Comments received on poems by queer-with-a-pen
i was a teenage lesbian
Aislinn Wilson said:
the title got me in the mindset of the song \"I Was A Teenage Anarchist\", and while I do really enjoy that song what I read was so much more vulnerable and honest and tender and visceral and better written than my preconceptions. Beautiful poem.
January 17th, 2018 13:21
Aislinn Wilson said:
the title got me in the mindset of the song \"I Was A Teenage Anarchist\", and while I do really enjoy that song what I read was so much more vulnerable and honest and tender and visceral and better written than my preconceptions. Beautiful poem.
January 17th, 2018 13:21
she-ghost
Aislinn Wilson said:
You\'re writing style is really unlike any I\'ve ever seen before, and it\'s so very vivid and fluid.
January 16th, 2018 12:21
Aislinn Wilson said:
You\'re writing style is really unlike any I\'ve ever seen before, and it\'s so very vivid and fluid.
January 16th, 2018 12:21
this body/my body
Aislinn Wilson said:
You\'re an amazing writer. This is tragic, but it\'s so well told and written. You\'re clearly someone of great talent
January 16th, 2018 12:17
Aislinn Wilson said:
You\'re an amazing writer. This is tragic, but it\'s so well told and written. You\'re clearly someone of great talent
January 16th, 2018 12:17
this body/my body
FredPeyer said:
Completely agree with Lawless. While I feel comfortable in my body, I do not regard it as something important. It is just a shell, to be left behind, while the real me will be going on. I do feel for you and do hope your shots and surgery will work out ok. And I do hope that you will be happy once you look the way you feel.
December 30th, 2017 20:26
FredPeyer said:
Completely agree with Lawless. While I feel comfortable in my body, I do not regard it as something important. It is just a shell, to be left behind, while the real me will be going on. I do feel for you and do hope your shots and surgery will work out ok. And I do hope that you will be happy once you look the way you feel.
December 30th, 2017 20:26
this body/my body
orchidee said:
I feel, whether we are any one of LGBT, or straight, or whatever we are, that we need to accept the body we have. We\'ve been given it.
Sometimes I think - Would I do this or that to someone else\'s body? And the answer is no.
December 29th, 2017 09:38
orchidee said:
I feel, whether we are any one of LGBT, or straight, or whatever we are, that we need to accept the body we have. We\'ve been given it.
Sometimes I think - Would I do this or that to someone else\'s body? And the answer is no.
December 29th, 2017 09:38
Diss For EE Uh
WL Schuett said:
You are not alone , I hope you’re School is accepting, you conveyed your feelings very well ...keep on writing
November 28th, 2017 17:31
WL Schuett said:
You are not alone , I hope you’re School is accepting, you conveyed your feelings very well ...keep on writing
November 28th, 2017 17:31
The End
QuietPoetInTheCorner said:
Absolutely brilliant. And such a touching poem. The idea of coming out being like becoming a new person is definitely something i can understand and to see it written up like this is brilliant!
November 24th, 2017 18:26
QuietPoetInTheCorner said:
Absolutely brilliant. And such a touching poem. The idea of coming out being like becoming a new person is definitely something i can understand and to see it written up like this is brilliant!
November 24th, 2017 18:26
The End
FredPeyer said:
Very well written, Boaz! Agree with James, it sounds like a story of death and re-incarnation.
November 24th, 2017 11:09
FredPeyer said:
Very well written, Boaz! Agree with James, it sounds like a story of death and re-incarnation.
November 24th, 2017 11:09
The End
kevin browne said:
beautifully written. it flowed with poignancy right through til the. certainly touched a place in my heart. great poem.
November 24th, 2017 10:21
kevin browne said:
beautifully written. it flowed with poignancy right through til the. certainly touched a place in my heart. great poem.
November 24th, 2017 10:21
not gay as in happy
FredPeyer said:
Beautifully written, with so much emotion and truth. I do hope the world will finally wake up and accept everybody no matter who or what they are. I am only a \'lefty\', but a few hundred years ago I would probably have been burned at the stake!
November 20th, 2017 17:09
FredPeyer said:
Beautifully written, with so much emotion and truth. I do hope the world will finally wake up and accept everybody no matter who or what they are. I am only a \'lefty\', but a few hundred years ago I would probably have been burned at the stake!
November 20th, 2017 17:09
not gay as in happy
AmandaJade said:
Honestly and truly has touched me, and I don\'t say that about much. I support you, I admire your strength, and inspire to have your displayed courage. Well done.
November 18th, 2017 23:05
AmandaJade said:
Honestly and truly has touched me, and I don\'t say that about much. I support you, I admire your strength, and inspire to have your displayed courage. Well done.
November 18th, 2017 23:05
stimmy
Drewp said:
This tore me up. I don’t know you but thank you for this extraordinary poem.
November 14th, 2017 09:44
Drewp said:
This tore me up. I don’t know you but thank you for this extraordinary poem.
November 14th, 2017 09:44
from the past
Christina8 said:
This was so well written and I commend you for getting it out and sharing it with us. So many people don\'t understand mental illness. I\'m so sorry you went through all that and your mother didn\'t understand! Very touching story
October 27th, 2017 20:45
Christina8 said:
This was so well written and I commend you for getting it out and sharing it with us. So many people don\'t understand mental illness. I\'m so sorry you went through all that and your mother didn\'t understand! Very touching story
October 27th, 2017 20:45
from the past
FredPeyer said:
Very strong writing, with a strong ending too. Well penned!
