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Jul 07, 2019
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Masks
Can you see behind my mask?
Can you see my pain?
Can you see my despair?
Do you even see me at all?
I wear a mask
I wear a mask of fear
I wear a mask of pain
But it is invisible
Only seen by others like me
The outcast, the lonely
The forgotten of this world
Can you see my mask?
About This Poem
Last Few Words: I am new to writing poetry, but I have loved poetry all my life. Please be constructive but kind
Style/Type: Free verse
Review Request Direction: How was the beginning/ending of the poem?
Review Request Intensity: Please use care (this is a sensitive subject for me, do not critique harshly)
Editing Stage: Editing - draft
Comments
Geezer
6 years 4 months ago
I see...
someone that may be ready to express the underlying features beneath that mask! My advice is that you look around and see what kinds of poetry suits you; see the things that you can use to tell your stories and let others know who you are. When I first started to write poetry, at about sixteen, I thought
poetry had to rhyme and be in rigid forms. Now, I write as suits me and the story I tell. You can gain a lot of expertise be being observant and trying different things and listening to the critique. I hope that you will be enthused and encouraged by the variety of styles and stories that you will see here. Join workshops and enter the contests and before you know it, you will be a poet! Your work here is good, and you made yourself clear and began and ended well. ~ Geezer.
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