10-05-2024, 07:26 AM
Magpie, thank you for the read and the suggestion. I like the edit, it's more streamlined (like a kite).
A confession: I love ambiguity and double entendre. And yes, the central idea of the poem is supposed to be about power struggles. I don't want to interfere with your read, but that is the intention. So I'm happy that it came across.
xo,
Val
A confession: I love ambiguity and double entendre. And yes, the central idea of the poem is supposed to be about power struggles. I don't want to interfere with your read, but that is the intention. So I'm happy that it came across.
xo,
Val
(10-04-2024, 09:52 PM)Magpie Wrote:(10-04-2024, 07:20 PM)Valerie Please Wrote: He hates her.Hi Valerie, I like the poem and it seems fairly sound, so not much crit in that sense.
He hates her insolence,
and her disrespect
and the drama that she brings could be implied - also keeps with the rhythm of previous lines
and he just pressed send
on another
another
private message
to let her know
he won’t stand for it.
She’ll see him
floating magnanimously
above her.
He feels certain
that this time
he finally found
the magic words
to control
the wind.
Without the title it is a totally different poem. The title makes me think that there are two meanings at play here and it brings in the element of a predator, as in the bird of prey kite. If this is the case then 'magnanimously' seems like an odd choice of word.
It works well when I read it using kite in the sense of the craft on a string. Although now I'm thinking who is controlling the kite.
I want it to work both ways with the title.
Am I reading too much into it?

