Monday, December 12, 2016

Coming Out Of The Falling Snow Comments

Rating: 4.8

coming out of the falling snow
the distant green hills
grow farther away from me
with the passage of time
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Susan Williams
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Keith Brown 28 April 2020

great poem, makes you feel for the poet, ruok, I guess so as none of us are every thing we write, guess concern shows the strength of the poem

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Susan Williams 28 April 2020

thank you for reading and commenting, Keith, I think what we write is just a small part of who we are at a specific moment in time

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Kumarmani Mahakul 12 September 2018

Part- 2 Dear Susan madam, you have so incisively delineated on love and nature with memories that it inspires to read over and over again. Thanks again for sharing this lofty poem.

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Susan Williams 21 September 2018

Dear Kumarmani, you give me hope to keep writing Thank you so much

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Kumarmani Mahakul 12 September 2018

Part-1 Love in two hearts are co-related and associated with nature. Memories flow from past to present. Sweet memories provide pleasure where as bitter memories brings pain. Experience on summer is separate from winter. In winter the winds blow chill and beloved or lover still waits for lover or beloved like the swan at dawn down at the icy lake. In summer dreaming of summer picnic, catching fishes etc. are interesting.

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Susan Williams 21 September 2018

A very beautifully expressed critique on this poem fot whigh i ckfb - -oops fell asleep or something- -uhmm- -for which I thank you for takinf the time and caring to produce for this. You have always supported my efforts with generosity and wise remarks!

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Akhtar Jawad 25 May 2018

Life at half way, still there is a lot in the clay, here is a green embryo, here is a plant of branches and leaves, here is an amorous pink rose, and lo its aroma has attracted a colorful butterfly. Love at half way somewhere between the plains and the hills can still bring the lost charms of the life. That's how I thought when I read this beautiful poem.

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Susan Williams 26 May 2018

Wow! Now that is a beautifully poetic comment. My poem is, however, not intended to be gently sweet but a bit more on the bitter sweet side...

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Sandra Feldman 14 April 2018

One of the best poems ever. It will accompany me from now on as a blessing of beauty and poetic excellence and perfection. A true poetic gem from a most sensitive and beautiful soul.

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Susan Williams 14 April 2018

You always make me feel better about my writings- encouraging me to write more and more. And you are the one with the beautiful soul, Sandra dear! ! !

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Sandra Feldman 14 April 2018

If this marvel is what comes out of the Falling Snow Let it snow, now and forever, for I'll know just where to go To find the most beautiful images and verses ever, And never forget the poet that made it so.

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Susan Williams 14 April 2018

I knew it was you, I knew it was you! ! ! ! I read this in notifications and, as you know, they never include the author's name but I knew it was you and came charging down here and yes! it was you! ! ! ! You are my marvel, friend Sandra! ! ! Thank you so much! ! ! !

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Kumarmani Mahakul 10 October 2017

Again visiting this poem I feel happy. This is a brilliant poem of memory and love. Coming out of the falling snow from the distant green hills still picture mind in real dreamland.

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Susan Williams 11 October 2017

I am pleased with people revisiting my poems- it gives me hope they find even more the second time around!

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Simone Inez Harriman 02 October 2017

The poem gives a feeling that there is a desire to coax happier memories to appear out of the falling snow however the chilling winter images of the white fox and the frozen mouse emerge instead...... come out, come out all that are hiding in the falling snow free from penalty yet there is a reluctance to wholly surrender....let us instead meet halfway.

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Susan Williams 05 October 2017

Your lovely and sensitive poetic voice is instinctive even in writing comments about other people's poems!

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Rebecca Navarre 26 January 2017

Simply Breath Taking! ! ! ! ! Ever So Beautifully & Dreamy Painting! ! ! ! ! Melts My Heart Such Feel! ! ! ! ! Never Surrender! ! ! ! ! Ollie Ollie Oxen Free, Awesome! ! ! ! ! Many Many 10S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ++++++Thank You So Much For Sharing This Wonderful Poem! ! ! ! !

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Susan Williams 27 January 2017

Thank you so much, Rebecca. I threw a lot of hard work at this poem and I was hopeful the poem might hit the mark.. You are so encouraging and I thank you for that very much!

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Mj Lemon 26 December 2016

Susan, I had to stop and read this several times. This is just brilliant. Linking snow and time...it also a way of communing with youth, or one's youth. The idea of snow and passage of time and how bittersweet the actual relationship to one/to that which is loved. The irony is that on snowy days, when the snow piles up and forces the physical environment to grind to halt....is precisely when I feel that time has been arrested. A perfect 10!

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Susan Williams 28 December 2016

You really spent time digging into this one- I can't thank you enough for taking the effort to do so- -I hope you found the delving rewarding- -I tried something a bit different here but I am not sure what I think of it yet! Thank you for the encouraging comment and rating- I always enjoy your probing into the inner workings of our poems!

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Valsa George 17 December 2016

'I still wait for you like the swan at dawn down at the icy lake ...yearning for his mate' A sweet lyrical write that can be sung by a chorus with the accompaniment of an orchestra! It gives the feel of the gentle falling snow! Lovely!

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Susan Williams 17 December 2016

You are blessed with the talent to hear the music in poetry as well as in a writer's heart. Thank you for giving feedback - it helps me find my way. Such a lovely comment- thank you!

