Comment from dragonpoet

Exceptional

This is a heart warming love poem extolling your feelings about your love by the use of the letters of her name. It shows your love. I never heard of the two's compliment. It seem very complicated which this poem isn't but sometimes love can be.

Congrats on placing third in the contest.

Keep writing

Joan

 Comment Written 26-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 26-Feb-2019

Thanks so much for the very kind words and the glowing rating, Joan. Obviously, there is emotional investment on everyone's part in that particular contest, so it was nice to receive recognition :) Most grateful, Craig

reply by dragonpoet on 27-Feb-2019

You are most kindly welcome, Craig.

Joan

reply by dragonpoet on 27-Feb-2019

You are most kindly welcome, Craig.

Joan

Comment from pome lover

Exceptional

still chuckling! You are something else!
This is funny, clever, and your wife, I'm sure, loves you to pieces.
Am afraid you lost me with your explanation, but I loved the aside.
Congratulations on being recognized. Don't know how you did in the Valentine contest, but hope you won.
Katharine - pome lover

 Comment Written 24-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 24-Feb-2019

Wow! Thanks for the lovely comments and the super rating, Katharine.

I didn't win, but I did get runner-up to the runner-up, so it paid for the certificate and I had five cents left over to go nuts with ;-)

I lost myself with the explanation.

Most grateful,
Craig

Comment from Joan E.

Excellent

Congratulations on having your Valentine's Day post well received in the competition. I enjoyed your love poem to a special someone and your use of the acrostic form to spell her name and your rhymes to add to the intensity of feelings. Embedding the poem into the artwork was very effective. Cheers- Joan

 Comment Written 23-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 24-Feb-2019

Thanks very much for the lovely comments, Joan. I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Cheers, Craig

Comment from Pearl Edwards

Excellent

This is a lovely poem for your wife on Valetine's Day, Craig, I' sure she was thrilled with it. By the way, you completely lost me with those notes from Wikipedia (LOL) but loved the read,
cheers,
valda

 Comment Written 18-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 19-Feb-2019

Thanks so much for the lovely review, Valda. I didn't even try to make sense of the notes, I had enough of that decades ago lol

Most grateful,
Craig

Comment from catch22

Excellent

Hi Craig! What a quirky love poem about the person that lights your furnace! Love it. Very good use of the acrostic form to convey your message, and I love the use of machine language speak to get your point across. There is a band called Alt-j you should check out. They have a song called In Cold Blood with binary language in it. You'd love them.

 Comment Written 17-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 18-Feb-2019

I'm a bit of a troglodyte when it comes to music, Pam. My radio dial seldom makes it out of the 60s or 70s. I don't mind some of the more modern music, and I did watch the clip for that song on Youtube. I seem to have trouble understanding the words in a lot of the newer music. I'm not sure why. Anyway, I thought the video itself was most interesting, and so was the song - what I could make out of it. I will listen some more, for sure, and I might have to Google the lyrics. Thanks for the kind review of my Valentine's poem :) Craig

Comment from Dawn Munro

Excellent

First, your notes... Wha--? Integers? Binary? (LOL) (Show-off.)

Now your valentine/poem: show-off. (*grin*) ("Two's", eh?) Clever, Craig.

'Tis very sweet, a real treat, to read one rather mushy.
Were I to pen, I won't pretend, mine couldn't be so gushy. :))

 Comment Written 16-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 18-Feb-2019

And I thought it was fairly moderate in its gushiness level lol

Thanks so much, Dawn, I appreciate the kind words, and, of course, the poem :)

Craig

reply by Dawn Munro on 18-Feb-2019

It's not. I lied. LOL. But the "two" angle is, you old romantic, you. :))

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written Valentine's Acrostic poem for the special lady in your life. When two halves come together it makes a whole and that is how we should see our relationships, it cannot only be the one who gives and the other to take.

 Comment Written 15-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 15-Feb-2019

No, it's a team game. Thanks very much for the fine review, Sandra. Craig

Comment from trimple

Excellent

Good morning to you, Dear Craig

This is quite a refreshing Vanantin's Acrostic poem. Not too slushy and wet behind the ears, but is heartfelt and thoughtful.

Quite lovely :)

I have a suggestion that you may or may not wish to consider.

Each half of "us" contributes to the whole--Each half of us combined to make a whole?

Kind regards

tracey

 Comment Written 15-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 15-Feb-2019

Thanks very much for the lovely comments, Tracey. I did consider your suggestion and I think contribute and combine are slightly different, but both are important things that happen in a relationship, so either works :) Cheers, Craig

reply by trimple on 15-Feb-2019

:)

Comment from --Turtle.

Excellent

Solid, sentimental acrostic. You did well to give the sense of two items that don't work well without the other. Sometimes I think of things like peanut butter and jelly, where they just go together, but in these examples, you have chosen objects that are more than just often seen together, but require the other to function and then become invisible. Like the pole... no one's looking at the pole, it's kind of taken for granted to get the flag there.

But the flag knows, better.

I like the name Jayne, I have a picture of my favorite Jayne on the wall, my firefly mercenary.

two's compliment has a satisfying balance about it ... sexy math terms.

 Comment Written 15-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 15-Feb-2019

That's a very well-made point, Turtle. Thanks for the great review, once again. I'd like to see your Jayne. Mine tells people she was named after a movie star, but she was actually named after a dog - truth! Her parents called her Jayne after a German Shepard they had some time earlier, called "Lady Jayne". I'm not sure who the dog was named after.

Cheers,
Craig

reply by --Turtle. on 15-Feb-2019

My Jayne is actually a guy. : ) Played by Adam Baldwin. A favored character from only one of the best space western series, ever! Firefly, the series... (okay, I might be biased)

In that beautiful, genius cult-loved series, there's the man they call Jayne (which is several times pointed out, a girl's name)... but it also tickled me because I have my imaginary friend named Jane, who I was jealous to have not seen the cool spelling of Jayne to think to use it that way.

Anyway, I had a super crush on the character, because his moral compass is all askew, and he seems a big dummy, but also has these heroic streaks that you can't depend on, and... All the characters in firefly were deliciously complex and a treat to watch. But, it's Jayne who I have pinned up on my cubical wall at work.

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

Awe, Craig, this is of course to your wife for valentine's day. What a beautiful love declaration. Indeed, two halves makes a one. She must be over the moon reading this. Also a lovely entry for the contest. Good luck. All best. Ulla:))

 Comment Written 14-Feb-2019

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reply by the author on 14-Feb-2019

Thank you for the wonderful comments, Ulla. She was pleased with my poem, so even if it has no success in the contest, it was well worth the effort. Most grateful, and Happy Valentines to you :) Craig

reply by Ulla on 15-Feb-2019

Thanks a lot and Happy Valentine to you as well:))