Conscience
Firefall said:

Your words accurately capture the closed mindset of so many.

November 7th, 2023 15:31

Chance
Arastu Goyal said:

Nice and clever piece! Really enjoyed this!

November 5th, 2023 10:56

Chance
Goldfinch60 said:

May that hand be your winning hand Bella.

Andy

November 5th, 2023 02:19

Chance
orchidee said:

Good write Bella.
Those (three?! Doh!) brain cells come back from vacation too?! heehee.

November 4th, 2023 02:51

Chance
Teddy.15 said:

Oh I love your play on morrow, that is superb
And so true we will indeed. You have surpassed your own skills in Senryu because there is nothing to say but kudos on every single one ❤️

November 3rd, 2023 16:43

Nothing Clever To Say
Parisab said:

I hope that you’re over the ‘big empty’ Hope that you are enjoying…

October 13th, 2023 12:07

My Life On Earth
L. B. Mek said:

a perspective
I excavated from endless searching
is that, however grand
the universe and its shining pieces
it
would be so pathetic
without an audience....
so yes, we are mere afterthought
dots
in comparison to their longevity
and scale
.. yet
without our eyes, technically
they wouldn\'t exist.. how sad
to contemplate..
Schrödinger, was on to something
(not the cat thing)
that\'s just peek-a-boo made boring
but everything else..
something..
lol
(yeah I get my ego trimmed
every other scar in life, a daily
routine
helps me keep balance
when crawling through life..)
thank you!
a great write my wise friend

October 13th, 2023 06:28

Nothing Clever To Say
Goldfinch60 said:

Enjoy your trip. I am sure you will have a wonderful time Bella.

Andy

October 11th, 2023 02:36

Nothing Clever To Say
sorenbarrett said:

I don\'t like to see you go but have a wonderful time and return rejuvenated with more poetic ideas.

October 10th, 2023 16:16

Nothing Clever To Say
Teddy.15 said:

I\'ve just been in fluville ❤️ ❤️ have fun and see you soon my dearest Bella ❤️

October 10th, 2023 15:01

Nothing Clever To Say
Arastu Goyal said:

Really enjoyed reading this, nice work!

October 10th, 2023 10:43

Nothing Clever To Say
orchidee said:

Yes, have fun Bella!

October 10th, 2023 10:33

My Life On Earth
Goldfinch60 said:

Nature and the Universe will always be there for us Bella.

Andy

October 10th, 2023 01:28

My Life On Earth
MendedFences27 said:

A wonderful poem. We are all \"made from star stuff\" all a part of the The Big Bang, and we all have a link to Nature. Your poem displays an understanding that many of us are missing. Us and this planet co-exist and we need to care for one another. Love dreading your poem. - Phil A.

October 9th, 2023 15:12

My Life On Earth
Soman Ragavan said:


My comments on the poem \"My life on earth” by Bella Shapard.
“symbiotic” : one needing the other.
You link yourself with creatures on land, in the sea and with vegetation and flowers.
“(…) in regard to external nature he has a refined sensibility and a feeling of communion; (.....) (P : 199). (Section by F. W. Thomas). \"THE LEGACY OF INDIA.\" (Edited by G. T. Garratt). Introduction by the Marquess of Zetland. Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1937. Full acknowledgements are made to the authors, publishers and rights-holders.
Poets have a communion with nature and this enables them to detect and write about the hidden beauties of nature.

“WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850). Wordsworth was not only \"Nature\'s priest,\" revealing to us \"the wonder and bloom of the world,\" but also an interpreter of human life both in the poetic and philosophic expression of his own views of life and also in his narrative poems….” \"AN ANTHOLOGY OF LONGER VERSE.\" (Edited by T. W. Moles and A. R. Moon). London : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1966. Full acknowledgements are made to the authors, publishers and rights-holders.
The poet wants to discover the bloom of nature and transmit his findings to humanity.
“I am one with the moon and the stars…” Your communion does not stop on earth; it goes beyond and reaches the sky and the planets. The shining planets are a source of poetic inspiration.
“(…) In his treatment of nature, Browning, like most of his contemporaries, was inevitably influenced by the nature poetry of the Romantic era. Certain notes in his work are reminiscent of his early master Shelley. The love of a wide expanse, of the open sky and the wind, a keen eye for effects of light and colour, especially for the transformations worked by dawn and sunset, a power of seizing the more ethereal qualities of a landscape --- these characteristics he has in common with Shelley. (…)”
The love of the sky and the heavens enables poets to capture the beauty found in there and transmit it to humanity.
“My life on earth it seems so small…” Compared with the vastness of the firmament, human life appears so small, as almost to be lost in the universe. Yet, the poet acknowledges that the view of life itself is a grand one, as it is part of the expansive universe.
“I gaze with upward eyes
Take in the marvel of the skies…”
The marvel of earth-bound life is increased by the marvel of what we see in the skies. Stars and planets seem so far away as to be inaccessible. We can only wonder at and dream about the marvels in the skies. They are rather beyond our grasp, but the poetic mind will still try to capture their beauty and write about it.
“I think I will never know
The meaning of life below”
Both what we see on the face of the earth and the mysteries and marvels of the skies make us realise that we will never truly understand the complexities of life on earth.
“(…) Literature does not, of course, concentrate on a particular area of knowledge, as, for example, does Chemistry or History. Literature, we can say with some reason, is concerned with all aspects of Man and the universe in their entirety. (.....) (P : 7). H. L. B. Moody : \"THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.\" London : Longman Group Ltd, 1971. (\"LONGMAN HANDBOOKS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS\" Series). Full acknowledgements are made to the authors, publishers and rights-holders.
The poet looks at the entire universe and tries to decipher its meaning. Soman Ragavan. 9 October, 2023. //
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