Comments received on poems by Neville
A Handful of Random Thoughts and a Sunflower
orchidee said:
Good write Neville.
January 17th, 2023 06:18
orchidee said:
Good write Neville.
January 17th, 2023 06:18
A Handful of Random Thoughts and a Sunflower
Doggerel Dave said:
Do you last longer that way..... Nev?
January 17th, 2023 06:16
Doggerel Dave said:
Do you last longer that way..... Nev?
January 17th, 2023 06:16
Rape of the Sabine Women
Natalie Gladmir said:
The motivation behind the abduction of the Sabine women is contested among ancient sources. Livy writes that Rome\'s motivation for abducting the Sabine women was solely to increase the city\'s population and claims that no direct sexual assault took place during the abduction. Livy says that Romulus offered the Sabine women free choice as well as civic and property rights. According to Livy, Romulus spoke to each of them in person, declaring \"that it was all owing to the pride of their parents in denying right of intermarriage to their neighbours. They would live in honourable wedlock, and share all their property and civil rights, and – dearest of all to human nature – would be the mothers of freemen.\"
What do you think about this historical analysis, dear author?
January 17th, 2023 04:56
Natalie Gladmir said:
The motivation behind the abduction of the Sabine women is contested among ancient sources. Livy writes that Rome\'s motivation for abducting the Sabine women was solely to increase the city\'s population and claims that no direct sexual assault took place during the abduction. Livy says that Romulus offered the Sabine women free choice as well as civic and property rights. According to Livy, Romulus spoke to each of them in person, declaring \"that it was all owing to the pride of their parents in denying right of intermarriage to their neighbours. They would live in honourable wedlock, and share all their property and civil rights, and – dearest of all to human nature – would be the mothers of freemen.\"
What do you think about this historical analysis, dear author?
January 17th, 2023 04:56
Cause and Affect
Doggerel Dave said:
Could have left that one out, Nev. I just about manage that anxiety, that although \"my intentions are good\" they maybe have left scars.......
January 16th, 2023 07:20
Doggerel Dave said:
Could have left that one out, Nev. I just about manage that anxiety, that although \"my intentions are good\" they maybe have left scars.......
January 16th, 2023 07:20
Cause and Affect
Fay Slimm. said:
A deep and thoughtful few lines amigo - -- Searching for differences between love and lust can raise repercussions that are best left to the bravest methinks. What has been was perhaps fated maybe..................x
January 16th, 2023 06:07
Fay Slimm. said:
A deep and thoughtful few lines amigo - -- Searching for differences between love and lust can raise repercussions that are best left to the bravest methinks. What has been was perhaps fated maybe..................x
January 16th, 2023 06:07
Cause and Affect
L. B. Mek said:
what can I say Hyung
I read and just started typing away
thanks for inspiring my humble scribble
such a relatable read, wonderful tone of sincerity
reinforcing the seriousness of the subject matter
(long, has it been since I too
questioned, my zeal
for that all-purpose, perfect-fit
solution
and so, eventually
I surrendered, my need
for square edges
to my, hopes and wishes
now I fish with blank pages
upon bleak ink\'s, cages
seeking merely a reasoning
to shed some meaning
all else, I surrender to fate
or universe or whatever gets
to decide
I merely, tiptoe the line
between living life
with one arm outside of half open
car windows
swaying, with the motorway winds
choosing my lane
and hoping, eventually it delivers me
somewhere near, my desired
destination)
January 16th, 2023 05:46
L. B. Mek said:
what can I say Hyung
I read and just started typing away
thanks for inspiring my humble scribble
such a relatable read, wonderful tone of sincerity
reinforcing the seriousness of the subject matter
(long, has it been since I too
questioned, my zeal
for that all-purpose, perfect-fit
solution
and so, eventually
I surrendered, my need
for square edges
to my, hopes and wishes
now I fish with blank pages
upon bleak ink\'s, cages
seeking merely a reasoning
to shed some meaning
all else, I surrender to fate
or universe or whatever gets
to decide
I merely, tiptoe the line
between living life
with one arm outside of half open
car windows
swaying, with the motorway winds
choosing my lane
and hoping, eventually it delivers me
somewhere near, my desired
destination)
January 16th, 2023 05:46
Cause and Affect
orchidee said:
I\'ll have to swoon if there\'s any lust! lol.
January 16th, 2023 05:41
orchidee said:
I\'ll have to swoon if there\'s any lust! lol.
January 16th, 2023 05:41
More Than Nearly Dearly Departed
L. B. Mek said:
I mimic the shudder of our dear Fay
\'haunting\' to say the least
when i was younger, detective horror mysteries
were my reading genre of choice
till, I got older
and that fantastic premise, visited
my everyday
like that bone chilling, slap
of winter\'s winds
delivered, during Spring\'s
April shower, reality...
