Ode To The City Where I Live
I am happy here in Dunedin, New Zealand..7 total reviews
Comment from judiverse
Congratulations on your second-place finish in the ode contest. You certainly do your city of residence justice. From your description it sounds lovely, with the ocean at hand and the calm harmony sounds like a welcome relief. In the U.S. people cannot enjoy that feeling of safety you do. There has been so much crime reported recently. You're fortunate to live in a place that is so satisfying to you. I wish I were younger so I could visit some of those places. judi
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Congratulations on your second-place finish in the ode contest. You certainly do your city of residence justice. From your description it sounds lovely, with the ocean at hand and the calm harmony sounds like a welcome relief. In the U.S. people cannot enjoy that feeling of safety you do. There has been so much crime reported recently. You're fortunate to live in a place that is so satisfying to you. I wish I were younger so I could visit some of those places. judi
Comment Written 31-May-2022
Comment from Iza Deleanu
I am curious to know what's your city, and if that picture is from there I truly understand your praise. Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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I am curious to know what's your city, and if that picture is from there I truly understand your praise. Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
Comment Written 30-May-2022
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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The city is Dunedin in New Zealand. The photo shows the harbour, the peninsula, and some of the city and beaches.
Comment from zanya
It sounds like a beautiful place to dwell as portrayed in these stanzas offering a warm welcome and diverse landscape together with exotic wild life - a joy to read -a sense of tranquility pervades the poem
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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It sounds like a beautiful place to dwell as portrayed in these stanzas offering a warm welcome and diverse landscape together with exotic wild life - a joy to read -a sense of tranquility pervades the poem
Comment Written 30-May-2022
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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Thanks so much for this wonderful review. Your comments show that you understood the tone of my poem. Living here does carry tranquility - a relatively small city (128,000 residents) in a lovely setting.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This could be anywhere in the world, but I first thought of Australia, but it could be the cook islands, anyway you describe a wonderful place that I would love to visit, good luck with the contest, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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This could be anywhere in the world, but I first thought of Australia, but it could be the cook islands, anyway you describe a wonderful place that I would love to visit, good luck with the contest, love Dolly x
Comment Written 30-May-2022
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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No, definitely not Cook Islands - I don't think they have cold days there. You are getting close, thinking it is Australia, but not.
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Can?t wait to find out!
Comment from T B Botts
Hello Author,
Well done on your poem. I would venture to say that perhaps you are somewhere in New Zealand, but I don't know. The harbor looks well protected, but appears to be somewhat hazardous with a lot of shallows, though it's hard to tell from the picture. Good luck in the contest.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
reply by the author on 29-May-2022
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Hello Author,
Well done on your poem. I would venture to say that perhaps you are somewhere in New Zealand, but I don't know. The harbor looks well protected, but appears to be somewhat hazardous with a lot of shallows, though it's hard to tell from the picture. Good luck in the contest.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
Comment Written 29-May-2022
reply by the author on 29-May-2022
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You guessed right. You can see the harbour channel to the left - it is kept dredged for shipping, but there is a port closer to the harbour entrance for larger ships. I went sailing on the harbour years ago in a hired yacht with a group of friends. We didn't really know how to read the depth chart so we ran aground with the centreboard down... but we just stepped overboard, pushed the yacht into deeper water and got on board again.
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Wow, you're fortunate. It could have caused some real damage to the keel. Years ago there wasn't any GPS to help guide us, but fathometers have been around for a long time. Like everything, running a boat can be a learning experience. Good luck.
Blessings
Tom
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Luckily we weren't going very fast. In fact there was hardly any wind and it was boring rather than fun.
I do enjoy sailing - once I was a deckhand on an ocean-going yacht on Sydney Harbour - that gave me a tiny taste of what it might be like on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race - I think I might be terrified most of the time!
Comment from Debi Pick Marquette
Well I can certainly see why this place is so dear to you. It is beautiful, as is your poem. What a magical paradise that must feel like a little bit of pre-Heaven.
You did a great job and I would have imagined this even without the picture as your description was spot on!
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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Well I can certainly see why this place is so dear to you. It is beautiful, as is your poem. What a magical paradise that must feel like a little bit of pre-Heaven.
You did a great job and I would have imagined this even without the picture as your description was spot on!
Comment Written 29-May-2022
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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Thank you - it is indeed a lovely place to live; not without its problems of course with 128,000 people to keep happy, but we get along mostly enjoying each other.
Comment from Wendy G
Yes, I've worked it out - and you are excellent at marketing! It sounds perfect, and your ode is a well-written tribute to a country and city which has adopted you with open arms. Best wishes for this excellent entry in the contest!
Wendy
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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Yes, I've worked it out - and you are excellent at marketing! It sounds perfect, and your ode is a well-written tribute to a country and city which has adopted you with open arms. Best wishes for this excellent entry in the contest!
Wendy
Comment Written 29-May-2022
reply by the author on 30-May-2022
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Thanks for your lovely comments.
It's not a perfect place to live, but it is perfectly adequate and lovely, and I am happy here
