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angliholic
10-02-2010, 10:59 PM
If laws are getting multitudinous like a fishnet,
then I'd rather be a hermit and leave behind the civilization
than be a minnow caught in the trivial rules!

I'd build a small cottage in a remote mountain,
white clouds will be my best company.

My friend, if you'd like to grace my humble place
then I'll be greatly honored and happy.

And if you leave like wild cranes without even saying goodbye,
I'll be still happy, for they always come and go freely!

hillwalker
10-03-2010, 06:05 AM
Mhmm.....

'multitudinous like a fishnet' is a real mouthful, yet it's a great image you have conjoured up by using it - very original

and I love the warm welcome you offer the reader if they wish to leave civilisation for a while.

You might want to reword

for they always comes and goes freely!

to 'for they always come and go freely!'

H

Delta40
10-03-2010, 07:01 AM
I don't even know what multitudinous means! I would be inclined to remove 'the' from the first stanza to enhance its flow.

If laws are getting multitudinous like a fishnet,
then I'd rather be a hermit and leave behind the civilization
than be a minnow caught in the trivial rules!

would love to visit you in a remote cottage on a mountain Ang! you bless us with some wonderful visions.

Haunted
10-03-2010, 10:42 AM
Angli, laws are multitudinous like a fishnet (I too have to look up that word) and convoluted and open to all kinds of interpretations. Its sometimes better not to know, or else you'll be a hermit for the rest of your life. But if you were to become one, be sure to have Internet access and continue to post your poems here.

Skia
10-03-2010, 11:35 AM
No idea what multitudinous means... :P Must look that up :)
You create such wonderful and elagant images with your words :D

aliengirl
10-03-2010, 02:43 PM
Again a poem with a wonderful image. The solitary cottage on a mountain sounds charming. Would love to visit you there. :) Keep writing Ang because you know that someone waits for them.

Best Wishes.

Scheherazade
10-03-2010, 05:02 PM
And if you leave like wild cranes without even saying goodbye,
I'll be still happy, for they always come and go freely! Being one for civilization, I have to say I like the last couplet very much.

Also, for sake of grammatical consistency, it might be a good idea to stick with either 1st conditional or 2nd.

Personally speaking, I would go for 2nd and change "will" to "would" etc