Comment from joycetreasures

Excellent

Hello eStory,
I pray you and your family are well during this pandemic. You wrote such a beautiful testament within your poem of farmers in their struggles and many successes on the farm. I always felt that farming was hard work; working long hours and still trying to raise their family. I appreciate you sharing all the other things in the farmer's life, like weddings, baptizing their children and burying their dead. This a well-penned poem with emphasis on heart and love. Well-done, eStory. I found no errors. Thanks and happy writing:-)

 Comment Written 18-May-2020

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reply by the author on 19-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful comments supporting the poem. I am glad that you enjoyed it and that all the faith and work ethic of the farmers came through in the poem. It is a poem of living through faith. estory

reply by joycetreasures on 19-May-2020

You are so welcome.

Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Excellent

Land Pt. 3; Testament
by estory


Hello my friend

Lovely poem in honor of farmers. There is something very rewarding with the farming life. And we need them to survive. They are suffering now.well done.

 Comment Written 18-May-2020

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reply by the author on 18-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and your continued support of my poetry. Glad you enjoyed it estory

Comment from Bill Pinder

Excellent

I like this free verse that has a clear, focused message about the farmers hard life of clearing the land and being productive and passing it on to the next generation. Thanks for sharing. Bill

 Comment Written 18-May-2020

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reply by the author on 18-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem. Glad you enjoyed this simple message of the farmers persevering with faith in their lives. estory

Comment from Margaret Bednar

Excellent

"overlooking the promise of its fields"... a comma at end of fields?

thanked God for the blessings of sunshine, (remove the)?

and then stood up and sang, (remove then)?

or you could put a (,) after altar and write "stood up and sang"

and you could then write as one sentence
stood up and sang, holding hands in the light.

Just some thoughts. I do like this free-verse (it's my favorite form of poetry.

 Comment Written 17-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and all your interesting suggestions. I will take a look at it and maybe tighten it up a bit. Glad you enjoyed it estory

Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.

Excellent

Farmers are a class of people all their own. The farmers I have known are like the folks you have portrayed so far. They are hardworking, sensible and God fearing people. You are writing a classic work about the families America cannot live without.

 Comment Written 16-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful support of this poem. Glad you felt it was such an honest portrayal of the farmers in America and their faith and perseverance to serve such an essential role in our society. estory

reply by thaities, Rebecca V. on 17-May-2020

You did a masterful writing job.

Comment from amada

Exceptional

I like your writing, especially what you write in here. Somehow it reminds me of how some of my ancestors were like, their land, their religion. I grew up with my grandmother and I saw in her what you are saying in here. My honor.

 Comment Written 16-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks again for the six stars and all the support. I appreciate it. estory

Comment from Irish Rain

Exceptional

I can't tell you how much I just
love this.
I love the simplicity.
You have told their lives, you
have told all their hopes and dreams,
their very reasons for being.
Beautifully worded!
It makes me happy!
Blessings...

 Comment Written 16-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks again so much for all this wonderful continued support for my poetry. estory

reply by Irish Rain on 17-May-2020

Happy Sunday!!

Comment from LisaMay

Excellent

Your stripped down style and phrasing conveys the hard life of toil, speaks of promise and deliverance, faith and continuity. Testament is a good title for it, conveying the depth of faith and also bearing witness to how the land is worked and utilised as a lifestyle through the honest toil of generations.

 Comment Written 16-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful encouraging words supporting this poem. I am glad that I was able to convey that sense of simple faith, of deep rooted purpose in such an essential role in our society. This is about living and serving through faith. estory

Comment from Gert sherwood

Excellent

Hello to you estory,
I like your free verse
Land Pt. 3; about your testament Question which means
Smiles to your authors note it's really good, and Yes folks here on fanstory should read why you have faith.
Gert

 Comment Written 16-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and all your continued support of my poetry. Glad you enjoyed these simple words celebrating these people at the heart of our world. estory

reply by Gert sherwood on 17-May-2020

You are welcome estory
Gert

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written part three of your series. I have a few family members who are farmers and I know how they sometimes struggle and pray for rain at the right time. Ther heritage they leave behind for their children is precious.

 Comment Written 16-May-2020

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reply by the author on 17-May-2020

Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting this poem. I am so glad the poem was able to capture that sense of your family and their faith and perseverance. estory