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The Wind

rhyming quatrains

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Comment from G.B. Smith
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Hi Brooke
Sawyer is very astute. I would have just stared at the fans and thought nothing. Children today truly are more spot on that I was at that age
Bear

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Bear, thanks so much. A couple months ago he kept saying star while eating his blueberries. When his mother said, No, you're eating a blueberry, not a star, he turned the berry toward her and pointed at the place where the removed stem had left a mark looking just like a star. LOL :-) Brooke
Comment from ILovePoetry!
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Well this sure is a fun and jumpy poem! You really turned something we take for granted into a great work of art. You captured the moment in such simple words. "As creatures huddle from the chills" - I can just picture little forest animals (deer, rabbits, fox) just chattering while the wind is whistling, howling. Great work!

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    ILovePoetry, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from fastdigits
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Certainly a topical poem for this arctic
chill that has blanketed the East. your
words play this harmonic melody that
sticks in your mind and dances around
like the wind itself with no escape until
it pirouettes to the end of the screen.
Well done

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    thank you so much, fastdigits :-) Brooke
Comment from elchupakabra
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This was a really cool piece, especially the nice personification of Wind, that was a nice touch. Are you tired of me telling you how good your flow is yet? Seriously though, your work with meter is outstanding. Excellent job constructing another classic, thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    elchupakabra, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from Caressa_08
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Sawyer is very observant & you caught the wind, describing it very poetically with good examples of its effect.. This rhyming poem, as the wind isn't all in Home Depot, he is experiencing, it's outside naturally and very powerful....Thanks for letting us know....C.

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Caressa, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from MM lives on :)
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Hey Brooke...nice alliteration start here in...wind is whooshing... the last stanza tickled me fancy in an old English style cadence

The world will cower as Wind spills
its frigid cold 'mongst vales and hills,
for neither fox nor fleetest hare
will e'er outrun its bitter air. (awesome possum) :)

LOVED IT!

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Christopher, thank you so much. With the snowstorm my cable connection is going in and out, so if I don't reciprocate a review, be assured I will add your name to the list of people I owe :-) Brooke
Comment from crookedtoes
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I'll give you six stars, for your poem's very good. Yes...winter does blow hard for all that it could. For the earth's getting "warmer" if you can believe that. With the arctic blasts daily, we need coats and hat. As the grey days of winter continue to blow. We are continually,constantly blinded by snow. Until once again spring will soon win the day. When we can enjoy it to fish, run or play.

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Thanks so much, Crooked. I appreciate the generous stars and thoughtful comments :-) Brooke
Comment from LorraineK
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A very well written poem about the power and affect of the wind. Couldn't figure out how the illustration went with the poem until I realized that the litle boy was blowing wind! Very clever. Good luck in the contest. LorraineK

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Lorraine, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from babylonia
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Brooke,
This is a little man who sees windmills and helicopters while the rest of us see ceiling fans. LOL Another awesome poem that goes so well with the inspirational Sawyer.
Love,
Barbara

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Barbara, thank you so much :-) Brooke
reply by babylonia on 21-Jan-2014
    Brooke,
    You are very welcome.
    Love,
    Barbara
Comment from barkingdog
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This is a delightful personification of 'wind'(raging grows; puffs its chest and fills its lungs)
I always enjoy your fine rhyming quatrains.

 Comment Written 21-Jan-2014

reply by the author on 21-Jan-2014
    Ellen, thank you so much :-) Brooke