Comments : petrified leaves (syntuit)

  • 5 years ago

    by Star

    I am loving this form of poetry, and I love how each one you write has a different feeling to it.

    Of course this is no exception :) The title is amazing, it brings the poem all together in a really good way!!

  • 5 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    This is excellent, truly. Nominated.

    • 5 years ago

      by Mr. Darcy

      Thank you, Ben. I think we know who'll appreciate this the most.

    • 5 years ago

      by Ben Pickard

      Indeed.

  • 5 years ago

    by Milly Hayward

    A mothers love and pain is unlike any other. Great to see it nominated. Milly x

  • 5 years ago

    by Brenda

    Truly comforting write- so true, so very true...

  • 5 years ago

    by Em (marmite)

    Bows ones head in agreement

  • 5 years ago

    by Michael

    Love this Mr D, a truly brilliant formed piece from you old chap :) M

  • 5 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    judging comment

    petrified leaves (syntuit) by Mr. Darcy Points: 7
    Michael has a rare and wonderful gift. He is able to convey so much emotion in breathtakingly few words. I don't say that frivolously, but genuinely. I will not over elaborate on the meaning behind this poem (anyone who's been on here these last couple of years will know what the metaphors all stand for) but I will say that it is absolutely spot on. Petrified leaves lying beneath the earth around a mother's extended and desperate 'branches' which couldn't cling on tight enough. Heartbreaking.