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Review by Angel
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi Zeke, you've reviewed so much of my work that I wanted to drop by and have a look at your portfolio.

I love this poem, firstly because I love trees and as soon as I read the first two lines I knew what the words were describing. Old trees are amazing, you have to wonder what stories they could tell if they could talk. I loved the lines about its stateliness and grandeur. I could visualise this great old tree standing alone and yet monopolising the landscape for all to see and wonder at. Thank you for this beautiful poem and for lighting up my day. It's been a sad one for me and this reminded me that there is always a mark that we can leave behind. I lost a friend and she left a mark on many people's lives, just like the tree.


Surprisingly an Owl

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Review by Angel
Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
Hi Prosperous Snow, I really get your frustration with robots on the other end of the phone. We have them here in the UK too, they make you want to scream at times. I'm pleased that you got what you needed in the end but I understand how it drives people mad. Also, as you pointed out, why do you have to give your information twice when you do get to speak to an actual living person. You've got to wonder who they have working for these people sometimes. Thanks for sharing.




Surprisingly an Owl
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Review by Angel
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi Gemini Gem, I came across this story because I'm in the I Write group and I have to say that it's cheered up my day no end. The prompt was complicated and you seemed to manage it with ease. How many of us at times have wondered what our pets are thinking. I don't have any at the moment but I've had my fair share of them. I loved that Cheddar was welcomed by such a wonderful number of dogs and that he had an amazing family reunion. I found it inventive that they had a party including a growling contest, this made me chuckle.

I liked the surprise ending too, you returning back to earth with another dog. It was interesting that your name or the name of Brie's owner is never mentioned, it's very much from the dog's point of view, yet you still hold the power, so to speak. Brie can't just decide to come home with you, she has to still be owned by someone, so an interesting point of view here. Thank you for writing this and as I said cheering up my day, well done and good luck in the contest.

Angel *Angelic*
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Review by Angel
Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
Hi Ruwth, I have to say this really interested me because this is something I already do. In my case, it's because I'm on a low income so the blanket comes out and I wear a jumper. It saves me a fair bit on electricity and this has to benefit the world in general, the less electricity we use the better it must be. I'd never heard of this day and considering I live in the UK I would have thought it would have drifted over here, so I was intrigued, I think I'll pop along to the sites you've given and take a look, so thank you for the detailed info. I enjoyed your enthusiasm on the subject too.

Angel *Angelic*
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Review of Doggie Spa Day  
Review by Angel
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Hi there Hooves, thank you for sharing this, I have to say it was a reminder to my past. My dad tried to give my dear little Yorkshire Terrier a bath. He got wind of it and disappeared into his basket (the equivalent of a carrier today). My dad wasn't going to put his hands in there so he got a broom handle and slid it down the side of him to edge him out. He took a bite out of the broom handle and so we left him there. Next time my dad made sure to close the door before running the water.

What a lovely name for a dog, is that like the song 'Me and you and dog named Boo'? I love the sound of her tenacity and I enjoyed this poem, it made me smile and brought back happy memories, I could also picture her, so cute. Well done and thanks again for sharing.

Angel *Angelic*
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Review of Pants on Fire  
for entry "A Stable Genius
Review by Angel
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Hi ya Hunter's Moon, I just had to comment on this, as a Brit I can't get my head around this guy and I have to say I just love your poems because you say how I feel so well. Brilliant, as usual.

Angel *Angelic*
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Review of All Of My Peices  
Review by Angel
Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Hi Makalia, I have to say that your introduction intrigued me and I wasn't disappointed. I am a Christian and I know that we find ourselves in no different situations than anyone else. I find that it is my faith that gets me through these situations, however, I loved the twist in this, in that she isn't entirely human, she is an Angel on a mission from God. I love stories from an unusual point of view and I have to say this is an unusual point of view, one that I enjoyed, well done and keep writing.

Angel
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Review by Angel
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi rjhjr

I have to say I was taken by surprise by this, I had no idea from what point of view it was coming from until it said about perching on my pedestal over the harbour. It brought a huge lump to my throat. I live in the UK and yet it still affected me, I think because I love to read stories from an unusual point of view and this was such a powerful point of view and also showed how helpless everyone was on that day. They couldn't have helped any more than the Statue could because they wouldn't have been allowed in. But this reinforced the helplessness that everyone felt on that day, not only those who were in the city but all those who lived elsewhere and watched it all happen. We all still stand with you on the anniversary of that terrible day. Thank you for sharing this amazing piece.

