“Thy solace washes softly o’er my soul”
How very nice, Michele, well done.

well written

It sounds so beautiful, Michele!

Beautiful words!

I do love your poetry! Another fine piece!

A very beautiful poem!

Such eloquent structure and lyric–very nice.

Michele this is fantastic. The words were like a Shakespearean play.

taunting star of sapphire in thine eyes,

very beautiful

Ever am I impressed, Michele.

I have to admit that the alternating rhyming scheme is oft a bit much for my delicate brain, but still it was most captivating and beautifully written.

I too have a soft spot for the olde English.

Lovely and exquisite*

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.

Ohh how sweet, beautiful, absolutely beautiful poem.

magnificent language.

Nice poem!

Can’t wait for sonnet 16. Very well written and powerful words. I agree with Lauren, it sounded like you were reciting a Shakespearean piece. Well done.

Oh, I liked this very much. Quite a treat.

Poetry in its true form! (I think I am in love) Awesome work as always my dear friend.

Very beautiful

a well written want. simply beautiful.

Incredible,you sure have a way with words.

very good, loved it!

A Blessing…

Good Poem–get a bit preachy at the end though. Would have worked better with the candid tone you started with. Understand, we are poets and we too like to keep church a bit saperated–do you know what I mean..When we want sermon–we go on Sunday’s! Still, good use of language–though, at times, a Christmas tree seems to be developing–do you know what I mean? Skills are great to have, but you must use them precisely correct
to facet the diamond–do you know what I mean? Will read more of you later! Cool!

What a fantastic write. Well done. Keep up with the great work.
Keep on penning. Thank you so very much for sharing your wonderful talents with us.
*S* Cynthia

Thank you everyone as always for your words of praise and I am sorry that I have been gone so long and did not get back to thank you all sooner! =)

@James
No James, I don’t know what you mean. There is nothing “church” related here. I suppose at a glance this could be misconstrued as an inspirational work, but if you are actually digesting the vocabulary it is clearly not. To be completely honest, I find your criticism to be a bit grating.

I know that poetry is supposed to be open to each individual’s interpretation, but the work clearly screams of the author speaking in awe to a blue-eyed beloved. Perhaps you should reread it?

I also am disturbed by the fact that you think that a poet must write for other poets. If I want to be “preachy” in my works, then I shall and if you don’t want to read it, then don’t.

I have not read your work, so I cannot make a comparison of your skills to mine, but as far as christmas trees and faceting the diamond go, I have an article for you to read on that. Check out my article on Creative Writing 101…

—M