Believe In Love
get BLITZed!-Contest Entry35 total reviews
Comment from amanda98653
I was looking through the entries the other day and thought yours was the best.
The message is very optimistic (I needed it) and the lines are smooth. The repetition is spectacular and flawless.
Always a winner in my heart.
hugs
Amanda
reply by the author on 11-Aug-2014
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I was looking through the entries the other day and thought yours was the best.
The message is very optimistic (I needed it) and the lines are smooth. The repetition is spectacular and flawless.
Always a winner in my heart.
hugs
Amanda
Comment Written 11-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 11-Aug-2014
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I've been smiling since I saw your name. No one's listening right? This WAS the best one. Hahaha. What were those people reading? I glad it cheered you up but I'm sorry you needed it. We have to have some heartache though so we can write great poetry. Otherwise we're just writing about flowers!! Thank you for the wonderful review. mikey
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You're welcome, Mikey!
Comment from kiwijenny
I love this blitz form......and the quick pace of this poem......
Well done...........LOVE VICTORIOUS...I love that.....
Well done................
God bless
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I love this blitz form......and the quick pace of this poem......
Well done...........LOVE VICTORIOUS...I love that.....
Well done................
God bless
Comment Written 09-Aug-2014
Comment from JM
Fast moving, like it should be, wonderful flow of your words. Love feels and looks like everything you said. Beautiful picture. You are an awesome poet.
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Fast moving, like it should be, wonderful flow of your words. Love feels and looks like everything you said. Beautiful picture. You are an awesome poet.
Comment Written 09-Aug-2014
Comment from Sharon-Yvette
Very good job! You had the guts to try the "rules and regulations" of this contest, so way to go. I looked at the requirements and my eyes glazed over...maybe someday. Anyway, I think you did a nice job of following the guidance while still keeping the theme "Believe in Love" flowing throughout. I like how you also mingled in the loneliness, rescue, deceit aspects, but that in the end love was victorious. Thank you for sharing!
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Very good job! You had the guts to try the "rules and regulations" of this contest, so way to go. I looked at the requirements and my eyes glazed over...maybe someday. Anyway, I think you did a nice job of following the guidance while still keeping the theme "Believe in Love" flowing throughout. I like how you also mingled in the loneliness, rescue, deceit aspects, but that in the end love was victorious. Thank you for sharing!
Comment Written 09-Aug-2014
Comment from Trybuck
A lot of good entries in this writing prompt and this one is no exception.. Looks like you had fun with it. Well done with your entry, Buck
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A lot of good entries in this writing prompt and this one is no exception.. Looks like you had fun with it. Well done with your entry, Buck
Comment Written 09-Aug-2014
Comment from SLHarper
Dearest Mikey!
What did I tell you? I knew by the time I had a chance to sit down and take a good look at your masterpiece here that I'd be "reviewing" a six-star All Time Best piece!
I can envision this poem totally rocking it at a slam event. Have you ever done one of those? Maybe this is you calling as a musician, lyricist and compelling, sensitive soul?
Believe in Love is an anthem that celebrates the absolute best thing (and main thing that sets us apart) about being human. I love how you explore -- so smoothly and deceptively simply -- the complex motivations and variables, risks, dangers, misperceptions and foibles we can perpetrate and/or encounter during our search for the ultimate reward -- victorious love!
Yes, it's something worth believing in! Amen, Preacher!
Now, talk about JEALOUSY! I am so impressed by what you've pulled off with this awesome BLITZ -- I want to give it a shot, too! It'll probably take me a year... Stay tuned, though! Lol!
What a fabulous accomplishment, Mikey!
Steph
reply by the author on 08-Aug-2014
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Dearest Mikey!
What did I tell you? I knew by the time I had a chance to sit down and take a good look at your masterpiece here that I'd be "reviewing" a six-star All Time Best piece!
I can envision this poem totally rocking it at a slam event. Have you ever done one of those? Maybe this is you calling as a musician, lyricist and compelling, sensitive soul?
