Comments received on poems by sorenbarrett
Once there was a time
L. B. Mek said:
loved this! a great read
thank you, dear Poet:
\'Primal water, eroded frowns to smiles
Amity permeated all people
We were young and naive to wiles
And all dreams were believable
With the weight of falling sand
Maturity ripened into a crime
What was beautiful fell out of hand
Once there was a time\'
April 10th, 2023 03:58
L. B. Mek said:
loved this! a great read
thank you, dear Poet:
\'Primal water, eroded frowns to smiles
Amity permeated all people
We were young and naive to wiles
And all dreams were believable
With the weight of falling sand
Maturity ripened into a crime
What was beautiful fell out of hand
Once there was a time\'
April 10th, 2023 03:58
The end of time
L. B. Mek said:
so true, dear Poet
similarities, a little scary
so many
of antiquity\'s myths and geniuses
martyred
so as to be granted posterity\'s
immortality..
(makes you think, what is acclaim
to a corpse\'s vanity
what is victory, beyond
comprehension\'s, breath of tangibility..
Time
as our aggregator of meaningful worth
yet we dream
in realms too far out of fathomability\'s
...reach)
April 10th, 2023 03:55
L. B. Mek said:
so true, dear Poet
similarities, a little scary
so many
of antiquity\'s myths and geniuses
martyred
so as to be granted posterity\'s
immortality..
(makes you think, what is acclaim
to a corpse\'s vanity
what is victory, beyond
comprehension\'s, breath of tangibility..
Time
as our aggregator of meaningful worth
yet we dream
in realms too far out of fathomability\'s
...reach)
April 10th, 2023 03:55
Sandman
L. B. Mek said:
(we need only lookup that \'little red riding hood\', tale
amongst many others, to realise
those true horror origins
of so many beloved lullabies)
such wonderful flow, dear Poet
thank you
April 10th, 2023 03:47
L. B. Mek said:
(we need only lookup that \'little red riding hood\', tale
amongst many others, to realise
those true horror origins
of so many beloved lullabies)
such wonderful flow, dear Poet
thank you
April 10th, 2023 03:47
Hesiod\'s night
L. B. Mek said:
Brilliant!
that daughter of khaos and erebos
that salvation moonlit beam
to life\'s weary sailors, traversing
upon mythology\'s looming styx
in existence\'s
accursed, rivers of fate...
Nyx to light, as Moon to sun
Hesiods, to Homer
proving
Beyond posterity\'s blazing giants
exist shadows that anchor
humanity\'s annals to genius tethers
then again
what of Sappho\'s sisters:
(
https://canvas.uw.edu/files/58838469/download?download_frd=1&verifier=b6dLO5TKDVDmNT5h3xr2kqzHBVm7p6LhBS9ZZwqs
)
April 10th, 2023 03:37
L. B. Mek said:
Brilliant!
that daughter of khaos and erebos
that salvation moonlit beam
to life\'s weary sailors, traversing
upon mythology\'s looming styx
in existence\'s
accursed, rivers of fate...
Nyx to light, as Moon to sun
Hesiods, to Homer
proving
Beyond posterity\'s blazing giants
exist shadows that anchor
humanity\'s annals to genius tethers
then again
what of Sappho\'s sisters:
(
https://canvas.uw.edu/files/58838469/download?download_frd=1&verifier=b6dLO5TKDVDmNT5h3xr2kqzHBVm7p6LhBS9ZZwqs
)
April 10th, 2023 03:37
Going home
L. B. Mek said:
Brilliant!
(i so relate with your message n theme)
i read and learn, dear cherished Poet
April 10th, 2023 03:02
L. B. Mek said:
Brilliant!
(i so relate with your message n theme)
i read and learn, dear cherished Poet
April 10th, 2023 03:02
Once there was a time
David Wakeling said:
i read this but there are too many big words that are not explained.tedious
April 9th, 2023 06:09
David Wakeling said:
i read this but there are too many big words that are not explained.tedious
April 9th, 2023 06:09
The end of time
Bella Shepard said:
What price immortality, at the cost of how we live? Dear friend I contemplate, and I thank you.
April 8th, 2023 12:54
Bella Shepard said:
What price immortality, at the cost of how we live? Dear friend I contemplate, and I thank you.
April 8th, 2023 12:54
Sandman
orchidee said:
Now did I give you permission to post that video of me singing on a bad-hair day?! lol.
April 5th, 2023 07:59
orchidee said:
Now did I give you permission to post that video of me singing on a bad-hair day?! lol.
