Blowing Bubbles
Reflective Quatrains96 total reviews
Comment from Gert sherwood
Hello Brooke,
Oh the precious memory blowing bubbles
Yes the bubble to me represents how fragile our lives can be and when death comes poof we are gone
Great title
caught my attention right away.
Gert
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Hello Brooke,
Oh the precious memory blowing bubbles
Yes the bubble to me represents how fragile our lives can be and when death comes poof we are gone
Great title
caught my attention right away.
Gert
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Gert, thank you for this great and perceptive review, Brooke
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You are welcome Brooke
Gert
Comment from fastdigits
That is truly a thought-provoking
poem written from a point of view
that I suspect few people ever
looked at bubbles in exactly that
way, the life cycle, the beauty,
and nobody cries when this beauty
is born and then for a fragile
moment it lives and then it is
gone.
Well done
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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That is truly a thought-provoking
poem written from a point of view
that I suspect few people ever
looked at bubbles in exactly that
way, the life cycle, the beauty,
and nobody cries when this beauty
is born and then for a fragile
moment it lives and then it is
gone.
Well done
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Thank you for another wonderful review :-) Brooke
Comment from howling harp
once again you have found the say to tell the stroy of something so simple i would not have thought to think about it . i love the concept of the child like bubble breathing life into itself with beauty as a focus. great stuff. roy
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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once again you have found the say to tell the stroy of something so simple i would not have thought to think about it . i love the concept of the child like bubble breathing life into itself with beauty as a focus. great stuff. roy
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Roy, thank you for this most thoughtful review - sometimes the simplest things make the best inspiration :-) Brooke
Comment from elainec4
adewpearl,
Enjoyed your work. It was insightful and thought-provoking. Your last two lines are such a strong premise and a strong ending to a seemingly light-hearted poem about bubbles! elaine
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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adewpearl,
Enjoyed your work. It was insightful and thought-provoking. Your last two lines are such a strong premise and a strong ending to a seemingly light-hearted poem about bubbles! elaine
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Elaine, thank you for your perceptive reading and kind review, Brooke :-)
Comment from yachtworknz
Brooke-What a great little poem. That ending was just grand-
Such exquisite creations
are born from children's breath --
Nobody mourns the breaking
when beauty precedes death.
So much said in just four lines. Wonderful.
Scott
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Brooke-What a great little poem. That ending was just grand-
Such exquisite creations
are born from children's breath --
Nobody mourns the breaking
when beauty precedes death.
So much said in just four lines. Wonderful.
Scott
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Scott, thank you - I always appreciate your gracious reviews - I can also count on you to "get" my poems. Brooke
Comment from tony bronk
If only this poem could be used as a metaphor for life and death! What or who do we mourn when someone that we love dies? And why do we? It's inescapable.We're all mortal beings with a relative " few precious seconds." I like this poem very much. I've discovered my mortality with my last surgery and my next one that is on the way. Tony
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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If only this poem could be used as a metaphor for life and death! What or who do we mourn when someone that we love dies? And why do we? It's inescapable.We're all mortal beings with a relative " few precious seconds." I like this poem very much. I've discovered my mortality with my last surgery and my next one that is on the way. Tony
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Tony, thank you for stopping by - is the next surgery soon? I will keep you in my thoughts and send positive vibes your way :-) Thank you for your insightful look at my poem. Brooke :-)
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My next surgery is on april 2nd and is much more critical and dangerous. I'm not looking forward to it. It is a vascular surgery and I am always afraid of the anasthesia. I'm afraid of not waking up again.
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Tony, I am marking the date down to be sure I have you locked into all the positive energy I can muster. :-) Brooke
Comment from tteach
Such exquisite creations
are born from children's breath --
Nobody mourns the breaking
when beauty precedes death
Oh, my! I am speechless. What a touching poem. The message brings tears to my eyes. The bubble is "born from children's breath." How true, how true. And then the ending thought, that as long as beauty precedes death, "nobody mourns the breaking" of the bubble. Of course, there is beauty, for each bubble is unique in size, shape and iridescence.
