Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth
Advice to that old grouch...7 total reviews
Comment from Bill Schott
With this mono-rhyme, Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth, you have remind us that the price of admission to the future is a muscle ache and a couple losses of one thing or another. See you tomorrow.
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With this mono-rhyme, Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth, you have remind us that the price of admission to the future is a muscle ache and a couple losses of one thing or another. See you tomorrow.
Comment Written 14-Mar-2018
Comment from BeasPeas
Excellent entry for the contest. It stresses the POV to be thankful for each day in our lives. Attitude has a lot to do with longevity and the happiness we experience in that time. Marilyn
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2018
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Excellent entry for the contest. It stresses the POV to be thankful for each day in our lives. Attitude has a lot to do with longevity and the happiness we experience in that time. Marilyn
Comment Written 12-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2018
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i appreciate your comments, Marilyn. (even more so as we share the same opinion).
Comment from Jake Kane
Excellent! I dig that you've worked to present the negativity of aging in a more positive light. That's the kind of thing that really keeps people going sometimes. The whole thing reminds me of NLP techniques.
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Excellent! I dig that you've worked to present the negativity of aging in a more positive light. That's the kind of thing that really keeps people going sometimes. The whole thing reminds me of NLP techniques.
Comment Written 11-Mar-2018
Comment from Gert sherwood
Hello author
What a great title for your
advice to any old grouch... smiles to you saying--
Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth
I like it and yes, it's catchy and got my attention.
Gert
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2018
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Hello author
What a great title for your
advice to any old grouch... smiles to you saying--
Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth
I like it and yes, it's catchy and got my attention.
Gert
Comment Written 11-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2018
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Thanks for your encouraging comments, Gert, and I hope my poem's message resonates with your outlook on life.
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You are welcome author
Gert
Comment from Mary Hollingsworth
Well Author, I love the poem and I see that the grumpiness shows in this ugly creature. I would,t want to look in that thins mouth! But I get it you're saying to be grateful for life. And you cant have your cake and eat it too. Well I give God the praise that God has granted me up to 65 hopefully in June a track record of a very reasonable portion of health, longevity and very minor and most days no pain. But I get this poem and if that's you being described, my prayers are that things will get better for you. Blessings to you in the contest.
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2018
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Well Author, I love the poem and I see that the grumpiness shows in this ugly creature. I would,t want to look in that thins mouth! But I get it you're saying to be grateful for life. And you cant have your cake and eat it too. Well I give God the praise that God has granted me up to 65 hopefully in June a track record of a very reasonable portion of health, longevity and very minor and most days no pain. But I get this poem and if that's you being described, my prayers are that things will get better for you. Blessings to you in the contest.
Comment Written 11-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2018
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Thank you so much, Mary, for your insightful comments, prayers, and, of course, for that generous extra star!
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Getting old is not for the meek, only the strong can live into old age and face the challenges when they get there, where I live is full of the survivors! The aged men and women with a tale to tell, I loved your words, wise and thoughtful, love Dolly x
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Getting old is not for the meek, only the strong can live into old age and face the challenges when they get there, where I live is full of the survivors! The aged men and women with a tale to tell, I loved your words, wise and thoughtful, love Dolly x
Comment Written 11-Mar-2018
Comment from Pamusart
This is a good entry for the contest. Day was a good word to rhyme with. Lots of matches. I live with a lot of pain. I am bedridden because of it. But, I look at it this way. I love my husband, kids, grandkids and siblings. I can still write poetry. I can still paint for short times. I have a loving cat. I have all my facilties. The alternative is Death. So, I realize how lucky I am. I especially like the part about the maladies being dues you pay to get to the age you are and the dues you pay to get up each day and live until the next. Thank you for sharing
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2018
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This is a good entry for the contest. Day was a good word to rhyme with. Lots of matches. I live with a lot of pain. I am bedridden because of it. But, I look at it this way. I love my husband, kids, grandkids and siblings. I can still write poetry. I can still paint for short times. I have a loving cat. I have all my facilties. The alternative is Death. So, I realize how lucky I am. I especially like the part about the maladies being dues you pay to get to the age you are and the dues you pay to get up each day and live until the next. Thank you for sharing
Comment Written 11-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2018
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Thanks for your insightful comments, Pam. I feel rewarded that my poem seems to have had an effect on your view of advanced age and its attendant consequences. :o)
