My Favorite Tree
Children's Poetry Contest (163 words)81 total reviews
Comment from Mary Wakeford
Very enchanting and lovely. Excellent rhyming choices and love the squirrel photo. I can just see this scene playing out among nature in near every yard. Well done!
reply by the author on 05-Feb-2016
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Very enchanting and lovely. Excellent rhyming choices and love the squirrel photo. I can just see this scene playing out among nature in near every yard. Well done!
Comment Written 04-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 05-Feb-2016
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Thank you Mary for your thoughtful and encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Spitfire
This reminds me of some of Adepearl's poems. That's a big compliment. A lot of life going on in this tree. Action too.
Good to name the specific birds. That tree is home to many including the child.
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2016
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This reminds me of some of Adepearl's poems. That's a big compliment. A lot of life going on in this tree. Action too.
Good to name the specific birds. That tree is home to many including the child.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 02-Feb-2016
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Wow! You have definitely made my day. I loved her poetry and miss seeing her name come up in my messages. This is probably the best compliment I have ever received on this site. Thank you for your kind and encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from pbroussard209
This certainly brought back memories for me. One of my best friends was my Tree. I had a back up tree too. From the branches I could spy on the world, and I could be what ever I wanted to be.
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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This certainly brought back memories for me. One of my best friends was my Tree. I had a back up tree too. From the branches I could spy on the world, and I could be what ever I wanted to be.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you for your encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from misscookie
Even though I was not a tom girl like my sister
I loved to watch her climb trees in the city were we live
were only two or three.
You put a smile on my face just thinking of those memories.
Thank you for a fun like poem.
Cookie
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Even though I was not a tom girl like my sister
I loved to watch her climb trees in the city were we live
were only two or three.
You put a smile on my face just thinking of those memories.
Thank you for a fun like poem.
Cookie
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you misscookie for your thoughtful and encouraging review. I wasn't a tom girl either but my daughter was and still is. Thank you too for the sparkling six stars.
Blessings
Janet
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You're very welcome I had two daughters one was a tom girl and the other was miss prissy. Take care.
Cookie
Comment from Pantygynt
Intelligent reading for meaning can easily overcome the different rhythms contained in this poem.
I am not one of those people who believes that rhythm should always be regular. There is a place for total regularity and a place for deviation from it. The fact that this does not hold a regular rhythm will make a good teaching point when introducing children to the increasingly wide range of stuff that goes by the name of poetry. It demonstrates so well that not everything needs to bounce regularly along like humpty dumpty.
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Intelligent reading for meaning can easily overcome the different rhythms contained in this poem.
I am not one of those people who believes that rhythm should always be regular. There is a place for total regularity and a place for deviation from it. The fact that this does not hold a regular rhythm will make a good teaching point when introducing children to the increasingly wide range of stuff that goes by the name of poetry. It demonstrates so well that not everything needs to bounce regularly along like humpty dumpty.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you for your encouraging review.
We could not give any notes with this contest but if I could have I would have explained that the meter is anapestic which is da,da DUM, da, da DUM, etc. An example of anapestic meter is, "Twas the night before Chirsmas when all through the house". My poem isn't perfect anapestic meter but that's what I was going for.
Blessings
Janet
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Thanks for this. I noticed the anapaestic feel to it but it did not seem to me t be maintained regularly throughout.
Comment from TPAC
Delightful read. If I had children I would read this to them. Writer tender write is captivating and poetic structuring endearing.
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Delightful read. If I had children I would read this to them. Writer tender write is captivating and poetic structuring endearing.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you for your encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from MacMhuirich
That is a delightful poem that children of all ages will love. It has all the elements of adventure, fun, animals, birds and surprise. Thank you for sharing and best wishes for the contest.
Bless you
John
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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That is a delightful poem that children of all ages will love. It has all the elements of adventure, fun, animals, birds and surprise. Thank you for sharing and best wishes for the contest.
Bless you
John
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you John for your encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Weezyel
An amazing poem that grips the reader throughout, lovely rhythm and flows eloquently. A great children's poem, I would love to share it with my own.
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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An amazing poem that grips the reader throughout, lovely rhythm and flows eloquently. A great children's poem, I would love to share it with my own.
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you for your thoughtful and encouraging review and for the sparkling six stars. I hope you do share it and I hope they enjoy it.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Amy Greta
This is a perfect poem for children! It's got the animal component, the flawless rhyme, the sing-song rhythm, the humor, and element of surprise (an ant, oh my no, there were three). Children can also relate to the love of a familiar place, the annoyance of imposters, and of course, the call from mother to come home.
Excellent!
Amy
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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This is a perfect poem for children! It's got the animal component, the flawless rhyme, the sing-song rhythm, the humor, and element of surprise (an ant, oh my no, there were three). Children can also relate to the love of a familiar place, the annoyance of imposters, and of course, the call from mother to come home.
Excellent!
Amy
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you for your thoughtful and encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Kassa-Leigh
That was an excellent poem! It was well-written and very cute. I enjoyed it very much and I hope to read more of your work. God bless!
Cheryl-Lynette
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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That was an excellent poem! It was well-written and very cute. I enjoyed it very much and I hope to read more of your work. God bless!
Cheryl-Lynette
Comment Written 01-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 01-Feb-2016
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Thank you Cheryl-Lynette for your encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
