage....
Tru..get

Your

Ass..in

Here!


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See you Cowgirl,
Someday, somewhere
Tru..get

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sry all you have is me


 
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The Rage....


 
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I'd love to have a read, but I can't devote too much time to reading right now.
In class >.>


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See you Cowgirl,
Someday, somewhere


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I'd love to have a read, but I can't devote too much time to reading right now.
In class >.>
In class and posting like a champ.
Where the hell are my Estus flasks?


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Put that mirror down
So is this like that rubber glue thing


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See you Cowgirl,
Someday, somewhere
Put that mirror down
So is this like that rubber glue thing
I know you are but what am I


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So is this like that rubber glue thing
I know you are but what am I
I suppose that's a yes


 
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I'd love to have a read, but I can't devote too much time to reading right now.
In class >.>
In class and posting like a champ.
Where the hell are my Estus flasks?

You need to light a bonfire on your desk.


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I'd love to have a read, but I can't devote too much time to reading right now.
In class >.>
In class and posting like a champ.
Where the hell are my Estus flasks?

You need to light a bonfire on your desk.
I don't think there's a desk in my house, which is somewhat weird when I think of it.
I could make do with my bed, but I'm not accustomed to sleeping in Ash. It's probably finer than sand, but still manages to get in every crack imaginable.


 
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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

That being said, I'm not the sort to critique others poems easily. This is what it is. It reads like any aspiring poetry. Not the best, not the worst. What is it for?


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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

That being said, I'm not the sort to critique others poems easily. This is what it is. It reads like any aspiring poetry. Not the best, not the worst. What is it for?
It was for someone else. Now it's for me.
Do you know what I'm getting at in this short section? Do you see how I'm trying to do it?
Anyone who posts poetry here and frequents this place could qualify as a "resident poet," don't you think?


 
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Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

nothing needs improving per say, but dripped seems... A little basic?

What's this for?


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Thereafter, silence
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A little basic?
What does this mean?
This was for someone else. Now it's for me.


 
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Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

A little basic?
What does this mean?
This was for someone else. Now it's for me.

dripped
drips
...

I don't know. Now it's for you, you're the only one that can change it.


 
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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

I'm not. Where'd you get that feeling?


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Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

A little basic?
What does this mean?
This was for someone else. Now it's for me.

dripped
drips
...

I don't know. Now it's for you, you're the only one that can change it.
Considering this is happening in past tense it wouldn't make as much sense grammatically and it wouldn't serve to enhance the meaning. Is this suggestion on the basis of it sounding prettier?


 
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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

That being said, I'm not the sort to critique others poems easily. This is what it is. It reads like any aspiring poetry. Not the best, not the worst. What is it for?
It was for someone else. Now it's for me.
Do you know what I'm getting at in this short section? Do you see how I'm trying to do it?
Anyone who posts poetry here and frequents this place could qualify as a "resident poet," don't you think?

Well, sure, I guess... except that I'm a published poet.

I must admit that I don't understand exactly what the theme of it is yet. It lacks a clear narrative. I'll say that much.


 
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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

I'm not. Where'd you get that feeling?
I dunno.


 
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Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

A little basic?
What does this mean?
This was for someone else. Now it's for me.

dripped
drips
...

I don't know. Now it's for you, you're the only one that can change it.
Considering this is happening in past tense it wouldn't make as much sense grammatically and it wouldn't serve to enhance the meaning. Is this suggestion on the basis of it sounding prettier?
yes, I was going by sound.


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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

That being said, I'm not the sort to critique others poems easily. This is what it is. It reads like any aspiring poetry. Not the best, not the worst. What is it for?
It was for someone else. Now it's for me.
Do you know what I'm getting at in this short section? Do you see how I'm trying to do it?
Anyone who posts poetry here and frequents this place could qualify as a "resident poet," don't you think?

Well, sure, I guess... except that I'm a published poet.

I must admit that I don't understand exactly what the theme of it is yet. It lacks a clear narrative. I'll say that much.
Probably because it's part of it (as I stated in the OP).


 
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Since when is Tru the resident poet? I'm the resident poet.

That being said, I'm not the sort to critique others poems easily. This is what it is. It reads like any aspiring poetry. Not the best, not the worst. What is it for?
It was for someone else. Now it's for me.
Do you know what I'm getting at in this short section? Do you see how I'm trying to do it?
Anyone who posts poetry here and frequents this place could qualify as a "resident poet," don't you think?

Well, sure, I guess... except that I'm a published poet.

I must admit that I don't understand exactly what the theme of it is yet. It lacks a clear narrative. I'll say that much.
Probably because it's part of it (as I stated in the OP).
Very well.


 
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Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

A little basic?
What does this mean?
This was for someone else. Now it's for me.

dripped
drips
...

I don't know. Now it's for you, you're the only one that can change it.
Considering this is happening in past tense it wouldn't make as much sense grammatically and it wouldn't serve to enhance the meaning. Is this suggestion on the basis of it sounding prettier?
yes, I was going by sound.
Oh, alright. I'm trying to set a creepy, unsettling tone in the section we're talking about. What would you suggest for wording?


 
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Thereafter, silence
dripped between skittering footsteps

A little basic?
What does this mean?
This was for someone else. Now it's for me.

dripped
drips
...

I don't know. Now it's for you, you're the only one that can change it.
Considering this is happening in past tense it wouldn't make as much sense grammatically and it wouldn't serve to enhance the meaning. Is this suggestion on the basis of it sounding prettier?
yes, I was going by sound.
Oh, alright. I'm trying to set a creepy, unsettling tone in the section we're talking about. What would you suggest for wording?
Creeps
Folds
Rises


It's only me being stupid and repeating it when I said it out loud. I'm weird. But that's all I can think of.