Brief assessment on diamante poems

Marriage

I quite like this poem.

I like it because every single word defines a part of my very personal (and very positive) view on marriage. It creates a story beginning from the very start of a relationship when feelings are very strong and everything is (mostly) quite romantic and happy. It goes on with this positive description but turns more to the long-lasting relationships and couples that want to share their lives. The end finally focuses on the perfect happy end. This might be a little too romantic (which leads us back to the beginning!) and not everybody will think it realistic or even possible. But:

Do not most of us dream of wonderful, endless unity...?

Children

Finding the right words for this poem took me longer. In the end I did not even have enough present participles. Maybe it is due to this that I ended up creating a symmetrical structure with children and parents opposing each other. And although I was not satisfied in the beginning, I do now think that this mirrors quite well how children are seen in society - teachers and educators constantly try to capture the children's perspective whereas there is of course always the parent's view on the child as well.

The result of my thoughts is a poem pointing out the difficulties of our children's education: They are our future and therefore very important. So we are sometimes very harsh with them, trying to educate them properly. But at the same time they are so very cute and have their own personal needs. Obviously children and parents are both demanding - but in very different ways.

I really like the symmetrical structure of the poem and its double-sided perspective. But I am not at all satisfied with the negative ending which makes parents into anxious and arrogating creatures. I personally think the love of a mother or father towards his or her child should be the most important thing. But maybe I could not write two extremely positive and maybe even a little unrealistic poems within one hour...