Alphabetic Ruminations
A modern-day ABC poetic twist on the Abecedarian...64 total reviews
Comment from Jasmine Girl
What a powerful poem about the current state of our country! I like you went all in with alphabets.
You made some good points. I especially like below:
Unguarded liberty can't last,
Vigilance must be steadfast -
Is revolution a good idea for us?
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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What a powerful poem about the current state of our country! I like you went all in with alphabets.
You made some good points. I especially like below:
Unguarded liberty can't last,
Vigilance must be steadfast -
Is revolution a good idea for us?
Comment Written 11-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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I would say that your final question is a topic that could fill another day... yes? :) (wink, wink) Thanx so much, Lisa, for your review on this one, my lady!! ;) This was my first one in a while that I've actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... glad you enjoyed! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows we need MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
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You are a very good poet. Really enjoy reading your poems.
Comment from Lucy de Welles
All elements here. Excellent entry for ABC contest. Powerful presentation on the topic of freedom in relation to the United States of America. Whether one can or cannot actually recognize freedom as it was intended to be recognized by our founding fathers and mothers against the backdrop of current events.
Certainly, the trail of this idea can also lead to the interior of the human heart and whether one can or cannot recognize freedom within, as it was intended to be recognized and known by humans in general.
Call to recognition and appreciation of liberty and the need to guard and cherish it. The encouragement to step out of the category of "yellow bellied sap sucker" and to be firm in one's determination to remain externally free.
Lovely art, wonderful coloring and style throughout.
Well done!
Lucy
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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All elements here. Excellent entry for ABC contest. Powerful presentation on the topic of freedom in relation to the United States of America. Whether one can or cannot actually recognize freedom as it was intended to be recognized by our founding fathers and mothers against the backdrop of current events.
Certainly, the trail of this idea can also lead to the interior of the human heart and whether one can or cannot recognize freedom within, as it was intended to be recognized and known by humans in general.
Call to recognition and appreciation of liberty and the need to guard and cherish it. The encouragement to step out of the category of "yellow bellied sap sucker" and to be firm in one's determination to remain externally free.
Lovely art, wonderful coloring and style throughout.
Well done!
Lucy
Comment Written 11-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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I do believe, my lady, that you are one of the few to actually grasp the true meaning of YELLOW here... THANK YOU for that and for your awesome and uplifting review: you really read the words on the page for more than just text... ;) :) :) :)
I do so appreciate not only your comments but those awesome stars and what they have to say as well! :) ;) This was actually my first poem in a while that I took real time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... just so much going on these days, ya know?! ;) Hope this finds you, Lady Lucy, with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows this world needs so much MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from Eternal Muse
Superb poem for the ABC poetry contest. Your artistic presentation is exquisite, I liked your rhyme and flow, your metaphors, visuals, imagery - all that makes this poem a joy to read. I like these lines:
Myopic crowds refuse to see
Nowhere is candor guaranteed.
Of course humanity is flawed,
Patent denial's intrinsic fraud...
Still, would you recognize it?
It was a great offering which will do very well in the contest - god luck in the booths.
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Superb poem for the ABC poetry contest. Your artistic presentation is exquisite, I liked your rhyme and flow, your metaphors, visuals, imagery - all that makes this poem a joy to read. I like these lines:
Myopic crowds refuse to see
Nowhere is candor guaranteed.
Of course humanity is flawed,
Patent denial's intrinsic fraud...
Still, would you recognize it?
It was a great offering which will do very well in the contest - god luck in the booths.
Comment Written 11-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thanx so much, E-M, for your review on this one, my lady!! ;) This was my first one in a while that I've actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... glad you enjoyed! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows we need MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from MissMerri
This is a stunning accomplishment. It flows as if there were no letter restrictions at all and rhymes and has a melodic meter too. But what I like best about this poem is the message. You've said it all and I hope we will all be brave and strong and refuse to bow to anarchy. Thank you for this lovely reminder of what is important.
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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This is a stunning accomplishment. It flows as if there were no letter restrictions at all and rhymes and has a melodic meter too. But what I like best about this poem is the message. You've said it all and I hope we will all be brave and strong and refuse to bow to anarchy. Thank you for this lovely reminder of what is important.
Comment Written 11-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Wow, Merri - you have just really floored and humbled me, my lady. :) :) Thanx so much not only for your comments but for those awesome stars and what they have to say as well! :) ;) This was my first poem in a while that I actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... just so much going on, ya know?! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows this world needs so much MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from lyenochka
Thank you for your very deep thoughts done in rhyming abecedarian form with a provocative refrain about how we recognize what is really going on here. I hope they will stop the "xanthous" interference and get the wild sense of "liberty" under control.
One question:
Tight'ning our nation's pressure gage... (gauge? 'gage' means 'pledge.')
