Comments : You Hate Me

  • 2 years ago

    by Kate

    I like the repetition almost in the beginning and the end of the poem. Gives it more of an introduction and a proper closing. As for suggestions, I think punctuation can make a huge different in how some reads the poem. As does how you structure your sentences. Commas make it feel like an open flow but I think some lines wouldn’t work really well with other punctuation, like:

    “You trash the idea.
    You tell me it’s a dumb story.
    You tell me I need to be a better writer.”

    Even small changes like that, or even breaking up the lines entirely, really packs more of a punch, really drives home the hurt that is behind the words because of how we pause at a period rather than a comma. Overall, like the subject matter of the poems is nice, how you change yourself or your style for someone and it still doesn’t make them happy.