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Poetry
Wanderer
By brook_rivers
27 August 2006
A rough draft here. Would like some opinions on the following:

Should I keep the line :
And forsake another

Is the form and style of the last few paragraphs feesible to the rest of the poem?

thank you!!!

Brook x

Here I wander

Aimlessly

Without any sense

Of direction


Trapped in a wood

Of forked paths

And roads not taken


Here I wander

Aimlessly

Without guidance

Or protection


Dazzled by the many

Realms of choice

That present themselves to me


Here I wander

Aimlessly

I venture along one course

And then another


Always retreating

Afraid at what I might discover

Should I continue

And forsake another


Here I wander

Aimlessly


Perhaps destined

To be the eternal wanderer?


Won’t someone please take my hand

And show me the way?


A resounding silence



No; that’s down to me.


 



 

Reviews

Written by ellipinnock (1753 comments posted) 27th August 2006
I rather like 'and forsake another' and also like the from of the last section; think it fits quite nicely with the rest of the piece. should it not be 'afraid of what i might discover' tho? 
I like this piece very much, has a lot of resonance for me, beautiful. 
 
Elli
typo!!!
Written by brook_rivers (484 comments posted) 27th August 2006
Thanks for your opinions ellipinnock, and for pointing out the typo! will go and correct it now! 
 
Brook :)
Hmmmm...
Written by Talisker (1326 comments posted) 30th August 2006
Sorry, but I feel the poem wanders a bit too. How can it be down to you to take your own hand? (last bit). A bit too scatty for me. 
 
The waters of the brook-rivers are indeed silted and cloudy for me.  
 
Oli 
 
Hi Brook
Written by jean.day (2266 comments posted) 6th September 2006
I like it just as it is. I have no expertise in poetry, so can't really give advice, but it reads well and is quite lovely. And of course you can take your own hand.

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