A Heart Is Surely Bound Comments

You paint such a vivid picture with words, I found myself there. Ron

An astutely piece of observation crafted into a delightful winter scene - brimful of striking images - the contrast of the black crow amongst the delicate backdropp is especially vivid. j xx

Such beauty in these words, just lovely! Lilly :)

A beautiful, descriptive poem Ernestine. You paint a lovely scene with your words. Andrew x

Splendidly visual I could see the black crow against the white winterlandscape

A mesmerising panorama of winter, brought to life with the contrasting and active black crow. Superb attention to detail, and precisely crafted from opening to close. This heart was certainly bound throughout. xx jim

If we stop and look, we'll see.Great work Ernestine.Love Duncan

I think your work is near perfectly worded, but I am disconcerted by the number of commas, no periods. Where do you break for a breath? I love your work, but maybe the grammer needs a period or two? Given in love, Linda

Such a beautiful scene, so well painted in word. A kindred spirit, I feel, your love of nature often echoes my own. A 10 from me. Regards, Lucy

Lovely, lovely, Ernestine! I have a thing for trees and crows...my walls are covered with pictures of them. Thanks for the beautiful imagery in this poem.

Entrancing. This is beautiful, the set up is brilliance and I envy your skills to describe nature in its purest form. Keep writing, your talent is unique Tallie xxx

you are a gifted artist, i wish i could be good poet as you are.

Your ability to describe natural things in poetry is a great gift Ernestine.We all gain encouragement from your marvellous work and learn. Sid John.

Ernestine, this is beautiful! For some reason the visual effects make me think of Pieter Breughel. Fantastic, Mike.

A lovely effort, Ernestine. The writing is very skillful, the rhyme scheme held perfectly. Excellent technically and with image and metaphor.10 from me. All the best, Hugh

That's a bit of alright as Michael Caine would say! The rhymers are still my favourite though every so called pundit thinks they are obsolete; at least that is what they tell me. One bit of criticism I received a while ago was that I write in a style more suited to the nineteenth century. Although they of course meant it as a harsh stab through my heart, I took it as a compliment seeing as I cut my teeth on the Masters. You may notice a slight Edgar Allan Poe influence on my works. I just posted a poem about Sylvia Plath who I admire very much...alas it is very dark but I hope to get more edifying ones out there soon. In fact, I just thought of a love poem from ten years ago. Kudos again on that brilliant piece. Love Gregory

Beautiful images, beautiful feeling. You do so many styles so well, Ernestine.

Anything with crows gets my vote. Though, as an aside, that's a cracking little write Ernestine.

This is a beautiful moment of wintertime loveliness. Very well done Ernestine. Sincerely, Mary