Comments received on poems by arqios
hearth of language
Goldfinch60 said:
That warmth between two people is totally irreplaceable Rik.
Andy
November 29th, 2025 02:16
Goldfinch60 said:
That warmth between two people is totally irreplaceable Rik.
Andy
November 29th, 2025 02:16
hearth of language
Doggerel Dave said:
The connection in between the words forms the moment in space and time. You are so good at this, Rik - Thanks.
November 28th, 2025 17:06
Doggerel Dave said:
The connection in between the words forms the moment in space and time. You are so good at this, Rik - Thanks.
November 28th, 2025 17:06
hearth of language
Bella Shepard said:
The hearth of language, the home, the table where bread is broken, love and comradery shared, cherished. Beautifully written dear poet!
November 28th, 2025 12:48
Bella Shepard said:
The hearth of language, the home, the table where bread is broken, love and comradery shared, cherished. Beautifully written dear poet!
November 28th, 2025 12:48
hearth of language
Paul Gerard Reed said:
I like that phrase \'the steady cost of care\'. You are right - care is not grand or distant. Steadiness is a quality much under-valued.
November 28th, 2025 10:51
Paul Gerard Reed said:
I like that phrase \'the steady cost of care\'. You are right - care is not grand or distant. Steadiness is a quality much under-valued.
November 28th, 2025 10:51
hearth of language
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this lands softly but sure…the “small gestures put us back in step” moment really stayed with me, and I’ve lived that kind of quiet reconnection. Warm, grounded, and beautifully human. Love it, dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 28th, 2025 10:46
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this lands softly but sure…the “small gestures put us back in step” moment really stayed with me, and I’ve lived that kind of quiet reconnection. Warm, grounded, and beautifully human. Love it, dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 28th, 2025 10:46
hearth of language
orchidee said:
Cooeee! You being here? Or being there?! lol.
November 28th, 2025 07:52
orchidee said:
Cooeee! You being here? Or being there?! lol.
November 28th, 2025 07:52
hearth of language
arqios said:
Thanks so much @Demar Desu for the Fave 🤩 truly appreciate you 🙏🏻🕊️
November 28th, 2025 07:22
arqios said:
Thanks so much @Demar Desu for the Fave 🤩 truly appreciate you 🙏🏻🕊️
November 28th, 2025 07:22
hearth of language
sorenbarrett said:
Comradery, words shared, time spent, warmth of company. Time the most precious of commodities is well spent with someone cherished. A lovely write Cryptic
November 28th, 2025 06:41
sorenbarrett said:
Comradery, words shared, time spent, warmth of company. Time the most precious of commodities is well spent with someone cherished. A lovely write Cryptic
November 28th, 2025 06:41
hearth of language
Paul Bell said:
This feels like the visit to the care home.
Maybe dementia has taken its toll, but sometimes the spark is there.
Tough journey and echoed throughout the land by couples whose life ends this way.
November 28th, 2025 05:52
Paul Bell said:
This feels like the visit to the care home.
Maybe dementia has taken its toll, but sometimes the spark is there.
Tough journey and echoed throughout the land by couples whose life ends this way.
November 28th, 2025 05:52
ink on the Savannah
Goldfinch60 said:
Those words can bring so many thoughts Rik.
Andy
November 28th, 2025 01:57
Goldfinch60 said:
Those words can bring so many thoughts Rik.
Andy
November 28th, 2025 01:57
ink on the Savannah
Kevin Hulme said:
The Creative Process I find so enjoyable; but when a Poem Complete - A sense of Loss until the Next. Oh for a really fine subject.
Well Written Poem.
November 27th, 2025 20:32
Kevin Hulme said:
The Creative Process I find so enjoyable; but when a Poem Complete - A sense of Loss until the Next. Oh for a really fine subject.
Well Written Poem.
November 27th, 2025 20:32
ink on the Savannah
Doggerel Dave said:
\"scarfing fragments into chorus
more than jotted lines on a page.\"
Undeniably it takes words stuck together in juxtaposition upon a page to create something. The question is what? Here your hyena and meercat stanzas crack it. Would that all jotted lines on a MPS page did the same.
November 27th, 2025 17:46
Doggerel Dave said:
\"scarfing fragments into chorus
more than jotted lines on a page.\"
Undeniably it takes words stuck together in juxtaposition upon a page to create something. The question is what? Here your hyena and meercat stanzas crack it. Would that all jotted lines on a MPS page did the same.
November 27th, 2025 17:46
ink on the Savannah
Friendship said:
The poem revolves around the duality of nature, specifically the tension between menace and playfulness. The subject matter explores the contrasting behaviors of animals (the hyena and the meerkat) as metaphors for different aspects of life and creativity. The poem suggests that within the chaos of existence, there is a dance between danger and joy, fear and curiosity, emphasizing that these elements coexist and even enrich one another.
November 27th, 2025 08:39
Friendship said:
The poem revolves around the duality of nature, specifically the tension between menace and playfulness. The subject matter explores the contrasting behaviors of animals (the hyena and the meerkat) as metaphors for different aspects of life and creativity. The poem suggests that within the chaos of existence, there is a dance between danger and joy, fear and curiosity, emphasizing that these elements coexist and even enrich one another.
