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Friday, March 25, 2011

Lost In Midair

Suspended in air,
nowhere near the ground.
The wind rushes past,
resisting my weight.
Lost in midair,
with time sped up.
No way to stop myself,
it's too late.
The ground comes to view,
and appears underneath me.
It was there the whole time.

5 comments:

  1. One thing that bothers me: "10 times the normal"

    It feels very out of place; it throws off the meter of the poem. The line drags the eye of the reader very far away from the rest of the poem, creating such a distraction that the rest of the poem's message doesn't really register. If I were you, I'd either take out the line completely, or maybe just say "with time sped up too much". To fit the line pattern better.

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  2. I think this is pretty good and I like the message, BUT--the one thing I would change is the repeated use of the word air. To me it feels a little redundant.."air, air, midAIR,.." so just try to change it up a little bit.

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  3. Thanks, I agree with what you guys said and changed it a bit.

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  4. I really enjoyed reading this, as the poem went on i felt like i read faster and faster, when i pictured this i saw someone falling, kind of grabbing at nothing, well done(:

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  5. I really enjoyed it. Just like sammy said when i read it i pictured someone falling. If a poem makes someone picture something than its good. Great job!

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