I really need help on these poems..?

Question

THEY’VE TORTURED ME AND LEFT ME

They’ve Tortured Me and Left Me

In miserable state,

Some of them with their loving,

The others with their hate.

The wine I drank they poisoned,

Poisoned the bread I ate

Some of them with their loving,

The others with their hate.

But she who more than any.

Tortured me, gave me gall,

She never even hated,

Nor ever loved at all

THE FERVENT FLAME OF SUMMER

The fervent flame of summer,

Lies in your lovely cheek;

But in our heart the winter

Lies cold and old and bleak;

All this will change, my precious,

And sooner than you seek:

The summer in your heart dear

The winter in you cheek.

Answer 1

i think your just a bad poet  

Answer 2

Poem #1

I had to read this a couple times to get your meaning- now that I do I really like the comparison between the opposites and the nothing.

Poem #

I really like line 4- could have easily been the typical 4 words- 6 was a nice, unexpected surprise.  Love, LOVE the last 2 lines- original, beautiful.  

Overall:

Read your poems aloud.  Although they make sense to you musically, in your head, the rhythms may feel quite different spoken; a good poem must fit both.  And of course, a gentle reminder that good poetry doesn't have to rhyme.

Answer 3

hhmmm... you didn't ask a question....are you asking for interpretations or something? I think the first one means a man who cannot enjoy what he has for wanting something else, and the one who he wanted most hurt him most because she didn't care one way or the other-indifference is worse than dislike to some people, because they think it means they don't matter....on the second one, I think it might be another version of that saying...if only the youth is wasted on the young...when you are young you can be callus and indifferent (cold like winter) even though you are blessed and blooming like summer, but by the time you are no longer warm and lovely on the outside, you have learned to love and appreciate on the inside.  Hope this is what you were looking for and that it helps!