Perfect sense(s)
Sharpening my ...29 total reviews
Comment from John Ciarmello
So beautiful, Wendy. The content is revealing and self-forgiving in your faith's eyes as it almost reads as a prayer. It was elegant! I enjoyed the read. Congratulations, my friend.
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2022
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So beautiful, Wendy. The content is revealing and self-forgiving in your faith's eyes as it almost reads as a prayer. It was elegant! I enjoyed the read. Congratulations, my friend.
Comment Written 30-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2022
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Thank you so much for the congratulations and for your lovely words - so encouraging. I also appreciate the fact that you took the time and trouble to review an expired piece. Your support means a lot.
Wendy
Comment from lyenochka
What a beautiful free verse on compassion, Wendy! I'm sorry I missed reviewing it earlier. I guess it was when I was traveling home.
I loved how you took our sense of sight, hearing, and touch and question our inability to see, hear, and feel the needs of others.
Congratulations on your prize!
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2022
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What a beautiful free verse on compassion, Wendy! I'm sorry I missed reviewing it earlier. I guess it was when I was traveling home.
I loved how you took our sense of sight, hearing, and touch and question our inability to see, hear, and feel the needs of others.
Congratulations on your prize!
Comment Written 30-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2022
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Thank you very much for reviewing, Helen - especially since it has expired. But congratulations to you on winning first place! A well-deserved win. Good to hear you are safely back home too.
Wendy
Comment from Melbelles
Really beautiful poem Wendy! I love the message. I wish more of humanity could open their hearts and sights. My favorite part was "Clear eyes, open ears, gentle hands". It's a brilliant line. It reminds me of when I'm listening to a song and then hear a change in pattern or rhythm and lyrics. I feel like that abruption adds a lot interest in your piece. Thank you for sharing this and adding to my day. May your pen continue to be blessed,
Melbelles
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2022
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Really beautiful poem Wendy! I love the message. I wish more of humanity could open their hearts and sights. My favorite part was "Clear eyes, open ears, gentle hands". It's a brilliant line. It reminds me of when I'm listening to a song and then hear a change in pattern or rhythm and lyrics. I feel like that abruption adds a lot interest in your piece. Thank you for sharing this and adding to my day. May your pen continue to be blessed,
Melbelles
Comment Written 28-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2022
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Thank you very much for your very lovely review! I am glad you noticed the change of tempo, and also that you enjoyed it.
Wendy
Comment from Joanne Gill-Maddick
This is a beautifully written free verse poem. Very inspirational. It has a beautiful overall presentation. I love your photo choice compliments your words so well. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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This is a beautifully written free verse poem. Very inspirational. It has a beautiful overall presentation. I love your photo choice compliments your words so well. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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Many thanks for such a lovely review. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Comment from giraffmang
Hi Wendyu,
Great sentiments expressed in this finely written piece. I think highlighting those juxtapositions works incredibly well/
At first glance, I thought the musicians in the picture were toting rifles!
I've been having some formatting issues myself recently. I wonder if it's a site glitch?
All the best
G
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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Hi Wendyu,
Great sentiments expressed in this finely written piece. I think highlighting those juxtapositions works incredibly well/
At first glance, I thought the musicians in the picture were toting rifles!
I've been having some formatting issues myself recently. I wonder if it's a site glitch?
All the best
G
Comment Written 26-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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Thanks so much for reviewing so thoughtfully - I always appreciate it. Perhaps I'll change the image!
Wendy
Comment from Frank Malley
In "Senses for Living," the narrator asks some very important questions about the way in which troubling, unclear motivations obscure truths about humanity. In the expansion of Darwin's survival of the fittest to the human model, there are strings of entanglement within human motivation that are difficult to separate and understand. However, one thing seems clear: survival is more important than the truth, and the drive to survive establishes mechanisms within us that do not align with ideals or the truths that ideals inspire. Inevitably, we ask questions about the seemingly whimsical cruelties we mete out to fellow humans; finding the answers to these questions is not a matter for philosophy and its logic. Rather, science and its insights into why we choose as we do is a more probable route to understanding and improving ourselves.
