Where Purple Iris Grow
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Comment from Joan E.
Your striking presentation and artwork selection are eye catching. I enjoyed your love poem in rhymed and rhythmic quatrains, brimming with imagery. The circularity with the repeated line is very effective as well. I hope this entry was well received in the contest. Cheers- Joan
reply by the author on 14-Dec-2017
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Your striking presentation and artwork selection are eye catching. I enjoyed your love poem in rhymed and rhythmic quatrains, brimming with imagery. The circularity with the repeated line is very effective as well. I hope this entry was well received in the contest. Cheers- Joan
Comment Written 10-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 14-Dec-2017
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Thank you Joan for your lovely review. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Actually this came in 3rd in the contest. I was extremely pleased. There were some excellent entries.
Blessings and Merry Christmas
Janet
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Congratulations on placing in the contest--your ensemble deserved to be well recognized. Smiles- Joan
Comment from Gert sherwood
Hello Jmf4119
What a nice rhyming love poem
Love where you said
f only I could fly away
to worlds beyond the moon --
where I could play among the stars
and hear Sinatra croon.
Then ending up saying
'd choose to be right here with you
where purple iris grow.
Gert
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2017
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Hello Jmf4119
What a nice rhyming love poem
Love where you said
f only I could fly away
to worlds beyond the moon --
where I could play among the stars
and hear Sinatra croon.
Then ending up saying
'd choose to be right here with you
where purple iris grow.
Gert
Comment Written 29-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2017
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Thank you Gert for your kind and thoughtful review. I greatly appreciate your comments as well.
Blessings
Janet
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You are welcome
Jmf4119
Gert
Comment from mermaids
I love poems about flowers. Your words take the reader to another place. There is a feeling of serenity in your description of being content right where you are and with the purple Iris. Excellent poetic form.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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I love poems about flowers. Your words take the reader to another place. There is a feeling of serenity in your description of being content right where you are and with the purple Iris. Excellent poetic form.
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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Thank you for your kind review.
Comment from Carolyn 'Deaton' Stephens
I so enjoyed this one..
Many of us feel the same way..
We contemplate all the places we could go
And choose to stay.... right where we are
My husband and I travel in our motor home a lot...
However, there is no place like home.
Well done,
:-) Carolyn
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2017
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I so enjoyed this one..
Many of us feel the same way..
We contemplate all the places we could go
And choose to stay.... right where we are
My husband and I travel in our motor home a lot...
However, there is no place like home.
Well done,
:-) Carolyn
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2017
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Thank you Carolyn for the wonderful review and the amazing six stars. I am so pleased that you liked this one.
Blessings
Janet
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You are welcome... :-)
Comment from Father Flaps
Hi Janet
This is a wonderful poem, smooth as butter when read aloud. As Dorothy told her family and friends, "there's no place like home". So many times, we think we have to travel to see wonders. But they are all around us, some within walking distance.
Nice presentation, I like the soft purple background.
"and hear Sinatra croon" ... (I like that you wrote that. I tease a girl at work all the time about Michael Buble. She is a huge fan of his. I tell her he's just a Frank Sinatra wannabe. The old crooners were irreplaceable... Frank, Bobby Darin, Perry Como, Andy Williams. (I'm showing my age too.) One of my all-time favorite songs... "Somewhere, beyond the sea".
Some nice alliteration in this line,
"ski down the slopes in Switzerland"
Your poem is just the right length. You get your point across without going on and on needlessly.
Nicely penned!
Hugs,
Kimbob
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2017
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Hi Janet
This is a wonderful poem, smooth as butter when read aloud. As Dorothy told her family and friends, "there's no place like home". So many times, we think we have to travel to see wonders. But they are all around us, some within walking distance.
Nice presentation, I like the soft purple background.
"and hear Sinatra croon" ... (I like that you wrote that. I tease a girl at work all the time about Michael Buble. She is a huge fan of his. I tell her he's just a Frank Sinatra wannabe. The old crooners were irreplaceable... Frank, Bobby Darin, Perry Como, Andy Williams. (I'm showing my age too.) One of my all-time favorite songs... "Somewhere, beyond the sea".
Some nice alliteration in this line,
"ski down the slopes in Switzerland"
Your poem is just the right length. You get your point across without going on and on needlessly.
Nicely penned!
Hugs,
Kimbob
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2017
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Thank you Kimbob for the wonderful review and the amazing six stars. I am so pleased that you liked this one and it's true -- there is no place like home.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Margaret Snowdon
This is simply lovely - the words flow so naturally - and rhythm and rhyme
work well - I liked it so much, I read it through again, but aloud - it's kind of
softly soothing. As you say - the grass isn't always greener on the other side....
we've travelled far and wide, but there's no place like home, amongst our loved-ones.
Good luck with the contest, my friend.
Margaret
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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This is simply lovely - the words flow so naturally - and rhythm and rhyme
work well - I liked it so much, I read it through again, but aloud - it's kind of
softly soothing. As you say - the grass isn't always greener on the other side....
we've travelled far and wide, but there's no place like home, amongst our loved-ones.
Good luck with the contest, my friend.
Margaret
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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Thank you Margaret for your kind and thoughtful review.
Comment from alvina224224
Excellent entry for contest, author. Don't know about you, but all shades of purple have a calming effect on me, and the illustration enhances this poem. Also your choice of background and font colours. We all have a bucket list, I guess, but valuing what you have is far more important, and I commend your theme. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2017
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Excellent entry for contest, author. Don't know about you, but all shades of purple have a calming effect on me, and the illustration enhances this poem. Also your choice of background and font colours. We all have a bucket list, I guess, but valuing what you have is far more important, and I commend your theme. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2017
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Thank you for the wonderful review and the amazing six stars. I am so pleased that you liked this one.
Blessings
Janet
Comment from Jan Anderegg
Now, in my book, Julu, this is exactly what my characters can do. :-)
If only I could fly away
to worlds beyond the moon --
where I could play among the stars
and hear Sinatra croon.
Or sail upon a Viking ship,
flamenco dance in Spain,
ski down the slopes in Switzerland
and ride the midnight train.
But if I traveled round the world
and learned all I could know,
I'd choose to be right here with you
where purple iris grow.
Loved your closing verse. A beautiful poem and I found no errors.
Jan
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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Now, in my book, Julu, this is exactly what my characters can do. :-)
If only I could fly away
to worlds beyond the moon --
where I could play among the stars
and hear Sinatra croon.
Or sail upon a Viking ship,
flamenco dance in Spain,
ski down the slopes in Switzerland
and ride the midnight train.
But if I traveled round the world
and learned all I could know,
I'd choose to be right here with you
where purple iris grow.
Loved your closing verse. A beautiful poem and I found no errors.
Jan
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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Thank you Jan for your kind and thoughtful review.
Comment from tfawcus
There's no place like home - especially with one whom you love! No matter how exotic a holiday might be, it's always good to get back home again, surrounded by the things and the people you love. A fine love poem for the contest!
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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There's no place like home - especially with one whom you love! No matter how exotic a holiday might be, it's always good to get back home again, surrounded by the things and the people you love. A fine love poem for the contest!
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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Thank you Tony for your kind and thoughtful review.
Comment from smileycloud
a love poem for "home" is an unique difference
it is lovely
the poetic language is delightful
the rhyme is beautiful
have a smiley day
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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a love poem for "home" is an unique difference
it is lovely
the poetic language is delightful
the rhyme is beautiful
have a smiley day
Comment Written 06-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2017
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Thank you for your kind review.
