Comment from MizKat

Excellent

Hi Carolyn,

I really like the Quatrain poem you wrote for the contest. What a good job and an interesting story about the "Saga of Sam". I enjoyed every word of it and hope the best in the contest for you.

Kat

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Thanks Kat,
I haven't been writing much lately and dreamed this one up when I saw the contest. So glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you had a great Thanksgiving.
Love, be well, Carolyn

Comment from Benny Beeharry

Excellent

Hi Carolyn, how are you and the family?
Hope you aredoing well.
I love this little saga. I was wondering whether Icould find out who is to blame.
Obviously the man, for unmindfully strolling.
But is he, i do not really know. But i enjoy this little western story.
Were you very affected by the snow and rain. So sorry.
Benny

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Hi there Benny,
I do believe Sam was the perpetrator of a wrongful death. He killed his wife who had waited for him 10 years, in a heat of rage. She had thought he would never return. So glad you enjoyed this 'little touch' of the old west.
We have sleet today which is icy rain. It is nasty outside. We have already had some snow but nothing like the east USA. I think it will be a white winter.
So good to hear from you Benny,
Love to you and yours as always,
Carolyn

Comment from misscookie

Excellent

What a pleasant surprise. I don't see many western stories.
I enjoyed reading this cowboy love story
it's shame so many had to die all he had to is pen her a letter what sis he think after ten long years.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

And so the saga goes. :-) So glad you enjoyed this story misscookie. Yep, Sam cheated the noose as he just couldn't make it through the desert.
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving,
Love, Carolyn

reply by misscookie on 01-Dec-2014

it was a great write, yes I was blessed with a wonderful Thanksgiving I'm sure you did the same.

Comment from jmdg1954

Excellent

Wow. That was an excellent story told in verse. The flow to the story made it easy to read. Got into step real early. The rhyme's were near perfect making the story very enjoyable.

Poor Sam. Should have been more conscious to his girls heart....

Nicely done, Carolyn. John

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Yep, he cheated the noose. Thank you John for your good comments and rating. It is always fun to hear from you. I had thought about writing a story then saw the contest.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving , we did.
Stay warm, love, Carolyn

Comment from NurseBarb

Excellent

This is a well written poem with a lot of effective visual imagery and descriptions. Interesting story line and nice rhyming and flow. Good luck to you in this contest.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Thanks NurseBarb for the comments and great encouragement. I always enjoy hearing from you.
:-) Carolyn

Comment from royowen

Excellent

A well told story/poem Carolyn, clever imaginative smooth flowing tale. It had a tragic moral to it, don't go running off to sea for ten years and expect your sweetheart to wait for, conversely don't hang around if your absent lover is bit green eyed, RUN!! Nicely composed in even meter aabb rhyming is good, eloquently written, well done, my friend, blessings, Roy.

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 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Thanks Roy, I like your take on the story. RUN.... So glad you enjoyed it and thought it a good quatrain. Yep, he cheated the noose but died of thirst in the process.
Hope you all are doing well. I envy your springtime. I am already for it and we still have winter ahead.
Love to you and Elaine,
Carolyn

Comment from sweetwoodjax

Excellent

this is an excellent write, Carolyn, I enjoyed reading your tall wooly tale of sam the murderer who died from thirst running from the posse, I wish you the best of luck in the contest

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 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Thanks for this wonderful review and rating. Yes, Ole Sam didn't make it. He may have missed the noose but he got his due anyway.
:-) Carolyn

Comment from sbedian

Exceptional

I love this piece, the poem tell a story in the AABB format that fills space well, rhymes well, and has a kind of plot to it that is easy to follow. The theme of heartbreak and lost love is powerful, and the metaphors used are clear and evident in their clarity and ease of understanding. Great poem, six stars!

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Dec-2014

Thank you so much, I am overwhelmed by your wonderful comments and the sixer. So glad you liked the quatrain. It was such fun to write. :-) Carolyn