Comments received on poems by Gary Edward Geraci
Nehushtan
Gary Edward Geraci said:
IMO Religion continues to form people morally in ways secular society simply cannot. I’ve read of moral IQ too…Clearly, there are ample examples of the consequences of low moral IQs in the world today (and yesterday). Peace.
June 13th, 2021 12:23
Gary Edward Geraci said:
IMO Religion continues to form people morally in ways secular society simply cannot. I’ve read of moral IQ too…Clearly, there are ample examples of the consequences of low moral IQs in the world today (and yesterday). Peace.
June 13th, 2021 12:23
Nehushtan
Doggerel Dave said:
Come on Gary – you can do better than this. You surely know that someone can have and live by a moral framework without the necessity of a religious faith.
For some perhaps it is better, easier to have faith and adhere to its moral guidance – provided, that is, they do adhere.
June 12th, 2021 20:25
Doggerel Dave said:
Come on Gary – you can do better than this. You surely know that someone can have and live by a moral framework without the necessity of a religious faith.
For some perhaps it is better, easier to have faith and adhere to its moral guidance – provided, that is, they do adhere.
June 12th, 2021 20:25
Name Above Name
orchidee said:
You know those iamabic pentameters (IP)?!
I think it\'s 10.10.10.10. metre. In which case I\'ve been using those IP\'s without knowing it! Nothing to do with Internet Protocol IP\'s though. lol.
June 6th, 2021 02:11
orchidee said:
You know those iamabic pentameters (IP)?!
I think it\'s 10.10.10.10. metre. In which case I\'ve been using those IP\'s without knowing it! Nothing to do with Internet Protocol IP\'s though. lol.
June 6th, 2021 02:11
Name Above Name
orchidee said:
A fine write Gary, thoughtfully done.
I usually do AABB, but cannot carry it on through every verse, i.e. I start a different set of AABB for every verse.
June 6th, 2021 02:05
orchidee said:
A fine write Gary, thoughtfully done.
I usually do AABB, but cannot carry it on through every verse, i.e. I start a different set of AABB for every verse.
June 6th, 2021 02:05
Thinking Caps
orchidee said:
A fine write Gary.
Now, some places don\'t think. They leave the thinking - and everything else - to the Vicar, and just spectate!
Went into one church. It was Remembrance Sunday. But semi-darkness before Service started. Felt like yelling \'Anyone alive in here?\' They would have chucked me out. lol.
May 23rd, 2021 02:05
orchidee said:
A fine write Gary.
Now, some places don\'t think. They leave the thinking - and everything else - to the Vicar, and just spectate!
Went into one church. It was Remembrance Sunday. But semi-darkness before Service started. Felt like yelling \'Anyone alive in here?\' They would have chucked me out. lol.
May 23rd, 2021 02:05
Thinking Caps
Doggerel Dave said:
(How much time do you think I\'ve got, Gary - had to look up \'absquatulate\' and still not perfectly sure.... 😊 )
Enjoyed the first stanza; \'good sense\' is oft times found lacking in the world - that much we can definitely agree on!
May 22nd, 2021 20:22
Doggerel Dave said:
(How much time do you think I\'ve got, Gary - had to look up \'absquatulate\' and still not perfectly sure.... 😊 )
Enjoyed the first stanza; \'good sense\' is oft times found lacking in the world - that much we can definitely agree on!
May 22nd, 2021 20:22
Spacesuits
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
Ahh, \'aliens\' as in \'y\'all\' way of speaking: ail-yens?
Yep, there\'s aliens here on earth. It\'s E.T. But didn\'t he go home?! lol.
May 16th, 2021 02:11
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
Ahh, \'aliens\' as in \'y\'all\' way of speaking: ail-yens?
Yep, there\'s aliens here on earth. It\'s E.T. But didn\'t he go home?! lol.
May 16th, 2021 02:11
and if he’s lacking something then he’s not God but something less than God
orchidee said:
\'He rides upon the clouds...\' Well, that\'s more than we can do! I tried it once, as The Birdman, but failed. lol.
May 9th, 2021 01:43
orchidee said:
\'He rides upon the clouds...\' Well, that\'s more than we can do! I tried it once, as The Birdman, but failed. lol.
