Comment from Poetic Friend

Exceptional

Oh, how I adore this poem - the construction, the music, the message and the meter/rhymes! It is poetry at its best.

I just love layered meaning in the opening line. What a way to open a poem! Love it, love it, love it!

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2018

Thanks again for the exceptional review and the encouraging comments about the construction of it, it is a bit imaginative, a bit experimental, in that the musical elements come from repeating patterns of sound and phrases. Glad you enjoyed it estory

Comment from Ann Marie Anglin

Excellent

This deserves a six, but alas, I only have 5 star ratings left. I loved this! Our lives are tapestries, woven from the threads of time and memory, dark and light. It reminded me of a Clive Barker book I read years ago, entitled "Weaveworld." Weird and fantastical aside, the story was about a magical carpet that had an entire universe woven into its threads. Well done! All the best, Ann Marie

 Comment Written 12-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 13-Oct-2018

Thanks for the five star review and all the wonderful comments supporting this poem. Glad you enjoyed it so much! Its always great when a poem resonates like this for somebody...estory

Comment from June Sargent

Exceptional

This is absolutely beautiful! You've captured the essence of a life filled with moments and memories interwoven into a masterpiece that is unique to each individual. And the words alone are enough to paint that image without using supportive artwork. Great job. I enjoyed the creativity and originality.

 Comment Written 12-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 12-Oct-2018

Thanks again for the exceptional review and for sharing your perspective on this poem. It's always great to make connections with readers like this. I strive for imagination and innovation in much of my work, and I am glad that your experience seemed to validate the work I put in to this piece. estory

Comment from Irish Rain

Excellent

Oh, how pretty!
I see this as a scarf....gently flowing on the winds of life.
Embroidered, cross-stitched, crocheted, and in some places, to strengthen the fabric...knitted.
Threads of gold, where riches briefly glittered, and threads of satin grey for teardrops.
A scarf flowing with feeling...this is quite captivating.
Just beautiful.
Blessings...

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 12-Oct-2018

Thanks for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting this poem. Your review read like a poem itself. I loved all those images. estory

reply by Irish Rain on 12-Oct-2018

Beautiful poem!

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

Hi estory, oh, I do agree, and I think you've achieved what you were striving for. I liked it a lot. Your wonderful words recreates the crescendo of voices and bodies moving into one and a unique rhythm. Yeah, I liked it a lot. No six left, though. All the best. Ulla:))

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2018

Thanks for the excellent review and for all your continued support of my work. I am glad you found it so enjoyable to read, and that it resonated in your experience. I like to try new things, and it is satisfying to find that they work. estory

Comment from mackenzietastan

Excellent

This poem really resonated with me. We may not think about it day to day, but our friends and family really do weave together the very fabric, the tapestry, of our lives.

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2018

Thanks so much for the five star review and for your perspective on the poem. I am glad it made you think of the people who are special to you in your life. It's all these people that make life worth living estory

Comment from Gert sherwood

Excellent

Hello estory
Smiles to your great new way of getting our attention with out meter your rhythmic and musical patterns of words,
I like to pick out the part that made me smile
Embroidered throughout our memories and dreams Creating the threads of colors in our lives Like so many voices, dreams and pieces of music
Starting and stopping and starting again,
Starting and stopping .
Gert

 Comment Written 10-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2018

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for sharing what you liked about the poem. I think that part was my favorite part in the poem too, and I am glad that little rhythmic musical spot worked so well for you. thanks again estory

Comment from Tina Crute

Excellent

I really enjoyed reading your poem. It has such deep meaning. I like how you use the -ing verbs to show action of the memories and pieces of our lives moving in and out of our spaces. A suggestion would be to change the background color
To a more lively one, because the title. "Wonderful Tapestry." I'm new to this site since last month, but I thought you would like to know how a reader perceives it. This is a beautiful and intelligent work in my opinion.

 Comment Written 10-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2018

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your perspectives on this poem. It's always great to see how poems open up and become different things to different people, and how people perceive poetry on the site. I'm kind of old school, I don't really concentrate on posting photos, and worrying about layout. I consider it a printed poem on a page, and work to create images and music with the language. But it is something to bear in mind. estory

Comment from meeshu

Excellent

this writing is very much a visual montage of life's images. it took me some time for me to get the cadence right. a compelling poem, Estory....................meeshu

 Comment Written 10-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2018

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your perspective on the poem and its music. It is a bit different, in that I strove for a dense, tightly stitched sound scape of repeating patterns of the same words and phrases to make the music, rather than rely on strict meter and rhyme. But I am glad this structure seemed to have worked. estory

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written poem about our thoughts that come and go every few seconds through our mind. If we could record each thought it can become an interesting collage of thoughts.

 Comment Written 10-Oct-2018

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2018

Thanks so much for the five star review, and i'm glad it made you think of all the people who are special in your life. estory