Ghost Of A Child (poem) by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie on AuthorsDen

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)

Reviewed on October 1, 2003

Great dark write!

Reviewed by Susan Cook-Jahme (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Great dark write - enjoyed it so much :0)

Reviewed by Tami Ryan

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Reindeer,

You "do" dark so well. Excellent write, so full of emotion throughout. Brava!

Tami

Reviewed by L M (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Retta this second to last line wow
"So come to me Death,
I wait for you,
To suck out my last breath,
I care not for what you do-
It was never you,
I feared…"
Deep and dark verses excellent.
LM

Reviewed by Gwen Dickerson

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Wow, Reindeer, you can write such powerfully dark wonderful poems! Bravo!

Reviewed by Patricia Gomes

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Retta, those 2 closing lines knocked my socks off - incredible!

Reviewed by Amor Sabor

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

I could see through the eyes of that child in this eloquently haunting write. Beautifully done.
Amor

Reviewed by Russ Okamura (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

A very powerful poem with awesome imagery and grabs the reader by the spirit and does not let them go. Most excellent!

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Wow, Retta, darkly intense, deeply fascinating, and poignantly sad with the sense of long ago loss that never healed...

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Most excellent write, Reindeer; well done! :D (((HUGS))) and much love, your Texas friend, Karen Lynn.

Reviewed by Dale Clark

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Chilling and brilliant!

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

DEEP and DARK but GOOD.

Reviewed by Gaye Dale (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Retta, a brilliant write, thought provoking, bitter, tragic...
So well done!

Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Deeply moving piece Reindeer. This child is real ... embrace her, then take her by the hand and lead her out of the darkness.

~Joseph

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Retta, I saw the eyes of that child while reading this. A tear of sadness dwelled. Wonderfully written. Lisa

Reviewed by Erica Ivory

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Dark... real... life... BRAVO... I am in awe!

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Deep dark emotive thoughts well captured Retta!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Rebekah Rosie Lang

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Canvas is eerie. Makes a point however of your feelings once the poem is read. This is sad and beautiful at the SAME time. Nice work! Brava!

Reviewed by Transcendental Poet (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Thoughts well captured in canvas..

Reviewed by Kijuana Henry (Reader)

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Could feel your inside child wanting OUT!

Reviewed by Robin Spicer

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Greetings Retta.
This poem is beautiful. I felt every emotion.
Inside every grown up lives an eight year old, who longs to be hugged.
Blessed be
Robin

Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya

Reviewed on September 30, 2003

Death haunts me,
Like the ghost of a child,
Wondering who I am,
That I call his name so freely

Excellent write ....sad but written with excellence!!!

Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on September 29, 2003

really enjoy the progression of this poem...

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on September 29, 2003

Reindeer, you write with such command so powerful, it's breathtaking!dark, but superb!

Reviewed by Jaclynn Huntington (Reader)

Reviewed on September 29, 2003

Hauntingly sad. Yet so well written!

~Jackie~

Reviewed by Taylor Trenton (Reader)

Reviewed on September 29, 2003

I am really into the innerchild
This is so sad. well done.
Taylor