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Angel Vazquez

Angel Vazquez


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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 24
Sign: Scorpio

City: Seattle
State: Washington
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/2/2004

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 

Current mood:  content
Category: Writing and Poetry

I'm okay at singing and
I'm okay at dance.
I sometimes am the winner
Given a 50/50 chance.

I'm okay at painting
and other forms of art.
I'm okay at giving advice
to mend a broken heart.

I'm okay with children.
I'm okay with the old.
I'm okay with mild summers
and I don't mind the cold.

 I'm an okay entertainer and
I'm an okay cook.
I'd be okay at comprehension
if I could understand the book.

I'm an okay lover
though sometimes I get bored.
I have an okay job
so some things I can't afford.

I'm okay at writing,
and my poetry isn't bad.
Though if I wrote a happy story
the ending would be sad.

I'm okay with being average
but I wish I weren't unsung.
I'd rather be that someone
whose name rolls off your tongue.

I feel as though I'm ready
to improve my middle grade
though as hard as I might try
the average tend to fade.

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Danny
Daniel Wade

 
This must be the poem you're addressing in the other blog, right? Well I'd have to say your biggest mistake was allowing it to be read to a bunch of snooty community college poets. No joke. As far as writers go, poets are the most obnoxious. But it was your assigment so I guess you can't be blamed lulz.
Seriously though, a lot of popular poetry that's deemed brilliant these days are nothing more than a short story with bells and whistles as far as I'm concerned. They give no regard to iambic pentameter, rhyme, rhythm, word play, whatever. So this isn't really that bad. To give a good review, it's average. The poem is about being average, and was written using very basic and standard poetic devices, which I thought enhanced the artistic value. You wroted a poem about being average, and the feeling of that can be received easily by the reader.

Just tell them to "STFU or I'll cut you bitches wif my knife" next time.
 
Posted by Danny on Friday, February 01, 2008 - 4:22 AM
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Angel Vazquez
Angel Vazquez

 
Actually this isn't the poem. I gave this poem to my teacher as an assignment just for him to grade, but we haven't got those back yet. But if he gives it back and tells me it's the most brilliant piece of poetry he's read, I'm going to come at YOU with a knife for calling it AVERAGE.
 
Posted by Angel Vazquez on Friday, February 01, 2008 - 4:28 AM
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Danny
Daniel Wade

 
lol Well! If you're going to be that way about it... I was just trying to throw in a good word because I thought you were in a dump over it. I REALLY thought it stunk and would sooner read a Teletubby themed pop-up book before reading that junk ever again.

No I'm just kidding please don't stab me I'm a big bleeder :(
 
Posted by Danny on Friday, February 01, 2008 - 4:39 AM
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