Comments received on poems by Matthew R. Callies
Couch Surfing
Doggerel Dave said:
Well writ. Is this you or an imaginative account?
Reality: In the day, I missed street life and couch surfing by a whisker, Joined others and squatted derelict buildings. At that time (early \'70\'s, UK) it wasn\'t a criminal offence, only a civil matter.
November 15th, 2025 19:03
Doggerel Dave said:
Well writ. Is this you or an imaginative account?
Reality: In the day, I missed street life and couch surfing by a whisker, Joined others and squatted derelict buildings. At that time (early \'70\'s, UK) it wasn\'t a criminal offence, only a civil matter.
November 15th, 2025 19:03
Couch Surfing
sorenbarrett said:
Everyone needs to be somewhere and all need a place that accepts them. A lovely poem of drifting through life always wondering where one will end up. Well done
November 15th, 2025 10:42
sorenbarrett said:
Everyone needs to be somewhere and all need a place that accepts them. A lovely poem of drifting through life always wondering where one will end up. Well done
November 15th, 2025 10:42
The Living Tapestry of English
David Welch said:
Why be multilinugal when your language is literally seven different languades slammed together? Huzzah.
November 14th, 2025 20:50
David Welch said:
Why be multilinugal when your language is literally seven different languades slammed together? Huzzah.
November 14th, 2025 20:50
The Living Tapestry of English
Doggerel Dave said:
While multilingual people have all my admiration, for English is my only language, in it I feel I have more than enough to cope with, though all I need to convey my meaning.
Great account of it\'s foibles, dimensions and eccentricities.
November 14th, 2025 13:32
Doggerel Dave said:
While multilingual people have all my admiration, for English is my only language, in it I feel I have more than enough to cope with, though all I need to convey my meaning.
Great account of it\'s foibles, dimensions and eccentricities.
November 14th, 2025 13:32
The Living Tapestry of English
Lorenz said:
I translate my flemish melancholy into English poetry...
November 14th, 2025 12:01
Lorenz said:
I translate my flemish melancholy into English poetry...
November 14th, 2025 12:01
The Living Tapestry of English
sorenbarrett said:
A splendid write using the very concepts being talked about it emulates what it preaches. Well done
November 14th, 2025 10:05
sorenbarrett said:
A splendid write using the very concepts being talked about it emulates what it preaches. Well done
November 14th, 2025 10:05
The Stopped Clock
sorenbarrett said:
Matthew this brings back the old rhyme and song the grandfather clock. A wonderful metaphor of how we all wind down with time itself the metaphor. Well written my friend.
November 13th, 2025 08:21
sorenbarrett said:
Matthew this brings back the old rhyme and song the grandfather clock. A wonderful metaphor of how we all wind down with time itself the metaphor. Well written my friend.
November 13th, 2025 08:21
Coffee Makes Me Poop
sorenbarrett said:
Now that is more information than I needed to know all seems in poetic flow whether it comes fast of slow. A fun read to all did show but I\'ll end it now because I have to go. Well done
November 10th, 2025 08:11
sorenbarrett said:
Now that is more information than I needed to know all seems in poetic flow whether it comes fast of slow. A fun read to all did show but I\'ll end it now because I have to go. Well done
November 10th, 2025 08:11
Coffee Makes Me Poop
Doggerel Dave said:
Put yourself out there - after you\'ve pressed the porcelain, of course. More people need to read your shit.
November 10th, 2025 07:52
Doggerel Dave said:
Put yourself out there - after you\'ve pressed the porcelain, of course. More people need to read your shit.
November 10th, 2025 07:52
The Forgotten Parade
sorenbarrett said:
This poem brings to mind memories of people, places and times that proceed in a parade. Nicely woven and crafted it tells its story.
November 9th, 2025 10:28
sorenbarrett said:
This poem brings to mind memories of people, places and times that proceed in a parade. Nicely woven and crafted it tells its story.
November 9th, 2025 10:28
Ballade of Yggdrasil
sorenbarrett said:
This poem sounded very Nordic. With one grand mother from Norway and another from Sweden I have always loved Nordic myth. A lovely write with good rhyme and meter it flows well and only lacks Valhalla.
November 8th, 2025 15:03
sorenbarrett said:
This poem sounded very Nordic. With one grand mother from Norway and another from Sweden I have always loved Nordic myth. A lovely write with good rhyme and meter it flows well and only lacks Valhalla.
November 8th, 2025 15:03
Colossal Companion
sorenbarrett said:
The tales of Paul Bunyan a favorite of my childhood. Stories told by my father as bedtime stories. Loved it well worded and rhymed
November 4th, 2025 14:16
sorenbarrett said:
The tales of Paul Bunyan a favorite of my childhood. Stories told by my father as bedtime stories. Loved it well worded and rhymed
November 4th, 2025 14:16
The Minstrel\'s Song
Doggerel Dave said:
Poetic addition to the old legend I enjoyed.
November 3rd, 2025 23:14
Doggerel Dave said:
Poetic addition to the old legend I enjoyed.
November 3rd, 2025 23:14
The Minstrel\'s Song
sorenbarrett said:
Classical in nature it speaks of a classic character and in good rhyme and meter tells the tale. Nicely done
November 3rd, 2025 12:04
sorenbarrett said:
Classical in nature it speaks of a classic character and in good rhyme and meter tells the tale. Nicely done
November 3rd, 2025 12:04
Inheritance (The Hood Speeks)
Rocky Lagou said:
Honestly the title of this poem is an amazing setting stage for the rest of it. It’s the perfect thesis and grants me more clarity while reading. Our futures are predestined, and some are more privileged than others. It’s sad but the harsh reality. Wonderfully written.
