Kristina

• Last seen on Feb 13 10:19 AM 2006. Member since February 14, 2006.
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• on Through Pleasant Paths by James Lionel Michael, on July 18, 2004

  This poem to me meant that the author is finding love and uses nature as his metaphor. Love can mean so many different things to people and to me he is describing his love. For the author, this poem touches the heart. He is describing what his love is like and to not to be alone and let strife be around. This poem to me felt soft, gentle, and sweet just as he described in his poem. I also felt lots of love while reading this poem and that made me smile and made me feel warm inside. As for the technical part of this, I found two things that stood out to me. The first is that when he said, "And when our arms the prize enfold," I seemed to be confused. Maybe if it was changed to And when in our arms the prize enfolds. I am not really sure about this but I just feel that does not make much sense to me, maybe it does and I just don't see it. The other part that I noticed was when he said, "Dearest! the heart can hardly hold". I think maybe there should be a capital after the '!' as it is the start of a new sentence. The rhyming was excellent and did not seem forced at all, very natural. The imagery was excellent as I could picture everything that was said very well. My overall opinion of this poem is that this is a very well done poem. It seems that the poem was very well thought out and it came out wonderfully. This is a very powerful poem with a great message to it. When I first read the poem I thought it was going to be like the same style of love poetry but this was very different and very unique. Personally, I feel that the ending of the poem could have ended a bit better but what is there now is fine. It just seemed a little sudden. Lots of effort was put into this to make it a strong poem, showing the beauty of it. This poem was very pleasant to read. A great title for this poem as it describes the poem wonderfully. Good job and very well done! I really enjoyed reading this poem.
  
  May the colours of the rainbow follow you always.
  
  Smiles always,
  Kristina
  Edited on Jul 18, 2:12 p.m. because ''.
• on Human Family by Dr. Maya Angelou, on July 18, 2004

  The meaning of this poem to me is very deep. It does not matter what we look like or what nationality or religion we speak as we are all alike in some sort of way - we are all human beings. To Maya Angelou, this poem may mean something more that goes to the heart. She may be wanting us follow our hearts and not judge people no matter what. She may also mean that she wants us to see how much of a family the world really is to one another. To the world you may be one person, but to that person you are their world - this to me says so much that we should really trust, a message that Maya may be sending through this poem. I felt in total awe while reading this as this seems so true. It felt like a reality check. On the technical part of this, I did not find anything wrong. But what I did notice is that there was some rhyming but it did was not throughout the poem. This was nothing big but I just wanted to point that out. At the end of the poem, there were two stanzas that were exactly the same. I'm not sure if this was on purpose or not to get the message across, but it seemed unnecessary to me. The flow was very well done and the tone was very strong and powerful. My overall opinion on this piece was in total amazement. Someone to write this type of poem had to have lots of courage to get us as humans to see that we are all the same. This is a powerful poem that was very well written. I think everyone needs to read this poem or another like this to try not to judge people as I mentioned before on the way people look. We are so much alike and so similar to each other that we need to look on the positive side of life. To the world you may be one person, but to that person you are their world - this to me says so much that we should really trust, a message that Maya may be sending through this poem. An enchanting piece I must say.
  
  May the colours of the rainbow follow you always.
  
  Smiles always,
  Kristina
  
  Edited on Jul 18, 1:31 p.m. because ''.
• on Homesick by Alice Guerin Crist, on July 18, 2004

  Your poem to me means that you are thinking back to when you were young, reminiscing your favourite memories as you talk a lot about your past. I sense a wonderful thought, a place where you want to be almost for eternity. For you this poem may mean something deeper. A time in your life where you go when you want to be alone, to think of all the wonderful memories you had and to keep them growing for a lifetime. I felt happiness, joy and fulfillment while reading this poem. Your poem made me smile and want to be there to feel that breath of fresh air of contentment. I did notice however a few mistakes. I just want to point them out to you for this poem to be even better than it is now. It is not much, but I just feel that it should be mentioned. "But t-night down lighted city streets," I'm not sure I really understand the 't-night' or if that is supposed to be there, 'to-night' has been used in the poem so maybe that is what was meant to be there. Also, you have "And when’er the play..." I think they should be there instead of 'the'. You have written "And I’m proud to see the childer" - was children or childe or child supposed to be put there instead of 'childer'? Other than that you presented this poem very well. Your flow was excellent and I like the way you set up your poem with each stanza having the same number of lines. My overall opinion of this is pretty good. You ended this perfectly. Your poem was very vivid in imagery as it felt like I was there picturing everything you said. If only we could live those days again, then everything in our world would be better and we would always be happy. A wonderful thought and you did an excellent job of portraying this scene. It was so easy to read and to understand. Many people I'm sure would have their own special thoughts of those memorable times in their lives. Your poem represented this very nicely. Good job.
  
  May the colours of the rainbow follow you always.
  
  Smiles always,
  Kristina
  Edited on Jul 18, 12:45 because ''.