Comments received on poems by Gary Edward Geraci
Aquinas for Dinner
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
A little \'Summa Theologica\' for afters?! Bit \'heavy\'. lol.
July 3rd, 2021 14:27
orchidee said:
Good write Gary.
A little \'Summa Theologica\' for afters?! Bit \'heavy\'. lol.
July 3rd, 2021 14:27
Understanding
Doggerel Dave said:
Yes,Gary - I recognise that feeling too. Thanks .
Since we have that freedom, it should be within human capacity to do something about making the world a better place.
June 26th, 2021 20:28
Doggerel Dave said:
Yes,Gary - I recognise that feeling too. Thanks .
Since we have that freedom, it should be within human capacity to do something about making the world a better place.
June 26th, 2021 20:28
Understanding
Fay Slimm. said:
Yes indeed Gary I can readily understand that a tender heart on seeing suffering in even one little animal can never really forget it - - a moving account of what cars etc can wreak on creatures just crossing the road at perhaps dusk - - - what a world we have now of armoured monsters that care not for what maybe impeding their progress . A well written lament for all innocent victims of road-kill.
June 26th, 2021 15:29
Fay Slimm. said:
Yes indeed Gary I can readily understand that a tender heart on seeing suffering in even one little animal can never really forget it - - a moving account of what cars etc can wreak on creatures just crossing the road at perhaps dusk - - - what a world we have now of armoured monsters that care not for what maybe impeding their progress . A well written lament for all innocent victims of road-kill.
June 26th, 2021 15:29
‘Word of Faith’ Ladies
Doggerel Dave said:
A difficult subject, Gary and one I have absolutely no intention of making commentary upon. As much because I am a male, than any other reason.
June 20th, 2021 01:20
Doggerel Dave said:
A difficult subject, Gary and one I have absolutely no intention of making commentary upon. As much because I am a male, than any other reason.
June 20th, 2021 01:20
Name Above Name
Gary Edward Geraci said:
Thank you Orchidee - yes, I love writing to the iambic pentameter! I equally love writing to other traditional forms as well, time permitting, that is, as I have to allow time to learn them. Cheers!
June 13th, 2021 14:12
Gary Edward Geraci said:
Thank you Orchidee - yes, I love writing to the iambic pentameter! I equally love writing to other traditional forms as well, time permitting, that is, as I have to allow time to learn them. Cheers!
June 13th, 2021 14:12
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
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