April 5th, 2023 07:59
Sandman
MysteryGhost said:
I really like how you made the Sandman take on a boogeyman like character. The only times I have really heard of the sandman it is in a nice light, but you took it into dark. Very nice poem.
April 5th, 2023 07:35
MysteryGhost said:
I really like how you made the Sandman take on a boogeyman like character. The only times I have really heard of the sandman it is in a nice light, but you took it into dark. Very nice poem.
April 5th, 2023 07:35
Sandman
arqios said:
Just mulled on this last week and how even the kids around us these days are wide-eyed and expectant of a good scare!
April 5th, 2023 06:44
arqios said:
Just mulled on this last week and how even the kids around us these days are wide-eyed and expectant of a good scare!
April 5th, 2023 06:44
Hesiod\'s night
Bella Shepard said:
Being unfamiliar with Greek mythology, once again I thank you for introducing me to something new and wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring this poem, your verse always shines for me.
April 3rd, 2023 13:38
Bella Shepard said:
Being unfamiliar with Greek mythology, once again I thank you for introducing me to something new and wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring this poem, your verse always shines for me.
April 3rd, 2023 13:38
Going home
Doggerel Dave said:
Definitely my life and the life of most others I speculate, Soren. I feel I get this one completely. Thanks for a great write.
April 1st, 2023 17:05
Doggerel Dave said:
Definitely my life and the life of most others I speculate, Soren. I feel I get this one completely. Thanks for a great write.
April 1st, 2023 17:05
Lonely
L. B. Mek said:
\'lonesome, divided by eight billion\'
a title of one of my old scribbles comes to mind
(a relatable read, dear poet)
March 31st, 2023 03:03
L. B. Mek said:
\'lonesome, divided by eight billion\'
a title of one of my old scribbles comes to mind
(a relatable read, dear poet)
March 31st, 2023 03:03
Love and Hate / Heaven and Hell
L. B. Mek said:
such an important question, dear Poet
that\'s why we need time to heal
so that our lessons may be revealed
see,
we start out all love blind
then
we\'re enraged by that hurt
from that blinding broken heart
neither
affording us distance, enough
to verify what we\'re really experiencing
that\'s why, Nietzsche\'s
\'beyond\' good and evil
resonates with me, we need
to find space
to insure we can excavate veracity\'s perspectives
coherent with our actual feelings
and not be beholden
to our reactionary and
self-indulgent, emotions...
I truly believe
only the brave, can love
rest of us, merely try n imitate
romance\'s fantasy playbooks...
(I mean
just look at how many cry crimson tears
after a heartbreak, and yet
fast forward a little, to when someone
new
is by their side, and I bet you
it won\'t take too long
for all that hurt, to feel like a distance past..
so then, which is it
was that person really worth all that pain
or were we just refusing to accept
a truth we dare not face...)
March 31st, 2023 02:57
L. B. Mek said:
such an important question, dear Poet
that\'s why we need time to heal
so that our lessons may be revealed
see,
we start out all love blind
then
we\'re enraged by that hurt
from that blinding broken heart
neither
affording us distance, enough
to verify what we\'re really experiencing
that\'s why, Nietzsche\'s
\'beyond\' good and evil
resonates with me, we need
to find space
to insure we can excavate veracity\'s perspectives
coherent with our actual feelings
and not be beholden
to our reactionary and
self-indulgent, emotions...
I truly believe
only the brave, can love
rest of us, merely try n imitate
romance\'s fantasy playbooks...
(I mean
just look at how many cry crimson tears
after a heartbreak, and yet
fast forward a little, to when someone
new
is by their side, and I bet you
it won\'t take too long
for all that hurt, to feel like a distance past..
so then, which is it
was that person really worth all that pain
or were we just refusing to accept
a truth we dare not face...)
March 31st, 2023 02:57
Lonely
Doggerel Dave said:
\"Who me only?\" is key. A universal condition which most folks work hard to mitigate - quite often with limited success.
March 30th, 2023 19:11
Doggerel Dave said:
\"Who me only?\" is key. A universal condition which most folks work hard to mitigate - quite often with limited success.
March 30th, 2023 19:11
Lonely
sorenbarrett said:
This applies to all no one has anyone outside of themself. Everyone else love as we might are not in the others skin
March 30th, 2023 17:26
sorenbarrett said:
This applies to all no one has anyone outside of themself. Everyone else love as we might are not in the others skin
March 30th, 2023 17:26
Love and Hate / Heaven and Hell
Doggerel Dave said:
Maybe to be \'cool\' is to be free of the kind of love which is an obsession, Soren. However Love can just be an overwhelming care for another and their way in the world, even if that does not mean their exclusive attention to one\'s self.
