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Comment from Baltimore Born
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This is a well-crafted poem. This poem reads and flows well. Good personification with "ground wears it's Sunday best". Excellent complimentary picture. Nice job.

 Comment Written 16-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words.

    Gypsy hugs
reply by Baltimore Born on 16-Mar-2024
    You're welcome.
Comment from Karen Cherry Threadgill
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A lovely poem and sentiment. A very expressive picture as well. I am jamming with my mixes from you tube. Elton John, Don Maclaine, Neil Young, Beatles, all the greats, I may forget certain things from time to time, but not my songs. Great writing. Karen :-)

 Comment Written 16-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    I love all the musicians you mentioned.

    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Gypsy hugs
reply by Karen Cherry Threadgill on 16-Mar-2024
    You too :-)
Comment from Esther Brown
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I do love your images, both the choice of art and words you choose to describe them. Absolutely. We were riding the Harley today...and I wish I could wrap the Harley riding feeling in words. Leaving responsibilities and phones behind...riding through the mountains capped with snow. We have a ride we do down daffodil lane. Long ago someone planted them for miles along a country road. Esther

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    I remember riding a motorcycle with my exhusband, it was so much fun. The smells, the wind the sun, everything seems more vibrant.

    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Have a wonderful weekend.

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Comment from jessizero
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I liked your take on cherry blossoms as the ground's "Sunday best" on the path to chuch. You are, as always, a very gifted poet. Thank you for sharing, and best wishes to you.

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 15-Mar-2024
    Thank you very much, Jessi.

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Comment from Mark D. R.
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Gypsy,

This is a good example Gogyohka poem. I would have preferred a more classical Haiku version as follows:

cherry blossoms fall
across the path to the church -
ground wears Sunday best

Mark

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    No thank you. Gogyohka is not haiku .. the only requirement is five lines.

    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Gypsy hugs
Comment from GWHARGIS
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I remember being lucky enough to visit Washington DC when I was young. It was spring and the weather was just beautiful. The trees were just ablaze with color. I can picture it now. Gretchen

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Have a wonderful weekend.

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Comment from barbara.wilkey
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I'm pretty sure I've shared before that one of my favorite pastimes is to walk through the Tidal Basin in Washington DC when the cherry blossoms are in bloom. The gorgeous bloom and the smell are perfect. Your poem reminded me of this. I think Shelly did a poem about cherry blossoms too. Thank you.

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    Yes, Shelley wrote a poem about cherry blossoms too. She is so good.

    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words.

    Gypsy hugs
Comment from shelley kaye
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cool cherry blossom gogyohka!
cherry blossoms are my second fave flower - daisies are my fave
great imagery and i like the sunday's best across the church parking lot

one suggestion i have is maybe move 'across' to the third line to make it longest so it goes across the page...

cherry blossoms

f a l l

across the path to the church---

ground wears

its Sunday best


just a thought! nice one! thank you for sharing
shelley :)

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    Thank you , I changed it.

    Thank you very much, Shelley.

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Comment from Rosemary Everson1
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What a gorgeous poem with stunning words written. I love the thought of walking down a path to the church with cherry blossoms at my feet. Cherry blossoms in the state of Washington DC, are a spectacular site.

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Gypsy hugs
Comment from royowen
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I really like this, the joyousness of flowers which are the symbolic expression of things, as we age we can see all the benefits of the years, with literary expression being one of them, well done, blessings. Roy

 Comment Written 15-Mar-2024


reply by the author on 16-Mar-2024
    Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Gypsy hugs
reply by royowen on 16-Mar-2024
    Most welcome