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Thanks guys, how does this work now?

 

I wish I was a dandelion
Drifting upon a breeze
Sailing through the blue skies
Up high above the trees


Sparkling beneath the golden sun
Upon my wish I’d blow
Up into the heavens
And let my worries go

1- Norm on June 24 2008

I needed to see that today.  Especially today.  Thanks.

2- Sinnaminsun on June 24 2008

Cute!  This type of poetry always appeals to me and I enjoyed reading your poem:) 

 A few suggestions, in your first line "were" should be changed to "was".  Here's your syllable pattern per line:  9-5-6-6   7-5-6-6. 

Here's my revision:

I wish I was a dandelion    9
drifting on the breeze,       5
Sailing through blue skies   5
float beyond the trees.....   5

See me dancing past the golden sun    9
On my wish I'd go,       5
Up into the heavens     6
and let my worries go.    6

Also, you could work on the meter of your poem, (stressed and unstressed syllables), which I didn't focus on in my revision.  

I like your rhyme pattern of abcb  efgf:)

3- Shan on June 24 2008

first of all Jen, I love this, it made me feel a bit lighter after reading.

Just a couple of suggestions:

In the line "Sailing through the blue skies" there seems to be a beat missing for me when I read it.  Maybe an added word?

 

Same goes with the last three lines, they work well together but seem short compared to the rest.

 

As always I love reading your stuff

 

 

----- Life is what happens while you wait for great things.




Life is what happens while you wait for great things.

5- ZiGGY on Jul. 1 2008

haha this works well, not totally fluid but I wouldnt really wanna change anything

6- Aphasic on Jul. 4 2008

For rhythm purposes, I think I'd go something like:

I wish I was a dandelion

Adrift upon a breeze

Sailing through the sea-blue skies

Up high above the trees

S2 would need more modification to deliver the same, but I guess you're not looking to re-write, and maybe rhythm isn't the primary consideration here, so that suggestion is probably redundant Jen :>

This reminds me of...
I taught eye-sore a puddy tat - no idea where that came from, but I'm sure someone will enlighten me :>

Anyway, I'm relieved not to be a dandelion - my fate would most likely be a huge dose of herbicide...