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Review of BEST INVESTMENT  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.5)
This is a wonderful plan for self-assessment. It ought to be followed by everybody. It is so surprising that we don't ever bother whither we are headed. Our life is often rudderless.

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--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (3.5)
This is not an ideal write but I guess this because you have certain disabilities that come in the way. Please carry on un-deterred. Victory comes to those who persevere. All the best. Keep writing.

To quote from a poem in my school book--

Try, try, try again!

This is a reciprocal review--

M C Gupta


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Review of GRATEFUL HEART  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (3.0)
This is a good attempt at an acrostic. However, I can't call it a good poem. A good poem must have flow.

You might like to view--

https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/963...

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta


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Review of HAPPINESS  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
The crux of this article is, in the author's words--

"I do something that I love. I love something that I do and the reward is truly an enormous happiness."

Happiness is a state of mind. We should not give the key of our mind to anybody else. Let others not determine how happy or unhappy I am.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta
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Review of The Caring Soul  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.5)
This is a wonderful true story about the spirit of sacrifice for others' sake that is inherent in living beings, even among animals. Psycho-neurological research shows that giving enhances happiness. Your story, a true one, fully illustrates this.

Your English needs brushing up here and there.

Keep writing.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review of Half Empty?  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
It is a nice poem with valid thoughts regarding the half-full glass.

I wrote a sonnet on this topic 18 years ago.

HALF GLASS SYNDROME—a sonnet. "HALF GLASS SYNDROME—a sonnet" , 26 April 2005
[Learn positive thinking. Count your blessings, not your sorrows.]
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1356...

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
This is a nice poem. The last stanza is great--

What stories could these old homes tell,
Of master and slave, and laws forgotten
In the name of "decency", leaving
Innocent young men hanging from trees?

The words "laws forgotten" convey much more than their literal meaning. They refer to illegality, injustice and cruelty heaped up on "Innocent young men hanging from trees".

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta


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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
This is a nice poem. I have the following suggestions / comments:

i)--The poem is written 11 syllables per line except in line 5 (In times when our days - clouded with sorrows,)--This has 10 syllables.

ii)--The meaning / grammar is not clear here--"I saw us rose and soared like lovely sparrows."

Hope this helps.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
This is a very nice poem which vividly brings out the contrast between a small, simple town and a metropolis.

The following lines clearly show the difference--


Neighbors side by side, like strangers
in the night
Exchanging glances, not even a smile
Oh what a sight
This is a different life from our old
familiar place
Where every neighbor is a friend and
conversation took at ease.


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Review of The Little Match  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
It is a nice poem.
Rhyming needs to be looked into. For example, the following don't rhyme--

friends / cleansed
others/ over.

If the marked variability in line length could be reduced, that would be good.

I especially liked the following:

The barking of a dog,
The purring of a cat,
Sinking into your warm soft bed,

--M C Gupta


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for entry "Carving Knife " 
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: 18+ | (4.0)
This is a well- crafted poem, syllabic count being about 10 per line, though sometimes it is 9 or 11.

Having said that, I must say I was not fully able to comprehend this poem, though I am able to understand the general drift.

Thans for sharing.

--M C Gupta


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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
Thanks a lot!

Just today I was thinking of trying to improve my listening skills as regards English songs. [You see, English is not my first language.]

I was wondering which songs to start with. Your list has made my task easier. I will listen to them.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (3.5)
This is a small nice piece which is shaped like a poem but is not described as such. It deals with the problem of arts supplies being expensive, such as paints, brushes, canvases etc.

The piece begins with the opening-- I am ashamed.

It is not clear why the artist should be ashamed if art supplies are costly.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review of Curiosity  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.0)
This poem starts with--

"Try to think if your life
Held no puzzles at all."

And ends with (after the reader has presumably tried to think)--

"So revel in puzzles
And possible meanings.
For they are the center
And spice of our beings."

So, there is a proposition and an answer. Well done.

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--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: ASR | (2.5)
I started reading this article in the hope that I shall learn 7 tricks used by scammers. I find that 1 to 5 are saying the same thing in different words. No. 7 is not a scamming trick at all. It is just a hope expressed by you--"I pray you never get this far..."

It would be nice if you have a re-look.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (4.5)
This is a very good poem. It would be lovely to see it in proper and specific syllabic format.

I once wrote an Ode to Trees. You might like to view it.


"AN ODE TO TREES" 

This is a reciprocal review for a poem of mine tat you reviewed.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (5.0)
A nice poem here!

In a few lines, the author has managed to recreate an actual scene from nature.

I am reminded of:

1--An early worm gets caught!

2--One man's meat is another's poison.

Well written. Keep writing! You have talent.


--M C Gupta

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Review of ODE TO COFFEE  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (3.5)
I felt the following on reading this:

1--Since it is supposed to be a parody of a sonnet written by Shakespeare, there should have been given a link to the same.

2--If a parody is written on a sonnet, it would have been rather expected that the sonnet form should be preserved.

3--All caps dissuades one from reading anything--prose or poetry.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (5.0)
This is really a wonderful write.
Sample this--

"Fiona Maken was raised in a family of secrets. The knowledge she was adopted was not one of them. Neither was the fact that she had been discovered, newborn, in a half-melted snowbank. What her family did not share was the fact that Fiona was not an average little girl. Fiona had an ability which her family kept a closely guarded family secret. She had a way of learning by touching people."

Who can resist reading further beyond these opening lines?

And, well, that is the real purpose and aim of a story teller--to ensure attention and interest of the reader!

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--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (5.0)
This is a beautiful sonnet, written in proper meter, which displays very vividly the goings on in nature in the earth, the sky, the trees, etc., along with man's efforts to neatly prepare seed beds in the lawn to grow winter crops.

Very well written. Keep it up.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
This is a prayer to the Devil. That is unique. I have never seen or imagined a prayer to the Devil.

Honestly, the meaning of this poem is difficult to grasp, especially a line like this--


"Allow me to commit brutal atrocities so when my final breath fails, peace of mind may harbor."

Moreover, in order to have semblance to poetry, some attention needs to be paid to line length and rhyme.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review of Frustration  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (5.0)
This is a beautiful poem. The following lines are just great!

Sympathy can be a curse,
And inquiry a terrible insult.
When the problem is inside,
And anger is the result.

Your feeling and description are both superb.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review of Waiting  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
It is a nice and brief poetic reminder about time that keeps slipping away.

Ref:

Spend it well
And cherish them
Even though it fades

>>> What is them for? Looks out of the place.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (5.0)
It is a well scripted description of an imaginary scene where a human mortal is given a chance by providence to visit heaven for a few minutes. The person, who was not very religious earlier, comes out of the scene as one who loves Bible.

Your writing is good. There are 5-6 minor language / spelling mistakes. You may like to take care of them.

--M C Gupta

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Review of The Atheist  
Review by Dr M C Gupta
Rated: E | (3.5)
It is a nice poem.

Ref:

I met him in that dark place
As a faint light and dash of grey
I spoke to him of mercy and grace
and about a better way

>>>The first two lines here need to be reworded to be grammatically intelligible.

This is a reciprocal review.

--M C Gupta

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