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Updraft

Making things right -

32 total reviews 
Comment from roof35
Excellent
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I suspect you are too hard on yourself. Enjoyed this unique Updraft poem. Hope you do well in the contest. It deserves 6 stars but I used mine early this week as I had catching up to do.

 Comment Written 25-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 26-Oct-2021
    Hi Roof,

    Oh, thank you kindly for such an uplifting review and encouraging comments!
    I really appreciate your concern but I am doing well now.

    Also, very pleased you felt my poem worthy of six stars?frankly made my day :))

    Always,
    Senyai
Comment from Sally Law
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I'm so sorry to miss this beautiful offering in the contest and the vote. I've been sick and much called away lately. Congratulations on your win and your blue ribbon! Sending you my best today as always,
Sally :))

 Comment Written 25-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 26-Oct-2021
    Hi Sally,

    So hope you are feeling better?Not CoVid I hope! Sending hugs your way.

    Thank you for the sweet review and thoughts. You are very generous and kind.

    Rest up and feel better real soon :))

    Always,
    Senyai
Comment from Janice Canerdy
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I can easily see why this poem won the contest. It is excellent in every respect--skillfully and creatively written, an honest and realistic look at self, reflecting the deep desire to address the past and make necessary amends. We all need to do this, for there are serious mistakes in every person's past.

 Comment Written 25-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hi Janice,

    Thank you for your perceptive review and compliments. Bless you for your kindness, too! I am overwhelmed ? I had no idea I won. Thank you for letting me know :))

    Have a wonderful Monday, Janice

    Always,
    Senyai
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
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This is an exciting poem about how your faults can wreck your life, although the door is left open for perhaps hope for recovery. I particularly liked the words:
"I know that," is the short, curt and simply said reply. A great image of an impatient minds eye.

 Comment Written 25-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hi Katherine,

    Thank you for a very perceptive and encouraging review! I really appreciate your take on my mind?s eye?yes?impatience is something I have to work on too :))

    Thank you much!
Comment from Mrs. KT
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Stellar offering, Mystery Writer,
You voice many of my flaws as well!
I do yearn to "make it right" with a few individuals... and then others? Not so much.
I, too, am "in the updraft" caught.

Best Wishes!
Thank you for sharing!
diane

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Diane,

    Thank you for such a heartfelt review! I appreciate your warm and encouraging comments. Thank you!
Comment from RGstar
Exceptional
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You did well here author.
Nicely poetic, figures of speech which spin nicely of the tongue...a good poetic aura, and sensibly written, even in the way of a confession.
Bravo.
Hope this does well for you.
My best wishes.
RGstar

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hello RGstar,

    I am so pleased you felt my poem worthy of six stars! Very much appreciated for your generosity and heart felt comments.

    Thank you!
Comment from lyenochka
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Thank you for sharing this uplifting poem and artwork! I like the honest evaluation of self and how it concludes with optimism in the "updraft of Hope's phoenix wings." Best wishes in the contest!

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hello Lyenochka (Helen)

    You are so welcome and thank you for such uplifting review! Much appreciated :))
Comment from dragonpoet
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This shows a man who knows himself well and regrets the way his character flaws has broken him from family and friends. I hope his prayers for change and reconciliation are answered.
Good luck in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy
dragonpoet

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hello DragonPoet,

    Thank you for your heartfelt and perceptive review! Much appreciated.

reply by dragonpoet on 25-Oct-2021
    My pleasuse.
    dp
Comment from Susan Newell
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I'm not much in favor of poems that beat up on one's self. Fortunately this one does not very much. I like the hope at the end, the marriage of soul and body, and the comcept of rising like a Phoenix in the updraft.

 Comment Written 24-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hello Susan,

    Your review and words are after my own heart, too. Beating oneself to the ground and grinding it in never accomplishes anything, but realization and changes plus making amends does wonders :))

    Thank you for your perception!
Comment from Sugarray77
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A very astute poem about owning one's faults and not hiding from them. We all have things that do not measure up to social norms, but you talk of hope and making things right... that certainly brings peace.

Melissa


 Comment Written 24-Oct-2021

reply by the author on 25-Oct-2021
    Hello Melissa,

    Thank you for your wise words and perceptive comments. Much appreciated:))