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As Berries Burst With Juice

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Comment from Patrick G Cox
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Hi Brooke,

Mmmmm! Now you're talking, berries plucked warm from the vine or hedgerow ...

Lovely poem it certainly fits the hymn you named! Nun danket al uns Gott! Great hymn.

Patrick


 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

reply by the author on 20-Feb-2012
    Patrick, thank you so very much, my friend :-) Brooke
Comment from oozer
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This reminded me of 'the raspberry, ripe for the gatherer,
springs' Among other things, I picked up on the bits of feminine endings. You serve a succulent sample...
Ever your friend

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

reply by the author on 20-Feb-2012
    Thanks so much, oozer, for your thoughtful review :-) Brooke
Comment from Carolyn 12
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I enjoyed reading this. To taste fresh fruit right off the vine is wonderful. I like the rhythm of your poem and could hear it being sung. Thank you.

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    Carolyn, thanks so very much for your thoughtful review :-) Brooke
Comment from Enrique28
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A beautiful rhyme cleverly put together with lovely language. The inter dependence of the berries with brook and sun are conveyed with wonderful poetic panache. I love the element of appreciation and thankfulness for God's Creation that you see as personal. Great work brilliantly presented!

Enrique

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    Enrique, thank you so very much, my friend :-) Brooke
Comment from The Stranger
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don't you just love harvest time, when all the blackberries stand proud and ripe, we make a vinegar from them, now that is my picture of bliss!

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    The Stranger, thanks so very much for your thoughtful review : -) Brooke
Comment from ameen786
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And I thank you my friend for the mesmerizing poetry that you share with us and believe you me, it's sweeter than any berry and ofcourse I thank God for writers/poets like you.

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    ameen, thanks so very much for your thoughtfulness :-) Brooke
Comment from robina1978
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I love the photo. The woods we used to live nearby had cherries like this and they were lovely. You really did a lot: two Octets and this lovely meter. Nice read the day after Sunday.

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    Ine, thank you so very much for your thoughtful review :-) Brooke
Comment from fairy77
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That was delightful.The picking of the blueberries and nature.Loved the pic and great rhyme.Enjoyed it very much.Well written Adew.beth fairy77.

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    Beth, thank you so much for this generous exceptional rating - I truly appreciate it :-) Brooke
Comment from Melspoems
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This is a lovely poem about the pleasure you experience picking blackberries straight from the bush.
Great alliteration with berries burst and brook that burbles...burbles is a cool word.
Nice abcb rhymes too, I especially liked dining and designing.

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

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    Melspoems, thank you so much for your thoughtful review :-) Brooke
Comment from Tonulak
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Thanks you, Brroke, for this lovely poem! As a very good chef, myself, there is truth to the taste of perfectly juicy, ripe berries. My Dad found a stand of wild blackberry bushes by the railroad tracks and we would go gather them up in summer, eating half of what we would gather:)
To dine al fresco on some ripe berries, now that is really somethin'

Great job--Tede

 Comment Written 20-Feb-2012

reply by the author on 20-Feb-2012
    You're a chef, too? Is there no end to your talents? A musician/poet/chef - I can't cook to save my life. LOL Thanks so much, Ted :-) Brooke
reply by Tonulak on 20-Feb-2012
    Yes, I think my talents end with typing:)
    My Mom was a good cook, even worked professionally and my three best friends in high school (says a lot about my friends) opted for culinary school. As a young musician in New York, I could pick up some brunch and lunch work to supplement my income with them. A professional kitchen is nuts, you could be peeling potatoes one minute then being taught how to make a gallon of Bordalais sauce the next:) Even though I'm blind now, I do all the cooking. My friends are amazed and actually shudder at how fast I can slice an onion; they think they're going to witness an amputation!

    I'd tell you more about myself, but to a great extent, I try to downplay my wonderfulness:)
    Thanks for the kind words, my dearBrooke--Ted