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Grey Shores and Other Poems  by Meldewen Ilce 6 Review(s)
OakWolfReviewed Chapter: 5 on 5/18/2004
ROFL-was wondering if someone would adress the Weaving issue,

BerenReviewed Chapter: 7 on 5/14/2004
I loved the last haiku, specially the last verse, it was really moving!

Author Reply: Thank you, Beren!

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/13/2004
Very nice, contrasting the three births. Nice progression.

How about something like:

Merry surprised them--
Esmeralda was "barren"!
Brandybucks rejoiced.

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 3 on 5/13/2004
Very poignant.

The last grouping is especially telling. We suffer loss... and move on with life. (Still, things are never *quite* the same, are they?)

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/13/2004
Whew! Glad you put in that explanatory note! Otherwise I might have thought you were casting aspersions on us reviewers!

Author Reply: LOL - not by any means do I mean my reviewers but rather these crazy critics who obviously have never read the trilogy!

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/13/2004
These are lovely. (They don't all conform to the strict 5-7-5 rule of haiku, but that doesn't take away from their beauty.) I especially like the first one.

Author Reply: Thank you, shirebound, I tried to stay within the 5-7-5 rule but obviously I was a bit tired when I wrote "Grey Shores". Anyway, I hope to improve myself, and perhaps be able to stay within the 5-7-5 rule but if not I hope to convey some of the ideas I have with the words I choose.

Thanks again and I look forward to more of "Mind To Mind"!

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