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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>April 26<sup>th</sup> Critiques 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sally:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GRETA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another word photo of a moment in time. This poem is succinct and yet complete. I have no suggestions for changes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Leonard,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>What to Do <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Enfeeble perhaps should be enfeebled if used as an adjective to describe your mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(I confided with a co- sorter) confided in a co-sorter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(The question hit me like a ton of lights) Does light have weight? Perhaps like a blinding light? You could also use supernova to describe an overwhelming degree of illumination.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cleora<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Help Still Needed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Needs some cleanup. Cut out unnecessary words. For example, (most) isn’t necessary before the word (likely.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Develop doesn’t have an E at the end.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Form should be forms.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(may likely have no idea what the job is really like.) perhaps what the job requires, (entails, includes?) or you could eliminate the word (likely.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You need a word such as (They) before the word (may.) Likely is unnecessary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marcia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Down to the Wire<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well crafted, the roles become reversed as our parents age. At the end, adult children do their best to make wise decisions out of love and concern. We all do what we feel is right and hope for the best outcome. Your parents did their best to raise children in a time different from the one in which they were raised. They did their flawed best with good intentions. We do our best to forgive past mistakes on their part and our own. You handled this topic with a light humorous touch despite the nature of the situation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good article.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Cell: 573-544-3511<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Email: <a href="mailto:dqnoriega@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>dqnoriega@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Author of <i>Fifty Years of Walking with Friends<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>https://www.dldbooks.com/dqnoriega/</span></i><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>