Comment from Ricky1024

Excellent

First built by architecture all children learn not to fear spiders from the itsy bitsy children's poem.
This was well written Rich in Theme and Imagery.
It also, read well and flowed well with no Grammar Issues.
Thanks for sharing this and have a great day.
Doctor Ricky

 Comment Written 23-May-2023

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reply by the author on 23-May-2023

Thanks Doctor Ricky,
Glad you liked the Spider. One of my favorite to write. You have a great day and take care.
Regards,
Barry Penfold

Comment from Debra White

Excellent

Hello :)
I really enjoyed reading your rhymed poem.
It is well written, richly descriptive and the imagery is wonderful.
Lovely touches of alliteration and I enjoyed your gentle humour too.
Congratulations on your win!
Best wishes, Debra :)

 Comment Written 23-May-2023

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reply by the author on 23-May-2023

Debra,
Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. Glad you liked it. One of my favorites to write. Have a great day and take care.
Regards
Barry Penfold.

Comment from Paul McFarland

Excellent

Another good poem that could use some fine tuning. You have a really good rhyme combination with the last two lines. Looking forward to more of your stuff.

 Comment Written 20-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 20-Jan-2023

Thanks Paul for rating this poem.Even my partner who hates spiders thought it was a good one. Well, I hope I can keep the standard up. You are only as good as your last piece of work- something like that.
Cheers

Comment from Rosemary Everson1

Excellent

I would never go near a spider as they do have a nasty bite. And they can be poisonous if you do not know what kind they are...brown recluse is very dangerous. But you did great work in writing this poem.

 Comment Written 04-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. Yes, I do keep my distance, but they are marvels of nature when spinning their webs.
Have a great day.
Barry Penfold.

Comment from Boogienights

Excellent

This is a great contest entry, congratulations on winning first place. You have truly captured the life and times of the scary spider ( to me..lol ). Very descriptive, wonderful job.

 Comment Written 04-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Thanks for taking the time to review my poem. It has done well and I am glad you enjoyed the read. Yes, spiders can be a little scary.
Have a great day and take care.
Regards
Barry Penfold.

Comment from LJbutterfly

Excellent

Congratulations on you well deserved contest win. Your entry was creative, humorous and witty, with perfect unforced rhymes. Most people don't like spiders, but as you stated, they are the master minds of all insects. Great job.

 Comment Written 04-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Thanks for your congratulations and also for making time to do a review. I am glad you enjoyed the read. Have a great day and take care. Look after the spiders.
Cheers
Barry Penfold

Comment from Ric Myworld

Excellent

Spiders are fascinating creates, and tangled webs they weave are mega masterpieces, poetry to the brain and eyes. Thanks for sharing your fine poem and congratulations on your contest win.

 Comment Written 04-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Ric, thanks for doing a review and for the congratulations. It was great to have the poem received so well. Have a great day and take care.
Regards
Barry Penfold.

Comment from Mary Vigasin

Excellent

This marvel of the master poet is evident in this poem of a spider. I find it clever and brilliant and enjoyed reading it.
Good luck in the contest.
Best wishes,
Mary

 Comment Written 03-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Mary,
Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. It won the competition and I am so glad you and others enjoyed the read. Spiders do not get a lot of favourable reviews.
Take care and all the best.
Barry Penfold

Comment from Mary Shifman

Excellent

This is a great poem and I really enjoyed it. I know what you mean about tearing down spider webs. It's been my experience that the spiders that seem to go out of their way to bite you are those that walk about. Those that stay in their webs are more homebodies.

 Comment Written 03-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Mary,
Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. I am glad you enjoyed it . I like you rthoughts on the different personalities of spiders, especially the ones that stay in their nest as"homebodies".
Have a great day and take care.
Barry Penfold

reply by Mary Shifman on 10-Jan-2023

You are very welcome.

Comment from Sugarray77

Excellent

This is a wonderful verse you have crafted for the "Life of a.." prompt. Well done on the rhyme choices and the lilt and flow of the piece. Well done and good luck.

Melissa

 Comment Written 03-Jan-2023

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reply by the author on 09-Jan-2023

Melissa, thanks so much for taking the time to read and review my poem. I am glad you enjoyed it and it did win the competition. Please take care and have a great day.
Regards
Barry Penfold.