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Poetry
The Gypsy chase
By meadowcroft1964
22 June 2008

Hi this is a rework of the race would really like honest opinions not some much to the content but from a proper poetry view as It may be going to be used in schools

Bell goes

On toes

Get ready get set

She goes

Fear flows

Push Push

Must rush

To slow too late

They wait

Outside gate

Stop

Fear urges run

Hesitate

Adrenalin surges

Fight flight

Which choose

What's to lose

Teeth hair skin bone

Home run

Spectres haunt

Jeers taunt

Run gypsy

Dirty gypsy

Run

Finish nears

Sanctuary appears

Safely home

Race done

Won

This time

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Written by fellpony (1580 comments posted) 22nd June 2008
Not much to tidy up now Violet. Perhaps you could change "I" to "He" or even "She" in line 4, to match "goes" (which has to be "goes", to rhyme with "toes".) It doesn't alter anything else. 
 
In line 8, "To slow to late" should be "Too slow too late". 
 
The lines:  
 
"Which choose 
What loose"  
 
... might work better if you wrote: 
 
"Which to choose 
What's to lose " (only one O here.) 
 
The rest works very well - the short lines sound like pounding feet along the road.
Gratefully
Written by meadowcroft1964 (100 comments posted) 22nd June 2008
Really gratefull for help fellpony.

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