The Flicker
contest entry39 total reviews
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
What an incredible abecedarian poem you've written for the Faith contest, Joan! That took some doing, I'm sure! It's so well written, with so much good advice on how to behave, and how so many people have lost their way. It's a sad fact of life these days, my friend. Well done and good luck in the contest. :) Sandra xx
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2022
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What an incredible abecedarian poem you've written for the Faith contest, Joan! That took some doing, I'm sure! It's so well written, with so much good advice on how to behave, and how so many people have lost their way. It's a sad fact of life these days, my friend. Well done and good luck in the contest. :) Sandra xx
Comment Written 11-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2022
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Thanks, Sandra, for reading and review. Glad you liked it. This poem was written in 2014 and it didn't place in the contest.
Joan
Comment from susand3022
Now that's a mouthful. Haven't we all been screaming and hollering for just that thing for years now? Pretty much since Sandy Hook? It just keeps getting worse and worse though, doesn't it. So sad. What are we to do now? The violence keeps erupting, people keep on blaming others, and kids keep dying in their own schools, on their own front steps. The world has gone from safe to a war zone of our own making. Only we can clean it up.
Susan :)
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2022
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Now that's a mouthful. Haven't we all been screaming and hollering for just that thing for years now? Pretty much since Sandy Hook? It just keeps getting worse and worse though, doesn't it. So sad. What are we to do now? The violence keeps erupting, people keep on blaming others, and kids keep dying in their own schools, on their own front steps. The world has gone from safe to a war zone of our own making. Only we can clean it up.
Susan :)
Comment Written 11-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2022
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Thanks, Susan, for taking the time to read, review, and comment on my poem.
Joan
Comment from lyenochka
Great job with your abecedarian poem, Joan. I liked your message about the importance of teaching faith to the next generation otherwise, they will lack hope for the future. I especially liked "Questioning the wrong from the
Right of events." Instead of questioning the wrong of mass shootings, we keep getting stuck with the crazy insistence for the right to own guns.
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Great job with your abecedarian poem, Joan. I liked your message about the importance of teaching faith to the next generation otherwise, they will lack hope for the future. I especially liked "Questioning the wrong from the
Right of events." Instead of questioning the wrong of mass shootings, we keep getting stuck with the crazy insistence for the right to own guns.
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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I appreciate your comments, Helen.
Joan
Comment from rspoet
Hello Joan,
I love to read an alphabet poem that is so smoothly written
one hardly notices the form. But it is the message that elevates.
Great things can emerge from little things, like a flicker,
a spark that inspires and passes from one soul to another.
Wouldn't it be nice to be jubilant again.
Best wishes for your wish to come true.
Robert
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Hello Joan,
I love to read an alphabet poem that is so smoothly written
one hardly notices the form. But it is the message that elevates.
Great things can emerge from little things, like a flicker,
a spark that inspires and passes from one soul to another.
Wouldn't it be nice to be jubilant again.
Best wishes for your wish to come true.
Robert
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Thanks so much for your rave review.
I am honored by the six star review.
Joan
Comment from Aussie
Chaos reigns supreme in a world without a dream. Man has turned his back on god and is a wild horse that can't be tamed, only god has the reins. Many are selfish, greedy and uncaring - that is the world today. For you, I wish a Happy Christmas because God loves us. K xx
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Chaos reigns supreme in a world without a dream. Man has turned his back on god and is a wild horse that can't be tamed, only god has the reins. Many are selfish, greedy and uncaring - that is the world today. For you, I wish a Happy Christmas because God loves us. K xx
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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It is sad that yo just may be right.
Thanks for the review m.
Joan
Comment from Joanne Gill-Maddick
This is an amazing poem about faith. Very well done. start
Teaching our young that
Unless we stop all the
Voracious vigorous violence
We will raise children that are
Xenophobic and not a
Youth that has a devout and not Zealous faith . Awesome.
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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This is an amazing poem about faith. Very well done. start
Teaching our young that
Unless we stop all the
Voracious vigorous violence
We will raise children that are
Xenophobic and not a
Youth that has a devout and not Zealous faith . Awesome.
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Thank you for the review. Even if your children don?t follow your lead in practicing a religion, you still need to live a life of hope and charity to teach them. Maybe they may change their minds.
Thanks again
Joan
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Your very welcome
Comment from jake cosmos aller
great poem about the true meaning of faith and what it means and how important it is to teach the next generation how to do the right thing and act the way they should
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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great poem about the true meaning of faith and what it means and how important it is to teach the next generation how to do the right thing and act the way they should
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Thanks for touching on all the poem?s topics in your review, Jesse
Joan
Comment from Pearl Edwards
Some very wise words here, Joan. Loved the descriptive alliteration of voracious, vigorous violence. Unfortunately this tech world we live in has too much influence on the very young and it shows. Good luck in the contest, well said.
Valda
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Some very wise words here, Joan. Loved the descriptive alliteration of voracious, vigorous violence. Unfortunately this tech world we live in has too much influence on the very young and it shows. Good luck in the contest, well said.
Valda
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Hi Valda,
This post didn?t place. Thanks for the review.
Glad you liked the alliteration.
Joan
Comment from Ulla
Hi Joan, yes the world as it stands is very confused place to be at the moment. It saddens me to see the deterioration of all of values. It just has to chance so the future generation will have something good to hold on to. Ulla:)))
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Hi Joan, yes the world as it stands is very confused place to be at the moment. It saddens me to see the deterioration of all of values. It just has to chance so the future generation will have something good to hold on to. Ulla:)))
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Nice to hear from you, Ulla. Thanks for your review and comments.
Joan
Comment from June Sargent
I could not agree with you more. It has to begin in the home, where the inner sense of right and wrong - known as conscience - can be nurtured from a tiny flicker into a fiery desire to stand up for what is morally right. Otherwise, the world will mold our young ones into xenophobic monsters without a moral compass, simply existing in a dark desert with no flicker of hope. What a cruel and cold world that would be. Words of wisdom expressed creatively in abc form. Well done!
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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I could not agree with you more. It has to begin in the home, where the inner sense of right and wrong - known as conscience - can be nurtured from a tiny flicker into a fiery desire to stand up for what is morally right. Otherwise, the world will mold our young ones into xenophobic monsters without a moral compass, simply existing in a dark desert with no flicker of hope. What a cruel and cold world that would be. Words of wisdom expressed creatively in abc form. Well done!
Comment Written 10-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 10-Dec-2022
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Thanks, June, for the nice review and the shining six stars. I am honored.
Joan
