Writing Solitude in the City [E]

[Retribution]

[SIZE=1]Another half-assed attempt at making poetry. This was spontaneous in a converation with Mugen today. Very entertaining how it came out...

[CENTER][b]Solitude in the City[/b]

Give me a bustling city that I can get lost in.
Give me indifferent people, who keep moving down the crowded sidewalk during evening rush hour.
Give me no name in the crowd, solitude in the city, and I love it.
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[Who Am I?]

[COLOR=Red][SIZE=1]Interesting..

So you don't want to be recongnized? Is that it?


[b]--Who Am I?[/b][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Retribution]

[SIZE=1]Yeah, I don't like towns where everyone knows your name, past, favorite color, and first crush. I prefer telling that information to those closest to me as a gesture of friendship, rather than that stuff being standard.

Solitude in the city ... isn't it a beautiful oxymoron?[/SIZE]

[Kamuro]

[SIZE=1]Reminds me of our conversation earlier today Retri. Well, you know everything you need to know now! lol

Short but sweet, pretty "right to the point," which is great. Sometimes poems can turn into rambling and the message is blurred, no problem with that here. And I agree, having everyone you meet knowing more then you'd actually like them to know about your life is a bit weird, makes me uneasy. When people walk up to me and ask me about things I've never even told them before, I wonder if theres a book about me I just havn't read yet lol.

I love oxymorons as well, keeps you thinking. Being alone yet surrounded, brilliant.[/SIZE]

[Pumpkin]

[SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Wow thats pretty good. And you did that yourself? I've always wanted to live in a city. Seriously, it's wierd how where I live you know people who know people who know people that you know. Did you even get that? lol. Well thats how it runs in my small little town. I guess I'll only experience this feeling when I go to a college in a city. Nice metaphors by the way.
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[Retribution]

[QUOTE=Pumpkin][SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Wow thats pretty good. And you did that yourself? I've always wanted to live in a city. Seriously, it's wierd how where I live you know people who know people who know people that you know. Did you even get that? lol. Well thats how it runs in my small little town. I guess I'll only experience this feeling when I go to a college in a city. Nice metaphors by the way.
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[SIZE=1]*awkward cough* Um... yes, I did in fact make this poem by myself. Why do you ask? Is it too good for poor 'ol Retri's writing skills? :p

I live in a city, and I get this feeling alot, so I wrote about it. I hate small towns -- I lived in one before, and everyone knew your fears and your dreams, your hopes and past. I prefer to be slightly more reserved about those.

As for college, I would recommend going to a college city too! If you live in a small town all your life, you become sort of jaded, and subconsciously think that the world is full of these places when it's not. Expand your horizons, rather than talk to Barber Joe at 6pm every Sunday afternoon on your walk back from the store. But by the same token, I like to just watch the city grow.

Hm... I think an would be appropriate.[/SIZE]

[Pumpkin]

[QUOTE=Retribution][SIZE=1]*awkward cough* Um... yes, I did in fact make this poem by myself. Why do you ask? Is it too good for poor 'ol Retri's writing skills? :p

I live in a city, and I get this feeling alot, so I wrote about it. I hate small towns -- I lived in one before, and everyone knew your fears and your dreams, your hopes and past. I prefer to be slightly more reserved about those.

As for college, I would recommend going to a college city too! If you live in a small town all your life, you become sort of jaded, and subconsciously think that the world is full of these places when it's not. Expand your horizons, rather than talk to Barber Joe at 6pm every Sunday afternoon on your walk back from the store. But by the same token, I like to just watch the city grow. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]Oh no, I didn't mean that you couldn't write it at all, infact its very good. Nice job *pats back*. It just seems so professional is all. You sure you didn't get it from a book? J/K. Yeah I think thats the thing that has drawn me to look for colleges in cities, I don't like the fact that everyone knows who I've been with, what my favorite color is, and who I'm related too. (I have two sisters that are quite famous in my town, its actually like a mini-city suburb with lots of small towns connected to it.) So while its still big and there are tons of people where I live, I'm kind of known around here for that reason. It sucks to get the "your so-and-so's sister" especially when I'm not like her at all.

The closest to city life I have got to is San Francisco since it's close. It's a nice city, but it's too close for my standards. I'll find my niche' soon enough. Hehe, sorry I'm babbling again. [/FONT][/SIZE]