Sunday, March 29, 2009

A Gentleman Poet (A Re-Post) Comments

Rating: 5.0

He chooses his words with a careful hand

He shifts them slowly from palm to palm
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Sonya Florentino
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Saadat Tahir 10 October 2009

aesome very nice lines.... how well u depicted the poetic discourse.... well written here ten

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Kerry O'Connor 04 October 2009

A wonderful example of extended metaphor, well-sustained throughout the poem. A beautiful piece.

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Bryan Alexander 25 September 2009

an amazing poem very vivid and well written...

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fleur de lys 22 September 2009

Delightful piece that describes the process of creating with vivid colour. Poems feel like offspring as Patricia states below 10+

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Meggie Gultiano 19 September 2009

Very beautiful! ! ! . the flow is just lovely.

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C. P. Sharma 09 September 2009

A lady with poetic insight. Very well crafted. CP

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Martin Swords 07 September 2009

Sonya... Lovely Poem A Gentleman

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Frank Lambert 18 August 2009

Nice verse, very creative and poetic, looks like you are a lady poet... Frank

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Laurie Hill 18 August 2009

images of the poets art.....

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Sandra Martyres 15 August 2009

A lovely narrative on the creation process and the final birth of a poem... I agree with Patricia the ending is super...

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Patti Masterman 15 August 2009

It's just like sending your children off to school alone for the first day. (smile) . We are attached to our poem-children the same way. Love that ending.

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Rakesh Bedi 01 August 2009

A true depiction, sonya.i loved it!

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Sally Carter 12 July 2009

Sonya, I love the image you have created here - beautiful idea, eloquently expressed.

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Lillian Thomas 23 June 2009

you truly have a sensual way of picturing the poetic process, and I think at least some of the time, it feels exactly like this when you are creating a poem. Thank you for such an interesting a beautiful poem, Sonya

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Kesav Easwaran 18 June 2009

Yes; sweet good bye Sonya....departing words inside to the poem sky...beautiful write on how a poet feels about the impregnation and labour pain and subsequent ecstasy on a poem birth....superb piece...thanks...10+

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Duh Huh 13 June 2009

A gentleman poet has a big heart to fit in all the beautiful feelings and images with which to create his art :) Nicely penned. Thank you for sharing.

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Ruth Walters 13 May 2009

Brilliant this.....and perfectly describes a gentleman poet I think. Ruthy: -)

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Bob Blackwell 03 May 2009

I also love this poem, he seems to be such a careful man, but then......a gentleman is one who ever never inflicts any pain? Excellent write. 10/10

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Ruth Walters 24 April 2009

I just love this poem, brilliant! Well done and may I keep it in my files on other folks verse under Sonya Florentino of course? Ruth: -)

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John Raubenheimer 22 April 2009

Touching, funny, memorable.

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Sonya Florentino

Sonya Florentino

Manila, Philippines (residing NYC)
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