The Pier
The Pier holds so many memories.29 total reviews
Comment from Sally Law
Congratulations on your milestone post, Barry! How wonderful! This is a lovely offering of the place similar to what I know, as my family loves the ocean, especially our mother who was and avid fisherwoman. We sprinkled her cremated ashes at her favorite pier in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Thank you for sharing. Sending you my very best,
Sally :))
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2023
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Congratulations on your milestone post, Barry! How wonderful! This is a lovely offering of the place similar to what I know, as my family loves the ocean, especially our mother who was and avid fisherwoman. We sprinkled her cremated ashes at her favorite pier in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Thank you for sharing. Sending you my very best,
Sally :))
Comment Written 20-Mar-2023
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2023
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Sally,
Thanks so much for taking time to review my poem. Glad you enjoyed it and that it reminded you of your mother's fishing prowess. She is now back in a place she loved.
Take care and enjoy every day.
All the best
Barry Penfold.
Comment from bob cullen
Your photo was great, but the poem was better. I really enjoyed how it flowed off the paper. To me it rolled off the tongue with rhythm. I loved the rhyme and the meter. In fact, I loved everything about this.
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2023
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Your photo was great, but the poem was better. I really enjoyed how it flowed off the paper. To me it rolled off the tongue with rhythm. I loved the rhyme and the meter. In fact, I loved everything about this.
Comment Written 20-Mar-2023
reply by the author on 20-Mar-2023
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Bob,
Thanks for the great review. So glad you liked it. It vertainly is one ofmy favourite poems to date. Piers really have their own eco system.
Take care and have a great day. Cheers
Barry Penfold.
Comment from Tom Horonzy
I may have read you previously but as you commented on my RANT I felt I owed you one, and thus I selected THE PIER because like a herbal remedy any and everything oceanic draws this old tar to it. It is the place serenity begins.
Where was this structure you wrote of? Where do you live?
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2023
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I may have read you previously but as you commented on my RANT I felt I owed you one, and thus I selected THE PIER because like a herbal remedy any and everything oceanic draws this old tar to it. It is the place serenity begins.
Where was this structure you wrote of? Where do you live?
Comment Written 10-Mar-2023
reply by the author on 11-Mar-2023
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I agree with you in respect to the place where the serenity begins is the ocean. There is no particular structure I wrote about. Just a collection of memories of visits to them from early childhood through to fairly recently. I live in Australia and have travelled to many places that have piers, containing all sorts of entertainment and food venues.
Thanks for your review. It is really appreciated.
Take care
Barry Penfold.
Comment from G0dd0ll
This must have been a good memory for you. It shows in your words. It has nice measure and good rhymes, you did great! Congrats on your milestone. Kudos
reply by the author on 04-Mar-2023
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This must have been a good memory for you. It shows in your words. It has nice measure and good rhymes, you did great! Congrats on your milestone. Kudos
Comment Written 04-Mar-2023
reply by the author on 04-Mar-2023
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Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. It is one of my personal favourites. Please take care and have a great day.
Regards
Barry Penfold.
Comment from Jane Jane King
This is a very unique and clever idea for a well penned and beautifully executed poem. It has a slightly haunting note of nostalgia and longing for something gone forever. One suggestion, if I may...I think knell should be spelled knoll.
reply by the author on 04-Mar-2023
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This is a very unique and clever idea for a well penned and beautifully executed poem. It has a slightly haunting note of nostalgia and longing for something gone forever. One suggestion, if I may...I think knell should be spelled knoll.
Comment Written 04-Mar-2023
reply by the author on 04-Mar-2023
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Thanks for taking time to read and review my poem. Glad you enjoyed it. It is one ofmy personal favourties. Thanks also with your suggestion. Get where you are going but will stick with knell.
Take care and have a great day.
Cheers
Barry Penfold
Comment from Nicki Nance
What an excellent Milestone post. Congratulations on your 50th. This piece is an excellent tribute to the lively history of the pier. It is timely with so many locations living in the ruins of the pandemic and the desolation of disaster.
reply by the author on 04-Mar-2023
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What an excellent Milestone post. Congratulations on your 50th. This piece is an excellent tribute to the lively history of the pier. It is timely with so many locations living in the ruins of the pandemic and the desolation of disaster.
Comment Written 04-Mar-2023
reply by the author on 04-Mar-2023
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Thanks for your congratulations and your review of my poem. It is one of my personal favourites. Please take care and have a great day.
Regards
Barry Penfold.
Comment from Thesis
I enjoyed this post. Growing up at the Jersey shore, I can relate to all the descriptive lines you wrote. It brings back pleasant memories that I relish, especially living about 80 miles north of where I once did. Thanks for sharing your work.
reply by the author on 01-Mar-2023
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I enjoyed this post. Growing up at the Jersey shore, I can relate to all the descriptive lines you wrote. It brings back pleasant memories that I relish, especially living about 80 miles north of where I once did. Thanks for sharing your work.
Comment Written 28-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 01-Mar-2023
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Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. Glad you liked it. One of my personal favourites.
Take care and have a great day.
Cheers
Barry Penfold.
Comment from Sarah Das Gupta
Congratulations on reaching this milestone! The poem 's rhyme and rhythm are exemplary! It really captures the romantic past of these Victorian constructions and the golden age of UK seaside resorts!
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2023
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Congratulations on reaching this milestone! The poem 's rhyme and rhythm are exemplary! It really captures the romantic past of these Victorian constructions and the golden age of UK seaside resorts!
Comment Written 27-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2023
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Sarah,
Wow a six star rating. Thanks very much and so glad you enjoyed it. This poem is one of my personal favourties. Hope you have a great day and take care.
Cheers
Barry
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Your poem deserved it- it brought back many memories!
Comment from Aussie
Beautifully written with wonderful descriptions of the demise of the pier. Memories linger in your mind of times of fun and ice-cream on the pier. Fishermen lined up hoping for a run. Arcade games a' plenty, especially for the young. Now the sea will take her and the winds will break her. Memories left of good times enjoyed.
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2023
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Beautifully written with wonderful descriptions of the demise of the pier. Memories linger in your mind of times of fun and ice-cream on the pier. Fishermen lined up hoping for a run. Arcade games a' plenty, especially for the young. Now the sea will take her and the winds will break her. Memories left of good times enjoyed.
Comment Written 27-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2023
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Thanks for your review. I am glad you enjoyed it. It is one of my personal favourites. Have a great day and take care.
Regards
Barry Penfold.
Comment from karenina
Congrats on the big 50! You did yourself proud with this six worthy poem. Make mine virtual, please as I'm out for the week...
Excellent rhymes, special touch of "w" alliteration in lines 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11.
Love that you engaged my senses! I saw it, heard it, smelled it...
The pier, like life, ages and rusts and somehow maintains the patina of memories that do not ever fully erode!
Karenina
reply by the author on 26-Feb-2023
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Congrats on the big 50! You did yourself proud with this six worthy poem. Make mine virtual, please as I'm out for the week...
Excellent rhymes, special touch of "w" alliteration in lines 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11.
Love that you engaged my senses! I saw it, heard it, smelled it...
The pier, like life, ages and rusts and somehow maintains the patina of memories that do not ever fully erode!
Karenina
Comment Written 23-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 26-Feb-2023
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Karenina,
Thanks for taking the time to read and review my poem. Glad yuou enjoyed it. It is one of my personal favourites. Take care and have a great day.
Regards
Barry
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Hope you're having a great weekend!
