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Question: A poem comments welcome thanks!?
Straw in hair
dusted jeans
sunflowers smiling
at what they've just seen!.

I still smell the beauty
and the taste of your smile
can we just lay here
and dream for a while!.

Don't want a soul to cry
but we both cried a river
and will till we die!.

The guilt oh
but the guilty led us here
beneath the sunflowers,
so tranquil and tranquil still!.





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You are a natural!.It is lovely!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The poem has very emotive content and gets it over well, but the structure is a little fuzzy and irregular!.

Verse 1 has 4 lines, rhyming on 2 and 4!.
Verse 2 has 4 lines, rhyming on 2 and 4!.
Verse 3 has 3 lines, rhyming on 1 and 3!.
Verse 4 has 4 lines, but is blank verse with no rhymes!.
It almost seems like you got tired of trying as the poem finished!.

The number of syllables and the stresses on the words are quite significant in rhyming poetry too!. This is known as the meter of the verse!.
Verse 1 has 3, 3, 5, 5 syllables
Verse 2 has 6, 6, 5, 5 syllables
Verse 3 has 6, 7, 6 syllables
Verse 4 has 3, 7, 6, 7 syllables!.

My suggestion would be that you try some blank verse with no rhymes, (which can actually be a lot harder to do properly) or read popular poetry and look at how the words build up a rhythm and also how particular words are chosen and assembled into a poem!. The choice of words and how they are put together can really help reflect the emotions they are portraying!.

I find that, having read a bit of poetry, the words try to drop into place in my head as I write!. It often gets harder to keep to the same style as the poem gets longer, but it really is worth making the effort!.

Here's a web page about meter -
http://www!.writing!.upenn!.edu/~afilreis/8!.!.!.

I've had a quick go at putting it into regular verses!.
Hope you'll forgive me for pulling your poem about!.

We had straw in hair
And dusty jeans,
Sunflowers smiling
At what they'd seen!.

Still smell your beauty
And taste your smile,
As we both lay there
And dreamed a while!.

Didn't want anguish
Or souls to cry -
But we cried rivers
That will never dry!.

We were both guilty
On that sunny hill,
Beneath the sunflowers
Tranquil and still!.

Whatever you do, don't give up!. Your heart is yearning to express itself and poetry is an excellent outlet!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Zzzzzzzzzz! Boring - sorry - all been done to death before - Para 3 is wrong as well - only 3 lines - should be uniform 4 lines in each sectionWww@QuestionHome@Com

Excellent i thought it was brilliant keep it up!. xx xxWww@QuestionHome@Com

Its really good but the 3rd verse is disappointing!. Its not in tune!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

poets are songwriters who can't play an instrument!. good lyrics though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

very good
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