Friday, April 29, 2005

Frailty Of All Creatures Comments

Rating: 4.7

When I was a young driver,
Fresh behind the wheel,
I saw a bird fly beneath a driver’s car
Ahead of me.
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Uriah Hamilton
COMMENTS
Joy Vanderhelm 17 January 2006

This is written with regret in mind and compassion in the heart. Well done.

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Charles Chaim Wax 02 November 2005

without compassion the world's finished how glad I am to read this wonderful poem keep up the good work

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Marcy Jarvis 29 October 2005

Application For A Driving License Two birds loved in a flurry of red feathers like a burst cottonball, continuing while I drove over them. I am a good driver, nothing shocks me. Michael Ondaatje

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Marcy Jarvis 29 October 2005

I like this and see it as a metaphor for someone hurting someone in a relationship, not literally as a bird being run down.

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Raynette Eitel 16 June 2005

The theme of this poem is lovely, but I would consider cutting stanza three. It may have happened just as you said, but it adds nothing to your lovely poem and the reader is left wondering whether you indeed did run over the bird. It is irrelevent, in my opinion. Raynette

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John Tiong Chunghoo 29 April 2005

lovely. lovely. lovely.

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