Thursday, February 24, 2022

A Home For Daphne 1 - The Season Of Love Comments

Rating: 5.0

He called her Daphne
And she called him Apollo
Black Throated Weaver Birds
And they were in love.
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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
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Bri Edwards 26 October 2022

Unnikrishnan, if you want people to 'look for' more of your Daphne/Apollo poems, I suggest you mention them in your Poet's Notes on every D & A poem. : )

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Bri Edwards 26 October 2022

stanza 2: Do you want 'boat in a cove'? ? not bay in a cove? I give 5 stars. It seems Daphne should have plenty of other birds in the valley to vouch for the truth of her husband's words

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Please forgive my Indlish, Bri. But I will to change it.

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Bri Edwards 26 October 2022

I plan to return to your 'series of three' which looks now as if it has turned into a series of five! bri : )

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Bri Edwards 26 October 2022

I liked your double use of 'woven'! The last stanza is my favorite. And it reminds me of how, as a boy, I sometimes collected a nest from a tee or bush once I felt birds had finished with it. Later I learned they may have used it again. bri

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Birds, especially Baya Weaver Birds do not used the nests again Bri. So, it is ok to collect used nests

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Bri Edwards 26 October 2022

BUT, though some of your English usage varies from mine, I DO understand you fully and am enjoying your story. : ) bri (in stanza 7, a spelling typo)

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Bri Edwards 26 October 2022

'He carried in his bills a barley spike' I say use 'bill', not 'bills'. 'Reaching back on the tall coconut tree': I'd say: 'Returning to the....'

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Thank You, Bri, for taking so much of time to go through my Daphne so thoroughly and share all your thoughts on it. Enjoyed reading your comments. I will try to correct the poem as suggested by you…

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Unnikrishnan E S 25 February 2022

Dr Salim in his poetic autobiography "The Fall Of A Sparrow "

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Unnikrishnan E S 24 February 2022

I should thank the famous ornithologist Dr Salim Ali for providing insight into the lives of Baya Weaver Birds

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Bharati Nayak 24 February 2022

A green leaf from Greek mythology woven into an enchanting poem ----Pains and agonies of a lost love so creatively expressed.

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Unnikrishnan E S 24 February 2022

Thank you, Bharati. I hope to bring this out as a series. Obliged to you.

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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

PUTHENCHIRA, KERALA, INDIA
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