Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell

Excellent

Wow!! Yours is lovely, Mikey, really wonderful. I have posted one, and it is rubbish!!! I do like your thoughts. I haven't read your first one yet, I will go and look for it. There are so many lines in this one that are awesome, you have an incredible talent, my very poetic friend. xsx Sandra

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Hi, Sandra
Sorry to be so late. I'm pleased you liked this. I liked yours, it wasn't rubbish at all. But I can hear you saying that and it sounds cute with your accent and all. LOL
Thanks so much, mikey

Comment from Pearl Edwards

Excellent

Words floating on the sacred wind - I like that and then wind does not return. And then the devastation as the wind does not return and the ripple effect. This was a great challenge, very different and it's interesting to see how each of us handled it. Great job,

cheers,
valda.

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Hi, Valda
Isn't this the most interesting and fun thing. Just think, none of these would've been written. I'm so pleased you enjoyed. Sorry to be so late in responding. A crazy week. Limericks this week. Should be fun.
Here's our shameless add. LOL

The Poetry Potlatch is coming up again. This week it's a Limerick suite. When you hear the word "limerick" you probably think bawdy, sexy, dirty, etc. But NOT THIS TIME. We want you to use limerick form for each stanza, with a minimum of three stanzas, to create a poem about the topic that will be given this coming Saturday April 9th at 6:00 PM New York City time. Phyllis Stewart has graciously agreed to once again provide us with the theme. Look forward to seeing you there. :))
mikey

Comment from ~Dovey

Excellent

Hi Mikey:

This is fantastic! Don't make me decide which one I like better lol They are both grand, but so vastly different. You are really tapping into your inner muse.

I loved this image:

even she who bore me
is but a ripple blowing a dead leaf
from a shedding branch
once there was green

Utterly amazing! :)

Kim

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Sorry to be so far behind. Wow, Kim. What a wonderful review. Gee. What more could I ask for. I'm just thrilled you liked this so much. The cool thing is, I never would have written this except for our little fun time here. Coolness. Thanks so much, mikey

Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Exceptional

Mike, there are so many awesome lines in your poem.... it is hard to choose. The poem has a sense of native american tribe and also post-apocolictic world. The picture in the bottom of a sail boat --sail-less it's a great choice. I freaking love this poem!

Well done my Irish Poet friend!

the words have been passed forth
from the beginning
they float on the sacred wind

we who were many are now few

even she who bore me
is but a ripple blowing
a dead leaf
from a shedding branch

green
I could never
teach you

the blue is only in your eyes now, son
it is all that remains of the sky

Bravo!
....a song comes to mind.... "all we are is dust in the wind"~kansas

*****check your name by your title, it says micahael*******

*gypsy queen*

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Hi, Gypsy Queen of the Wind in the Leaves and Ruler of Kansas
I'm so sorry to be this behind. But I'm making a remarkable comeback. What a fantastic review. WOW. You truly understood this exactly as I wanted it to be understood and that's the coolest thing in the world for a poet. Thanks trillions. Irish Tornado Hugs. mikey

reply by Gypsy Blue Rose on 09-Apr-2016

LOL my list of titles is getting super long. I must write a haiku about that. Nobody will know what a hell I am talking about. LOL

Irish Tornado Hugs? Wow, those sound .....interesting? just kidding, they sound lovely. LOL Thanks, Mike :)

Comment from nordicgirl

Exceptional

This is haunting. I just love it. Much better than the other though I enoyed that one quite a bit.
This is in a league of its own I think. Yes! NG

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Thanks so much. I'm delighted you enjoyed. mikey

Comment from Lovinia

Exceptional

Hi Mieky

This is just spectacular. WOW! In unique style, I find your free verse charming, sophisticated, very interesting and most entertaining. This potlatch is such a good idea and must be a wonderful learning experience and an excellent challenge. Your free verse development is vast. Your poem gives a strong sense of the theme, and while ancient and primitive in language, you very much define your own version of the wind followers and their declining generation. So enjoyable Mikey. I love it. Hugs - Lovi xoxo

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Hi, Lovi
Geez, I can't believe I'm this far behind. DUH.
This is such a cool way to write. It's a little scary too. I wrote two of these. On the first one I stared at the screen for over a minute BLANK! That's never happened to me in my life. Wow, what a weird feeling. Well, so thrilled you liked this. I like it myself. Never would have written it if not for our little get together. Cool, yes? Limericks this saturday. Here's our shameless pitch:

The Poetry Potlatch is coming up again. This week it's a Limerick suite. When you hear the word "limerick" you probably think bawdy, sexy, dirty, etc. But NOT THIS TIME. We want you to use limerick form for each stanza, with a minimum of three stanzas, to create a poem about the topic that will be given this coming Saturday April 9th at 6:00 PM New York City time. Phyllis Stewart has graciously agreed to once again provide us with the theme. Look forward to seeing you there. :))
Be there. You can be late, the next day, the day after that. All cool. mikey

reply by Lovinia on 10-Apr-2016

Hi Mikey

At least you're catching up with yours.:))) I must admit, I was tempted by the free verse, and the prompt. I was a little daunted by the limerick ... at least I'm not humiliated by the result. :))) I really liked this one very much. Hugs - Lovi xoxo

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

Wow! If I had a six, I'd slap it on this masterpiece regardless of your silly rule. So many superb lines in here, and the message is powerful! Bravo! :)

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

An awesome topic means there is going to be some awesome pieces. For the very first time in my life I actually stared at the screen BLANK for over a minute on the first one. HAHAHA! What a weird feeling. Jeesh. I'm so pleased you enjoyed this. I'm so happy with it too. Thanks a million. mikey

Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

Oh my dear Mikey, I hope you haven't started a trend. Two for the price of one? Yeeeeesss, I love it, but then I loved the first one two.

Best luck to you in the contest. Oh wait minute, this isn't a contest. Oh well, you know what I mean.

Stark imagery in this one and I especially love that the blue is only left in the eyes of the son.

Wonderful job with this.

Gloria

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

I liked that too about the blue in the eye. This didn't really count in the same way. I had the topic in my head even though I didn't think about it, that's a big advantage just having it in my brain. So this isn't really the same thing as the other one even though I wrote this faster. Really just a poem. But I'm glad you liked it anyway. Me too. mikey

Comment from Barb Hensongispsaca

Excellent

Very nicely done.
I am sorry I missed it. I have one that I will do after midnight. Took me half hour. Just didn't understand it very well.
Oh well, I am 66

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

You know they named a route after you?
Glad you liked it. :))
Limericks this week. Yee Haw. LIMERICKS! Here's our shameless add:

The Poetry Potlatch is coming up again. This week it's a Limerick suite. When you hear the word "limerick" you probably think bawdy, sexy, dirty, etc. But NOT THIS TIME. We want you to use limerick form for each stanza, with a minimum of three stanzas, to create a poem about the topic that will be given this coming Saturday April 9th at 6:00 PM New York City time. Phyllis Stewart has graciously agreed to once again provide us with the theme. Look forward to seeing you there. :))
mikey

Comment from Taffspride

Excellent

The wind blows and where it goes no one knows. I love this poem Mikey. It has several layers, and very deep.

As I read it, so many images were conjured up. Breezy fall days, with leaves twirling. Wave lashed beaches. All in your well penned work.

A great challenge one I feeel sure will produce more works worthy of reading.

Thanks for sharing.

Iechyd da

Ann

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2016

Thanks so much, Ann
It is amazing some of the work that comes out of these challenges. And to think, not one of these would have been written but for our little get together. Isn't that the best? Sorry to be so late in responding. A wonderful review. mikey