Red glare - You said that you were from PR but I really can't tie your writing to someone specific. You have quality instincts for imagery, underlying meaning and covering up the trail - I believe you use excessive semicolons to disguise your alias, lol. I could be wrong though. One thing is for certain: you have a very fan friendly style with a rich endowment to it. The verse direction was cool. I saw it as a comic book snippet with a stylish ending; very episodal, dashing in some African sci fi to top it all off in a left-field way. However, I don't think something like this is a good strategem to beating Frank. From what it looks like, he wrote a full bodied verse, possibly a story which will likely beat this. I think this verse would sound good on a track.
Frank - The first time I read this I hated it. Now after a second read it's much better than the first time. Pretty effortlessly told, very scenic and it had a purpose to the long, drawn out rhyme scheme which I tire of from you. I liked that you took that route this time because you didn't want to veer off from the story for a moment, or you/the reader might lose focus. This was good stuff - good enough for the win this round.
Vote - Frank
I think he outdid Red flare here with mere execution. Rhyme for rhyme you both were about even. Sometimes Frank's off multis throw off the entire verse for me and I have to reread, but his story itself was fluid and I liked the result.
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