October 27th, 2017 17:54
FredPeyer said:
Very strong writing, with a strong ending too. Well penned!
October 27th, 2017 17:54
from the past
ella said:
you made me cry! this is so powerfully well written
October 27th, 2017 17:47
ella said:
you made me cry! this is so powerfully well written
October 27th, 2017 17:47
a list of maybe\'s
Christina8 said:
Depression is so hard. I\'m in my thirties and I still don\'t have the answers. So sorry you still feel like this!
October 20th, 2017 16:06
Christina8 said:
Depression is so hard. I\'m in my thirties and I still don\'t have the answers. So sorry you still feel like this!
October 20th, 2017 16:06
a list of maybe\'s
ron parrish aka wordman said:
depression is a bad thing,committing suicide is sad,,just live your life,don`t worry about any body else
October 20th, 2017 11:43
ron parrish aka wordman said:
depression is a bad thing,committing suicide is sad,,just live your life,don`t worry about any body else
October 20th, 2017 11:43
i was a teenage lesbian
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, I like your simple, straight forward style, the repetition of \'and\' in the first lines. Well written!
October 12th, 2017 23:21
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, I like your simple, straight forward style, the repetition of \'and\' in the first lines. Well written!
October 12th, 2017 23:21
a love letter to my mustache
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, great write about your mustache. I understand that in your case it was something you did not want, whereas in my case I let it grow in my mid-twenties and still have it.
September 16th, 2017 20:23
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, great write about your mustache. I understand that in your case it was something you did not want, whereas in my case I let it grow in my mid-twenties and still have it.
September 16th, 2017 20:23
almost
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, you hit the nail right on the head! Nobody REALLY wants to die. They want the pain to go away and think that there is no other way. And they are definitely NOT bad people!!!
Thank you for a very thoughtful poem that should maybe be put up in every high-school and hospital ward.
September 14th, 2017 03:44
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, you hit the nail right on the head! Nobody REALLY wants to die. They want the pain to go away and think that there is no other way. And they are definitely NOT bad people!!!
Thank you for a very thoughtful poem that should maybe be put up in every high-school and hospital ward.
September 14th, 2017 03:44
almost
Frank Prem said:
No answers, but writing is better than ODing IMO. You get to argue with the responders and that\'s always fun.
Actually, you get to have responders, and that
is always
fun
(IMO)
September 14th, 2017 02:14
Frank Prem said:
No answers, but writing is better than ODing IMO. You get to argue with the responders and that\'s always fun.
Actually, you get to have responders, and that
is always
fun
(IMO)
September 14th, 2017 02:14
\"love yourself first\" my foot
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, you are right. You CAN give love and not love yourself. Your poem says: \'I hate myself more days than I love myself\'. Aren\'t you saying that there are days when you DO love yourself? Do the days when you give love not also trigger that love of self?
The more love you give, the more you will receive, the more you will love yourself. And I think that is exactly what your last stanza says.
September 13th, 2017 11:18
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, you are right. You CAN give love and not love yourself. Your poem says: \'I hate myself more days than I love myself\'. Aren\'t you saying that there are days when you DO love yourself? Do the days when you give love not also trigger that love of self?
The more love you give, the more you will receive, the more you will love yourself. And I think that is exactly what your last stanza says.
September 13th, 2017 11:18
\"love yourself first\" my foot
orchidee said:
Yes, beauty in each struggle. And the rough diamond is shaped and smoothed to reveal its true worth :)
September 13th, 2017 08:09
orchidee said:
Yes, beauty in each struggle. And the rough diamond is shaped and smoothed to reveal its true worth :)
September 13th, 2017 08:09
\"love yourself first\" my foot
UnspokenVoice92 said:
There is always beauty in each struggle. Always. Nice job.
September 13th, 2017 07:17
UnspokenVoice92 said:
There is always beauty in each struggle. Always. Nice job.
September 13th, 2017 07:17
god as a woman
FredPeyer said:
Your poem reminded me of a religion class a long time ago where the teacher, who was female, told us:
God is a woman, and SHE is black!
August 21st, 2017 16:11
FredPeyer said:
Your poem reminded me of a religion class a long time ago where the teacher, who was female, told us:
God is a woman, and SHE is black!
August 21st, 2017 16:11
hold (me) tight
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, a very well written poem with an important message. Would be nice to have this one posted in the New Yorker or some other influental newspaper. It really brings home the point that we have to be more accepting of the differences in all of us. My wife is Chinese, and in the little village in Switzerland where I grew up, at that time they looked at her as if she was an alien.
August 15th, 2017 02:14
FredPeyer said:
Boaz, a very well written poem with an important message. Would be nice to have this one posted in the New Yorker or some other influental newspaper. It really brings home the point that we have to be more accepting of the differences in all of us. My wife is Chinese, and in the little village in Switzerland where I grew up, at that time they looked at her as if she was an alien.
August 15th, 2017 02:14
hold (me) tight
Frank Prem said:
Fine exploration here, Q. Good work, I think.
August 14th, 2017 23:54
Frank Prem said:
Fine exploration here, Q. Good work, I think.
August 14th, 2017 23:54
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