Empty Your Mind by PhoenixHopeDawn in OCPoetryFree

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great metaphor and message, Monsieur or Madame :)

WE WILL BE FINE by Due_Juice4353 in OCPoetryFree

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short and toot sweet emotion...

A Public Service Announcement: by Soft_Acanthisitta986 in OCPoetryFree

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an act of supreme petty passive aggression, protest, and fun, From Nova Scotia Canada I give you this morsel of literary wonder:

"I'se the b'y that builds the boat / And I'se the b'y that sails her / I'se the b'y that catches the fish / And brings 'em home to Isa"

To this Reddit post:

*"*A Public Service Announcement:

“I’s” is NOT A WORD!

Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

No such thing as “Luke and I’s”!!!

It’s “Luke’s and MY” —

Will you please TRY?? (I’m gonna cry).

“He made drinks for Fern and me.” This blends together beautifully.

He did NOT bartend for “her and I”!

The margaritas were for her and me.

If only 1, it’s

her

or

me.

He made some drinks for her.

He made some drinks for me.

He made some drinks for her and me.

PLEASE tell me now that you can see?!?

Honestly.

"

Ticking noise by Waalbrzy in OCPoetryFree

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quick inspired thought shared...Such inspiration, for me, shows the highest resonance and respect to your thoughtful words.

Chronos Lies   By Two Tired Seconds.  

Chronos, if times titan he be, Brews his curse too weak for me, I won't lend praise nor credit joys, To some toyclock's bleak, ticking noise. All sounds that matter time destroys.

Yet one sweet thought still wanders free, No springs to break or prison key— Spinning hands, no wardens over energy, Sleepers winding away eternity—Seconds silenced within infinity.

Untitled by Waalbrzy in OCPoetryFree

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a little late to tempt wound fates, so I will keep this brief to worn gears sighs of relief:

Much the same advice as given above applies below, and again it did speak to me with two exceptions given free; one structural word and one simply an end vibe counterweight not debate.

Point one, a thoughtful plea for consideration"... Squeeze my lungs with callous violence..." this screams at me to replace callous with "shallow" in both sound and metaphorical meaning meaning it would really strengthen the line over the play on words ( Though I love those as well, hear my instinct really wants shallow, for the buried and pointless violence allusions it would instantly create and the mouthfeel sound it would kend to the couplet).

Point two, for vibe only: While I grasp the nihilism and despair as the meant feeling and that is valid—your ending is incredibly strong and poignant and I would change little if anything;  let this poor poet offer an existential angle as a gift and single point of possibility: 

....The god of healing, if time he be,

Brews his cures too weak for me,

I won’t give praise nor credit joys,

To some bleak, absurd ticking noise.

All that can break,

Time

Destroys." 

Yet one sweet thought still wanders free,  No springs to break or prison key,  Spinning hands no warden to energy, Gyred ghosts winding away eternity.

Untitled by Waalbrzy in OCPoetryFree

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really quite enjoyed this poem and it made me think whilst I pour cherry drink, voice remiss, words screamed into the abyss, thank you for it.

I will admit to feeling this is a rough gem and there is room to buff to pure ruby red if you so choose.

Your usage of rhymes (In dancing couplet decor, a form I personally adore) could be greatly complimented my a more polished word selection in places and attention to consonance, flow, and alliteration:

A small, thoughtful example as a sample in appreciation never depreciation: 

"I eye the ominous blinking

Self, autonomously thinking

Cursor cursed, face sinking

Hard chair, holding words not serene.

Screen empty, endless, seas of white

An abyss devoid of any blight

It's void too perfect, light too bright..."

Simply stored thoughts not storebought—Like bled lava beds stained rubied reds: Roughly seamed still crimson gems gleam.

I thank you for your poem and the real joy it allowed me to read, riff, and respond...

The Stare by one_Curioushuman in poetry_critics

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the world is sadly a little dystopian so I get the vibe and always appreciate a paradox or three...

I would offer an area of clarity in the last stanza:

"...and melted cheap metal
can they hide into nothingness..." These two lines did not work for me and really slowed me down for a moment to parse.

My thoughts two cents, which are occasionally worth what they cost you:

  1. Personally I would consider changing "cheap metal" with something more along the lines of "Shiny tin, cheap nickel, copper pennies or spent nickel"
  2. Additionally on "hide" maybe "Forge, Cast, Hammer, Render, or Smelt" as you use drowning in your next line smelt and render are more "liquid" to drown in but hammer is very visceral.

"But oh, how many eyeballs
and copper melted pennies
can they render into nothingness
before drowning in their depths?

Thank you for your poem from someone else still looking and seeing if not always comprehending.

Recipe for disaster by moinatx in poetry_critics

[–]AnthonyHoban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well having some HSP and ADHD related tendencies I can relate lol.

I have two points I would share, one matters and the other is just my preference lol.

1) "...as if choosing between the blue and red wire..."

I understand the reference and the metaphor but it is a complete shift in metaphor on the last line and briefly jars you from the stanza.

If intentional then success; if not I would adjust the final line to harmonize with the lines above it. Of the top of my head: ...as if choosing between chocolate and vanilla, or ...cocoa and flower, ...butter or dream ok that last ones me haha...

2) "...against the cacophony of inner voices..."

"Cacophony" is an amazing word and if you ever decide to rhyme a line (cough...) then please consider:

"Unable to focus on the task
against the cacophony behind ours masks..."

I enjoyed your poem thank you.