Pompeii
Ignorance can be a good thing25 total reviews
Comment from K.I. Betancur
That last stanza really tied it all together! The picture really sets the tone for the background color you chose and the words you weaved.
Congratulations on being recognized, it's well deserved!
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That last stanza really tied it all together! The picture really sets the tone for the background color you chose and the words you weaved.
Congratulations on being recognized, it's well deserved!
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
Comment from Jasmine Girl
I visited Pompeii last May and it was quite a site. It was the ashes that suffocated people and animals alike. I saw quite a few casts of people who died in motion.
This is an interesting choice for the contest. Good luck.
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I visited Pompeii last May and it was quite a site. It was the ashes that suffocated people and animals alike. I saw quite a few casts of people who died in motion.
This is an interesting choice for the contest. Good luck.
Comment Written 15-Jan-2023
Comment from CrystieCookie999
This is well-done. I remember learning about Pompeii years ago, maybe in the 1980s. Just the incredible amount of destruction and how many people were caught up in it is unforgettable. How clever of you to focus on someone, an older man, who may not have even heard it coming.
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This is well-done. I remember learning about Pompeii years ago, maybe in the 1980s. Just the incredible amount of destruction and how many people were caught up in it is unforgettable. How clever of you to focus on someone, an older man, who may not have even heard it coming.
Comment Written 15-Jan-2023
Comment from kahpot
Well, what a story you have written in this poem, admittedly I know little of Pompeii except for films, though I got totally engrossed in this read, very well done, best wishes for your contest****kahpot
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Well, what a story you have written in this poem, admittedly I know little of Pompeii except for films, though I got totally engrossed in this read, very well done, best wishes for your contest****kahpot
Comment Written 15-Jan-2023
Comment from JT traveller
What an excellent piece of work. It flowed so well into a somewhat unexpected but extremely well described conclusion. This is the best work I have read in a while.
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What an excellent piece of work. It flowed so well into a somewhat unexpected but extremely well described conclusion. This is the best work I have read in a while.
Comment Written 14-Jan-2023
Comment from nomi338
I think that when death come for me, I do not wish the death of anyone else, but I would prefer mine to come unannounced, and unnoticed by me. Please let me just continue to sleep with the very last thought a mere dream.
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I think that when death come for me, I do not wish the death of anyone else, but I would prefer mine to come unannounced, and unnoticed by me. Please let me just continue to sleep with the very last thought a mere dream.
Comment Written 14-Jan-2023
Comment from Anne Johnston
I almost didn't read this when I saw that it was a "horror" poem. But I am glad I did. Rhyming is good and the poem flows freely. What a great tragedy you have described.
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I almost didn't read this when I saw that it was a "horror" poem. But I am glad I did. Rhyming is good and the poem flows freely. What a great tragedy you have described.
Comment Written 14-Jan-2023
Comment from June Sargent
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. In the case of the Pompeiians, entire households were overtaken by the sudden eruption - frozen together through time, embedded in rock. A sad and touching story in a poem - about the one who died alone
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Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. In the case of the Pompeiians, entire households were overtaken by the sudden eruption - frozen together through time, embedded in rock. A sad and touching story in a poem - about the one who died alone
Comment Written 14-Jan-2023
Comment from estory
Sometimes ignorance is bliss. One line really struck me as original and imaginative in its imagery, really capturing the feel of the moment; Lives turned to stone. I think you can't come up with a better line than this to describe what happened there on that day. It packs a punch in a small space. estory
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Sometimes ignorance is bliss. One line really struck me as original and imaginative in its imagery, really capturing the feel of the moment; Lives turned to stone. I think you can't come up with a better line than this to describe what happened there on that day. It packs a punch in a small space. estory
Comment Written 14-Jan-2023
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing this writing prompt entry with us. It was definitely a story written in poetic form. I had to pause. I do know the story of Pompeii, but I can also see a metaphor for what is happening the world today. I enjoyed reading.
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Thank you for sharing this writing prompt entry with us. It was definitely a story written in poetic form. I had to pause. I do know the story of Pompeii, but I can also see a metaphor for what is happening the world today. I enjoyed reading.
Comment Written 14-Jan-2023
