Comment from Bill Schott

Excellent

This 3-5-3 about nature, Winter Waves, has the proper syllable count and makes a connection between one item and another which is unknown to me. I assume that the homonym is a homograph which looks the same but is pronounced differently. Nice.

 Comment Written 26-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 26-Mar-2017

Thanks for the review. Winter has finished his act and takes a bow physically, and a bow to play his swan song. Just trying to be clever ha ha, cheers, j

Comment from alf collier

Excellent

Like this entry a lot!! Somehow the winter whiteness manifests through the pic... perhaps the hair colour, perhaps just an aura, and it seems to me you picked up on that!!

 Comment Written 24-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 24-Mar-2017

Thanks for the insightful review. This is a photo of my friend,Peter Schumann a wonderful, whimsical man that created bread and puppet circus in Vermont. Huge papier machee puppets, a brass band and a political satire agenda.He blows his trumpet and the sound revererates around the farmer's fieldmajestically, I thought he looked like old man winter. The last poem I wrote was on the bread and puppet if you are interested in this fantastic and needful group of people that explain what is going on in this world, good and bad, in a fun, peaceful outdoor circus.. I figure they have taken a couple weeks just to do trump's hair on his puppet for this year, ha ha Cheers, j

Comment from Terry Frazier

Excellent

Excellent poem covering nature's progression. The picture compliments the work very well. In a short poem you covered a vast time period - winter to spring.

 Comment Written 24-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 24-Mar-2017

Welcome to fanstory Terry.Thanks for the insightful review. This is a photo of my friend Peter, who founded the beloved Bread and Puppet circus in Vermont. I just thought he looked like old man winter. Cheers, j

Comment from Jannypan (Jan)

Excellent

I enjoyed your contest entry. Good job on the rules--syllables are correct.

I wonder if the last [ takes ] needs to be [take ] since 'waves' is plural. It would still work to describe the violin player, too.

Good job & thanks for sharing. Best wishes.

 Comment Written 23-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 24-Mar-2017

Thanks for the review Janny.I mean that winter has finished his act and he waves spring onto the stage. Cheers, j

Comment from ronnie k

Excellent

Excellent, bravo, you and poets with your flare for expounding on style have given my love for the liberty and grace of writing poetry, thank you.

 Comment Written 23-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 24-Mar-2017

Thanks for the insightful review ronnie. I love that a haiku can bring forth such a powerful image in so few words, cheers, j

Comment from Mustang Patty

Excellent

Vivid images come with this little 3-5-3. You created winter as a character that springs to life. Thank you for sharing this well formed poem.
~patty~

 Comment Written 23-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 24-Mar-2017

Thanks for the insightful review patty.I just love this photo of Peter Shcumann the founderof the bread and puppet. He just reminds me of old man winter, cheers, j