November 27th, 2025 08:39
ink on the Savannah
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this is such a vivid metaphor for creation itself…the teeth and the darting eyes…the danger and the play wrapped together. It reads like the page came alive. Beautiful work, dear poet and friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 27th, 2025 07:56
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this is such a vivid metaphor for creation itself…the teeth and the darting eyes…the danger and the play wrapped together. It reads like the page came alive. Beautiful work, dear poet and friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 27th, 2025 07:56
ink on the Savannah
sorenbarrett said:
My mind wanders through the grass. Hyena it seems to laugh but fierce and powerful. A scavenger stealing bits and pieces of other\'s kills. Poems carcasses pillaged. Care must be taken for savage critics lie in the shadows ready to reclaim what has been taken. Now a meerkat the poet raises his timid head to assess the threat before descending to safety. Pieces of carrion joined, eaten, becoming new cells and life in the circle of a poem. A lovely metaphorical write and a fave
November 27th, 2025 06:26
sorenbarrett said:
My mind wanders through the grass. Hyena it seems to laugh but fierce and powerful. A scavenger stealing bits and pieces of other\'s kills. Poems carcasses pillaged. Care must be taken for savage critics lie in the shadows ready to reclaim what has been taken. Now a meerkat the poet raises his timid head to assess the threat before descending to safety. Pieces of carrion joined, eaten, becoming new cells and life in the circle of a poem. A lovely metaphorical write and a fave
November 27th, 2025 06:26
forever keep silent
rebellion_in_sanity said:
I felt the poem transporting me to the place it talked about- perhaps one of the strongest appreciation I know of. Fave.
November 27th, 2025 04:52
rebellion_in_sanity said:
I felt the poem transporting me to the place it talked about- perhaps one of the strongest appreciation I know of. Fave.
November 27th, 2025 04:52
forever keep silent
Goldfinch60 said:
That silence in our life can be such a powerful and life saving place to be Rik.
Andy
November 27th, 2025 02:22
Goldfinch60 said:
That silence in our life can be such a powerful and life saving place to be Rik.
Andy
November 27th, 2025 02:22
forever keep silent
Kevin Hulme said:
I get a Picture of Someone in Prison from this .
Yes or No? But - a fine Poem.
November 26th, 2025 21:10
Kevin Hulme said:
I get a Picture of Someone in Prison from this .
Yes or No? But - a fine Poem.
November 26th, 2025 21:10
forever keep silent
orchidee said:
BOO!! I did not keep silent. lol. \'Oh, go back to sleep,\' says Fido to me. \'Why did you wake up and shatter the silence?\' lol.
November 26th, 2025 16:05
orchidee said:
BOO!! I did not keep silent. lol. \'Oh, go back to sleep,\' says Fido to me. \'Why did you wake up and shatter the silence?\' lol.
November 26th, 2025 16:05
forever keep silent
Thomas W Case said:
Powerful work...you build tention and create a vivid picture
November 26th, 2025 13:02
Thomas W Case said:
Powerful work...you build tention and create a vivid picture
November 26th, 2025 13:02
forever keep silent
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this reads like memory carved into stone… restrained, brutal, beautifully controlled. The quiet becomes its own story. Well done! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 26th, 2025 11:29
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this reads like memory carved into stone… restrained, brutal, beautifully controlled. The quiet becomes its own story. Well done! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 26th, 2025 11:29
forever keep silent
orchidee said:
Bit of french there?! Zwigen-wotsit. I never did get the hang of some languages! lol.
Well, if this is cryptic, as some other poets say, there\'s no chance of me getting to the true meaning(s) of it. lol.
November 26th, 2025 09:05
orchidee said:
Bit of french there?! Zwigen-wotsit. I never did get the hang of some languages! lol.
Well, if this is cryptic, as some other poets say, there\'s no chance of me getting to the true meaning(s) of it. lol.
November 26th, 2025 09:05
forever keep silent
sorenbarrett said:
Well Cryptic this one is cryptic. The feeling is there but not the substance. It lies concealed in that chamber condemned to life long silence. You are right there is no cypher for this, to put words to dreams and their feelings. Dreams that appear clear hold symbols of fear and mystery not coded in waking words. There is a haunted feeling to this poem that speaks out of the dark in unintelligible mumbles never revealing the monster in the cell. A lovely write my friend a fave
November 26th, 2025 06:12
sorenbarrett said:
Well Cryptic this one is cryptic. The feeling is there but not the substance. It lies concealed in that chamber condemned to life long silence. You are right there is no cypher for this, to put words to dreams and their feelings. Dreams that appear clear hold symbols of fear and mystery not coded in waking words. There is a haunted feeling to this poem that speaks out of the dark in unintelligible mumbles never revealing the monster in the cell. A lovely write my friend a fave
November 26th, 2025 06:12
river’s ardent flame
Goldfinch60 said:
Fine words Rik, those flames of light are there for us all to follow.
Andy
November 26th, 2025 02:24
Goldfinch60 said:
Fine words Rik, those flames of light are there for us all to follow.
Andy
November 26th, 2025 02:24
river’s ardent flame
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, the way you let memory flicker through Argand flame… the way the bridge breathes with every crossing… it all feels alive and tender at once. This poem moves like something cherished. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 25th, 2025 23:20
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, the way you let memory flicker through Argand flame… the way the bridge breathes with every crossing… it all feels alive and tender at once. This poem moves like something cherished. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 25th, 2025 23:20
river’s ardent flame
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:
Superb poem in fine classic style wow! Kudos!
Plz also read and comment on my newest poem
November 25th, 2025 10:10
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:
Superb poem in fine classic style wow! Kudos!
Plz also read and comment on my newest poem
November 25th, 2025 10:10
river’s ardent flame
sorenbarrett said:
A beautiful picture my friend with deep and running meaning of memories and recollections. Nicely done with such great images emerging in light from darkness where the past is infused in every stone.
November 25th, 2025 08:42
sorenbarrett said:
A beautiful picture my friend with deep and running meaning of memories and recollections. Nicely done with such great images emerging in light from darkness where the past is infused in every stone.
November 25th, 2025 08:42
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