Tuesday, August 18, 2009

# A Rise And Fall Of Humanity [india's Freedom] A Double Etheree Poem Comments

Rating: 4.2

{INSPIRED TO WRITE IN THIS FORM AFTER READING
KARIN ANDERSON'S 'BUTTERFLY MAGIC'}
[ a poem of ten lines syllable count equating
to line number]
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Samanyan Lakshminarayanan
COMMENTS
Khalid Saifullah 26 January 2015

A great heart touching poem......................10

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Sasidharan Vellat Menon 29 December 2009

Very timely and meaningful. 10+

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Rajkumar Mukherjee 22 October 2009

Dear Samanyan, Thanks for your invite to read and rate this poem. Nicely presented both in form and content. Good write always brings good marks so A10 Rajkumar (My comments are also in ten syllable counts)

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Swatimalya Chattopadhyay 19 October 2009

India's freedom was brought through ahimsa but after sixty years of India's freedom, the foundation of Ahimsa and humanity are no more existent.Violence is very much prevalent in the country. Very thought provoking, nicely written poem.

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Patti Masterman 18 October 2009

What a cool form for a poem; and you have certainly done justice here; both to the form and to the poem.

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Sonya Florentino 18 October 2009

this is the perfect form for this powerful and beautiful poem....and hopefully like the catterpillar/butterfly....change is always possible for the better.....bring back Ghandi, please!

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Seema Chowdhury 15 October 2009

this is such a nice and thought provoking poem. thanks for sharing. all great leaders have left and afterwards we have forgotton their lesson and exapmles of life. i wish we can change ourselves and become honest and brave.

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Nalini Hebbar 10 October 2009

sad sad truth expressed here...well composed etheree

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AtreyaSarma Uppaluri 09 October 2009

You’ve chosen the double etheree (double tetractys) for a good theme…and done justice to it. Interestingly, this is some significant coincidence that I happen to read this during the birth month of the great soul. # 10.

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Anand Madhukar 07 October 2009

Brilliant. Not just because of the form but also because Mahatma Gandhi is someone I am devoted to.10.

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Raymond Rivera 02 October 2009

I like to read philosophy on all sorts of things but this inspired me to look up on Gandhi, I don't know if he was a 'philosopher' but I'm sure had he some things to say. First, the format is amazing, the third time I read it was just to count the syllables, haha. I do not know much of India but it's sad to know that even a country founded on peace has a downfall. Best of wishes to you and your country. 10

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Shakuntala Sharma 23 September 2009

wow! I like the format and I like the content 10 out of ten. I'm sure the poem would inspire others to try this format. thanks

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Mubeen Sadhika 19 September 2009

WoW...Creative form...Well said..Constructive thought. Deserves 10+++++++

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Patrick A. Martin 15 September 2009

I read Indira's comment and I began to cry. My dearest flower don't you know that the whole world was at war with each other when Ghandi first went on his many fasts. It's that the world is in such terrible termoil that we need a non voilent uprising not only in India but in the world.

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Indira Renganathan 15 September 2009

Though I lack very much in grammar about this etheree poetry I still can appreciate your writing and feel your hurt heart(mine too) ..but what is the use..? the whole world is marching on in this kind of track only...so, what is the use of telling others that my mother is bad or my family is bad..? so a humble request..try to treasure out all salient features of Mother Bhaarat, be it present or past...you tell me if I'm right...thank you

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Mangla Shanker 13 September 2009

very well written poem....: -) ....1 ov my favourtes......10

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Sandra Fowler 07 September 2009

Very powerful and evocative. I can feel your pain.10/10 Warm regards, Sandra

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Almedia Knight-Oliver 02 September 2009

' A Rise And Fall Of Humanity' your poem describes freedom through non violence... later freedom (humanity) becomes violent to protected itself.. ironic?

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Naseer Ahmed Nasir 02 September 2009

Same is the story on my side of the wall. Jinnah's Pakistan has turned into the same situation even worse than you have described. Regards Naseer

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Vandavasu Vittal 01 September 2009

AN enchanting dynamic patriotic poem that is.

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