(laud the humanity and tenderness
aside the crass, matter of fact
hard-hitting, \'wake up call\' wording)
deftly executed, Hyung
just sad, such a write
will always be necessary
ALWAYS!
January 16th, 2023 03:27
L. B. Mek said:
I mimic the shudder of our dear Fay
\'haunting\' to say the least
when i was younger, detective horror mysteries
were my reading genre of choice
till, I got older
and that fantastic premise, visited
my everyday
like that bone chilling, slap
of winter\'s winds
delivered, during Spring\'s
April shower, reality...
(laud the humanity and tenderness
aside the crass, matter of fact
hard-hitting, \'wake up call\' wording)
deftly executed, Hyung
just sad, such a write
will always be necessary
ALWAYS!
January 16th, 2023 03:27
How Very Agincourt
L. B. Mek said:
ha!
what a subtle flex of your poetic genius
intertwining, the analogy of a key battle
incorporating the decisive nature of the bow
and then tipping it all on its head
as commentary
on the foolish ego of those
too easily convinced
higher vantages
mean winning positions, in life...
(yeah, this is why I remain
a proud fan, dear cherished Poet)
I read and learn, Hyung
January 16th, 2023 03:17
L. B. Mek said:
ha!
what a subtle flex of your poetic genius
intertwining, the analogy of a key battle
incorporating the decisive nature of the bow
and then tipping it all on its head
as commentary
on the foolish ego of those
too easily convinced
higher vantages
mean winning positions, in life...
(yeah, this is why I remain
a proud fan, dear cherished Poet)
I read and learn, Hyung
January 16th, 2023 03:17
More Than Nearly Dearly Departed
Goldfinch60 said:
Very emotive words Neville.
Andy
January 16th, 2023 02:59
Goldfinch60 said:
Very emotive words Neville.
Andy
January 16th, 2023 02:59
More Than Nearly Dearly Departed
Doggerel Dave said:
Don\'t want to interpret, Nev - I want freedom from ambiguity.... apart from that....
January 15th, 2023 16:52
Doggerel Dave said:
Don\'t want to interpret, Nev - I want freedom from ambiguity.... apart from that....
January 15th, 2023 16:52
More Than Nearly Dearly Departed
Michael Edwards said:
A telling read - left to the reader to interpret - nice one Neville.
January 15th, 2023 15:24
Michael Edwards said:
A telling read - left to the reader to interpret - nice one Neville.
January 15th, 2023 15:24
More Than Nearly Dearly Departed
MendedFences27 said:
This leaves so much to the readers imagination. All of the \"Who, What, When, Where, and Why\" questions go unanswered. The reader is free to construct the scene however they choose. To me it reads like a crime scene with the narrator as a detective, but I\'m probably incorrect. It can be so many different things. One cannot help feeling sad for her? or whatever is encompassed in your \"she\" describer. Makes one wonder, what is the rest of the story? - Phil A.
January 15th, 2023 13:06
MendedFences27 said:
This leaves so much to the readers imagination. All of the \"Who, What, When, Where, and Why\" questions go unanswered. The reader is free to construct the scene however they choose. To me it reads like a crime scene with the narrator as a detective, but I\'m probably incorrect. It can be so many different things. One cannot help feeling sad for her? or whatever is encompassed in your \"she\" describer. Makes one wonder, what is the rest of the story? - Phil A.
January 15th, 2023 13:06
More Than Nearly Dearly Departed
Fay Slimm. said:
A shudder of a read knowing how familiar this scene is in many countries - - girls kidnapped for sex are in constant danger and you tell it well here my friend........x
January 15th, 2023 05:12
Fay Slimm. said:
A shudder of a read knowing how familiar this scene is in many countries - - girls kidnapped for sex are in constant danger and you tell it well here my friend........x
January 15th, 2023 05:12
How Very Agincourt
Goldfinch60 said:
The imagination flares with that bow Neville.
Andy
January 15th, 2023 02:40
Goldfinch60 said:
The imagination flares with that bow Neville.
Andy
January 15th, 2023 02:40
How Very Agincourt
jarcher54 said:
I did not laugh... but the smile lasted a while! I bow to your talent! Or kneel?
January 14th, 2023 14:06
jarcher54 said:
I did not laugh... but the smile lasted a while! I bow to your talent! Or kneel?
