Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

Thank you for taking us along on that drive to the countryside with you in this wonderful free verse. Those impressions that you captured both of nature and people who live close to nature, producing honey and jam and pumpkins for sale. Enjoyed your lovely descriptions!

 Comment Written 21-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 23-Nov-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful comments of support. Glad you enjoyed the trip into the country. Its always nice to get away. estory

Comment from Wendy G

Excellent

I enjoyed this, and I believe you achieved your goals for this piece. You have captured that escape, that refreshment and rejuvenation that we all need from time to time, to balance out the "duties" of this life. Well done.

 Comment Written 05-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 05-Nov-2020

Thanks for the great review and for all your very encouraging support. I am glad you enjoyed this little trip through the country. estory

Comment from royowen

Excellent

Oh yes indeed, you do what we like to do, Elaine and I, drive in the countryside, our winter green tends to turn to summer yellow, and the attractiveness of the countryside tends to turn to not so attractive. I love the language and the presentation, and as all your poetry is, entertaining, good imagery and language, well done, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful comments supporting this poem. glad you enjoyed it estory

reply by royowen on 04-Nov-2020

Most welcome

Comment from Janet Foor

Excellent

Lovely imagery throughout your well written poem. I enjoyed the notes as much as I enjoyed the poem itself. I love country road and especially in the autumn of the year.

Well done.
Blessings
Janet

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem. Glad you enjoyed this little ride into the country. estory

Comment from karenina

Excellent

I really enjoyed the journey...thanks for taking me with you! Autumn truly is the highlight of the year. Like you, I am happiest wandering off the beaten track and truly appreciating the colors, the brisk cool wind, the Monet painting of leaves glimmering in the sunshine... Not so many roadside stands of jams and honey and such...(darn Covid)--but ah, the old farmhouses! It has been one of my favorite respites from quarantine and stay-at-home orders...for in my won car I am not putting anyone at risk and oh, the view lifts my spirits!--Karenina

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your colorful review of my poem. I am glad that the country roads came alive for you through the words. That's what it is all about. estory

Comment from Cynthia Adams1

Excellent

Your poem is chock full of wonderful sensory images.
"untrekked woods brushed with the wild honey, amber and burgundy
distilled out of clean air, earth and water
seem broken only by ragged cornfields"...
(by itself is worth the price of admission. :)

I also like:
"slow you down
into the trails of horses and buggies."

"the mysterious summits of the mountains
rising like altars around you."
(to mention a few.)

The only thing I would change if I were you is to remove "out of this place" from the last jine.
I think just: "or the way back." is a stronger last sentence. Sometimes less is more.
I would give you six stars if I could.

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your detailed notes on what worked for you. I tried to work on details in this collection, creating colorful images with texture taste and smell to them, trying to make them more three dimensional. Put you in the scene more. Kind of like pastoral romantic on steroids, if you will estory

Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.

Exceptional

Oh, I did enjoy this easy to read poem. I could almost smell the coffee as I was "seeing" the words through your eyes. You did a great job!

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks again for the sixer and all your continued support for my work. estory

Comment from Dolly'sPoems

Excellent

You created a unique scene here of the country and the magical sights to behold when we open our eyes and let nature into our soul, much enjoyed, love Dolly x

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks for the excellent review and your wonderful comments of support for this poem. I am glad you enjoyed it and this idea of the connection between the soul of man and nature came through in the piece. estory

Comment from kmoss

Excellent

This poem really takes me back. Back to a time that was more simple and less bullshit. It truly captures country living from "the old days." My favorite lines: up into the simple places, the forgotten mountains,
the mountain farms in the middle of nowhere.
Out here, long stretches of untrekked woods
brushed with the wild honey, amber and burgundy

 Comment Written 03-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks for the excellent review and for your wonderful words of support for this poem. I tried to work on creating detailed imagery full of color, taste, texture and sound for this collection, trying to make the pastoral romantic idea really leap off the page. estory

Comment from djsaxon

Excellent

The ultimate escape and beautifully penned. You take the reader on a rich journey with simple. pure imagery that lifts the spirit. 'gingergold apples and jars of blackberry jam.' Awesome line. Thanks for sharing - DJ

 Comment Written 02-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 04-Nov-2020

Thanks for the excellent review and for your wonderful words of support for this poem. I really tried to work on creating colorful images full of details of color, taste, texture and sound to make them really jump off the page. estory