Comment from Barb Hensongispsaca

Excellent

I have mine to do tonight as I forgot. OOPS
Excellent telling of the sea as she tries to take the men, and the lighthouse as it tries to bring them home.

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

I will have a look and see if you have done it yet! Thank you so much for reading mine, Barb and the lovely review!! :) Sandra

Comment from BeasPeas

Excellent

Very nicely done, Sandra. I can image that in the old days the
role of a sailor was very frightening. Even in the rough seas today with better equipment it's scary. Rhyming and cadence are good throughout. Marilyn

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you so much, my friend. I love these challenges, and I know you do too. :) Sandra xxx

Comment from alleewin

Excellent

I like your poem and I thought the rhyme was perfect.
I love the symbolism of the lighthouse. God is always with us if we are open to him.
It is a well written poem with an awesome story.

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you, Alleewin, for this really lovely review of my Picture This challenge poem. I'm delighted that you enjoyed it. :) Sandra xxx

Comment from Leineco

Excellent

:-) Such an iconic tale you have penned here :-)

I'm so happy to see someone chose to write about the importance
to seafarers the lighthouse represented! A wonderfully told tale
of sea's treachery, prayers for assistance and the light of salvation!

Well done Sandra :-)

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you so much, Leineco, for your really nice review. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll be catching up with reviewing all the others in a minute. I really love these challenges, :) Sandra xx

Comment from patcelaw

Excellent

Sandra, you and I were pretty much on a parallel wavelength with the picture. I enjoyed your words very much. Nicely written and rhyming is good. Patricia

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you so much for your lovely review, Patricia. I have dashed over and read yours, you're right! I'm delighted you enjoyed mine as well. :) Sandra xxx

Comment from heyjude

Exceptional

Sandra, I love your take on this one. It makes me think about how at times we may all have felt like the sailors...our prayers haven't been heard and we fear the worst and then God shows us He did hear.

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Aww, thank you so very much for those lovely 6 stars, Judy. You read my poem really well, I'm so pleased you got that meaning as well, thank you! :) Sandra xx

Comment from Aussie

Excellent

Yep, the rhyme was all over the place and I think you literally threw this one together. Maybe because you have not been writing poetry of late. Your stories are wonderful. Still, the message of the Lighthouse comes through in this, your poem. Well done sticky-bun.

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you, Kay. Yes, I wanted it to feel like the ocean waves, dipping and rising! LOL. It seems to have been received really well. I'm so pleased you understood the message. Thanks, Kay. :) Sandra xxx

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

Beautiful poem, Sandra. You wrote an epic adventure in only four stanzas. THat's quite a feat!

They heard the hull, they heard it moan
as it tried hard to take them home.

Scary lines. I thought the ship was going to break apart. :)

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

That's what they thought, but God sent His light and saved the day! You taught me well, I almost always have a happy ending, well, almost always!! LOL, thank you my friend. :) Sandra xx

Comment from Ric Myworld

Excellent

Thanks for sharing another of your fine poems that always seem to touch me in a special way, whether written for children or adults. So I guess you just bring out the little boy in me. :-)

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you so much, dear Ric, for another of your wonderful review! I'm delighted there is still a little boy there! :) Sandra xxx

Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

I enjoyed reading this poem. Isn't it amazing how God shines in light to help us through tough times. Your poem explains this in a very good way with a smooth flo of words.

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2016

Thank you so much, Barbara, I'm so pleased you understood my poem and enjoyed it. I love doing these challenges. :) Sandra xxx