New Year\'s Quandary\'s?
Paul Bell said:

Climbing the pole of success.
He said I would never make it, and goddammit, he was right.
I like dumb questions myself, especially to people in authority who never ever realise they\'re dumb.

December 31st, 2021 11:16

Poem/Song, Lately Life Sucks A--!
Accidental Poet said:

Very well penned my friend. Life has it\'s ups and downs, much like a roller coaster ride. But in the end, at least for myself I can say, it\'s a good life. 👍

November 20th, 2021 09:58

Poem, The World has grown Cold? (or maybe another rant of mine!).
Doggerel Dave said:

Yes Don , a rant - but none the worse for that. Your heart, from my point of view, is very much in the right place
The only point I want to make (and boringly I\'ve made it before), is that there is enough material there for half a dozen shortish sharp poems on each separate part of your piece.........
I would appreciate them very much.

August 10th, 2021 18:42

Song, Heartache, Heartbreak.
Goldfinch60 said:

That cry may be inside you but you can also remember the love she left behind.

Andy

July 2nd, 2021 00:34

Poem, I woke up this morning to get myself in Gear.
Goldfinch60 said:

May that strength be always with you Don.

Andy

June 2nd, 2021 00:55

Poem, The ways of the World!
AwHec8 said:

Let me say this in all sincerity, I honestly believe we All carry a piece to this puzzle called Life & living it the best we can in Truth. I also believe that what we do with our piece of wisdom, our blessing is on all of us People as individuals & as a group. As always I put out what are my thoughts and hope anyone can use them as it fits their Lives, or Not. I also believe that if we live in a \"Free Country\" & we are a \"Brave People\" then there is room for me to be who I Am as well as You to be who You Are! That there is a way through for us all to have a bedrock of Rights/Opportunities. It will just take some hard choices to be made. I say if You fight for Your Rights, I will fight with You if allowed to do so. Don

May 28th, 2021 10:12

Poem, The ways of the World!
L. B. Mek said:

this is why, you\'re so awesome
when you eloquently express yourself
calm and collected...!
Brilliant!
\'Within society’s, ills
Only a few seek, a physician
to own-up to our own, bills.

One set of us seems to think in terms of victimization.
With No terms for actualization.
Never prone to introspection.
They pummel the rest of us with ways of direction.
Not once thinking of their own correction.\'

May 28th, 2021 03:53

Poem, No Not a sex addiction!
Doggerel Dave said:

Short and to the point. You certainly know how to use words as weapons Don.

March 18th, 2021 06:11

Poem, What does a Woman Want?
L. B. Mek said:

me personally? I am letting a victim of violent crime rest in peace
at least: for a week
and empathising with the loss her immediate family and friends are going through, with that \'archaic\' instinctively: humane, respect for life..
before, I use her memory as some good-fit martyr for reactionary activism..
but hey, if it inspires your nicely rhymed poem, that\'s just another way: for your to convey...
I mean look at how much money the tabloids who literally\' made Princes Diana a \'martyr\': are still profiting, with their monthly \'dedications\', inspired to write by her unfaltering fame,
oh how humane...

March 16th, 2021 04:13

Poem, Men need to Change.
L. B. Mek said:

agree completely!
but please, dear insightful poet
let us not label \'all men\' in one uniformed reactionary breath..
\'you see, its some of those same \'men\' that took part in the hunt to catch that \'animal\'..
just like its only one batch that\'s\' recalled when factory lines find faults..
let us not paint \'all men\' with that one tarnished brush,
you think I missed your point maybe? possibly, but
if you are not aware of the general disillusionment that\'s suffocating generations of young adult men, maybe you\'ll understand my reason for citing \'qualifier\'s in language\' however toxic and triggering the topic,
when you understand that more \'young adult male\'s\' successfully commit suicide, worldwide - far more!
so society\'s go-to blaming of \'all men\' is fast producing unsavoury results:
that no one wants to discuss
and what do you perceive will be the end result
when all the young and sensitive men, die-out from our society\'s gene pool, who will be left
to write empathetic poems like yours, then? maybe I\'m being dramatic, still
I\'m just saying let us look at \'trending\' issues with a landscape lens, and be tempered in forming our reactionary perspective\'s

March 15th, 2021 06:48

Poem, Men need to Change.
Doggerel Dave said:

Topical - good issue based nugget; I could read it, understood it, liked it, Don.
Now for the rest of your \'rant\' in chewable bits... :-)

March 14th, 2021 19:27

Short Story, And Now a Word From Our Sponsor!
AwHec8 said:

I will be the first to comment on this with my own belief that until I am standing in front of God I don\'t know if I am going to be called out as a person who seeks Truth, Seeks to be on God\'s Side, by Yeshua Himself. So I just be me and wait patiently for the call to come on Home.

Oh and some of this Short Story is kind of tongue in cheek. Like the title \"And Now a Word From Our Sponsor.\" Don

March 12th, 2021 07:29

Poem, Political Debate in the USA!
Jerry Reynolds said:

Well, structured write, Don.

February 26th, 2021 09:26

Poem, Do You live by the Truth?
Jerry Reynolds said:

A good write you deliver A.H.

February 25th, 2021 16:28

Reality in the USA!
L. B. Mek said:

impassioned, is the word that comes to mind, lol
still, you\'ve included some pertinent truth\'s that needs to be shared, but like Jerry and Dave recommend, you could untangle two or three highly impactful write\'s from this - eventually, when that maddening frustration eases..
but I\'ll just say I understand your need to rant very well and when done once in a while, its a healthy way of dealing with life\'s stressful elements..
thanks for sharing dear poet

February 25th, 2021 05:17