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[moose_in_spats]

ok, so we had to write Emily Dickinson-esque poems for english, and I wrote a few, but I have no idea if they're any good. None of them are finished enugh to hand in or anything, but I'd appreciate any criticism and/or suggestions. (ps, if they don't make sense, it's because I didn't feel like I was being esoteric enough, so I made up some things.)

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[miramcgrath]

i like the second one best. it feels the least forced. i remember having problems with this assignment. i gave up and just added some dashes to a poem i had already written. mrs v loved it.
heres what i did:

Surrounded by dark horizons--
Smothered by indifferent tides.
The light was taken from my shore--
I was left to drift alone.

I thought I was gone forever,
Drowning in undying silence
But your voice…
You called me home.

I was confronted with an angel--
Beauty molded in human form.
Mending my fading spirit--
You brought the light back to my shore.

Soft lipped kisses healed my wounds--
I lost myself inside your eyes.
Fingertips like velvet--
Run along the scars,
Tracing spider webbed paths.
Memorizing flesh--
You are a waking dream.
My angel.
My love--

personally, i like it better with out the dashes and shit. i like to leave my poems without puncuation to let the reader decide what it means to them, but V loved it. hope it gives you ideas