Comment from patcelaw

Excellent

You have put a lot of emotion into this particular piece of work. I enjoyed listening to it. It seems like you're complaining a little bit about things more than loving things. I wish you the best with all of your writing.

 Comment Written 30-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 30-Nov-2023

Thank you so much, Pat. This was a pseudo "complaint" with my tongue in my cheek. My bark is worse than my bite. :)

Comment from Douglas Goff

Excellent

Ha! I am so glad this is "tongue in cheek."

Sounds to me like you have little tolerance for the "light-weights".

Good job on this Rhyming Contest Poem!
D

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you! My bark is worse than my bite. :)

Comment from Wendy G

Excellent

Lol. Very humorous. All are described so very well, with wit and humour, and it makes me feel you are doing some eye-rolling at these various types. Best wishes for your very different entry in the love poem contest, where undoubtedly all the other entries will fall into one of these despised categories. Lol.
Wendy

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you, Wendy! :)

Comment from Michele Harber

Excellent

Navada, you have an amazing vocabulary, and obviously share my love of rhyming multisyllabic words. I was impressed with the internal rhymes in the last line of each stanza, and your end-line rhymes were so well chosen. I also enjoyed your wicked sense of humor, even down to the note about "No actual lovers [being] harmed in the creation of this tribute." Good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you so much!

reply by Michele Harber on 29-Nov-2023

You're very welcome!

Comment from Karen Cherry Threadgill

Excellent

When writing poems about real love
We pray and say it comes from up above
Well, I wanna give Cupid a great big shove
Into a big old pile of yearning, churning, never learning lovers. Karen :-)

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thanks! :)

Comment from lancellot

Excellent

Ha, this is what I would call and anti-love poem. It is too funny. Great way to make an entry that will stand out, and destroy, a crowded field. I don't know which type I fit into. I'm sure like many, I've gone through several phases.

Great entry.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you so much! :)

Comment from T B Botts

Excellent

Hello Navada,
I'm not sure what you mean by taking a powder, but I assume it's in response to some behavior you find offensive in prospective lovers. Am I right to assume you like the he-man Australian outback type of guy like Crocodile Dundee? I suppose you'd always be entertained to say the least. Well done gal.
Have a blessed day.
Tom

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

HA! That's very funny. I'm SO not into the Croc Dundee types! Smart and funny always wins for me. :)
Taking a powder refers to taking a headache tablet.

reply by T B Botts on 29-Nov-2023

Well,
if you can't get a smart one, at least a funny one will always keep you entertained.

Comment from Terry Broxson

Excellent

My first thought was that you must live in an apartment or condo complex with very thin walls in order to provide your readers with such extensive research on the subject.

Then I thought, on the other hand, maybe you have had extensive experience, and yet you haven't found the right one yet.

Then I thought, this girl knows what she doesn't like...but she will keep searching for the right one.

You have a very fun entry for the contest. Good luck and well done. Terry.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you so much, Terry! All experience drawn upon for this poem was purely vicarious. :)

reply by Terry Broxson on 28-Nov-2023

LOL, that's a good story...stick to it!

Comment from Debbie D'Arcy

Excellent

I enjoyed this tongue in cheek 'tribute' to your selection of lovers! Really refreshing and original and packed with humour. My real favourite was the second stanza but all excellent, especially given the task you gave yourself in finding all those rhyming words. Which one am I? Oh, I'm just so unromantic, I can't even bring myself to write a poem in this category. But I don't think I'm quite the one illustrated in stanza 4 yet:)) A strong contender that'll stick out from the crowd. Well done and good luck! Debbie

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you so much for your insightful review, Debbie! xx

Comment from Daylily

Excellent

I love the sense of humor contained in this perspective of lovers. I am a true romantic and always enjoy a good heart-throbber. My favorite? Of course, its Pride and Prejudice. Ahhhhhh.
Lol Lily

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thanks, Lily! (I may have been taking the mickey with this poem). :)