Uncanny is a space which I avoid I do not wish to meet with spirits vile. Though with some men,it is true that I have toyed. I dropped them all and sane was I the while. Yet when I met your eyes so dark and strange A force more strong than my own pulled me in. A premonition that my life would surely change, Before I knew your double,your dark twin. In dreams and in my nightmares he will come To capture me and take me to his land. I do not know what choice to make of man Nor how to count infinity by hand. The double is an augury of death Yet in this space, uncanny is a path
Day: January 17, 2017
How to write bad poetry or not!
http://about-poetry.livejournal.com/146136.html
“Mismatched motifs. The form clashes with the topic, the rhythm jangles against the theme, the metaphors are wildly inappropriate, etc.
Misused techniques. Poorly chosen allusions, mixed metaphors, overused similes, awkward alliteration — these are examples of valid techniques gone wrong.
Cliched imagery. Avoid it like the plague! Off with its head!
ZOMG-EMO-DRAMA!!! Bad poetry exaggerates, whines, mopes, capers, and generally makes an embarrassing spectacle of itself. Good poetry delivers emotion softly, like snowfall — or slyly, like a stiletto. If you can see it coming, it’s probably not done right.”
How my heart sings 