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hank
| i was the poor bumpkin friend amongst the mourners | 1 |
i remember at his funeral party his older brother | 2 |
recited a poem he wrote from when he was eleven | 3 |
many were prep school kids, hotchkiss kids | 4 |
dressed properly for a funeral do sat on the grass listening | 5 |
i think somebody even played some music yes i'm sure of it | 6 |
i remember feeling quite alone then | 7 |
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i was in back, probably improperly dressed | 8 |
hovering 'neath trees and like the treeline not really there | 9 |
i lost my best friend whereas others lost a fellow | 10 |
i lost the awkward kid who was allergic to bees | 11 |
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who would upon seeing one dive off the boat only to lose his eyeglasses | 12 |
who you could hear coming because he was too lazy to pick up his feet | 13 |
and who was equally indolent at judging others | 14 |
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6 Jan 14 |
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yes yes yes yes yes yes
— DeformedLion
line 9 a hard..£%Idoui3. but got it now.
deformedlion - nice yes's.
— hank
fine work hank
— DeformedLion
Hi Hank. I enjoyed your poem a lot. one thing though - I reckon line 9 probably improperly is a real mouthful and caused a stumble every time I read/reread it.
Typo line 16 goff? Enjoyed - actually took me back to something very similar in my childhood. Thanks, Scott
— scottnoidea
hello scott. i'm responding to you because you seem really nice. and because i like your handle.
you're right, line nine is probably a mouthful
didn't necessarily want it to become a stumbling point in the poem
however, did want it to identify my outsiderishness at that particular time
so if it is a bit cumbersome i'm ok with that
thank you for reading it and giving this poem consideration
goff is not a typo.
— hank
how about an 'and' in L7 "some came to me and exchanged condolences ..."
i love L11
great end. great poem.
— mandolyn
^ or a comma after 'me' in L7
— mandolyn
scott,
i am probably trying to say to much in that line
there is usually a pivot point in my poems
that line is the one in this one
they're usually the most difficult and forced but
at some point, sometime, somewhere
you must stop, end, say to yourself 'i said it'
and let it be.
cheers. ty.
— hank
thought of a comma in seven but didn't really think it improved the reading experience
thought that if i added the pause, would only be doing it for literary purposes
and not because it improved the...what do you call it? understanding of what is being said...
— hank
in fact, when i reread it i read 'so came to me...' instead of 'some came to me' and i'm going to change that
— hank
I think the proper thing to do deserves it's own line ty.
— scottnoidea
i like that now
whew
— hank
it's ok. thanks scott.
— hank
thanks guys (and girls)
have worked some kinks out of this one with your help.
thanks.
— hank
^ OK.. We getit.
— unknown
i like your poem but how is goff not a typo? i don't get it. might as well write : i miss you golf :
— Treadwell
maybe goff is the name of the person. nickname ... whatever. i like that it's not a typo.
— mandolyn
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