Troubles of a Tomboy Tearaway
Too many boys to play with...14 total reviews
Comment from jenintorre
What a great poem you have written about being a Tomboy. I really enjoyed reading it. Great artwork and a very good entry for the competition. Good luck and best wishes. Jen.
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2019
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What a great poem you have written about being a Tomboy. I really enjoyed reading it. Great artwork and a very good entry for the competition. Good luck and best wishes. Jen.
Comment Written 18-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2019
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Thanks for your lovely review and good wishes, Jen!
Comment from BeasPeas
An enjoyable poem on growing up a tomboy. I guess I had my moments, too, but was one of those girlie-girls. Best of luck in the contest. Great job. Marilyn
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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An enjoyable poem on growing up a tomboy. I guess I had my moments, too, but was one of those girlie-girls. Best of luck in the contest. Great job. Marilyn
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thanks for reviewing. I just could not be tamed! The boys were having so much more fun that girls were being allowed, so I guess I tried to be a boy.
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We have to celebrate ourselves and you did. :) Marilyn
Comment from rockmann
Any boy will have to take me as I am. That's the last line in your poem, and it has such meaning. Do not try to change just to please someone or to attract someone. You will not be happy. Be yourself, and happiness will come. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Any boy will have to take me as I am. That's the last line in your poem, and it has such meaning. Do not try to change just to please someone or to attract someone. You will not be happy. Be yourself, and happiness will come. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thank you for the wise words in your review. I had to find it out for myself early on, but I have held to it. It would be a more authentic world if everyone could live life as themselves.
Comment from Janice Canerdy
This is so well-written, serious yet humorous in places, very descriptive.
It's good you concluded early in life what is stated in your last line. Some people NEVER learn this, just keep trying to reinvent themselves to please someone.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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This is so well-written, serious yet humorous in places, very descriptive.
It's good you concluded early in life what is stated in your last line. Some people NEVER learn this, just keep trying to reinvent themselves to please someone.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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I learned early on to lead an authentic life. 'What you see is what you get' with me. Thanks for your review, Janice.
Comment from Joan E.
Thank you for establishing the mood for your poem with the exuberant picture. I cannot imagine competing with seven boys! But you certainly convinced me about your trials with the vivid descriptions and rhymes. I liked your spunkiness! Best wishes in the contest- Joan
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thank you for establishing the mood for your poem with the exuberant picture. I cannot imagine competing with seven boys! But you certainly convinced me about your trials with the vivid descriptions and rhymes. I liked your spunkiness! Best wishes in the contest- Joan
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thanks so much for your positive review, Joan.
Comment from juliaSjames
Hahaha
Once a tomboy, always a tomboy. This is such a delightful write from its alliterative title to its resilient ending and everything in between.
Great job.
Good luck.
Blessings Julia
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Hahaha
Once a tomboy, always a tomboy. This is such a delightful write from its alliterative title to its resilient ending and everything in between.
Great job.
Good luck.
Blessings Julia
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thanks for your review, Julia. I tried to fit in better to a girlie world of other people's expectations, but learned early to lead MY authentic life.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written poem about your life as a kid. When a girl grow up between boys she will become the tomboy, and no one will easily remake her into a porcelain doll.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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A very well-written poem about your life as a kid. When a girl grow up between boys she will become the tomboy, and no one will easily remake her into a porcelain doll.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thanks for your review. I only tried briefly to be that porcelain doll and realized very quickly that it was better to just be ME.
Comment from Michele Harber
I love everything about this, from the words to the picture to, especially, the message at the end, that anyone worth having will take you as you are and not expect you to conform to their expectations.
You paint such a beautiful picture of an idyllic, yet perfectly real and believable childhood. I had a sister who taught me how to be girlie, but my best friend had a brother who taught her how to swing a bat. In the end, you become the person you were meant to be.
Thank you for sharing your memories. They definitely made me smile. The smooth flow and well-chosen rhymes made your poem that much more enjoyable. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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I love everything about this, from the words to the picture to, especially, the message at the end, that anyone worth having will take you as you are and not expect you to conform to their expectations.
You paint such a beautiful picture of an idyllic, yet perfectly real and believable childhood. I had a sister who taught me how to be girlie, but my best friend had a brother who taught her how to swing a bat. In the end, you become the person you were meant to be.
Thank you for sharing your memories. They definitely made me smile. The smooth flow and well-chosen rhymes made your poem that much more enjoyable. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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What a lovely review, thank you Michele. You know a bit more about my childhood now, and I do about yours.
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You're very welcome, and it's always fun to learn about other people.
Comment from Juliette Chamberlain
Memories of a tomboy made me recall a similar situation.
Climbing trees to the highest point that would bear my weight, playing cricket (very badly), doing trapeze from low hanging branches - well you know what I mean.
You describe it well with perfect rhythm and rhyme.
Best wishes for the contest.
Warmly,
Juliette
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Memories of a tomboy made me recall a similar situation.
Climbing trees to the highest point that would bear my weight, playing cricket (very badly), doing trapeze from low hanging branches - well you know what I mean.
You describe it well with perfect rhythm and rhyme.
Best wishes for the contest.
Warmly,
Juliette
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Thanks for your lovely review. I was the best tree climber in the neighbourhood. It sounds like you were a kindred spirit!
Comment from mrsmajor
This was some poem, it read well, and rhymed well...I had to
smile, though, as I remember some of the things you mentioned, no I wasn't a tomboy, in every sense of the word...But! there were six of...all girls, and by the time I was about 10 I could do anything a boy could do...out of necessity...
We all helped my Mom and Dad, in whatever jobs they had to do around the house...I could put coal in the furnace, and bank it, when we went to bed (we took turns)..and so much more..yet I wouldn't have changed one moment of any of it...
Lessons I learned have never been forgotten...and before my children were old enough to work right beside their Dad, (my husband)..I was right there beside him..
I really enjoyed this, it was funny, well written, and I must say, I've know little girls like the one you wrote about...Thanks for sharing this story with us it was such a fun read..and should do well in the contest...Good Luck...this is a 6 star poem, it only for me.
Warmly
Victoria
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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This was some poem, it read well, and rhymed well...I had to
smile, though, as I remember some of the things you mentioned, no I wasn't a tomboy, in every sense of the word...But! there were six of...all girls, and by the time I was about 10 I could do anything a boy could do...out of necessity...
We all helped my Mom and Dad, in whatever jobs they had to do around the house...I could put coal in the furnace, and bank it, when we went to bed (we took turns)..and so much more..yet I wouldn't have changed one moment of any of it...
Lessons I learned have never been forgotten...and before my children were old enough to work right beside their Dad, (my husband)..I was right there beside him..
I really enjoyed this, it was funny, well written, and I must say, I've know little girls like the one you wrote about...Thanks for sharing this story with us it was such a fun read..and should do well in the contest...Good Luck...this is a 6 star poem, it only for me.
Warmly
Victoria
Comment Written 17-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2019
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Oh how I love your review! I think it is a very useful thing for girls to learn that they can very capably do 'boy' things. And boys are often good at what some might think of as feminine activities, such as knitting.
You're so right, my nephew started out playing with his only sister, (my niece)and he's now a respected clothing designer..if only on a local level...