You're giving us good things here.
I especially like "Like something found not buried".
Comment is about Blown Away (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Kevin T.S. Tan
Thu 23rd Jul 2020 12:18
it's good to take things with a grain of salt ?
Comment is about LAST LAUGH (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
Kevin T.S. Tan
Thu 23rd Jul 2020 11:49
I'm still thinking: What should I comment on this poem? That is a good question. I need some more time
Comment is about Questioning (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Glad you liked the poem. Thanks for your kind comments.
Comment is about Shifa Maqba (poet profile)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Thank you. The Darkness was my home for almost two decades. It was the place within myself that I would withdraw to and shut the world out. I’m glad you enjoyed the read.
Comment is about Dark Comforter (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Wow am I glad I took time to give this a read. Full of confusion and depth, well done.
-J
Comment is about Dark Comforter (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
I enjoyed each line of this piece. Well done.
Comment is about My mind is my castle (blog)
Original item by curiousdud3
Great thought-provoking poem Tom. I rather like the idea of rogue statues covered in pigeon poop. That’s poetic! ?
Comment is about Step Change (blog)
Original item by Tom
There's so much depth in this poem. Love the title as well. A quality read!
Comment is about The Down-Trodden Bastard Still Blesses You (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Allowing oneself to be swept away by a fashionable critique of the past as uninformed as that of the BLM movement (an abomination, in my view, as, of course, ALM) without a full understanding of the context is simply uneducated. The censorship of contrary views by the Cancel movement is authoritarian (one of the kindest words I could find) and seeks to intimidate original thinkers who don't adopt their ideological bias.The past is another country and we should critique it at our peril. As poets, you and I Tom, need to defend free speech, no matter how unpopular a particular speech act may be. We poets are the unacknowledged legislators of this world and we must, therefore, reserve judgement:
Rough wind, the moanest loud
Grief too sad for song;
Wild wind, when sullen cloud
Knells all the night long;
Sad storm, whose tears are vain,
Bare woods, whose branches strain,
Deep caves and dreary main, —
Wail, for the world's wrong!
Percy, Bysshe Shelley, A Dirge (1821)
Comment is about Step Change (blog)
Original item by Tom
RoseMary
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 23:43
Well written. "My silence is my soldiers
When I feel under attack" quite a relatable write.
Comment is about My mind is my castle (blog)
Original item by curiousdud3
Nicola, Bluesky, and Julie, thank you for the like!! ?
Comment is about What’s Past is Prologue (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Itsjustmedownhere, Shifa, Bluesky, RoseMary, and Poemshub, thank you for the like!! ?
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
The gentleman at her shoulder snorted
Like a walrus heaving up on an ice floe.
'Ah', he gasped, 'Ha! Ha! It's Graves, Miss Graves!'
And he was off again. 'Ha Ha Ha Ha!'
I loved it! Not your embarrassment, of course, but this gentleman’s response and especially the phrase “Like a walrus heaving up on an ice floe.” That’s one of the best lines ever.
Comment is about Associative Thinking (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
That was a fun read. Not sure if it was meant to be a fun read, but it was for me. I enjoyed that poem.
Comment is about Waking Up (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thanks Nigel. That's lovely. Thank you for your lovely little thought.
Thanks also to Poemshub - mine was really a dream from the night before. Yours also carries it on. Love it (:
Thanks Don. Glad you like it. I am really enjoying writing haikus at te moment (:
Thanks also to Nicola and Itsjustmedownhere. They mean a lot to me your likes.
Comment is about Lost in a forest in pitch darkness at midnight (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Thanks Nigel, i do speak to them regular but still a difference seeing them. They were fine.
Thanks Nicola. Both of the above was just me worrying really. They were fine.
Glad you liked Don. They were a little bit more naked or honest than i would perhaps share but we are living in strange times.
Thanks Shifa Maqba also for the like. Means a lot
Comment is about A Tanka and a Haiku dealing with emotions about not seeing your parents in four months since before the virus started (blog)
Original item by Andy N
I love the the fact that you look into the mirror and you seemingly don't get a reply, but that prompts a wonderful discussion of the tensions you embody. Thank you.
Comment is about Who Am I? (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 17:50
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 17:07
I believe it's the only sport where you go backwards to win, though I stand to be corrected.
Comment is about Tug Of War (blog)
Original item by Maddie Wilson
RoseMary
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 15:37
Be hopeful. Death is inevitable but not untimely.
Comment is about Death (blog)
Original item by MARIA ELENA
RoseMary
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 15:35
Best of luck!! Seems your doctor is an expert at fixing all up quick n easy...lols!
Comment is about The Airport and the Tooth (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you RoseMary. All fixed now.
Comment is about The Airport and the Tooth (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
RoseMary
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 15:09
Better go whole than half, so the trip you can enjoy whole not half.
Really enjoyed it. Tomorrow should be the day.
Comment is about The Airport and the Tooth (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 14:52
I love this poem, both concept and execution. "Add a cup full of your hot tears, two ounces of your mute screams." brilliant lines! ?
Comment is about How to make an Angry Stew (blog)
Original item by T J K Conlin
Nicola, yes, and thank you. ?
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
An updated version of yesterday’s ditty. Dentist appointment booked?
Comment is about The Airport and the Tooth (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I don’t often tag mine but I hope they would make a less gloomy list.
Comment is about Last 30 Day Tag List (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Our twin daughters were baptised in 'the slave church' in Bermuda, a tiny, stone building in Warwick Parish, built by slaves denied access to white churches. It was my decision. For me, it seemed absolutely right, a record of pride in my husband's heritage and that of my children.
It raised a lot of eyebrows. As may this commentary.
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 11:23
Wear galoshes when reading this un-poem.
Comment is about THE UN-POEM (blog)
Original item by d.knape
This is a deep and emotional yearning for the day when one shall not have to endure any more pain and suffering. It is a beautifully crafted poem about returning back to natures comforting bossom.
Comment is about My Place. (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Don thank you for your succinct comment.
Comment is about Scintillating conversation (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Poemshub
Well observed.
Thank you for the like.
Comment is about Scintillating conversation (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Your poem exudes a perfect blend of pain and hope. Beautifully penned!
Comment is about My Place. (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 05:30
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 05:20
OK in California? We'll done u x
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 04:55
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 04:35
Clever.... And nice rhyming....
Comment is about The Surfers Smile (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 03:57
Very good...
Comment is about A Tanka and a Haiku dealing with emotions about not seeing your parents in four months since before the virus started (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Nicola Beckett
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 03:51
Oh dear x
Comment is about A Tanka and a Haiku dealing with emotions about not seeing your parents in four months since before the virus started (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Very good....
Comment is about Lost in a forest in pitch darkness at midnight (blog)
Original item by Andy N
M.C. Newberry
Thu 23rd Jul 2020 13:01
I admire this contributor's work...and the quality of his comments on
the contributions of others.
Comment is about Blown Away (blog)
Original item by John E Marks