Their Healing, Joyful Songs
Still resonating throughout my life...56 total reviews
Comment from jacquelyn popp
Great poem. I enjoyed reading this. Very nicely done. Well done with your rhyming pattern, and your words flowed nicely. I especially like your verse nature's songs are symphonies. How true this is. The artwork was beautiful and went well with your poem. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Great poem. I enjoyed reading this. Very nicely done. Well done with your rhyming pattern, and your words flowed nicely. I especially like your verse nature's songs are symphonies. How true this is. The artwork was beautiful and went well with your poem. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Much appreciated, jacquelyn!
Thank you!
Comment from Verna Cole Mitchell
What a beautiful poem, using poetic devices very creatively. The meter and rhyme help to make it beautiful, but for me, it is the thought running through it that makes it outstanding. I hope it wins. It's a winner for me.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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What a beautiful poem, using poetic devices very creatively. The meter and rhyme help to make it beautiful, but for me, it is the thought running through it that makes it outstanding. I hope it wins. It's a winner for me.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Hello, Verna!
I am honored by your exceptional rating and thoughtful review.
Such a pleasure to pen; I am so pleased my words resonated with you!
Thank you!
Comment from evilynne
Such lovely words that pay a fitting tribute to your dad and to wonderful concert that our feathered friends provide. Your poem is well written and a joy to read. Best of luck in the contest! Evi
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Such lovely words that pay a fitting tribute to your dad and to wonderful concert that our feathered friends provide. Your poem is well written and a joy to read. Best of luck in the contest! Evi
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Hello, Evi!
I am honored by your exceptional rating and thoughtful review!
So very pleased you enjoyed!
This piece truly was a pleasure to pen!
Thank you!
Comment from Tom Horonzy
As soon as I saw the picture, I said, let's see how many of these avians can I name? And then your poem helped a little. I wonder if that will be a consistent theme as read? Hmm.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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As soon as I saw the picture, I said, let's see how many of these avians can I name? And then your poem helped a little. I wonder if that will be a consistent theme as read? Hmm.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Thanks for stopping by, Tom.
I enjoyed penning this piece.
Thank you!
Comment from Shirley E Kennedy
A well written and meaningful contest entry.
Nature calls me too so I revelled in your fine telling of the allure,
beauty and peace in nature's soothing sounds.
Good luck in the contest
Blessings
Shirley
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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A well written and meaningful contest entry.
Nature calls me too so I revelled in your fine telling of the allure,
beauty and peace in nature's soothing sounds.
Good luck in the contest
Blessings
Shirley
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Good morning, Shirley!
I am honored by your exceptional rating and thoughful review.
This offering was such a joy to pen.
I am so pleased my words resonated with you!
Thank you!
Comment from Bill Schott
This poem, Their Healing, Joyful Songs, presented with seven AABB-rhymed quatrains, recalls some truly wonderful times of learning the sounds of birds and appreciating them in bonding moments with your dad. So cool.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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This poem, Their Healing, Joyful Songs, presented with seven AABB-rhymed quatrains, recalls some truly wonderful times of learning the sounds of birds and appreciating them in bonding moments with your dad. So cool.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Thank you, Bill!
So pleased you enjoyed!
Thank you!
Comment from Wyon Stansfeld
Lovely. I really enjoyed this, as I do birdsong. Though ours are a bit different over here in the UK. There is a late evening call the blackbird makes which always reminds me of being out to play as a child and having excitedly gone beyond the usual call-in time from my parents who must have forgotten - that call is always an instruction to me to keep a low profile so I can stay out longer, playing outside. Forgive my indulgence - back to the review: you have mastered the poetic structure, the poem scans well and the rhymes don't feel forced. I like the order in which you have arranged the birds with the mourning dove later on and just before your father's death. That renders the poem nicely sequential with the phases of a day echoing the phases of life. I'd give you six stars but I seem to have run out. I hope you win, you deserve to.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Lovely. I really enjoyed this, as I do birdsong. Though ours are a bit different over here in the UK. There is a late evening call the blackbird makes which always reminds me of being out to play as a child and having excitedly gone beyond the usual call-in time from my parents who must have forgotten - that call is always an instruction to me to keep a low profile so I can stay out longer, playing outside. Forgive my indulgence - back to the review: you have mastered the poetic structure, the poem scans well and the rhymes don't feel forced. I like the order in which you have arranged the birds with the mourning dove later on and just before your father's death. That renders the poem nicely sequential with the phases of a day echoing the phases of life. I'd give you six stars but I seem to have run out. I hope you win, you deserve to.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Good morning, Wyon!
Thank you for your excellent rating and thoughtful review.
So very pleased my offering resonated with you.
For me, it's the call of the Barred Owl and the mournful song of the Mourning Dove that carry me back to my childhood. A lifetime of song...
Thank you ever so much!
Comment from Teri7
This is a very beautiful and very well written poem you have penned for The Soundtrack of Your life contest. You used very good descriptive words and amazing imagery from the art work you chose. Best wishes in the contest. Teri
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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This is a very beautiful and very well written poem you have penned for The Soundtrack of Your life contest. You used very good descriptive words and amazing imagery from the art work you chose. Best wishes in the contest. Teri
Comment Written 10-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Good morning, Teri!
So very pleased you enjoyed!
Thank you!
Comment from Lady MJ
Loved the rhyming! I, too, learned the Bobwhite's song as a child taught by my father. Even though our life is full of strife, we can always look to the beauty of nature of cheer us up. We can learn to appreciate a lot from enjoying the beauty of nature.
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2023
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Loved the rhyming! I, too, learned the Bobwhite's song as a child taught by my father. Even though our life is full of strife, we can always look to the beauty of nature of cheer us up. We can learn to appreciate a lot from enjoying the beauty of nature.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2023
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Hello, Lady MJ!
So very pleased my offering resonated with you!
Thank you!
Comment from forestport12
Yes. "Nature's songs are symphonies sung from branches and from the breeze." It took me to my deer stand, alone until the rise of the wind flirts with the branches. And certainly the use of the word spell, as if hypnotic and directing our thoughts...spot on. Memorable.
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2023
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Yes. "Nature's songs are symphonies sung from branches and from the breeze." It took me to my deer stand, alone until the rise of the wind flirts with the branches. And certainly the use of the word spell, as if hypnotic and directing our thoughts...spot on. Memorable.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2023
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Hello, forestport!
I am honored by your exceptional rating and thoughtful review.
I am so pleased my offering resonated with you.
Thank you!