Comment from janalma

Excellent

We even have those birds here in Missouri. They are always around the creeks and rivers here, too. I like your poem describing a sighting of one of these pretty colored birds. It is smooth and has no awkward phrasing.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2015

Thanks for a great review. Elaine

Comment from mauial

Excellent

This had a real free flow to it. An in the moment poem, is what I call this form because it just seems a natural expression of what you feel, see, touch, hear or taste.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2015

Thanks for a great review. Elaine

Comment from Eric1

Excellent

Hi Elaine, this is a really wonderful and so well written free verse poem, absolutely brilliant use of beautiful description and great imagery, thank you for sharing my friend.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2015

Thanks for a great review. Elaine

reply by Eric1 on 06-Dec-2015

You are very welcome my friend.

Comment from c_lucas

Excellent

Cape Cod Canal - You have it in your poem, "Cape cod Canal." This is very well written with a smooth flow of words, making for a very good read.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2015

Thanks for a great review. Elaine

Comment from writeapoem

Excellent

I have never saw one before and your poem speaks truth I am sure though a picture is worth a thousand words seeing this beautiful fowl specimen in person would be a delight. All the best and God Bless

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2015

Thanks for a great review. Elaine

Comment from Pantygynt

Excellent

We don't get the blue ones here just the common or garden grey ones, but even they are creatures of beauty and expert fishers. There's only one problem though - the fish are beautiful too:

"GLORY be to God for dappled things--
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim..."
Gerard Manley Hopkins - Pied beauty.

And the heron eats them.
And so do we.

Squaring this particular circle is a problem, do you not think?

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2015

Thanks for reading and enjoying. Elaine

Comment from ~Dovey

Excellent

This is a lovely tribute to the great blue heron. The picture and the poem match well and I appreciated you including the illustration. My favorite image from your poem:

ambles over sea
worn rocks
searching for more lunch

Great job!

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2015

Thanks for a lovely review. Elaine

Comment from Tessa Kay

Excellent

Isn't it a gorgeous bird! I'm not surprised, you call her nature's gift of beauty.
I like how you describe the bird ambling over sea worn rocks. Very nice. :)

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2015

Thanks for a great review. Elaine

Comment from N.K. Wagner

Excellent

You make the rotten koi thieves sound so serene and harmless, mermaids. We have one who's gonna get his neck tied in a knot if he doesn't leave my fish alone. And does he eat the small ones?
No-o! He waits till they're eight or ten inches long. Mind you, the pond is right by a well-stocked lake...

Great job, by the way.
:D Nancy

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2015

Love your review. Thanks so much. Elaine

Comment from quicksandyamurray

Excellent

They are icons of the shoreline. They command your attention with their regal poise while on the hunt. This is a well said description of how they impact one's life and memories. My memory is with my children who saw one come in for a landing in the marsh behind our house, and the ran inside and told me a pterodactyl had flown in. Lol.Thank you for sharing

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2015

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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2015

Love that your children described the Great Blue Heron as a pterodactyl! Thanks for a great review. Elaine