Wonderful words.
terry
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Such exquisite creations
are born from children's breath --
Nobody mourns the breaking
when beauty precedes death
Oh, my! I am speechless. What a touching poem. The message brings tears to my eyes. The bubble is "born from children's breath." How true, how true. And then the ending thought, that as long as beauty precedes death, "nobody mourns the breaking" of the bubble. Of course, there is beauty, for each bubble is unique in size, shape and iridescence.
Wonderful words.
terry
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Terry, thank you for this lovely review - your kind words are most appreciated. Brooke
Comment from Domino
Hi, Brooke.
'Blowing Bubbles' is the theme song for West Ham Football Club (Ian's book), not that it's any relevance whatsoever. ;-).
Hey, this little girl has got some puff, managing to blow glass masterpieces, apparently so effortlessly. LOL
Hang on, just taken me meds, so I'll start again!
Excellent imagination and profundity by you, to make such terrific comparisons about the humble bubble.
Anyway, I gotta go and annoy someone else. ;-) Love, Ray xx
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Hi, Brooke.
'Blowing Bubbles' is the theme song for West Ham Football Club (Ian's book), not that it's any relevance whatsoever. ;-).
Hey, this little girl has got some puff, managing to blow glass masterpieces, apparently so effortlessly. LOL
Hang on, just taken me meds, so I'll start again!
Excellent imagination and profundity by you, to make such terrific comparisons about the humble bubble.
Anyway, I gotta go and annoy someone else. ;-) Love, Ray xx
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Ray, are you trying to make me jealous? I thought you saved being an annoyance for me! :-D You can just annoy me any day by saying such nice things :-) Thank you! Brooke And I had certainly forgotten the theme song for the team in Ian's book - and I thought I was his biggest fan. LOL
Comment from cheyennewy
Hi Brooke..I remember how much I loved to blow bubbles and tried to make them big enough to last for just a second or two. I hated to see them go as they are so frail and beautiful. You wrote this piece very well and your rhyme scheme and syllable count is one of my favorites. Very well done....blessings....chey
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Hi Brooke..I remember how much I loved to blow bubbles and tried to make them big enough to last for just a second or two. I hated to see them go as they are so frail and beautiful. You wrote this piece very well and your rhyme scheme and syllable count is one of my favorites. Very well done....blessings....chey
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Chey, thank you for your many kind comments :-) My kids and I used to actually chase them to pop them before making more. Though, yes, it is cool when one lasts longer than usual. :-) Brooke
Comment from LauraKatherine
The photo really caught my eye. I showed it to my 18 month-old daughter and she studied it with a puzzled expression on her face. Who is that girl? she seemed to ask.
I like your word choices: iridescence, logevity, essence, exquisite. I especially liked the last two lines: Nobody mourns the breaking/when beauty precedes death.
I like the quatrain format for these thoughts. Structured (syllable count) but with enough room to play around a bit. (Not unlike a bubble--a definite chemical composition but with freedom to float and morph and break.)
Congratuations on winning the triolet challenge.
Lovely. Laura
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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The photo really caught my eye. I showed it to my 18 month-old daughter and she studied it with a puzzled expression on her face. Who is that girl? she seemed to ask.
I like your word choices: iridescence, logevity, essence, exquisite. I especially liked the last two lines: Nobody mourns the breaking/when beauty precedes death.
I like the quatrain format for these thoughts. Structured (syllable count) but with enough room to play around a bit. (Not unlike a bubble--a definite chemical composition but with freedom to float and morph and break.)
Congratuations on winning the triolet challenge.
Lovely. Laura
Comment Written 08-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2009
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Laura, thank you for the congratulations and thank you for this great review - that is so cute that you showed this adorable picture to your daughter! Do you and she blow bubbles yet? I used to blow them for my kids before they were old enough to do it for themselves - I'd blow and they'd watch or toddle after them and giggle. To this day we all still love bubbles :-) Brooke
