On a Day Alive with Promise
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7177 total reviews
Comment from barbara.wilkey
I loved this poem and I am so jealous that Sawyer gets to sniff LARGE morning glories. Mine are very small. I keep hoping they will turn large, but it just isn't happening.
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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I loved this poem and I am so jealous that Sawyer gets to sniff LARGE morning glories. Mine are very small. I keep hoping they will turn large, but it just isn't happening.
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Barbara, thank you so much for your generous and lovely response to this poem. Encino seems to be a great place for flowers :-) Brooke
Comment from LoannaLois
This is a wonderful WONDERFUL poem. Your talent is honestly a great talent. Did you always write? He blessed you with the ability to see under the words to the bedrock needed...and then see ahead to see what will finish your thought...I loved it...and needed a 6.
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This is a wonderful WONDERFUL poem. Your talent is honestly a great talent. Did you always write? He blessed you with the ability to see under the words to the bedrock needed...and then see ahead to see what will finish your thought...I loved it...and needed a 6.
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Lois, thank you so much. When I was a kid I wrote stories and poems, and then college and grad school came along when I wrote lots and lots of academic papers. During grad school I became an anti-apartheid activist and then later a professional activist who wrote lots of informational and rabble-rousing material, but it wasn't until my kids were in high school that I turned my attention to poetry again. :-)
Comment from seren james
Morning Glory, my favourite flower. They do not flower so profusely here, but where you are I've seen the beauty of them. This poem is a very good tribute to the flower. Your verses create lovely imagery and the little one enhances the beauty even more.
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Morning Glory, my favourite flower. They do not flower so profusely here, but where you are I've seen the beauty of them. This poem is a very good tribute to the flower. Your verses create lovely imagery and the little one enhances the beauty even more.
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Seren, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from humpwhistle
Like Sawyer, I've often found the day/night thing a
little too arbitrary. But I've gotten little satisfaction fron Ye Olde Complaint Department.
Again, Brooke, you make it all look so easy.
Peace, Lee
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Like Sawyer, I've often found the day/night thing a
little too arbitrary. But I've gotten little satisfaction fron Ye Olde Complaint Department.
Again, Brooke, you make it all look so easy.
Peace, Lee
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Lee, thank you :-) Do you have the current phone number for Ye Olde Complaint Department? I have a few issues I'd like to discuss with them ;-) I appreciate your pretty sixth star. Brooke
Comment from LateBloomer
Hello adewpearl, Brooke, a beautifully penned piece of commentary and philosophy poetry. It is sad when a person gets fixated on One thing or thought that they fail to see the beauty around them and all that they have, or could have, vs. the have not's. I especially liked:
I was sorely disappointed
that the moon had gone to bed,
till a hummingbird suggested
that I search for dew instead.
(The essence of this poem.)
Enjoy your dew drops. The day is still young. LateBloomer
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Hello adewpearl, Brooke, a beautifully penned piece of commentary and philosophy poetry. It is sad when a person gets fixated on One thing or thought that they fail to see the beauty around them and all that they have, or could have, vs. the have not's. I especially liked:
I was sorely disappointed
that the moon had gone to bed,
till a hummingbird suggested
that I search for dew instead.
(The essence of this poem.)
Enjoy your dew drops. The day is still young. LateBloomer
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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LateBloomer, thank you so very much :-) Brooke
Comment from donaldww
I like the anapest with iambic meter. Also the amphibrach feet at the end of lines 1 and 3 of each stanza, with iambic feet ending lines 2 and 4.
Waiting for the moon to rise only at night requires patience.
For now, let it rest during the day. LOL
Cheers,
DW
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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I like the anapest with iambic meter. Also the amphibrach feet at the end of lines 1 and 3 of each stanza, with iambic feet ending lines 2 and 4.
Waiting for the moon to rise only at night requires patience.
For now, let it rest during the day. LOL
Cheers,
DW
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Thanks so much, Donald :-) Brooke
Comment from honeytree
The art work is superb
The words have been written so very well.
I guess a moonbeam would be great
but great to find some dew on a vine instead.
honey tree
I have no six
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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The art work is superb
The words have been written so very well.
I guess a moonbeam would be great
but great to find some dew on a vine instead.
honey tree
I have no six
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Annie, thank you so much :-) Brooke
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I liked what you wrote very much.
honeytree
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi Brooke
~ Nice poem about nature - giving a fresh feeling with the dew an the hummingbirds.
~ The pix is really cute - is he your son/grandson?
Cheers
Keep Smilin'.... Jax
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Hi Brooke
~ Nice poem about nature - giving a fresh feeling with the dew an the hummingbirds.
~ The pix is really cute - is he your son/grandson?
Cheers
Keep Smilin'.... Jax
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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Thanks so much, Jax. Sawyer is my one and only grand child :-) Brooke
Comment from persevere
A delightful portrayal of a diurnal cycle;the innocent search for a moonbeam at daybreak only to become a quest for the dew drops whose presence is alerted by the hummingbird. I am in awe that you have managed all of this in a mixture of anapestic and iambic feet and' of course, Sawyer seals the creation.
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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A delightful portrayal of a diurnal cycle;the innocent search for a moonbeam at daybreak only to become a quest for the dew drops whose presence is alerted by the hummingbird. I am in awe that you have managed all of this in a mixture of anapestic and iambic feet and' of course, Sawyer seals the creation.
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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persevere, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from duchessofdrumborg
'On a Day Alive With Promise' is an extremely well-written and delightfully descriptive piece. It was a pleasure to review this talented poet's work.
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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'On a Day Alive With Promise' is an extremely well-written and delightfully descriptive piece. It was a pleasure to review this talented poet's work.
Comment Written 26-Apr-2014
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2014
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duchess, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Brooke, as always you're very welcome
-:) the Duchess
