In my Autumn Years
Reflecting on my Legacy40 total reviews
Comment from Karyn2
Thank you for pointing me to this! A big resounding yes and amen! I stand with you in this. My wish and hope is as yours. I love the notion that poetry lives on and I know there are young minds who grow remembering the words of encouragement, the smile, the help, the affirmation that we as teachers do our best to pour out.
reply by the author on 29-Nov-2022
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Thank you for pointing me to this! A big resounding yes and amen! I stand with you in this. My wish and hope is as yours. I love the notion that poetry lives on and I know there are young minds who grow remembering the words of encouragement, the smile, the help, the affirmation that we as teachers do our best to pour out.
Comment Written 29-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 29-Nov-2022
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Thank you for your exceptional review. I appreciate you and will help you in any manner I can.
Comment from Sherry SG
Loved reading this, Ms. Nelms-Ludwig. It seems to me you are and have been a wonderful teacher (as well as a human being). Grateful to have discovered you and your writing via this platform.
I can assure you, your students will definitely remember your legacy as a teacher. Nobody, outside of close family, and sometimes not even them, touches our lives as deeply and meaningfully and everlastingly as a teacher does.
reply by the author on 27-Nov-2022
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Loved reading this, Ms. Nelms-Ludwig. It seems to me you are and have been a wonderful teacher (as well as a human being). Grateful to have discovered you and your writing via this platform.
I can assure you, your students will definitely remember your legacy as a teacher. Nobody, outside of close family, and sometimes not even them, touches our lives as deeply and meaningfully and everlastingly as a teacher does.
Comment Written 27-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 27-Nov-2022
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Thank you so much for your heartfelt comments and review rating. My kids loved me, and I loved them.
Comment from LJbutterfly
Congratulations on your well deserved win. Your creative but brief history of some of your accomplishments reveals you've let a varied and productive life. Many young people have been influenced by your efforts and will remember you forever. I enjoyed your pictures, and appreciate you sharing on FS.
reply by the author on 16-Nov-2022
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Congratulations on your well deserved win. Your creative but brief history of some of your accomplishments reveals you've let a varied and productive life. Many young people have been influenced by your efforts and will remember you forever. I enjoyed your pictures, and appreciate you sharing on FS.
Comment Written 16-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 16-Nov-2022
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Thank you for your kind and supportive review.
Comment from Ricky1024
When I think about my legacy after 68 years it's so damn large I can't fit it in a book.
But I don't want to be buried but I don't mind a tombstone saying one word humanitarian.
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This was well written rich in Theme and Imagery.
It also read well and flowed well with no Grammar Issues.
Doctor Ricky 1024
"Still Preaching the Choir here at Fanstory"
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2022
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When I think about my legacy after 68 years it's so damn large I can't fit it in a book.
But I don't want to be buried but I don't mind a tombstone saying one word humanitarian.
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This was well written rich in Theme and Imagery.
It also read well and flowed well with no Grammar Issues.
Doctor Ricky 1024
"Still Preaching the Choir here at Fanstory"
Comment Written 15-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2022
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Thanks for your comments and review. Indeed, most have led full lives.
Comment from Julie G1
So well done. The prompt was answered well. The choice of language and rhyming conveyed the poet's message clearly. This reader relates, we have to keep on keeping on, leaving a living legacy one way or another. The graphics also worked well for this reader. I hope you keep on composing such verse.
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2022
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So well done. The prompt was answered well. The choice of language and rhyming conveyed the poet's message clearly. This reader relates, we have to keep on keeping on, leaving a living legacy one way or another. The graphics also worked well for this reader. I hope you keep on composing such verse.
Comment Written 15-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2022
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Thank you for your kind review.
