Comments received on poems by sorenbarrett
Gut feelings
Tony Grannell said:
Hello, Soren,
In a state of complete contentment to be interrupted by a sense, this is too good to be true, resulting in a strange form of paranoia, worrying for the simple reason, in having nothing to worry about, so much so to dig up the past, if you will, if not, there must be something looming for one to worry about. It\'s an awful state to find oneself in and in a way, somewhat comical, Woody Allen-ish. You have captured this state of the mind with your usual command of the poetic art which I always admire, truly.
Your fellow poet and friend,
Tony.
July 26th, 2025 05:44
Tony Grannell said:
Hello, Soren,
In a state of complete contentment to be interrupted by a sense, this is too good to be true, resulting in a strange form of paranoia, worrying for the simple reason, in having nothing to worry about, so much so to dig up the past, if you will, if not, there must be something looming for one to worry about. It\'s an awful state to find oneself in and in a way, somewhat comical, Woody Allen-ish. You have captured this state of the mind with your usual command of the poetic art which I always admire, truly.
Your fellow poet and friend,
Tony.
July 26th, 2025 05:44
Night\'s refuge
Friendship said:
Your poem \"Night\'s Refuge\" embarks on a transformative journey, exploring the rejuvenating sanctuary of sleep, the transient nature of life, and the profound desire for rebirth and redemption through the liberating power of forgetfulness. The poem illuminates the fleeting nature of existence, acknowledging the weight of sins and burdens, while suggesting that sleep (or death) offers a tranquil refuge where one can escape the pains of existence and perhaps emerge anew, unencumbered by past mistakes. Your poem masterfully employs vivid imagery, such as \"Hypnos\' silent shores\" and \"Morpheus under glued lids,\" to evoke the serene and dreamlike quality of sleep, crafting a mystical atmosphere that inspires and uplifts. This imagery creates a \"peaceful gate,\" symbolizing a welcoming and protective nature, while Mnemosyne (the goddess of memory) embodies the transformative power of forgetting. To me, \"Night\'s Refuge\" is a masterpiece that utilizes rich imagery, metaphor, and a free-form structure to explore the profound themes of sleep, memory, and the cyclical nature of existence, inspiring us to reflect on the human experience.
July 26th, 2025 05:35
Friendship said:
Your poem \"Night\'s Refuge\" embarks on a transformative journey, exploring the rejuvenating sanctuary of sleep, the transient nature of life, and the profound desire for rebirth and redemption through the liberating power of forgetfulness. The poem illuminates the fleeting nature of existence, acknowledging the weight of sins and burdens, while suggesting that sleep (or death) offers a tranquil refuge where one can escape the pains of existence and perhaps emerge anew, unencumbered by past mistakes. Your poem masterfully employs vivid imagery, such as \"Hypnos\' silent shores\" and \"Morpheus under glued lids,\" to evoke the serene and dreamlike quality of sleep, crafting a mystical atmosphere that inspires and uplifts. This imagery creates a \"peaceful gate,\" symbolizing a welcoming and protective nature, while Mnemosyne (the goddess of memory) embodies the transformative power of forgetting. To me, \"Night\'s Refuge\" is a masterpiece that utilizes rich imagery, metaphor, and a free-form structure to explore the profound themes of sleep, memory, and the cyclical nature of existence, inspiring us to reflect on the human experience.
July 26th, 2025 05:35
Gut feelings
Jeremy Leach said:
Finely written. What strikes me is that it paints a picture of general unease from many angles but leaves it hanging without any resolve or answer, which adds to the sense of unease. Which makes it interesting and well done.
July 26th, 2025 05:22
Jeremy Leach said:
Finely written. What strikes me is that it paints a picture of general unease from many angles but leaves it hanging without any resolve or answer, which adds to the sense of unease. Which makes it interesting and well done.
July 26th, 2025 05:22
In school
ElizabethMoroz said:
Great poetic commentary on institutionalised learning and the fabrication of history and education especially when it comes to First Nations people & colonisation. Well done, important observations in poetic form. Elizabeth
July 26th, 2025 03:38
ElizabethMoroz said:
Great poetic commentary on institutionalised learning and the fabrication of history and education especially when it comes to First Nations people & colonisation. Well done, important observations in poetic form. Elizabeth
July 26th, 2025 03:38
Gut feelings
Goldfinch60 said:
Many have those secrets within them soren and are afraid to let them out.
Andy
July 26th, 2025 01:16
Goldfinch60 said:
Many have those secrets within them soren and are afraid to let them out.
Andy
July 26th, 2025 01:16
Why me?
Keeter C said:
Interesting. I will not try to interpret it but thought provoking. Almost cut off your nose to spite your face ish.
July 25th, 2025 20:33
Keeter C said:
Interesting. I will not try to interpret it but thought provoking. Almost cut off your nose to spite your face ish.
July 25th, 2025 20:33
Why me?
RefugeInRain said:
Love it. Those last couple of lines are fire.
