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    Default Please, would you proofread my poem.

    Please, would you proofread my poem "A GLANCE".

    A GLANCE

    You glanced at me and your blue eyes sparkled,
    Giving me a glimmer of hope,
    Which turned into a torrent of tears.

    Later, I saw a picture of you in the paper,
    You have left this world,
    Your glance inside me illuminating my heavy footfalls.

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    Default Re: Please, would you proofread my poem.

    Bassim.
    I don't feel competent to critique your work as poetry but because it's been sitting here a while I'll make one comment that might help.

    The word "footfall" can imply a number of steps rather than just a single step: "I recognised her footfall on the path outside the house".
    So you could just as well use the singular "footfall" in the final line, the heaviness of each step – and to my ear the line finishes on that downbeat a little better without the "s".
    Here is a poetic use of footfall that I found online:
    "The earth adores her footfall. Its shadows flee before the brilliance of her eyes."

    As I said, it's just something that occurred to me when I read your poem.

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    Default Re: Please, would you proofread my poem.

    Dear JMurray,

    Thank you for your suggestion. Now I also see that the singular "footfall" is more appropriate than the plural.

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