Vixility
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It made me chuckle when I read you chuckled lol … thank you for the vote. Congratulations on your well deserved win!

Thank you thank you for the vote!! I was definitely aiming for a subject that was a little ‘different’ so to speak. Fun poem to play with …

Oh wow! Thank you. It was a fun poem to work on—plus, I didn’t think I would get much blowback from any mosquito rights organizations.

Excellent imagery, nostalgic and a well written piece. Congratulations on the win!

Dude!! I’m a sucker for meter, and the message of your poem—wow! This one was on my top top pinned list. Congratulations on the win.

Yay! Such an amazing and truly relatable poem! I sure do miss those moments with my own daughter …

I wish that this poem didn’t exist, or the sad event that it shadows.

I can’t imagine that I’ll ever fathom even a fraction of the anguish that this work expresses, or the longing and missing and emptiness. I voted for this poem because it takes incredible courage to write about something so personal and painful. The way that the poem drew me in as a reader, culminating step by step through ever increasing dejection, and the way that it imparted to me a piece of the poet’s—I’ll say it—soul, moved me deeply.

I hope that by writing this poem some healing may be had. God bless her, and her son—world without end. more »

The results should be up sometime today.

Respectfully and sincerely: I think the key is to remember that you’re reading poems that are being put forth in the style of that given poet. You may or may not like that style, but it doesn’t mean—just because of your preference—that that poem isn’t a good poem. Otherwise, why would those winning poem (that you deem inferior) be winning? more »

I’m a sucker for traditional, rhythmic poetry … awesome piece

Love the philosophical import this poem presents: reminds me of Philo’s concept of the Logos. Also appreciate the rhythmic pattern, the cadence and the diction used to impart the poem’s point.

Couldn’t agree with you more, Sue. This is the kind of poem that inspires writers to write!

Wuh-wow! The imagery in this poem is flawless! THIS is how free verse poems ought to be written—after the short-lived style of the Imagist movement and poets like Amy Lowell and Hilda Doolittle.

So impressive … you’ve got real talent. more »

So much said in so little space. Simple and powerful and beautiful.

Delightful poem and fun read. Well deserved win.