Comments received on poems by arqios
benign maleficense
Paul Bell said:
It\'s all in the handshake and smile.
You just know you\'re being shafted, and strangely enough, it\'s always professional bodies.
December 2nd, 2025 11:02
Paul Bell said:
It\'s all in the handshake and smile.
You just know you\'re being shafted, and strangely enough, it\'s always professional bodies.
December 2nd, 2025 11:02
benign maleficense
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, I’ve felt this kind of institutional sleight of hand…the polite mask over real damage. You captured that erosion with precision as only a poet could! Well done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 2nd, 2025 10:46
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, I’ve felt this kind of institutional sleight of hand…the polite mask over real damage. You captured that erosion with precision as only a poet could! Well done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 2nd, 2025 10:46
benign maleficense
orchidee said:
And what\'s more, I wouldn\'t like that word in a spelling quiz - mall-e-wotsit!
December 2nd, 2025 09:52
orchidee said:
And what\'s more, I wouldn\'t like that word in a spelling quiz - mall-e-wotsit!
December 2nd, 2025 09:52
benign maleficense
orchidee said:
Sounds like some shifty or dodgy goings -on here! lol. Fido asks me: \'Don\'t say you\'ve got the meaning of a cryptic poem. You must have gained an extra brain cell. That\'ll make 4 in total now\' - whereas Fido has 40 billion! lol.
December 2nd, 2025 09:51
orchidee said:
Sounds like some shifty or dodgy goings -on here! lol. Fido asks me: \'Don\'t say you\'ve got the meaning of a cryptic poem. You must have gained an extra brain cell. That\'ll make 4 in total now\' - whereas Fido has 40 billion! lol.
December 2nd, 2025 09:51
benign maleficense
sorenbarrett said:
I hear the indignation in this write Cryptic an outrage in quiet that infuses into the bureaucratic papers of justice. Oversights wiped away with a shrug injustice with an \"I don\'t make the rules\" an injury with the response \"sorry about that\" treated at the counter with the words \"unfortunately\" Better that they be open and just say \"fuck you\" An oversight, laziness padded with indifference and who suffers. As they say \"that\'s the way it goes\" Great write my friend
December 2nd, 2025 06:32
sorenbarrett said:
I hear the indignation in this write Cryptic an outrage in quiet that infuses into the bureaucratic papers of justice. Oversights wiped away with a shrug injustice with an \"I don\'t make the rules\" an injury with the response \"sorry about that\" treated at the counter with the words \"unfortunately\" Better that they be open and just say \"fuck you\" An oversight, laziness padded with indifference and who suffers. As they say \"that\'s the way it goes\" Great write my friend
December 2nd, 2025 06:32
benign maleficense
Friendship said:
Well written, my friend, the poem explores the concept of \"benign malfeasance,\" suggesting that actions intended to be harmless can still lead to damaging or unethical outcomes. It critiques the bureaucratic and societal systems that allow for harm to be masked by politeness, legality, and superficial kindness.
December 2nd, 2025 05:44
Friendship said:
Well written, my friend, the poem explores the concept of \"benign malfeasance,\" suggesting that actions intended to be harmless can still lead to damaging or unethical outcomes. It critiques the bureaucratic and societal systems that allow for harm to be masked by politeness, legality, and superficial kindness.
December 2nd, 2025 05:44
outstaring a blank wall
Goldfinch60 said:
That blank wall can have so many memories of what it has seen Rik and one will never know.
Andy
December 2nd, 2025 02:20
Goldfinch60 said:
That blank wall can have so many memories of what it has seen Rik and one will never know.
Andy
December 2nd, 2025 02:20
outstaring a blank wall
Kevin Hulme said:
With this I took the \'Blank Wall \' to be a Blank Sheet of Paper; awaiting the Words of a Poem to be written. A good Write.
December 1st, 2025 19:25
Kevin Hulme said:
With this I took the \'Blank Wall \' to be a Blank Sheet of Paper; awaiting the Words of a Poem to be written. A good Write.
December 1st, 2025 19:25
outstaring a blank wall
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this hits with quiet honesty…the dread of the blank wall turning into something living. You caught that moment when creation finally exhales. Breathtakingly well-written, my friend.🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 1st, 2025 18:07
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this hits with quiet honesty…the dread of the blank wall turning into something living. You caught that moment when creation finally exhales. Breathtakingly well-written, my friend.🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 1st, 2025 18:07
outstaring a blank wall
Friendship said:
The poem revolves around the creative process and the struggle with perfectionism in art and self-expression. It explores the tension between the desire for a flawless outcome and the necessity of embracing imperfection as part of the creative journey. The subject matter delves into the emotions and thoughts that arise when faced with a blank slate—symbolized by the wall—highlighting the potential for growth and transformation that comes from accepting chaos and messiness in creation. Ultimately, it conveys that true artistry is not just about achieving perfection, but about the quiet evolution of ideas and the act of bringing them to life.
December 1st, 2025 18:06
Friendship said:
The poem revolves around the creative process and the struggle with perfectionism in art and self-expression. It explores the tension between the desire for a flawless outcome and the necessity of embracing imperfection as part of the creative journey. The subject matter delves into the emotions and thoughts that arise when faced with a blank slate—symbolized by the wall—highlighting the potential for growth and transformation that comes from accepting chaos and messiness in creation. Ultimately, it conveys that true artistry is not just about achieving perfection, but about the quiet evolution of ideas and the act of bringing them to life.
December 1st, 2025 18:06
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (reprise)
Paul Bell said:
Three men of the sea.
I know boats are a lot safer now, but once upon a time fishermen left port and some never returned.
They tell me it\'s in the blood, and every fisherman will have a story to tell, and rightly so.
Sad now that docks throughout Britain lie empty.