Well done -RnR
July 25th, 2025 20:25
RefugeInRain said:
Love it. Those last couple of lines are fire.
Well done -RnR
July 25th, 2025 20:25
Gut feelings
Keeter C said:
Kinda like you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop? I feel it, nice.
July 25th, 2025 20:21
Keeter C said:
Kinda like you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop? I feel it, nice.
July 25th, 2025 20:21
Gut feelings
Tristan Robert Lange said:
A heavy-hitting piece, Soren. That second stanza especially is unafraid to dig...it is dread wrapped in rhyme, prescience wrapped in shadow. Love it, my dear friend. 🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 25th, 2025 11:56
Tristan Robert Lange said:
A heavy-hitting piece, Soren. That second stanza especially is unafraid to dig...it is dread wrapped in rhyme, prescience wrapped in shadow. Love it, my dear friend. 🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 25th, 2025 11:56
Gut feelings
Priya Tomar said:
It captures inner conflict. Outer world seems bright and normal but internally unease.
Well worded, a fave.....
July 25th, 2025 10:49
Priya Tomar said:
It captures inner conflict. Outer world seems bright and normal but internally unease.
Well worded, a fave.....
July 25th, 2025 10:49
Gut feelings
orchidee said:
Good write SB, and some more meal ideas for me to serve to KP in the last verse. lol.
July 25th, 2025 09:29
orchidee said:
Good write SB, and some more meal ideas for me to serve to KP in the last verse. lol.
July 25th, 2025 09:29
Gut feelings
Bella Shepard said:
You capture the queasy feeling of unease, when the subconscious seems to be at work. This poem evokes that eerie feeling quite powerfully.
July 25th, 2025 08:48
Bella Shepard said:
You capture the queasy feeling of unease, when the subconscious seems to be at work. This poem evokes that eerie feeling quite powerfully.
July 25th, 2025 08:48
Gut feelings
Friendship said:
Your poem “Gut Feelings” explores the tension between a seemingly normal exterior and an underlying sense of dread or unease. It reflects on the conflicting emotions that arise when one feels that something is wrong despite the outward appearance of stability and brightness.
which it seems to revolve around feelings of anxiety and foreboding, contrasting the beauty of spring with an internal sense of gloom. It delves into themes of intuition, the subconscious, and the haunting presence of unresolved issues from the past.
July 25th, 2025 05:44
Friendship said:
Your poem “Gut Feelings” explores the tension between a seemingly normal exterior and an underlying sense of dread or unease. It reflects on the conflicting emotions that arise when one feels that something is wrong despite the outward appearance of stability and brightness.
which it seems to revolve around feelings of anxiety and foreboding, contrasting the beauty of spring with an internal sense of gloom. It delves into themes of intuition, the subconscious, and the haunting presence of unresolved issues from the past.
July 25th, 2025 05:44
Gut feelings
Lorenz said:
That leaves a delicious existentialist sensation in the guts of a blackhole !
July 25th, 2025 05:40
Lorenz said:
That leaves a delicious existentialist sensation in the guts of a blackhole !
July 25th, 2025 05:40
Gut feelings
jim56 said:
love this well written
your words say it all
expressed so well
flows beautifully jim
July 25th, 2025 05:21
jim56 said:
love this well written
your words say it all
expressed so well
flows beautifully jim
July 25th, 2025 05:21
Gut feelings
Poetic Licence said:
A sensation we all have at times, that nagging feeling this ain\'t what it appears and so on, some though get so fixated on that instinct that they end up making that instinct reality, hope that makes sense, another enjoyable read
July 25th, 2025 04:57
Poetic Licence said:
A sensation we all have at times, that nagging feeling this ain\'t what it appears and so on, some though get so fixated on that instinct that they end up making that instinct reality, hope that makes sense, another enjoyable read
July 25th, 2025 04:57
No b in humanity
Goldfinch60 said:
Very true words soren, those in power do not care about others only themselves and what they can get out of it.
Andy
July 25th, 2025 01:53
Goldfinch60 said:
Very true words soren, those in power do not care about others only themselves and what they can get out of it.
Andy
July 25th, 2025 01:53
No b in humanity
Dan Williams said:
How indeed can we be deaf to history? I thump my forehead at each new example of humans disappointing, pleading ignorance of blatant facts. You speak from my brain brother, very nice.
July 25th, 2025 00:28
Dan Williams said:
How indeed can we be deaf to history? I thump my forehead at each new example of humans disappointing, pleading ignorance of blatant facts. You speak from my brain brother, very nice.
July 25th, 2025 00:28
No b in humanity
orchidee said:
Good write SB.
While I\'m fussing over \'humor\', I can\'t say I\'ve come across \'humanit-bee\'.
July 24th, 2025 11:48
orchidee said:
Good write SB.
While I\'m fussing over \'humor\', I can\'t say I\'ve come across \'humanit-bee\'.
