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Whispers . . .

Free Verse

28 total reviews 
Comment from Bill Schott
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This free verse, Whispers, brings in the metaphorically referenced fog and insinuates it in the clefts and crannies. A foggy stillness exists as the whispers speak.

 Comment Written 26-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 27-Jan-2020
    You understood exactly what I meant. Thank you.
Comment from Therese Caron
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Excellent poem. The image is so eerie, which fog has a way of making things look. I was reading the poem, wondering what you were going to refer to, and was then surprised when you said I am fog. I think Carl Sandburg would like this poem. Very nice free verse!

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 24-Jan-2020
    Thank you. That's quite a compliment!
Comment from Y. M. Roger
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Beautiful personification of the elusive 'fog' with a sprinkling of rhyme throughout the well-chosen phrases.... you can almost hear the foghorn sounding in the background!! ;) Yvette

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 24-Jan-2020
    Thank you. I love fog, and it had been foggy a couple of days when I wrote this.
Comment from Gail Denham
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"I am fog." - Powerful statement and thought - and a misty covering often does give us chills, makes us feel there are "whispers" in all that covering. Mysterious how everything looks in fog.
Well done.

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 24-Jan-2020
    Thank you for the lovely comments.
Comment from June Sargent
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Unfortunately, fog tends to waft its way into my brain these days and linger there longer than I would like! This is a lovely example of a free verse! I like the gentle, flowing rhythm and the words whispering, wafting, wending, wherever add to the alliteration and rhyme pattern. Well done for the challenge!

 Comment Written 24-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 24-Jan-2020
    Thank you. I like fog, but not when it invades my brain. I think it happens to me a lot more, too.
Comment from Joan E.
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I admired your speaking in the first person to give your words more immediacy and using personification to surprise us with the subject of fog. I also enjoyed your use of alliteration and the parallel picture. Cheers- Joan

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 23-Jan-2020
    Thank you. I really appreciate this wonderful review!
Comment from jenintorre
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I really love this free verse poem. It is so atmospheric and descriptive. Great presentation and well chosen artwork. Best wishes. Jen.

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 23-Jan-2020
    Thank you for this wonderful review. I'm so glad you like it. I love fog and it had been foggy for a couple of days. My inspiration. lol.
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
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You'll be getting a star and a 'very well done!' at the bottom, from Jim. I used to love that when I went to school. LOL. I enjoyed your poem and I have to say, it was a surprise to find you were the fog, yet it really did make sense that you were. Well done, my friend! :)) Sandra xx

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 23-Jan-2020
    Thank you. Such a great review. I love fog.
Comment from Pantygynt
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This works very well as far as the rhythms go. It is there, underpining the whole poem without being overtly in charge. Exactly what I was looking for. The rhyme element is less obvious but exists with assonance in the first stanza, internally on a single line and crossed with a subsequent one. Also both old/bold and way/stray are examples of cross rhyme here. They appear well separated but the lines are mostly short and, reading aloud, one can 'feel' them there.

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 23-Jan-2020
    Thank you, Jim. Pam(respa) said to tell you she gave me an A+. lol.
Comment from dragonpoet
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Damommy,
I like this whimsical poetic description of fog. It sounds like the fog is enshrouding the speaker too. Luckily fog burns away.
Keep writing
Joan

 Comment Written 23-Jan-2020


reply by the author on 23-Jan-2020
    Thank you. I like fog.
reply by dragonpoet on 23-Jan-2020
    You are most kindly welcome. I like fog as long as I'm not driving in it.
    Joan
reply by Anonymous Member on 23-Jan-2020
    You are most kindly welcome. I like fog as long as I'm not driving in it.
    Joan