Quaterns: Observations on Life
Viewing comments for Chapter 20 "At Rest among the Marigolds"Assorted Reflections
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Comment from honeytree
What a beautiful place to be "at rest among the marigolds"
The flight of the butterfly is so precious within these words
"when I saw butterflies alight on pleated petals spun from gold."
I loved the use of the butterfly here and the Marigolds.
Wonderful creative words.
Honeytree.
reply by the author on 15-Aug-2009
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What a beautiful place to be "at rest among the marigolds"
The flight of the butterfly is so precious within these words
"when I saw butterflies alight on pleated petals spun from gold."
I loved the use of the butterfly here and the Marigolds.
Wonderful creative words.
Honeytree.
Comment Written 15-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 15-Aug-2009
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Thank you, Annie - I'm glad the butterfly and marigolds worked for you :-) Brooke
Comment from Gaye Hemsley
Hi Brooke I just love this form of poetry, and you create it so well, I must give it a go. The poem and the artwork go so well together and relate fond memories. On that peaceful poem I'm going to have an early night. Had rather a busy couple of weeks LOL Gaye
reply by the author on 15-Aug-2009
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Hi Brooke I just love this form of poetry, and you create it so well, I must give it a go. The poem and the artwork go so well together and relate fond memories. On that peaceful poem I'm going to have an early night. Had rather a busy couple of weeks LOL Gaye
Comment Written 15-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 15-Aug-2009
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Gaye, I love the quatern form too - though right now I'm having a love affair with its cousin, the rondeau LOL Thanks so much. Brooke :-)
Comment from Nicnac
Lovely.
This poem feels so gentle and serene.
The repeated verse flows so nicely in each stanza.
What a perfect picture!! Were you inspired by the photo, or were you just extremely lucky to find one that fit so nicely? LOL
I enjoyed your poem, Brooke.
Sorry for the late review. Catching up from my beach trip. :)
Nic
reply by the author on 10-Aug-2009
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Lovely.
This poem feels so gentle and serene.
The repeated verse flows so nicely in each stanza.
What a perfect picture!! Were you inspired by the photo, or were you just extremely lucky to find one that fit so nicely? LOL
I enjoyed your poem, Brooke.
Sorry for the late review. Catching up from my beach trip. :)
Nic
Comment Written 09-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 10-Aug-2009
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Nice, thank you. It was half and half with the picture. I wanted to write about marigolds so I went looking for a picture to make sure fan art had them before writing, and when I found this picture, I got more ideas of how to focus the poem :-) Thanks, Brooke
Comment from Suzie B
Brooke this is a stunning feast of color and gentle movements.
I adore this form of poetry, i am not yet game to attempt it myself...but do admire anyone that can brighten my day as this has done.
Thank you
Hugs
Suzie
reply by the author on 08-Aug-2009
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Brooke this is a stunning feast of color and gentle movements.
I adore this form of poetry, i am not yet game to attempt it myself...but do admire anyone that can brighten my day as this has done.
Thank you
Hugs
Suzie
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 08-Aug-2009
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Suzie, thank you. The quatern is absolutely my favorite form - if I could more easily come up with repeating lines, I'd write one every day! Brooke :-)
Comment from Krugerrand
Breathtaking!
This would be an excellent poem to be spoken at a poetry reading. Even someone who didn't speak English would be able to recite this and sound like a poet.
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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Breathtaking!
This would be an excellent poem to be spoken at a poetry reading. Even someone who didn't speak English would be able to recite this and sound like a poet.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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What a lovely lovely compliment!!! Thank you so much :-) I'm so glad you appreciate the sound of this poem. Brooke
Comment from barbara.wilkey
You're wonderful again. Again, you are sharing with readers like me what a quatem is. Thank you. How do you turn our so many different types of poems. Wow!I love this line, 'Grandma's garden bold and bright,' My grandma had gardens full of marigolds. As I little girl, I felt the same. 'still can feel my heart ignite
when thinking of those days of old,
when I saw butterflies alight
on pleated petals spun from gold.'
Great job.
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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You're wonderful again. Again, you are sharing with readers like me what a quatem is. Thank you. How do you turn our so many different types of poems. Wow!I love this line, 'Grandma's garden bold and bright,' My grandma had gardens full of marigolds. As I little girl, I felt the same. 'still can feel my heart ignite
when thinking of those days of old,
when I saw butterflies alight
on pleated petals spun from gold.'
Great job.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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I used to write almost all sonnets or rhyming poems in four line verses before I came to Fan Story - and it is here I learned most of the other forms - some I had read heard of before and just never tried and some like this form I had never even heard of before. I'm so pleased that now what I learned from others I can pass on. Thanks so much, Barbara. Brooke :-)
Comment from mermaids
Marigolds are beautiful flowers and this is a lovely poem that gives one a vision of serenity. I love it when butterflies sit on flowers. This is another nature poem that makes me feel good.
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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Marigolds are beautiful flowers and this is a lovely poem that gives one a vision of serenity. I love it when butterflies sit on flowers. This is another nature poem that makes me feel good.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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I think a butterfly on a flower is about as beautiful as the world gets! Thanks so much. Brooke
Comment from darkgreennights
Know what for a change I will just enjoy the sweet yellow and gold hues of imagery on this one. I'm just back from icky phoneix but the one thing it had in abundance was hummingbirds so wonderful, so instead of butterflies I saw those little fellows again when I read this.
love
Kathleen
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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Know what for a change I will just enjoy the sweet yellow and gold hues of imagery on this one. I'm just back from icky phoneix but the one thing it had in abundance was hummingbirds so wonderful, so instead of butterflies I saw those little fellows again when I read this.
love
Kathleen
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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I used to spend summers in Tucson with my stepmother and adored all the hummingbirds there.
Thanks for the nice comments, Kathleen. Brooke :-)
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precious creatures arent they, so are the javelinas in a different way of course lol
Comment from Steve Pantazis
I love the way "On pleated petals spun from gold" travels down in position as we go stanza to stanza. Your imagery is intense and your words are a source of warmth. Thank you for the beautiful poem.
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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I love the way "On pleated petals spun from gold" travels down in position as we go stanza to stanza. Your imagery is intense and your words are a source of warmth. Thank you for the beautiful poem.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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Thank you for your kind comments and positive review! Brooke
Comment from Lyrical_CD
Good write...smooth flow to it with a nostagic feel of youth. The repeating line fit wonderfully throughout the poem and the picture was a nice touch to the poem.
Cory
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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Good write...smooth flow to it with a nostagic feel of youth. The repeating line fit wonderfully throughout the poem and the picture was a nice touch to the poem.
Cory
Comment Written 07-Aug-2009
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2009
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Cory, thank you. I appreciate your gracious response to this poem : -) Brooke
