Comments received on poems by nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)
OLD MAN AT THE GATEWAY
orchidee said:
Good write N. So - you were going to write \'Young man at the bus stop\' but had to change it now to \'old man?!\' lol.
September 23rd, 2026 09:21
orchidee said:
Good write N. So - you were going to write \'Young man at the bus stop\' but had to change it now to \'old man?!\' lol.
September 23rd, 2026 09:21
OLD MAN AT THE GATEWAY
sorenbarrett said:
Beautifully said in rhyme and such good meter. The poem set in question speaks its message well. A fave
September 23rd, 2026 04:14
sorenbarrett said:
Beautifully said in rhyme and such good meter. The poem set in question speaks its message well. A fave
September 23rd, 2026 04:14
A LONELY STAIR
Goldfinch60 said:
Very emotive words Norman, when my wife passed seven years ago walking up those lonely stairs was so sad.
Andy
September 23rd, 2026 01:03
Goldfinch60 said:
Very emotive words Norman, when my wife passed seven years ago walking up those lonely stairs was so sad.
Andy
September 23rd, 2026 01:03
A LONELY STAIR
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Beautifully done, Norman...you sent me straight into my own memories with this one. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 22nd, 2026 22:04
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Beautifully done, Norman...you sent me straight into my own memories with this one. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 22nd, 2026 22:04
A LONELY STAIR
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn quiet loneliness here, with the candle flame, empty house, distant memories, and lonely stair creating the feeling of someone sitting alone with everything they’ve tried not to remember. The final image is the keeper for me, because forgiveness becomes a tentative footstep upward, something fragile you approach slowly rather than something you simply decide to possess.
September 22nd, 2026 07:23
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn quiet loneliness here, with the candle flame, empty house, distant memories, and lonely stair creating the feeling of someone sitting alone with everything they’ve tried not to remember. The final image is the keeper for me, because forgiveness becomes a tentative footstep upward, something fragile you approach slowly rather than something you simply decide to possess.
September 22nd, 2026 07:23
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
NafisaSB said:
Shudder to think what it could lead to. 🤔a great write
September 22nd, 2026 05:08
NafisaSB said:
Shudder to think what it could lead to. 🤔a great write
September 22nd, 2026 05:08
A LONELY STAIR
sorenbarrett said:
A question set poetically to consider how one sits socially due to one\'s views and actions and how clearly one sees their effect. Nicely written with good meter and rhyme it flows well and is a fave.
September 22nd, 2026 03:48
sorenbarrett said:
A question set poetically to consider how one sits socially due to one\'s views and actions and how clearly one sees their effect. Nicely written with good meter and rhyme it flows well and is a fave.
September 22nd, 2026 03:48
A LONELY STAIR
orchidee said:
Well, we\'ve lost the will to live waiting on the steps leading to that bus stop. lol.
September 22nd, 2026 02:23
orchidee said:
Well, we\'ve lost the will to live waiting on the steps leading to that bus stop. lol.
September 22nd, 2026 02:23
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
Goldfinch60 said:
Strong words Norman which are becoming so true.
Andy
September 22nd, 2026 00:52
Goldfinch60 said:
Strong words Norman which are becoming so true.
Andy
September 22nd, 2026 00:52
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, I wish this felt like an exaggeration. It doesn’t...not even close. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 21st, 2026 20:09
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, I wish this felt like an exaggeration. It doesn’t...not even close. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 21st, 2026 20:09
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
orchidee said:
Good write N. There\'s 500 people waiting at that bus stop now. lol.
September 21st, 2026 09:30
orchidee said:
Good write N. There\'s 500 people waiting at that bus stop now. lol.
September 21st, 2026 09:30
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
arqios said:
Was just viewing Attenborough\'s \"Wild Isles\" series. There was an excellent aerial shot of Dover. 👍🏻🕊️
September 21st, 2026 06:12
arqios said:
Was just viewing Attenborough\'s \"Wild Isles\" series. There was an excellent aerial shot of Dover. 👍🏻🕊️
September 21st, 2026 06:12
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
arqios said:
The image became painfully clear in the middle stanza, moving from an initial M.I.B. image in my head and then transitioned not so gradually to the SS and such.
September 21st, 2026 05:55
arqios said:
The image became painfully clear in the middle stanza, moving from an initial M.I.B. image in my head and then transitioned not so gradually to the SS and such.
September 21st, 2026 05:55
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN BLACK
sorenbarrett said:
Although the specifics are masked as are the men it sends shivers knowing the dystopia we live in calling it freedom. Have we been so indoctrinated as to believe we are free. A powerful write my friend.
September 21st, 2026 04:22
sorenbarrett said:
Although the specifics are masked as are the men it sends shivers knowing the dystopia we live in calling it freedom. Have we been so indoctrinated as to believe we are free. A powerful write my friend.
September 21st, 2026 04:22
THIS WRETCHED GROUND
NafisaSB said:
such a tragic tale told so beautifully - one can visualize it fully..well done..
September 21st, 2026 01:50
NafisaSB said:
such a tragic tale told so beautifully - one can visualize it fully..well done..
September 21st, 2026 01:50
THIS WRETCHED GROUND
Goldfinch60 said:
Such sad words Norman about places where we need not go if love rules the world.
Andy
September 21st, 2026 01:46
Goldfinch60 said:
Such sad words Norman about places where we need not go if love rules the world.
Andy
September 21st, 2026 01:46
THIS WRETCHED GROUND
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Hell of a death scene, Norman...no glory, no speech, just a man fading where he fell. This one hurt. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 20th, 2026 17:48
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Hell of a death scene, Norman...no glory, no speech, just a man fading where he fell. This one hurt. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 20th, 2026 17:48
THIS WRETCHED GROUND
arqios said:
Subtle but effective rhyme my friend 🙏🏻🕊️👍🏻
September 20th, 2026 07:02
arqios said:
Subtle but effective rhyme my friend 🙏🏻🕊️👍🏻
September 20th, 2026 07:02
THIS WRETCHED GROUND
sorenbarrett said:
Nicely done Norman you paint a bleak forlorn picture of a battlefront with dead and dying although the battle has ceased. Here the calm and return of nature\'s sounds combined with the wounds not hurting so much signals death coming on. This poem might also be a metaphor for life and its figurative battles and our mortal term on this earth. Nicely written my friend.
September 20th, 2026 04:14
sorenbarrett said:
Nicely done Norman you paint a bleak forlorn picture of a battlefront with dead and dying although the battle has ceased. Here the calm and return of nature\'s sounds combined with the wounds not hurting so much signals death coming on. This poem might also be a metaphor for life and its figurative battles and our mortal term on this earth. Nicely written my friend.
September 20th, 2026 04:14
THIS WRETCHED GROUND
orchidee said:
Good write N.
The wretched ground of this bus stop. lol.
September 20th, 2026 02:55
orchidee said:
Good write N.
The wretched ground of this bus stop. lol.
September 20th, 2026 02:55
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