Comments received on poems by DesertWords
Wave Goodbye, Say Hello
L. B. Mek said:
a good read,
indeed not all relationships become so profound, some we hardly recall,
but then that reminds us - most of the people we treasure in our memories: have long since forgotten us...
January 15th, 2021 05:39
L. B. Mek said:
a good read,
indeed not all relationships become so profound, some we hardly recall,
but then that reminds us - most of the people we treasure in our memories: have long since forgotten us...
January 15th, 2021 05:39
I Heard Your Name
Goldfinch60 said:
Very good write DW, may your heart always speak to you of love.
Andy
January 6th, 2021 01:34
Goldfinch60 said:
Very good write DW, may your heart always speak to you of love.
Andy
January 6th, 2021 01:34
In My Father\'s House
Jerry Reynolds said:
Well written. Have a Happy New Years Eve.
December 31st, 2020 10:45
Jerry Reynolds said:
Well written. Have a Happy New Years Eve.
December 31st, 2020 10:45
Living Questions
Goldfinch60 said:
There are so many questions in our life, many are answered and allow you to move forward, some cannot be answered so just leave them that way and move on.
The question \'why\' can never be amswered.
Andy
November 16th, 2020 01:04
Goldfinch60 said:
There are so many questions in our life, many are answered and allow you to move forward, some cannot be answered so just leave them that way and move on.
The question \'why\' can never be amswered.
Andy
November 16th, 2020 01:04
Living Questions
Poetic Dan said:
Fantastic flow and well needed read, I\'ll take in every word as I can always keep questioning everything!
Thanks again
Much peace and respect
November 15th, 2020 15:26
Poetic Dan said:
Fantastic flow and well needed read, I\'ll take in every word as I can always keep questioning everything!
Thanks again
Much peace and respect
November 15th, 2020 15:26
Living Questions
dusk arising said:
And perhaps compromise comes later still. Some questions are so huge we cannot answer them, yet time can have a way of changing the question.
November 15th, 2020 07:46
dusk arising said:
And perhaps compromise comes later still. Some questions are so huge we cannot answer them, yet time can have a way of changing the question.
November 15th, 2020 07:46
Pegasus
Goldfinch60 said:
May \"You Be\" unencumbered by the problems in your realm of wonder.
Andy
November 5th, 2020 01:50
Goldfinch60 said:
May \"You Be\" unencumbered by the problems in your realm of wonder.
Andy
November 5th, 2020 01:50
I Will Pay You Back Next Week
Goldfinch60 said:
The \'Bank of Mum and Dad\' is the most used bank in the world.
One family set up their answerphone when there children called:
\"If you are one of our children asking for a loan, press 1\"
If you are one of our children asking us to help you with something, press 2\"
\"If you are one of our children ringing to ask how we are, check you have dialed the right number!\"
Andy
October 14th, 2020 00:47
Goldfinch60 said:
The \'Bank of Mum and Dad\' is the most used bank in the world.
One family set up their answerphone when there children called:
\"If you are one of our children asking for a loan, press 1\"
If you are one of our children asking us to help you with something, press 2\"
\"If you are one of our children ringing to ask how we are, check you have dialed the right number!\"
Andy
October 14th, 2020 00:47
I Will Pay You Back Next Week
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Afternoon Friend ~ Thanks for your EPIC POEM pn a very important topic for the under 40s ! We have just has an interest free Loan from both Our Parents to buy our first House & reduce the Mortgage ! We loved your Poem ~ replete with Rhyme & Rhythm ~ and will recite it at our next Seniors Poetry Group ~ it will strike some chords ! Confusius He say *Gambling is the Worst Form of investment* but we Young Ones are always over Optimisitic ! We run *Keeping out of Debt Classes* in our Church ~ so Preachers can give helpful advice ~ even when they have no spare Dollars ! Thanks for sharing !
Every Blessing during this difficult PANDEMIC !
Love Angela - Brian & Smokey Cat ! ! !
Please check our Site and add a Poem
to our Latest FUSION about COVID 19 ~ Thanks A & B !
