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Superficial Realities
December 27, 2010
Superficiality
Has become a reality
To the people of the modern world.
It is here they sit,
Unable to stand,
All the same,
Claiming to be different,
Unaware that they
Have fallen victim
To an artificial actuality
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I've always prefered drawing because I always felt it takes a lot mor skill and effort to draw something, than it does to simply pick a camera and capture an image instantly. Not that I think photography is deficient or anything I just prefer drawing.
trademarkoperation SILVER said...
on Jun. 20 2011 at 12:33 pm
I like them a lot. They're really interesting and I'm always envious of people who can draw. Although, I prefer photography over drawing. Some of my photos are posted although some of it also looks like garbage since TeenInk just destroys the resolution and makes it look all grainy and stuff. Also, some of my poems have posted finally if you would like to check them out. /shameless vamping of work/
trademarkoperation SILVER said...
on Jun. 12 2011 at 3:15 pm
Sure. Sounds good.
trademarkoperation SILVER said...
on Jun. 12 2011 at 2:49 pm
Yeah, you definitely should. I want to be a photographer, so yeah, I guess you could say I like art. lol
trademarkoperation SILVER said...
on Jun. 12 2011 at 2:44 pm
Oh, okay, never mind. I just reread it and the flow really isn't that awkward. Looking at the time I posted though, I can understand why I thought that. I do really like this poem, though.
trademarkoperation SILVER said...
on Jun. 5 2011 at 6:45 am
I think that this is really great, although the flow of it is a little awkward. Although it might just be how I'm reading it. I don't know, but maybe somehow arrange the last couple of lines so that the end of the poem mirrors the start of the poem? Like, with having the last line be 'Artificial actuality'. That's what I would do, at least. All in all, though, great job really tapping into what teens seem to be about. ^_^
I. Love. This. You explained today's teenagers and kids in 10 lines. I've always wanted to write a poem with this idea but you wrote it better than I could have ever done. :) If you have time, could you check out any of my work on the website? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)
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Favorite Quote:
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. ~T.E. Lawrence
No, yeah, I totally get it. I'm quite lazy when it comes to certain things and I get frustrated if something doesn't come out exactly how I envisioned it, which prevents anything I attempt to draw from coming out good, or at least what I think it good. Although I think photography is a lot more difficult than people give it credit for.
And yeah, of course. I think that the trumpet ones are really interesting. :)