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Tina M. Courtney

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#3913265

Review of Autumn Passage

Review by Tina M. Courtney

Rated: E

| (5.0)

Hey Ken, this is Tina from The Season Group. Thank you for sending me an email. I have to tell you I was not disappointed at all. This was beautiful well wrote example of an Abecedarian Poem. It's rare that you get to see this kind of poem. On the bottom explanation of what Abecedarian poem meaning was easy to understand. The poem visual brought allot of imagination. To me there was not a whole of consonance or alliteration but there was allot of imagination which I was not looking for rhymes but it brings my senses to life. I can actually say I can close my eyes and it makes me think of being outside on an autumn day. If it brings that much imaginary effect than as a writer you have done a fabulous job. It's hard to get a reader to dream this much. This was a really good poem.

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#3835204

Review of My Mirror, My Loyal Heart Doth Show

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, and you own style

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Style: Writing Shakespeare is one of the hardest forms to write in poetry. In my opinion not only did consistent patterns but the flow was spectacular and beautiful.

Rhymes: The writers tone and meaning provided enough visual and a great image of what the poem was about.

Reader Take: I think that any reader would enjoy this poem because it one those rare poems with many simile and it captured my soul.

It's been a while since I've done a review and glad I came across your poem (made my day).

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#3802803

Review of Advent

Review by Tina M. Courtney

Rated: ASR

| (5.0)

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Flow of Poem: I love it. Not only does it talk about Mary and the meaning of Christmas its poetry.

Suggestion:None.

Highlighted:Wow! Impressive with the choice of words to use.

Overall Take:I like the choice of poetry style and that it means so much.

The poem is really good.

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#3802799

Review of The Gift Of Life

Review by Tina M. Courtney

Rated: E

| (5.0)

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Flow of Poem: I'm taking away by the color of the text in the flow of the poem and also the beautiful image of an angel matching the colors of the words.

Suggestion:None

Highlighted: The expression of human spirit being expressed for others to see the bigger picture.

Overall Take: I like that poems can have so many meanings. When reading your poem it give you that thought. What else is there to think is what others are probably assume and think at the end of reading this poem. It simply can make you think or feel at your feel will. It may mean have care of another person is the angel watching over.

Conclusion positive message to express in poetry form.

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#3799570

Review of Unlikely Christmas Miracle

Review by Tina M. Courtney

Rated: E

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Characters:Patients of nursing apartment facility for the elderly. Main character was about Carrie and Bill.

Story Elements: Every event was in order which emphasize the story and made it enjoyable to read.

Flow of Story: You focused Carrie being the one who shares an experience. Thank you for sharing that experience with us.

Suggestion:None- no spelling errors.

Highlighted: Explaining Carrie and also Bill condition. The plot was even interesting reading about how she got on the internet. There was bit of humor in it as well.

Overall Take: I really enjoyed the story. Yesterday was the many times I've visited a nursing home with my Mom. She works up there and I have medical certificates from the facility she worked at. There are times when you feel the patients agony of being left alone. What is it that we can do as humans to provide for the elder and let them know they are love. I thank you because I got to share my birthday with the elderly and reading this story the day after working at the nursing home volunteering work on my birthday (tired by the way) but well worth and do it again in a heart beat and than to read a Christmas story like this.. You made it worth while to read this inspirational piece for human kind spirit for all ages.

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#3799559

Review of The Newest Baby

Review by Tina M. Courtney

Rated: E

| (5.0)

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Characters: Jesus, animals, angels, and three wise man.
I enjoyed you mentioning of the animals.

Story Elements:Adding the character highlighted the main events in your story.

Flow of Story: With the different types of animals surrounding the stable came settled emotional awe. It was a beautiful story.

Suggestion: None.

Highlighted: I enjoyed you mentioning the different types of animals.

Overall Take: This is what Christmas is about. Thank you for inspiring and reminding me of what Christmas is really about.

