tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353442043392852653.post6341607398193195621..comments2023-05-05T10:24:57.214+01:00Comments on NaPo-Kapow! : Day 1: BeginningSiobhánhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11146329432858420431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353442043392852653.post-80235869350380714942015-04-02T22:12:38.638+01:002015-04-02T22:12:38.638+01:00Thank you so much Cheryl :)
Oh I do so love Apri...Thank you so much Cheryl :) <br /><br />Oh I do so love April! And it feels pretty perfect that NaPo takes place within its blooming borders :) Inspiration and spring are one and the same I feel :)<br />Siobhánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146329432858420431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353442043392852653.post-16639698673397228752015-04-02T20:25:30.917+01:002015-04-02T20:25:30.917+01:00Love the TS Eliot quote, first of all! That poem i...Love the TS Eliot quote, first of all! That poem is one of my all time favourites although I always had a problem with that line about April being the cruellest month when it is so springing and blooming and lovely! But I suppose the hope is the cruel thing - it's a border-month, isn't it, betwixt and between: one moment the skies are blue and the shoots are green and the next it's grey again, and sheeting with rain. <br /><br />Anyhow, TS Eliot aside, I really liked your first poem of NaPoWriMo 2015 - the repeated ffff sound in the first stanza was lovely, and the italics were perfectly placed (I have to stop myself from using italics all the time because I over-use them, I just think they're so effective when they're used well, which they are here). <br /><br />You pretty much wove in everything that comes to mind when I think of Spring - flowers, fields, rebirth, bouquets etc - and it just feels so natural and lovely and light, in a beautiful reflection of the poem's subject. I also like how you made poetry the twin of the month in the last stanza, both April and the poetry world are these lovely blooming things that make the world a bit prettier to be in.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading more!!! :-) Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035560366555484918noreply@blogger.com