May 9th, 2021 01:43
and if he’s lacking something then he’s not God but something less than God
Doggerel Dave said:
Hey Gary - is this about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (which it would seem has the balls) or an imposter? :-)
May 9th, 2021 01:14
Doggerel Dave said:
Hey Gary - is this about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (which it would seem has the balls) or an imposter? :-)
May 9th, 2021 01:14
Three Flowers for Mary
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:
A lovely poem on Mary . You described in a very superb way. Kudos!!
Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.
May 7th, 2021 02:59
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:
A lovely poem on Mary . You described in a very superb way. Kudos!!
Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.
May 7th, 2021 02:59
Three Flowers for Mary
L. B. Mek said:
(a write of actualised, humane ideal\'s
that anyone should be able to relate with
devoid of differences in theological preferences)..
\'such a beautifully worded depiction
of that oh so rare tradition
where communities - proactively, nurture
that sanctity of togetherness and communion
between one stranger and another
with the mindset of a soon-to-be neighbour
anchored, by their laudable translation of unfiltered love
in their chosen belief system;
uniting, rather than allowing - those diverse elements
within any society: to triumph, uncontested!\'
May 3rd, 2021 05:27
L. B. Mek said:
(a write of actualised, humane ideal\'s
that anyone should be able to relate with
devoid of differences in theological preferences)..
\'such a beautifully worded depiction
of that oh so rare tradition
where communities - proactively, nurture
that sanctity of togetherness and communion
between one stranger and another
with the mindset of a soon-to-be neighbour
anchored, by their laudable translation of unfiltered love
in their chosen belief system;
uniting, rather than allowing - those diverse elements
within any society: to triumph, uncontested!\'
May 3rd, 2021 05:27
Three Flowers for Mary
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
I was reading of B.C. times (before Christ) and their many gods.
In one way, what else could they do? Christ had not come yet, though they could have some notion of a \'one God\'.
May 1st, 2021 11:33
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
I was reading of B.C. times (before Christ) and their many gods.
In one way, what else could they do? Christ had not come yet, though they could have some notion of a \'one God\'.
May 1st, 2021 11:33
Ultra Soft
Doggerel Dave said:
First half of the box is like that for me, Gary.
April 25th, 2021 02:10
Doggerel Dave said:
First half of the box is like that for me, Gary.
April 25th, 2021 02:10
“Mankind, [love], will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy” (300)
L. B. Mek said:
I like your use of the art/picture, utilising its ability to extend your metaphorical words
an intriguing read
April 22nd, 2021 02:40
L. B. Mek said:
I like your use of the art/picture, utilising its ability to extend your metaphorical words
an intriguing read
April 22nd, 2021 02:40
“Mankind, [love], will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy” (300)
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
April 21st, 2021 01:58
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
April 21st, 2021 01:58
By Chance
Doggerel Dave said:
I feel we have been over, at least in part, this ground in your ‘Fragments No. 4 “I Simply Refuse”’, Gary and I have in in part of my ‘Finale’. However since you raise it once more, the masochist in me feels compelled.....
The “Well now here we are!” is what appears to be a quote – I cannot source. I prefer “We’re here because we’re here” (which I feel has much the same meaning) has its origins, unbelievably, in world war one trenches but now has wider applicability. – perfectly encapsulates all we don’t, and possibly will never know, about our existence.
There is no ‘supposition’ – your middle stanza. Or if you insist, the existence of a god is equally a supposition. I don’t know if, why, or how ‘ it all just so happened to come about’, with the emphasis on the ‘if’. Being an atheist is in one sense much easier, given infinite time and space beyond our own universe (think about it, but not too long as to get in there for a length of time could lead to a dissociative state)
The tail end of your commentary introduces ‘sin’ into the mix. This is already getting too long for my liking, so I’ll confine it to:
‘Sin’ doesn’t require a god to affirm its existence most philosophies and discourses do or are able to differentiate between right and wrong.
BTW I enjoy your writes - and the chance to respond.
April 18th, 2021 08:35
Doggerel Dave said:
I feel we have been over, at least in part, this ground in your ‘Fragments No. 4 “I Simply Refuse”’, Gary and I have in in part of my ‘Finale’. However since you raise it once more, the masochist in me feels compelled.....
The “Well now here we are!” is what appears to be a quote – I cannot source. I prefer “We’re here because we’re here” (which I feel has much the same meaning) has its origins, unbelievably, in world war one trenches but now has wider applicability. – perfectly encapsulates all we don’t, and possibly will never know, about our existence.