December 1st, 2025 07:06
Paul Bell said:
Three men of the sea.
I know boats are a lot safer now, but once upon a time fishermen left port and some never returned.
They tell me it\'s in the blood, and every fisherman will have a story to tell, and rightly so.
Sad now that docks throughout Britain lie empty.
December 1st, 2025 07:06
outstaring a blank wall
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic this poem brought to mind the story of Bodhidharma and how he sat facing a wall for months waiting for one that would take his place of enlightenment. A poem that requires deep thought my friend
December 1st, 2025 06:14
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic this poem brought to mind the story of Bodhidharma and how he sat facing a wall for months waiting for one that would take his place of enlightenment. A poem that requires deep thought my friend
December 1st, 2025 06:14
outstaring a blank wall
orchidee said:
I know - you had painted that wall and were watching the paint dry. You were going to watch \'Neighbours\' but found that watching paint dry was 10 times more interesting. lol. Make that 100 times. heehee.
December 1st, 2025 05:44
orchidee said:
I know - you had painted that wall and were watching the paint dry. You were going to watch \'Neighbours\' but found that watching paint dry was 10 times more interesting. lol. Make that 100 times. heehee.
December 1st, 2025 05:44
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (reprise)
Goldfinch60 said:
Wonderful words Rik, those fishermen will live forever in the the hearts of many.
December 1st, 2025 02:49
Goldfinch60 said:
Wonderful words Rik, those fishermen will live forever in the the hearts of many.
December 1st, 2025 02:49
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (reprise)
orchidee said:
A sort of story about Tom, Dick, and Harry, with changes of names?! heehee.
November 30th, 2025 10:24
orchidee said:
A sort of story about Tom, Dick, and Harry, with changes of names?! heehee.
November 30th, 2025 10:24
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (reprise)
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this lands with quiet grace…the sun-gold hair, the recollection nets, the horizon as a gate. You honored the original lullaby while giving it a deeper, lived-in soul. Beautiful reprise. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 30th, 2025 08:47
Tristan Robert Lange said:
arqios, this lands with quiet grace…the sun-gold hair, the recollection nets, the horizon as a gate. You honored the original lullaby while giving it a deeper, lived-in soul. Beautiful reprise. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 30th, 2025 08:47
forever keep silent
NafisaSB said:
A poem that haunts you with its unspoken words yet deep message. Well done 👍
November 30th, 2025 05:36
NafisaSB said:
A poem that haunts you with its unspoken words yet deep message. Well done 👍
November 30th, 2025 05:36
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (reprise)
sorenbarrett said:
Wow! A truly masterful poem that in the nostalgia of childhood takes one of fond memories as passenger on life\'s journey across the seas of time. Growing older as we travel to that distant horizon that seems never to arrive. So carefully set in multiple layers of metaphor it speaks to the inner child now aged and weathered by storms of life. Ripened, greenness gone we mellow in memories no longer searching for what we once longed for but now resting in recollections on a peaceful sea of age. This poem is warm under a patient sun. So much more could be said of this piece, so many meanings to be drawn from its wonderful lines. To cite one would be to neglect another and the whole poem would have to be listed as it is a nursery rhyme for the old that once was young and each letter a fond memory. This one my friend is a fave among faves
November 30th, 2025 05:33
sorenbarrett said:
Wow! A truly masterful poem that in the nostalgia of childhood takes one of fond memories as passenger on life\'s journey across the seas of time. Growing older as we travel to that distant horizon that seems never to arrive. So carefully set in multiple layers of metaphor it speaks to the inner child now aged and weathered by storms of life. Ripened, greenness gone we mellow in memories no longer searching for what we once longed for but now resting in recollections on a peaceful sea of age. This poem is warm under a patient sun. So much more could be said of this piece, so many meanings to be drawn from its wonderful lines. To cite one would be to neglect another and the whole poem would have to be listed as it is a nursery rhyme for the old that once was young and each letter a fond memory. This one my friend is a fave among faves
November 30th, 2025 05:33
panels and tears
Goldfinch60 said:
Fine words Rik, many do not see the whole when they focus on just one thing.
Andy
November 30th, 2025 02:25
Goldfinch60 said:
Fine words Rik, many do not see the whole when they focus on just one thing.
Andy
November 30th, 2025 02:25
panels and tears
Kevin Hulme said:
I\'ve seen \'Devotion\' measured by the Loudest Singer in a Church.
You said a Mouthful in your Poem.
November 29th, 2025 20:19
Kevin Hulme said:
I\'ve seen \'Devotion\' measured by the Loudest Singer in a Church.
You said a Mouthful in your Poem.
November 29th, 2025 20:19
panels and tears
sorenbarrett said:
What a wonderful metaphor Cryptic. We do indeed focus our attention on the details of what is closest to us neglecting the structure itself. So many religions based on detail not what is important, so many wars fought over minutia. What is visible to the eye becomes the valued and the superstructure that holds it all up ignored. Very nicely presented my friend and in good rhyme as well.
November 29th, 2025 09:28
sorenbarrett said:
What a wonderful metaphor Cryptic. We do indeed focus our attention on the details of what is closest to us neglecting the structure itself. So many religions based on detail not what is important, so many wars fought over minutia. What is visible to the eye becomes the valued and the superstructure that holds it all up ignored. Very nicely presented my friend and in good rhyme as well.
November 29th, 2025 09:28
panels and tears
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Yay! First comment! My friend, I’ve seen this…people polishing their cedar panels while the world floods around them. You captured that contrast between piety and performance with stark clarity. Very well done, as always! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 29th, 2025 09:26
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Yay! First comment! My friend, I’ve seen this…people polishing their cedar panels while the world floods around them. You captured that contrast between piety and performance with stark clarity. Very well done, as always! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 29th, 2025 09:26
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
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