Comment from winnona

Excellent

A well-written contest entry. Your words flowed well line to line combining easily and forming the message of the poem for the reader. I think you completed the challenge of the contest well.

 Comment Written 24-Dec-2016

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reply by the author on 24-Dec-2016

Thanks, Winnona! I'm glad it meets your standards.
Happy holidays!!

Comment from Lu Saluna

Excellent

for a stand alone poem it is fine but as a free verse entry this does not meet the criteria as there is a great deal of rhyming in it.
I like it but unfortunately I don't see that it fits in the category for which you have entered this poem in.

 Comment Written 24-Dec-2016

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reply by the author on 24-Dec-2016

Lu, you have a basic misunderstanding of free verse - which I use frequently, usually ?with a great deal of rhyming,? but not a fixed rhyme scheme. There are several different definitions of free verse, but the common denominator is that it doesn?t follow a fixed metrical pattern. You likely are confusing free verse with blank verse, which doesn?t include rhyming.

Don't feel bad, because lots of other FS writers have been confused by these forms.

I would appreciate it, though, if you?d re-examine the poem, and your review, and especially, the 4-star rating. Thank you.

reply by Lu Saluna on 24-Dec-2016

I have gone and re-read the definition and I was mistaken. Thank you for enlightening me. When I have written free verse, it has always been blank free verse. Which has been my understanding but I obviously was wrong. I will revise my rating as you are in compliance. Your poem rhymes but it is irregular as you have stated. Thank you for the clarification.

Comment from Bill Schott

Excellent

I was blown away with this. Quite publishable I'd dare say and funny as can be. The theme was consistent all the way through and the voice a shear naughty delight. I may pick this over the free verse that reminded me of Christmas past. Nice.

 Comment Written 24-Dec-2016

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reply by the author on 24-Dec-2016

Thanks for your terrific compliments, Bill! I don't know what you mean about picking it over another free verse, but, by all means, do pick anyway.
Merry Christmas!

Comment from mbroyles2

Excellent

Well this is interesting
It reads well with a touch or two of humor.
Never thought until the end that it was written by a man.
Who needs a clone none the less.
Really nice.
Have a Merry Christmas
Michael

 Comment Written 24-Dec-2016

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reply by the author on 24-Dec-2016

Being granted even a reluctant "touch or two" of humor is a present, nonetheless. (I would have thought Scrooge was dead by now.) ;-)
'Tis the season to be jolly!
Merry Christmas, to you, too, Michael!