Comment from royowen
I think one the wonders of being a teacher, and apart from mentoring and teaching two refugee African to pay guitar and being a surrogate grandparent along with my wife, we are all a teacher, parent, mentor for the young, my wife still teaches at university for the third age, so one never really stops being an example for the young, no matter what one becomes, society depends on generational robustness.beautifully written poem. Blessings Roy
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2022
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I think one the wonders of being a teacher, and apart from mentoring and teaching two refugee African to pay guitar and being a surrogate grandparent along with my wife, we are all a teacher, parent, mentor for the young, my wife still teaches at university for the third age, so one never really stops being an example for the young, no matter what one becomes, society depends on generational robustness.beautifully written poem. Blessings Roy
Comment Written 15-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2022
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Thank you for your comments and review. Indeed, every adult has the chance to be role models.
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Well done
Comment from Paul McFarland
Nicely done, Sandra. I can tell from your poem and your notes that you were a great teacher. I taught high school for yen years, and although I nearly starved to death, I wouldn't trade those years for anything.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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Nicely done, Sandra. I can tell from your poem and your notes that you were a great teacher. I taught high school for yen years, and although I nearly starved to death, I wouldn't trade those years for anything.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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Thanks for the review. I gave my best. Why did you nearly starve to death?
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After I paid all my bills, there wasn't much money left for food.
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Yes, teacher's pay was and continue to be not great. We are the foundation for all professions, and we are paid the least.
Comment from bob cullen
Lady, you are a high achiever. One that will remembered in the years to come through the achievements of your many students. You have obviously contributed greatly to today's world, and I thank you for that.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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Lady, you are a high achiever. One that will remembered in the years to come through the achievements of your many students. You have obviously contributed greatly to today's world, and I thank you for that.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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Thank you for your supportive and kind review.
Comment from Deborah Bromlow
I love the title of the poem, "In my Autumn Years". We often hear the phrase "Golden Years", so your perspective is a nice reflection of growing old.
I find myself in this time of life and your poem invites me to ponder the feelings and thoughts of how I want to be remembered.
Your poem moves me and I have no doubt that your poetry will continue to inspire long after Winter sleeps.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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I love the title of the poem, "In my Autumn Years". We often hear the phrase "Golden Years", so your perspective is a nice reflection of growing old.
I find myself in this time of life and your poem invites me to ponder the feelings and thoughts of how I want to be remembered.
Your poem moves me and I have no doubt that your poetry will continue to inspire long after Winter sleeps.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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Long after winter sleeps...Hmmmh that's a great phrase for a poem. Thank you for your thoughtful review.
Comment from Frank Malley
In a poem alternating four beat lines with three beats, Ms. Helms-Ludwig has adeptly written a sort of epitaph for herself in which she uses well-chosen a-b-a-b rhymes to make a statement about the positive accomplishments of her life. She had several professions, but the career most mentioned in the poem is that of teacher; so many of us have been teachers, and so few of us are accorded the love and respect to which that job entitles us.
There is one line in the poem that I think is a clunker, in the sense that there is something about the expression "...thinking cry" that lacks the grace present throughout the rest of the poem. Perhaps 'thoughtful sigh' would work better; at any event, "In My Autumn Years" is an excellent poem.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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In a poem alternating four beat lines with three beats, Ms. Helms-Ludwig has adeptly written a sort of epitaph for herself in which she uses well-chosen a-b-a-b rhymes to make a statement about the positive accomplishments of her life. She had several professions, but the career most mentioned in the poem is that of teacher; so many of us have been teachers, and so few of us are accorded the love and respect to which that job entitles us.
There is one line in the poem that I think is a clunker, in the sense that there is something about the expression "...thinking cry" that lacks the grace present throughout the rest of the poem. Perhaps 'thoughtful sigh' would work better; at any event, "In My Autumn Years" is an excellent poem.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2022
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2022
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Thank you for your wonderful review. I used thinking cry because a lot of my poems are dark and sad. Haven't you had moments you have read something, thought about it and cried? I also wanted to coin my own term. A thoughtful sigh is great but used by many. I appreciate your review.
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Yes, indeed, novelty is important as well as grace. Be well! Frank
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I hope I used grace with you. Thank you, Frank.
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Poetry is a wonderful art, and it demands that we find newness in what we choose to express. All the great poets of yesteryear must in some measure be supplanted by the novel and new.
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Amen, you are preaching to the choir.
