Comment from karenina

Excellent

Amen, and teach it brother! No one of us gets through life without each of the three...

You might call it the "Holy Trinity" of life from birth to death...

I could opine for much, much longer.

You've said it all and I honor that be merely thanking you for your poetic observation.

Karenina

 Comment Written 02-May-2023

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reply by the author on 02-May-2023

Your support throughout this past month is a true testament to the value of FS as a platform for people to share there deepest reflections whether past of present. Thank you abundantly for your honest sharing. Jim

reply by karenina on 03-May-2023

This is FanStory at its very best, I agree...

Comment from Aussie

Excellent

I wish I had six stars! This is the best presentation and subject I have read for many a day. My short rendition of your words; body is the suitcase of the soul. Soul travels via the Silver Cord (google it) and every sleeping hour it travels the Cord to our real home. The only time it is severed, at death. Well done poet.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2023

Thank you, oh I know the silver cord and am glad in it.!

Comment from nomi338

Excellent

Excellent thought. When we allow each facet of our life to interact, we become a whole balanced being. Able to fully think, feel and act. People who are unbalanced are not happy nor as useful as could be.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2023

Thanks for your comments Nomi, very valued. Jim

Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose

Excellent

Excellent poem about whole beings that have three parts, soul, body, and spirit. I believe it's true. But sometimes I forget and feel like there's something missing in me.

The rhymes and meter are not forced and they flow well.

the structure makes sense, it draws on emotions and it presents strong images.

Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Thank you, Gypsy, and I so appreciate your continued positivity even while I know my meter is often quite sophomoric. But, as I always attempt, so, practice, practice, practice. Have a splendid weekend, I going tp spend mien in the studio throwing pots. ( On the pottery wheel)

reply by Gypsy Blue Rose on 28-Apr-2023

oooh you are a potter? how fun

reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

yes, part of my re-creation after 35 years in the corporate jungle. Started about the same time I started with FS. Have secured our first gallery, they will be doing a show in August. This is a joint venture, I do all the throwing and my bride does the glazing. So much fun!j

Comment from Bill Schott

Excellent

This poem, Season of the Mind, Body, Soul II, has a great message delivered in this well-penned verse. The mind and the body and the soul are separate and work together. Nice.

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Thanks very much, Bill!

Comment from dragonpoet

Excellent

Hi Jim,
This poem describes in its abab quatrains and mono-rhyme refrain how we need all three, body, mind and soul to be whole people. It shows how they are formed and change as we age.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Joan

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Thanks, Joan

reply by dragonpoet on 29-Apr-2023

You?re very welcome, Jim.
Joan

Comment from Frank Malley

Excellent

I am immediately captivated by a piece of literature that features the metamorphoses of a tiger swallowtail butterfly. In connection to his poem, JLR intends, I think, for the three stages of the butterfly's life that are depicted - larva, chrysalis, adult/imago - to stand for the three components of being that the poem fluidly describes. I find it hard to be sure which butterfly stage is which part of the human being. The caterpillar/larva is about growth and accumulation of what's needed for transformation; the chrysalis is the place where transformation occurs; and the adult butterfly, the imago, is the realization of the two stages that precede it. It's a lovely poem and a thought-provoking set of images.

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Hi Frank, always, my thanks! I thought the image of the metamorphic
changes in the three stages of a butterfly create a worldview picture of how human beings also transition, mentally, physically, and spiritually in one's lifetime.

reply by Frank Malley on 28-Apr-2023

Be well, JLR. I'm working to enter the imago stage - no sign of wings yet. Frank

Comment from Wendy G

Excellent

That's very nice! I like the way you thought of your theme of body, mind and soul, and then developed and shaped each of these. I am enjoying your month of poems.
Wendy

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Thank you so much!

Comment from ~Dovey

Excellent

Hi JLR,

I enjoyed the imagery and rhyme in this piece.

Your presentation is excellent and the refrain line was so well chosen.

Excellent work!

Kim

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Thank you, Kim!

Comment from Kerry Foley

Excellent

Hello there, my friend you have a very unique style of writing I really enjoy it, can you put your words together very well.

Fantastic job!

 Comment Written 27-Apr-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2023

Thank you, Kerry!