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The Last Friday

The Last Friday is a poetry editing group. Once a month, we post a poem and then offer feedback to the other poems on the Forum. We're a friendly but honest group. We value each other deeply and desire for every poet to be published or become famous.


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    Sarah Anne
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    Post  Sarah Anne Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:21 pm

    Right Turn
    Sarah Anne 
    Today I'm somebody completely new.
    Every evolution of myself marked off by another scar.
    More heart wounds and cracked confidence.
    But this evolution involves adapting to environment
    meant to grow me so I can be better, 
    and not a ball of squiggly lines 
    that have replaced my mind and body for a time.
    The aches of what I'm not need to be put to rest.
    Who I could be grow into has become a healthier mindscape.
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    Post  tsukany Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:44 am

    Sarah Anne

    Line 3 seems to need a connection to L2 so that a progression occurs.  Hard punctuation causes me to add this as part of the transformation.

    Line 7, I lobby for "had" to be more consistent with L1's declaration.

    I wonder if you need a stronger title.

    Bless you and thanks for sharing.

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    Post  Pat Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:31 am

    Wishing I could hear you read this poem, then maybe I would be more sure of the first two lines, the meaning...  Meanwhile... I'm not really sure....  
    Is Sarah Anne being told to turn right or is she being affirmed for making a right (correct) turn?
    Such little stuff, but the reader is hungry to know.
    Sounds to me like she is evolving and turning into something new periodically????
    Line 4-- is she a cutter?  Cutters usually cut to feel better? to release the pain?  They think that is their answer. (Of course it's a temporary fix and not a healthy coping skill, usually a signal they need professional help.) Does she cut each time she changes? 
    Is the poem a poetic picture of Sarah Anne struggling to think and understand her world?
    I like the "heart wound" and "cracked confidence."  Easy to understand. Hard to live.
    I hear the body-mind struggle. Is she on medication?
    I wonder if you really need the last line.
    What if you broke the next to last line into two Lines and revised a little?  to read: 
    "The aches of what I'm not--
    hoping to put all that to rest."
    Is the wanting to put the previous ways of coping to rest the goal of evolving...  like in child development?  
    This would be a struggle for anyone!!! but may some word or person touch Sarah Anne's heart to let her know that she is worthy, that help is out there.  
    I wonder if another title might be "Seeking"  or "Struggling to Live"?  
    I hope you'll respond to thoughts we are offering.... are we anywhere close to your meaning???
    Always, when you write a poem, it is yours, not ours.  We just try to help.  It is your poem.  
    For me, writing poetry is a kind of therapy.  It helps me.  
    God bless all the strugglers in this world... that's all of us, of course.
    Sarah Anne
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    Post  Sarah Anne Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:10 am

    Intermittent Self Inventory
    or

    Every Year I Meet My Doppelganger and Ask Some Serious Questions
    Sarah Anne
    Today— I am somebody completely new,
    every evolution of myself originates from
    deep heart wounds and cracked confidence.
    As I acclimate to a change in environment
    I redraw my self-portrait so I can feel—
    less like the ball of squiggly lines.
    cyclops
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    Post  tsukany Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:15 am

    Sarah Anne

    I like this version much better.  It might gain from two items:

    1.  another title
    2.  two tercets

    2. (again so I can be true to my subject line) Change "the" to "a" in last line.

    Good one and thanks for sharing the revision.

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    Post  Pat Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:40 am

    Of the two titles, I'd choose the first one... or keep looking for a new title.  Maybe "Acclimating"

    We are all in process of changing.  You are, we are.  

    We even revise our poetry over and over.  

    I love the power of "re-drawing".  

    Thanks for sharing, Sarah Anne.

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