What do you think of this poem?

Question

Broken languages disappear;
Last summer’s echo aches of beauty;
Wildflowers wail! The cacophony cracks a sense of duty.
Screams are breaking through the surface each year;
Indian paintbrush lingered nearby.

Grey clouds are gathering on the horizon;
May's misty showers have sighed;
O’er old fields that haunt slaughtered bison;
Springtime fantasies burst from reality.
Summer reflects the rising blossom’s duality.

Death's dirge awakens from sleepy repose!
Dreams painted over old photography;
Images stunned with dark calligraphy.
Seasons heeded the rising of the wild rose!

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Answer 1

Honestly, I'm not impressed by this poem. It doesn't grab or hold my attention, it doesn't make me feel anything, it sounds very "forced" and it doesn't stick together.

Answer 2

It leaves one to wonder "What did I just read, and what did it mean"? I gather to understand the meaning one should have been present when it was written, sounds like a walk through the park and the sites encountered went to paper with only the writer knowing what each line is in a reference too. Still, very well done, just didn't get the meaning.

Answer 3

Well for two points, I may as well tell you my impressions.

Seems to be about regret for times past that will no longer occur again. The silence before the storm, perhaps the darkness before the light. Above all, death as part of the cycle of change.

Did I like it...well I don't understand poetry so I can't say really :)

Answer 4

It needs work But its good I would rate it a 8/10.

Answer 5

I think it is rather good, it does need a little bit of work, but keep it up, you are rather good. It does make you paint a picture in your mind, which is good.

Answer 6

forced is a good description....too much info and not enough lines-too busy- sorry

Answer 7

i'm like..