Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Skeleton Coast Comments

Rating: 4.5

Across the Uhab river's dry bed
Lies a land unlike any other,
An arid plain beside the sea,
Of wild, mysterious beauty.
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Terry Dawson
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Lungelo S Mbuyazi 28 May 2018

Thanks for sharing such an adventurous poem...There pictures drawn here make a reader wants to visit the place themselves...love it

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Poppy Miller 20 January 2016

There's a calming peacefulness about this piece that takes the reader there, feels the tranquility wash over him/her. Much enjoyed Terry. Thankyou for posting.

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Roseann Shawiak 22 April 2015

Nurturing your interior life is subtly portrayed in this poem, which stillness and silence seem to bind to. Desert solitude is one of the best places to be alone, thinking and pondering life and all it's trappings and decorations. Great poem, I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for sharing it. RoseAnn

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Soulful Heart 23 December 2014

solitude and contemplation much needed in a busy world of today...a perfect setting for it as vividly portrayed by you........................beautiful depiction of a serenity in a wasteland as opposed to the throbbing pulse of city life that gives only fatigue and anxiety............

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Bri Edwards 21 November 2014

someone/something took a bite out of your 'nature' cluster. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And there's a stillness and a silence To calm a turbulent soul And arranges things from within That a tendency to violence, Gives way to love of peace! ............. might i suggest replacing And arranges with And arrange or Which arranges? ? ? ? ? :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and further, may i suggest? (i guess i'm going to anyway) ............. And thus comforted souls Sings their songs in return ................Sing their songs... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i don't know if the scenes would have the same effect on me, but YOU have done a beautiful job writing of the landscape and its effect on you. - - - - - - - my favorite lines: And fog rolls in on chill, chill winds From a cold, cold treacherous sea. - - - - - - - - - - By desert solitude, to all that seek - ..............unfortunately, if too many seek companionship there, there will cease to be solitude. i'm glad you got to feel it before a Disney World was built there, or an air base. i'll send to MyPoemList. thanks for sharing. bri :)

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