January 14th, 2023 14:06
How Very Agincourt
Fay Slimm. said:
Loving the double usage of the word Bow here Nev. Inspired another angle for a story in my norty mind however - - - The decision to bow and kneel, Agincourt style, shows a modern-day lady to be often wily - - - best to steer clear of manipulation methinks my dear Sire - - -for guile maketh peeps. not very nice - -- of course there are other reasons for kneeling before lusty males or maybe that\'s going too far !! ............x
January 14th, 2023 10:01
Fay Slimm. said:
Loving the double usage of the word Bow here Nev. Inspired another angle for a story in my norty mind however - - - The decision to bow and kneel, Agincourt style, shows a modern-day lady to be often wily - - - best to steer clear of manipulation methinks my dear Sire - - -for guile maketh peeps. not very nice - -- of course there are other reasons for kneeling before lusty males or maybe that\'s going too far !! ............x
January 14th, 2023 10:01
How Very Agincourt
orchidee said:
Oohh, was you there with Goldfinch and I in 1415, and Hastings in 1066?!
January 14th, 2023 06:08
orchidee said:
Oohh, was you there with Goldfinch and I in 1415, and Hastings in 1066?!
January 14th, 2023 06:08
An Uncertain Certainty
Doggerel Dave said:
My own Uncertain Certainty -
\"I really like old guys\", she said.
Minuscule pause followed by an encouraging response seasoned with a smattering of caution:
\"Oh yes?\" I said.
January 13th, 2023 20:50
Doggerel Dave said:
My own Uncertain Certainty -
\"I really like old guys\", she said.
Minuscule pause followed by an encouraging response seasoned with a smattering of caution:
\"Oh yes?\" I said.
January 13th, 2023 20:50
An Uncertain Certainty
MendedFences27 said:
\"contagious self-doubt,\" caught from getting too close? Would loving her less reduce the risk?
Sometimes emotions are as transferrable as Covid.. _ Phil A.
January 13th, 2023 14:10
MendedFences27 said:
\"contagious self-doubt,\" caught from getting too close? Would loving her less reduce the risk?
Sometimes emotions are as transferrable as Covid.. _ Phil A.
January 13th, 2023 14:10
An Uncertain Certainty
Kinsey Peterson said:
oh gosh, following a breakup this poem hits hard
January 13th, 2023 11:31
Kinsey Peterson said:
oh gosh, following a breakup this poem hits hard
January 13th, 2023 11:31
An Uncertain Certainty
Bella Shepard said:
In matters of the heart it seems, the head grapples with emotion and a choice is made, always hoping it\'s the right one. Good write my friend!
January 13th, 2023 09:52
Bella Shepard said:
In matters of the heart it seems, the head grapples with emotion and a choice is made, always hoping it\'s the right one. Good write my friend!
January 13th, 2023 09:52
An Uncertain Certainty
L. B. Mek said:
lovely shorty Hyung
I couldn\'t help but try and scribble a little reply
(boldly, we dive
\'Hope\' first, trepidation
pulsing, in each
stuttering breath and yet
still, managing a smile
knowing
this, is as magical as life gets...)
January 13th, 2023 07:24
L. B. Mek said:
lovely shorty Hyung
I couldn\'t help but try and scribble a little reply
(boldly, we dive
\'Hope\' first, trepidation
pulsing, in each
stuttering breath and yet
still, managing a smile
knowing
this, is as magical as life gets...)
January 13th, 2023 07:24
Rape of the Sabine Women
L. B. Mek said:
how Brave!
before, ever
we try to contemplate
just how depraved our hu\'man\' inheritance
as existence, is
we must first, look-up
the etymology of the word, \'Havoc\'
its very existence in modernity\'s vocabulary
and its very meaning to all the victims, it encapsulates
before
the word, ever existed even
far, far back
to Euripides and \'The Trojan Women\'
or
the very tragedies and horrific acts
being carried out
on those \'battlefields\' of Ukraine,
and all the wars around the world,
this very minute...
(were I a man, gifted
the wisdom of genuine empathy
how, dare i look upon the rage
and justified wrath of a lady
without being singed
by the very pain, boiling
in her pulsing DNA of inherited suffering)
January 13th, 2023 07:20
L. B. Mek said:
how Brave!
before, ever
we try to contemplate
just how depraved our hu\'man\' inheritance
as existence, is
we must first, look-up
the etymology of the word, \'Havoc\'
its very existence in modernity\'s vocabulary
and its very meaning to all the victims, it encapsulates
before
the word, ever existed even
far, far back
to Euripides and \'The Trojan Women\'
or
the very tragedies and horrific acts
being carried out
on those \'battlefields\' of Ukraine,
and all the wars around the world,
this very minute...
