I really like this as is but I share some thoughts:
Now go the hell away. Very good use of this line. I'd make it the title unless a specific event or place comes to mind. Like "Workshop, May 32nd, Highway-to-Hell, Nevada".
I'd find active verbs for each use of 'is' and replace each 'the'. Like "May's sky screams blue; Spring's sea blooms green". This provides a season and action, sound, something.
Could use a grammar check unless you like it as is. Grammar is less important in poetry; this isn't an essay. For a definite pause (like for rhythm) you can use an emdash instead of a comma like: "I kid you not — nature's obscene,"
To add "darkness" to it... this is that season...
Explorers with lost souls explore,
Search worlds they've never searched before,
They'll kid you not — forevermore,
Now go the hell away.
Amazing how we take for granted,
The shocking bounty we consume,
When this strange and terrible world,
Could easily turn to doom and gloom.
When men are unsatisfied with peace,
When the enemy sends a battle group,
Most people are not prepared for war,
With no bell pepper, no curry, no soup.
Then what will be our first regret,
The sogginess of our crisped rice?
No, the market's barren shelves,
Mark the time we'll pay the price.
Of course, the deaf will yet lament,
"We only hoped to have the best,
Who's to blame for our plight?"
Those who failed the prepping test.
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