Poetic Journey - Poem Inspired By Poet Bri Edwards Comments

This morning I saw a message in my inbox It was from a poet by the name of Bri Edwards Though we never met I've read a little about him He is one of the few who is so entertaining...he is a wonderful guy!

Bri Edwards is a wonderful man! A great motivator of budding talents..I admire him!

A wonderful poem! A great tribute to Bri Edwards!

Bri Edwards has helped me a lot to improve my English, it's a well deserved tribute to Bri, whom I call my teacher.

I have reread this inspiring poem.

Thank you, Nudershada for this wonderful poem. The lifeblood of this site are the poets who are ready to share their wisdom and insights. We are lucky we were blessed of their kind. Beautifully crafted write.10

We gain inspiration from any quarter.

Bri Edwards is the great critic at PH, he helped me to improve my English.

Great poem i winder where has Robert gone I miss his wisdom. You can you wish add me as a friend as i love your poems Thanks for this it is a great piece

(cont.) ..oops! i guess i AM TIRED. I just sent a few words i did not mean to at the end of the 'last' comment segment, AND instead of (highlighting and) COPYING, then deleting, and then pasting my last segment (really this LAST ONE) into the comment box, i just highlighted and deleted, WITHOUT copying! now, what did i say that i 'lost'? something like: i'm (almost) exhausted; how about YOU? good night. bri ;) i think i sent to MyPoemList; i'll check.

(continued) ..BUT I have now noticed that you did use ONE punctuation mark...in stanza 6! yes, and an exclamation point! ! [thrill! ] and you used quotation marks once; are they punctuation? ? and you used several commas and apostrophes; well just one apostrophe. ;) stanza 8: always a fun..try: always fun OR maybe: always hilarious! (cont.) .. always a fun

(cont.) ..stanza 6: i always use PoemHunter as it shows at the top of this page. but some others use Poem Hunter. i'm glad for you that you are thrilled with your decision to join PH. :) stanza 7: i like it! ! but here: we never met I've i suggest we'd (for we had) , not we, and a comma used between met and I've. (continued) ..

(cont.) ..I respect those who do well writing in their 2nd or 3rd or? language; i'm assuming this poet has a first language which is not English. :) [i have not even mastered English! ] ...............more on stanza 5: perhaps journey has risen OR did rise. (cont.) .. [[ i used to write some very long comments without using to continue, but PH has changed the rule of length, not too long ago]] (cont.)

(cont.) ..stanza 3: looks good! ......stanza 4: much have been missed.....i think i'd write: much i have forgotten stanza 5: began, not begun. i could never achieve the mastery of another language! ! and verb tenses would be a HUGE problem if i were learning English NOW! ! (continued) ..

(continued) ..stanza 1 (again) : i prefer punctuation, which i try to use consistently in my poems as though i'm writing prose-but-in-poetic-disguise. the lack of punctuation or poor punctuation sometimes really irks me in poems, but not for this one; yours is still understandable and easy to follow! stanza 2: again there's vs there're. :) .... i think who, not Who. ha ha..or did you capitalize for emphasis? i sometimes capitalize whole words to show MY emphasis. (cont.) ..

(cont.) .. i'd never heard of Fixed verse; i think you mean Free verse. yay, free! ! BUT yours DOES have STANZAS so i 'guess' it IS Fixed verse, according to the definition, it IS! ! ! so, i've learned something; not too useful but still 'something'! and 'by stanza' i shall make my suggestions et al. stanza 1: i give the 'traditional', for poets ONLY, poetic license, but normally i'd use there're, not there's. (cont.) ....

i'd rather be eating ice cream than critiquing a poem, but i commence: you give the poem form as Verse. hmm? the first Google offering was this: The opposite of Fixed verse is Free verse poetry, which by design has little or no pre-established guidelines. The various poetic forms, such as meter, rhyme scheme, and stanzas guide and limit a poet's choices when composing poetry. A fixed verse form combines one or more of these limitations into a larger form. (to continue) ..

do you mean THIS Robert Smith? : 'Rookie'... Robert Smith (1975 / USA) if i see him i'll tell him you are wondering where he went. some of your friends are on my list as well. OK, NOW FOR MY SUGGESTIONS/OBSERVATIONS RE THE poem in general and the English in particular! (continued) ...

'bless' Khairul (see his comment below) . he has VERY good 'taste' in poets/people it seems. [thanks, Khairul]. AND Nudershada's poem is also very perceptive. in it she has 'pegged me' exactly as i am: surprisingly 'entertaining', awfully [NOT meaning i'm awful! ] witty, AND............what i'm most proud of, .........though i'm not really a 'proud person', .............marvelously humorous. 'spot on'! ! Thanks, NC. :) (to be continued) ..

A lovely poem on some of the fellow poets who inspired you on your journey on this site. Bri Edwards is certainly the most humorous poet I've met on this site. he has a pair of very sharp eyes to catch errors of punctuation and spelling. His humour is always good natured fun, well meaning.