Comments received on poems by Dan Williams
Despair
Tristan Robert Lange said:
I can turn off the news, Dan...turning off my own damn head is another matter. I get this for sure. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 17th, 2026 14:21
Tristan Robert Lange said:
I can turn off the news, Dan...turning off my own damn head is another matter. I get this for sure. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 17th, 2026 14:21
Despair
sorenbarrett said:
Very clever and nicely written this poem took several reads a fave
October 16th, 2026 19:07
sorenbarrett said:
Very clever and nicely written this poem took several reads a fave
October 16th, 2026 19:07
The Cards You Are Dealt
arqios said:
Different, perhaps; but still thoroughly enjoyed 👍🏻🕊️
October 15th, 2026 16:35
arqios said:
Different, perhaps; but still thoroughly enjoyed 👍🏻🕊️
October 15th, 2026 16:35
The Cards You Are Dealt
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Ah, Dan, I suspect Jimmy Page has saved quite a few of us from the embarrassment of believing we could give him a run for his money! LOL! Fortunately, there\'s no shortage of ways to enjoy making music. Well done, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 13th, 2026 23:15
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Ah, Dan, I suspect Jimmy Page has saved quite a few of us from the embarrassment of believing we could give him a run for his money! LOL! Fortunately, there\'s no shortage of ways to enjoy making music. Well done, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 13th, 2026 23:15
The Cards You Are Dealt
Tony Grannell said:
Hello, Dan
I found this to be an awfully sad poem, dreams crushed at every turn. At least one card you were dealt came true, a great poet as is evident in this poem. Rhyme, rhythm and flow perfect and youe fine way with words. Well done indeed.
Fond regards,
Tony.
October 13th, 2026 15:31
Tony Grannell said:
Hello, Dan
I found this to be an awfully sad poem, dreams crushed at every turn. At least one card you were dealt came true, a great poet as is evident in this poem. Rhyme, rhythm and flow perfect and youe fine way with words. Well done indeed.
Fond regards,
Tony.
October 13th, 2026 15:31
The Cards You Are Dealt
sorenbarrett said:
I feel the sense of one\'s need for recognition and being special melting into the crowd and disappearing into mediocrity in this poem. Have been there and don\'t like the feel but have to accept that I am no more than normal in most all ways and is that all that bad. A poem that makes one question one\'s own needs and what that means. Very existential my friend.
October 13th, 2026 03:52
sorenbarrett said:
I feel the sense of one\'s need for recognition and being special melting into the crowd and disappearing into mediocrity in this poem. Have been there and don\'t like the feel but have to accept that I am no more than normal in most all ways and is that all that bad. A poem that makes one question one\'s own needs and what that means. Very existential my friend.
October 13th, 2026 03:52
Drums of Calamity
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This hit hard, my friend. There is anger here, but also grief…especially in the way certainty, truth, and reason all feel increasingly hollowed out by what people choose to believe. Dark, unsettling, and very effective. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 30th, 2026 21:25
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This hit hard, my friend. There is anger here, but also grief…especially in the way certainty, truth, and reason all feel increasingly hollowed out by what people choose to believe. Dark, unsettling, and very effective. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 30th, 2026 21:25
Drums of Calamity
sorenbarrett said:
People are blind and deaf, lazy and self serving they do not think and only multiply. A sad commentary on a species that has taken over the world like a virus. Nicely written
August 30th, 2026 03:40
sorenbarrett said:
People are blind and deaf, lazy and self serving they do not think and only multiply. A sad commentary on a species that has taken over the world like a virus. Nicely written
August 30th, 2026 03:40
Hooves Clopping
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this is one hell of a powerful poem! Watching established fact become endlessly negotiable is frightening enough…but then you make the approaching menace audible, and suddenly the danger feels terribly near. Fierce and deeply unsettling, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 27th, 2026 09:04
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this is one hell of a powerful poem! Watching established fact become endlessly negotiable is frightening enough…but then you make the approaching menace audible, and suddenly the danger feels terribly near. Fierce and deeply unsettling, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 27th, 2026 09:04
Hooves Clopping
arqios said:
Where we are at and inhabit, the truth is distorted and logic failing, patriotism is retreating, and tyranny is advancing in a loud, primitive and unrestrained fashion. 🙏🕊️
July 27th, 2026 05:22
arqios said:
Where we are at and inhabit, the truth is distorted and logic failing, patriotism is retreating, and tyranny is advancing in a loud, primitive and unrestrained fashion. 🙏🕊️
July 27th, 2026 05:22
Hooves Clopping
sorenbarrett said:
Loved the message of this poem. After studying several founding fathers and finding defects not taught in the classroom disillusioned and yet not surprised I came to the conclusion that we bury our dead in monuments not because they deserve them but because future generations do. They need heroes, saviors, and Gods to guide them and where there were none we create them in our minds with marble facades. A fave
July 27th, 2026 04:27
sorenbarrett said:
Loved the message of this poem. After studying several founding fathers and finding defects not taught in the classroom disillusioned and yet not surprised I came to the conclusion that we bury our dead in monuments not because they deserve them but because future generations do. They need heroes, saviors, and Gods to guide them and where there were none we create them in our minds with marble facades. A fave
July 27th, 2026 04:27
Sideshow
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this really moved me. The imagery is stark and memorable throughout, from faith in slippers to justice asleep at the traffic light. Together they create a world where ideals struggle beneath the weight of power, making the closing image especially haunting. Beautifully crafted, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 1st, 2026 22:52
