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The Wishing Well

quatrain poem

92 total reviews 
Comment from Kym Jade
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I hope all your wishes become fact. This is a wistful work we can all identify with as we each have a secret wish.

Best wishes and dreams

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 21-Apr-2009
    Ah, if only they would come true :-) Thanks, Brooke
Comment from fictionwriter
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What a great little poem. I wish that it were that easy, then all my dreams would have come true, but I'm getting there little by little. Great job.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    I truly appreciate all your lovely reviews, Brooke
Comment from MJMuraco
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Brooke, this is a very sweet poem. It is simple and refreshing. The words flowed well and the artwork was perfect for the content.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    Mary Jayne, I so appreciate all your lovely reviews today, Brooke :-)
Comment from honeytree
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I loved the art work here and the words written are so very special.

The lines "Dear penny, land on heads, I plea to give good fortune due for when your luck looks upon me my wish will sure come true."

Memories of throwing pennies into the wishing well was a real treat many years ago.

I love every word written here.


Honeytree.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    Annie, thank you - your thoughtful review is appreciated :-) Brooke
Comment from Nescher Pyscher
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I liked it!

Short, sweet, succinct, nothing spectacular, but a clean, well-written piece.

Good stuff here, Brooke!

:0)

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    Thank you, Nescher :-) Brooke
Comment from Helen Tan
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OK I have whispered a wish at your well. I hope it comes true and I will be back to my cheery self soon.

I spoke my whispered wish aloud
I stopped to picture this scene, the whispering yet aloud. I realise that most times I make the wish in my mind but there is an inner recital, not heard by others, a whispering. However as I usually wish so deeply, the sound of my wish is loud in my own heart and ears. I don't know whether you will understand what I'm trying to say. Anyway this is what this line depicts for me.

Dear penny, land on heads, I plea
Sometimes the well is deep so i don't look for this landing but I always try to hear that sound of my coin landing. If the water is shallow as in a fountain, and my coin hits another coin, I love the clink sound.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    I hope your wish comes true, too! Thank you :-) Brooke
Comment from Jewell McChesney
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I have come to the conclusion that you can make poetry beautiful no matter what the subject. Did you write one for the mundane object contest yet? I'd be curious to see what you did.

Good job!

Jj

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    No, have not entered that contest - maybe because I find so few objects mundane :-D Thanks, Brooke
reply by Jewell McChesney on 20-Apr-2009
    I understand that statement all too well. lol Let's see, mundane....hmmmm....Still thinking! lol Artificial coffee creamer in those little white packages might fit the bill. haha
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    I think you may well be right - but who the heck wants to write a poem about them???? LOLOLOL
Comment from glacierbabe
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Excellent as usual. I could sure use some of that good luck from you wishing well. I found no errors that need correction. The rhythm and rhyme were perfect. The artwork is a perfect compliment. Wonderful read. :)

 Comment Written 19-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    Another lovely review - thanks! B rooke
Comment from Gaye Hemsley
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Hi Brooke
Great rhyming choice of artwork, the only line I had trouble with was 'I thought to stop a spell' what about 'I thought to stop and tell' just my thoughts Cheers Gaye

 Comment Written 19-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 20-Apr-2009
    Gaye, I appreciate another wonderful review. Stop a spell is an old-fashioned American colloquialism and I was trying to give this a kind of old-timey flavor, but I can understand it might not translate well across the globe :-) Thanks so much, Brooke :-)
reply by Gaye Hemsley on 20-Apr-2009
    Hi Brooke TRhanks for the explaination Cheeres Gaye
Comment from allborn66
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this is a wonderful poem. I like the simplicity in it, great word choice. It has a nice flow and I like the rhyming sequence. The picture is great.
Barbara

 Comment Written 19-Apr-2009

reply by the author on 19-Apr-2009
    Barbara, thank you for another lovely review, Brooke :-)