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#3798623

Review of Welcome Home

Review by Tina M. Courtney

Rated: E

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Characters: Anthony the burned victim, nurse, Mary, daughter father. There was good character description. I character description of Mary and many description of the snow.

Favorite lines. The smooth, white carpet of snow sparkled under the early morning sunshine as Mary peered through her kitchen window sipping from a cup of herbal tea.

Story Elements: You did an excellent job explaining the emotions from the characters.

Flow of Story: The consistency of emotions in the rising action between the exchange of conversation of Mary and the nurses was a little hard to comprehend. The telephone conversation was understanding. But there was no description saying Mary called with a tear. An extra sentence would help relate to the audiences.

Suggestion: Add an additional supporting sentence before the rising action and before Mary talks to the nurse.

Highlighted: What Mary sees in the wood and how the father tells her that Anthony did love her was touching.

Overall Take:It was a really good story. There was even suspense and I like that you did a good job writing a love story and also incorporating snow.

Thank your for entering your entry for the "A Romance Contest" All winners will be announced December 18, 2012

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#3797142

Review of Santa's Visit

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

and dropping in to do a quick review. Please consider that all suggestion are based on my opinion and may be different from another reviewer. I hope that my suggestion can help improve your work but it offends you please disregard any suggestions.

Thank you for letting me review your item.

The story plot and characters was well wrote.

I enjoyed reading about the girls not falling asleep. Although it was sweet to read about the wife giving Santa (husband) a hug I was looking to find how she felt other than just being tired. Why did she say and did feel when she said lets not secret santa suprise. It was a good line just need to know if she was smileing at the husband or was she mad at him.

Overall, it was a great story. I enjoy reading this story and it put a smile on my face. Thank you for entering into the Christmas Contest

Writer: Tina Marie George
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#3796221

Review of Giving - One Less Thing to Think About

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: ASR

| (5.0)

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

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Thank you for letting me review your item.

I really like the story. When reading I'm checking the flow and how comprehendiable the entire story is. When I read this line found below of this review, I questioned why would you even care if your exwife sees the children open up the gifts. Ex specially if one gift consist of perfume. I think it is not important to mention it and it takes away the flow of the story.

Here I would check the meaning of this sentence.

Lastly, I again wish my wife could see the children opening, and using, and playing with their presents; regardless of whether he is a small, loud, hyper active black boy, or a girl named Cheyenne who wants some Britney Spear’s perfume.

Did not see any spelling errors so it made it easy for reading. That sentence needs clarity so we reader know if you are talking about getting back with your ex-wife because of her reasoning of giving. Or is it that you are of a phrase scriptured by what Jesus said and pointing the values of what they mean to you in this story. Other than that one sentence it is next to perfect. A really good story and thank you for doing a good job!

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#3794871

Review of Star's Song

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

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Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, rhythm, style, and finally the readers take on the poetry.

Hi Carla

. Your item was mentioned into "Invalid Item"

congratulation. Your item was recognized as being Christmas Theme and reading it was really beautiful.

Flow: Very beautiful passage.

Style: Non rhyme poem and the consistent image of poetry was displayed well in this poem.

Rhymes:NA

Patterns: It provided great ideas relating to a star and most importantly the birth and passion you express in the birth of Christ.

Reader Take: I enjoyed reading your poem and it was beautiful.

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#3794857

Review of The Lie

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

and dropping in to do a quick review. Please consider that all suggestion are based on my opinion and may be different from another reviewer. I hope that my suggestion can help improve your work but it offends you please disregard any suggestions.

Thank you for letting me review your item.

Thank you for entering your item into the The Contest Theme Contest. I really liked that you choose a topic related to the character of a young son and Santa Claus. There were no spelling errors and the passage was easy for reader to understand. Beginning provided a scene and introduction of the characters *checkbl*.