Believe in Love is an anthem that celebrates the absolute best thing (and main thing that sets us apart) about being human. I love how you explore -- so smoothly and deceptively simply -- the complex motivations and variables, risks, dangers, misperceptions and foibles we can perpetrate and/or encounter during our search for the ultimate reward -- victorious love!
Yes, it's something worth believing in! Amen, Preacher!
Now, talk about JEALOUSY! I am so impressed by what you've pulled off with this awesome BLITZ -- I want to give it a shot, too! It'll probably take me a year... Stay tuned, though! Lol!
What a fabulous accomplishment, Mikey!
Steph
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
reply by the author on 08-Aug-2014
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It's funny, I can sit behind a piano or guitar and sing a song for thousands, but I'm terrified to read a poem to anybody. Hahaha!!!
The Blitz is actually the way I write. So, it isn't that much of a stretch for me. I write prose kind of this way. Just start rambling away and then at some point start tieing it together and hopefully finding a way to reach a conclusion that makes sense. The main thing with this is to make sure you have a title and ending that make sense and have strength. Then just have an idea what you want to talk about before you start blathering.
I am so delighted that you liked this though. I was a bit shocked when I finished it. I thought, "Hey, that's pretty good!" I know you could knock the hell out of one of these. Just don't spend too much time at first. Run through it like the wind. Then go back and count the lines and all that. But, just let it all flow out. These are very easy to fix and switch around. They just look complicated, but they're not. The only weirdness it the title and the last two lines. I sponsored a Children's Story in a Poem prompt. The first entrant other than myself is adewpearl. Hahaha. Bring it on Brooke! I wrote a cute story about a little girl that rescues a newly hatched sea turtle from diving seagulls. Very sweet. Never wrote for children before. I'm getting so mellow. I think I'm going to make a prompt out of your blank verse couplet in fifteen words. I finally did it, took me forever! Can't get those love birds up in the redwoods out of my mind. Makes me want to go to Yosemite... mikey
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I have a vague idea of something to write. I might try trance channeling for this one... It should be interesting.
You and I have lots in common. I am a singer, too! We should put together a band -- The Not-Yet-Dead Poets' Society!
Yes, I want to go to Yosemite, too! I'll let you know if we go soon!
Good Night, Darling Mikey!
Comment from seaglass
I'm not crasy about the blitz in general because with so many I've read the necessity of using the repeating word pattern prevent anything meaningful or compensable coming of it.
however, you kept a message coming through. moving from the intense emotions of love, through the challenges, ending with a positive forever. Therefore you get my six
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I'm not crasy about the blitz in general because with so many I've read the necessity of using the repeating word pattern prevent anything meaningful or compensable coming of it.
however, you kept a message coming through. moving from the intense emotions of love, through the challenges, ending with a positive forever. Therefore you get my six
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
Comment from l.raven
OMG Michael, and so on...and so on...and so on....like a chain...everything just keeps connecting...if you didn't believe at the beginning of this poem...you do by the end...very well done Michael...love it!!! Luff Linda xxoo
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OMG Michael, and so on...and so on...and so on....like a chain...everything just keeps connecting...if you didn't believe at the beginning of this poem...you do by the end...very well done Michael...love it!!! Luff Linda xxoo
Comment Written 06-Aug-2014
Comment from Drew Delaney
This worked out really well, michael. The photos were an extra bonus. I think this kind of poetry is a fun venture. Something we could do with our kids or even as a game. I liked your Blitz.
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This worked out really well, michael. The photos were an extra bonus. I think this kind of poetry is a fun venture. Something we could do with our kids or even as a game. I liked your Blitz.
Comment Written 06-Aug-2014
Comment from lancellot
Okay, I have to give it up to you. This is not an easy contest and the work you put in to keep all the rules in order and still come out with a meaningful and coherent poem deserves more than a simple win. Great job!
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Okay, I have to give it up to you. This is not an easy contest and the work you put in to keep all the rules in order and still come out with a meaningful and coherent poem deserves more than a simple win. Great job!
Comment Written 06-Aug-2014