Angel
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Review by Angel
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hi Lottie

I have to say I'm impressed by this poem, I suffered from depression as a teenager and I recognised myself here. Even as an adult the feelings are the same but maybe an adult recognises it. A child just experiences it without any comprehension of depression and what it is.

I loved your analogy of children in a barn especially wiping away the tears with straw. Straw is rough and sharp so to me, it spoke of whatever people did it just made it worse. The ending was great because if someone had read this without reading what it was about they would have assumed it was about depression. However, the last verse makes it clear that these are children, not adults who are suffering. I also like your mix of rhyming and non-rhyming lines it reinforces the unsettled feelings of the child in the poem.

There are a few points I would like to make and this is just my opinion. In the fourth verse, 'theres' should be 'there's' and I feel that there is a word missing 'no' between 'there's' and 'need'. In the last verse you have 'chocked', it should be 'choked'.

These are really minor and often typing errors, they by no means detracted from the poem which I really enjoyed, even though the subject was difficult. Well done.

Angel
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Review by Angel
In affiliation with  
Rated: E | (4.5)
Hi Saoirse

As a fellow Christian, I was thrilled to find this poem. It invokes the depth of loss that we should all be reminded of on a regular basis but of course, we know that the resurrection is the miracle. This doesn't take away from the suffering that Jesus had to go through for us.

I like the questions you ask in this poem like what if the women had been there, would they have stayed awake? I think they would have given Him more comfort. Or how did his mother feel, as a mother, I've often wondered how Mary got through watching her son die.
I like the lines
'So it comes to me Lord @ this time of year
All too easy I'd forgotten my way'

I liked it because we so often say that he died for us so it opts us out in a way from that personal responsibility, when we remember to say that he died for me then we realise that we are a part of the reason for it. I wondered if you used the '@' sign to bring the poem up to the present day. If so it was an interesting thing to do in the middle of a poem that to some would seem an event irrelevant to them.

I noticed just a couple of errors, in line 4 you've started it with 'their' and I it should be 'they're'. The other is in the second line of the final verse, you've written 'ti' and it should be 'too'. These are minor errors that didn't detract from the pleasure I gained from reading this. Well done.

Angel


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Review of To the War God  
Review by Angel
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hi teach23

This is a unique look at war and written in such few words. I love poems that are written from a different angle. There are many poems written on war but this one stood out for me. It reminded me of human sacrifices offered to gods by people such as the Mayans. Where the change came was in the last two lines where it confirms that this is not the past but a continuance of this barbaric thing that nobody seems to be able to stop. Well done.

Angel
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Review of Just smile ☺  
Review by Angel
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Rated: E | (4.0)
Hi Gogo

I have to say that I liked the words that you began with as an introduction. It's hard to stay positive sometimes. I then read your poem and it made me 'smile', it's something I quite often do to people in the street, I'm not sure if they think I'm crazy but they often smile back. I like to think that I may cheer someone up at least once in the day.

This is why I liked your poem, dealing with difficult repetitive times like anniversaries of those people we've lost but how a smile can help get us through these times.

I only have one issue on line six of the poem.
Either the word 'of' or 'is' feels as if it needs removing for it to feel right. I've put examples beneath. It is, of course, your poem and this is just a suggestion.

Because of everyone around suffering from something. Heal them.
Because everyone around is suffering from something. Heal then.

This is a minor issue and I enjoyed the poem and the point it was making. Well Done.

Angel
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Review by Angel
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hi, Mare, this is a M2M Review.

I have to say that I found this interesting. I've never understood why some people who come from good homes and families cause them so much pain at times. I like the perspective you have here, that it's because people feel safe to be themselves with their families. They are, after all, the people who've known them the longest. Also, they love them unconditionally, as you say. Having come from a very dysfunctional family I was the opposite, I towed the line. Reading this made me wonder if the opposite can also be true. In a family where someone can't be themselves, perhaps they don't feel the freedom to push boundaries.

Angel

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Review by Angel
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Hi Espero firstly I'm not sure if you'll end up with this review twice but I forgot to put in the right settings the first time so I'm repeating my first review. You'd think I would have got the hang of it by now.

This is a M2M review as part of the Rising Stars Group. I have to say that I have a partiality to poetry and this intrigued me because it is biographical.

I loved both the rhyming and the flow of this piece, it tells a terrible story and you've unravelled it in such a way that I felt myself holding my breath. As a survivor of abuse, it also touched a nerve, an angry nerve, that she should be taken advantage of in that way. It's a difficult thing to do, to try to portray a true story and incorporate rhyming as well. You clearly understand how to manage the balance in doing this. Well done on getting across such a terrible story so effectively. I was relieved to know that she was eventually released.

Angel

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