November 1st, 2025 09:35
Rocky Lagou said:
Honestly the title of this poem is an amazing setting stage for the rest of it. It’s the perfect thesis and grants me more clarity while reading. Our futures are predestined, and some are more privileged than others. It’s sad but the harsh reality. Wonderfully written.
November 1st, 2025 09:35
Inheritance (The Hood Speeks)
sorenbarrett said:
This is a haunting and dark write that speaks through metaphor where it is heard deep inside the soul. It is a fearful write and a fave
November 1st, 2025 07:15
sorenbarrett said:
This is a haunting and dark write that speaks through metaphor where it is heard deep inside the soul. It is a fearful write and a fave
November 1st, 2025 07:15
The Bobbing Apple\'s Dance
peto said:
We played this with a fork in the mouth
Drop from a height if it sticks 8n apple you win it
Thanks for the memory
October 30th, 2025 11:13
peto said:
We played this with a fork in the mouth
Drop from a height if it sticks 8n apple you win it
Thanks for the memory
October 30th, 2025 11:13
The Bobbing Apple\'s Dance
sorenbarrett said:
This game already old when I was young. I am not sure it is still practiced or not. It seems to me that the trick is to push the apple with the mouth against the side or bottom of the tub. Well written with a warm fall feel.
October 30th, 2025 07:51
sorenbarrett said:
This game already old when I was young. I am not sure it is still practiced or not. It seems to me that the trick is to push the apple with the mouth against the side or bottom of the tub. Well written with a warm fall feel.
October 30th, 2025 07:51
Eclipse of the Forgotten
sorenbarrett said:
In a skeleton of an edifice there is a ghost. A metaphor perhaps as well. The imagery and rhyme are wonderful and charming. It sets a tone of darkness. A lovely poem that is a fave
October 29th, 2025 11:16
sorenbarrett said:
In a skeleton of an edifice there is a ghost. A metaphor perhaps as well. The imagery and rhyme are wonderful and charming. It sets a tone of darkness. A lovely poem that is a fave
October 29th, 2025 11:16
Whispers in the Hollow
sorenbarrett said:
What a marvelous poem so well crafted with great rhyme set in good meter. It flows through the shadows to the end of its journey
October 28th, 2025 05:46
sorenbarrett said:
What a marvelous poem so well crafted with great rhyme set in good meter. It flows through the shadows to the end of its journey
October 28th, 2025 05:46
Ode to Yusuf Dikeç, The Silver Shooter
rhmn_7 said:
He was unique and marvelous at the games, well penned Matthew!
October 26th, 2025 16:16
rhmn_7 said:
He was unique and marvelous at the games, well penned Matthew!
October 26th, 2025 16:16
Ode to Yusuf Dikeç, The Silver Shooter
sorenbarrett said:
A tribute and well told of an amazing person and event. Nicely told in a most narrative poem.
October 26th, 2025 09:42
sorenbarrett said:
A tribute and well told of an amazing person and event. Nicely told in a most narrative poem.
October 26th, 2025 09:42
The Mirror War
sorenbarrett said:
The left is right the right is what\'s left they carve up voters with their arguments deft. But despite what their name both are the same. Both desire power and glory its the same in every story. I gave up on politics when I was in grade school bunko artists and people the fool. A powerful write and well done a fave
October 24th, 2025 11:10
sorenbarrett said:
The left is right the right is what\'s left they carve up voters with their arguments deft. But despite what their name both are the same. Both desire power and glory its the same in every story. I gave up on politics when I was in grade school bunko artists and people the fool. A powerful write and well done a fave
October 24th, 2025 11:10
The Mirror War
Niko Papadatos said:
I.. love it. Excellent poem. One of the best descriptions of *political war.* Thank you for contributing this to humanity.
October 24th, 2025 09:32
Niko Papadatos said:
I.. love it. Excellent poem. One of the best descriptions of *political war.* Thank you for contributing this to humanity.
October 24th, 2025 09:32
The Pregnant Apple Tree
Doggerel Dave said:
The pride of any nursery wall.
You should do a series.......
October 22nd, 2025 09:53
Doggerel Dave said:
The pride of any nursery wall.
You should do a series.......
October 22nd, 2025 09:53
The Pregnant Apple Tree
sorenbarrett said:
I have herd the analogy many times but never quite like this. Told as if to a small child it gleams with bright energy and bouncing joy of a child. A lovely and most refreshing version of the old story told with wonderful rhyme
October 22nd, 2025 04:36
sorenbarrett said:
I have herd the analogy many times but never quite like this. Told as if to a small child it gleams with bright energy and bouncing joy of a child. A lovely and most refreshing version of the old story told with wonderful rhyme
October 22nd, 2025 04:36
The Continent That Kills
Doggerel Dave said:
I have absolutely no bloody idea why anyone would want to live there....
October 20th, 2025 17:22
Doggerel Dave said:
I have absolutely no bloody idea why anyone would want to live there....
October 20th, 2025 17:22
The Continent That Kills
sorenbarrett said:
A fun read that uses many distinct Australian features to paint the picture. Loved it.
October 20th, 2025 11:55
sorenbarrett said:
A fun read that uses many distinct Australian features to paint the picture. Loved it.
October 20th, 2025 11:55
🤮
sorenbarrett said:
A poem that in its literal sense is physical in metaphorical sense speaks about what the mind can no longer accept as well. Well written in good meter and rhyme it speaks to our times and what we can believe. Well done
October 19th, 2025 03:53
sorenbarrett said:
A poem that in its literal sense is physical in metaphorical sense speaks about what the mind can no longer accept as well. Well written in good meter and rhyme it speaks to our times and what we can believe. Well done
October 19th, 2025 03:53
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