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Paul Brookes 17 December 2016

What a beautiful write I was there with you I particularly liked 'from snow bank to snow bank after the old mouse scrawny and cold stiff and old casting no shadow' such a lyrical description This is so well written you take the reader on a journey from young summer memories to Winter's cold and snow. with a magnificent full stop 'ollie ollie oxen free ...our day is at end' Thanks Andy

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Susan Williams 17 December 2016

Thank you for pointing out specifically the verses that touched you- I find that very helpful in learning what connects with others. Sometimes I get a little involved with my poem and do not see when I am losing the reader. Again, thank you for taking the time to write a very helpful comment.

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Madathil Rajendran Nair 15 December 2016

Enjoyed your poem very much. I am still in Seattle and it snowed heavily four days back. Everything was white. This is my first experience of snow. Although the snow has melted now and gone, your beautiful poem has brought back the white landscape back to me. There is great beauty about it. Thank you. (10)

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Susan Williams 16 December 2016

The snow moved over here and dumped all over us! ! I'm glad you got to experience snow- -I think it is a lot more fun in a small town though.... a small flat town... a small flat town with plenty of snow plows... I was never a huge fan of snow because I would have to dismount every few minutes and take a hoof pick and clean the big round snow balls out of the horse's hooves. Anyway, back to the poem... I'm glad you enjoyed all that cold white snow :) I appreciate the hot 10! ! !

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Unnikrishnan E S 15 December 2016

Hi Susie, A beautiful poem on love and longing: coming out of the falling snow the distant green hills grow farther away from me with the passage of time With the passage of time, everything grows farther away from us, even memories. But then, when moon rises in the night, memories come back, fluttering their colorful little wings, silently. And the longing, the separation hurts you like a shining sabre! Very emotional poem..Truly Susanic! Relived the days of love and longing and separation.. Thank you..10++

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Susan Williams 16 December 2016

You are a word smith! ! ! ! ! ! Susanic! ! ! ! ! ! That tickled me! ! ! Yes, you know me well- -I write poems in an attempt to stir emotions- -I do not write what I would call an intellectual poem, that is a skill for others- -but I would count myself as satisfied if a reader of my poems sat back and felt a tear come to their eye or a smile creep into their heart or a sense of satisfaction that they had once known love and knew it well or an angry resolve would steel their eyes about the treatment of the planet they live on.... Thank you for your kind addition of fluttering winged memories- -you captured the mood right there. And thank you for the 10, my friend!

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Bill Cantrell 15 December 2016

Moon rising in the night, casting shadows across the bed.....oh how this can intoxicate a memory, extracting a memory is hard enough but you did more here, you summoned up emotions in everyone who had the privilege of reading this wonderful poem! a 10 for sure! !

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Susan Williams 16 December 2016

Thank you, thank you, thank you! ! ! It pleases me to hear I touched your heart with this piece- -if I cannot do that, the poem is a dismal failure. Thank you Bill for the encouragement you give me. You should get a 10 for your comments! ! ! !

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Tom Billsborough 15 December 2016

The succession of images is captivating and beautifully organized to make a compelling story. A feeling of distance towards nearness. Yes, it has to go in my favourites' list, Sue

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Susan Williams 15 December 2016

I am glad you liked it, Tom. It was a pleasure to write this oddity! ! ! ! It was actually fun to play hide-and-seek with the verses.

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Theodora Onken 15 December 2016

Oh yes, i can identify as i am sure many can; love the hide and seek aspect- -ollie ollie oxen free - and ready or not, here i come...the two, meeting halfway...should have always been together but even near the end, it's better- just really, really pulled at my heart strings - and yes, wouldn't it be lovely if everything that should have been - finally, even near the end, becomes. A 10++++++++++++++++++

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Susan Williams 15 December 2016

Theo! I always perk up when I see your name above a comment- -you always delve deep in the poems you read, extracting every last drop of intention that you can track down! ! ! Thank you for your wise and kind encouragement and all those lovely stars! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Nosheen Irfan 13 December 2016

A wonderful piece of writing. Coming straight from the heart. Coming out of the falling snow....an apt title that tugs at heart's strings gently n soothingly. You have depicted memories of love n the wait for love through winter imagery in this most enchanting write with a great poetic flair. A super 10.

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Susan Williams 14 December 2016

Thank you so much for coming and reading my poem- I tried to reply to your comment yesterday but PH was not accepting any replies from me on anybody's comments or any of my comments on their poems. I love this site and I love you and the other poets like you on this site, I enjoy reading your work more than I can find words to tell you.... hopefully I will be able to read and comment on one of your poems today. Hopefully this post [which I am writing on Facebook and copying and pasting will be posted by PH. I enjoyed writing this poem and it means a lot to me that it found favor with you.

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Seamus O Brian 12 December 2016

What a lovely surprise, Susan, to find on my desktop this afternoon such a captivating gem. This work is a gratifying journey, with gentle turns, each stanza a bend in the road revealing a wondrous new and distinct vista. You carry us from the nostalgic mists of memory itself, to the glowing warmth of summer days, to winter's chill edge of death, and turning finally home to the comfort and warmth of love's hearth. A truly beautiful panoply of imagery, Susan. Lovely writing.

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Susan Williams 14 December 2016

What an encouraging comment- I was trying a different approach... I am thinking of trying to do another one like this. After reading your thoughts on this, I can't wait to try my hand at this again! ! ! Thank you, Seamus!

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