Comment from lightink

Excellent

This is a beautiful contribution to this book, Dear! I love that you went with a contemplative style...it has a gentle soft atmosphere - one that gives a lot of room to the one who is going through a life altering turmoil - to breath and feel and find hope. No thunderous statements...just subtle hope. Lovely and very appropriate!

You start out showing the all encompassing effects of suffering through nature images:
"The flowers have lost their splendor,
The moon its glow."

The 'autumn' image is a wonderful reference to the transition from happier times to a colder one - and you show how this time impacts our memories and soul.
'But leaves in autumn will render
Our memories soft and tender."

Then you close the poem by showing how the impermanence is not permanent either. Love is beyond the boundaries of life and death.

Beautiful, sensitive message!

 Comment Written 27-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 02-Oct-2020

Thanks for the review, J. I appreciate your comments about my contribution to the book, and allowing readers to find a sense of hope. I am glad you liked the subtle approach; I think that is better than a thunderous one. Thanks for pointing out the various images you liked, and the reason for it, as well as the message. It means a lot.

Comment from Neonewman

Excellent

Beautifully crafted piece with a heavenly piece of artwork, Pam. We recently spent over a week with rain and no sun from the gulf tropical storms and hurricanes. So happy to see and feel the love offered from above.'
God bless
Steve

 Comment Written 25-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 26-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Steve. I appreciate your comments about the poem and artwork, and sharing about the tropical storms. Sorry to hear you had that situation.

reply by Neonewman on 26-Sep-2020

My pleasure, Pam.

Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell

Excellent

Once Yvonne is strong enough to read this lovely poem, she will most likely cry. Your words are really comforting. I thought your first two lines, The flowers have lost their splendour, the moon its glow.' were sentiments that really are true. Nothing is ever the same anymore. Your poem is lovely, my friend. Well done. Sandra xx

 Comment Written 25-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 26-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Sandra. I appreciate your comments about the poem and the comforting words, as well as your observations about the opening lines. It means a lot, my friend.

Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Excellent

The Gift of Love
by Pam (respa)


Hello, Pam,

Beautiful poem in honor of Yvonne son passing. It's so sad. I'm sure she will appreciate your poem. I love the autumnal imagery.

 Comment Written 24-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Gypsy. I appreciate your comments about the poem and autumnal imagery. It was a very sad situation.

Comment from Y. M. Roger

Excellent

A beautiful and faith-filled offering of solace and reassurance here, Pam -- your pen and your heart shine forth in this one, my lady... ;) ;) Yvette

 Comment Written 24-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Yvette. I appreciate your comments. This was not easy to write because words don't seem enough. That is when we rely on our heart. I appreciate the comments about offering solace and reassurance, as well.

Comment from Val Crisson

Exceptional

What stunning little piece, which does read very much like a prayer or psalm. I love the way the poem is laid out as far as the rhyming goes, and pretty much everything about it. You combine the images of sadness and hope beautifully. I particularly like - "but leaves in Autumn will render our memories soft and tender."

 Comment Written 24-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2020

Thank you for the exceptional rating and review, Val. I appreciate all of your comments, especially the one about reading like a prayer or psalm. That means a lot. I am glad you liked the rhyme and images, too. Thanks for sharing the line you liked best.

Comment from Mary Kay Bonfante

Excellent

Pam, your poem for Yvonne flows so beautifully. The comforting words are all about God's love, and are echoed in the soft pastel colors you used and the radiant image. The first two lines express your sympathy so well, and in the rest of the poem you are offering encouragement and reassurance. We will continue to pray that Jesus, the Prince of Peace, will just hold her and her family.

 Comment Written 24-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 26-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Mary Kay. I appreciate your comments about the poem and comforting words, represented by the pastel colors and image. It means a lot.

reply by Mary Kay Bonfante on 28-Sep-2020

You're very welcome, Pam. I am touched that so many responded to Yvonne's loss; glad you liked my review. God bless you. Love, Mary Kay xoxo

reply by the author on 28-Sep-2020

You are very welcome, May Kay. I am glad people responded, too.

reply by Mary Kay Bonfante on 29-Sep-2020

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Comment from Patty Palmer

Excellent

A beautiful poem! No matter what is going on in this world, we can always have comfort that the Lord loves us and the promise of everlasting life! I pray the turmoil going on these days gets solved soon.
Patty

 Comment Written 23-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Patty. I appreciate your comments about the poem, and having comfort from the Lord. I pray the turmoil ends soon, too.

Comment from Susan Louise Gabriel

Excellent

This poem is a lovely tribute. It has an interesting end-rhyme scheme. I particularly liked this line: "Because that's Heaven's way to show that brighter light is up above." The concept that loss of leaves and other signs of autumn serve to underscore and contrast that loss with heaven's far greater brightness.
Well done!
Susan

 Comment Written 23-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 26-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Susan. I appreciate your comments about the tribute and sharing the line you liked, as well as the signs of autumn contrasted to heaven's brightness. I didn't say anything about the form, but is comes from Robert Frost's poem "Fire and Ice."

Comment from Colin John

Excellent

Hi Pam, sorry just catching up and love this poem and the picture and yes love will ever show and the sun will show the light. Kind regards and thanks for sharing,Colin xx

 Comment Written 23-Sep-2020

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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2020

Thanks for the review, Colin. I appreciate your comments about the poem, and picture, as well as the message.