Hello, Zoo,

Here is a review for your "Handiwork"  where I found it after a search for nature and poetry.

Comments and Observations:

Beautiful and vivid images, here. You suggest several sensory experiences with your descriptions of nature like "falling leaves," "sunlight," "wind" and the "riverbed." Then, the addition of man-made sounds like "the squeaking hinges" and "phone rings" give some more depth and variety to your poem.

Added to the images are the repetitions of their belonging possibly to an entity, by you saying ""This is all yours" and "These are your...", which made me believe that you have addressed your poem to a higher being or nature itself to influence this natural world.

As to the rhythm, I believe I detected an iambic meter, which is nice as it adds to the flow. Your line breaks often occur at natural pauses in the sentence, enhancing readability.

I like very much the mixing of nature and human impact, such as, for nature "leaves", "sunlight", "trees", "dirt and rocks and shores", "river bottom" contrasting the human elements of "structures", "noise pollution", "people's need for transportation", "hinges", "telephone rings," etc.

Your poem has a thoughtful, reflective tone although its usage of words is quite simple but memorable with the addition of sensory experiences. Its message is something to reflect on, I thought, as a reader.

I guess the line breaks and the meter can be improved, but I am more interested in the feelings any poem evokes than its form. So, I enjoyed reading your "Handiwork", which does that for me.

Best wishes with your work.




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