Comments received on poems by sorenbarrett
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
Home
arqios said:
Such is home and home it seems shall always be! Thanks Soren.
March 21st, 2023 09:35
arqios said:
Such is home and home it seems shall always be! Thanks Soren.
March 21st, 2023 09:35
Fear of not knowing
L. B. Mek said:
\'Through blind eyes I see the invisible
Truth I hear through a deaf ear
Sensations of logic inexplicable\'
explaining feelings, as like
defining perspectives
betwixt blinks we swerve reality\'s
one moment\'s monumental
is but a forgotten blink\'s, trivial
yet we seek anchors to meaning
aspire to comprehend
ephemeral happiness
within a lifetime of strife, asking
why?
screeching our rage from that first
breath
I think
it all begins, with our misunderstanding
of procreating\'s, purpose
we give exams to people, to drive cars
yet anyone can have a child, and dumb it in the bin...
we fail to comprehend
it is not a child
but a Person, we\'re taking responsibility for
an entire living breathing human being
destined to mark humanity with their deeds, or lack there of..
tell me friend
what business de we have bringing a child
into a world, if we never had parents
to teach us and show us what to do
modernity has warped into a cynical degradation
where parentless children, birth
parentless children
assuming love and Mac\'d happy meals
is enough, to curate a person...
used to be, everyone knew
\'it takes a village to raise a child\'
so now we\'re left to path a life, where:
\'Feelings of wellness I fear\'
depending on flags, idealistic politics and hollow beliefs
to curate our anchor to meaning and worth...
how futile? to what end?
every one of us, every one
learned cruelty from those, we\'re told
know, what is best for us...
better, I think
to realise as early as we can
in this river of life, we pebbles
swim alone
whatever aesthetics, we identify with
what\'s inevitable
is that we all bleed, one colour
and cry the same tears
anything and everything that opposes
that Truism of existence, we must refute!
March 21st, 2023 03:07
L. B. Mek said:
\'Through blind eyes I see the invisible
Truth I hear through a deaf ear
Sensations of logic inexplicable\'
explaining feelings, as like
defining perspectives
betwixt blinks we swerve reality\'s
one moment\'s monumental
is but a forgotten blink\'s, trivial
yet we seek anchors to meaning
aspire to comprehend
ephemeral happiness
within a lifetime of strife, asking
why?
screeching our rage from that first
breath
I think
it all begins, with our misunderstanding
of procreating\'s, purpose
we give exams to people, to drive cars
yet anyone can have a child, and dumb it in the bin...
we fail to comprehend
it is not a child
but a Person, we\'re taking responsibility for
an entire living breathing human being
destined to mark humanity with their deeds, or lack there of..
tell me friend
what business de we have bringing a child
into a world, if we never had parents
to teach us and show us what to do
modernity has warped into a cynical degradation
where parentless children, birth
parentless children
assuming love and Mac\'d happy meals
is enough, to curate a person...
used to be, everyone knew
\'it takes a village to raise a child\'
so now we\'re left to path a life, where:
\'Feelings of wellness I fear\'
depending on flags, idealistic politics and hollow beliefs
to curate our anchor to meaning and worth...
how futile? to what end?
every one of us, every one
learned cruelty from those, we\'re told
know, what is best for us...
better, I think
to realise as early as we can
in this river of life, we pebbles
swim alone
whatever aesthetics, we identify with
what\'s inevitable
is that we all bleed, one colour
and cry the same tears
anything and everything that opposes
that Truism of existence, we must refute!
March 21st, 2023 03:07
Fear of not knowing
Bella Shepard said:
I think dear friend that each day is an exercise in dispelling our fear of life, by virtue of the distractions we invent. We create our own reality without the benefit of understanding the consequences. I sometimes wonder if our evolution has fallen short, or if our biological thinking apparatus has reached its limit. This poem dives deep and I love it!
March 20th, 2023 13:43
Bella Shepard said:
I think dear friend that each day is an exercise in dispelling our fear of life, by virtue of the distractions we invent. We create our own reality without the benefit of understanding the consequences. I sometimes wonder if our evolution has fallen short, or if our biological thinking apparatus has reached its limit. This poem dives deep and I love it!
March 20th, 2023 13:43
Fear of not knowing
Doggerel Dave said:
I’ve always taken the view that my reality is subject to many factors, including but not exclusively my size, senses and unconscious choices I make with respect to the information I choose to take or exclude.
You have poetically given that more depth, Soren. Thanks.
March 19th, 2023 17:52
Doggerel Dave said:
I’ve always taken the view that my reality is subject to many factors, including but not exclusively my size, senses and unconscious choices I make with respect to the information I choose to take or exclude.
You have poetically given that more depth, Soren. Thanks.
March 19th, 2023 17:52
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