Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Excellent

5-7-5 (telescopes peruse)
viewing the night sky
by Mark D. R.

Hello, Mark,

Congratulations on your win!!! I am happy for you, my friend. It's a beautiful 5/7/5. Good syllable count and connection between lines. The picture is blurry. Well done :)

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2020

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2020

Thanks Gypsy. I have no idea if the photographers meant to be blurred or not. But using a telescope or writing poetry, one often needs to adjust the focus. Always happy with the few shekels earned for my placement in a contest. I just beat you out for THIS contest.

Mark

Comment from tempeste

Excellent

Ciao poet... I gave you your 5th vote!

This entry is right up my ally ( biggrin)

Been a sci- fic nerd all my life..

had a telescope when I was a kid and would observe the star and dream of aliens and inhabited planets.

Most of the time aliens are depicted as hostile beings

I like to imagine them friendly like the ones in Star-man or The Man Who Fell To Earth.. ( with David Bowie )

I have on my list to write a poem about them soon.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2020

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2020

Tempeste,

I can depend on your support for all my posts. Always enjoy your comments.

You are my ally, but I am right up your alley (-;

reply by tempeste on 17-Oct-2020

Oopppsss

That?s not the first time I make that mistake

I even manage to invent English words at times ( biggrin)

Comment from Liz O'Neill

Excellent

Your use of the literary techniques will draw the reader in. The power of the pen and metaphors. I like the matter of fact tone. Your alliteration of p's drives the message home. Well thought out.

 Comment Written 16-Oct-2020

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2020

Liz,

Thank you for support for my celestial post. I wanted to add to my p-letter alliteration with ?penumbra? but that would have made six syllables. LOL

Let?s hope your good wishes carry me to a podium placement.

Comment from zanya

Excellent

This 5-7-5 short format poem projects our minds beyond our planet, with the aid of 'telescopes' and stimulates our imagination to think what may lie beyond our known boundaries

 Comment Written 15-Oct-2020

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2020

Thanks Zanya!

The possibilities are endless even in our own Milky Way. I wonder if those astronauts ever wrote poems while on the moon?

Comment from Cynthia Adams1

Excellent

This is a nice Haiku.
It can be read two or three times to get a bit more out of it.
The art works quite well also.
There are several strong entries in the Haiku contest; this is one of them.
Good luck.

 Comment Written 15-Oct-2020

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2020

Cynthia,

Thank you for your good luck for my contest entry. Your comments hearten my chances against other posts.

reply by Cynthia Adams1 on 15-Oct-2020

Thank you for your words. Good luck. I know though that it is always hard to win. I have entered contests thinking I did the best only to find out someone else won. Maybe it is a "win" just that we are wiling to write and share it, especially when we are shy.

reply by the author on 15-Oct-2020

IMHO publishing poems you pen on this site is darn public -- the willingness to write is good brain exercise for me. If someone agrees with my creativity, that is a win for me!

reply by Cynthia Adams1 on 15-Oct-2020

You are right. Good luck

Comment from Y. M. Roger

Excellent

Such a lovely offering for this limited format contest -- well worded and smoothly delivers an almost 'musical' visual for the reader... thanx for sharing and best of luck! ;)

 Comment Written 15-Oct-2020

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2020

Thanks Yvette for your positive spin on this contest entry. Your awarded stars go hand in hand with my verse.