(were I a man, gifted
the wisdom of genuine empathy
how, dare i look upon the rage
and justified wrath of a lady
without being singed
by the very pain, boiling
in her pulsing DNA of inherited suffering)
January 13th, 2023 07:20
A Sure Sign of His Passing
L. B. Mek said:
reading these delicate words
as a window to society\'s callous indecencies
I couldn\'t help but be transported
to when first reading
the Funeral of the Elder Zosima
in \'The brothers karamazov\'
(I have nothing more I can add
to either praise or acutely relate
how much I enjoyed reading this poem, Hyung
your poetic subtlety at its, most
intoxicating Best!)
January 13th, 2023 07:04
L. B. Mek said:
reading these delicate words
as a window to society\'s callous indecencies
I couldn\'t help but be transported
to when first reading
the Funeral of the Elder Zosima
in \'The brothers karamazov\'
(I have nothing more I can add
to either praise or acutely relate
how much I enjoyed reading this poem, Hyung
your poetic subtlety at its, most
intoxicating Best!)
January 13th, 2023 07:04
Something More Than Just Skin Deep
L. B. Mek said:
Spencer\'s legacy breathes
within these very lines
even in our loveless Time!
(Amoretti, I: Happy ye leaves when as those lilly lands
by by the great, Edmund Spencer:
\'Happy ye leaves when as those lilly hands,
Which hold my life in their dead doing might
Shall handle you and hold in loves soft bands,
Lyke captives trembling at the victors sight.
And happy lines, on which with starry light,
Those lamping eyes will deigne sometimes to look
And reade the sorrowes of my dying spright,
Written with teares in harts close bleeding book.
And happy rymes bath’d in the sacred brooke,
Of Helicon whence she derived is,
When ye behold that Angels blessed looke,
My soules long lacked foode, my heavens blis.
Leaves, lines, and rymes, seeke her to please alone,
Whom if ye please, I care for other none.)
simply Brilliant! dear Poet supreme
forgive me
for pasting Spencer\'s poem
on your page,
I just wanted you to be aware
of how unquestionably, favourable
your poetry
compares to those of the great poet\'s in history
(at least in my humble opinion)
thank you! what a treat
(this must be the prelude
to \'Something more than just a Flutter\'
I had the line:
\'Just like some Hapless
moth, perchance ..\'
running through my mind for days now)
lol
I sound like such a pathetic geek
oh well
try as I might, I can only be what I am...
😎
January 13th, 2023 06:54
L. B. Mek said:
Spencer\'s legacy breathes
within these very lines
even in our loveless Time!
(Amoretti, I: Happy ye leaves when as those lilly lands
by by the great, Edmund Spencer:
\'Happy ye leaves when as those lilly hands,
Which hold my life in their dead doing might
Shall handle you and hold in loves soft bands,
Lyke captives trembling at the victors sight.
And happy lines, on which with starry light,
Those lamping eyes will deigne sometimes to look
And reade the sorrowes of my dying spright,
Written with teares in harts close bleeding book.
And happy rymes bath’d in the sacred brooke,
Of Helicon whence she derived is,
When ye behold that Angels blessed looke,
My soules long lacked foode, my heavens blis.
Leaves, lines, and rymes, seeke her to please alone,
Whom if ye please, I care for other none.)
simply Brilliant! dear Poet supreme
forgive me
for pasting Spencer\'s poem
on your page,
I just wanted you to be aware
of how unquestionably, favourable
your poetry
compares to those of the great poet\'s in history
(at least in my humble opinion)
thank you! what a treat
(this must be the prelude
to \'Something more than just a Flutter\'
I had the line:
\'Just like some Hapless
moth, perchance ..\'
running through my mind for days now)
lol
I sound like such a pathetic geek
oh well
try as I might, I can only be what I am...
😎
January 13th, 2023 06:54
An Uncertain Certainty
orchidee said:
I\'m uncertain if KP\'s used more botox or not! lol.
January 13th, 2023 06:47
orchidee said:
I\'m uncertain if KP\'s used more botox or not! lol.
January 13th, 2023 06:47
An Uncertain Certainty
Fay Slimm. said:
Ah - I see a breakthrough to self confidence peeping from doubt in this telling reflection- - -always the best plan is a bit of introspective thinking when love becomes too one sided methinks ...... strange that my post today says a similar thing mon ami.........x
January 13th, 2023 04:52
Fay Slimm. said:
Ah - I see a breakthrough to self confidence peeping from doubt in this telling reflection- - -always the best plan is a bit of introspective thinking when love becomes too one sided methinks ...... strange that my post today says a similar thing mon ami.........x
January 13th, 2023 04:52
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