Comment from Jasmine Girl

Excellent

I really like this poem about chasing the "Moon" and the fun and challenge it entails. I like the similes "nuggets of gold" and "a love song". It reminds us how hard and how willing we are to pursue these things. The last line: "The moon is always one step beyond us." presents the ultimate fun and goal of life.

Well done and deserve a six stars. next week.

 Comment Written 26-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 26-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem. I am glad you enjoyed it and that it took you on a journey of imagination and romance. It was a fun poem to write and sometimes those are the ones that catch people's fancy the most. Loved your last chapter of Tiananmen Square. Do you write poetry too? What authors do you read? I'm big into Heaney, Yeats, Frost, Anderson, Levertov, and in fiction I love Tolstoy, Joyce, Cheever, Hemmingway, Mann, Carver and Pasternak. Dickens too, for fun. estory

reply by Jasmine Girl on 27-Sep-2020

Hope you have read some of y poems. I read a lot of novels like Tolstoy, Cheever, Joyce, Charlotte Brontė and Emily Brontė, Hemingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald. I like Russian writers and Japanese writers. My favorite writers are Charlotte Brontė, Haruki Muyakami (Kafka on the Shore, 1Q84, Killing Commendatore). I haven't read too many poetry books.

reply by the author on 28-Sep-2020

Someday I'm going to have to have a long conversation with you about literature and writing. Cheever and Tolstoy are two of my favorites. i think War and Peace was the greatest novel ever written. I'll have to look into that Japanese novelist. I know very little about Chinese poetry. Would like to know more. estory

reply by Jasmine Girl on 29-Sep-2020

I actually had "War and Peace" in mind when I was writing "Last Kiss IN Tiananmen Square". I had many more characters than the chapters I posted. I deleted a few when posting it and see how it works. Sure. We can talk sometimes.

Comment from mermaids

Excellent

The image of the moon brings up many feelings and the striving for what is often unreachable, comes through clearly in your words. "Chasing the moon is like remembering dreams" is a perfect line. I associate the moon with dreams and the moon has a dreamy impact on us. Excellent free verse form and use of words.

 Comment Written 16-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 17-Sep-2020

Thanks for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem. Its always great to hear specifically what works so that you can build on it. I appreciate that. estory

Comment from Dolly'sPoems

Excellent

The moon has such dedication to her cycles and we just let her wonder and hope she peeps and smiles on nights when we feel her mood, a pattern that is never ending and her toil is never complete, much enjoyed, love Dolly x

 Comment Written 16-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and I am glad you enjoyed the poem and that it evoked such happy memories for you. I appreciate all the continued support for my poetry. estory

Comment from duchessofdrumborg

Excellent

"Chasing the Moon", is an exceptionally well-written and delightfully descriptive piece. With craft and skill, this talented poet has told it as it is. I look forward to seeing your next post.

 Comment Written 16-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful encouraging comments supporting the poem. It was fun to write and I am glad so many people enjoyed it so much. I think its really a romantic poem, a poem of dreaming of those moments that never quite come true...estory

reply by duchessofdrumborg on 16-Sep-2020

estory,
As always, you're more than welcome.
God bless, take care and keep safe!
the Duchess

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written poem about reaching beyond our abilities can also be a good sign and we can just grow and find other options that will replace the things beyond our reach.

 Comment Written 15-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments and perspective on the poem. I am glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate all the continued support for my poetry. estory

Comment from June Sargent

Excellent

What a beautiful reminder that chasing the moon is not frustration, but jubilation. It's the thrill of the chase! Once we lose that desire to reach out for the unreachable - the impossible dream - we lose our heart. We lose our soul. We become stagnant. Thank you for the reminder. I enjoyed this piece.

 Comment Written 15-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your interesting perspective on the poem. I am glad you enjoyed it and I think you are spot on...this poem is about dreaming, dreaming of the moments we can never quite hold in our hands but keep us inspired. estory

Comment from Miss Cookie Atkinson

Excellent

I like the photo you choose to go with your poem, they are a perfect match.
You captured my attention from the start I found it to be a very interesting read. Thank you for this delight poem.
Thank you for sharing
cookie

 Comment Written 15-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks for the excellent review and for your comments supporting the poem. I don't pick pics for my poems. I like to let the poems do the talking...estory

reply by Miss Cookie Atkinson on 16-Sep-2020

Your very welcome, that is a get Idea
Cookie

Comment from Boogienights

Excellent

This is beautiful, the way it flows and the incredibly vivid imagery. Nature and astronomy are two of my favorite subjects, you combine them nicely together. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 15-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your interesting perspective on the poem. Its always great when a poem can bring to life memories of past experience and articulate the feelings we have in celebrating the world around us. I am glad this poem was able to do that for you. Write on! estory

Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.

Excellent

I smiled all the way through this romantic dreamy poem and let the feelings it brought on tickle my senses. You did an exquisite writing on this post!

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem. Glad you enjoyed this journey into dreams estory

reply by thaities, Rebecca V. on 16-Sep-2020

"Twas lovely.

Comment from Mrs. KT

Excellent

Hello estory!
How dull life would be if we didn't dream, if we didn't "chase the moon."
I'm 67 years old, and I still have innumerable dreams ...
Appreciate your sentiments deeply as well as the visual and emotive imagery your well-crafted free verse poem creates.

Thank you for sharing!
diane

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 16-Sep-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful encouraging comments supporting the poem. I think you are spot on with your analysis...this poem is about dreaming, dreaming about those things that we may never grasp, but that keep inspiring us estory