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"Words Hurt"

I don't need to speak out to be heard
My silence is golden
When talk is cheap
your words don't mean anything

Actions speak louder
Then any word you can say
One action
Can say a thousand things

Don’t say anything
When all that comes out
Is pain
Words can hurt too

More then you’ll ever know

2007-03-26 19:01:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

Thank you Kat that was one of the nicest responses I've gotten on any poem.

2007-03-26 19:11:25 · update #1

3 answers

I expect that you would have more impact by regularizing the rhythm, adding rime, depersonalizing, and turning some of the (too many) cliches into figures of speech. Working from what you've got, here's an idea:

No need to speak out to be heard
Nor scream to signal misery;
A moistened eye at times may be
More eloquent than any word.

Here, the basic scheme is iambic tetrameter, rimed abba. Given your meaning, I am particularly sensitive to giving offense, but that shouldn't rule out criticism intended to help you.

2007-03-27 07:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by obelix 6 · 0 0

good rythm, nice flow and great meaning behind it. :D I like it.
you bring up a good point that actions show so much more than words, even though what comes out of both is something that hurts instead of helps. Also, some people today, they act as their rude comments are a joke and they hurt "More than youll ever know
A very good poem.
God bless you and your talent.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!
K.K.

2007-03-27 02:10:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kurious_Kat 3 · 0 0

that is so much better than "sticks and stones may break my bones" : )

Just kidding.... I love it! It's excellent.. really.

2007-03-27 10:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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