Comments received on poems by Paul Bell
Two For One
Thomas W Case said:
The first is a neat little joke about how quickly we judge people by appearances, and the clipboard makes the setup nicely ordinary. The Superman punchline is classic bawdy absurdity—the invisible man getting caught in the middle is what gives it the final kick.
August 25th, 2026 07:00
Thomas W Case said:
The first is a neat little joke about how quickly we judge people by appearances, and the clipboard makes the setup nicely ordinary. The Superman punchline is classic bawdy absurdity—the invisible man getting caught in the middle is what gives it the final kick.
August 25th, 2026 07:00
Two For One
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a hilarious double feature, Paul! The first punctures the authority of appearances, while the second turns heroic confidence into one spectacularly awkward mistake. That final reveal still gets me every damn time! 🤣🌹🖤🙏🐦⬛
August 24th, 2026 08:17
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a hilarious double feature, Paul! The first punctures the authority of appearances, while the second turns heroic confidence into one spectacularly awkward mistake. That final reveal still gets me every damn time! 🤣🌹🖤🙏🐦⬛
August 24th, 2026 08:17
Two For One
Doggerel Dave said:
You have a way of telling them Paul, and that one is very near the top.🤣
\'Hope I can sleep tonight - the image is just too much.
August 24th, 2026 08:06
Doggerel Dave said:
You have a way of telling them Paul, and that one is very near the top.🤣
\'Hope I can sleep tonight - the image is just too much.
August 24th, 2026 08:06
Two For One
sorenbarrett said:
Paul you made me laugh and that alone gets a fave. A most fun read my friend
August 24th, 2026 06:33
sorenbarrett said:
Paul you made me laugh and that alone gets a fave. A most fun read my friend
August 24th, 2026 06:33
The Priest
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this is wickedly funny. The narrator’s shameless rationalizing builds perfectly toward a form of pastoral care I definitely missed in seminary...yet somehow it feels entirely appropriate. Fantastic write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 23rd, 2026 12:56
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this is wickedly funny. The narrator’s shameless rationalizing builds perfectly toward a form of pastoral care I definitely missed in seminary...yet somehow it feels entirely appropriate. Fantastic write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 23rd, 2026 12:56
The Priest
orchidee said:
Doh! There was a priest who said \'I\'m a man of peace, and if you don\'t agree with me, I will punch you on the nose!\'
August 23rd, 2026 07:53
orchidee said:
Doh! There was a priest who said \'I\'m a man of peace, and if you don\'t agree with me, I will punch you on the nose!\'
August 23rd, 2026 07:53
The Priest
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn darkly comic twist here, with the priest becoming an unexpected mirror for the speaker’s guilt and excuses. The final punch—literally and figuratively—works beautifully because “absolution” arrives not through forgiveness, but through a priest who seems to have judged the confession perfectly.
August 23rd, 2026 07:24
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn darkly comic twist here, with the priest becoming an unexpected mirror for the speaker’s guilt and excuses. The final punch—literally and figuratively—works beautifully because “absolution” arrives not through forgiveness, but through a priest who seems to have judged the confession perfectly.
August 23rd, 2026 07:24
The Priest
Doggerel Dave said:
Priest a bit of a spoilsport, methinks.
It\'s the eleventh commandment wot counts.
August 23rd, 2026 06:17
Doggerel Dave said:
Priest a bit of a spoilsport, methinks.
It\'s the eleventh commandment wot counts.
August 23rd, 2026 06:17
The Priest
sorenbarrett said:
Although humor, dark humor it is truth in the form of a joke. Sardonic one might say a tap of the priest and you are on your way. For one\'s sins one must pay, in advance discounted today.
August 23rd, 2026 06:09
sorenbarrett said:
Although humor, dark humor it is truth in the form of a joke. Sardonic one might say a tap of the priest and you are on your way. For one\'s sins one must pay, in advance discounted today.
