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Doggerel Dave said:

There is no ultimate truth - or if there is, it\'s well beyond my reach.

November 18th, 2022 06:44

Poetry is Difficult
orchidee said:

It can depend MM. We may get int a stream of consciousness and then find poetry easy!

November 15th, 2022 08:36

Remember Hell
arqios said:

Hello from Tokyo. It is a plan to go and see Hiroshima one day. I have been to Nagasaki and traveled around the region as a pilgrimage. One day, they shall feature in poetry from this writer\'s pen. Thanks for sharing.

May 12th, 2022 04:22

Remember Hell
Dahlia said:

excellently penned & very sad how history repeats itself over & over again, unfortunate very unfortunate
Dahlia

April 3rd, 2022 17:16

On Suicides
L. B. Mek said:

sadly, I don\'t think the words you chose
portrayed the complex colours of your mixed emotions
on this topic, but
I want to \'assume\'
based on the empathy you\'ve demonstrated
in your previous work, this write was no mere callously worded commentary
on what is a Very sensitive, subject
instead
I want to choose, to believe
that you were, (in your own way)
digging deep
into your, capacity to encapsulate
the meaning, we assign
to the loss of life, be it
via the hands of a stranger
or our very own;
irrespective of society\'s \'taboos\'
in awarding, sympathy
to those who are defeated by their own
devastatingly, self-destructive
mindsets...
(and yes
when I heard about Yuko Takeuchi
I literally, spat-out what I was drinking
and felt like someone I knew in real life, had died
I still vividly remember
her vibrant zest for life, shining through
in her
hopeful character\'s, in Pride and Lunch no Joō (The Queen of Lunch)..
what a beautiful, gentle heart
she must have had
to be able to portray, such timeless characters
*before her ex husband
and life, in general
hammered her resolve, into
that shattered heart, she left behind*)
but there was no suicide note, so I hope
it was just some complication or accidental, situation
that took her from us, far too early!
(may she rest in peace)..
and I\'m so sorry about the losses you have had to deal with,
I have lost very close family members during covid as well,
so I completely empathise, but sadly
all I can do is offer you
my sincere commiserations, dear poet
may they rest in peace, as well
stay strong!

January 31st, 2022 06:14

Unfinished
Goldfinch60 said:

Every moment in our lives is special Makoto.

Andy

January 16th, 2022 04:22

Unfinished
Lorna said:

Ahhhh the clouds in the perfect blue sky...... why doubt?

November 28th, 2021 06:35

Unfinished
Makoto Maruyama said:

Thank you for your comments! I’m sorry about that I don’t reply each other, but best wishes!

November 28th, 2021 02:40

Unfinished
L. B. Mek said:

\'Black coffee in a cup
Bitter
*But my inked feeling\'s
never run, macabre or black*\'
(forgive my rudeness
just how your poetry, spoke to me
thanks for sharing
Yosa Buson
would be proud, I think
\'may we never - surrender
trying to revive
the traditions
of our great predecessors\')

November 26th, 2021 06:32

Unfinished work
L. B. Mek said:

Brilliant!
I can offer you, no greater praise
than letting you know
for a moment
when I was reading your words
I felt like, I was reading something written
by that banished immortal poet, himself:
Li Bai or rather Rihaku for you
or best yet: 李白
\'Swaying, wet laundry
Like my spirit

Let\'s bear the white, blank

Yes, I\'m being watched
*but*, Who am I: watching?\'
(what a brilliant wording, capturing
that daily embattled, questing
for serenity\'s soothing whispers, pondering:
loss of direction
ever-murky waters of self-identity
and disappearing traces
of what was so important, to us
only yesterday...)

November 22nd, 2021 06:13

Unfinished work
L. B. Mek said:

\'Eternity of *Serenity
It is the sea
mixed, with the sun\'..
each morning, we can choose
to awake
to our new vista, of life
and in each passing season, we exchange
one perspective of wisdom
for our awaiting: Next...
(a sublime write
beautifully worded,
thanks for sharing, dear Poet)
but maybe, in the future
you can write the English translations of your other languages
in the writer\'s comment section?
just a thought, since a lot of us aren\'t as cultured or as multilingual, as you are


November 9th, 2021 05:06

Unfinished
L. B. Mek said:

I would label this
\'an unruly: modern Tanka\'..
I love the sparse wording
and its resulting, purposed brevity;
in all of Japanese myth or lore
\'Bushido\' is by far the most corrupted, in meaning
by western \'lazy\' translations;
but, one of its most fundamental trait\'s
(in my humble opinion)
is to infuse a life, with meaningful yearning
to seek perfection
in that chosen \'way of Art\': in their lives...
and that\'s what is
\'illusively-Intimate\'
about works of poetry like yours, they speak
to that yearning, that need
to capture and eloquently word
all: that you are aware-of
and what little, you can observe
with your eyes
understand, with your mind
and bravely Feel: with your heart!
(thank you for choosing to share, dear poet
this is such a unique Poetic treat)


November 8th, 2021 05:29

Unfinished
Paul Bell said:

All down to cop26 now.
We wait, hopefully not in vain.

October 31st, 2021 04:30

I am 45 years old
L. B. Mek said:

when we can realise, that having faith-in
or believing, in something
doesn\'t translate to us: \'Owning\' - it
as our \'interpretation\'s, privatised - Monopoly\'
then maybe, we can discuss
the topics you hypothesise, dear poet
until then, we\'re just all: \'gauging-out\'
each other\'s eyes: \'blindly, guessing...!\'
(thanks for sharing, such a thought provoking write, truly!)

July 19th, 2021 05:45

13th July Morning
L. B. Mek said:

a very interesting and fun, read
a slice of philosophical commentary
aside a big serving of cynical, whimsicality
with a topping of insightful poetry.. lol
thanks for sharing

July 13th, 2021 05:22