I truly love this piece, Nonzi
You've perfectly expressed it all in the last part.
"pride over fear -"
Loved this too !

Welcome back sweetie.
Write on

"It was an explosion
of agitating nerves,"
`The word usage here is amazing and powerful.. what a great job of describing nerves and how they built up and it just seemed like they exploded..

"and the ink will vaporize into thin paper"
`Another word that was used perfectly.. vaporize.. really nice job with that.

"for the sake of sanity,"
`Good job on the alliteration, repetition of the s :]

A really geat write.. interesting too.
This poem blew me away, everything
was unique in its own way.. your format was unusual but was really fun to read a poem with an original format.

One thing I could suggest though is taking out any hyphens (-) you have in your poem, they slow the flow down and sometimes take the flow for a spin, and it makes the poem weaker.

Well done!

5/5.
Temps [beyond a poets mind]

"a coward disguised in dignity"

Much deeper than it first appears. This poem flows flawlessly. As I read it, I didn't hesitate or falter. I felt the hyphens increased the smooth flow rather than detracting from the poem (in my personal opinion). Anyway, I just had to comment on the quality of this write. 5/5.

Nice one ;)

The memories will change
for the sake of sanity,
and the ink will vaporize into thin paper
for someone who will always
prefer my words
over ME.

^^^
Loved this ending ... especially the line
" and the ink will vaporize into thin paper "

Congrats on your front page win !!!!

Luanne

Congrats on the win sweetie =)
You deserve it !
<3

Congrats on the weekly win :)
Take Care
Cindy

From what I gather of the poem's meaning, it's somewhat ironic that this was chosen for a contest win, especially due to the middle stanza. Not to say it didn't deserve it.

The lack of capitalization in the final two stanzas was an interesting way to build a contrast to the final word. That's some artistic vision right there. Great job. 5/5.