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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In "Senses for Living," the narrator asks some very important questions about the way in which troubling, unclear motivations obscure truths about humanity. In the expansion of Darwin's survival of the fittest to the human model, there are strings of entanglement within human motivation that are difficult to separate and understand. However, one thing seems clear: survival is more important than the truth, and the drive to survive establishes mechanisms within us that do not align with ideals or the truths that ideals inspire. Inevitably, we ask questions about the seemingly whimsical cruelties we mete out to fellow humans; finding the answers to these questions is not a matter for philosophy and its logic. Rather, science and its insights into why we choose as we do is a more probable route to understanding and improving ourselves.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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Thank you for reviewing so thoughtfully. Greatly appreciated.
Wendy
Comment from Sally Law
Beautifully penned spiritual poem on the virtues we desire in our lives: especially compassion that brings healing to the world. Sending you my best today as always,
Sal XOs
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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Beautifully penned spiritual poem on the virtues we desire in our lives: especially compassion that brings healing to the world. Sending you my best today as always,
Sal XOs
Comment Written 26-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2022
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Thanks so much Sal! A super review, very encouraging, and much appreciated.
Wendy
Comment from Michaela Moore
Wow! You nailed every sentiment. Every nuance. Simplistic genius. And it hit me in the heart like an arrow. Bravo, my writing friend! May the contest gods be with you because this is exceptional.
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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Wow! You nailed every sentiment. Every nuance. Simplistic genius. And it hit me in the heart like an arrow. Bravo, my writing friend! May the contest gods be with you because this is exceptional.
Comment Written 24-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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Wow, Michaela, thank you so much! For your words, your encouragement, and for the six beautiful stars. All are greatly valued.
Wendy
Comment from Marienkiefer
A very compassionate poem contrasting and drawing parallels between nature and human nature.
-If our bodies, mind or appearance could be measured or weighed as precious metals, we should all be valued or be valuable, be cherished, recognized for our worth and appreciate our own value.
Sparkling in your poem:
-The various messages,
-Consciousness and introspection.
-An appreciation of the variations and diversity and the beauty and the vulnerability of our imperfections.
My favourite lines: I am not deaf to glorious music and majesty of symphonies... Why then am I deaf to to the cries of the lonely, the vulnerable, the poor..
An insightful poem.
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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A very compassionate poem contrasting and drawing parallels between nature and human nature.
-If our bodies, mind or appearance could be measured or weighed as precious metals, we should all be valued or be valuable, be cherished, recognized for our worth and appreciate our own value.
Sparkling in your poem:
-The various messages,
-Consciousness and introspection.
-An appreciation of the variations and diversity and the beauty and the vulnerability of our imperfections.
My favourite lines: I am not deaf to glorious music and majesty of symphonies... Why then am I deaf to to the cries of the lonely, the vulnerable, the poor..
An insightful poem.
Comment Written 24-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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Thank you for your very thoughtful review! You have understood perfectly. I am so glad to read your encouraging words.
Wendy
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My pleasure.🌸
Comment from Fleedleflump
Now this is a mantra I would gladly have repeated every morning in school assemblies - something meaningful and applicable to all, regardless of any dividing consideration. I do think we'll end up in a place where people are just people and treated as themselves with no other factor, but there's a good way to go yet. This was beautifully written.
Mike
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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Now this is a mantra I would gladly have repeated every morning in school assemblies - something meaningful and applicable to all, regardless of any dividing consideration. I do think we'll end up in a place where people are just people and treated as themselves with no other factor, but there's a good way to go yet. This was beautifully written.
Mike
Comment Written 24-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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Thank you for this very thoughtful and encouraging review. Yes, we need to think about what judgements we are making with all our senses. Why do we appreciate the beauty of colours in nature but not for people's skins?
Wendy