Your story is unique because it discusses a debate or a disagree view of opinion of how you would explain Santa to the young children. It opens up an opportunity to discuss how to approach the matter. All in same your item provides reading material. Here is where you will find the lines that can be to debate.

"It's love, son. Jesus became a symbol to millions of people of God's love for humankind.""Wow. Okay, but what's that got to do with Santa Claus?"

My opinion I would simply say Santa was a man who known for his generosity. He simply placed items that was a suprise to have. Every family members was stuffed and asleep. All their stocking were stuffed in their stocking only if they were sleeping in the house and snuggled away. He was name St.Nick and was handsome man with love.

Your item is a great item and I like because again, it does open up for a debate and wouldn't change it.

Overall impression, you connected to the audience by bringing up a discussion on a sensitive title. As a parent of a 9 year old son I know exactly how I would have done this different to him last year when he asked does Santa really exist. If I had this material to read earlier it would have been a chance I could have approached the details to him lighter. However, he got a Wii so that much did matter a whole lot. Now for me telling my 8 year old daughter will be something else. I say she is to young but of course her brother would want to tell her that Santa doesn't exist. So maybe a win win situation but either way it will be after the New Years before mentioning. The most important valuable thing about Christmas I teach is the loving spirit of providing for those who need a Christmas. Yes, we are low income but we know the human spirit of loving another being and spreading love to cheer the next person up. I appreciate you sharing your piece.

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#3794707

Review of Zena's Christmas

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: ASR

| (4.0)

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

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Thank you for letting me review your item.

Hi, BIG BAD WOLF is hopping

. Thank you for entering Zena's Christmas into the Christmas Theme Contest. I am excited and love Christmas and more excited that you brought me several pieces to read.

My initial thought of this story is you had to get to the end to find what the meaning of the story was going to be. It is technique that can be used often in story telling. I love the character interaction at the end of the story.

I did not see any spelling errors. While comprehending the passage I check for quality of sentence passage and the structure the sentences are in.

Highlighted and entertaining passage: Then she heard something that caused her to turn her head. Snow was falling off of the mountain, but this wasn’t the powdery snow she was playing in. This snow seemed to be falling in a huge wave. She then saw her parents coming out the door.

Suggestion Unessential pieces- “Why would we need the road fixed up daddy?”
When you think of wolves you think of woods. So an avalanche hitting the wolf in the dream is not important as hearing the details of what the avalanche looks like and using metaphors in the sentence such as white powdery stuff.

Overall Impression: A great story. Great characterization.

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#3792519

Review of Pink Christmas

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (4.5)

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Characters: I enjoyed reading about the character. As a narrator you wrote well of Doris. Your story explains she was a kind hearted elder. You wrote a good description of Doris and who she was in the story. Elsie was a deceased child and loved daisy's.

Theme: The beginning mentioned a summer atmosphere than quickly changed into a different setting where the characters were brought in. It was quick and sudden but when you read into the raising plot of the story the passage is enjoyable. This phrase in the compound sentence played trickery into imagining how the story takes place.

She loved the smell of moss and leaves, the fresh mowed grass in the air that sometimes came from nearby homes in the summer.

Suggestion: Revise the passage and look for flow in the passage of the story.

She loved the smell of moss and leaves, the fresh mowed grass in the air coming from nearby homes in the summer; and to look at the tree roots to be knocking over some of the white and gray granite tombstones.

My favorite lines, The moment she opened it, the cold air kissed her face. Her eyes became wet, her nose cold and she blinked twice before closing
It went with smoothly with the flow of the story.

Correction: There is two sentences below in the story that begin to break the passage flow. Correct the two two words that begin in both sentences below.

Example: Oddly enough, she rarely saw people

Correction: Replace Oddly with Awkwardly, she rarely saw people...

Example: Nonetheless, in the last two years she had noticed a new visitor that always...

Correction: Eliminate the word Nonetheless to emphasize that line.

