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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you! Your biographical poem, "Edge borough Revisited: 66 years on" , showed up when I clicked on Read and Review. I am not a review professional, but, I can offer my feedback on how much I got out from reading your poem and how I felt after reading it.

I felt a lot of emotion behind this poem. As I read it, it didn't appear that you were happy about the way things were going in the world we live in. It was an interesting biographical poem. I can relate to much of what you said. It's hard to write a letter of this magnitude, believe me, I know. I took on a challenge by writing something controversial that wouldn't offend anyone. I didn't do too bad. I am working on self-publishing my own books, if I can manage to pull it off.

I am troubled by what's happening in this world now. I must confess that I worry about being harmed for something that I didn't do. Everyone seems to be angry. I don't blame them. When they want to try to take our Social Security away from us, I shudder. I have a disability and I have worked hard to rightfully earn my check. I get upset when they want to take our health insurance away from us. It's just not fair.

My hope for you is that you will have a miracle blessing of good health, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, love, and much happiness to last throughout your lifetime.

I encourage you to keep on writing.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Bathtub Dilemma  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Your poem, "Bathtub Dilemma" popped up when I clicked on Read and Review. I am not a professional reviewer, but, what I can offer is my feedback on how I felt after reading your poem, and to gently make any corrections to make it sound better.

I was entertained after reading your poem. I chuckled a bit after reading it. I am usually slow when it comes to jokes, but yours brought out a smile from me. Deciding whether to stay submerged or get ready to snooze, you thought you could drown. It was nice that you woke up thinking that you might not even need your nightgown. It was nice that fate would have it and fate stepped in, you were thankful for the cold water for saving your skin.

Thank you for making me laugh today. I encourage you to keep on writing.

My hope for you is that you will have a miracle of blessing for having good health, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, love, and much happiness throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Picture Perfect  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I clicked on Read and Review and your short story, "Picture Perfect", popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on my thoughts of your story and how it made me feel.

All week, the store was having a 60% off sale, which caused a stampede. You awakened to a peaceful morning, as the air was as crisp as a Granny Smith Apple, and the sky was so clear and blue. The distant mountains looked to have been stamped by some giant press and then just set against the horizon. You grabbed your camera and your travel bag, long-since packed, locked your apartment, and gave the spare key to your neighbor. You headed west on the old state highway, with the Continental Divide and four glorious days off filling your view. It sounded like you were ready to go on vacation.

I found your story to be interesting. I enjoyed reading it. I felt like your writing was very descriptive and well-written. I could feel the emotion behind this. It was like heaven to you when you saw photographs that nourished your spirit. They provided proof of the majestic scenery available just a few miles away from the poster and sample-covered walls of the store.

At the end of your story, you stated that the moment was safely stored on film and in your soul, and then you continued on your way, refreshed and alive again.

My hope for you is that your life will be filled with blessings of good health, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, love, and much happiness. I encourage you to keep writing.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you! Your short story, "Archive to Ever After", popped up when I clicked on the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can offer feedback on how I felt and how I reacted after reading your short story.

I enjoyed reading this. I felt sorry that the worries from her past began to surface. Credit card debt, the cough that would never leave her mother's lungs, and the rent notice still taped to the door. They folded themselves into tiny paper cranes, fluttered into a folder labeled "Once Upon A Never".

As the final period dried, the pumpkins brightened into golden carriages. The foxes bowed. The sparrows sang. Her phone, now a pocket-sized grimoire, was hot to the touch. Its screen was flashing.

"Archive complete. Dreams restored to sender". When she awoke at dawn, on her threadbare couch, the rent notice was gone, and a single gold coin glinted on the kitchen table. Outside, her mother hummed the lullaby she'd written; her breathing was as clear as a cathedral bell. She checked her phone. The fairy-tale mode toggle had vanished and was replaced by a single line. "To reactivate, believe again."

My hope for you is that you'll receive the miracle blessings of good health, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, love, and much happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you! Your poem "Titus and the Terrible, Awful, Broccoli" popped up when I clicked on the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can offer you my input on what I felt after reading your poem and what I took away from it. I suggest that you remove the semicolon after awful.

This is a charming, well-written Children's poem written about plain old broccoli being not what the father's son wanted as his ideal meal. His father came up with a plan to melt cheese on the broccoli. The son said it's not so bad having cheese on a tree. His son was delighted.

I encourage you to continue writing. I had fun reading it. I could put myself into the father's son's place about eating just plain broccoli; I could feel the emotions behind it. I believe that children would love to read this story.

My hope for you is that you will have miracle blessings of good health, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, love, and much happiness to last your whole lifetime and beyond.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you! When I clicked on the Read and Review Section, your story "Experiencing Love From Others" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but, what I can do for you is to provide my feedback on how your story had an impact on me and how I felt after reading your story.

