Zone In
Remove headphones and listen.66 total reviews
Comment from ExperiencingLiphe
I get the wanting to listen to your surroundings but sometimes music and the outdoors is the only thing that gets people through. Plus, if they don't have their music on full blast they can still hear the leaves crackle and birds singing. Sorry, that person on the their headphones. lol. Enjoy your walks friend.
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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I get the wanting to listen to your surroundings but sometimes music and the outdoors is the only thing that gets people through. Plus, if they don't have their music on full blast they can still hear the leaves crackle and birds singing. Sorry, that person on the their headphones. lol. Enjoy your walks friend.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Yes, I will enjoy my walks and wrinting poems about them. Thank you for your humorous review.
Comment from Bill O'Bier
Hello and Happy Holidays
I so agree with your wonderful free verse poem. The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
All the best...
Bill~
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Hello and Happy Holidays
I so agree with your wonderful free verse poem. The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
All the best...
Bill~
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Yes, Bill, I am stunned that just by being mindful during my walk yesterday I ?heard? this poem. Thank you for your encouraging review.
Comment from zanya
Here is a poem for our times....would that the millennial generation would take note of the sentiments resounding with truth. I want to yank headphones /from the ears of passing joggers......well doneā?¼
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Here is a poem for our times....would that the millennial generation would take note of the sentiments resounding with truth. I want to yank headphones /from the ears of passing joggers......well doneā?¼
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Oh, thank you, Zonya, for your generous, six star review. I was stunned yesterday on my walk to find so many people zoned out on their devices when there was so much beauty around them. Thanks for the compliments.
Comment from barbara.wilkey
AMEN!!! I would also like more parents to tune into their children. I see parents, everyday, come to my door to pick up their children and they are on headphones. The children try to talk to them but they're too busy. I hate it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful and very appropriate poem.
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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AMEN!!! I would also like more parents to tune into their children. I see parents, everyday, come to my door to pick up their children and they are on headphones. The children try to talk to them but they're too busy. I hate it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful and very appropriate poem.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Yes, Barbara, my poem struck a nerve in reviewers who recount their own horror stories about people being zoned out. The parents on headphones is a sad one. Thank you for your review.
Comment from evesayshi
In my opinion, this is not only a beautiful poem in its lyric free verse, but an outstanding message, with which I wholeheartedly agree - striking and engaging in construction and invitational in the read - a superior work...
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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In my opinion, this is not only a beautiful poem in its lyric free verse, but an outstanding message, with which I wholeheartedly agree - striking and engaging in construction and invitational in the read - a superior work...
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Oh, thank you, evesayshi, for your generous, six star review. I am grateful that I listened during my walk yesterday because I ?heard? a messsge that our zoned out world needed to hear. Thanks again.
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You are so welcome, Andre, so beautifully articulated and presented - a credit indeed to poetry at its best - I wish I could have rated you a 10...Eve
Comment from krys123
Super Cheers, Andre';
-thank you for taking me along on your journey is it's been a long time since I've been jogging at any lengths. I used to love the job when I was much younger will you kick that second wind and off you go like you just started again. Full of energy to restart the trail and your senses.
-Your free verse poem did this to me. It is very refreshing, spontaneous, and like a haiku gives that aha moment or a reflection of spontaneity waiting for the excitement to reply.
-Good luck in the contest my friend and have a happy holiday.
Alex
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2017
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Super Cheers, Andre';
-thank you for taking me along on your journey is it's been a long time since I've been jogging at any lengths. I used to love the job when I was much younger will you kick that second wind and off you go like you just started again. Full of energy to restart the trail and your senses.
-Your free verse poem did this to me. It is very refreshing, spontaneous, and like a haiku gives that aha moment or a reflection of spontaneity waiting for the excitement to reply.
-Good luck in the contest my friend and have a happy holiday.
Alex
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2017
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Thank you, Alex, for your generous, six star review of my reflective, haiku-like poem. No, I can't jog anymore. the best I can do is walk and listen. Thanks for noting my poem's spontaneity and for wishing me good luck in the contest.
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You're welcome Andre'.
Alex
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Comment from Ulla
Hi Andre, this is a wonderful free poem, and I so agree with what you're saying in your poem. Listen to nature, to the sounds around you rather to some mindless music. That is one of the reasons I live in the mountains. My music is the nature surrounding me. I loved your poem and the message within. Good luck in the contest. Ulla:))
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Hi Andre, this is a wonderful free poem, and I so agree with what you're saying in your poem. Listen to nature, to the sounds around you rather to some mindless music. That is one of the reasons I live in the mountains. My music is the nature surrounding me. I loved your poem and the message within. Good luck in the contest. Ulla:))
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Oh, thank you, Ulla, for your generous, six star review. A bonus to listening to nature is that I ?heard? this poem. Thanks again.
Comment from kathleenspalding
Oh, very nice poem with a great message. You are so right! I never understand why people want to bring noise (headphones, 4-wheelers, etc) to beautiful natural areas. What a waste, LOL. I see no errors. Good luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Oh, very nice poem with a great message. You are so right! I never understand why people want to bring noise (headphones, 4-wheelers, etc) to beautiful natural areas. What a waste, LOL. I see no errors. Good luck in the contest!
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Thank you, Kathleen, for your kind review. I was surprised to see so many people zoning out on their devices during my walk yesterday. Thanks also for wishing me well in the contest.
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You're welcome
Comment from nomi338
I liken this to a passenger on a road trip who spends the entire trip engrossed in either music or some game the entire trip while passing by them are sights they may never again get a chance to view. These people need to be in a state of suspended animation since they care not about the world that exists around them. So sad.
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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I liken this to a passenger on a road trip who spends the entire trip engrossed in either music or some game the entire trip while passing by them are sights they may never again get a chance to view. These people need to be in a state of suspended animation since they care not about the world that exists around them. So sad.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2017
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Yes, nomi338, it?s sad to see people zone out when there is so much beauty to see. Thank you for your review.
Comment from Treischel
Right on! The poem is a most intriguing free verse poem that focuses on feeling the real presence of nature, pointing out the foibles of others who are so plugged in that they are not "plugged in!" It flows with the strength of its imagery. Lover the impact of every word.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2017
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Right on! The poem is a most intriguing free verse poem that focuses on feeling the real presence of nature, pointing out the foibles of others who are so plugged in that they are not "plugged in!" It flows with the strength of its imagery. Lover the impact of every word.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2017
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Oh, thank you, Treischel, for your detailed review. I love being "plugged into" nature. Thanks for noting my poem's imagery, too.