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Question: This poem has been giving me so much trouble!!!!?
this is what i have so far!.!.!.!.


I crossed a bridge of marble stone,
Clutching the rails with hands of bone!.

Below flowed a river of flawless glass,
Into the life from which I'd passed!.

I gazed within and my heart felt tight,
As the world I saw simply was not right!.

Time was still and gaunt as death,
As if every soul had held their breath!.

I searched each face for smile or laugh,
But there was not a one unto the last!.!.!.!.!.!.

5 stanzas!.!.!. i had eight at one point!. but i didn't like it!.!.!.
anyways, my question is, is this even worth finishing!? it's gonna be long if i do, and it's taking me forever to write it!.!.!.!. and if i do finish, based on what you've read, do you think that it might be good enough to publish!?

and also someone told me i need to count the syllables in every line to make them match up, otherwise it doesn't sound like it flows!.!.!.
!?
can it sound ok if i don't do that, because trying to is only making this harder to write!.!.!.!.

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
There is really no long or short to a poem, and the person who told you to count syllables is full of it!. You have a good beginning!. Keep working with it, but don't be disappointed if your first effort isn't publishable!. It may take hundreds of poems before you hit that one!. Try reading others who have published!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is real deep and really good!.!.!.I think its great with counting!.!.!.please finish and post the rest!!!
I love your poems!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sorry love, I'd start again!. "Hand of bone"!? Your rhyming is too forced!.Www@QuestionHome@Com