Your story is very well-written. You were very descriptive in your letter about abuse. I experienced both sexual and verbal abuse. When I was a teenager, I was easily talked into doing things, even though I knew better. I thought that I was loved, and come to find out that I wasn't, they were just using me. Verbal abuse has attacked me a lot in my past and still some of it goes on today. I am stronger now than I ever was before, however, there are those who make it rough for me. I know that it was hard to come out and talk about something so personal, but it was very brave to do that. It took a lot of courage, strength, and stamina.

When I was going to college, My mother=in=law paid for my tuition for a few months. That was very kind of her to do that. It goes to show that there are kind people in this world. It took me five years to get a two year degree, and then I received a scholarship to get my second degree. It took me a year to do that. I received an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Management and got a Business Administration Certificate. I was very proud to have stuck it out and got my degrees.

I encourage you to keep writing. It helps to talk about your experiences; it can help someone else w=out who is going through the same thing.

My hope for you is that you will receive many blessings of good health, good thoughts, good memories, good friendships, love, encouragement, and much joy and happiness throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Malevolence  Open in new Window.
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Hello, and good afternoon to you! Your poem "Malevolence" popped up when I clicked on the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but, what I can do is provide feedback on what my thoughts were and how it made me feel after reading it.

To my thinking, your poem was well-written. Your description of what the ether did was, in my eyes, very detailed. I could feel the emotions behind it. I encourage you to keep up with your writing. I believe that I would feel the same way. When I had my tonsils taken out in seventh grade, they used ether as an anesthetic. Ether is pretty brutal.

My hope is that you will be blessed with feelings of good health, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, love, joy, and much happiness to last your whole lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Other Ways  Open in new Window.
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
Your poem "Other Ways", popped up on the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can do is offer my input into how I felt or what I got out of your poem.

Your poem was very well written. It was an interesting read. It gave me something to think about. The last stanza of your poem stated: But that doesn't seem to be the way
Our inner peace to find
We need to struggle for our happiness
With our heart, our soul, our mind.

When someone finally finds their happiness, they found pure joy in the way it came about. But they find that there's always who comes along who wants to stand in the way of that. So, we end up struggling trying to make peace of mind again. No one should have to do that. We have a right to make our own decisions; we have learned from our own experience the rights and wrongs that society has put upon us. The way to complete joy and satisfaction is ask Jesus Christ to come into our lives.

My hope for you is that you will have many blessings of good health, good thoughts, good memories, good friendships, love, joy, and much happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I clicked on the Read and Review Section, and your poem "The Best of Intentions" showed up. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can do is to give you my input on how I felt after reading your poem.

I admire the title of your poem. A person could have the best intentions for writing, but end up forgetting about writing more down, you don't think about it, or you put it somewhere, thinking that you can remember where you left off. I can feel the emotion behind all of this. I learned to write things down right away when they are fresh in my mind, when I took a class in Applied Mathematics in college. We were studying Statistics. I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out how to do it. One night, I had a dream about how to solve the problem. I got up and wrote down what I had dreamt about on a piece of paper. I took the test and asked the instructor how I did on the test. She said to me, "Anna, you sure do know your statistics". After that, when a thought comes to mind, I write it down right away, otherwise my thoughts would be gone.

I encourage you to keep up with your writing.

My hope for you is that your life will be filled with blessings of friendships, love, peace, joy, happiness, good thoughts, good memories, and good health.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
When I clicked on the Read and Review Section, your poem "Love and Death Sestina" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can do is offer you my input on how I felt after reading your poem.

You did remarkably well in writing this kind of poetry. You accepted the challenge and went for it. I like that. You and I have something in common. I like to challenge myself to write something that I haven't done before.

I want to encourage you to write. You express yourself wonderfully.

I know that my mother did something by saying that she loved me every day, and she shook her finger at me and said the following words f"Now, Anna, I want you to not let anyone tell you that you didn't take good care of me because you did. By doing what she did, she made her accept her death better. She left me feeling good about helping her.

My hope for you is that you will experience blessings of love, peace, joy, happiness, friendships, good thoughts, good memories, and good health to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Scars  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
When I clicked on the Read and Review Section, your poem "Scars" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can offer you is my input on how your poem has made me feel.

I read your poem and was amazed at how wonderful and well-written it was. You expressed yourself very well about scars. I could feel the emotions that were behind it. I encourage you to keep on writing.

You have defined the scars we face in life with clarity and precision. I enjoyed reading it.

Like yourself, I have faced many scars in life. Scars that seem to follow me throughout my life. It's how you deal with them that matters. You need to forgive people the scars that they have put upon you. When you hang on to bitterness, it doesn't help you. Bitterness will end up destroying you. Ask Jesus to forgive you. You will find a peace that surpasses all understanding.

