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Strength of Character

I am angry at this world of mine

I rail with quiet fire

I scream into the void

My words in vacuum

Silent and cold

Like space

 

A dragon

An army of Goliaths

An avalanche already in motion,

I know of no way to tame thee

To ride this wild wave

To break the mustang of my culture

My environment

 

It is all so much bigger than me

All so foreign

My greatest strength is used

Merely

To maintain myself;

It is all I can do.

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Candlewitch

Candlewitch

18 years 1 month ago

Hello,

A great little read about how mentally overwhelming and emotionally awesome, everything can be when we stop and look at things with new eyes. Thanks for sharing this. Always, Cat
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 1 month ago

Alobar..

all right..you've decided to blow us away today...I love the first verse..the second and the third...in my opinion this is excellently written....a pleasure to read.
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poewriter58

18 years 1 month ago

welcome to neopoet

Your first stanza tels me that you find your efforts against the vastness of the situation fruitless so much bigger than I your last stanza although I see where you wee going weakens I would suggest ending as you began with an impact nice writing Chrys
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Alobar

18 years 1 month ago

I’ve given your comments

I've given your comments considerable thought. Thank you by the way. I think the effect I was looking for was a surrenderment in the voice to the overwhelming nature of the dragons and Goliaths that ARE our culture. Your comments suggest to me that you felt this effect but are "railing" against it perhaps. Either that, or I have some more work to do. I would be interested in your further comments baring this explanation in mind. I am not looking to make a statement of strength but, rather, of defeat or, maybe we could call it appeasement, even compromise. I feel that is what most of us do, to varying degrees, and that is the thrust of this poem. I would love to hear any suggestions you might have about how to better invoke this sense.
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poewriter58

18 years 1 month ago

what then if you were to use

what then if you were to use for example in the vastness there seems to be all is foreign as I can see or It overwhelms each sense in me something to that nature I by no means want to re write your words just looking for something a bit stronger and still convey as you put it a surrender could be i am off base with this I still like the urgency of the writing Chrys
Jonathan Moore

Jonathan Moore

18 years 1 month ago

Excellent work

I've been working on things here and there this afternoon and needed to clear my head and saw this. It's a good read and I have some very small suggestions in the form of punctuation and emphasis: I am angry at this world of mine. I rail with quiet fire. I scream into the void. My words in vacuum Silent and cold Like space. A dragon. An army of Goliaths. An avalanche already in motion, I know of no way to tame thee To ride this wild wave To break the mustang of my culture My environment. It is all so much bigger than me, All so foreign. My greatest strength is used Merely To maintain myself; It is all I can do. You'd included some punctuation and I placed more where I felt pauses. I also italicized "angry" because that's how it felt to me. I like the flow and pacing. Good work.
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Alobar

18 years 1 month ago

I do not completely

I do not completely punctuate my poems often to allow the reader to do it themselves; I do, however, know what it sounds like in my head. Christ, you got it exactly. Wow! I don't think I can describe how gratifying a feeling that is. Perhaps it is just my vanity speaking, but thank you for your words, and your time. I will not be adding the punctuation you used--see reason above--but that's exactly the way it sounds in my head. As I said: wow!
Jonathan Moore

Jonathan Moore

18 years 1 month ago

An artist has to decide

the presentation of their work, I certainly can't argue with that. I know I've listened and agreed and decided to keep things they way they are. And the punctuation decision is probably better your way, giving the reader an option to create pauses and breaks that are comfortable.
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Alobar

18 years 1 month ago

Confession: With the

Confession: With the exception of a couple of alcohol-fueled evenings with very close friends, I have never read my poetry to anyone. I write it alone, I read it alone. I realize I am doing the art a disservice, but I have roadblocks I just can't seem to navigate around. Someday, maybe, someday....