Around The Pond Comments

I like the way you notice Nature's layered brew of scents... her shifts of light and shade... as you yield to the sense of being nurtured and unfolded. It's interesting that you use breaths to mark the rhythm of steps. I do that in my poem ON A HILL ABOVE YUCHI TOWNSHIP. In my case, my outbreaths coincided with every other step of my left foot, because the hill was pretty steep.

bill, just reread this poem. a few things: i like tiny streamlets funding this pond- a simple, unusual, and descriptive verb choice. years ago enjoying a leisurely several-month break after graduating college, i used to circle a pond in prospect park in brooklyn, new york. i was drawn to it, and for a reason i could not explain it made me think of jesus and his galilee. the gratitude for a special time in nature comes through in your poem. for a similar feel, you might enjoy my poems snail mornings and after all-day hike. peace. glen kappy

The memory of smells… The smells of these waters, this forest, the lichen, The hills themselves formed by glaciers Thirteen thousand years ago… You can smell ancient natural unchangedness… You can sense the walkers centuries before us. Beautiful work. Nicely written poem. Thanks for sharing the poem.10 for it.

A beautiful, captivating poem. The reader feels as though he/she has been there because the poem remembers a past which everyone harbors deep inside the coves of one's heart. (10)

You capture a deep sense of appreciation and healing......Beautiful read!

Opening a poem on sites like this can cause eyebrow raising, cringing, or even frank bewilderment at times. Sometimes though, after a cautious line or two, a poet's work allows one to sit back into one's chair, settle in comfortably, and read on with profound enjoyment. Rarely, a work will inspire a trip to the kitchen for a fresh cup of coffee, so as to allow a second reading for even deeper inspiration. This, my friend, is one of those latter works, and a real treat. Though I am immediately biased toward pieces which resonate with my love for the outdoors, the depth of that love makes me even more particularly protective regarding an authentic portrayal of its wonders. And even though I, too, at this point in the late summer long to be out on the trails, your work has taken me there already. Thank you.

Beautiful landscape in the surroundings of a natural pond has come alive in the poem. It reflects a great love of the poet for nature in its various shades. Thank you, Bill. I pass over tiny streamlets funding this pond, Like a leaky faucet dripping, dripping, dripping.

Simply beautiful of nature and the love you shared with someone so very special to you. It sounds like a breathtaking view as it is a write.

A beautiful descriptive write. Congrats!

Totally agree with the sentiments others have expressed! Great poem. Really awakens all the senses. I love the line cloud hottoms are now reaching mountain tops. Well done for poem of the day!

Bill, i enjoyed this poem- the accessibility, the naturalness of its expression, and the imagery which makes me identify with it. Thank you. - glen kappy

I totally enjoyed this - though it takes us through your own memories and fondness for returning to places that always nurture you, we all have those special places and your poem made me long for mine... A good poet writes interesting stuff. A great poet evokes emotions and memories within the reader!

I pass over tiny streamlets funding this pond, Making their presence felt with their trickling sound, Like a leaky faucet dripping, dripping, dripping. Beautiful poem describing varied hues of nature. Thanks for sharing.

Theses waters! ! Thanks for sharing this poem wkith us.

Bill, a wonderful poem! I love being in the hills as you described here. It was easy to picture myself in your place. You have brought back fond memories of similar times and places. Thanks, and congrats on poem of the day!

Superb! I immensely liked the mode of meditation adopted in this captivating poem dedicated to the nature and her majestic prowess.. The narration of nature's bounties too is fantastic. Thanks for sharing such a fantastic poem which has spiritual touch too and, thus, is thought provoking.10++ points.