Echoes of Artistry
Viewing comments for Chapter 8 "The Mermaid, in Response"NaPoWriMo 2017
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Comment from lyenochka
The only mermaid story I know is the Hans Christian Anderson story immortalized in a statue. Thanks for sharing the Tennyson poem. Your mermaid wants to be Lord Tennyson's mermaid and she's immortalized again in your verses.
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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The only mermaid story I know is the Hans Christian Anderson story immortalized in a statue. Thanks for sharing the Tennyson poem. Your mermaid wants to be Lord Tennyson's mermaid and she's immortalized again in your verses.
Comment Written 09-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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Hi lyenochka,
I have long admired the painting by Waterhouse. When I read the poem by Tennyson, I just knew it had to become my wish Lauranelle. Thanks for the great comments and for taking the time to read and review.
Kim
Comment from sunnilicious
I use to love Mermaids until having found out they truly exist. There's that movie with Darryl Hannah and Steve Martin. And 'Mermaids' with Cher. Delightful... Like your poem, which is so very well penned. Fantastic work. Goodnight.
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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I use to love Mermaids until having found out they truly exist. There's that movie with Darryl Hannah and Steve Martin. And 'Mermaids' with Cher. Delightful... Like your poem, which is so very well penned. Fantastic work. Goodnight.
Comment Written 09-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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Hi Sunni,
I truly appreciate your kind comments in this review, as well as the exceptional rating. You mean the movie, Splash, with Darryl Hannah and Tom Hanks. Love that movie. Thanks for taking the time to read and review.
Kim
Comment from CD Richards
If you were someone's mermaid (even Tennyson's), how would you dance? Yet another great tribute poem from you, Kim. The rhyme is perfect - didn't even have to make allowance for those odd pronunciations ;-)
Well done, Craig
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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If you were someone's mermaid (even Tennyson's), how would you dance? Yet another great tribute poem from you, Kim. The rhyme is perfect - didn't even have to make allowance for those odd pronunciations ;-)
Well done, Craig
Comment Written 09-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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Hi Craig,
You are right, how would I dance... water ballet, perhaps? lol Thank you for this fun, fantastic review! I keep telling you I don't have an accent ;)
Kim
Comment from JoshTede
This is beautifully done. It is more melancholy than fanciful (as the Mermaid). I enjoy the power of the contrast that enters in the final 2 stanzas; the truth of mortality and the effect of age which this wish is made to defy...
"my combs have slipped and chipped; tarnished by clay." - beautifully rendered.
Thanks for writing this.
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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This is beautifully done. It is more melancholy than fanciful (as the Mermaid). I enjoy the power of the contrast that enters in the final 2 stanzas; the truth of mortality and the effect of age which this wish is made to defy...
"my combs have slipped and chipped; tarnished by clay." - beautifully rendered.
Thanks for writing this.
Comment Written 08-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2017
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Hi JoshTede,
Thank you for this perceptive review. I'm thrilled that you've gone into the poem to find the meaning and see more than just a mermaid story. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review. Please visit again, I'm posting a poem a day into this book for the entire month of April, all the selections can be found linked to this piece.
Kim
Comment from Nikki-Nicole
'The Mermaid, in Response' is a lovely poem.
It has a specific rhyming pattern: Every other line rhymes.
Excellent artwork: The image of the mermaid is beautiful.
The author's notes are very much appreciated.- Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your poem.
Good luck with your future writing!
-Nicole-
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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2017
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'The Mermaid, in Response' is a lovely poem.
It has a specific rhyming pattern: Every other line rhymes.
Excellent artwork: The image of the mermaid is beautiful.
The author's notes are very much appreciated.- Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your poem.
Good luck with your future writing!
-Nicole-
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Comment Written 08-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2017
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Hi Nicole,
Thank you for taking the time to read and review. I'm glad that you enjoyed the Lauranelle style and my poem in response to the artwork and the poem titled, The Mermaid. I appreciate your comments.
Kim
Comment from BeasPeas
Kim, this is an outstanding poem. Very well written. Waterhouse's works have such romanticism about them. A fine accompaniment to your fine poem. Marilyn
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Kim, this is an outstanding poem. Very well written. Waterhouse's works have such romanticism about them. A fine accompaniment to your fine poem. Marilyn
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Comment Written 08-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2017
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Hi Marilyn:
My mom has a copy of this painting in her home and I have always loved it. His artwork is magnificent. Thank you for the wonderful comments. Many days I wish I was a mermaid lol I love the water, though, up here, I'd likely freeze.
Kim
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My daughter had two prints in her home by Waterhouse. Stunning. I do expect you would freeze up there if you were a mermaid. Does it ever get warm enough to swim?
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It does, generally mid June to mid August (unless it has turned rainy by then)
