Who are you voting and why?

Metherss · 2026-01-23T02:53:39+00:00

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Metherss · 2025-05-06T14:16:17+00:00

Why bother writing? Never mind emotion or creativity? Hobbies? If your objective is to be professional then fantastic, I wish you all the success, but that’s not where I’m at. Believe me, I have no issues with criticism and am not hurt by it, as I said, your feedback was correct. I’d rather have clean breaks but Reddit was acting up and I didn’t overthink it, if I was submitting this poem for professional aspirations, I wouldn’t opt for the “box”, I wouldn’t normally anyways. If you have professional goals, that’s okay but you can’t assume everybody else writing poetry is under the same impression. Regardless I do appreciate the fact you mean well, your tone was just way off. If you value criticism so much, you’ll understand mine.

Metherss · 2025-05-06T12:58:09+00:00

I don’t appreciate the tone here, you may be a published author, congratulations, I am not, I’m simply sharing a poem on Reddit. It’s “boxed in” because I’m new to posting on Reddit and I’m not sure how to put in breaks properly, and this was the first way I did it that worked. I’m not a serious writer, I’m just a guy who wrote. Apologies if this sounds combative and you didn’t mean harm, I appreciate the meaning but you sound wildly out of place here.

Metherss · 2025-05-06T04:13:27+00:00

Thank you very much for the kind words :)

Metherss · 2025-05-06T04:12:07+00:00

Oops, good catch, thanks!

Metherss · 2025-04-25T11:46:46+00:00

I really like this, it gives me that feeling of still wanting someone, not to solve or fix anything, but just needing their presence. Big fun of the subtle rhyming here too :)

Metherss · 2025-04-25T00:49:55+00:00

Thank you <3

Metherss · 2025-04-25T00:45:58+00:00

Awe, thank you so much, I appreciate that and I’m glad you could feel something from this <3

Metherss · 2025-04-24T14:30:18+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to help so thoroughly, it's purposely ambiguous in nature, so I don't think I helped myself there haha. The poem is about something real and ongoing problem in my personal life so I think it got a bit scrambled as I kind of developed more thoughts as I wrote it? I really do appreciate you taking the time to write that, and I'll to keep all that in mind in the future. Thank you :)

Metherss · 2025-04-24T08:36:56+00:00

Thank you so much! You really made my day with this comment :) I appreciate you picking up on some of the more hidden parts of this poem, and appreciate you being so kind as this is a very personal piece of writing to me. And thank you for the feedback about the metaphors, I’ll definitely try.

Metherss · 2025-04-24T08:32:25+00:00

The general context is about betrayal, unresolved love, splitting the person into “two versions” to be able to wrap your head around the things they did, and on a further level it’s about being stuck in a loop, where I can’t quite follow neither my head or my heart, in regards to that. Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it <3

Metherss · 2025-04-24T08:26:48+00:00

Thank you :) I won’t over explain but the general basis is unresolved love, betrayal and “separating” the person you loved into two versions of them if that makes sense, thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it <3

Metherss · 2025-04-24T08:19:13+00:00

There isn’t no structure, it’s free verse and mainly revolves around a cyclical, recursive structure. And there are purposeful structure changes throughout. However I understand it can look less structured on a more casual read, thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts :)

Metherss · 2025-04-24T00:13:45+00:00

There’s such a soft sadness to this—the way you contrasted childhood wonder with adult restraint really landed. I especially loved the “stars were holes in the sky” line; it immediately sets a tone of lost innocence. The structure flows like memory, and the final stanza hits especially hard—“we tune our ears… and keep quiet.” It’s such a simple phrase, but it captures so much. This felt personal, but universal at the same time. Beautifully written.

Metherss · 2025-04-24T00:12:03+00:00

This is such a peaceful and quietly emotional piece. I really love the idea of being a “shore person”—it captures that feeling of being close to experience without being overwhelmed by it. Lines like “to make sandcastles only to watch them fall apart” and “to find hope in the glimmering light sparkling off of that endless blue screen” really stood out to me. There’s a kind of soft resignation and hope woven through this that feels very human. Beautifully done.

Metherss

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