Am I Using The Word 'vellum' Properly In This Poem?

bob68k | 06:04 Sun 10th Mar 2013 | Arts & Literature

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Does the usage of this word make sense in this opening stanza (vellum)
taking in account the poetic license? Thanks for the advice folks.

'Give me the night;
a canvas of stars
tattooed to the vellum of sky,
I need what is nocturnal born in me'

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Tilly2

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You already have a 'canvas' of stars, so your stars have a background, i.e. the canvas. You are then tattooing that canvas to another background 'The vellum of sky' so it doesn't really work. It might be better to use a really good adjective to describe the sky, if you want to keep it as it is.

08:53 Sun 10th Mar 2013

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murraymints

to a certain extent khandro although that then leaves a bit of a shine and any correction will stand out a mile..and for her maj it had to be perfect..the recipients of these honours bestowed by hm had to actually pay a lot of money to get them

Tilly2

Thanks for the best answer, bob. Let us know how it turns out.

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