Comments received on poems by sorenbarrett
White sepulchers
RSM0812 said:
This is for sure a personal favorite. Absolutely remarkable.
June 19th, 2025 10:07
RSM0812 said:
This is for sure a personal favorite. Absolutely remarkable.
June 19th, 2025 10:07
White sepulchers
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This poem, my friend, is as prophetic as anything I have read in the Bible or elsewhere. Why? Because, contrary to popular belief, prophecy calls out wrong doing and warns of its consequences, rather than merely predicting the future. The prophetic voice speaks from a transcendent place, a \"God\'s eye view\", and calls the bullshit bullshit. The \"predictions\" are common sense...if you keep doing this, you will end up reaping that. This poem does this in all the right ways. A fave for me, for sure. LOVE THIS and will be back to read it again! 🌹👏 Oh, and I an not sure if you intended this or not—my guess, being an avid reader of yours is that it was intentional—but \"White Sepulchres\" references, for me, Jesus\' woes to the religious leaders and scribes in Matthew 23:27-28: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.\" (NRSV). Like I said, your poem is prophetic in all the right ways. Bravo, my dear friend and poet. This one packs a punch of Biblical proportions. 🌹👏
June 19th, 2025 08:47
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This poem, my friend, is as prophetic as anything I have read in the Bible or elsewhere. Why? Because, contrary to popular belief, prophecy calls out wrong doing and warns of its consequences, rather than merely predicting the future. The prophetic voice speaks from a transcendent place, a \"God\'s eye view\", and calls the bullshit bullshit. The \"predictions\" are common sense...if you keep doing this, you will end up reaping that. This poem does this in all the right ways. A fave for me, for sure. LOVE THIS and will be back to read it again! 🌹👏 Oh, and I an not sure if you intended this or not—my guess, being an avid reader of yours is that it was intentional—but \"White Sepulchres\" references, for me, Jesus\' woes to the religious leaders and scribes in Matthew 23:27-28: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.\" (NRSV). Like I said, your poem is prophetic in all the right ways. Bravo, my dear friend and poet. This one packs a punch of Biblical proportions. 🌹👏
June 19th, 2025 08:47
White sepulchers
Jerry Reynolds said:
Wow! That is, by far, the best thing I have read in a long time.
June 19th, 2025 06:49
Jerry Reynolds said:
Wow! That is, by far, the best thing I have read in a long time.
June 19th, 2025 06:49
White sepulchers
Poetic Licence said:
I interpreted this as relevant to the current issues going on in the world, where nations friendships and tolerance of each other is collapsing, and the death and destruction which will follow, interesting and intriguing write, enjoyed
June 19th, 2025 06:17
Poetic Licence said:
I interpreted this as relevant to the current issues going on in the world, where nations friendships and tolerance of each other is collapsing, and the death and destruction which will follow, interesting and intriguing write, enjoyed
June 19th, 2025 06:17
White sepulchers
Soman Ragavan said:
\"once brothers now enemies...\" : the stabs from \"near and dear\" ones are the hardest to bear. From where we expected suppport come low blows.
\"Righteous loathing in sheep\'s clothing...\" : \"The quote \"O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!\" is from William Shakespeare\'s The Merchant of Venice....\"
June 19th, 2025 04:50
Soman Ragavan said:
\"once brothers now enemies...\" : the stabs from \"near and dear\" ones are the hardest to bear. From where we expected suppport come low blows.
\"Righteous loathing in sheep\'s clothing...\" : \"The quote \"O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!\" is from William Shakespeare\'s The Merchant of Venice....\"
June 19th, 2025 04:50
White sepulchers
David Wakeling said:
This is packed full of imagery and metaphors.I read it twice to really appreciate it. I enjoyed the middle rhyming.That is amazing. There is a sombre feel about this piece.After all it is about death and graves.VEry powerful
June 19th, 2025 04:21
David Wakeling said:
This is packed full of imagery and metaphors.I read it twice to really appreciate it. I enjoyed the middle rhyming.That is amazing. There is a sombre feel about this piece.After all it is about death and graves.VEry powerful
June 19th, 2025 04:21
White sepulchers
Teddy.15 said:
The great awakening. My goodnesses you truly are on a par of your own dear poet. 🌹 Magnificent
June 19th, 2025 03:39
Teddy.15 said:
The great awakening. My goodnesses you truly are on a par of your own dear poet. 🌹 Magnificent
June 19th, 2025 03:39
My Friend
Goldfinch60 said:
Some people who are seemingly odd can become great friends soren.
Andy
June 19th, 2025 01:22
Goldfinch60 said:
Some people who are seemingly odd can become great friends soren.