August 23rd, 2026 06:09
The Train Journey
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this plays like a tightly edited thriller. The recurring countdown steadily closes the trap while seemingly mundane details become increasingly ominous. Then darkness arrives at precisely the moment everyone’s intentions appear ready to surface...superb suspense, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 18th, 2026 21:42
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this plays like a tightly edited thriller. The recurring countdown steadily closes the trap while seemingly mundane details become increasingly ominous. Then darkness arrives at precisely the moment everyone’s intentions appear ready to surface...superb suspense, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 18th, 2026 21:42
The Train Journey
sorenbarrett said:
Here poetry merges with story. The repetitions enhance the tension building with every line. The introduction of other characters broadens the perspective and increases the complexity as opposed to narrowing it. The reader searches for answers as to why the nervousness. There is something about the tunnel the continued announcement like the tick of a clock the leaving of the car and diminished nervousness (but why) is the location or the closeness to the tunnel. The moving to the left (is it fear of the sides being hit on the tunnel) and closing of the eyes (not wanting to see what is coming). The whole write is the process of anxiety at approaching danger. Well written my friend.
August 18th, 2026 07:42
sorenbarrett said:
Here poetry merges with story. The repetitions enhance the tension building with every line. The introduction of other characters broadens the perspective and increases the complexity as opposed to narrowing it. The reader searches for answers as to why the nervousness. There is something about the tunnel the continued announcement like the tick of a clock the leaving of the car and diminished nervousness (but why) is the location or the closeness to the tunnel. The moving to the left (is it fear of the sides being hit on the tunnel) and closing of the eyes (not wanting to see what is coming). The whole write is the process of anxiety at approaching danger. Well written my friend.
August 18th, 2026 07:42
The Train Journey
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn effective slow-burn tension here, with the mileage countdown making the tunnel feel like an approaching deadline. The final movement—“folding it toward him,” her cold eyes, then darkness—is beautifully ambiguous and leaves the reader wondering who was really watching whom.
August 18th, 2026 07:05
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn effective slow-burn tension here, with the mileage countdown making the tunnel feel like an approaching deadline. The final movement—“folding it toward him,” her cold eyes, then darkness—is beautifully ambiguous and leaves the reader wondering who was really watching whom.
August 18th, 2026 07:05
The Train Journey
Syd said:
I\'d like to know what happens in the tunnel Paul.
Do the assassin\'s get their mark?
- Syd 🍄
August 18th, 2026 06:31
Syd said:
I\'d like to know what happens in the tunnel Paul.
Do the assassin\'s get their mark?
- Syd 🍄
August 18th, 2026 06:31
Inspiration
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this is one heck of a stream-of-consciousness journey. Everyday life fractures into social satire, existential confusion, and glorious absurdity, proving that inspiration may be hiding in whatever the world throws away. Excellent piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 17th, 2026 19:00
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this is one heck of a stream-of-consciousness journey. Everyday life fractures into social satire, existential confusion, and glorious absurdity, proving that inspiration may be hiding in whatever the world throws away. Excellent piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 17th, 2026 19:00
Inspiration
sorenbarrett said:
Paul I am sure that this one holds many meanings but the first one I took was of the triviality of what we put priority on in life. The little things that bleed us only to later be discarded. Very nicely done my friend a fave
August 17th, 2026 07:54
sorenbarrett said:
Paul I am sure that this one holds many meanings but the first one I took was of the triviality of what we put priority on in life. The little things that bleed us only to later be discarded. Very nicely done my friend a fave
August 17th, 2026 07:54
Round pegs, Square pegs
Thomas W Case said:
Oh, this one is much darker than its almost nursery-rhyme surface initially suggests. Excellent
August 16th, 2026 07:57
Thomas W Case said:
Oh, this one is much darker than its almost nursery-rhyme surface initially suggests. Excellent
August 16th, 2026 07:57
Great Personality
Cheeky Missy said:
You guys. I give up. Beautifully rendered with excellent imagery and a damning poignancy. Thank you for sharing.
August 15th, 2026 11:00
Cheeky Missy said:
You guys. I give up. Beautifully rendered with excellent imagery and a damning poignancy. Thank you for sharing.
August 15th, 2026 11:00
Round pegs, Square pegs
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wow, Paul...this is creepy, funny, and increasingly wicked as it goes. The repeated routine makes every new turn feel inevitable, and by the end I’m already worried for whoever that next square peg belongs to. Brilliantly done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 15th, 2026 07:50
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wow, Paul...this is creepy, funny, and increasingly wicked as it goes. The repeated routine makes every new turn feel inevitable, and by the end I’m already worried for whoever that next square peg belongs to. Brilliantly done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 15th, 2026 07:50
Round pegs, Square pegs
Syd said:
Brilliantly dark Paul 👏
I hope she checks her brakes before that steep hill.
