Life, Love, and Other Disasters
Viewing comments for Chapter 14 "Come, Woodsman"A collection of poems on these themes
95 total reviews
Comment from mfcohiba
A wonderful tribute. Man as Tree, the description is apt and powerfully done. The comparison is thought provoking. Your writing style here works beautifully with the imagery to create a vivid picture of this man, your father, and what we all must meet in the end.
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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A wonderful tribute. Man as Tree, the description is apt and powerfully done. The comparison is thought provoking. Your writing style here works beautifully with the imagery to create a vivid picture of this man, your father, and what we all must meet in the end.
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from xxjsfuncxxxity
A beautiful and heartfelt tribute to a loved on. The comparison to a tree was powerful and brave. Thanks for sharing this here. Well done!
cheers
js
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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A beautiful and heartfelt tribute to a loved on. The comparison to a tree was powerful and brave. Thanks for sharing this here. Well done!
cheers
js
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you, js. I appreciate your comments.
Steve
Comment from dmt1967
I like this poem it is very well written and very well planned out I like the way it is structured and the picture enhances the poem thank you
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I like this poem it is very well written and very well planned out I like the way it is structured and the picture enhances the poem thank you
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from jhp124gr
A very nice sonnet entry. A tribute to your father that he would be proud to read. Great job on this, the tree standing alone enhanced the entire presentation. Very nice, good luck in the competition.
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A very nice sonnet entry. A tribute to your father that he would be proud to read. Great job on this, the tree standing alone enhanced the entire presentation. Very nice, good luck in the competition.
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from Sally Carter
Heck, this contest is turning out some wonderful sonnets - and this is certainly one of them.
Great meter throughout, vivid imagery, and what an excellent metaphor for a father. A great tree, both in appearance to children, and his influence during life.
A superb turn in the third quatrain, and again that metaphor of crumpling and gnarling. I really like, too, "stole your sap".
And that closing couplet is so, so moving.
Not for the first time this evening, I wish I had a 6 to give you. Fine writing, which I enjoyed very much indeed.
Your father would have been a proud man to read this.
Kind regards
Sally
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Heck, this contest is turning out some wonderful sonnets - and this is certainly one of them.
Great meter throughout, vivid imagery, and what an excellent metaphor for a father. A great tree, both in appearance to children, and his influence during life.
A superb turn in the third quatrain, and again that metaphor of crumpling and gnarling. I really like, too, "stole your sap".
And that closing couplet is so, so moving.
Not for the first time this evening, I wish I had a 6 to give you. Fine writing, which I enjoyed very much indeed.
Your father would have been a proud man to read this.
Kind regards
Sally
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Sally, thanks for the wonderful review. You are right, the contest has reeled in some great 'catches'.
Comment from Bobbi22
I like the theme of this poem with the tree and how it survived the years until the woodsman came. I'm not sure all the lines are iambic, but then again I do not identify iambic meter all that well myself. Very well written poem. Good luck in the contest.
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I like the theme of this poem with the tree and how it survived the years until the woodsman came. I'm not sure all the lines are iambic, but then again I do not identify iambic meter all that well myself. Very well written poem. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from Doc Holiday
As every Spring brings new, every Fall continues it's seasonal death until the final season approaches and the woodman's axe makes its finality complete.
Well-written sonnet!
Good luck in the contest!
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As every Spring brings new, every Fall continues it's seasonal death until the final season approaches and the woodman's axe makes its finality complete.
Well-written sonnet!
Good luck in the contest!
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from Janice Canerdy
This is a skillfully-written, moving sonnet. It effectively describes a compassionate person, strong in spite of hardships, who helped others selflessly, lived a good life, and is now ready for death.
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This is a skillfully-written, moving sonnet. It effectively describes a compassionate person, strong in spite of hardships, who helped others selflessly, lived a good life, and is now ready for death.
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from Jaxson Phoenix
Nice work. I particularly enjoyed the last stanza, "Poor hollowed trunk where once you stood sublime; "Come, Woodsman, swing your axe. It's time. It's time""
Keep up the good work.
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Nice work. I particularly enjoyed the last stanza, "Poor hollowed trunk where once you stood sublime; "Come, Woodsman, swing your axe. It's time. It's time""
Keep up the good work.
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Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
Comment from Maustin
An interesting write you created about life and then the pending consequence at the end. Good rhythm and fast pace throughout the work. Good art choice. Recommended read.
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An interesting write you created about life and then the pending consequence at the end. Good rhythm and fast pace throughout the work. Good art choice. Recommended read.
Comment Written 06-Jul-2012
reply by the author on 08-Jul-2012
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Thank you for the kind words - glad you enjoyed.
Steve
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So welcome Steve...