Andy
June 19th, 2025 01:22
My Friend
Tristan Robert Lange said:
\"Her smile was a stained picket fence.\" Your descriptions are second to none. This is a most tender and wonderful poem about a quirky, unique person who had an impact on you. I felt I knew her too by the end of it. Powerful, my friend. 🌹👏
June 18th, 2025 17:15
Tristan Robert Lange said:
\"Her smile was a stained picket fence.\" Your descriptions are second to none. This is a most tender and wonderful poem about a quirky, unique person who had an impact on you. I felt I knew her too by the end of it. Powerful, my friend. 🌹👏
June 18th, 2025 17:15
My Friend
Teddy.15 said:
Oh I just love this so much. Wow. Imagery rich and a suprise at the end. 🌹 💋
June 18th, 2025 14:16
Teddy.15 said:
Oh I just love this so much. Wow. Imagery rich and a suprise at the end. 🌹 💋
June 18th, 2025 14:16
My Friend
Mottakeenur Rehman said:
Your poem paints her wild soul so bright—
a beautiful, broken, wandering light
June 18th, 2025 13:25
Mottakeenur Rehman said:
Your poem paints her wild soul so bright—
a beautiful, broken, wandering light
June 18th, 2025 13:25
My Friend
Lorenz said:
I met her in the faces of my road...Her name was chris and she was french !
June 18th, 2025 13:19
Lorenz said:
I met her in the faces of my road...Her name was chris and she was french !
June 18th, 2025 13:19
My Friend
Jerry Reynolds said:
Good write, SB. I know her. Another time and place. But I know her.
June 18th, 2025 07:54
Jerry Reynolds said:
Good write, SB. I know her. Another time and place. But I know her.
June 18th, 2025 07:54
My Friend
Doggerel Dave said:
A life unencumbered by convention but rich in generosity. And your first French..... life tuition can come from unlikely people sometimes
June 18th, 2025 07:33
Doggerel Dave said:
A life unencumbered by convention but rich in generosity. And your first French..... life tuition can come from unlikely people sometimes
June 18th, 2025 07:33
My Friend
arqios said:
It is good when we recognise friendships in unlikely places and even inanimate faces; much like Poetry has been a friend faithful and true.🙏🏻🕊
June 18th, 2025 06:32
arqios said:
It is good when we recognise friendships in unlikely places and even inanimate faces; much like Poetry has been a friend faithful and true.🙏🏻🕊
June 18th, 2025 06:32
My Friend
Poetic Licence said:
This reminded me, I once new a woman who for a while actually did live in her car, and this description would fit her quite well, enjoyed the read
June 18th, 2025 04:32
Poetic Licence said:
This reminded me, I once new a woman who for a while actually did live in her car, and this description would fit her quite well, enjoyed the read
June 18th, 2025 04:32
My Friend
David Wakeling said:
This is a great description of an excentric partner.Very well constructed and excellent cadence.It read very well.Sadly it didn\'t last.Great fun poem
June 18th, 2025 04:28
David Wakeling said:
This is a great description of an excentric partner.Very well constructed and excellent cadence.It read very well.Sadly it didn\'t last.Great fun poem
June 18th, 2025 04:28
What a man is
Tom Dylan said:
A fine, thought-provoking piece, Soren. Nicely done.
June 18th, 2025 04:18
Tom Dylan said:
A fine, thought-provoking piece, Soren. Nicely done.
June 18th, 2025 04:18
What a man is
Goldfinch60 said:
It can happen if people respect what they promised soren.
Andy
June 18th, 2025 02:16
Goldfinch60 said:
It can happen if people respect what they promised soren.
Andy
June 18th, 2025 02:16
What a man is
Teddy.15 said:
A Gentleman\'s promise. This is gorgeous and with such a message of strength and acceptance, things don\'t always go the way we want, it\'s how we deal with the cards we are dealt that counts 🌹
June 17th, 2025 13:32
Teddy.15 said:
A Gentleman\'s promise. This is gorgeous and with such a message of strength and acceptance, things don\'t always go the way we want, it\'s how we deal with the cards we are dealt that counts 🌹
June 17th, 2025 13:32
What a man is
Damaso said:
Beautiful, my friend! A beautiful utopia. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
June 17th, 2025 08:46
Damaso said:
Beautiful, my friend! A beautiful utopia. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
June 17th, 2025 08:46
What a man is
Tristan Robert Lange said:
INTEGRITY. That is what this poem is about. And too few people have it any more. Excellent job, my friend! 🌹👏
June 17th, 2025 08:16
Tristan Robert Lange said:
INTEGRITY. That is what this poem is about. And too few people have it any more. Excellent job, my friend! 🌹👏
June 17th, 2025 08:16
What a man is
Mutley Ravishes said:
I recall reading about David Thompson (Welsh explorer of Canada), who after having spent years in the wilderness with fellow explorers and Native peoples, returned to the city. He had made some money trading and lent the money to various city folks who asked for loans. In the wilderness, a man\'s word was sacred. Not so in the city. He was left destitute.
June 17th, 2025 05:58
Mutley Ravishes said:
I recall reading about David Thompson (Welsh explorer of Canada), who after having spent years in the wilderness with fellow explorers and Native peoples, returned to the city. He had made some money trading and lent the money to various city folks who asked for loans. In the wilderness, a man\'s word was sacred. Not so in the city. He was left destitute.
June 17th, 2025 05:58
What a man is
Poetic Licence said:
A refreshing reminder of how things used to be, your word was everything, enjoyed the read
June 17th, 2025 05:19
Poetic Licence said:
A refreshing reminder of how things used to be, your word was everything, enjoyed the read
June 17th, 2025 05:19
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