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The Refuge of the Page

By The Unforgiving Minute | Posted: 01 February 2012

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Stutter.

Stammer.

Feel the heavy hammer

of vocal chords striking a tune unfamiliar,

a sound so peculiar

you wonder if you made it or heard it;

Perceived? Created? Or perceived creation?

Logos, centros, Derrida was right;

They say to speak, but I claim to write, is the nobler form, the upper way

to show our torn and tattered natures to a shorn and shattered world bereft of those who care,

left with those who share inane, insane, irrational ramblings,

strewn across the cyberspace we like to call home,

to which we must roam and vent our rage in theatrically absurd ways,

like loyal players upon a stage,

seeking the refuge of the page.

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JD Higginson
28 February 2012

Unforgiving Minute,

I like this. It contains great use of language throughout and gets the point across, however the way it's set out detracts from the ease of reading it. I'm not sure if this was the intention (and if it was then just ignore the comment!) but for me it could do with being a bit more even from line to line.

JD

The Unforgiving Minute
01 March 2012
<div> <p>Hi JD,</p> <p>The differing line lengths was a deliberate tactic to try and vary the tempo and rythm of the poem. I was trying to convey a sense of anger, frustration and madness, and felt that a jarring tempo would help me achieve this. </p>
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The Unforgiving Minute
01 March 2012

Apologies for the coding mess!!

Stephen
15 March 2012

Liked this, almost reads like a short, short story - beginning / middle / end.

The Unforgiving Minute
19 March 2012

Thanks Stephen, I quite like blurring genre boundaries and not being pigeonholed into one format, so i'm glad it read like that for you.

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