You and I
L. B. Mek said:

(heartachingly relatable
scars of a life, distilled
beautifully poetic)
Brilliant!

June 12th, 2023 01:32

The curse of bad timing
L. B. Mek said:

reads like words
being whispered to our ears, intensely private
love the drink theme, linking
as metaphor and anchor, for your poem
reminds me of an old post
I shared, titled
\'Saudade in a savoured cup\'..
(thanks for sharing, dear Poet
such a great read)

December 16th, 2021 04:12

3 a.m.
spilleronsheet said:

It felt surreal
As if the scenes were happening in front
You staged it so well

November 26th, 2021 05:21

3 a.m.
SureshG said:

That dreaded feeling, I pray is just a poetic license - for the horror of your words is truly jarring

November 14th, 2021 20:39

3 a.m.
L. B. Mek said:

and through all-things bleak
and barbarically vile, that tried
but mercifully, Failed
to diminish the Beauty of your Bravery
or the majesty, in your fight
to imbue your Poetry
with the purity of Goodness, you still Choose to embrace
in your purpled Heart, despite
the abundance of darkness and hurt, in your life...
(it\'s a privilege to ready your Poetry
and its an honour, to be a part of your existence, dear Poet
keep believing,
keep searching,
keep healing!
thank you, for choosing to share)

November 4th, 2021 05:44

3 a.m.
Doggerel Dave said:

Now I don’t want to be picky, but somewhere I thought there were some ‘happier pieces’ in the offing…….

However, that noted, I want you to know this particular effort (I use the term advisedly – it would have taken considerable toll on memory and emotion) is for me a window into a situation I read about and am confronted with via other media, but nothing has bought it home in such a raw way as this.

Thanks Hannah.


November 4th, 2021 03:34

I\'ve already been;
dusk arising said:

placing a part of life naked before us dear poet takes a lot of courage.
Pain which has led us to now makes us the poet we are.... you have amazing expression in your writing and the pain comes through hard hitting.
Amazing writing.

October 29th, 2021 05:10

I\'ve already been;
Neville said:


This is so damn good & raw, I am almost ashamed to like it as much as I do ................................ I look forward to your eventual return Hannah Elisabeth ... Neville

October 29th, 2021 01:10

please don\'t tell her
dusk arising said:

Wonderful to have friends who you both enjoy and admire.
A very personal reveal in your words today.

September 20th, 2021 08:25

Attachment Theory
L. B. Mek said:

my lingering regret
and the burden I\'ve managed to evade,
in life
has been \'not\' entering the psychiatry profession,
see, while I will scream to the skies
about its quintessential utility in our everyday lives,
I truly believe you need to be a really strong individual (mentally and empathetically)
to willingly burden your existence, with the turmoil and suffering of others;
that is, if you truly want to make a difference, and not just
dish-out prescriptions and platitudes, to validate your billing hours...
\'the way a home
should feel:
And the only one
I\'ve ever known\'..
what frustrates the most
from having being around and in love
with several individuals: suffering, dealing and surviving
from various forms of \'abusive loved-one\'s, in their lives\'
is the entrapped powerlessness, those individuals are Made to feel,
and that underpins the root cause to all their suffering..
see, here is the bottom line truth that connects all the various diverse cases,
from what I have gleaned of the suffering I\'ve witnessed
(in my humble opinion):
\'we all, inflict a measure of suffering: upon ourselves!\'
No!
that does not in any way, validate other\'s hurtful actions, against us
nor does it equate, to us \'being deserving\' of the pain, we\'ve been forced to experience: Never!
What I mean, is that
underlying everything
in our lives, \'we tolerate in the name of belonging, loyalty or a warped sense love\'
is our inability, to affirm and enact the most basic principle
in any life:
That we Too, Deserve: the very Best
experience of Existence, simply
because, We Do!
without need for justification or cause, we Must realise,
we are and always Will Be, the Most valuable component in Our lives...!
But, sometimes
unbeknown to us, those same childhood experiences and joys we treasure
have subtly or profoundly, warped our sense of self, and so
maybe
we\'re aesthetically beautiful, but feel pathetic for everyone judging us by our looks alone
and we unknowingly, gravitate
to those who treat our Beauty with indifference
confusing ourselves that in actuality, they like us for who we are underneath,
when in actuality, that\'s just their ploy...
Or maybe, we\'re the smartest person, in every room we enter
and yet, we\'re drawn
to those individuals, who cherish our aesthetic quality\'s and gift us, a fun loving simplistic experience of life, only
what they are doing, is trying to control us,
and demean our superior intellect by making us devalue that aspect of ourselves, we - in actuality: cherish the most...
(That\'s why, after witnessing
all the suffering I have
my message has been refined
and its simply this:
create distance from that which generates hurt in your life
then,
excavate, from within
however painful and hard;
that part of yourself, which covets the suffering other\'s threaten your life with;
only then, do we have a chance
of insuring, we never - again
fall victim, to those vultures
waiting to pounce on the weakness:
\'We\' project to the world...)
forgive me, dear poet
your words sparked a part of me that represses a lot of regret, for so many
I have come across in my life
that try as I might, at the time
I was ill equipped to help in any meaningful or lasting fashion
and so, I have gone-off
on yet another tangent
and hijacked your comments section, so rudely
(thank you for writing something that inspired me, in such a strong way, dear Poet)



September 20th, 2021 06:09

Better as a daydream
Heart of Babel said:

Don’t mind me…
*Raises boom box high into the air, blaring Haddaway while bobbing head sideways*

September 19th, 2021 11:41

Better as a daydream
Doggerel Dave said:

Following a precedent already shared on this thread, my take on ’Love’ as explored particularly on this site has already been expressed on

https://mypoeticside.com/show-poem-129135

Apologies for the slightly brusque tone, Hannah - the whole subject here gives me the irrits sometimes.


September 18th, 2021 05:26

Better as a daydream
dusk arising said:

Isn\'t that how love is though, initial attraction etc fades and we discover (or not) the person we can tolerate alongside our fantasy of what we figure love to be....
And of course, the law of averages is heavily biased in the failure arena.
Re-reading the final lines leads me to wonder whether this is about an internet based/initiated romance. A chat-room folly i became too familiar with in foolish years.
Very enjoyable read.

September 18th, 2021 01:19

The curse of bad timing
Doggerel Dave said:

The geography of one of your relationships well scanned, Hannah.
I speculate that everyone caries pieces of past relationships within them – hopefully positive pieces; yours sound positive, learnt from and definitely not bitter. A well textured story I enjoyed.


September 14th, 2021 20:09

The curse of bad timing
BusyB said:

Very clever!

September 14th, 2021 12:26