Hello Kåre Enga in Montana !

Your poem was in my random "read & review" section here at Writing.Com. I loved it and thought you deserved a review. I know you're on hiatus but hope that when you return, it encourages you.


INITIAL IMPRESSION / OVERVIEW:
You wrote a powerful, beautiful and extremely unique poem about romance in reference to a compost heap.

You kept me riveted throughout and made me read straight through to the end.

I thought you did a stellar job.



MORE DETAILED FEEDBACK:

As a gardener, this poem especially spoke to me. I loved how deep you went with the topic and how well versed you were with gardening terminology. It made me want to give you a tour of my garden because I thought you'd be someone who would truly appreciate it.

Your poem was beautifully written, evoked strong emotions in me, and was highly interesting for me to read.

Your poem is well written, flows nicely and, I think, is highly relatable to anyone who appreciates composting.

No one line spoke to me as a favorite; I loved your whole poem.

I liked how you structured your poem.

I didn't notice any spelling mistakes in your poem.


IDEAS TO MAKE YOUR PIECE STRONGER:
In the spirit of helpfulness, I have a couple suggestions to make your excellent piece even stronger.

1. I'd recommend that you add a period at the end of the fourth stanza. All the others have them. I suspect it's just a typo so it won't affect your rating.

2. This is just my personal opinion. When I saw "invalid item" for the contest you'd entered this poem in, I wondered what it was and then clicked the awardicon to find out. It might save future readers time (presuming this is something you'd like to do) if you took out the invalid item reference and added something like: "Won first place in the "Spinning Nouns" contest in July 2006." Congratulations on your well-deserved win!

3. It's too late for a Quill award for this poem (unless it already won one? It deserves it, in my opinion!), but, for future writing, you might consider using all three genres and not using "contest" to increase your chances of Quill category wins. It can really make a difference. Jayne wrote an excellent newsletter on this a year or two ago. I really out to dig out it and post it somewhere prominently but I don't know the link to it offhand (if you find it, please share as I would love to have it handy for referencing). You're a great writer and I'd love to see you win more awards.


CONCLUSION:
You wrote a fantastic and unusual (in a good way) poem that I enjoyed reading. Well done!

Thank you for sharing your poetry with the Writing.Com community!

May love, joy and peace be yours in abundance!
PWheeler


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