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this really moved me. The imagery is stark and memorable throughout, from faith in slippers to justice asleep at the traffic light. Together they create a world where ideals struggle beneath the weight of power, making the closing image especially haunting. Beautifully crafted, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 1st, 2026 22:52
Sideshow
sorenbarrett said:
\"as life and death shook hands\" a lovely line and the metaphor of the last line \"where broken stone tablets litter the scene.\" leaves a biblical taste and meaning. It is a commentary on human so called progress and living that is dark and self depreciatory. Well written
July 1st, 2026 09:19
sorenbarrett said:
\"as life and death shook hands\" a lovely line and the metaphor of the last line \"where broken stone tablets litter the scene.\" leaves a biblical taste and meaning. It is a commentary on human so called progress and living that is dark and self depreciatory. Well written
July 1st, 2026 09:19
Sideshow
arqios said:
Love how the broken tablets punctuated this. I caught a glimpse of Charlton Heston’s grim visage as he smashed the tablets per Cecil B. deMille’s direction. 🙏🏻🕊️
July 1st, 2026 08:11
arqios said:
Love how the broken tablets punctuated this. I caught a glimpse of Charlton Heston’s grim visage as he smashed the tablets per Cecil B. deMille’s direction. 🙏🏻🕊️
July 1st, 2026 08:11
Everyman Outnumbered
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this hits like cold iron. The atmosphere is relentless…bleak without losing clarity. “Optimism wears only a thin coat in this tempest” is one powerful line. Excellent piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
May 13th, 2026 20:09
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this hits like cold iron. The atmosphere is relentless…bleak without losing clarity. “Optimism wears only a thin coat in this tempest” is one powerful line. Excellent piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
May 13th, 2026 20:09
Everyman Outnumbered
sorenbarrett said:
A most symbolic write full of metaphor and allegory well written
May 13th, 2026 16:37
sorenbarrett said:
A most symbolic write full of metaphor and allegory well written
May 13th, 2026 16:37
Horizontal Waterfall
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this really stays with me…that sense of a world just kind of sliding along, aware but not awake. The imagery keeps circling that same feeling…effort, motion, thought…all there, but something essential missing. That horizontal waterfall idea just ties it all together. Beautifully done. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
April 11th, 2026 11:00
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Dan, this really stays with me…that sense of a world just kind of sliding along, aware but not awake. The imagery keeps circling that same feeling…effort, motion, thought…all there, but something essential missing. That horizontal waterfall idea just ties it all together. Beautifully done. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
April 11th, 2026 11:00
Horizontal Waterfall
sorenbarrett said:
Beautiful wording here casts an elusive shadow. Very nicely done
April 11th, 2026 05:32
sorenbarrett said:
Beautiful wording here casts an elusive shadow. Very nicely done
April 11th, 2026 05:32
Imaginary Albatross
Thomas W Case said:
You wear that loneliness honest here—like it’s been through the wash too many times but you’re not ready to throw it out.
And all those near-realizations, they don’t explode—they just sit beside you, quiet as a hangover that won’t quite leave.
March 24th, 2026 07:22
Thomas W Case said:
You wear that loneliness honest here—like it’s been through the wash too many times but you’re not ready to throw it out.
And all those near-realizations, they don’t explode—they just sit beside you, quiet as a hangover that won’t quite leave.
March 24th, 2026 07:22
Imaginary Albatross
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this hits heavy…there’s a restless, inward pressure all through it that doesn’t let up. It feels like circling yourself, seeing too much and not enough at the same time. That tension stays. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
March 23rd, 2026 09:20
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this hits heavy…there’s a restless, inward pressure all through it that doesn’t let up. It feels like circling yourself, seeing too much and not enough at the same time. That tension stays. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
March 23rd, 2026 09:20
Imaginary Albatross
arqios said:
Yup the favoured old shirt is quite comfortable and soothing 🙏🏻🕊️
March 23rd, 2026 05:23
arqios said:
Yup the favoured old shirt is quite comfortable and soothing 🙏🏻🕊️
March 23rd, 2026 05:23
Imaginary Albatross
sorenbarrett said:
Here one thought connects to the next just as they do in the brain and in free association we travel. Nicely said with a series of metaphors.
March 23rd, 2026 03:47
sorenbarrett said:
Here one thought connects to the next just as they do in the brain and in free association we travel. Nicely said with a series of metaphors.
March 23rd, 2026 03:47
Imaginary Albatross
Neville said:
epic aint just a word, is it .. it sits proudly, here on this page .. this is so good and needs more views .. but that\'s just my view and I\'ve got a thing about albatrosses .. Neville
March 23rd, 2026 02:52
Neville said:
epic aint just a word, is it .. it sits proudly, here on this page .. this is so good and needs more views .. but that\'s just my view and I\'ve got a thing about albatrosses .. Neville
March 23rd, 2026 02:52
Wordplay
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is a powerful lineup of human traits all jostling for space. “Guilt as usual overplays its hand” and “Confusion…left no tip” land with quiet sting. It feels crowded, reflective, and honest…like watching the psyche perform itself. Beautifully crafted, my friend.. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
March 1st, 2026 08:07
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is a powerful lineup of human traits all jostling for space. “Guilt as usual overplays its hand” and “Confusion…left no tip” land with quiet sting. It feels crowded, reflective, and honest…like watching the psyche perform itself. Beautifully crafted, my friend.. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
March 1st, 2026 08:07
Wordplay
sorenbarrett said:
This comes as passing thoughts through the mind of an aging individual, I recognize it in myself. Such drifting images decorate the years. Nicely done Dan
March 1st, 2026 04:25
sorenbarrett said:
This comes as passing thoughts through the mind of an aging individual, I recognize it in myself. Such drifting images decorate the years. Nicely done Dan
March 1st, 2026 04:25
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