Ode to Rain
Send 'er down, Hughie24 total reviews
Comment from Selina Stambi
I love the musical majesty of your lines, Steve. Reminds me of Swinbourne and the Decadents ...simply gorgeous!
grey battalion's/s' ... I think an apostrophe is required here (position depending on your intent, of course - sing./plural)
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I love the musical majesty of your lines, Steve. Reminds me of Swinbourne and the Decadents ...simply gorgeous!
grey battalion's/s' ... I think an apostrophe is required here (position depending on your intent, of course - sing./plural)
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thank you!
here I am caught out by total ignorance of Swinburne, although I think I'd quite like to be a decadent!
Someone else wants an apostrophe in 'battalions' - I think I confused with my use of 'tender' as a verb - battalions is a simple plural (subject) followed by verb and object so no possessive intended....
Steve
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Algernon Charles Swinbourne ... a contemporary of the Rossettis and Oscar Wilde ... he wrote some gorgeous, hedonist-nature poetry, particularly sonnets!
Comment from reconciled
OMG, That sounds like you have had your share of rain. Yes!! think you need a break. A great write and the picture perfect..
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OMG, That sounds like you have had your share of rain. Yes!! think you need a break. A great write and the picture perfect..
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thank you!
Steve
Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
LOL And yet you still exalt the rain in a beautiful ode, Steve. I take my hat off to you. I love rain and we have had such dry periods at times that I'm never game to think ill of the rain! Maybe you feel the same. Good luck in the competition, Giddy
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LOL And yet you still exalt the rain in a beautiful ode, Steve. I take my hat off to you. I love rain and we have had such dry periods at times that I'm never game to think ill of the rain! Maybe you feel the same. Good luck in the competition, Giddy
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thanks, Giddy
yes, I know I'm tempting fate and the weather gods (BTW Wikipedia has an interesting line on who Hughie is) Not so long ago we were bemoaning empty tanks and the worst drought in fifty years!
Steve
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
How true this is: Elixir of the gods to slake our thirst.
Beautiful ode!
Sometimes rain may spoil our plans, but the plants need it, so I was glad to have to cancel an appointment last week when it FINALLY rained here--a hard, heavy, lasting rain! What a blessing. We'd been having a terrible drought for months!
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How true this is: Elixir of the gods to slake our thirst.
Beautiful ode!
Sometimes rain may spoil our plans, but the plants need it, so I was glad to have to cancel an appointment last week when it FINALLY rained here--a hard, heavy, lasting rain! What a blessing. We'd been having a terrible drought for months!
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thanks, Phyllis.
Glad you got rain when you needed it - it's the other kind that is really annoying.
Steve
Comment from WN BUCHAN
Kia Ora mate... What a great ode, I think you have summed it up perfectly, flows well, like the rain, and you get the urge to sing it. Good use of language, will have to dig out my dictionary for one word though. I have an entry in this competition, my first, good luck.
The mixed-up Welshman with the Irish wife and three Scottish children.
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Kia Ora mate... What a great ode, I think you have summed it up perfectly, flows well, like the rain, and you get the urge to sing it. Good use of language, will have to dig out my dictionary for one word though. I have an entry in this competition, my first, good luck.
The mixed-up Welshman with the Irish wife and three Scottish children.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
reply by the author on 27-Aug-2013
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Thank you for the kind words and the six stars.
Such solemn stuff is not really my metier (dictionary again?) and I had to resist the urge to veer off into something really silly.
I shall have to check out your effort - these site contests with real cash prizes are almost impossible to win, though I have managed it once.
Steve
Comment from krys123
Your poem was very well written and I've enjoyed reading it very much. Your explanations of the beauty of nature and the plentiful bounty of your harvest has filled your barns full of nourishment to last you winter. Thanks for sharing this really nice poem and I enjoyed the rhythm because it made it easier to read your Ode. You have a good one in God bless.
AK
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Your poem was very well written and I've enjoyed reading it very much. Your explanations of the beauty of nature and the plentiful bounty of your harvest has filled your barns full of nourishment to last you winter. Thanks for sharing this really nice poem and I enjoyed the rhythm because it made it easier to read your Ode. You have a good one in God bless.
AK
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Krys, thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Comment from marycec
A glorious ode to Nature and her bounty.well crafted quatrains. Love the imagery of lavishness in 'surgeons forth' and' buds that swell.'good luck in the contest.
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A glorious ode to Nature and her bounty.well crafted quatrains. Love the imagery of lavishness in 'surgeons forth' and' buds that swell.'good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thank you!
Steve
Comment from nancy_e_davis
Mother earth is just trying to get her rhythm back.
A very nice ode to a wonderful event. There would be nothing without rain. Your ode is very sweet and I agree. Good job Steve. Nancy
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Mother earth is just trying to get her rhythm back.
A very nice ode to a wonderful event. There would be nothing without rain. Your ode is very sweet and I agree. Good job Steve. Nancy
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thanks, Nancy!
Steve
Comment from marre5
Lovely traditional poem extolling earth's bounties and beauties. Thought Rain was being addresses in first line, but then the poem seems to be more about all of Earth's and Nature's gifts.
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Lovely traditional poem extolling earth's bounties and beauties. Thought Rain was being addresses in first line, but then the poem seems to be more about all of Earth's and Nature's gifts.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thank you!
Steve
Comment from SteveY
A very nicely done tribute to the life blood of us all. Wonderful use of rhyming and also very good use of rhythm and flow in this little poem.
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A very nicely done tribute to the life blood of us all. Wonderful use of rhyming and also very good use of rhythm and flow in this little poem.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2013
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Thank you!
Steve