In this line I can tell you are a pro at using commas. As someone who knows how hard it can to be use commas you make it look flawless to using commas. She remembered playing in the snow as a child, and making her first snowman with her father but that was many, many years ago. I thank you for using correct grammar because using commas can be hard to do.

Question?

There is a comma after the word long. In this sentence "She smiled, sighed deeply and took a long, deep breath"
The sentence works well with the comma after smiled, however I am not to sure about after the word long. Do you mean to have a comma after the word long to indicate an direct expression? If so a comma is used but it is also optional in some circumstances. In this brief sentence leaving the one comma after smiled would flow and emphasize the passage and your line better.

Overall Thought: I really felt you did a good job with character effects and impression left in this story. It was a touching and meaningful story. Overall, a very good story. If you decide to make the changes and would like me to reread your story or re review I would be honored to. Thank you again for entering it into the contest and enjoyed it much.

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#3789203

Review of The Real Thanksgiving

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

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Lesley, I enjoyed this story. You explained the character and what they were doing in giving. I appreciation the time spent in research before writing about the gift exchange and meaning of Thanksgiving.

Suggestion go and reread some of the sentences. Example: The settlers' would have been surprised if they knew they had been speared and snatched up with their hands.

Do you mean murdered or hugged in grace?

I tried reading this sentence twice but the overall story was impressive.

You bring items mention needed to explaining the giving of Thanksgiving. This was truly a fun item to read and one that really told the meaning of Thanksgiving.

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#3782423

Review of Miserable Happiness

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

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Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, rhythm, style, and finnaly the readers take on the poetry.

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Flow:

Style: The style is a cool touch to the poem. It gives the reader a thought. My comprehension is about an experience mentioning of the soul. It's beautiful.

Rhymes: Free-style provides tone.

Patterns: Instead of being called cryptic it should be called soul of twisted fate. Faith and believing are two words that are sweet. They are melody when considered in a poem.

There are certain words that play in here, example: Endlessly, ever onward forged the alien dawn
Although the words sound poetic consider using the word Forward for Onward. Endlessly could be Everlasting but in my opinion the word you use provide an in-depth idea.

Suggestion:

Replace Forward for Onward.

Reader Take: It was a great poem and I enjoyed reading much.

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#3780735

Review of Too Big for Halloween?

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: 18+

| (4.0)

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

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Thank you for letting me review your item.

In your ninth line "and the leaves turn those pretty colors" you give the leaves sound pretty in your story. I like that you include the character drinking. It even gets better when you read the cafeteria scene.

I really felt the hate about Jill and her not liking neighbor nor Halloween.

I seen and noted in the following sentences "If a boy that age could do something like that on Halloween, then why couldn't a girl my age dress up and go trick-or-treating? Surely the latter was a better idea then the former" the writing style changes. It was neat while reading the story to see the changes here. (Personal opinion, enjoyed the texture and flow as the story continues).

There was no grammar errors noted*checkbl*.

Detailed sentences makes the story interesting and addicting.

I'm impressed with the character narration that you write.

Suggestion

, in this sentence there was the word had repeated twice. Recheck and delete one had.

That scared me because it made me think that I was growing a beard. I had had heard of bearded ladies in circus sideshows, and I didn't want to become one.

I like how the werewolf jumps to go out the window.

Jill in this scene here seems to be vicious

I stood up and was just about to run to Mrs. Pritchett's door, and see if she could help me, when a familiar voice called, "What are you doing? You almost got me into trouble last night.

When Becky is in the grass racing to Mrs. Pritchett door how is it that the main character goes from being friends with Jill again to ending up to a mental institution?Provide more details in the falling action.

Re-read along where the character is in the grass and is nude approaching Jill. Providing details of how the character didn't go back in Mrs. Pritchett's house and she confides to Jill for answers to what went down in the trick or treat will give a better image to what the characters are doing at the end.