October 13th, 2020 09:41
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Afternoon Friend ~ Thanks for your EPIC POEM pn a very important topic for the under 40s ! We have just has an interest free Loan from both Our Parents to buy our first House & reduce the Mortgage ! We loved your Poem ~ replete with Rhyme & Rhythm ~ and will recite it at our next Seniors Poetry Group ~ it will strike some chords ! Confusius He say *Gambling is the Worst Form of investment* but we Young Ones are always over Optimisitic ! We run *Keeping out of Debt Classes* in our Church ~ so Preachers can give helpful advice ~ even when they have no spare Dollars ! Thanks for sharing !
Every Blessing during this difficult PANDEMIC !
Love Angela - Brian & Smokey Cat ! ! !
Please check our Site and add a Poem
to our Latest FUSION about COVID 19 ~ Thanks A & B !
October 13th, 2020 09:41
Big Mistake
dusk arising said:
Excellent! Really enjoyed this. Pathos throughout. Great slant upon which to tell the tale.
September 14th, 2020 06:10
dusk arising said:
Excellent! Really enjoyed this. Pathos throughout. Great slant upon which to tell the tale.
September 14th, 2020 06:10
The Day The Carousel Stopped
L. B. Mek said:
deep, deep insight to the fallible aspects within humankind,
some thought provoking and well thought-out gems:
\' We, carnivores of consumption,
devour ourselves one deceit at a
time until the plate is clean and the
cupboard is bare.\'
August 27th, 2020 03:05
L. B. Mek said:
deep, deep insight to the fallible aspects within humankind,
some thought provoking and well thought-out gems:
\' We, carnivores of consumption,
devour ourselves one deceit at a
time until the plate is clean and the
cupboard is bare.\'
August 27th, 2020 03:05
The Day The Carousel Stopped
MendedFences27 said:
My first visit here. I kind of like this poem. Assuming it about the day the earth stands still, the apocalypse, the end of the world. I like the comparison to a carousel. Also the implication that it was a self- destructive event, that Man is in some way responsible, that Man\'s own self-interest brought this to happen, makes the whole poem a wake-up call. Also enjoyed the colorful language you employed to paint the dismal outcome. All in all a very interesting and readable poem. - Phil A.
August 26th, 2020 18:29
MendedFences27 said:
My first visit here. I kind of like this poem. Assuming it about the day the earth stands still, the apocalypse, the end of the world. I like the comparison to a carousel. Also the implication that it was a self- destructive event, that Man is in some way responsible, that Man\'s own self-interest brought this to happen, makes the whole poem a wake-up call. Also enjoyed the colorful language you employed to paint the dismal outcome. All in all a very interesting and readable poem. - Phil A.
August 26th, 2020 18:29
Some Day
jarcher54 said:
Some day we hope. We aren\'t doing a very good job of it right now, we are quite unworthy of tribute from nature at this point. Thanks for a beautiful vision. No matter one\'s creed or beliefs, that unity is more than a metaphor. We all know good and well what you mean. It hurts because we humans as a species are right now so far from embracing our obvious oneness.
August 3rd, 2020 00:44
jarcher54 said:
Some day we hope. We aren\'t doing a very good job of it right now, we are quite unworthy of tribute from nature at this point. Thanks for a beautiful vision. No matter one\'s creed or beliefs, that unity is more than a metaphor. We all know good and well what you mean. It hurts because we humans as a species are right now so far from embracing our obvious oneness.
August 3rd, 2020 00:44
Singing Hope
Goldfinch60 said:
I am in three choirs and have not sung with any of them since lockdown and we do not think we will be able to sing together again until next year.
We still sing within our hearts for our \'troubled world\'.
Andy
July 5th, 2020 00:46
Goldfinch60 said:
I am in three choirs and have not sung with any of them since lockdown and we do not think we will be able to sing together again until next year.
We still sing within our hearts for our \'troubled world\'.
Andy
July 5th, 2020 00:46
A Lot About Nothing At All
dusk arising said:
Thank you so much for this piece of pure entertainment. Written in a style which takes me back to my young schooldays when cleverly written verse were read to us.
