Comment from sgalletti

Excellent

Well, definitely evoked some emotions for me! I HATE horror and this was definitely horror, even including the background music. I applaud you for getting my heart beat to rise. Good luck in the contest. Sue

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thanks, Sue, and by the looks of things, I will need all the luck I can get.

Comment from Ridley Williams

Excellent

Hell Poet,
You make a good point in this write. What do we really fear...the dark nights? Pain or death...loneliness? Your descriptive verse asks the question in such a delightful manner, lol. Well done, and good luck with this entry, Nill

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thanks, Bill, and by the looks of things and the way the votes have swung, I'll need all the luck I can get!

Comment from Njorgensen

Exceptional

Amazing! This is the most original poem I've read in a very long time. The colors and short stanzas enhance an already haunting write. I was at first taken aback by the font and sounds, but it made the whole experience. Great work.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thanks so much for your outstanding review and most generous rating, Njorgensen. I really appreciate your kind comments on this one. It is losing in the contest right now by a couple of votes, but it's still early in the voting.

Thanks so much again!

Comment from emrpoems

Excellent

Very intriguing piece and I can guess who the writer is but will not do so because of he contest rules.
Good one though speaking to the fact that we are seldom who we portray ourselves to be.
Good picture for this thriller.
Good luck in the contest

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thanks so much, emrpoems. You won't see me do free verse very often, but I felt this prompt was the perfect forum to do so. Our fears are as individually unique as the complicated construct of a snowflake. Gripping and powerful, some even allow it to control every aspect of their lives. I felt "FEAR" encompassed many emotions.

Thanks so much again!

Comment from GWHARGIS

Exceptional

This was really a cool concept. The delivery and the change in each stanza was subtle and ease this reader into a sense of slipping yet still going slow enough to stop. Maybe this reader felt she could slip a little more without fearing she lost herself. Nice imagery of the other crazy inside of you.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thank you, GWHARGIS, for your expert analysis of this free verse poem on fear. I sincerely appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me about it, and while it is currently losing in the contest by two votes, it is still early.

Thanks again for an awesome review. You have made my day!

Comment from royowen

Excellent

Firstly the choice of art work looks an excerpt from village of the damned! Good choice! This seems to be a poem about our base self, the part that we have no desire for others to see! And the part that we kid ourselves doesn't exist! But it lurks there waiting for an opportunity to disgrace us! Well written, articulately presented! Blessings, Roy.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thank you, Roy. I appreciate the review.

Comment from DR DIP

Excellent

WOW! great presentation it smells and reads suspiciously like a good Fan Story and mentor friend of mine but no names, no pack drill!!
hope you go well in the prompt DEAN THERE.... Done that!

dipster

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Deann? Who's Dean? I will have to look that guy up for sure!

Thank you so much, DR. DIP, I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me on this one. It is currently in second place in the voting right now, but it's also still early, and I know as well as anyone that anything can happen.

Thanks so much again, and have a blessed day!

Comment from rouskin

Excellent

Dean Kuch , there is no other that could make such a powerful entry . When the time comes I'm going to vote for you
Blessings, Rouskin

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Thanks, rouskin. The poem is getting it's tail whupped right now. I just KNEW I should have wrote something soft & sentimental. But, our feelings aren't always "soft & sentimental", are they?

Comment from Sanku

Exceptional

What do you fear reader dear? A good question to ask .I dont know if i can say this but i fear people . I am not scared of ghosts or of darkness , am scared of the animals within the humans.
It is a very interesting poem, different from most of the poems posted here.this poem, a kind of monologue (because in the end the voice is addressing his/her 'darling'.) spoken by the animal within the human a beastly alter ego .
Am I totally off the mark? Any way here are my sixes.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

No, Sanku, you are totally on the mark, my friend. Thanks for the awesome review, and although the poem is losing badly, it certainly got my point across!

Comment from GracieAnn

Excellent

This Feelings Poetry writing prompt entry fulfills the elements of the contest in a creative and original way concerning fear. It is a multi-layered look with a successful format. Only one small correction in author's notes, Delano is Roosevelt's middle name (was married to Eleanor so your version is a bit of a blend, LOL). All the best in the contest! :0 GracieAnn

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2014

Hah, thanks, GraceAnn, I fixed it (don't know what I was thinkin', lol).

By the looks of the way the contest voting is going, I'm gonna' need all the luck I can get!