A neat write about what I consider to be a pathological form of that overused term.
March 28th, 2023 22:06
Doggerel Dave said:
Maybe to be \'cool\' is to be free of the kind of love which is an obsession, Soren. However Love can just be an overwhelming care for another and their way in the world, even if that does not mean their exclusive attention to one\'s self.
A neat write about what I consider to be a pathological form of that overused term.
March 28th, 2023 22:06
Love and Hate / Heaven and Hell
arqios said:
Excellent play Soren. Much food for thought.
March 28th, 2023 17:41
arqios said:
Excellent play Soren. Much food for thought.
March 28th, 2023 17:41
Love and Hate / Heaven and Hell
Bella Shepard said:
I have always heard that there is a fine line between love and hate, two sides of the same face, and could we really have one without the other, or are they dependent upon each other? You pose this question so cleverly dear poet, such a good write.
March 28th, 2023 15:59
Bella Shepard said:
I have always heard that there is a fine line between love and hate, two sides of the same face, and could we really have one without the other, or are they dependent upon each other? You pose this question so cleverly dear poet, such a good write.
March 28th, 2023 15:59
Intersection (a narrative poem)
L. B. Mek said:
I think this needs that 🔞 triggering warning, my friend
(some heavy adult themes)
on a purely literary, perspective
I liked how you imbued suspenseful intensity
in your blunt \'matter of fact\' delivery
a vivid, stark and unashamedly blunt
literary voice
yet, sadly
these fictitious words, can so easily
be someone\'s real life tragedy
...a sobering thought
March 27th, 2023 03:39
L. B. Mek said:
I think this needs that 🔞 triggering warning, my friend
(some heavy adult themes)
on a purely literary, perspective
I liked how you imbued suspenseful intensity
in your blunt \'matter of fact\' delivery
a vivid, stark and unashamedly blunt
literary voice
yet, sadly
these fictitious words, can so easily
be someone\'s real life tragedy
...a sobering thought
March 27th, 2023 03:39
Birth is a suicide mission
Bella Shepard said:
You have captured in this poem, a theme that has of late been more and more upon my aged mind. The work of every day life serves to distract us from our mortality, I think by design. And as we age we find more leisurely distractions to bide our time, but distract ourselves we must. How can we understand the incomprehensible? Perhaps we may find peace in simply accepting. Thank you dear poet for sharing these truly insightful words, you have no idea how deeply they touch.
March 24th, 2023 14:03
Bella Shepard said:
You have captured in this poem, a theme that has of late been more and more upon my aged mind. The work of every day life serves to distract us from our mortality, I think by design. And as we age we find more leisurely distractions to bide our time, but distract ourselves we must. How can we understand the incomprehensible? Perhaps we may find peace in simply accepting. Thank you dear poet for sharing these truly insightful words, you have no idea how deeply they touch.
March 24th, 2023 14:03
Birth is a suicide mission
L. B. Mek said:
a life where we shed, half
our body weight, in skin
while traversing existence;
allowing, another\'s touch
on newborn skin
to affirm our worth
while, destined to a solitary
way of life;
blessed are we, who witness
our callous reality
with heart\'s choosing to smile
ever so defiantly, bright!
be glad
dear Poetic kin
do not despair
for, this breath we live
curates
our universe\'s lullabies...
ain\'t that
a most beautiful
...dream
(Zeitgeist as that Epoch
we unveil
in each, cherished breath)
March 24th, 2023 05:29
L. B. Mek said:
a life where we shed, half
our body weight, in skin
while traversing existence;
allowing, another\'s touch
on newborn skin
to affirm our worth
while, destined to a solitary
way of life;
blessed are we, who witness
our callous reality
with heart\'s choosing to smile
ever so defiantly, bright!
be glad
dear Poetic kin
do not despair
for, this breath we live
curates
our universe\'s lullabies...
ain\'t that
a most beautiful
...dream
(Zeitgeist as that Epoch
we unveil
in each, cherished breath)
March 24th, 2023 05:29
Home
L. B. Mek said:
such a soothing read, dear Poet
(A place to call home
An anchor to house our hope
and a warmth, to carry with us
wherever our hearts, may roam...)
March 24th, 2023 05:07
L. B. Mek said:
such a soothing read, dear Poet
(A place to call home
An anchor to house our hope
and a warmth, to carry with us
wherever our hearts, may roam...)
March 24th, 2023 05:07
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