Thursday, January 1, 2004

The Ancient Elf Comments

Rating: 3.6

I am the maker,
The builder, the breaker,
The eagle-winged helper,
The speedy forsaker!
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James Stephens
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Sylvia Frances Chan 14 November 2024

Very clever poem and beautiful rhymes.5 Stars for this gem! Thank you for sharing

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Koffi B Sossou 14 November 2023

Many have brilliant ideas, but their eyes still lead them astray. MISERABLE!

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Bri Edwards 14 November 2023

the poem has nice rhyming, but makes little sense to me, therefore I call it a silly exercise in rhyming. : ) BUT it is NOT offensive, and the grammar seems ok. So *** 3 stars. bri : )

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Bri Edwards 14 November 2023

'forsake verb Definition of forsake as in to leave to cause to remain behind forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck' What does Elf forsake? ?

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Bri Edwards 14 November 2023

Perhaps you are 'careless' in not making clear what this 'Elf' is and what it does, thinks, means to do/not do.

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Kingsley Egbukole 14 November 2023

Well crafted and beautiful choice of words.

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Savita Tyagi 14 November 2023

A delightful read on human imagination soaring with mythical and ancient lores. Mystical are these images invoking a charm of the past, that continues for today.

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Bipasha D 09 March 2018

When you seek for me- look For a different thing! Elves the mythical creatures are definitely different. Loved the quatrain stanzas with rhythmic flow

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Seamus O Brian 09 March 2018

The ancient elf has quite the resume. Not sure I'd hire him, but I'd love to watch him work. Nicely crafted piece, full of energy and dance.

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 March 2018

My thoughts! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 09 March 2018

The tooth of oppression, The lip of desire! Beautiful imageries throughout the poem. Loved the lines. The snare and the wing, They honey, the sting! Thanks for the poem crafted and shared with us.10+++

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 March 2018

Wonderful imagery and imaginary. Nice presentations. Beautiful poem shared.

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Muzahidul Reza 09 March 2018

With well images and imageries desiring for being and to do, to reform, .... well penned

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Rajeeyah Hasan 09 March 2017

This was just fun and delightful. I really enjoyed the pace and light heartedness

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Sylvaonyema Uba 09 March 2017

Well written in a quatrain of four stanzas embellished in musical rhyme and rhythm. Sylva

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Anne Yun 09 March 2017

It feels like the elf from ancient time fell into the poet's soul, evrything emerged from the elf's memory, mingled with the poet, felt by us. Ancient is the opposite of 'now', they exchanged perspectives through the river of time.

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 March 2017

My thoughts! Thanks for sharing.

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Tom Allport 09 March 2017

a good descriptive poem of a mythical creature?

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