Thursday, April 1, 2010

Allie Comments

Rating: 2.9

Allie, call the birds in,
The birds from the sky.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
Down they all fly.
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Robert Graves
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Rose Marie Juan-austin 18 October 2025

An enjoyable and engaging poem with great images and wonderful poetic expressions. Well presented.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 18 October 2024

Good story, good poem, most deserving as Modern Poem Of The Day! CONGRATS! 5 Stars

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Kevin Patrick 13 October 2019

Well crafted work, the repetition with the first line of every stanza has a great melodic resonance. Well chosen for modern poem of the day!

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Mahtab Bangalee 12 October 2019

A minnow and a miller's thumb, Then a pair of loving trout, Then the twisted eels come...../// beautiful poetic expression

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Practicing Poetess 11 October 2019

Allie, call the fish up. Allie calls, Allie sings.... Hmmmm. Usually a human voice will frighten the fish away. All things considered, a very cute poem!

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Chinedu Dike 11 October 2019

A free flight of creativity on winged imagination. An insightful work of art nicely crafted with conviction. Thanks for sharing.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 11 October 2019

This is a beautiful poem relating to birds, animals nature and man having haunting expression. This poem by Robert Graves has been selected as the modern poem of the poem of the day. I feel happy and I pray God for peace of his soul.

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Anil Kumar Panda 11 October 2019

Very interesting and enjoyable poem. Like to read again and again. Thanks for sharing.

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Catherine Habbie 11 October 2019

Congratulations on making it to poem of the day

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Sy wong 11 October 2019

Who's Allie? Allie called and they came. Sounds like Noah calling pairs and pairs into the ark.

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Benjamin Chiu Uy 11 October 2018

Allie calls and calls again and they came one by one, agreat poem from one of the great poets

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T Rajan Evol 11 October 2018

Bravo! ! 1 .

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Edward Kofi Louis 11 October 2018

The birds from the sky! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Anil Kumar Panda 11 October 2018

Really a very sweet poem. It flows smooth like a stream. Enjoyed the story. Thanks for sharing.

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Ruta Mohapatra 11 October 2018

What a beautiful and tranquil picture; Full of birds, beasts and children! A farmland scene perfectly captured!

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