July 24th, 2025 11:48
The magic show
gray0328 said:
Well done Soren I enjoyed the concept of the poem
July 24th, 2025 11:25
gray0328 said:
Well done Soren I enjoyed the concept of the poem
July 24th, 2025 11:25
No b in humanity
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Soren, this hits like a hammer swinging down with the weight of hard truth...and it should. No line’s wasted, and none of it flinches. That final stanza lifts without pretending we’ve earned it yet. Truth told clean. 🌹👏 Respect, my friend!
July 24th, 2025 08:19
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Soren, this hits like a hammer swinging down with the weight of hard truth...and it should. No line’s wasted, and none of it flinches. That final stanza lifts without pretending we’ve earned it yet. Truth told clean. 🌹👏 Respect, my friend!
July 24th, 2025 08:19
The magic show
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Soren, you play brilliantly with perception. The rhythm is tight, but it’s the tension underneath...the knowing and not-wanting-to...that I really found to be killer (in a good way). You pull the curtain just enough... and leave us staring into the trap door. 🌹👏 Beautifully done.
July 24th, 2025 07:17
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Soren, you play brilliantly with perception. The rhythm is tight, but it’s the tension underneath...the knowing and not-wanting-to...that I really found to be killer (in a good way). You pull the curtain just enough... and leave us staring into the trap door. 🌹👏 Beautifully done.
July 24th, 2025 07:17
Technology
ElizabethMoroz said:
This piece has a startlingly wonderful variation of intricate rhyme and variant terminology!! It deals with such a broad breadth of thematic concepts and reads like a breathless gauntlet of revelatory insight and wisdom! I sincerely loved the internal rhyme in this piece and all the concepts dealt with made it a kaleidoscopic musing of a brilliant poetic mind. Thankyou for writing this piece it was thrilling to read. Elizabeth
July 24th, 2025 06:38
ElizabethMoroz said:
This piece has a startlingly wonderful variation of intricate rhyme and variant terminology!! It deals with such a broad breadth of thematic concepts and reads like a breathless gauntlet of revelatory insight and wisdom! I sincerely loved the internal rhyme in this piece and all the concepts dealt with made it a kaleidoscopic musing of a brilliant poetic mind. Thankyou for writing this piece it was thrilling to read. Elizabeth
July 24th, 2025 06:38
No b in humanity
Poetic Licence said:
I live in ever decreasing hope that we evolve into a species where is the first thought and not war and suffering, but as you say history tells us this is never going to happen, nicely expressed and written
July 24th, 2025 05:56
Poetic Licence said:
I live in ever decreasing hope that we evolve into a species where is the first thought and not war and suffering, but as you say history tells us this is never going to happen, nicely expressed and written
July 24th, 2025 05:56
Forest fig
ElizabethMoroz said:
I love the nature imagery in this piece and the rhyme scheme is very effective, propelling the piece forward. It is emotionally poignant and emotional honest with so much nuance and variation. Thoroughly enjoyed this rhythmical journey . Thankyou! Elizabeth
July 24th, 2025 05:14
ElizabethMoroz said:
I love the nature imagery in this piece and the rhyme scheme is very effective, propelling the piece forward. It is emotionally poignant and emotional honest with so much nuance and variation. Thoroughly enjoyed this rhythmical journey . Thankyou! Elizabeth
July 24th, 2025 05:14
No b in humanity
Priya Tomar said:
Well worded , nice poem that has satirical tone to criticize war fought for establishing peace .
The poem is full of irony, you highlighted power politics .
Nobody is permanent friend and nobody is permanent enemy.
July 24th, 2025 04:33
Priya Tomar said:
Well worded , nice poem that has satirical tone to criticize war fought for establishing peace .
The poem is full of irony, you highlighted power politics .
Nobody is permanent friend and nobody is permanent enemy.
July 24th, 2025 04:33
No b in humanity
Friendship said:
Well written, your poem powerfully illuminates the transformative potential of humanity, spotlighting the cycle of war and the exploitation of the vulnerable, while emphasizing the profound consequences of war on individuals and societies. It inspires a vision of true peace, achievable through empathy and communal harmony, urging readers to ponder their roles within societal structures and cultivate peace. The poet seeks to empower critical thought, breaking the cycle of violence and unlocking a brighter future through understanding and compassion, issuing a call to action for readers to become the architects of a more harmonious world.
July 24th, 2025 03:39
Friendship said:
Well written, your poem powerfully illuminates the transformative potential of humanity, spotlighting the cycle of war and the exploitation of the vulnerable, while emphasizing the profound consequences of war on individuals and societies. It inspires a vision of true peace, achievable through empathy and communal harmony, urging readers to ponder their roles within societal structures and cultivate peace. The poet seeks to empower critical thought, breaking the cycle of violence and unlocking a brighter future through understanding and compassion, issuing a call to action for readers to become the architects of a more harmonious world.
July 24th, 2025 03:39
The magic show
Goldfinch60 said:
Very true soren and that magic is with us all our life.
Andy
July 24th, 2025 01:47
Goldfinch60 said:
Very true soren and that magic is with us all our life.
Andy
July 24th, 2025 01:47
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