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Tanka(red spikes top)

A Tanka poem

14 total reviews 
Comment from Cindy McIntyre
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Have you heard the saying, "Naughty is the new nice?" :) I love your brightly colored flowers (your imagination is wonderful). Your use of the word phallic is perfection for this one. Such a joy to read.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2018
    Thank you Cindy for your awesome review
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
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A very well-written Tanka. It seems to me like upside down ice-cream cones that are growing on a tree wouldn't that be lovely just to go pick an ice-cream from a tree. lol..

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Sure would be great, Sandra. Thank you for your wonderful review
Comment from Michele Harber
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I had no idea you had a naughty side, but it's kind of cute to see. The poem is a fun and apropos accompaniment to the flowers you created, and when the writer is having fun with what she's writing, it makes it that much more fun to read.

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    You should have seen them before I added the pink to their balls. Lol. Could not resist that one. Thank you for your humorous review
reply by Michele Harber on 07-Dec-2018
    For shame! (tee hee) I like this fun side of you.
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Haha. Silly. You should have seen it before I added a pink fuzz on the balls. It was originally the same color as the spikes. Use your imagination. That is when I got the idea. I could have called it Fuzzy Balls. Dang
reply by Michele Harber on 07-Dec-2018
    Fuzzy Balls sounds like a bar drink - and probably is one somewhere. I'm probably better off I only saw the "safe" version of your painting. Who knows what my comments might have been otherwise!!
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Lol
Comment from susand3022
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Phallic shapes Pam??? What is this poetry coming to!!! LOLOLOL You should see the little fb Christmas Greeting my sister sent me on my Messenger... Holy Cow!! Hot guys and their little naked tushies swaying back and forth to a holiday tune... don't ask me which one! LOL Love the painting and the poem! Have a nice day Pam! Thanks for the giggle. Susan

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Sounds naughty. You trying to out-naughty me? Lol. Thank you for your humorous review
Comment from Pantygynt
Exceptional
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This is probably the best line three I have seen you do. It works so well as a satori and quite clearly it is a pivot as well. I wonder how many will misread that second lie as 'bottoms'. Your naughty side is clealy your best side.

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Lol. I am hysterical. Maybe I should have
    said bottoms. But I wanted to emphasize the nuts. OK. Recovered now. Thank you so much for the extra star and the humorous review
Comment from Mastery
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Oh, my. And I thought the Eagle was good. This is marvelous, mostly because you invented a flower so to speak. LOL And the rich colors (my fave by the way) How did you get that? By toning down purple with titanium white?

Thank you fro sharing, my friend. Bob

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Hi Bob. For the flowers, I used crimson (not alizarin crimson, just plain old crimson. The top is plain crimson. Don?t water it down. The bottom also starts out with plain crimson. Then take a quarter inch brush and work some titatium white into the bottom. It will turn pink. Best to mix it on the palette and make a light pink. So, just two colors. For the dots on the spikes, use tiny brush with teeny tiny bits of yellow. I think I used cadmium yellow. You can work it in the way I did or create a new flower. Thank you for your lovely review
reply by Mastery on 07-Dec-2018
    You are so wise and such a sweetheart. thank you. Bob
Comment from Sugarray77
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Hi, Pam. Your colorful painting lights up the page as you showcase your art. Your pairing it with this verse does emphasize all of the reds and pink blossoms.

All the best,

Melissa

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 07-Dec-2018
    Thank you Melissa for another wonderful review
Comment from Miranda Langston
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it's a good poem and i like the artwork you chose to accompany this. i thought Tanka poetry had the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count though... whether it does or not, it's still an excellent poem and definitely deserves 5 stars

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 06-Dec-2018
    Hi Miranda. Tanka can be shorter. This is 3-5-3-5-5. That is the format the Tanka instructor has asked me to use. He is Pantygynt. Thank you for your lovely review
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
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He he he, this write is a bit cheeky Pamand your imagination is running riot among the flowers! And we all know what's on your mind, he he he, a fun write, love Dolly x

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 06-Dec-2018
    Thank you Dolly for your mischievous review
Comment from country ranch writer
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Cute work up for your poem great imagination for this one using this painting OF FAKE flowers to use for this one and good luck, keep up the good work.

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2018


reply by the author on 06-Dec-2018
    Thank you country ranch writer for another lovely review