Comments on: Flood

By: sanaarizvi

sanaarizvi — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:16:26 +0000

This is incredibly potent! I especially like; “Dark gloomy assessment in all directions, flooded river smoothly blankets the land.”

By: RedCat

RedCat — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 17:58:45 +0000

Well done with the Lushi style and writing a reinterpretation that is so close to the original yet have a clear voice of it’s own.

By: writingallsorts7909

writingallsorts7909 — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:21:18 +0000

A lovely Lushi – and thank you for the background on the original poem.

By: Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

Björn Rudberg (brudberg) — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:53:20 +0000

Excellent job on the poem, we did chose the same poem, and went a bit along the same way…

By: Ken / rivrvlogr

Ken / rivrvlogr — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:29:22 +0000

You did a fine job of re-interpreting it. Your rhyming is great.
Also, I enjoyed your analysis of the original.

By: msjadeli

msjadeli — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:31:41 +0000

In reply to Ron Rowland. THANKS for the info. I will check it out!

By: Laura Bloomsbury

Laura Bloomsbury — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:57:38 +0000

Ron you did wonders with this – your Lushi style of broken couplets give extra pause for reflection. And the wine, wine repeat ?barrel of wine, mirrors the liquid picture of the flood
p.s. if you follow the links to the other poem choices you will see the original characters – Gutenberg does not

By: Ron Rowland

Ron Rowland — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:23:29 +0000

In reply to msjadeli. On a WordPress site, using the block editor, you need to merely define a new block as a column, which then gives you multiple options for quantity and sizing of columns. Then each column is filled with standard paragraph, heading, image, or other blocks. I have the 'Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg' plugin, so I'm not sure if it supplies the column capability or if it comes standard in the block editor.

By: ben Alexander

ben Alexander — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:11:36 +0000

In reply to Ron Rowland. I love that parable :-)

By: Ron Rowland

Ron Rowland — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:11:06 +0000

In reply to ben Alexander. Thanks David. I'm reminded of the story of the man caught in a flood. A boat comes by and offers to save him, but he refuses saying God will save him. Another boat comes by to no avail, then a helicopter with the same refusal and claim that God will save him. The water continues to rise and the man drowns. In death, he meets God, and asks why he didn't save him, to which God replies "I sent two boats and a helicopter, I don't know what else I could have done."