Comment from Asem.inspirations

Excellent

Hello e-story, I believe you did bring life to the memory of the people and the home. I could almost see myself there as you described it so well. I've missed your poetry. It's me Tier V. King but I'm back as Asem.inspirations. Got a lot of reading to do. Have a great day

 Comment Written 25-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 26-Dec-2020

Ah so good to hear from you again and so glad you enjoyed this Christmas poem; I am glad it was able to brighten things up a bit in this dark time of epidemic. Feel free to read the rest of the book in my portfolio. I will look forward to your new work. estory

Comment from w.j.debi

Excellent

Well done! I could feel myself in the old house listening to the people living there, and imagine the house being built stone-by-stone from the surrounding ground. They now rest in the ground they worked so hard to subdue. It is good to know where we came from.

 Comment Written 21-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 22-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful comments supporting the poem. Glad you enjoyed it and that the Old House gave you a look at the struggles of life, and the celebration of it. estory

Comment from Jasmine Girl

Excellent

I remember that one often visits old houses when they are traveling. It is fun to see old and some cooler things in the old days. I most recently visited the Glensheen House in Duluth, Minnesota in 2019. It has a lamp that can change color in the evening. I like the last sentence:
it's good to know where we came from.

Well done.

 Comment Written 20-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 21-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem. The connection with the past, with the foundation of the society and culture, is the real theme of the poem. I think I got this interest in history from my mom. but I have carried it along all my life. estory

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

Well, my forbears on my father's side came over with the Mayflower and, of course, it fascinates me how they managed to settle, but at a great cost to the natives who were stripped of their land if not wiped out, by the settlers in all their misplaced wisdom. I liked your poem, all the same. Ulla:)))

 Comment Written 19-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your perspective on the poem. Most of the settlers on the Mayflower died too during the first year of settlement. Life is hard for everybody. Migrations have been going on as long as there have been humans and people have been struggling with it all through history. This poem is about the struggle of life from my perspective. Its the only perspective I can write about. estory

Comment from Boogienights

Excellent

This poem does speak to me. I love looking at old buildings and imagining the people who built and occupied them. It's fascinating to think that they lived in harder times and yet had a great appreciation of all they had. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 19-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 19-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your interesting comments on the poem. You're a kindred spirit then. I think my mother is the one who got me into history and these old houses. She loved places like that. I just like to walk around in them and imagine the lives and the personalities of the people who used to live there. estory

Comment from Raffaelina Lowcock

Excellent

I love history, too. So, your poem evokes an appreciation of what our forefathers endured and how they sallied forth while pioneering in a strange land. They set the pace that never ends. Well rendered.

Ralf

 Comment Written 19-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 19-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your interesting perspective on the poem. We take so much of this for granted. My grandmother left Germany in 1911, left her family, her parents, her brothers and sisters, never to see them again. I often think of that. It took faith, and will of iron to get through something like that. estory

Comment from padumachitta

Excellent

hello
a well written , almost historical poem. You have nice usage of imagery and atmosphere.
Those old places that held the white folk going forward to somewhere new, coming often from places of adversity.
Well done.

 Comment Written 19-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 19-Dec-2020

thanks for the excellent review. estory

Comment from Wendy G

Excellent

This is a lovely piece of writing and an insight into the lives of the pioneers, managing with little but strong in their character and in their faith. Well written.

 Comment Written 19-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 19-Dec-2020

Thanks for the excellent review and I think you got exactly what I wanted to say here. We take so much of their lives for granted, now that we live in their footsteps. estory

Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.

Excellent

This is a wonderful poem reminding us where we came from. Your description of those times is real, and I could picture it in my mind's eye. Well written!

 Comment Written 18-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 19-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful words of support for the poem. Glad the visuals brought the place to life for you estory

Comment from Anne Johnston

Excellent

Very descriptive work remembering our ancestors who worked so hard to establish our nations (US and Canada). With all the things we enjoy today, we often forget their sacrifices. I like your style and your subject.

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 Comment Written 18-Dec-2020

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reply by the author on 19-Dec-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful words of support for the poem. I am glad you liked it. You got exactly what I was trying to say here. estory

reply by Anne Johnston on 19-Dec-2020

You are very welcome. I really enjoyed your poem.