Overall reaction was that I was entertained. The hair growing was really fun to read in the story. The reading was comprehensiable and a fun Halloween story to read.

Thank you for enterring into the Halloween Contest. All winner will be announced October 31st.

Writer: Tina Marie George
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#3780452

Review of The Legend Of The Phantom Of The Hallows

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (4.5)

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

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In first section I like last four sentences in first section because you can feel the action rise.

The last sentence in first paragraph in second second section was neat to read. Also in the sentences it feels as if you are reading mid-evil material. Great image at bottom of story.

I can't imagine hearing loud noises from the walls. Unbelievable how reading the sentences makes you feel part of the story. Good job on writing. Thank you for entering into the Halloween Contest. All winners will be announced on October 31st.

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#3780445

Review of Fall Classic, 2012

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Rated: E

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Wow, I see why you could name it Fall Classic. The poem has many different meaning so I can see easily how many interptation can come out of your poem. I like the rhyme scheme. It wasn't a quatrain nor Vilenealle so it was trickey for me to think what poem is.

The words are powerful exspeacially in the last sentence. I did take notice how you captalise Just and the strong feelings in Get ready for the drop. I write the review (as a student learning) from your poetry and from you as an intructor. Anyhow so the question is this consider a poetry of free style?

Like the depth and tone in this poem.

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#3778849

Review of The Seventh Day

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: 13+

| (4.0)

My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Go Noticed" .

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

and dropping in to do a quick review. Please consider that all suggestion are based on my opinion and may be different from another reviewer. I hope that my suggestion can help improve your work but it offends you please disregard any suggestions.

Thank you for letting me review your item.

Hi Iva Lilly Durham

, I found your story because another member put your story as an entry for a Halloween Contest Theme "Invalid Item"

You can find the Halloween Group at "Invalid Item"

. Member johnny1209 entered your story into this selection. Congratulation being submitted into a story entry for chance to win in a Halloween Contest.

I enjoyed reading your story "The Seventh Day"

. The short story was in bold which it made it extreamely easy to read. Thank you on that note. Also noted that there was no grammer errors. Great job on flawless writing and reviseing.

The theme is a poor alcohol man who sweats profusely. The plot is the blazing sun and wondering if he will find love with another mate if he sees across the stream.
The end is suprizeing because there was little to the end.

Overall Impression: The story is good at projecting a short story. The catagory of it being in the Mystery Genere is in the correct catagory

and is nice to see in correct list.

All winners will be announced October 31,st. Good luck in the contest.

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#3777543

Review of The Climb

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

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I really like the meaning of the poem. It shows compassionate emotions of how you do feel about your brother. In a way it is soothing because it shows human emotions and love is being a part in it.

I enjoyed reading your quatrain poem. It didn't show allot of rhyme scheme but it did have patterns of poetry presistent to meaning.

I liked that the sentences were easy to read and there was no grammer or pronunciation errors. A good example of reading simple form of just writing a poem. It was a great poem to show an example to me to write thoughts and following poetry at the end. Thank you for showing a good example.

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#3776609

Review of 31st of October

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

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Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, rhythm, style, and finaly the readers take on the poetry.

Flow: Great word choice for playing in poetry flow.

Style: I enjoyed hearing the altilleration in each stanza.

Rhymes: Consistent. Enjoyed that you didn't worry about each word to be particular word in order to fit in a poem, although your did. *read* You didn't worry about cat having to fit with hat. You worried about the emotions of the kids playing in the scene of Halloween. well put

Patterns:

clear and consistent.

Reader Take:
I like the altilleration sounds in the words cold concrets star skitter. It creates poetry play in the beggining.

Second stanza plays a scene and enjoyed reading as it enters into the third stanza.
You create the emotion with capitalization with certain words such as Witches fly across Ghosts Tired Kids

Digs rhymes with kids in fourth stanza and it fits perfect with poetry.

Fifth paragraph looks neat without a comma after Until. I like how the poetry form.