I am left feeling i have just been shown how to write an enthralling entertaining well rounded piece with a very cute ending and message.
July 2nd, 2020 04:34
dusk arising said:
Thank you so much for this piece of pure entertainment. Written in a style which takes me back to my young schooldays when cleverly written verse were read to us.
I am left feeling i have just been shown how to write an enthralling entertaining well rounded piece with a very cute ending and message.
July 2nd, 2020 04:34
A Lot About Nothing At All
Goldfinch60 said:
There have been so many people in my life who could say a lot about nothing at all, and luckily in many cases I too realised that I had an appointment elsewhere.
Andy
July 2nd, 2020 00:45
Goldfinch60 said:
There have been so many people in my life who could say a lot about nothing at all, and luckily in many cases I too realised that I had an appointment elsewhere.
Andy
July 2nd, 2020 00:45
A Lot About Nothing At All
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
HI DW ~ BRIAN HERE ~ Thanks for a very droll Poem about Jon\' Paul & Tootsie Rolls. For my fellow Brits ~ who have not had the Pleasure of visiting USA ~ Tootsie Rolls are chocolate (and other flavours) toffees - 100 years old and produced @ a rate of 64 million each day enough for each American to have at least ONE per WEEK ! I am a BIOCHEMIST and most Academics I have met ~ especially at Prestigious Universities ~ do in fact know more & more about less & less. They often lose a non-specialist audience after the first paragraph ! Such people (as your friend Jonathan Paul) culd write a copius (and boring) Thesis on Tootsie Rolls and edit a Monthly Magazine *Tootsie Roll World* ! There are many such Books & Magazines. Alas do I get hoisted with my own Petard and am accused of writing *Academic Odes* on gripping topics like *PHOTOSYNTHESIS* instead of *Abstract Odes* on *Lethargy* ! Loved every line of your ODE beacuse it rang an all too familiar BELL ! Thanks for sharing !
Love Peace & Joy to You & Yours
Brian & Angela & Smokey Cat !
July 1st, 2020 14:09
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
HI DW ~ BRIAN HERE ~ Thanks for a very droll Poem about Jon\' Paul & Tootsie Rolls. For my fellow Brits ~ who have not had the Pleasure of visiting USA ~ Tootsie Rolls are chocolate (and other flavours) toffees - 100 years old and produced @ a rate of 64 million each day enough for each American to have at least ONE per WEEK ! I am a BIOCHEMIST and most Academics I have met ~ especially at Prestigious Universities ~ do in fact know more & more about less & less. They often lose a non-specialist audience after the first paragraph ! Such people (as your friend Jonathan Paul) culd write a copius (and boring) Thesis on Tootsie Rolls and edit a Monthly Magazine *Tootsie Roll World* ! There are many such Books & Magazines. Alas do I get hoisted with my own Petard and am accused of writing *Academic Odes* on gripping topics like *PHOTOSYNTHESIS* instead of *Abstract Odes* on *Lethargy* ! Loved every line of your ODE beacuse it rang an all too familiar BELL ! Thanks for sharing !
Love Peace & Joy to You & Yours
Brian & Angela & Smokey Cat !
July 1st, 2020 14:09
The Artistic Arrogance of Impeccable Poetry
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Evening ~ Desert Words ~ Thank you for an interesting critique of the Immortal Bard ~ Robbie Burns ! I trust it is *Tongue in Cheek* because the Scots (I am English) still believe in Corporal punishment ~ and you are on very sacred ground. He did consider Himself to be *Just a Verse Writer* and he was not above self criticism ~ as is evidenced by the last stanza of *To A Louse*
O had some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us
It wad frae many a blunder free us
An* foolish notion
What airs in dress an* gait would lea*e us
An* ev*n devotion.
