Who Am I

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I see myself through a haze,
indistinct, a warped projection.
As if I'm staring into a pool
disturbed by a skipping stone.
Or in a shiny metal mirror,
cracked and tarnished with age.
Or in a fog, obscured.
I only see myself
Through smoke, a lonely outline,
or at night a mere shadow.
I am unsure of who I am
when I look inside myself.
I can only be sure that
whatever emotion I have
can be masked by indifference.
Each sorrowful stab, disguised.
Every painfully memory cast aside.
My identity continues to elude me.
Who I am, Who am I?
Last edited by Celticmelody on Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:53 am, edited 2 times in total.




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This is my second post, I've tried adding more punctuation. My first poem Flowing Swiftly had very little if any punctuation. Please give me any advice for improvement. Thanks.




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This was a fairly good poem my only problem was unlike your last poem. This had too much puncuation. IT distracts the reader from the writing and can be annoying. But other than that really good poem. PM me if you need anything or just wanna talk :)

~Jasmine Bells~
Peace, Love, Writng, Insanity and Chocolate
I am nothing
but a mouthful of 'sorry's, half-hearted
apologies that roll of my tongue, smoothquick, like 'r's
or maybe like pocket candy
that's just a bit too sweet.

~*~




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I'm sometimes a bit of a punctuation poker, so I like to see that you used a lot of it, however, something takes away from it; every single line starts with a capital letter! Arg! Sorry if it seems mean, but I really don't like this sort of thing, because it isn't clear wether a line ends or not. Enjambment is ruined, and confusion is created.

I can't say too much else that bugs me on this piece. Those last four lines were very good, and wrapped the piece up perfectly, and a surprising amount of imagery was pleasant.

Have a lucky day!
"I'm fearless in my heart
They will always see that in my eyes
I am the passion, I am the warfare
I will never stop
Always constant,
Accurate,
Intense"
"The Audience is Listening", by Steve Vai




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Let me know if any of the changes I made help a little. I really want to get this poem right because it is one of my personal favorites. Punctuation, and getting the right amount, has always been a problem for me in writing poetry. Thanks for the advice.



It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats—the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill —The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it—and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another.
— JRR Tolkien