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REALITY UNTRUE


I see your face, in my mind,
heart, soul, and body divine.
I try to get closer, to touch your baby soft skin,
To feel your heart, which beats for love within.
A force is pulling me closer to you,
Realizing its only a dream, and reality untue.
BY-MICHELLE SMITH

WELL MICHELLE, THIS POEM HAD A DIAMANTE AFFECT TO IT, BUT WAS FAR FROM BEING ONE. OBVIOUSLY YOU PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING IN MIND WHEN YOU WROTE THIS. WHAT I LIKED WAS HOW YOU EXPRESSED THAT RIGHT WHEN YOU REACH YOUR GOAL, AND GET WHAT YOU WANT YOU REALIZE THAT ITS MEARLY A DREAM.

BUT WHAT IM NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THIS POEM IS ANY REAL EMOTIONAL BOND BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR POEM HERE. POETRY IS EMOTION LEAVING THE BODY. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF POETRY IS TOO LET OUT FEELINGS THAT ARE INSIDE OF YOU. WHILE YOU DID THIS YOU COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB. FOR ONE YOU ARE TRYING FOR A REAL DRAMATIC SUBJECT SO GOING INTO A WRITING "TRANCE", AS I CALL IT, IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU NEED TO BOTTLE UP ALL THE DRAMA AND STRESS YOU FEEL FROM YOUR DAY AND POUR IT INTO THE PAPER.

I COMMEND YOU AND HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOUR POETRY AND HOPE TO SEE YOUR IMPROVEMENT. AND HERES A TIP FOR EVERYONE, YOU CAN BE THE BEST WRITER IN THE WORLD BUT THAT DOSN'T MEAN YOU WON'T GET RUSTY. SO WITH THAT IN MIND EVEYONE NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING EVERYDAY, NO MATTER HOW CORNY OR STUPID YOU THINK IT IS YOU ARE WRITING AND KEEPING YOUR INSTRUMENT WELL OILED.

-M. ARMAND GLADFELTER-

A.K.A. "THE CRITIC"

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