Ode to the Sea
Ode Contest Entry83 total reviews
Comment from 3boysrule
This Ode poem was wonderfully written. Definitely true to the Keats poem. Very detailed and well thought. The rhyming pattern was spot on.
Dee
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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This Ode poem was wonderfully written. Definitely true to the Keats poem. Very detailed and well thought. The rhyming pattern was spot on.
Dee
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Dee, Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from Cajungirl
What a beautiful story in a poem. This is an excellent contest entry. The artwork you selected is so fitting for your work. Best of luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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What a beautiful story in a poem. This is an excellent contest entry. The artwork you selected is so fitting for your work. Best of luck in the contest.
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from egomega
Well done and with beautiful imagery. I especially like the "word picture" you paint with the lines:
Beneath your limpid surface, fish at play
Bedazzle with their hues quick-silver bright.
A gleaming world of wonder tempts the eye
With gardens strange in weedy disarray
And kelpy forests swayed by currents' sigh -
An Eden yet untouched by mankind's blight.
Your writing shows both talent and sensitivity.
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Well done and with beautiful imagery. I especially like the "word picture" you paint with the lines:
Beneath your limpid surface, fish at play
Bedazzle with their hues quick-silver bright.
A gleaming world of wonder tempts the eye
With gardens strange in weedy disarray
And kelpy forests swayed by currents' sigh -
An Eden yet untouched by mankind's blight.
Your writing shows both talent and sensitivity.
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from Loren (7)
Well, I think you are one "artist" who did not seek in vain to capture the mystery of the sea. This read as if I were riding the swells of the waves and left me to amazed out how many different ways the oceans can affect us and be expressed so beautifully in so many different ways.
Loren
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Well, I think you are one "artist" who did not seek in vain to capture the mystery of the sea. This read as if I were riding the swells of the waves and left me to amazed out how many different ways the oceans can affect us and be expressed so beautifully in so many different ways.
Loren
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Loren, thanks for the careful reading and the six-star review. I appreciate it.
Steve
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My pleasure. Loren
Comment from TAB_that's me
You have written a wonderful poem for the ode contest. You covered all of the aspects of the sea. Good luck in the contest.
~Teresa`
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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You have written a wonderful poem for the ode contest. You covered all of the aspects of the sea. Good luck in the contest.
~Teresa`
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from victor 66
Nature is an incredible entity unto itself. But it has no conscience. You can love it, but it will not return that love. I enjoyed the format you used similar to Keat's. You definitely gave your poem a "classical" feel.
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Nature is an incredible entity unto itself. But it has no conscience. You can love it, but it will not return that love. I enjoyed the format you used similar to Keat's. You definitely gave your poem a "classical" feel.
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from L.A.Matthies
Nothing short of superb, your graceful words span the page in full glory. A very impressive example of storytelling, rhyme scheme and presentation complete this beautiful work! :)Linda
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Nothing short of superb, your graceful words span the page in full glory. A very impressive example of storytelling, rhyme scheme and presentation complete this beautiful work! :)Linda
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Linda, thanks a lot for the warm review and the six lovely stars.
Steve
Comment from sunnilicious
That is truly beautiful. You must really love the ocean. This is sincere and loving with great visual imagery. Completely creative. Nice work.
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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That is truly beautiful. You must really love the ocean. This is sincere and loving with great visual imagery. Completely creative. Nice work.
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from GracieAnn
kiwi, the parallel thyme that you employ according to Keats is well done. The personification of the sea is powerful and engages the reader in her mystery and beauty. Nicely done. :0 GracieAnn
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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kiwi, the parallel thyme that you employ according to Keats is well done. The personification of the sea is powerful and engages the reader in her mystery and beauty. Nicely done. :0 GracieAnn
Comment Written 03-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from Selina Stambi
Your anger dies and still your ebb and flow,
Unbroken for a thousand thousand moons .. love these lines
This thing of beauty is a joy forever, oh, Punctilious Punctuator! I wince as I read some of the stuff that passes for poetry ("absence of punctuation intentional!") .. then I read one of yours, oh maestro, and the world teeters back into balance again. :)
Here's my first six for the week.
Have a wonderful week and I hope you win!
Al the best.
Sonali
And artist seek to capture you in vain ... artist(s) seek
their hues (quicksilver) bright.
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Your anger dies and still your ebb and flow,
Unbroken for a thousand thousand moons .. love these lines
This thing of beauty is a joy forever, oh, Punctilious Punctuator! I wince as I read some of the stuff that passes for poetry ("absence of punctuation intentional!") .. then I read one of yours, oh maestro, and the world teeters back into balance again. :)
Here's my first six for the week.
Have a wonderful week and I hope you win!
Al the best.
Sonali
And artist seek to capture you in vain ... artist(s) seek
their hues (quicksilver) bright.
Comment Written 02-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 04-Feb-2014
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Sonali, thanks as always for the warm words and the six shiny stars - you must have missed the comma that was supposed to be a full stop!
Make sure you keep that world in balance for the remainder of the week.
Steve
