Comment from Sarita Méndez

Excellent

This is a very beautiful acrostic poem, I appreciate how it is so well written.
And I love this picture.
Thank you very much for sharing and good luck for the contest.

 Comment Written 26-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 26-Jan-2024

Thank you, Sarita. I appreciate your kind words and good luck wish. John

Comment from John Ciarmello

Excellent

This is quite beautiful, John! I can feel your passion for this piece, and I love how the format worked with the artwork.

A wonderfully religious tribute!

Best, JohnC

 Comment Written 26-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 26-Jan-2024

Thank you, John. I appreciate your kind words. John

Comment from mermaids

Excellent

Excellent faith based poem with the acrostic form. I like your lines "On gossamer wings I now view the world" and "He helps me soar and leave worries behind". Your words encourage the reader and show the positive way faith can lead us.

 Comment Written 26-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 26-Jan-2024

Thank you for your review. You touched my favorite lines in the poem as well. I appreciate your encouraging words. John

Comment from Aussie

Excellent

This deserves a six (which I don't have) so, ****** virtual stars today. I wish you well with your Acrostic Poem contest entry. Beautifully written. When we hand our lives over to Him, there is no worry. And underneath are the Everlasting Arms. Well said, well written. K xx

 Comment Written 26-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 26-Jan-2024

Thank you, K, for your insightful review and "virtual" six Rating. I appreciate it. John

Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Excellent

Excellent entry for the Acrostic Poetry Contest. Very spiritual and peaceful. The presentation is beautiful. You managed to use acrostic AND rhymes... that's not easy. Well done. Goodluck in the contest.

 Comment Written 25-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 26-Jan-2024

Thank you, Gypsy. I really appreciate your sweet review and good luck wish. John

Comment from QC Poet

Excellent

Love the Shadow of Christ acrostic message the photo of Jesus Christ adds to your message and verse that you included. Very inspiring Good Luck in the contest. Blessings to you and yours

 Comment Written 25-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2024

Thank you for your kind review and good luck wish. Blessings to you as well. John

Comment from royowen

Excellent

Thank you John for always glorifying Jesus, and leaving us with a most view of a man who was/is the perfect Man/God, and what He means to you and us, beautifully wrutten acrostic dear friend, well dine, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 25-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2024

Thanks, Roy. All Christ asks is our total surrender. That's a lot easier said than done; but once we commit, we find true life and life more abundantly. I appreciate your review. Blessings to you. John

reply by royowen on 25-Jan-2024

Of course He asks for trust thst He wants the very best for us.

Comment from Iza Deleanu

Excellent

When we pass the threshold of worries, we get closer to this idea of redemption: "Christ leads my way, He's my truth and my life
He helps me soar and leave worries behind
Rejoicing in Him, with no thought of me
Is when I find life breathtakingly free
So now that I've given my all to Him
The Shadow of Christ is where I am bound." Thank you for sharing and good luck with your writings.

 Comment Written 25-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2024

Thank you for your kind review and good luck wish.
John

Comment from T B Botts

Excellent

Hello John,
well done on your acrostic poem. I don't do many poems, preferring to write stories instead. I still like to take control of the reigns of my life, though I know better. It's a hard thing to surrender you will to someone else, even God. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Tom

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 Comment Written 24-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2024

Good Morning Tom,
From the story I just read, don't waste your time writing poetry. There is a down-home Mark Twain quality to your stories, which makes them a pleasure to read.

I think we all have control issues. I've spent a whole life stumbling and then struggling to get up. It's only when I realized that we don't have to rely on our own strength that life became much easier. Thanks for your review.
John

Comment from Yusita

Exceptional

This is one of the best Acrostic Poems I've ever read. It isn't just a series of random sentences put together to satisfy the requirement of "the first letter of each line needs to follow the sequence of letters of the title"... it is an entire story and testimony, with each line building upon the previous one until the final and climatic statement of being bound in the shadow of Christ... where we are actually free. A profound, well-written poem that also has a pleasant flow... Lovely write.

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2024

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reply by the author on 24-Jan-2024

Thank you, Yusita. You are much to generous with your rating and comments. I'm glad to find someone, like me, who doesn't understand how stringing random sentences together and calling it poetry make it poetry. I genuinely appreciate your review and kind words. John