Comments on: Birds Have Eyes

By: George

George — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:05:26 +0000

I agree with Isabella….
It really captures as one
reads on !! Every parent
should read this……

By: Isabella Fiske McFarlin

Isabella Fiske McFarlin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:44:18 +0000

This is very well written… and I’m not that easy to please…
Thanks for the chance to read this. I think it really deserved to win.

By: Autumn Shah

Autumn Shah — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:54:06 +0000

Thanks for a beautifully written, emotional story. I liked the story, the style and the voice.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:11:47 +0000

This may be a very inspirational and beautiful story but it really doesn’t keep your interest. A a bird is a bird is a bird.

By: George

George — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:44:54 +0000

This essay is a truly moving excruciating honest reflection and certainly deserving the accolades given it.
There is a raw power to the narrative that touches the reader. The issues faced by a young girl who is at once precocious and innocent give it that quality. She is precocious in her ability to see and feel aspects of the natural world more poignantly than most adults. She is attentive to and has an understanding of various birds, animals, trees etc as phenomena beyond their physical existence. As she sees through and around them a deeper awareness becomes apparent. For a non-fiction piece to use this figurative language and imagery as effectively is noteworthy.
As the title tells us, birds do have eyes, even dead ones. And they can “see” mysteriously as the writer could of divorce playing out in her family at
a very young age.
I plan on reading it again. It is
extraordinarily well done.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:13:20 +0000

An experience summed up as dead birds? Trite and exasperatingly boring. If this is good writing, shoot me!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:37:03 +0000

Congratulations on this beautiful story. You’ve crafted a magical setting. A vivid coming-of-age story! Terrific job!