My hope for you is that you will have many blessings of happiness, peace, love, joy, contentment, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, and good health to last you a lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
When I clicked on the Read and Review Section, your poem "Mayhem" showed up. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can offer you is my input on how I felt after reading your poem.

Your poem was wonderfully expressed. I agree with you on why you would be angry. The world has changed in so many ways. I want to encourage you to keep writing. In a world of chaos and uncertainty, the way to find any kind of hope or peace is to put our trust in Jesus Christ. He is our Lord and Savior. I have hope that our world will turn out to be better. We have to believe and have faith. We need to support one another and do the best that we can.

My hope is for you to have blessings of peace, love, happiness, joy, good friendships, good health, and good memories, to remain with you throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
When I clicked the "Read and Review Section your Short Story "A Trip to the Hospital" came up. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can give you is my take on how your story left an impact on me.

I want to encourage you to keep up with your writing. I can feel the emotions pouring out of you as you are writing. Having a stroke is devastating, and having Sepsis on top of that must have hit you pretty hard. I don't know what Sepsis is, but that must've been devastating. You were hit with a double whammy. I don't have very many relatives left, since they have all passed away. The ones who are left don't talk to me.

It's hard to talk to someone after you find out that they were hit with some bad news. Everyone grieves in their own time and unique sort of way. It takes a lot of courage and bravery to write something like this. My hope for you is that you will receive blessings of joy and happiness in your friendships, good health, good thoughts, and good memories. When the time is right, hopefully they will open up to you.
You need to let them have their own space and quiet time.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Your appendix, "Matrix in real life", came up when I clicked on the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can offer is feedback on what I have gotten out of it after I read it.

It was interesting to note how interesting your inspirational appendix was to me. The last sentence said, "This is how fiction survives: not thanks to the masters, but thanks to the slaves who defend it." This makes a lot of sense. You also stated, "In the movie, Matrix, Agent Smith didn't need to be everywhere, because anyone could become him. All it took was a threat to the system, and the familiar face before you transformed into the face of control. This is so true in today's world. For instance, Donald Trump, who made a threat to the system, to get his face repeatedly into a controlling figure; he wants to do things his way, and doesn't want to listen to anyone else's opinions. I want to encourage you to keep up with your writing.

My hope is that you will receive blessings of joy, happiness, good friendships, good health, good memories, and good thoughts for the remainder of your life.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good afternoon to you! Your story "ACCELERATOR, BRAKE, AND CLUTH' came up on the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story affected me after I read it.

It was interesting how you compared a relationships to Driving a car, and believe you will have it. Know that your road is waiting -- with perfect passengers. It would be so nice to have perfect passengers in the car while driving. Any excess noise would drive me crazy. You have to shift gears for certain things. You wouldn't have to worry so much about being distracted. You wouldn't have any fighting, which would be a huge relief

I want to encourage you to keep on writing. There would be something to consider; I am certain that you will have others enjoy your story also.

Let your remaining life be filled with many blessings of friendships, good memories, good thoughts, good health, and much happiness for you.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Bliss the I-self  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello and good evening to you! I clicked on Read and Review, and the poem you wrote, "Bless the I-self" showed up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can tell you how your poem made me feel.

I liked how your poem moved about in clarity. You have pointed out the spirituality in his poem I liked how the last stanza read:


Give I-self grace for sea life is not a race.
And speed without agility can make one lose one's
ability to change one's reality.

This says to me that it's okay to dream.
No one should be saying to one who is a dreamer
that their reality isn't real. When the real
thing really does come along, it's magical.


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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you! I clicked on the Read and Review Section, and your story "BerinX Kapanisa Gecti" showed up. I am nota professional reviewer, but I can provide feedback on how your writing has affected me.

I would've liked to read your news piece, but it is in a foreign language that I don't understand. I want to thank you for sharing your story and encourage you to keep up with your writing.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you! I clicked on the Read and Review Section, and your comedy "Me and Brad Pitt" showed up. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can do is give you my feedback on how this comedy has affected me.

Your story turned out to be a nice comedy. Brad Pitt was quite a guy. Brad Pitt and his girlfriend couldn't decide who should kiss who first. After they had kissed, they became best friends who enjoyed each other's company and ended up doing things together. Jenny thought that Brad Pitt was quite the guy.

I enjoyed reading your story. I encourage you to keep on writing. I believe that others would enjoy reading your comical story.

I pray that you will be blessed with encouragement, good health, good memories, good friendships, and lots of happiness. You are deserving of all of this in your remaining years.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good afternoon to you! I clicked on the Read and Review Section when your article "History of the Three-part Staff" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can provide what I could spot (or see) and how it made me feel after reading it.

