Saturday, March 8, 2008

Snowfall Comments

Rating: 4.1

Let's be quiet as it's happening,
let us listen to the silence,
I don't suppose that I look cold,
but, warm me anyway.
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Barry Van Allen
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Jasbir Chatterjee 07 October 2015

congrats on having this poem as today's poem of the day! It's a lovely poem indeed!

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Seema Jayaraman 06 October 2015

A lovely romantic poem perfect for sharing on a snowy cold night cuddled with ones beloved..

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John Richter 06 October 2015

So many memories from wonderful winter, memories of being silly too. Photographic... When I ask others if they remember these tiny snippets locked away in my mind they invariably say no. So regardless of why the mind snaps these moments like a super 38 reel - they are wholly mine, my own - to be appreciated by no one else - as an art thief who has stolen Rembrandts and Gogans - forced to hide them and love them alone - never able to share them with others - morbidly alone. Unlike the thief - memories all have an element of love - or a moment shared in love, as your poem so aptly describes... You have hit the nail directly on the head with this one Barry.... Wonderful poetry..

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Savita Tyagi 06 October 2015

That time by the fire when it snows always so lovely. Loved the way poem describes it. Thanks for sharing.

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Anil Kumar Panda 06 October 2015

Liked the way you let the love flow in paper. Very nice.

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Rajnish Manga 06 October 2015

Loved reading this poem which takes the reader down memory lane and to evoke nostalgia when the family, the poet is referring to, used to be putting up together. Words create magic. I quote: let us listen to the silence / Let's be warm together / the way we used to be / remember silly memories.

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Akintola Akindele 06 October 2015

Beautiful and splendid

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Akintola Akindele 06 October 2015

Lovely and nice piece

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Akintola Akindele 06 October 2015

Romantic and lovely, pray I find a girl I can recite this to

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Photon Roy 06 October 2015

Beautiful love poem. Amazing. What a conclusion! !

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Ratnakar Mandlik 06 October 2015

Very beautiful ending that displays expression of profound love.I liked the poem very much. Thanks.

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Rahman Henry 06 October 2015

LOvely poem. I like it. And I've translated this poem into my native language, Bengali for our native readers.

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Chuck Audette 11 March 2008

Some folks rain on parades, others on your poems. Don't let it melt the snow. -chuck

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Dee Daffodil 08 March 2008

Barry, I agree with Diane...I think Tosa should perhaps stick to reading his/her poetry alone and do the rest of us a favour! I enjoyed Snowfall Barry. Even though I've had enough of the stuff this year! Hugs, Dee

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Diane Violet 08 March 2008

I love that silence Barry and enjoyed your poem! Geez, I hope Tosa doesn't look at any of my personal stuff.... :) Hugs, Diane

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Marilyn Lott 08 March 2008

I thought it was a gentle sweet poem and I enjoyed it. Keep writing, Barry!

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Patrick Toland 08 March 2008

Barry - don't listen completely to Tosa - the invitational type poem has been used by many greats - good poetry is personal and does not need to be swamped always with figurative fireworks to have meaning, make sense and find an audience.

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Tosa Claudiu 08 March 2008

'listen to the silence' is a very used cliche. even if you want to sound romantic and sensible you should avoid it. i mean jeez, you usually find this kind of stuff in the songs of bands like enigma, celine dion, etc. poetry should be something different. by looking at your poem i see it's place in a personal notebook, a journal, but not published as i have the feeling it's something too personal for you. i mean it's sensible, sincere, i am sure about that and i feel it, but it just doesn't get to me as poetry, the lyrics could get to me if they were apart of some slow song, but not poetry, it's too ordinary.

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Coreena Dejesus 08 March 2008

this is interesting i like the way it flows.. nice work

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