Saturday, May 10, 2014

A Box Of Chocolates Comments

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If life's like a box of chocolates,
Than what is it you've got?
Delicious candy to eat?
Or maybe you'd rather not...
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Sana Olivia Hernandez
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Darlene Walsh 14 May 2014

lol, very entertaining. I enjoyed this poem, and I LOVE chocolate.

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Daniel Brick 10 May 2014

I thought of FORREST GUMP immediately because that is justly such a famous scene in films. Tom Hanks and Sally Fields - what a marvelous pair! They were so good in PUNCHLINE too. Your poem is not dependent on the film, however. You find your own way of developing this metaphor and you show some sharp lessons in life while maintaining a light, even whimsical tone. It's the good humor that makes the poem work, although I also found myself wishing I had a box of chocolate nearby. The sensory impressions are that vivid and immediate!

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Sana Olivia Hernandez

Sana Olivia Hernandez

Roseburg, Oregon
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