Judge’s Critique

 

3rd Place

2004 DSA Winter Lyric Contest

 

SNOW ANGEL

By SaraLee Rehkoph
Reed City, MI

 

Judge 1

This is a nice lyric. I suggest you repeat another climb after verse 2. Is it ending on verse 3? There's no phrase that stood out in the chorus, but the lyric did stir a little emotion. I wanted to know more about the story. Who is this person, what happened?

 

Judge 2

It's got great imagery and although the story is sad, it is still uplifting.  The rhymes are good and consistent.  I thought it was a wonderful story with a good ending.

 

Judge 3

Really great imagery. There were some lines that really touched me- those in the climb, “With one last look before I go, I see two angels in the snow” and in the last verse, “ I breathe your name into the air, and like frost crystals, it hangs there.” The climb would have been most effective right before the last chorus or as part of the chorus. The rest of the lyric, however, was written in poem form and would require a rewrite with more conversational words before it was song-worthy.