Sunday, February 25, 2007

Fall as Spring approaches (Ravishankar C)

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"I shed in a wrong season, the wrong things for the wrong reason"- The rhythm of words is amazing. I'll remember this line for quite a while. Although grammatically it probably should be 'the wrong season', not 'a wrong season', but it reads well the way you write it.
I felt the second para loses the tautness of the rest of it. Is it necessary to describe spring to underscore fall's effect? The first para makes it clear its about the seasons. Also, phrases like 'Flowers in fancy clothes' and 'hummingbee parties', 'golden cloaks' sound more nursery rhyme stuff. It doesn't go with the mature introspective first 3 lines.

Be back for your response
Aparna