Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Excellent

free verse
Flow
by estory

Hello my friend

A very interesting poem. I heard ...going with the flow... And brainstorming. I know the Beatles used free flow brainstorming to write their songs. It's a good artistic tool. Good job.

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your perspective on this poem...I am glad the poem was able to take so many people on this journey of natural forces. I didn't really think so much of it myself but sometimes those are the ones that take flight the most...estory

Comment from The_Boy_Whodunnit

Excellent

The repetition of flow and other words throughout really help this poem, and when reading it really does flow along well. I like that it takes you on a journey through different ideas, but that they all flow together.

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your perspective on the poem. I really try to create poems using different mechanisms for producing rhythm and musical elements other than regular meter and rhyme, so it's great that the poem seems to have achieved that. estory

Comment from harmony13

Excellent

The author's words are interesting, different and extremely creative.
I enjoyed how you were able to take a word and write this poem.
Impressive! The poem flows and connects well. Thank you for the
author's notes. Hope you are well and safe. Maria

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful encouraging remarks. this is a format I have used in the past; if you look in the book Patterns in my portfolio, you will find the poems Waiting and Pieces that were prototypes for this kind of poetry. But I enjoy pushing into new methods of making rhythm and music with language. estory

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written free verse poem. When we look at nature we see constant changes and it is the same with our lives. Nothing stays the same. The good things change as well as the bad things, nothing in earth is forever the same.

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful remarks supporting this poem estory

Comment from Cindy Decker

Excellent

Poems can be flowing, too. I love your style of free verse. Your poem has a nice rhythm. Excellent work. Good luck in the contest. Well wishes,
Cindy

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful support. estory

reply by Cindy Decker on 20-Apr-2020

You?re welcome.
Have a wonderful week.

Comment from Kelly Mcfadden

Good

Wow! Very well written and the subject was quite intriguing. Although it was hard to follow because of the big words used and I don't know what some of them meant. However what I was able to follow was quite interesting. Great job.

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 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the good review and your perspective on the poem estory

Comment from amada

Exceptional

I am astonished at the depth, symmetry and asymmetry of this poem. I don't have words to describe it, but I can see diamonds flowing through. The play of flowing words, the unsaid metaphors, and this phrase "diamonds flowing through solid rock..."

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks again for the exceptional sixer and all your encouraging remarks....estory

Comment from bhogg

Excellent

This was well done. It did in fact "FLOW", not only as words, but as the thoughts and images conjured up when reading. Free verse can come across stilted, yours did not.

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and all your encouraging remarks. I am glad that the poem worked so well for you and the work I put in seemed to pay off estory

Comment from Darlene Franklin

Excellent

It reads effortlessly, stream of consciousness from the word "flow," but it took a lot of work to make it seem so effortless. The fun of language, the beauty of poetry, to take a word or image and see where it takes you. Well done.

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your encouraging remarks in support of this poem. I am really glad the craft of the poem seemed to have worked so well. estory

Comment from Y. M. Roger

Excellent

Wow... now that sounds like an awesome trip for the mind in the course of a yoga session: could never actually 'clear' my mind but instead took crazy ventures like this!! ;) Love to see it in writing as nudge to start a new one just for the heck of it -- great job, E!! ;) Thanx for sharing! ;) Yvette

 Comment Written 18-Apr-2020

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and I am glad you went on this journey through the poem...estory