There is no ‘supposition’ – your middle stanza. Or if you insist, the existence of a god is equally a supposition. I don’t know if, why, or how ‘ it all just so happened to come about’, with the emphasis on the ‘if’. Being an atheist is in one sense much easier, given infinite time and space beyond our own universe (think about it, but not too long as to get in there for a length of time could lead to a dissociative state)
The tail end of your commentary introduces ‘sin’ into the mix. This is already getting too long for my liking, so I’ll confine it to:
‘Sin’ doesn’t require a god to affirm its existence most philosophies and discourses do or are able to differentiate between right and wrong.
BTW I enjoy your writes - and the chance to respond.
April 18th, 2021 08:35
By Chance
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
Btu we could then ask them \'How did it all just come about? Who, or what, created and creates everything?\'
Even if there was a \'Big Bang\' - who or what caused it?
\'God is\' - a Being without beginning or end. We would go insane trying to humanly work out how a being can have no beginning. We may be able to picture the \'no end\' part though.
April 18th, 2021 01:42
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
Btu we could then ask them \'How did it all just come about? Who, or what, created and creates everything?\'
Even if there was a \'Big Bang\' - who or what caused it?
\'God is\' - a Being without beginning or end. We would go insane trying to humanly work out how a being can have no beginning. We may be able to picture the \'no end\' part though.
April 18th, 2021 01:42
Beholden Our Form
L. B. Mek said:
beautifully worded poetry, a great read!
thanks for sharing dear poet
April 12th, 2021 03:37
L. B. Mek said:
beautifully worded poetry, a great read!
thanks for sharing dear poet
April 12th, 2021 03:37
Each One Says
orchidee said:
All this about best and most, and some don\'t even bother to clear up their own rubbish!
Easter Season Greetings to you and yours Gary!
April 4th, 2021 02:03
orchidee said:
All this about best and most, and some don\'t even bother to clear up their own rubbish!
Easter Season Greetings to you and yours Gary!
April 4th, 2021 02:03
Fragments No. 5: Roadside Filipino Fruit Stalls
L. B. Mek said:
worded so immersive, marang is indeed such an odd fruit, beyond its rather \'exotic\' smell, is just the amount of flesh there is to consume and your really don\'t want \'to put some away for later\', because then your whole fridge will be scented \'exotic\' for a week, lol
I really like it when memory\'s are evoked and inspired by such specific details of a general occasion or experience,
makes the read much more relatable I think
March 30th, 2021 05:37
L. B. Mek said:
worded so immersive, marang is indeed such an odd fruit, beyond its rather \'exotic\' smell, is just the amount of flesh there is to consume and your really don\'t want \'to put some away for later\', because then your whole fridge will be scented \'exotic\' for a week, lol
I really like it when memory\'s are evoked and inspired by such specific details of a general occasion or experience,
makes the read much more relatable I think
March 30th, 2021 05:37
Fragments No. 5: Roadside Filipino Fruit Stalls
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
March 30th, 2021 01:47
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
March 30th, 2021 01:47
Purifying Fires
orchidee said:
A useful write Gary.
In a light vein - tut,tut - you knows I don\'t believe in Purgatory!
I suppose (and believe) the only purifying fires are in the here and now, \'this side of heaven\', as they say.
March 27th, 2021 12:54
orchidee said:
A useful write Gary.
In a light vein - tut,tut - you knows I don\'t believe in Purgatory!
I suppose (and believe) the only purifying fires are in the here and now, \'this side of heaven\', as they say.
March 27th, 2021 12:54
Fragments No. 4 “I Simply Refuse”
orchidee said:
I thought this was about you refusing to hear me sing again! lol.
March 24th, 2021 02:38
orchidee said:
I thought this was about you refusing to hear me sing again! lol.
March 24th, 2021 02:38
Fragments No. 4 “I Simply Refuse”
Doggerel Dave said:
I \'d call that alienation, Gary. You accept things as they are, and place the responsibility for revenge (yes – revenge) on your Higher Authority.
March 23rd, 2021 17:39
Doggerel Dave said:
I \'d call that alienation, Gary. You accept things as they are, and place the responsibility for revenge (yes – revenge) on your Higher Authority.
March 23rd, 2021 17:39
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