I got lost somewhere in reading your article. I found it interesting to note how the black belt got its name. It said that it was a white belt that never got washed. I would not have thought that at all. You have a lot of writing to do if you would like to go back to the beginning, changing the words a little bit to improve the storyline. In other words, start afresh. Even though I couldn't figure out quite what was going on, I found it to be an interesting piece of work. I encourage you to keep up with your writing. Having the three-part staff was quite a feat in itself. It was quite the process going into that. The more you write, the easier it becomes.

My hope for you is that you'll be blessed with many good memories, good thoughts, good friendships, good health, and much happiness.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I clicked on the Read and Review Section, and your poem "Jimmy" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem made me feel.

I admire your style of writing for your portfolio. I like the last sentence that says Yet to be King. It shows that you promise to make an effort to become a better writer. I encourage you to keep writing. Do not give up. The more you write, the better you will get.

I pray that you will have beautiful blessings to surround your life with. I want you to have wonderful blessings of good friendships, good health, good memories, good thoughts, and much happiness.

Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good afternoon to you! I got your poem "Justice" from the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story impacted me.

I liked how your poem looks like an image of a hat. Your poem spoke volumes, indicating how you felt about a death not receiving justice, but instead was only left with regret that someone else must mourn. I could feel the emotion that was left behind the incident. Scars can wound someone's thinking, especially when going through something when justice wasn't served. It sounds like a traumatic event must have happened to you. I can detect some anger behind your words. I can relate to this after I had seen the aftermath of a murder that robbed me of a lot of years. It wasn't until I could forgive the man that I could relieve myself of the bitterness I felt. It was tearing me apart.

I am glad that you wrote this. It took courage to write something painful to you that somebody else has to go through.

I encourage you to keep writing. Other people can feel where you're coming from.

My hope for you is that you will have many blessings of good friendships, good health, pleasant memories, and happiness throughout the remaining years of your life.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you.

Your fantasy fiction story "The Magical Elixir" popped up when I hit the Read and Review Section. I am not a professional reviewer, but what I can do is let you know how I felt after reading your story. If there is anything that I see that can be improved upon to make your story sound clearer and better, please let me know what your thoughts were about what you saw.

I enjoyed your story. Your story seemed to come alive from the computer, right into my lap. I found your story fascinating. It made me feel like I was a character inside your story. I could feel the excitement.

I could feel Willem's pain as he fell off the roof and landed on his back. Even though he was used to this kind of thing, it doesn't make it any better. My mood would have also been sour after this kind of thing happened. I don't blame him one bit. I want to encourage you to keep writing. I think that other people would also enjoy your story.

I hope that you will have happy thoughts, happy memories, good health, good friends, and many blessings to come your way during your lifetime. You are deserving of all of this.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Birthday  Open in new Window.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
I selected the Read and Review Section, and your poem, "Birthday" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can tell you how your poem made me feel.

I enjoyed reading your poem. You have had a lot of experience being 81. I am 68 and I've been through a lot. I haven't had any kids, but I have been through two marriages, which didn't turn out very well. I mostly believed that with age comes wisdom. It sounds like you have had a great life, doing what only you knew what to do. You raised kids, saw your grandkids grow up, and saw many changes in the world. The world has changed so much for me. Like you, having God in my life has helped tremendously, even though I don't understand what is going on.

You write well. I encourage you to keep up with your writing. Even though I haven't had any kids, I can feel your heartfelt emotions in your poem. I hope you have many more good birthdays to come.

I hope you are blessed with many friendships, good thoughts, good memories, good health, and much happiness throughout your lifetime. Everyone deserves to have this.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you!

I clicked on the Read and Review Section and your short story "A Town Called Remember" popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you my input on how your story made me react.

I loved reading your story. Your story took me back to the times when times were much easier. It was a cultural shock to me when things began to change for the worse. I liked the title you chose for your short story.

I grew up on a 40-acre farm. My parents are no longer living. I wish that I could go back to the time when they were here on this Earth. I miss seeing and talking with them.

I encourage you to keep up with your writing.

You took me back to the time when things were a lot more innocent than they are today. Those were the days.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Hello, and good evening to you!

I clicked on the Read and Review Section, and your story "A Narcissist's Lament, Rit June 26, 2024, popped up. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can offer you my input on how your story made me feel.

Your story was well-written and enjoyable to read. The image of your story was clearly seen in my mind. i can see the visualization of what being alone is, especially when you have narcissism. I can feel the emotion behind it. Narcissism is when you experience things, like falling asleep unexpectedly. This is a dangerous thing when you're driving. Never fear, you have got a friend who will listen to you.

I encourage you to keep on writing. You have an interesting story. This can help anyone who suffer from this.

I hope who are filled with many blessings, hope, good friendships, good thoughts, good memories, and loads of happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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