Ripped - 1. Poem One

this... confuses me. But don't take that badly. All good poetry confuses me slightly.

and I feel... faintly guilty. As though I have done something terrible and potentially wonderful at the same time.

If this is the weirdest review you've ever had, I am sorry, and a little bit proud.

Dare I say, empathy encompasses thine own person. The definition of your feelings of your inner and outer self amaze me. Great job Sam!

I've seen this short, sharp, eloquent use of words used once before, and it amazed me.

I've never been able to fathom how a writer can use just one single word to convey so much meaning and progress that through a whole arc of thought. It amazes me.

I really admire this Foster. Wish I had this ability and skill with words.

Fantastic poem, one of my fav in a long time.

On 09/12/2014 03:17 AM, Sasha Distan said:

this... confuses me. But don't take that badly. All good poetry confuses me slightly.

and I feel... faintly guilty. As though I have done something terrible and potentially wonderful at the same time.

 

If this is the weirdest review you've ever had, I am sorry, and a little bit proud.

On 09/12/2014 03:41 AM, joann414 said:

Dare I say, empathy encompasses thine own person. The definition of your feelings of your inner and outer self amaze me. Great job Sam!

On 09/12/2014 08:08 AM, Yettie One said:

I've seen this short, sharp, eloquent use of words used once before, and it amazed me.

I've never been able to fathom how a writer can use just one single word to convey so much meaning and progress that through a whole arc of thought. It amazes me.

I really admire this Foster. Wish I had this ability and skill with words.

Fantastic poem, one of my fav in a long time.

Powerful, that brougth tears to my eyes.

Sad. Lost. Pain. I liked your poem! thank you for sharing !

When ever I read poetry that makes me stop and read it again to see if I get the same response, it is always a good piece of poetry. When the voice of the poem looks back and sees itself in so many ways, both good and bad, helpful and harmful, with pride and regret, you realize you are looking at the human condition expressed so beautifully. Thanks Sam.

Playing with oppositness, aren't we? Searching... Did you find an answer?

My favorite line (besides the title):

This egocentric devil I am Honestly Believes He’s the most altruistic angel of them all.

Great work.

Thanks Foster! It had me feeling a sense of that sharp discomfort you get when you can't decide something important. It almost hurts until it becomes settled. That's what I felt. It's very good.

It certainly made me stop and think. Thanks for sharing, Sam.

Lovely poem. Interesting style. I really like how you used this chain reaction to touch on many thermic ideas. Good vs Evil. Beauty. Fake vs Real. Direction. Like it's about nothing, yet it's about everything.

Interesting. I saw this as a kind of metaphor... the damage natures does to itself... like the damage we do to ourselves... okay, that's a simile, but whatever.  

All the words are well placed, and they do pack a wallop... I especially liked this...