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thank you for your very deep thoughts done in rhyming abecedarian form with a provocative refrain about how we recognize what is really going on here. I hope they will stop the "xanthous" interference and get the wild sense of "liberty" under control.
One question:
Tight'ning our nation's pressure gage... (gauge? 'gage' means 'pledge.')
Comment Written 10-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thanx so much, Helen, for your review and the catch on this one, my lady!! ;) This was my first one in a while that I've actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... glad you enjoyed! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows we need MORE of both! :) ;) Take care up there, Professor! ;) Yvette
Comment from Teri7
This is a very interesting and well written ABC poem you have penned for the contest. You used very good descriptive words and very nice imagery from the art work you chose. Best wishes in the contest my friend. love and blessings, teri
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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This is a very interesting and well written ABC poem you have penned for the contest. You used very good descriptive words and very nice imagery from the art work you chose. Best wishes in the contest my friend. love and blessings, teri
Comment Written 10-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thanx so much, Teri, for your review on this one, my lady!! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows we need MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from Miss Cookie Atkinson
Wow! this was great I debt it took you awhile write this The artwork and your words are a perfect match You captured my attention from the start
Until next time
Cookie
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Wow! this was great I debt it took you awhile write this The artwork and your words are a perfect match You captured my attention from the start
Until next time
Cookie
Comment Written 10-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thanx so much, Cookie! Not only for your comments but for those awesome stars and what they have to say as well! :) ;) This was my first poem in a while that I actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... just so much going on, ya know?! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows this world needs so much MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
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Good to see you found time to relax and pen a poem, I'm in the same boat I cant sit to long or my feet swell up some thing terrible
take care hope o hear form you soon
Cookie
Comment from Melissa Russell Deur
You are on a roll! This poem reminds me of your recent one about discerning the truth. I love your repetition of "recognize it." It's a wake-up call. The line "Revolution's not so far away" is chilling and the final stanza with "Unguarded liberty can't last,
Vigilance must be steadfast -
Watershed for red, white & blue:" should be printed on flyers! I love the artwork you chose to complement your poem.
I wrote one stanza for this acrostic contest--my first time ever to write in this form. I'm curious about what you've done in your last stanza. If you use the entire alphabet, do you NOT have to switch up the fifth line with a letter out of sequence? Not a criticism--I just want to learn.
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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You are on a roll! This poem reminds me of your recent one about discerning the truth. I love your repetition of "recognize it." It's a wake-up call. The line "Revolution's not so far away" is chilling and the final stanza with "Unguarded liberty can't last,
Vigilance must be steadfast -
Watershed for red, white & blue:" should be printed on flyers! I love the artwork you chose to complement your poem.
I wrote one stanza for this acrostic contest--my first time ever to write in this form. I'm curious about what you've done in your last stanza. If you use the entire alphabet, do you NOT have to switch up the fifth line with a letter out of sequence? Not a criticism--I just want to learn.
Comment Written 10-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thanx so much, Melissa, for your review on this one, my lady!! ;) This was my first one in a while that I've actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... glad you enjoyed! ;) Oh, and to your question: the format is such that the first four lines must be alphabetical, but the last line may or may not be (no requirement, really, on that fifth line). :) :)
Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows we need MORE of both! :) ;) Take care out there and PLEASE stop by again some time - would love to have you! ;) Yvette
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Thanks for explaining the acrostic form. I'll try to write another one!
Comment from Tina Crute
You did go all out and it's a very cool poem; its patriotic and contains a question I'd like an answer to. Would we all recognize freedom and truth? Is it still here with all we have going on in the country?
Best of luck...though you shouldn't need it...in the contest!
Tina
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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You did go all out and it's a very cool poem; its patriotic and contains a question I'd like an answer to. Would we all recognize freedom and truth? Is it still here with all we have going on in the country?
Best of luck...though you shouldn't need it...in the contest!
Tina
Comment Written 10-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Thanx so much, Tina, for your review on this one, my lady!! ;) This was my first one in a while that I've actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... glad you enjoyed! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows we need MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
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You sound so happy, so that makes ME happy!!!
Hugs, Yvette! I look forward to reading what your muse inspired!
Tina
Comment from Bill Schott
This abecedarian poem, Alphabet Ruminations, reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's words: The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
He also said: Freedom is cool.
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This abecedarian poem, Alphabet Ruminations, reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's words: The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
He also said: Freedom is cool.
Comment Written 10-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2020
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Yes, he did: in his wonderful proper, eighteenth century pen, didn't he?! ;) :) Thanx so much, Bill! Not only for your comments but for those awesome stars and what they have to say as well! :) ;) This was my first poem in a while that I actually had the time to sit and think and let the muses loose (LOL!)... just so much going on, ya know?! ;) Hope this finds you with a smile for the day and happiness to share: goodness knows this world needs so much MORE of both! :) ;) Take care! ;) Yvette