Grieving
Cinquain22 total reviews
Comment from krys123
Congratultions, Steve:
>Positively haunting and difinitvely ingenious.
>The theme is like a slow riviting nails being thrust into one hands.
>Take care my friend and again I am happpy for ya.
Alx
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2019
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Congratultions, Steve:
>Positively haunting and difinitvely ingenious.
>The theme is like a slow riviting nails being thrust into one hands.
>Take care my friend and again I am happpy for ya.
Alx
Comment Written 23-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Alex. Glad you enjoyed.
Steve
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You're very welcome, Steve.
Alx
Comment from Mrs. KT
Hello Steve,
I, too, would grieve for the trees, as my husband and I live high on a bluff surrounded by hardwoods - some centuries' old. But today, I grieve more for the fact that your well-crafted cinquain received an Honorable Mention. It is beyond "honorable;" it is exceptional in form and content rendering a poignant visual and emotional image. Ms. Crapsey would agree! :)
Take Care,
diane
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2019
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Hello Steve,
I, too, would grieve for the trees, as my husband and I live high on a bluff surrounded by hardwoods - some centuries' old. But today, I grieve more for the fact that your well-crafted cinquain received an Honorable Mention. It is beyond "honorable;" it is exceptional in form and content rendering a poignant visual and emotional image. Ms. Crapsey would agree! :)
Take Care,
diane
Comment Written 18-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Diane. I really appreciate the great review and the six stars as well as your appraisal that the poem deserved better. To tell the truth, I hadn't even noticed that it received an honorable mention! Perhaps it was my turn to sit out this dance since I have already won three of these contests this year...
When I face the challenge of writing a Cinquain, I usually go and re-read Adelaide Crapsey's entire output to get in the zone. Good thing she wasn't prolific!
Steve
Comment from Pearl Edwards
This reads like a very personal write about these 40 year old trees, cut down, for whatever reason. A Cinquain expressing much emotion,
cheers,
valda
reply by the author on 17-Mar-2019
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This reads like a very personal write about these 40 year old trees, cut down, for whatever reason. A Cinquain expressing much emotion,
cheers,
valda
Comment Written 17-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 17-Mar-2019
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Thank you!
Steve
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written Cinquain about the trees we cut down for all kind of uses, but there will come a day that we will weep about all the trees that are not there anymore.
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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A very well-written Cinquain about the trees we cut down for all kind of uses, but there will come a day that we will weep about all the trees that are not there anymore.
Comment Written 15-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Sandra.
Steve
Comment from Miss Sherry
What a startling poem. I too would have wept and have over other trees murdered by maniacs with chain saws. You are giving us something special with this poem.
I wish you luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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What a startling poem. I too would have wept and have over other trees murdered by maniacs with chain saws. You are giving us something special with this poem.
I wish you luck in the contest!
Comment Written 15-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Sherry. We are fortunate here to be surrounded by many trees, but still grieve what we believe is the senseless felling of these ones.
Steve
Comment from Janice Canerdy
You have made effective use of all your syllables in this well-written cinquain
about what--if taken to extremes--would be called deforestation. And people wonder why there are wild animals foraging for supper in their back yards.
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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You have made effective use of all your syllables in this well-written cinquain
about what--if taken to extremes--would be called deforestation. And people wonder why there are wild animals foraging for supper in their back yards.
Comment Written 14-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Janice.
It seems to me to have been a senseless act. Our government has pledged to plant a billion trees within their term of office and here is this guy cutting them down.
Steve
Comment from Mark D. R.
Sadly, this tree cutting kills our forests. Your contest poem ably describes this in a very thoughtful way.
did like:
... trees today alliteration
spires ... graced
we wept
Intentional or not: 'we' in last two lines?
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Sadly, this tree cutting kills our forests. Your contest poem ably describes this in a very thoughtful way.
did like:
... trees today alliteration
spires ... graced
we wept
Intentional or not: 'we' in last two lines?
Comment Written 14-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Mark.
yes, the double 'we' was intentional. Think of a dramatic pause between the two words.
Steve
Comment from lyenochka
A beautiful requiem cinquain for the trees. It really feels different when old trees are gone. It's good for people to take time to grieve for trees, especially those which have seen past our lifetimes.
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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A beautiful requiem cinquain for the trees. It really feels different when old trees are gone. It's good for people to take time to grieve for trees, especially those which have seen past our lifetimes.
Comment Written 13-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Helen. Sorry for the late response to this.
Steve
Comment from Kerry Foley
Awe... This is so sad. It is like murder, killing off much wildlife, it's heartbreaking.
Good luck with this terrific Cinquain entry. ~Kerry
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Awe... This is so sad. It is like murder, killing off much wildlife, it's heartbreaking.
Good luck with this terrific Cinquain entry. ~Kerry
Comment Written 13-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Kerry. Sorry for the late response to this.
Steve
Comment from LIJ Red
What, are you visiting New York? They are eliminating curbside trees in many
residential neighborhoods. People and their gadgetry need more space. Trees gotta go. Lots of great cinquains popping up for this contest. Gonna be a big one, I'd guess. Excellent entry.
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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What, are you visiting New York? They are eliminating curbside trees in many
residential neighborhoods. People and their gadgetry need more space. Trees gotta go. Lots of great cinquains popping up for this contest. Gonna be a big one, I'd guess. Excellent entry.
Comment Written 13-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2019
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Thanks, Red.
I read somewhere recently that NY is one of the greenest cities in the world - in terms of amount of public green space etc. They are nuts to be removing trees which give so many neighbourhoods their character.
Steve