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Comment on Holly by ~GoodbyeLovely[parent]

~GoodbyeLovely:iconGoodbyeLovely: May 18, 2007, 2:02:00 PM
Thank you! I know, I really should post more. :P

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~Utanapishtim:iconUtanapishtim: May 18, 2007, 11:41:05 AM
I love the form of this one; the focus of the first 7 lines are of nature, the 7 finishing lines are of family, and the tie between them is harshness. I hope things change in his/her [narrator's] situation.

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"God is in His Heaven- All's right with the World."
~GoodbyeLovely:iconGoodbyeLovely: May 18, 2007, 11:47:24 AM
I never noticed the seven lines thing. How fun. :)

The narrator is mostly fictional--as a child, I did hide behind the holly bush in my backyard a lot and watch the day's happenings, but the rest is fictional.
~KiwiBri:iconKiwiBri: May 18, 2007, 1:44:46 PM
I love it so much ^^ it's good to see that you're finally posting works again :D *is happy* *huggles*

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~GoodbyeLovely:iconGoodbyeLovely: May 18, 2007, 2:02:00 PM
Thank you! I know, I really should post more. :P
~Dandebird:iconDandebird: May 18, 2007, 4:56:10 PM
Oh my gosh. I very much love the last stanza, because the poem just seems to come full circle when you bring back the holly berry. But but but it wasn't a really a holly berry, but you were using it as an adjective kinda, which was really cool, and it just completed this little trustcircle between the narrator and the family problems and her way to escape. Just.. that is definitely my favourite part.

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~Utanapishtim:iconUtanapishtim: May 19, 2007, 8:55:29 AM
It even has 7 stanzas. :P Fourth stanza is probably my favorite. It has good word flow. I'd like to see the 'polished' version of this.

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"God is in His Heaven- All's right with the World."
~pgraves:iconpgraves: May 19, 2007, 9:01:51 PM
ahhh I have waited so long to see another one of your beautiful poems! haha.

Anyhow, I love what you have done here, I think that the setting of the narrator behind a holly bush witnessing her surroundings is great. I also love how the sound of the parents arguing was kind of equated to and also drowned out by the sounds of buzzing bees or cicadas.

Love the subtlety of the bruised lip and the parents arguing. keep up the good work!

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solitude
`bananaprincess:iconbananaprincess: Jul 12, 2007, 12:14:27 AM
Congrats on the UA feature! [link]

Strong poem here--it starts out with a more typical child's escape, but then we learn it's a bit darker than that. I like the couplet structure, although in the first couplet, the line break felt a bit awkward to me. However, I understand your desire to emphasis the word "holly." Good nature images, too.

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~GoodbyeLovely:iconGoodbyeLovely: Jul 12, 2007, 6:19:21 AM
Thank you! I hadn't realized I was featured in UA until I read your comment. :)

Yeah, the "holly / bush" line break isn't as good/strong as it could be. I just can't find a way around it. :/ Thanks for your time.