still haven't found what i'm looking for

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    tzela2795 said:

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    ok so my english teatcher at school told us to write down a poem that would conclude to the phrase "BUT I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR". so i would like to see your critics and your opinion about my poem


    I have wandered in the promise land
    dead grownd, under god and fools
    walking on water, drawning in sand
    our shadows taller than our souls

    Never to admit what had i mourned
    shutting the blinds, i know you didn't see
    No chance i took had i earned
    never again to feel foreseen

    I now look down on the sincerity of my fists
    each twist following the one before
    no path we took would we resisist
    still haven't found what i'm looking for

    The power of hope is never strong
    no stone unturned did i leave
    left in the mist of right and wrong
    you know they forced me to believe

    what can be said is not enough
    you know it's all worth fighting for
    drawning in water, walking on sand
    still haven't found what i'm looking for
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    jandros said:

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    This is very good I think. The first line establishes the subject very nicely, and that is very important.

    Since this is for school, may I offer a little help?

    .. V1, L2: I think you want ground instead of grownd?

    .. V1, L3: drowning not drawning, yes?

    .. V2, L1: Never to admit what I had mourned
    (in the next line it's good poetry to say "had I", but in this line it may be better to say "I had")

    .. V3, L1: ... look down on the turmoil/tumult of my fists?
    (or anxiety, anguish, misery, puzzlement, something that more clearly suggests clinching the fists or wringing the hands in sadness or regret?)

    .. V5, L3: drowning

    Very nice poetry, good luck with the assignment
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    tzela2795 said:

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    thanks for your advice and corrections i kinda suck in dictation...