GCTHOMAS's comments

Here's the list of comments submitted by GCTHOMAS — There are currently 20 comments total.

	Ludy, thank you for this poem. I find it inspiring. I love the subject of life and aging - even more so now that it is happening to me lol. 6 days ago	View
	Descriptive and evocative 7 days ago	View
	thank you for your kind words. Being humbled is always my number one reaction when I am spending time in nature. 1 month ago	View
	Ammie, I love your writing! This is beautiful but makes me want to have a stiff drink (if I drank). Thank you for the accompanying context. I love how poetry is an especially safe place for catharsis. Your ability to use the creative part of the brain to express and process is SO wonderful. You are awesome! more » 1 month ago	View
	John. Great poem and imagry. I appreciate when Poets can produce works in a form that is not my favorite and yet I like it anyway. ( I am more a free verse or syllabic kind of guy) but I loved it. Especially the envoi! more » 1 month ago	View
	Kaytee, I like the poem. I especially endorse the method to arrive at it. A wonderful exercise that sharpens skills and helps produce ideas. Thank you for sharing. 1 month ago	View
	Love the imagery. The harshness of life juxtaposed with the beauty of new life. I especially like the image of keeping the ice hole open. Great work. 1 month ago	View
	Jamal, very evocative. An enjoyable read. I do note though it accidentally is categorized as free verse though. But great poem. 1 month ago	View
	Beautiful poem Ludy. It raises questions about his we interact or perceive our interaction with our existence. I love the thought that despite it all, we can have hope that a "new future may arise." 1 month ago	View
	After wading through all 150 poems with 140 filled with trite and overdone structure and strained rhyming schemes, a few refreshing works give me hope for poetry. Your work shared a beautiful cadence and flow of ideas. The judicious use of internal rhyme drove the poem forward. The punctuation was exactly how it should be read. The words evocative and sensual without being indulgent or too personal or confessional. Bottom line I loved it. more » 1 month ago	View
	William, I love the imagery and word choice. It also flows as read. Great poem. (I do question it being categorized as a lyric poem though as I don't see author/person as a subject in the work itself , rather the author is an observer. Does not diminish the poem one bit though!) more » 1 month ago	View
	Ammie-Marie, this is a beautiful didactic poem. Thank you so much. I have felt this message of yours here especially as I manage my feelings about getting older. I have learned Benevolence is a great elixir. more » 1 month ago	View
	Love the poem. The flow and imagery are beautiful. I will admit my density though as I cannot make out the acrostic feature it is labeled as. 1 month ago	View
	Great poem. I feel the change of mood from the first to second stanza. It moves you along to a kind of resolution. A few instances of alliteration whether designed or not gives a rhythm along with the works great cadence. Thanks so much. more » 1 month ago	View
	It is evocative and personal without being self indulgent. It is beautifully structured, and the refrain in each stanza drives the poem and the reader on. Good poetry transports the reader, but must also be personal AND universal at the same time - This poem strikes the right balance (Not too self-indulgent and sapily confessional, but yet personal and yet the subjects could at the same time be me or any reader). more » 2 months ago	View
	Maria, it appears this is your only poem posted here 2 years ago. I hope you have not stopped writing! I enjoyed your poem and see potential in your work. Your rhyming schemes need some work, but it flows with a good rhythm when it's read. I would humbly suggest also trying syllabic poetry or some free verse to let ideas flow more freely and if you really like rhyming schemes in your poetry, take those more freely written ideas in other forms to rework into a rhymed verse. Keep it up. more » 3 months ago	View
	Gisela, thank you! Well written, and while I am not the biggest fan of mosy rhyming in poetry styles, yours works really well. Didactic poetry also is so easy to become overbearing but I loved the simple stated message! Keep writing please. more » 3 months ago	View
	Thank you William. As a clinician, I find clients whose lives touch mine in ways that inspire. I truly appreciate your work. 3 months ago	View
	thanks for that insight. I would love to watch that. Sometimes I sit in nature or on my porch and watch birds for hours. I hope to see that someday. 4 months ago	View
	Ammie. I do enjoy this poem. It is evocative and its use of images of nature is definitely my jam. The line about sparrows and honey bees, I need to think more about. Keep them coming. 4 months ago	View