Comments : Winter's praise

  • 13 years ago

    by Larry Chamberlin

    To begin, I read your poem three times to get a considered understanding. I don't think you are using a deliberate voice, so I would make these two changes that appear to be typos:
    Line 1: is = are
    Line 11: we = will

    In the first quartet, as you're setting the scene, it's probably better to make an affirmative statement, and to identify the witness to the turmoil. Something like:

    <The angels are singing as if
    heaven is coming down to earth;
    *Their end of days song crashes *
    With hail falling, * crushing *me*.>

    In the second quartet, you could develop the image of heaven coming down, instead of repeating the image: "sky is falling."

    Why crawling? It doesn't tie in. Also, are you in a hail storm, snow storm? Is there lightening & thunder? It gets mixed up.

    The final quartet is a mixed bag: how should we take it? Did you like or hate the storm? Did it terrify you, yet instill in you an underlying awe? Be more decisive and choose the message to convey.

    I think with a bit of work, this could be a dynamic, interesting experiential poem.