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Old 12-21-2010, 09:56 PM   #1
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On string.

Like I said, I haven't written a lot in a long while.
Because of this, I've decided I should write every day, even if it's just playing around, so that I keep in the habit.

Here is what I did today.

eight fingers, two thumbs.
ten tied purpletight to pop
ten reminders
yarn, ribbon
piano wire?

six fingers, one thumb.
three little messes
three little gross explosions
three tied purpletight popped
seven reminders

one tiny finger.
a lot of pressure under one fingernail
piano wire?
piano wire?
one reminder.
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Old 12-22-2010, 05:05 AM   #2
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I like it.

'three little messes
three little gross explosions'

Was 'meh' for me, seemed excessive in a tiring way, broke the rhythm I had because I tripped over the uninteresting repetition.

On the other hand. (lulz)

'a lot of pressure under one fingernail'

Broke my rhythm in a really good way, like it's flowng and suddenly the line extends into a long statement, that my mind just seemed to drawl out, but it was still so bold, almost like how Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada verbally butchers people in her bored tone.

Combined with 'piano wire?' which came out in a sing-song way in my head, a sort of jarring, jumping way of reading occurred, which really drew me into the poem.

'purpletight' and 'pop' sent chills of awesome down my spine.

I hope you're not offended by this but this is how I would have written it given the theme I got from it and basically using the vocabulary you provided.

eight fingers, two thumbs.
ten tied purpletight
yarn, ribbon-
reminders.
piano wire?

six fingers,
two popped
one thumb
seven reminders

one tiny finger
nail
piano wire?

PRESSURE

piano wire?
one reminder.



-Overall, I liked it a lot and kind of wished I had written it or written my take on it without your inspiration.
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Old 12-22-2010, 07:04 AM   #3
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I loved the original better.

Love the imagery!
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Old 12-22-2010, 07:05 AM   #4
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This absofuckinglutely made me cringe. Any that has to do with injured fingers makes me woozy.
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Old 12-22-2010, 07:52 AM   #5
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Thanks, guys.

I like everything about this, except that it doesn't really have a clear point. I mean, even to me. I'd like to turn it into something that's talking.
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Old 12-24-2010, 05:24 AM   #6
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Maybe it could work as a section of a long poem, made of subsections in which you mess around with some different styles? You could find a loose theme that this could vaguely fit into. Like creation or something twee like that. If you had a long poem about making things, it'd absorb this easily, and there's a lot of play in it - we make things every day: food, clothing, journeys, connections, relationships, mistakes...

Sorry if I'm rabbiting. Damn Xmas eve spliff, making me all garrulous and shit.
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Old 12-31-2010, 03:26 PM   #7
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Well, it could be improved by getting rid of it.
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Old 12-31-2010, 07:35 PM   #8
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Well, it could be improved by getting rid of it.
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