Think Before You Write**
Just some musings after much reviewing14 total reviews
Comment from Hitcher
This is the second one of these 3 cubed poems i have read today. It makes for a rather interesting read and offers some sound advice when it comes to the task of reviewing.
Deans was the other, I would wish you good luck but I saw Dean had already cleaned up. Nice!
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2018
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This is the second one of these 3 cubed poems i have read today. It makes for a rather interesting read and offers some sound advice when it comes to the task of reviewing.
Deans was the other, I would wish you good luck but I saw Dean had already cleaned up. Nice!
Comment Written 30-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2018
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Thank you very much for your review, Hitcher - I appreciate your taking the time to read my work. :) Yes, I did see that Dean won, but thank you for the update! :) :) :) Have a wonderful week! :) :)
Comment from kahpot
I agree with the wonderful message in these words but I am one who reads for pleasure and although not quite understanding sometimes I will review in hope that the Author will explain and when they do not and I get the feeling that they think it's about the bonus for reviewing, this makes me a bit tentative to try and understand, I will always read for 2 cents or a dollar ( bail) is not in my dictionary ( learn) most definitely is, very well explained in this poem, best wishes, just to suggest I would quite happily review works for the Authors worth, I.E if a review is worth one dollar the Author may with a reason give a50 cents of that to the review, explaining why thus helping all to learn, as the money spent (offered) is the Authors then reviewing would not all be about the money****kahpot
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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I agree with the wonderful message in these words but I am one who reads for pleasure and although not quite understanding sometimes I will review in hope that the Author will explain and when they do not and I get the feeling that they think it's about the bonus for reviewing, this makes me a bit tentative to try and understand, I will always read for 2 cents or a dollar ( bail) is not in my dictionary ( learn) most definitely is, very well explained in this poem, best wishes, just to suggest I would quite happily review works for the Authors worth, I.E if a review is worth one dollar the Author may with a reason give a50 cents of that to the review, explaining why thus helping all to learn, as the money spent (offered) is the Authors then reviewing would not all be about the money****kahpot
Comment Written 28-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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Thanks for the wonderful review and commentary, kahpot -- one of the biggest things that occurred to me as I read through all the analysis in the essays (not all, mind you, but many) that there are so many different styles and approaches out there but that EVERY LAST ONE of them belongs to a person and, as such, our reviews we choose to write should always reflect that. :) :) :) As always, I appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) Sending blessings for a week ahead of shade-tree moments and smiles....:) :) Yvette
Comment from Artasylum
I love your message here. I love your 2 paragraph disclaimer. I thought now there are notes I try to live by. The cubed poem is excellent and I the image is perfectly place. Great job...
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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I love your message here. I love your 2 paragraph disclaimer. I thought now there are notes I try to live by. The cubed poem is excellent and I the image is perfectly place. Great job...
Comment Written 28-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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Thanks for the wonderful review and commentary, Diana - so glad you something other than a smile in my crazy musings! :) :) :) And, off the subject, just letting you know it's good to here from you - been missing your unique sense of things - welcome back!! :) :) As always, I appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) Sending blessings for a week ahead of shade-tree moments and smiles....:) :) Yvette
Comment from A. Willow Bends
This is awesome. Advice on reviewer set to poetic form. Very unique and creative. I try very hard to give personal feedback, but there is so very little to criticize about poetry. It is so personal. Most of it is simply creativity on steroids and this piece exemplifies that! Great job with this! Good Luck!
Wendy
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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This is awesome. Advice on reviewer set to poetic form. Very unique and creative. I try very hard to give personal feedback, but there is so very little to criticize about poetry. It is so personal. Most of it is simply creativity on steroids and this piece exemplifies that! Great job with this! Good Luck!
Wendy
Comment Written 28-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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Thanks for the wonderful review and commentary, Wendy -- you are so very right that there are so many poetry forms out there ? some different from that to which we relate, some along the styles we prefer, and some for which we really do not care or in which we have no interest ? but that EVERY LAST ONE of them belongs to a person and, as such, our reviews we choose to write should always reflect that. :) :) :) As always, I appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) Sending blessings for a week ahead of shade-tree moments and smiles....:) :) Yvette
Comment from Dean Kuch
All poets and authors here, both great and small, feel they have something significant to share with others, Anonymous Poet.
Sharing our thoughts with others, learning by receiving CONSTRUCTIVE feedback and critique, and allowing them to share their feelings and emotions with us, are a few of the primary reasons why writers do what they do--write.
No one's writing should simply be dismissed. We ALL need to realize that there is a living, breathing human being with feelings behind the lines they've penned, and they are not just some anonymous words written on a screen.
Interesting format to this type of poem.
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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All poets and authors here, both great and small, feel they have something significant to share with others, Anonymous Poet.
Sharing our thoughts with others, learning by receiving CONSTRUCTIVE feedback and critique, and allowing them to share their feelings and emotions with us, are a few of the primary reasons why writers do what they do--write.
No one's writing should simply be dismissed. We ALL need to realize that there is a living, breathing human being with feelings behind the lines they've penned, and they are not just some anonymous words written on a screen.
Interesting format to this type of poem.
