Who Is the Good Neighbor?
A proverb modernized10 total reviews
Comment from Debi Pick Marquette
Oh Sweetheart, this was wonderful. A proverb, indeed modernized!! And I love how it showed scenarios of many who were selfish, thoughtless, and stingy, but I love your ending where hope is shown and a good neighbor comes forth to help. What a wonderful proverb!! Great poem, Verna!! Love, Debi
reply by the author on 13-Mar-2024
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Oh Sweetheart, this was wonderful. A proverb, indeed modernized!! And I love how it showed scenarios of many who were selfish, thoughtless, and stingy, but I love your ending where hope is shown and a good neighbor comes forth to help. What a wonderful proverb!! Great poem, Verna!! Love, Debi
Comment Written 12-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 13-Mar-2024
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Thank you, sweet lady, for a terrific review. You are very special to me! Love, Verna
Comment from Wendy G
Excellent, and all credit to the one who served the neighbours with the uncut lawn, and did so with compassion. Something the complainer could learn to do. Well said, and great rhyme with your story in a poem.
Wendy
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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Excellent, and all credit to the one who served the neighbours with the uncut lawn, and did so with compassion. Something the complainer could learn to do. Well said, and great rhyme with your story in a poem.
Wendy
Comment Written 12-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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I appreciate your thoughtful review.
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Thank God for good people. Some folks can be cruel and not willing to extend a helping hand.
Well done!
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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Thank God for good people. Some folks can be cruel and not willing to extend a helping hand.
Well done!
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis
Comment Written 12-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your thoughtful review. I'm thankful, too, for good people..
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
This really is the good neighbour, epitomised while another complains that it's nothing to do with him! Your tale with its pertinent message is vividly expressed in rhyming verse and a pleasure to read. Well done Verna! Take care Debbie
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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This really is the good neighbour, epitomised while another complains that it's nothing to do with him! Your tale with its pertinent message is vividly expressed in rhyming verse and a pleasure to read. Well done Verna! Take care Debbie
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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Debbie, your reviews are always so encouraging and well written, as are your poems. Thank you.
Comment from lyenochka
It's clear that the real "neighbor" was the one who was neighborly and acted like the Good Samaritan to help the neighbor who was in need just as the Lord would have us do! Thanks for telling it as a story poem in a modern context!
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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It's clear that the real "neighbor" was the one who was neighborly and acted like the Good Samaritan to help the neighbor who was in need just as the Lord would have us do! Thanks for telling it as a story poem in a modern context!
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2024
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I smiled. You are the only reviewer who has mentioned the right parable this came from. You are a treasured friend. Thank you for the review.
Comment from Marilyn Hamilton
I loved this poem! Mostly because I could relate to it so much. While I cared for my aging mother in her home I encountered such neighbors of hers who had nothing better to do than upset a 98 year old woman about the oil marks on her driveway. Neighbors aren't what they used to be, that's for sure. If more of us just slipped out of those meetings and took care of our neighbor's needs instead, the world would be a better place. Nicely written.
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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I loved this poem! Mostly because I could relate to it so much. While I cared for my aging mother in her home I encountered such neighbors of hers who had nothing better to do than upset a 98 year old woman about the oil marks on her driveway. Neighbors aren't what they used to be, that's for sure. If more of us just slipped out of those meetings and took care of our neighbor's needs instead, the world would be a better place. Nicely written.
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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Thank you for you thoughtful review. I appreciate it.
Comment from karenina
God bless this poem and the poet who wrote it! I guess there are two types of people in this world...those who complain, and those who take action, to solve the problem. We never know when we'll be the ones needing assistance. "Do Unto Others" is a solid way to live. Nice rhyme and meter! This marched right down the page...
Karenina
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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God bless this poem and the poet who wrote it! I guess there are two types of people in this world...those who complain, and those who take action, to solve the problem. We never know when we'll be the ones needing assistance. "Do Unto Others" is a solid way to live. Nice rhyme and meter! This marched right down the page...
Karenina
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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Thank you, for your thoughtful review, sweet lady. I appreciate you.
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Comment from BethShelby
This is a nice poem and it does point the different between neighbors. I remember our neighbor having his sons come over and cut out yard when my husband fell and broke his hip. We didn't know him before that and thought he was rude than he never bothered to get acquinted when we moved next door, but he turned out to be a good neighbor after all.We wanted to pay his sons but they refused to take our money.
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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This is a nice poem and it does point the different between neighbors. I remember our neighbor having his sons come over and cut out yard when my husband fell and broke his hip. We didn't know him before that and thought he was rude than he never bothered to get acquinted when we moved next door, but he turned out to be a good neighbor after all.We wanted to pay his sons but they refused to take our money.
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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Beth, thank you so much for a thoughtful review. It's true we don't always know our neighbors till they show a good side of themselves. I appreciate it.
Comment from Jodi Ann Anderson
I think of "do unto others, as you want others to do unto you." Great proverb in a poem! What a better world we would live in if everyone lived this way!
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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I think of "do unto others, as you want others to do unto you." Great proverb in a poem! What a better world we would live in if everyone lived this way!
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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Thank you for a an excellent, thoughtful review. I appreciate it.
Comment from patcelaw
This poem is very well written, and it shows exactly what neighbors need to do when one of the neighbors is down on their luck and having problems keeping up with their property. Rather than go to the board meeting and complain, they need to pitch in and just finish the work for the couple that is struggling. I love your poem and I love the message that you bring here. Patric.
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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This poem is very well written, and it shows exactly what neighbors need to do when one of the neighbors is down on their luck and having problems keeping up with their property. Rather than go to the board meeting and complain, they need to pitch in and just finish the work for the couple that is struggling. I love your poem and I love the message that you bring here. Patric.
Comment Written 11-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2024
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Thank you, Patricia, for your thoughtful review. I appreciate you!
