Comment from harmony13

Excellent

Excellent Poem! The reader found the poem reminding her of the childhood song "Ten little Indians". The author's words
are delightful, creative and meaningful. The author's notes are strong and convey the strong admiration with love we have for Brooke. Thank you.....

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 02-Jun-2015

Thanks very much for reading this nod to Brooke, and for your thoughtful comments as well, Harmony. All are sincerely appreciated. ~Dean

Comment from Connie C

Exceptional

This is such a lovely poem, Dean. You combine Brooke's love of dandelions and her love of countdown poetry to convey how you miss her and hope that she will return to us again. I love the arrangement of your poem with the picture of the dandelions spread throughout. I'm sure Brooke will love this.
My best to you.
Connie

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 02-Jun-2015

Thanks very much for reading this nod to Brooke, and for your thoughtful comments and six stars as well, Connie. All are sincerely appreciated. ~Dean

Comment from sgalletti

Exceptional

Absolutely stunning, Dean! Brooke will LOVE this. She adores the Ten Count poems and writes them so well, and, of course, loves dandelions as well. I love the poem itself for its simplicity and flow. But how you have the dandelion going down the page is nothing short of genius. Excellent piece of work and presentation. Sue

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 02-Jun-2015

Thanks very much for reading this nod to Brooke, and for your thoughtful comments and six stars as well, Sue. All are sincerely appreciated. ~Dean

Comment from krys123

Excellent

Dean;
-Just like Brooke would also have written you wrote a child's poem of counting downwards.
-Good use of enjambment Dean.
-Rhyming was superb and each rhyming word with contingent to the meaning and concept of each line therefore making the rhythm flow smoothly.
-Rhythmic meter is iambic with lines of five to nine syllables each. The cadence, timing and tempo which all were helpful in making the reading clear, fluid and easy.
-The imagery was spectacular and also very expressive and indeed vividly descriptive throughout the writing: "To tufted spores now tossed upon a lavish lawn(alliteration), one still wished to travel more, the other stayed to spawn."
_Thank you for sharing and posting this Dean and may the good Lord be with you always my friend.
Alex

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 02-Jun-2015

Thanks very much for your time and your indepth, perceptive review, Alex. Your thoughtful comments and generous five stars are very much appreciated. ~Dean

reply by krys123 on 02-Jun-2015

Again you are so sincerely welcome, Dean.
Alex

Comment from Treischel

Excellent

You also have such amazing animations and graphics in your works. You are a master at your craft. I have such difficulty with the sites editor, i don't know how you do it. Your poem is creative and well crafted. Brooke should love this combination of the dandelion with a counting poem,

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 02-Jun-2015

Thank you, Tom. I appreciate your kind comments, and I'm very happy you enjoyed reading the poem.
Much obliged...
~Dean

Comment from rspoet

Exceptional

You've found a new calling, my friend, from now on everyone will expect you to count to ten.
Each number is it's own poetic seed, ten poems blowing in the wind. From each another poem will bloom and from them ten more until you've filled the land with poetry and what could make Brooke smile more, than to see beautiful poetry blooming in every nook and cranny in this and every beautiful land.
A poem aglow.

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Jun-2015

Thank you, rspoet. Your review responses are just as lovely as your poetry, and I sincerely appreciate the glowing compliments and very generous six star rating. I realize it's not my usual eerie, spooky fare, but it is from the heart, and that's where some of our best writing comes from.
Thanks again for reviewing this. I sincerely appreciate it. ~Dean

reply by rspoet on 01-Jun-2015

You are most welcome.

Comment from Alan K Pease

Exceptional

A beautiful tribute to Brooke and a measure of why you are success in writing from the heart Dean. She has always been a friend to me and I soon sensed that something was wrong. She lost her sister and that may have brought on the aggressive MS attack.

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Jun-2015

Thanks so much, Alan. I'm very pleased you think so highly of this poem, my friend.
I worked diligently on it for three days with very little sleep to try and get as close to Brooke's amazing style as I could. I know how much she cherishes her dandelions.
While I realize I'm nowhere close, my wish is that it will warm Brooke's heart, and extend to her the powers of healing through friendship, love and our collective prayers for a full recovery.
Thanks very much for your exemplary comments and exceptional six star rating, Alan.
I sincerely appreciate it as always.

~Dean

Comment from patcelaw

Excellent

Dean this is just a wonderful poem about the dandelion seed countdown. It expresses so well how Brooke did her count down poems Blessing Brooke and thanks Dean, for this lovely poem to Brooke. Patricia

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Jun-2015

Thanks so much, Patricia. Definitely not my normal, creepy fare, right? Well, I owed to Brooke to at least try to write something uplifting for her, especially after all she's dine for me, and so many others here. I very much appreciate your time, and your thoughtful comments. I pray she'll like it.
~Dean

Comment from TOMORAL

Exceptional

OH, my what a fine and fitting tribute to our wonderful friend Brooke, whose absence is felt throughout the site. I miss her beautiful poetry and her amazing spirit. Grace and mercy to you, Brooke. May God heal you now. Blessings to you Dean.

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Jun-2015

Thanks so much, TOMORAL. I'm really pleased you think so highly of this. I worked on it for three days with very little sleep to try to get it as close to Brooke's amazing style as I could. I know how much she cherishes her dandelions.
While I realize I'm nowhere close, my wish is that it will warm Brooke's heart, and extend to her the powers of healing through friendship, love and our collective prayers for a full recovery.
Thanks very much for your exemplary comments and exceptional six star rating.
All are greatly appreciated, as always.
~Dean

Comment from boxergirl

Exceptional

Beautiful tribute to our sister fanstorian, Dean. She is the queen of counting poems and you have done her proud with a counting poem about her favorite dandelions.
As much as i love this site as a place to share writing, I am even more touched by the relationships formed through the process.
Hugs!
Karen

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Jun-2015

I couldn't agree more about the majority of caring, giving people here, Karen. I'm pleased you think so highly of my poem for Brooke. I worked on it for nearly three days with very little sleep to try to get it as close to her amazing style as I could. I know how much she cherishes her dandelions. While I realize I'm nowhere close, my wish is that it will warm Brooke's heart, and extend to her the powers of healing through friendship, love and our collective prayers for a full recovery.
Thanks very much for your exemplary comments and exceptional six star rating. All are greatly appreciated, as always.
~Dean