Heart Crafted Poems - 2022
Viewing comments for Chapter 55 "My Body, My friend"Musings of an old man - 2022
31 total reviews
Comment from Whitewave
JLR,
Yes, our body is truly our best friend,though rarely treated in the way a best friend should be. Sometimes, it takes a lifetime for this realization to sink in. The body is a miracle, the magnitude of which is beyond words to express or explain. The body knows how to heal when we give it the grace to do so. It is always in healing mode, even with every injury and insult it sustains.
Keep up the cartwheels - forever.
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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JLR,
Yes, our body is truly our best friend,though rarely treated in the way a best friend should be. Sometimes, it takes a lifetime for this realization to sink in. The body is a miracle, the magnitude of which is beyond words to express or explain. The body knows how to heal when we give it the grace to do so. It is always in healing mode, even with every injury and insult it sustains.
Keep up the cartwheels - forever.
Comment Written 03-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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Yes, we shall do cartwheels evermore! :)
Comment from Wendy G
A fine Ronsardian Ode. Yes the body takes the brunt of youthful attitudes and activities, only to regret it later. On the other side, you'll get a new body anyway, an improved version! Well done.
Best wishes,
Wendy
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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A fine Ronsardian Ode. Yes the body takes the brunt of youthful attitudes and activities, only to regret it later. On the other side, you'll get a new body anyway, an improved version! Well done.
Best wishes,
Wendy
Comment Written 03-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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Thanks!
Comment from Ja Majal
I like the ode to your former self, quite clever!! Makes me appreciate my body now just a little bit more!! Because no one can escape age, unfortunately, but through poetry we can make whatever object we wish to be immortal. Well done.
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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I like the ode to your former self, quite clever!! Makes me appreciate my body now just a little bit more!! Because no one can escape age, unfortunately, but through poetry we can make whatever object we wish to be immortal. Well done.
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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Ja Majal, thank you!
Comment from leather
All my six stars are gone or I would give you one. They have disappeared very quickly this week; there must be a lot of creative juices flowing out there. This was a new rhyme scheme, and I really liked the sound of the second and seventh lines. Best wishes.
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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All my six stars are gone or I would give you one. They have disappeared very quickly this week; there must be a lot of creative juices flowing out there. This was a new rhyme scheme, and I really liked the sound of the second and seventh lines. Best wishes.
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 03-Jun-2022
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Leather, thanks for the virtual six!
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I like that-"a virtual six." LOL
Comment from Janet Foor
The Ronsardian ode is a new form to me but from your description of the requirements, I think your did very well and your message came through the ode very well.
Thank you for sharing
Blessings
Janet
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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The Ronsardian ode is a new form to me but from your description of the requirements, I think your did very well and your message came through the ode very well.
Thank you for sharing
Blessings
Janet
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Thank you Janet, be well!
Comment from Donna G. (aka Sam Duck)
Very insightful and thought provoking. Also, good use of the Ronsardian Ode, which I had never heard of until today. I think a lot of us treated our bodies like indestructible super beings and are suffering a lot for it in our adult years. Thanks for sharing! Great work.
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Very insightful and thought provoking. Also, good use of the Ronsardian Ode, which I had never heard of until today. I think a lot of us treated our bodies like indestructible super beings and are suffering a lot for it in our adult years. Thanks for sharing! Great work.
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Thank you for your review and comments.
Comment from Bill Schott
This Ronsadian ode, My Body My Friend, has the proper formatting and takes a shot at giving a pep talk to oneself after a life lived as if not knowing that getting old was hard.
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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This Ronsadian ode, My Body My Friend, has the proper formatting and takes a shot at giving a pep talk to oneself after a life lived as if not knowing that getting old was hard.
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Thanks Bill
Comment from Tom Horonzy
Potlatch entry. Good luck. You accepted the challenge and did well enough to qualify for a vote or three. May the force be with you, and that isn't the CEC but your fellow competitors.
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Potlatch entry. Good luck. You accepted the challenge and did well enough to qualify for a vote or three. May the force be with you, and that isn't the CEC but your fellow competitors.
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Tom thats a thank you!
Comment from Pearl Edwards
I'm imagining you cartwheeling through the pearly gates JLR. A great final image in your Ronsardian Ode. You sound like my father-in-law, a larrikan in your youth.
Cheers
Valda
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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I'm imagining you cartwheeling through the pearly gates JLR. A great final image in your Ronsardian Ode. You sound like my father-in-law, a larrikan in your youth.
Cheers
Valda
Comment Written 02-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Smiling back! Thanks, Pearl.
Comment from dragonpoet
JLR,
This is a well done Ronsardian ode for the potlatch. It seems to be an ode from a cowboy to his horse according to the artwork.
It seems you posted this in the wrong week. This ode posted as an entry for the puente.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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JLR,
This is a well done Ronsardian ode for the potlatch. It seems to be an ode from a cowboy to his horse according to the artwork.
It seems you posted this in the wrong week. This ode posted as an entry for the puente.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
Comment Written 01-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 02-Jun-2022
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Hi Joan, gee whiz, I really messed that up :)
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I have done it before when I was posting responses to two different potlatches.
Joan