His Better Half
Making the best of winter67 total reviews
Comment from franichm
Ahhh, more sense of humor. I love it! You put a lot of thought to your writing and it shows. We need happy in our lives and you seem to never fail to provide! Thanks again!
reply by the author on 24-Feb-2016
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Ahhh, more sense of humor. I love it! You put a lot of thought to your writing and it shows. We need happy in our lives and you seem to never fail to provide! Thanks again!
Comment Written 24-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 24-Feb-2016
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Thank you franichm for your thoughtful and encouraging review. I'm so pleased that you liked this one. It was fun to write.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from mountainwriter49
Good Morning, Janet,
What a fun poem! I admire your creativity and being able to put a positive spin on this very frigid, snowy winter we've had since mid-January. We still have patches of snow on the ground.
Your quatrains are in fine form with spot-on iambics and strong end rhymes in the ABCB pattern. Your well chosen words create some good imagery. I particularly liked:
I build ice castles by the lake
And sprinkle diamond dust 'til dawn.
Well done,
Ray
PS 32 days until Spring!
reply by the author on 18-Feb-2016
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Good Morning, Janet,
What a fun poem! I admire your creativity and being able to put a positive spin on this very frigid, snowy winter we've had since mid-January. We still have patches of snow on the ground.
Your quatrains are in fine form with spot-on iambics and strong end rhymes in the ABCB pattern. Your well chosen words create some good imagery. I particularly liked:
I build ice castles by the lake
And sprinkle diamond dust 'til dawn.
Well done,
Ray
PS 32 days until Spring!
Comment Written 18-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 18-Feb-2016
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Thanks Ray for your thoughtful and encouraging review. It was fun to write as I was looking OUT my window. Winter has become a spectator sport for me.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Jacqueline1616
This is really well done. I love that it seems, at first, almost like a love affair with a ghost. Just curious if you really love winter. I moved to Payson after growing up in Phoenix. So I DO love the snow and a real winter. There is something a bit magical about waking up to a white yard and not being able to see your car as a car, just another snow capped wonder with the rest of the outdoors.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful work.
Jackie
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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This is really well done. I love that it seems, at first, almost like a love affair with a ghost. Just curious if you really love winter. I moved to Payson after growing up in Phoenix. So I DO love the snow and a real winter. There is something a bit magical about waking up to a white yard and not being able to see your car as a car, just another snow capped wonder with the rest of the outdoors.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful work.
Jackie
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you Jackie for your thoughtful and fun review. Actually, I do love snow - but as I get older - I love it as I watch it through the window. We moved from northwest PA over 10 years ago to the mountains of NC. We do get snow but nothing like we had in PA, where we lived just 90 miles south of Buffalo NY, where they get really nasty winters.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from bayoupoet
This is such a wonderful and witty poem. Your sense of humor is magical. I did enjoy reading your poem and look forward to others. Those Grandkids are special. I have six myself.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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This is such a wonderful and witty poem. Your sense of humor is magical. I did enjoy reading your poem and look forward to others. Those Grandkids are special. I have six myself.
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you for thoughtful and encouraging review. Grandkids are special. I have three locally - in fact they are coming over for dinner this evening. The other 8 are in Alaska and that's over 3000 miles away. We don't get to see them very often.
Blessings
Janet
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You are very welcome, Janet. I don't know what if mine were so far away.
Comment from chasennov
Making the best of winter. His Better Half.' I have no idea what it is like to be snowed under or the bitter cold of winter. We are sweating it out in this part of the world at the moment. Your poem is excellent and I enjoyed reading about the ice age. Very well done.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Making the best of winter. His Better Half.' I have no idea what it is like to be snowed under or the bitter cold of winter. We are sweating it out in this part of the world at the moment. Your poem is excellent and I enjoyed reading about the ice age. Very well done.
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you for thoughtful and encouraging review. We complained last summer when we had some 90 degree days but now that we are having single digit days, we are longing for summer. Never satisfied, I guess. haha
Blessings
Janet
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You are most welcome, Janet. Never satisfied is the operative word.
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Hello, I like your poem about winter. It's very funny and clever. Very well written and appropriate. Your personification is well written and appropriate for the theme. Good job my friend.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Hello, I like your poem about winter. It's very funny and clever. Very well written and appropriate. Your personification is well written and appropriate for the theme. Good job my friend.
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you for thoughtful and encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
That is so lovely. Such a lot of pretty images you have managed to conjure up alongside the blustery ones. We do need to have a giggle as the winter continues to chill our bones. I enjoyed yours, and did have that giggle!! xsx sandra
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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That is so lovely. Such a lot of pretty images you have managed to conjure up alongside the blustery ones. We do need to have a giggle as the winter continues to chill our bones. I enjoyed yours, and did have that giggle!! xsx sandra
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you Sandra for thoughtful and encouraging review.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from vkmack
Wonderfully humorous and charming take on the winter freezes we've been having. Great use of rhyme here. The third stanza is especially a stand out. Really eye-catching. I build ice castles by the lake and sprinkle diamond dust till dawn. D alliteration is perfection! This is funny, fun to read out loud, very truthful, captures our frustrations with winter so well, and has lovely use of language and rhyme scheme throughout. Really enjoyed the charming use of humor. Thanks so much for sharing. Excellent ode to the Polar Vortex.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Wonderfully humorous and charming take on the winter freezes we've been having. Great use of rhyme here. The third stanza is especially a stand out. Really eye-catching. I build ice castles by the lake and sprinkle diamond dust till dawn. D alliteration is perfection! This is funny, fun to read out loud, very truthful, captures our frustrations with winter so well, and has lovely use of language and rhyme scheme throughout. Really enjoyed the charming use of humor. Thanks so much for sharing. Excellent ode to the Polar Vortex.
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you for thoughtful and most encouraging review and for those precious six stars. I'm so pleased that you liked this one.
Blessings
Janet
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It was a delight to read, and I enjoyed reviewing it. You are so welcome!
Comment from danpald
The frost does come to bring forth games
You make my Winter Fairies seem tame
All the storms that comes now
Still must be greeted with Fairies pride
The beauty of Winter flows
With your poem that sets a tone
Marked with slush and ice that fears
The many ways that snow does cheer
So you as the better half
What side of the war do you hold
Winter Fairies with the games of winter
Or Winter Fairies that prepares the thaw
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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The frost does come to bring forth games
You make my Winter Fairies seem tame
All the storms that comes now
Still must be greeted with Fairies pride
The beauty of Winter flows
With your poem that sets a tone
Marked with slush and ice that fears
The many ways that snow does cheer
So you as the better half
What side of the war do you hold
Winter Fairies with the games of winter
Or Winter Fairies that prepares the thaw
Comment Written 14-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Wow! Thank you for thoughtful and poetic review. It was fun to read.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from trumby
An excellent poem here. You had a good choice of words, beautiful well expressed message. i enjoyed it from the start to the end. I love how you play with words. So this Old Man Winter has a wife too. Beautiful.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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An excellent poem here. You had a good choice of words, beautiful well expressed message. i enjoyed it from the start to the end. I love how you play with words. So this Old Man Winter has a wife too. Beautiful.
Comment Written 13-Feb-2016
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2016
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Thank you for thoughtful and encouraging review. Well.....he has a wife in my world. haha
Blessings
Janet
