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Musings of an old man - 2022

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Comment from karenina
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Thanks, SO much for including the parameters and requirements of this Wordflair poetic form!

I found this online: "The Wordlflair is a poetic form invented by invented by -Lilac_Thoughts-of Allpoetry. She was inspired to create it out of her love to "put emotion into poetry, and the challenge of following the set patterns of formed poetry."

Source: https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/wordflair-or-a-flair-for-wonderful-words-with-wings/

(It is always nice to see where a form originated, if possible!)

Your effort is extremely well written and conforms very well to the rhyme scheme as well as relating the single words beginning each stanza to one another.

It reads as a saga, or an epic ~ full of emotion and intensity!

It's so much easier to appreciate the effort when one understands the framework upon which you built your verse!

Karenina



 Comment Written 24-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 25-Oct-2022
    Karenina, Wow,Wow!! Thank you for these tidbits of information. I couldn?t agree with you more about knowing the source of style to become more knowledgeable! You friend, are amazing 🙏🙏🎶🎶🎶
reply by karenina on 25-Oct-2022
    Hmmm. Nope. Look in the mirror. YOU are amazing!
Comment from HarryT
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Very good description of the torment suffered when a love is lost. Images are powerful and draw on the emotions. The comparison of a storm to the feelings endured in one's heart and mind is well done.

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 25-Oct-2022
    Thanks much dear sir!
Comment from June Sargent
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Yes, I can feel the fear, the fury, the rage churning in the water and in your soul with this poem. You met the challenge beautifully with this wordflair. Great imagery. Well done!

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 24-Oct-2022
    June, I do value your input comments very much, thank you!
Comment from Heather Knight
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Hi,
I'd never heard of this kind of poem, so first of all, thanks for the information. I found it fascinating, though I don't know if I'd have the patience and the skill to write one myself.
Incredible. Really good, like everything you write.
I only have one question: all the words you used before each stanza were adjectives except for fury. Does that matter?
Thanks for sharing,
MJ

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 24-Oct-2022
    Hi and Thank you for your kind comment. While I did in-fact begin with adjectives because They may name qualities of all kinds and the emphasis of the emotions have been carried throughout. I do not feel therefore that this usage would be restrictive in writing in this format.
reply by Heather Knight on 24-Oct-2022
    I was just wondering because as I told you I don't know this kind of poem.
    I hope I didn't offend you.
Comment from lyenochka
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WOW! You really used this form to the maximum effect! I felt like the volume of the emotional storm was raised to beyond the highest number and yet it's the "the silence " that "screamed her love." Fabulously done with expert rhymes and near rhymes!

 Comment Written 23-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 24-Oct-2022
    Smiles of great appreciation, thank you.
Comment from royowen
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Hi Jim, you're growing as a writer, certainly in meter, but I'm wondering how you have 6 lines in the rhyming notes, when their are only 5 in the actual work, if the first four lines lines are ABAB how can there be a couplet of CC? Surely it should be ababB? But that's technical, I'm not concerned, Just a bit muddled. it was still a great poem, well done, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 23-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 23-Oct-2022
    Hello friend, the club format is Six lines per stanza.

    *Line1 ONE SINGLE WORD to convey mood and theme
    *Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, rhyming scheme: abab (I think it should read ababcC
    *Lines 5 and 6 is a rhyming couplet: cC

    *Line six of the first stanza is repeated in the last line of following stanzas
reply by royowen on 23-Oct-2022
    Your line two didn?t rhyme with anything Jim, I just read another version with only three lines. Still confused my friend.
Comment from Faith Williams
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Wow, I can really feel the inner upheaval expressed through the description of the heaving ocean. I've read a few of these poems, and personally I like yours the best. Thanks for sharing your amazing poem.

 Comment Written 23-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 23-Oct-2022
    Thank you Fiah, I am quite honored.
Comment from Michael Ludwinder
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Wow! This is a unique poem. Love how you formatted each stanza. The first word sets up what is going to come. The descriptions are excellent and powerful. Rhymes are so perfect!! Great job.

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 Comment Written 23-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 23-Oct-2022
    Michaelm thanks for kudos!
Comment from jacquelyn popp
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Thank you for sharing. Nice poem and you used a good descriptive words. I could almost hear the wind howl. It was an enjoyable poem to read. Thank you for sharing.

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 Comment Written 23-Oct-2022


reply by the author on 23-Oct-2022
    jacquelyn, thank you for your validating comments.