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| (5.0)  HAPPY WDC ACCOUNT ANNIVERSARY FROM "Anniversary Reviews"  Hello, Angel bunny Easter eggs galore, aka dragonfish! INITIAL IMPRESSION / OVERVIEW:  I enjoyed reading your "Home" poem every time I read it, including today. Your writing kept me riveted and I read straight through to the end. Congratulations to you on completing eight whole years of the Contest Challenge! "The Contest Challenge" MORE DETAILED FEEDBACK:  Happy Writing.Com Anniversary month! I read this "Home" poem of yours sometime in the past and enjoyed it, but didn't have time to review it right then, so I flagged it for an anniversary review (meaning I saved the link to it in a special "April" file.  ). I hope you enjoy this review as a celebration of your time here and find the review uplifting and encouraging. It is meant to be honest and respectful, in accordance with WDC guidelines. I found your "Home" poem to be interesting and adventurous. As I read your poem, I could picture stars shining brightly, crystallized stones, and see the various types of roads you described. Your poem reminded me of the sound of a coyote howling too. I suspect this is a free-verse style of poetry. It's one of my favorite styles to write. My favorite part was the third sentence. It reminded me of the beauty of a night sky out in the countryside. As one of just nine people on this site to have completed eight years of Jody's Contest Challenge, you are part of an elite group of achievers! I hope you own that and that it helps you feel like you can accomplish anything. I wondered if that was a literal description of how you get home to where you lived, or if it was a fanciful one for a fictional purpose. I didn't notice any spelling or grammatical mistakes (or mistakes of any kind) in your "Home" poem. I thought the home / garden genre you selected for this poem was an appropriate match for it.IDEAS TO MAKE YOUR PIECE STRONGER: In the spirit of helpfulness, and because of the requirements of a new reviewing challenge I joined recently, I have some little suggestions to make your piece stronger. If you're interested in some constructive criticism, read on. But if you aren't, no worries. Just know that I enjoyed your piece and move on to the next section. Still reading? You're brave! Yay for you!   I'd recommend choosing two more genres, as we are allowed three, and people do search by genre here. Perhaps "nature," "cultural," "animal," "personal," or "experience" might be nice options to consider? There's a drop down list, as you know, because you had to use it to select “other". I don't have it memorized; those are just some suggestions. The actual list will probably be more helpful. Just to show it's not only me who recommends this, moderator Schnujo's Giving Away GPs  shared on the news feed in a comment on 2/21/2025 that “SM has told me, himself, that the #1 way people search for things to read on WdC is through the genre search, so if you aren't filling out all 3 genres, you are literally missing out on readers.” If you want to see the note and scroll down to see her whole comment, here’s the link: "Note: View this Note". It's always nice for me as a reader to have the poetry form and line count listed below the poem, perhaps in a "notes" section. I don't know how long it took me to start doing that, but once I did, readers responded favorably. So I'd recommend adding that information beneath your poem. It might help you get more future readers if you added a thumbnail picture to your story, if your membership level allows that. Pictures are attention getting and could help your story stand out in a list of search results.As with any review, please take what serves you and release or ignore what doesn't. CONCLUSION:  I enjoyed reading your "Home" poem, and thought it was a neat read. Thank you for sharing your time, creativity, heart, experiences, and writing with the Writing.Com community! Once again, happy anniversary month! I hope the year ahead is filled with blessings and joy and a feeling of belonging for you!May love, joy and peace be yours in abundance, and may the Lord bless you and all that you do, during your anniversary month, and always! PWheeler   A SuperPower Reviewers Choice review!  Positive Hearts  A Review from: "Positive Hearts Reviews Group"  The B.E.A.R. Fund  ROAR   A Review to Congratulate You on Completing 8 Years of the Contest Challenge!: "The Contest Challenge"    My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .
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You responded to this review 04/14/2025 @ 10:19pm EDT