Last stanza perfectly sounds great.

Overall, I enjoyed your poem.

Thank you for your entry of Halloween contest. Winners will be announced on October 31st. Good luck.

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Review of The Widow and the Poppy

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

A Dozen Delight Review.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, rhythm, style, and finaly the readers take on the poetry.

Flow: Tells a story. Favorite words were Poppy and the characters.

Style: Quartarain with rhymes at each line one altilleration.

Rhymes: Consistent

Patterns: Takes your breath away. Hard to find a poem that makes poem and inhale your breath.

Reader Take: I can see why is it a winner for a ribbon poem twice in a roll. I do like your rhymes being consistent at the end of each line. I noticed your altilleration in "But fell foul of a roadside bomb." You did follow quatrain poem and it moved smoothly.

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#3770745

Review of Limericks Mk X

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: 13+

| (4.0)

Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, rhythm, style, and finaly the readers take on the poetry.

Style: A five line stanza for each titled poem. The poems rhyme and had something if not interesting, but entertaining to say.

Rhymes: Mostly abundent in rhyme flow and did see alltileration in some verses.

Patterns: Similair to Dr. Suess poetry. I really liked the love poem (because there was three) on the topic of love.

I enjoyed the politician one as well.

Reader Take: Overall, the poem was entertaining to read. I personally enjoyed reading the love. If you build up on story and write a poetry in that particular style than it would make really interesting story. The word cur and cleft was interesting in the poem. All of these poems are all similair to my own adult life experiences and could see the ability to relate. It also had a touch of humor ex-specially in Grog. It was entertaining to read the poems.

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#3769630

Review of Two Lovebirds

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

Hi, My name is Tina Marie and I am part of the Power Reviewer Group I want to say thank you for letting me review an item and hope you find my review encouraging and helpful. Again, thank you for letting me review your item.

In looking in any style of poetry I look for these things, rhymes, poetry patterns, flow, rhythm, style, and finaly the readers take on the poetry.

Flow: It tells a story with a beautiful image and starts of with a great beggining.

Style: Your style for poem as written in your subtitle close proximity. This is the first poem I have read here recently that was close proximity. I find this really interesting. I am a student learning from Poetry Class so the difination of close proximity and your poem does the poem justice. It was not cinquian, or tectry poem, or any other form. Thank you for adding it was close proximity poetry.

Rhymes: It's a close proximity poem. Because of the beautiful imagery there were no need for rhymes. I could read that in each line the were fimilair consonant sounds. The stanza varied and the poem was comprehensiable.

Patterns: Consistent.

Reader Take: I noticed in the flow of the last paragraph breaks from the

beggining and middle stanza's but ,however, the poem is well wrote. The words I

liked most that you used to make this poem beautiful were, vast, spacious Earth,

To our hovering, smiling gaze, glimmering,Of Mother Earth to our spiritual

ascent; The day becomes night, Then dawn envelops us For love is the gifted

truth of all desires, These are also similes used to explain the poem and felt

it layed an elegant meaning.

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#3769293

Review of Kiya's Big Book of Writing Guidelines

for entry "15 Troublesome Word Pairs"

Review by Tina M. Courtney

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Rated: E

| (5.0)

My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Go Noticed" .

I'm Tina and part of "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

and dropping in to do a quick review. Please consider that all suggestion are based on my opinion and may be different from another reviewer. I hope that my suggestion can help improve your work but it offends you please disregard any suggestions.

Thank you for letting me review your item.

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It was a really a useful tool for all of us members. I plan to read again the chapter explaining the brackets and semi colons. Well, at least I can come back to your notes and answer the question I may need to know. This is a helpful link.

Everything was easy to read. There were many great examples.

On this last item you explained the different from two words used incorrectly for most (including myself) folk here new at Writing. You offered at resource for those to learn new information. Thank you Kiya

Writer: Tina Marie George
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Write with heart-n-passion

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