A Picture's Worth a Thousand Poems
Viewing comments for Chapter 1 "~The Battle of Leap Castle~"A compilation of pictapoems from my portfolio
78 total reviews
Comment from Mastery
What country, Dean? Ireland? LOL Perhaps you should say, or I missed it somehow. What a great work this is ...really, Dean. You are the master of the Macabre.
The text in combo with your great artwork are gems. I tried to cut, copy and paste the lines I liked, but you must have some kind of lock on it. Don't tell me you are paranoid? LOL. Your stuff is protected automatically anyway. I like these particular lines:
"The tide was high, their morale was low etc." Liked that. Bravo! Bob
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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What country, Dean? Ireland? LOL Perhaps you should say, or I missed it somehow. What a great work this is ...really, Dean. You are the master of the Macabre.
The text in combo with your great artwork are gems. I tried to cut, copy and paste the lines I liked, but you must have some kind of lock on it. Don't tell me you are paranoid? LOL. Your stuff is protected automatically anyway. I like these particular lines:
"The tide was high, their morale was low etc." Liked that. Bravo! Bob
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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Yes, it's in Ireland, Bob. I thought I'd included that bit of info, but I'll have to go back to make certain of it.
Hah, no, I'm not paranoid, nor do I have any type of lock on the text. The words can't be copied simply because they are actually made a part of the picture, then saved as such. So, if you were to right click the photo, and chose "save as", you'd have the whole shebang; picture, poem and all. Now, would a paranoid allow that, LOL?
Thanks for your fantastic support of this format, Bob, I certainly appreciate it!
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I guess I've never seen anyone like yu here on
Fanstory in my tern years who uses graphics and text the way you do. I just wasn't familiar with that...plus...and this is a big plus...I am tech impaired. LOL..Bob
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Heh...well, Bob, is that a good thing, or a bad thing?
Thanks, buddy!
Comment from Righteous Riter
Good use of the aabb rhyme scheme. Good solid end rhyming. Good perfect rhyming with braced/faced...dread/dead...bellows/yellows...day/way. Good description that creates a clear image in the mind of the reader. Clear message followed by good authors notes.
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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Good use of the aabb rhyme scheme. Good solid end rhyming. Good perfect rhyming with braced/faced...dread/dead...bellows/yellows...day/way. Good description that creates a clear image in the mind of the reader. Clear message followed by good authors notes.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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Thanks very much, Righteous Riter. I appreciate that!
Comment from Darkhorse555
pulling myself out of that quick sand in the clashes of steel on steel excellent piece of writing my old friend dazzling piece dear friend
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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pulling myself out of that quick sand in the clashes of steel on steel excellent piece of writing my old friend dazzling piece dear friend
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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Thank you very much, Darkhorse, my fiend. I was hoping that you would like this one!
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excellently penned enjoyed my friend
Comment from Selina Stambi
mist-swept (need an apostrophe)
Dean, my friend,
Your author notes are as informative and as horridly entertaining as you darkly delicious piece of poetry!
I'm not going to mention the strain on my eyes anymore - I understand that the font cannot be made larger ... I did my best to keep reading ... for vous, monsieur!
p.s. Picture this lady squinting and breathing into her computer screen .... a sorry sight indeed!! :)
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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mist-swept (need an apostrophe)
Dean, my friend,
Your author notes are as informative and as horridly entertaining as you darkly delicious piece of poetry!
I'm not going to mention the strain on my eyes anymore - I understand that the font cannot be made larger ... I did my best to keep reading ... for vous, monsieur!
p.s. Picture this lady squinting and breathing into her computer screen .... a sorry sight indeed!! :)
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2013
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Heh, so sorry, reach. Perhaps you can do as I do when I have trouble reading certain things. Use the "COG" (tools) icon, just next to the home page one. If you click it, it will give you a drop-down menu. Third item on the list is 'ZOOM'. Click that, then adjust the magnification as needed (usually to 150% is sufficient). I do try to make these as legible as humanly possible. That is the most challenging part of this entire format. Well, that, and getting the writing just so, of course, LOL...
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Thanks for the tip, Dean. Imagine what real old age is going to be like ... yikes! Of course it was near midnight last night and my eyes must have been tired too.
(Why, oh why, do I always get to your stuff close to the witching hour??)
Comment from justmarly
Oh war is so sad and we wonder when or will there ever be peace. Battles side to side. One slow down another starts. So many get hurt or killed. Thank you for sharing your poem, it's great and the music. JM
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2013
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Oh war is so sad and we wonder when or will there ever be peace. Battles side to side. One slow down another starts. So many get hurt or killed. Thank you for sharing your poem, it's great and the music. JM
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2013
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Yes, especially in these days in which this legend occurred, in the 15oo's. Clans were always at war. This time, however, the brave men of Castle Leap were almost overcome by forces far more sinister than those of man. Undead from the nether regions of Hades!
