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Question: Part 5!. How can I improve this poem!?
Perfect Love V

Held in stasis, hearing the
echoes of the damned divine!.
Lakes of fire I will not claim!.
Love I seek, imperfectly perfect love!.

Everything there is made of pain,
authority a dim vision and hated,
reason forsaken for theory there!.
Time is the controlling demon and yet
hope is there too, a guttering candle!.

Opposing thoughts, clashing ideas,
reckless constancy, bright light darkness!.

Deeper than this, do I dare go,
engender in myself destruction,
appeal to courts higher than gods!?
The ever-after, the end!.!.!.
holds no love for me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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It is fascinating how the images compliment the acrostic word in each stanza!. This adds an even greater coherence!. The story is superb and written so extremely well!. I hope Regan will find the imperfectly perfect love so desperately wished for!. I will wait to find out, however impatiently!. Thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that love might be imperfect, itself; but, those who honestly seek it have hearts in the reflection of perfection!.
Time seems to be an enemy of humanity!.!.!. I think it's a terrorist!.!.!. it scares me more than anything else
Hope is humanity's shield of defense!.
Opposing thoughts with an attraction that brings them together with consistency!.
It sounds like you were answering your own question in the last stanza!.!.!. maybe, you could take the last two lines out and leave the reader wondering!.!.!. speculating!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The images seem a bit disjarring!. You should use a thesaurus and try to find words that flow together better and unify the poem into one image or idea that reoccurs throughout!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some nice bits and pieces, but it doesn't come together for me!. Unstitch and sew it back together!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, you should put these images back in the jar!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com