The greatest gift

Wow! What a great poem Ingrid!!
Like all your poems, very beautiful imagery presented to us in every word.
Well done Ingrid! A lovely poem indeed!

Mmm, this is SUCH a beautiful poem! It is simple, yet so detailed in heart (: I love the form in which you wrote it, it was fluid, and just very heartwarming. "Planting butterfly kisses upon his sultry lips" That was one of my favorite lines. I adore the vocabulary you used throughout this piece, 'hands trembling,' 'infinite tenderness,' you really penned a nice and comforting piece. Fabulous job, and a well deserved win! Congrats, and keep it up!

This poem won because of it's beautiful imagery combined with simple phrases and syntax.

'With arms outstretched he came to greet me,
hands trembling, cheeks all flushed'

Fantastic start, the lovely imagery of a man with arms wide open to accept the love. The hands trembling was a very human description, you didn't beat around the bush which was great.

'To the greatness of the gift in his hands,
he himself was blind'

I liked the ambigiousness of the gift, and it related to the title pretty early on, so you're not wasting time getting to the point. It's something, you as a poet do perfectly is bring emotion and imagery forward in little amount of words. Usually I find 'gold' tacky, but in this case it really added to the feel of the poem, gold is a virtuous and colour of wealth and I just think it was nice that it was juxtaposed next to the blindness, as sight is a valuable trait for all of us.

I liked the inclusion of speech, it made the poem a bit more interesting than it already was, which was great.

'Taking his face within my hands
with infinite tenderness,
my thumbs caressing his rosy cheeks
I looked him deep into his loving eyes'

I loved this stanza, so poetic and heartwarming, the type of kiss that is the most romantic. The face in hands. And the mentioning of the eyes again was effective. Blind eyes can still be loving.

'Planting butterfly kisses upon his sultry lips'

I loved that. It's really effective and beautiful. Sultry is a really underused word and when used right, it's a great one. Well done for that. The romance and love is shown here through simple and effective word choice once again, and you have been able to create another masterpiece. :]

Well done, I really enjoyed it.

Beautiful. Enough said.

*gulp* Amahhhzzzzingg! :]
Such a unique way to write about the topic of belief. Really well done Ingrid, i loved it. Gah, i cant explain how much i loved it.. as i never really can. But it was fantastic! The last line really brought everything in, made it complete. Really well done!
5/5