poemranker ::20 most recent comments by Dovina (761-780)

Comments byDovina, 761–780 back. Include replies

on inadequate by skaskowski 2 Feb 2006, 2:00 PM
Good up to the last line, which kills it.
on Nomads by amanda_dcosta 2 Feb 2006, 2:05 PM
You will always get quibbles about 5-7-5 in a haiku here on poemranker unless you toe the line. Other are not so picky.

I see the birds as not really wandering, as you understand them, giving more than average credit to birds. Thats good.
on some deleted poem 5 Feb 2006, 3:22 PM
Interesting, how it draws a different scene each time, like a fractal or some equation. Also, you've selected a likable tune. Oh, we’re supposed to be commenting on the poem – it’s ok.
on some deleted poem 3 Feb 2006, 7:06 AM
Probably a yearling deer. They can leap as if flying. Maybe "flew" in the last line.
on Time by sk8rs_rule_all 3 Feb 2006, 7:09 AM
misspellings, cliche in the last line. Do yoy mean "if only I" in the redundent first line?
on Coney Island Fall by ecargo 3 Feb 2006, 3:10 PM
We couldn't ride the Cyclone even at Christmastime a couple of years ago. Couldn't even buy a dog. Much less in February.
on some deleted poem 3 Feb 2006, 7:03 AM
I was with you on this up to "painstakingly drawn." Then I thought you drew the mask with makup. Now I think you used a literal meaning of painstakingly, not the usual meaning. After that I was back on track. The yellow and green bothered me too. Well done.
on Whales in Gastineau Channel by zodiac 3 Feb 2006, 10:31 AM
"breaches" as in breaches the water, is an intolerable twist, I'm afaid. And you do need something before "Nikons" for grammar's sake or as your gramma must have said said. I suppose "purchase" means something in this context. And "yen" as in yearning is old usage misplaced in the new. And Earth's kiss, well, you've been in water and air up to now, why enter the earth?
on I'm there by amanda_dcosta 4 Feb 2006, 7:58 AM
If you are like one of the sheep in Ps. 23, then I think stiking closer to that image would help. The last line and the "restful waters" line are there, but the "love never . . ." line is from Paul. On the other hand, it's pretty hard to write it better than David did.
on Inoperative Head Mechanism by D. $ Fontera 4 Feb 2006, 8:01 AM
Funny. The first line is wordy.
on Exodus of Babylon by SupremeDreamer 3 Feb 2006, 7:40 PM
This sounds like some folks' version of Christianity. If you mean it as satire on that, then 10. Since I'm unsure, 7
on Untitled by click64 5 Feb 2006, 4:18 PM
A good outline for a poem, though a very common one. Practice unusual ways of saying it. Look for underlying truths, lies, beliefs that hinder your goals.
on can you sing me a song by richa 5 Feb 2006, 3:38 PM
Why is it sad that the joyful reader cannot sing sweetest of all? It's too much to ask, so you must mean something else. To be a joyful reader is not wanton, unless you mean unproductive in the field of things read, like an appreciator of Tolstoy, for example. But I see no fault in that.
on Pendragon by ecargo 6 Feb 2006, 12:38 PM
I waive my rights - tunic and cloak – simplistic and cliché. Whoever wrote those words had a grip on what matters. A descent poem.
on Sonnet by zodiac 6 Feb 2006, 12:56 PM
The word "bored" spoils it. The last sentence can go, I think - leaves it more mysterious. Klar-ed???
on The Perigenetic Prayer by ALChemy 7 Feb 2006, 11:52 AM
Imago and Poe must be a couple of your favorites.
on Faith on a cross by Caducus 7 Feb 2006, 12:09 PM
I like the Judas tree reference. The name derives from the tradition that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from this tree, and when it's in bloom, it blushes with shame every year.
on some deleted poem 7 Feb 2006, 6:10 PM
Confessions done more out of spite than shame is really apt, and using it again with pain is all right too. I could do without the enumeration list at the end. Good work.
on Going Away to Fight a War by wilco 9 Feb 2006, 7:31 AM
I can almost hear a country guitar and sorrowful hilbilly tune. Nice.
on writer's block by Zoetrope 10 Feb 2006, 1:01 PM
Funny and serious. A good read. Welcome.