Comments : A Leaf's Descent

  • 17 years ago

    by Sean Allen

    "Ground bound air born leaves,"
    I'd hyphenate all the phrases:
    "Ground-bound, air-born leaves,"
    ~~~
    "as a muse for they'll soon die."
    I don't understand this line. Are the leaves acting 'as a muse'? If so, it would be a more grammatically complete thought if the line started with 'like' instead of 'as', and if you had a comma after muse. Not sure if I got the intent though.
    ~~~
    Very interesting. I sort of wonder if there is more meaning behind this poem than meets the eye... if we were to assume parallel between the leaves and people, or something along those lines... maybe I'm reading too much into it.

    maybe.

  • 17 years ago

    by Lovely Bones

    First when I read this poem, I had to re-read it because I wasn't really sure what it meant. I agree with Sean that the first like should be hyphenated. It'd just look better like that. I couldn't help but think that this poem had an ambiguous meaning behind it, about mortality or something to that effect, especially after reading the last stanza for the second time and putting into context with the rest of the poem.

  • 17 years ago

    by Jessica

    Lol.. this was good and it made me smile.. i like how you gave the leaves characteristics, it really added affect.. i also loved all the big words you used.. lol, very interesting! this flowed well and you created nice imagery.. good job! 5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Wasted Fake Smiles

    Wow. amazing yet again, i am glad you made new poems because i was running out for a while! gr8 work. loved it again. 5/5.

  • 17 years ago

    by sibyllene

    Heh, you think humans are more tolerant of mortality? not what i would have expected : ). i'd agree with the hyphenating in the first line. or, "airborne," is a word, so you could use that instead, unless you were intending a sort of play on the word "born." but anyway, this is a good poem!

  • 15 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    This is cool, very interesting write. I liked it a lot, your descriptions were great and the flow was too. Good work. Keep writing, always and forever....