This stanza (which does not need tanslating) is is in Burns Metre (or Old Habbie) which always has perfect metre (in Auld Scots) and a basic rhyme pattern aaabab. It is meant to be recited and it flows beautifully in the original. But not when translated into standard English. Have you ever been to a Burns Supper (January) they have lots of them in the USA. One learns much about Burns in the *Toast to the Immortal Bard* and his Impeccable Poetry recited by Scots Immigrants is a delight to the Ear. The highlight is the *Piping In* of the Haggis (Food o* the Gods) and the recitation (with actions) of To a Haggis in the original Auld Scots ~ Truly Awsome. A Man who could write this from his heart on a Napkin at the Table and compose a witty but profound Poem about TOOTHACHE well deserves the title *The Immortal Bard\". Also bear in mind that while his poems on superficial reading would appear to be about MICE & DAISIES & LOUSE etc they are in fact satyrical historical masterpieces ~ which have stood the test of time ~ Immortal indeed. Scotlands greatest Poet ever ! AMEN
Thanks for sharing
Your Brian Williams.
June 29th, 2020 16:22
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Evening ~ Desert Words ~ Thank you for an interesting critique of the Immortal Bard ~ Robbie Burns ! I trust it is *Tongue in Cheek* because the Scots (I am English) still believe in Corporal punishment ~ and you are on very sacred ground. He did consider Himself to be *Just a Verse Writer* and he was not above self criticism ~ as is evidenced by the last stanza of *To A Louse*
O had some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us
It wad frae many a blunder free us
An* foolish notion
What airs in dress an* gait would lea*e us
An* ev*n devotion.
This stanza (which does not need tanslating) is is in Burns Metre (or Old Habbie) which always has perfect metre (in Auld Scots) and a basic rhyme pattern aaabab. It is meant to be recited and it flows beautifully in the original. But not when translated into standard English. Have you ever been to a Burns Supper (January) they have lots of them in the USA. One learns much about Burns in the *Toast to the Immortal Bard* and his Impeccable Poetry recited by Scots Immigrants is a delight to the Ear. The highlight is the *Piping In* of the Haggis (Food o* the Gods) and the recitation (with actions) of To a Haggis in the original Auld Scots ~ Truly Awsome. A Man who could write this from his heart on a Napkin at the Table and compose a witty but profound Poem about TOOTHACHE well deserves the title *The Immortal Bard\". Also bear in mind that while his poems on superficial reading would appear to be about MICE & DAISIES & LOUSE etc they are in fact satyrical historical masterpieces ~ which have stood the test of time ~ Immortal indeed. Scotlands greatest Poet ever ! AMEN
Thanks for sharing
Your Brian Williams.
June 29th, 2020 16:22
The Artistic Arrogance of Impeccable Poetry
Neville said:
You write like an Englishman sir,
decidedly well, if you ask me..
June 29th, 2020 14:03
Neville said:
You write like an Englishman sir,
decidedly well, if you ask me..
June 29th, 2020 14:03
Lost
dusk arising said:
Be mindful of where you tread for one day you just may happen upon such a place. I know I did and I go there in my meditative mind to linger.
It is in the depths of Wales, a valley with a stream which i know both in spate and drought.
Take your mind to a place beside flowing water and relax into whatever is your state of mind.. Do it for real and you will find places which begin to satisfy some of your desires/
June 11th, 2020 10:46
dusk arising said:
Be mindful of where you tread for one day you just may happen upon such a place. I know I did and I go there in my meditative mind to linger.
It is in the depths of Wales, a valley with a stream which i know both in spate and drought.
Take your mind to a place beside flowing water and relax into whatever is your state of mind.. Do it for real and you will find places which begin to satisfy some of your desires/
June 11th, 2020 10:46
Life Begins In Half An Hour
Goldfinch60 said:
It certainly is time DW, and that time is wonderful.
Andy
May 24th, 2020 01:31
Goldfinch60 said:
It certainly is time DW, and that time is wonderful.
Andy
May 24th, 2020 01:31
Sing To Me
anonymousblue said:
This heartbreaking lament touched me. I love how you painted a sad nighttime scene with simple yet precise language. Well done.
May 1st, 2020 03:58
anonymousblue said:
This heartbreaking lament touched me. I love how you painted a sad nighttime scene with simple yet precise language. Well done.
May 1st, 2020 03:58
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