Thanks for your great review, JM...
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Okay thats sad. You are more than welcome. JM
Comment from Twilightspire
Alas, no six stars available. I love.the imagery in this poem. Something about the triumph of man against undead always gets my motor running! It was interesting how you made this into a courageous fight with an epic feeling. It really gets you pumped to hold the line...you know...when the undead rise to destroy us all. Heh heh.
-T.J.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Alas, no six stars available. I love.the imagery in this poem. Something about the triumph of man against undead always gets my motor running! It was interesting how you made this into a courageous fight with an epic feeling. It really gets you pumped to hold the line...you know...when the undead rise to destroy us all. Heh heh.
-T.J.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Ah well, six stars or no, I'm very happy that you enjoyed this, TJ. That means the most to me above and beyond those fancy red stars with a dandelion-yellow plus sign, my friend.
Comment from Twilightspire
Alas, no six stars available. I love.the imagery in this poem. Something about the triumph of man against undead always gets my motor running! It was interesting how you made this into a courageous fight with an epic feeling. It really gets you pumped to hold the line...you know...when the undead rise to destroy us all. Heh heh.
-T.J.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Alas, no six stars available. I love.the imagery in this poem. Something about the triumph of man against undead always gets my motor running! It was interesting how you made this into a courageous fight with an epic feeling. It really gets you pumped to hold the line...you know...when the undead rise to destroy us all. Heh heh.
-T.J.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Ah well, six stars or no, I'm very happy that you enjoyed this, TJ. That means the most to me above and beyond those fancy red stars with a dandelion-yellow plus sign, my friend.
Comment from Twilightspire
Alas, no six stars available. I love.the imagery in this poem. Something about the triumph of man against undead always gets my motor running! It was interesting how you made this into a courageous fight with an epic feeling. It really gets you pumped to hold the line...you know...when the undead rise to destroy us all. Heh heh.
-T.J.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Alas, no six stars available. I love.the imagery in this poem. Something about the triumph of man against undead always gets my motor running! It was interesting how you made this into a courageous fight with an epic feeling. It really gets you pumped to hold the line...you know...when the undead rise to destroy us all. Heh heh.
-T.J.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Ah well, six stars or no, I'm very happy that you enjoyed this, TJ. That means the most to me above and beyond those fancy red stars with a dandelion-yellow plus sign, my friend.
Comment from WN BUCHAN
What a wonderful story in poem form. I've seen some of your work before, but too scared to review!
I live only a few miles from Leap in Ireland, this one is in West Cork, didn't know there was another, in Tyrone I'm assuming.
Love the bit in the notes about the exorcised spirits squatting the castle, and rightly so, their not harming anyone!
There is a similar story set at Glen Coe in Scotland, where the sneaky Campbell's murdered the McDonalds in their sleep and there is a presence surrounding this event. I used to hang out there some times when I lived there.
Great stuff with history lesson thrown in. Kind regards. Nigel.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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What a wonderful story in poem form. I've seen some of your work before, but too scared to review!
I live only a few miles from Leap in Ireland, this one is in West Cork, didn't know there was another, in Tyrone I'm assuming.
Love the bit in the notes about the exorcised spirits squatting the castle, and rightly so, their not harming anyone!
There is a similar story set at Glen Coe in Scotland, where the sneaky Campbell's murdered the McDonalds in their sleep and there is a presence surrounding this event. I used to hang out there some times when I lived there.
Great stuff with history lesson thrown in. Kind regards. Nigel.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2013
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Thanks, Nigel, and that's awesome you live so close. The Leap Castle I made reference to in my poem is, indeed, in West Cork, I believe. That is where the legend originates from. How inspirational it must be to live in a place rich and steeped in such history!
Thanks for your fantastic review, my friend!
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Wow! I'm off there next weekend with the kids. I have a friend who is a writer that lives there, another Welshman, don't tell the Irish, a slow, but sure invasion is taking place. We want St Patrick back. (St Patrick was a Welshman) cheers for that information. Regards, Nigel.
Comment from GWHARGIS
I hav this thing about zombies and undead. They scare the crap out of me and this was no exception, save that the humans won the battle. I liked the delivery and the emotional tone to this. It was desperate and valiant. nicely done.
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2013
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I hav this thing about zombies and undead. They scare the crap out of me and this was no exception, save that the humans won the battle. I liked the delivery and the emotional tone to this. It was desperate and valiant. nicely done.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2013
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2013
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Heh, thanks GWHARGIS, I appreciate your fantastic review. Yeah, mankind won the day this time around. The story is based on actual Irish lore. Good think we won, right? Otherwise, we'd all be speakin' zombie..."U-u-u-h-h-h-h-h-n-g-g-g-g-h!"...heh-heh.