15 votes

companionship

Posted by daywalker
Tags: poetry, original content, poem

denied your own tragedy
fun and cheery
held back by ancient rites
good sport and jolly
these unspoken wounds
banter along all day
festered and putrid
dish it out and take it
marred by shallow's tyranny
here's to another round

6 comments

  1. [4]
    first-must-burn
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    I like the alternating line structure. I spent too long thinking about the differences between "shallow's tyranny", "shallow tyranny", and "shallows tyranny". It speaks to my introverted side.

    I like the alternating line structure. I spent too long thinking about the differences between "shallow's tyranny", "shallow tyranny", and "shallows tyranny". It speaks to my introverted side.

    4 votes
    1. [3]
      daywalker
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      Haha, thank you :) I'm kind of a supporter of the death of the author. So, while I had a intent in mind while writing this, you are welcome to interpret it in your own way. Edit: I hope you don't...

      Haha, thank you :) I'm kind of a supporter of the death of the author. So, while I had a intent in mind while writing this, you are welcome to interpret it in your own way.

      Edit: I hope you don't take my comment as generic. I'm hesitant to say more about my intent, because I don't want to impose it on others.

      1. [2]
        first-must-burn
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        I hope you mean death of the author and not the death of you, the author! It's my first time encountering that phrasing, but it makes sense to me. I spent a lot of high school English being told...

        I hope you mean death of the author and not the death of you, the author! It's my first time encountering that phrasing, but it makes sense to me. I spent a lot of high school English being told that what I thought the poem meant wasn't correct. Also, thanks for helping me learn something new.

        1. daywalker
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          Yeah, that's what I meant. Happy to have helped :)

          Yeah, that's what I meant. Happy to have helped :)

          1 vote
  2. [2]
    shadow
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    Thank you for this. I hope you create and share another one. I hope others do as well.

    Thank you for this. I hope you create and share another one.

    I hope others do as well.

    3 votes