Hi tearsdelilah -
I had a chance to read your item today, and have enclosed the following Simply Positive review for your consideration. Please keep in mind that the following is my opinion only, and you as the author have the right to use or disregard any of my comments as you see fit.
WHAT WORKED
Concise
Clear
Good imagery and tone
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED
Inconsistent structure
Could use a little more variety in rhymes
OVERALL IMPRESSION
Overall, I enjoyed this poem, but thought the structure needed to be consistent between the two stanzas (a,a,a and b,c,b) and that there could have been a bit more variety in the rhyming words, since all the "a" lines repeated the word "near" and all the "b" lines repeated the word "here." Repetition can sometimes be an effective way of emphasizing a point or giving the reader a feeling of rhythm and comfort, but in a short piece like this, I would recommend finding alternative words that rhyme with 'near' and 'here' (e.g. beer, cheer, clear, dear, deer, ear, gear, hear, mere, peer, pier, queer, rear, seer, sheer, spear, sphere, steer, tear, we're, year, etc.) to give the poem a little variety and sense of diversity. If this were a longer piece, I think the stanzas you have would work really well... but with only six lines, I was hoping to see your poetic structure have a little more diversity.
Also, from the short description of your item ("A lost soul... looking for a way home..."), I imagined this poem would be a little more about someone trying to get home, rather than questioning what it is the narrator is afraid of, when the person she needs is sitting next to him/her.
Other than that, though, I thought this was an entertaining short poem, and it would be a pleasure to feature this item in the next issue of the official Mystery newsletter.
I hope that you've found my comments useful. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review your work.
Keep up the good work and keep writing!
Best regards,
- S o C a l S c r i b e
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