That was beautiful.

“The top of my lungs
You’re my talking in tongues
The motivational quote
In my suicide note”

You make me want to write.
Dope!

Then my work here is done!

I don’t usually read the poetry I come across on the web, but this caught my eye for some reason. I’m so glad I took the time to read. By far the most beautiful thing I’ve ever read. Makes me smile and brings a tear to my eye every time I read it. Thank you so much for putting into words what most people can only feel. You are extremely talented, and just know that you have absolutely made an impact on me. I look forward to reading more

This is more than beautiful! I have no words to describe what I felt!
Thank you very much!

Wow…this is beautiful. After I read this I was speechless. You have a beautiful gift.

Im speechless and moved, really beautiful

Beautiful.

Tremendous! Your writing is all very wonderful. I somehow feel there is a straight line between you and me. It makes me want to understand Dutch(or is it Swedish?) Your expressions are picturesque and strike a chord within me. I’ll be sure to stay posted. Feel free to check out my blog. Best wishes, Ilva.

Fantastic, Most poetry is dull and awkward, but this is beautiful and sublte

Explicit use of the English language. Simply beautiful & I loved it!

amazing

This is really good Ilva! Love to read more, do post some.

I love this. I’ve been playing around with poetry for awhile. This is really good. You captured so much emotion in your words. Absolutely amazing. Very well written.

stunning

This is so beautiful. You have a wonderful ability to put words together. <3 You've really made magic with this one.

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What a connection we all made with this poem. By writing your heart, you were able to write ours as well. thank you. <3

Awful.

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amazing!!

Hi,

This was a very good surprise, I like the sincerity of your verse and the use of unlikely metaphors. I also enjoyed dialectic verses.

very beautiful. i’m not sure what else to say without sounding trite or melodramatic, but i absolutely love this. thanks for sharing.

Like eating a delicious meal – although the subject matter is not a happy one, I smiled when I read this aloud – the words feel good in my mouth. You must take the same enjoyment from language and all it’s hidden curiosities that I do. Thank you for this linguistic delight.

I like the turns you’ve used to choose your metaphors as well. It blossoms more with each reading. You’ve got an interesting thought process going on there. Bitter half – brilliant, point of no concern – great turn of phrase, we’ve all been there. I disagree that this is not a happy verse, I think you’ve used some verbal whimsy here to poke fun at some personal misery. Very well done.

Sensationally beautiful.

u have made me tjank… U UBER TALENTED AMAZING WOMAN U… xxx

I’d like to thank you for bringing something beautiful to this world through this poem, it makes me think about my best friend and how she keeps me from doing stupid things

truth(s) flow through
the parade of words,
and I gleefully wave my flag
on the sidelines.

Absolutely breathtaking!

“I am a pixelated painting
Understood by few
Inexplicably containing
Little drops of you”

Wow! The imagery and rhythm are epiphanous–I don’t even know if that is a word. But what I mean to say is that the imagery and rhythm of the poem are bound to elicit an epiphany in anyone who experiences the poem.! Again, wow! Thank you.

i feel lucky to have read this. thank you

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I almost stopped reading half way through, but I couldn’t click away. Thank god.
This is absolutely lovely and amazing.

Thank you so much for reading

poets like you inspire me to keep writing

Thank you, Sandra… readers like you inspire me to keep writing

stunning, goosebumps !

nice poem! especially love the last few brilliant paragraphs.

That was nothing short of inspired. Thanks for your fine poem.

Most of the time, StumbleUpon never takes me to any good poems. This was NOT one of those times. Your metaphors and word play are a breath of fresh air, and the rhythm gave the poem a cool musical quality. Keep on writing!

that was reeeeal nice, real nice.

that
was
absolutely
beautiful.

p.s visit my blog

This was awesome! It was very relate-able, I love writing poems but it’s been awhile since i’ve written any, but you’ve completely inspired me to start up again! lol… your awesome, keep up the good work

Ilvapie,

what a beautiful description of being present and aware of your own thoughts and feeling. It’s a privilege that you shared your poetry with us. Thanks you so much-it inspires me to get back to my writing pad and start that rusty peotry pen of mine.

Rilka S.

Thanks, Rilka, you are beautiful

Wow. I just got this and it turned my whole evening around, and over. Very good. It is hard to reach me with end-rhyming poetry, but you did!

Mourning a muted meltdown…… I won’t say something from the farthest end of the complimenting spectrum, words that don’t fit because they’re too heavy with dramatization for me; I felt this poem, and Iwould love it if you could check out my work and, perhaps, tell me what I can work on or what works. I’m at punky-bruiser.tumblr.com. Thanks,
Shaun Van-Eek.

trust me for the frist time in my life i read a poem N number of times !!!! its really really good …

Keep writing such amazing stuff .. m loving it ..
All the Best

amazing.

this is truly a beautiful poem!!!

so close to tears

I just wanted you to know how much I liked this! Everything was so beautifully worded and it spoke volumes to me in a way I cannot describe. Wow.

Thank you for your amazing words, Jenny!

“You’re my middle C.”

Wow. This is amazing! You have such a natural voice. Great, great work.

Sarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)

I really enjoyed everything about this. It is so well written and flows perfectly yet it is original, interesting and addictive. I really related. Thanks

i luvd it !!

I cannot describe what this makes me feel and I feel it freshly each time I read it. This is so beautiful and you are clearly very talented. Thank you for sharing this with all the people who need to read it.

Rachel B.

Never read poetry that I stumble across, but I read this one and I’m so glad I did. Best thing I’ve read. You’re amazing.

I was impressed with this poem because it had beautiful imagery. I especially enjoyed the imagery conjured up with the deflation and old birthday balloons. The one qualm I had with this poem is that it seems to be almost two separate pieces. The two stanzas “I remain….” and “I am a pixelated painting….” take a definite shift in the tone of the poem. I feel as though you could easily split the poem at the two stanzas I mentioned. You could take the first half of the poem and flush it out more, following its theme of deflation. You could then take the second half of the poem and really delve into the ying and yang love theme you have going on. I think by doing that you could make them into two stronger unique pieces.

Make this a song…right now! You have no idea how many of my friends would relate to this poem, but sadly theyre “to cool” for poetry, so give this to a singer. Please?

This is a beautiful poem with great emotion in it. The part that stuck out to me was the “I’m not depressed I’m just…” It makes me wonder if that’s what my cousin kept thinking before he killed himself. Telling himself over and over that he wasn’t depressed. Thinking of other ways to say it so it didn’t sound so bad in his head. If he would have just admitted it maybe this year would have started differently. Poetry is an amazing way to say how your feeling without really saying it. It’s an escape, for me at least, from negative emotions. I don’t know what you truly wrote this about or what anyone else will notice. Those are just my thoughts and what this made me think of. It really is a marvelous work of art. Thanks for sharing.

THE most amazing poem I’ve ever read! <3 BEAUTIFUL.

This is beautiful Ilva. Miss you lots

i’d really like to say how beautiful this poem is and how much i loved it and just how thoughtful and, as one Michele Iverson said, “epiphanous” it is,
but everyone has already said as much, and i cannot seem to find more words to describe how truly awesome this poem is.
you have an amazing gift, Ilva, keep on using it

That was fucking awesome… and that’s all I have to say about that. Can I save that?

Sure!

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