Reflecting
Life's processes ...11 total reviews
Comment from Pearl Edwards
A well-written description of life in both your under 10 poem Wendy and in your notes. We all do hope to keep much of our independence through older age, unfortunately, it doesn't always happen that way. Thought-provoking poem. cheers,
valda
reply by the author on 26-Oct-2021
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A well-written description of life in both your under 10 poem Wendy and in your notes. We all do hope to keep much of our independence through older age, unfortunately, it doesn't always happen that way. Thought-provoking poem. cheers,
valda
Comment Written 26-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 26-Oct-2021
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Thank you Valda. What a thoughtful and nice review.
Wendy
Comment from C. Gale Burnett
I find your 9-word poem a perfect entry for the contest as it feels complete ... words that can stand alone, having meaning for all time; easily understood. The poem was well thought out and creative. Your author notes were excellent as an accompaniment.
Gale
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
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I find your 9-word poem a perfect entry for the contest as it feels complete ... words that can stand alone, having meaning for all time; easily understood. The poem was well thought out and creative. Your author notes were excellent as an accompaniment.
Gale
Comment Written 25-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
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Thank you so much Gale! What a lovely review, and very thoughtful and wise. Wendy
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You had my vote :)
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Many thanks! That's lovely!
Wendy
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Excellent entry for the Under Ten Competition writing prompt contest. The right amount of words. Wonderful presentation and imagery. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Excellent entry for the Under Ten Competition writing prompt contest. The right amount of words. Wonderful presentation and imagery. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Thank you very much Gypsy. Your review and good wishes are encouraging.
Comment from Jesse James Doty
Wow, this is heavy! I didn't know what parabola meant until I read your author's notes. Now that I understand! I am happy to offer my review to you and even use one of my sixers to boot! My journey to independence and back was a long-drawn-out process taking years upon years of my life!
Suffice to say that it hasn't been easy and I still suffer from dependence once again!
I won't go into details because it is too early in the morning so I will just say thank you for posting this today!
Have a good day, my friend!
Jesse
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Wow, this is heavy! I didn't know what parabola meant until I read your author's notes. Now that I understand! I am happy to offer my review to you and even use one of my sixers to boot! My journey to independence and back was a long-drawn-out process taking years upon years of my life!
Suffice to say that it hasn't been easy and I still suffer from dependence once again!
I won't go into details because it is too early in the morning so I will just say thank you for posting this today!
Have a good day, my friend!
Jesse
Comment Written 24-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Thank you very much for your lovely review, very thoughtful. It is not easy to accept the processes of ageing or illness and so on, but it is all part of life. Have a good day too.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This is a frightening fact and I hate to think I will lose my independence as I love looking after myself and would dread being looked after, a fact of life here, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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This is a frightening fact and I hate to think I will lose my independence as I love looking after myself and would dread being looked after, a fact of life here, love Dolly x
Comment Written 24-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Yes, me too. I totally agree with you. But have had a number of friends recently who through cancer and other ill health have become more dependent on others than they would wish. It is scary. Many thanks for your thoughtful review.
Comment from Mary Shifman
This is a very interesting poem. When I first read it I didn't catch what the meaning, probably because I could remember what parabola meant and had to look it up! Of course, once I read your explanation, it made perfect sense. It's sort of like the riddle of the Sphinx: what crawls on four legs, then goes to two and from there, three. At least I believe it was the Sphinx although I know I muddled it a bit. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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This is a very interesting poem. When I first read it I didn't catch what the meaning, probably because I could remember what parabola meant and had to look it up! Of course, once I read your explanation, it made perfect sense. It's sort of like the riddle of the Sphinx: what crawls on four legs, then goes to two and from there, three. At least I believe it was the Sphinx although I know I muddled it a bit. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Thank you for taking the time to look up "parabola". It is really just a graph showing how we increase in our independence from being helpless as infants to fully dependent as adults - but then unfortunately it declines again as we age. Hopefully we have maximum time being independent and not too much need to depend on others towards the end of life.
Thanks for reviewing. Appreciated.
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You are welcome.
Comment from kahpot
Dependent or independent, what an excellent read in so few words, the questions you ask of the reader in your poem and notes are great, very well written and best wishes for your contest****kahpot
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Dependent or independent, what an excellent read in so few words, the questions you ask of the reader in your poem and notes are great, very well written and best wishes for your contest****kahpot
Comment Written 24-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2021
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Thank you so much Kahpot. What an encouraging review. Thank you too for the good wishes.
Comment from dellsworthpoet
An interesting concept. A bunch said in few words. We do in fact track from dependence to dependence with a bit of independence between.
The poem reads well. With the picture it makes a conclusion and supports it. Good flow. Line break is at a good point.
I would make only one suggestion. Use smaller font to keep lines from wrapping.
Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 23-Oct-2021
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An interesting concept. A bunch said in few words. We do in fact track from dependence to dependence with a bit of independence between.
The poem reads well. With the picture it makes a conclusion and supports it. Good flow. Line break is at a good point.
I would make only one suggestion. Use smaller font to keep lines from wrapping.
Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 23-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 23-Oct-2021
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Thank you for such a thoughtful and nice review. Will change the font size back again - some people ask for bigger because their eyesight isn't so good, so it's always a bit of a balance. Many thanks.
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You are welcome.
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You are welcome. A word to people who need bigger print. On most computers control and scroll will increase or decrease font size. So they could read it and still have the main set up for the poem not have word wrap.
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Yes that is true. I have changed it to smaller, and moved it to the far left so it won't wrap. On my PC it was fine, but I can see that it would wrap on a phone or ipad and maybe laptop, so thanks for reminding me of that.
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You are welcome.
Comment from SimianSavant
Clever wordplay on "reflecting" with the literal reflection of the parabola. Hopefully we will soon have enough robot servants to keep our independence and keep the young whippersnappers in line, like Xi Jinping does
reply by the author on 23-Oct-2021
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Clever wordplay on "reflecting" with the literal reflection of the parabola. Hopefully we will soon have enough robot servants to keep our independence and keep the young whippersnappers in line, like Xi Jinping does
Comment Written 23-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 23-Oct-2021
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Thanks so much for your review - and I am glad you noticed the play on "reflection"! Appreciated!
Comment from Rachel L
Nice job with the under ten competition. I had to look up what parabola meant, makes sense with the artwork with it. Very clever, I quite like it a lot.
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reply by the author on 23-Oct-2021
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Nice job with the under ten competition. I had to look up what parabola meant, makes sense with the artwork with it. Very clever, I quite like it a lot.
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Comment Written 23-Oct-2021
reply by the author on 23-Oct-2021
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful review - and for going to the trouble of looking it up! Appreciated! I am glad you like it.