Comment Written 27-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2018
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Thanks for the wonderful review and commentary, Dean -- you are so very right that there are so many different styles and approaches out there but that EVERY LAST ONE of them belongs to a person and, as such, our reviews we choose to write should always reflect that. :) :) :) As always, I appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) Sending blessings for a week ahead of shade-tree moments and smiles....:) :) Yvette
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You're very welcome, Yvette.
I hope the same for you. :)
Comment from Mrs. KT
Hello!
You impart wise words to the reviewer. Constructive criticism, appreciation, assistance = a plethora or reasons why to review. But in the end, as you so expertly advise:
If words fail-
not your style?
Simply bail
it's alright!
Move on! Read
the next write!
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I definitely concur, and have done so many times.
Well-crafted!
Best Wishes,
diane
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Hello!
You impart wise words to the reviewer. Constructive criticism, appreciation, assistance = a plethora or reasons why to review. But in the end, as you so expertly advise:
If words fail-
not your style?
Simply bail
it's alright!
Move on! Read
the next write!
~~~~
I definitely concur, and have done so many times.
Well-crafted!
Best Wishes,
diane
Comment Written 27-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Thanx for your thoughtful review, Diane - yeah, some folks just haven't discovered what tact really is: you can critique without criticizing...I just don't think those that criticize take the time to realize what their words can do to others especially when the crux of their problem is really that they don't like the subject matter to begin with! :/ :/ :/ The piece really was just a culmination of ideas in my head after reading a number of those essays for the Review contest and the three-cubed opportunity and everything just flowed out onto the paper! It is so very true that when the inspiration and motivation is there then the words just come easily! :) :) :) So very glad you enjoyed it and I do appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) :) Sending wishes for a weekend filled with cool grass under your feet and aimless stargazing! :) :)
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written 3-cubed poem. It is the second one I read today, and it seems to be a fun kind of poem to do. I might try one myself one or other time.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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A very well-written 3-cubed poem. It is the second one I read today, and it seems to be a fun kind of poem to do. I might try one myself one or other time.
Comment Written 27-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Thanx for your thoughtful review, Sandra - it really was just a culmination of ideas in my head after reading a number of those essays for the Review contest and the three-cubed opportunity. It is so very true that when the inspiration and motivation is there then the words just come easily! :) :) :) So very glad you enjoyed it and I do appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) :) Sending wishes for a weekend filled with cool grass under your feet and aimless stargazing! :) :)
Comment from Angela Hayes
Good read, educational, well presented...one word chic > Cheek< 5th part from the top, creative use of words, creative way of thinking, long but interesting.
Good Luck!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Good read, educational, well presented...one word chic > Cheek< 5th part from the top, creative use of words, creative way of thinking, long but interesting.
Good Luck!
Comment Written 27-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Thanx for your thoughtful review, Angela - have always LOVED the word chic since waa-a-a-ay back with the song Le Freak (don't know if you're old enough to remember that one!) and if I can just toss it into my prose, I will! :) :) The whole thing really was just a culmination of ideas in my head after reading a number of those essays for the Review contest and the three-cubed opportunity. It is so very true that when the inspiration and motivation is there then the words just come easily! :) :) :) So very glad you enjoyed it and I do appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) :) Sending wishes for a weekend filled with cool grass under your feet and aimless stargazing! :) :)
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Thank you. that is so sweet, love to see a write on that it brought a big smile to my face, good words.
You're welcome, its a good one! :)
Comment from Michael Steinert
I like this. Especially the parts about copying a pasting a review, which has to be something the site can track. Also because you don't belive what the poet is saying or do not like their genre don't downgrade for those reasons. Love the color scheme and the way the poem did flow
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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I like this. Especially the parts about copying a pasting a review, which has to be something the site can track. Also because you don't belive what the poet is saying or do not like their genre don't downgrade for those reasons. Love the color scheme and the way the poem did flow
Comment Written 27-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Thanx for your thoughtful review, Michael - yeah, some folks just love that cut/paste review "flows well" and "held my attention throughout"....okay, those could work in some instances, but when the poem is only seven, eight, or ten words...hmmmmm. :) :) The piece was just a culmination of ideas in my head after reading a number of those essays for the Review contest and the three-cubed opportunity. It is so very true that when the inspiration and motivation is there then the words just come easily! :) :) :) So very glad you enjoyed it and I do appreciate your taking the time to read and critique my work! :) :) Sending wishes for a weekend filled with cool grass under your feet and aimless stargazing! :) :)
Comment from LeftHandedScribe
This is terrific. Rather than simply following the form mechanically, you told a story with wit and wise observations. The font is perfectly chosen and the color makes your page pop!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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This is terrific. Rather than simply following the form mechanically, you told a story with wit and wise observations. The font is perfectly chosen and the color makes your page pop!
Comment Written 27-Jul-2018
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2018
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Thanx for your thoughtful review, Shauna - it really was just a culmination of ideas in my head after reading a number of those essays for the Review contest and the three-cubed opportunity. It is so very true that when the inspiration and motivation is there then the words just come easily! :) :) :) I am tickled that you enjoyed it and I do appreciate your taking the time to read my work! :) :) Sending wishes for a weekend filled with cool grass under your feet and aimless stargazing! :) :)