The Original Tom Maxwell

The Original Tom Maxwell

East St. Louis Illinois /now in Junction city, or Belleville, Illinois
The Original Tom Maxwell
East St. Louis Illinois /now in Junction city, or Belleville, Illinois
Saturday, December 4, 2021

No One Can Plan A Perfect Life Comments

Rating: 5.0

Under the light blue morning sky,
in the wood's, I can pick out the oak trees,
Their leaves, brown, always last to fall,
As I turn my neck, two deer walk by.
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The Original Tom Maxwell
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Terence Craddock 11 April 2023

P1 There is an eye for detail, in a love and appreciation of nature in the opening lines of this poem, which still cannot overcome the loneliness, the lost dreams, planned for retirement shattered.

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I wrote the poem 'Life Lived Won Lost In Details', inspired by the poem 'No One Can Plan A Perfect Life', by the poet The Original Tom Maxwell and dedicated to the poet The Original Tom Maxwell.

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Terence Craddock 11 April 2023

P2 Beauty in nature, cannot make up for the lost siblings parents a wife who have passed on, leaving no close loved ones, to share perceived beauty with. To travel with.

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I wrote the poem 'Beauty In Nature: Winter Frozen Still Timeless', inspired by the poem 'No One Can Plan A Perfect Life', by the poet The Original Tom Maxwell and dedicated to the poet The Original Tom Maxwell.

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Terence Craddock 11 April 2023

P3 Outliving everyone else imposes the cost of lost relationships, lost retirement travel dreams saved and paid for, and the weight of the possibilities in roads not taken.

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I wrote the poem 'Life Experiences Not Lived Taken', inspired by the poem 'No One Can Plan A Perfect Life', by the poet The Original Tom Maxwell and dedicated to the poet The Original Tom Maxwell.

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Unnikrishnan E S 04 December 2021

Profound melancholy feeling is the mood of the poem. Very emotionally charged. Choice of words, rhyming scheme are above par. Good poetry. Full score.

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David Wood 04 December 2021

I share your feeling in this poignant poem, they are similar to mine, but we have to make the most from the cards we have been felt with. I have no wish, or desire to shuffle off my mortal coil as Shakespeare would say. Leave footprints in this world that others may follow.

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The Original Tom Maxwell

The Original Tom Maxwell

East St. Louis Illinois /now in Junction city, or Belleville, Illinois
The Original Tom Maxwell
East St. Louis Illinois /now in Junction city, or Belleville, Illinois
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