- Syd 🍄
August 15th, 2026 06:28
Syd said:
Brilliantly dark Paul 👏
I hope she checks her brakes before that steep hill.
- Syd 🍄
August 15th, 2026 06:28
Round pegs, Square pegs
Doggerel Dave said:
Still trying to come to grips with this, Paul. I will return after sufficint cogutation and submit myself to the faith...
August 14th, 2026 22:53
Doggerel Dave said:
Still trying to come to grips with this, Paul. I will return after sufficint cogutation and submit myself to the faith...
August 14th, 2026 22:53
Round pegs, Square pegs
sorenbarrett said:
Disaster around the corner and the square peg will come into play. Game of voodoo it seems to work well. Good one Paul
August 14th, 2026 12:51
sorenbarrett said:
Disaster around the corner and the square peg will come into play. Game of voodoo it seems to work well. Good one Paul
August 14th, 2026 12:51
The Sign
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this had me laughing all the way through. The whole thing keeps getting more catastrophically incompatible with every exchange…and somehow he still keeps convincing himself there might be hope. Absolutely hilarious, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 13th, 2026 19:48
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this had me laughing all the way through. The whole thing keeps getting more catastrophically incompatible with every exchange…and somehow he still keeps convincing himself there might be hope. Absolutely hilarious, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 13th, 2026 19:48
The Sign
sorenbarrett said:
Fishing in the wrong hole again Paul, you can\'t catch a trout in a cesspool or a tuna in a freshwater stream. A fun read my friend that proves what I always say eat freely of all that is available but avoid things that make you sick.
August 13th, 2026 07:01
sorenbarrett said:
Fishing in the wrong hole again Paul, you can\'t catch a trout in a cesspool or a tuna in a freshwater stream. A fun read my friend that proves what I always say eat freely of all that is available but avoid things that make you sick.
August 13th, 2026 07:01
The Plan
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this is wickedly dark and funny as hell! 🤣 The casual way this guy goes about his work while patiently awaiting the ex-wife’s arrival makes the whole thing wonderfully twisted. Great write, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 11th, 2026 20:37
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Paul, this is wickedly dark and funny as hell! 🤣 The casual way this guy goes about his work while patiently awaiting the ex-wife’s arrival makes the whole thing wonderfully twisted. Great write, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 11th, 2026 20:37
The Plan
sorenbarrett said:
Lying to others is one thing lying to oneself is something altogether different. A lovely write Paul with deeper meaning than most want to hear. It might just be too close to the heart. Well done my friend
August 11th, 2026 08:40
sorenbarrett said:
Lying to others is one thing lying to oneself is something altogether different. A lovely write Paul with deeper meaning than most want to hear. It might just be too close to the heart. Well done my friend
August 11th, 2026 08:40
Vampire Delight
NafisaSB said:
Do vampires really exist 🤔the humor comes across though
August 11th, 2026 03:43
NafisaSB said:
Do vampires really exist 🤔the humor comes across though
August 11th, 2026 03:43
Great Personality
Doggerel Dave said:
You certainly enjoy tickling the boundaries of good taste, which serves both for a good laugh and a challenge to the stiff upper lip syndrome which I understand to be an affliction possessed of Englishmen…..
August 7th, 2026 19:44
Doggerel Dave said:
You certainly enjoy tickling the boundaries of good taste, which serves both for a good laugh and a challenge to the stiff upper lip syndrome which I understand to be an affliction possessed of Englishmen…..
August 7th, 2026 19:44
Great Personality
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Oh Paul...😂 This guy doesn’t merely put his foot in his mouth, he climbs in after it and starts redecorating. By the end I’m amazed she hasn’t made good on at least one of those threats. Hilarious stuff, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 7th, 2026 08:38
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Oh Paul...😂 This guy doesn’t merely put his foot in his mouth, he climbs in after it and starts redecorating. By the end I’m amazed she hasn’t made good on at least one of those threats. Hilarious stuff, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 7th, 2026 08:38
Great Personality
sorenbarrett said:
This one made me smile with the twists in plot and the fun about feigned or real recognition problems and memory. I guess it never hurts to try. Fine write Paul
August 7th, 2026 07:07
sorenbarrett said:
This one made me smile with the twists in plot and the fun about feigned or real recognition problems and memory. I guess it never hurts to try. Fine write Paul
August 7th, 2026 07:07
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