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walk among ghosts (feedback wanted- be honest)

Posted by Kayleigh Bathurst on 7/27/2025 5:43:09 AM

Run away to find home

fingers tracing city streets

Concrete above, z train beneath my feet

found your heartbeat in my hand

between sea and land

 

 

 


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Comment by Jeanette Swan on 8/4/2025 7:08:24 PM

I love short poems. They are like Haiku with one thought to explore. I also like paradox...' Run away to find home'. 'Tracing ' is an interesting verb catching my attention by its specificity, and I am inferring that the fingers are tracing routes on a road map. I'm not familiar with a z train. I don't understand the poem fully, but I kind of like that. I would like more punctuation to help me read the sections and know where the breaks are, eg. colon after the first line. Re rhythm, I would like an extra beats in the last line eg. 'between the vastness of the sea and horizon of the land' (probably not the right words, but the kind of rhythm that works for me re number of stresses and syllables, but you may prefer the sudden stop for its effect). The title is a little mismatched for me as a naive reader ('walk' in the title, 'running' in the poem). I like that you have a verb in the title though. I'm inferring that the ghosts include the person in line 4 ('your heartbeat'). Maybe try playing with a different title suggesting the mood - grief, or longing, or a sudden sense of belonging - I'm not sure which one. Happy writing! J :)



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