Comments received on poems by arqios
townhouse days
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this is absolutely beautiful. It has that quiet, contemplative quality I\'ve come to associate with your work, where each image invites me to slow down and simply dwell with it. Wonderful write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 6th, 2026 15:16
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this is absolutely beautiful. It has that quiet, contemplative quality I\'ve come to associate with your work, where each image invites me to slow down and simply dwell with it. Wonderful write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 6th, 2026 15:16
bright as a dare
NafisaSB said:
Description is very well Written - one can almost visualize it✌️
July 6th, 2026 12:08
NafisaSB said:
Description is very well Written - one can almost visualize it✌️
July 6th, 2026 12:08
townhouse days
orchidee said:
A palimp-wotsit, vaguely heard of by me! Ohh, no worries if you post-and-run. I\'ll be weeks figuring out the crypticness of it all, and will get nowhere! lol.
July 6th, 2026 08:17
orchidee said:
A palimp-wotsit, vaguely heard of by me! Ohh, no worries if you post-and-run. I\'ll be weeks figuring out the crypticness of it all, and will get nowhere! lol.
July 6th, 2026 08:17
townhouse days
sorenbarrett said:
This poem requires careful examination it seems that it is the palimpsest itself. ( I thank you for teaching me this word that I was not aware of) In my interpretation the first stanza reflect a metaphoric identification with volume in a case, being of late harvest color seems to indicate stage of life. Open to life. Here are memories some not yet recognized or admitted. The end of the poem is open to change with a missing page and the palimpsest. A wonderful work and a fave
July 6th, 2026 07:11
sorenbarrett said:
This poem requires careful examination it seems that it is the palimpsest itself. ( I thank you for teaching me this word that I was not aware of) In my interpretation the first stanza reflect a metaphoric identification with volume in a case, being of late harvest color seems to indicate stage of life. Open to life. Here are memories some not yet recognized or admitted. The end of the poem is open to change with a missing page and the palimpsest. A wonderful work and a fave
July 6th, 2026 07:11
and I would stay
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a quiet restraint in this—like the poem is holding its breath right up until that final promise.
The shift from landscape to “I would stay” gives it a gentle emotional weight that lands without needing force.
July 5th, 2026 07:49
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a quiet restraint in this—like the poem is holding its breath right up until that final promise.
The shift from landscape to “I would stay” gives it a gentle emotional weight that lands without needing force.
July 5th, 2026 07:49
and I would stay
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, what a beautiful little poem. In just a handful of lines you move from longing, to possibility, to belonging. By the time I reached, \"and I would stay,\" it felt less like a destination than a quiet resolution of the heart. Beautiful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 5th, 2026 06:00
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, what a beautiful little poem. In just a handful of lines you move from longing, to possibility, to belonging. By the time I reached, \"and I would stay,\" it felt less like a destination than a quiet resolution of the heart. Beautiful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 5th, 2026 06:00
and I would stay
sorenbarrett said:
This is a wonderful poetic piece Cryptic it warms the heart and provides a sunray of hope where all had been darkness and cold hard rock. Metaphoric yet vivid in image it speaks loudly of a coming new day. Very nice my friend and a fave
July 5th, 2026 05:38
sorenbarrett said:
This is a wonderful poetic piece Cryptic it warms the heart and provides a sunray of hope where all had been darkness and cold hard rock. Metaphoric yet vivid in image it speaks loudly of a coming new day. Very nice my friend and a fave
July 5th, 2026 05:38
and I would stay
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
another good write, much enjoyed
July 5th, 2026 05:37
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
another good write, much enjoyed
July 5th, 2026 05:37
where it came from
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, what a beautiful reflection. I love the tension you hold between self-protection and genuine connection. We all shape our stories in some way, but your ending reminds us that the heart of what we share still matters. That final line lingered with me long after I finished reading. Beautifully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 4th, 2026 23:14
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, what a beautiful reflection. I love the tension you hold between self-protection and genuine connection. We all shape our stories in some way, but your ending reminds us that the heart of what we share still matters. That final line lingered with me long after I finished reading. Beautifully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 4th, 2026 23:14
where it came from
Kevin Hulme said:
The Diplomacy of Speech. I think we have all attempted it . Successfully or Not.
A good Write.
July 4th, 2026 15:14
Kevin Hulme said:
The Diplomacy of Speech. I think we have all attempted it . Successfully or Not.
A good Write.
July 4th, 2026 15:14
where it came from
sorenbarrett said:
Soft, respectful in a whisper of deceit to meet social expectations. So applicable to all social lives where bare truth is considered uncouth and privative. Very nicely written my friend
July 4th, 2026 07:04
sorenbarrett said:
Soft, respectful in a whisper of deceit to meet social expectations. So applicable to all social lives where bare truth is considered uncouth and privative. Very nicely written my friend
July 4th, 2026 07:04
see the need
Goldfinch60 said:
We must always see that need Rik and help others when we can.
Andy
July 4th, 2026 01:18
Goldfinch60 said:
We must always see that need Rik and help others when we can.
Andy
July 4th, 2026 01:18
see the need
Kevin Hulme said:
A fine Poem on a lonely Persons need for Companionship and a Soul Mate.
\'Faint Heart never won\' etc. Enjoyable Piece.
July 3rd, 2026 19:04
Kevin Hulme said:
A fine Poem on a lonely Persons need for Companionship and a Soul Mate.
\'Faint Heart never won\' etc. Enjoyable Piece.
July 3rd, 2026 19:04
see the need
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, what a beautiful meditation on loneliness, vulnerability, and the courage it takes to reach toward another person. I love how the poem never settles for easy answers, allowing the closing question to remain open and deeply human. It left me reflecting long after I finished reading. Wonderful write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 3rd, 2026 08:48
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, what a beautiful meditation on loneliness, vulnerability, and the courage it takes to reach toward another person. I love how the poem never settles for easy answers, allowing the closing question to remain open and deeply human. It left me reflecting long after I finished reading. Wonderful write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 3rd, 2026 08:48
deign to entertain
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, what a compelling poem. The polished, genteel atmosphere makes the critique hit even harder as it unfolds. By the end, the image of entertaining the \"frantic spark\" only to leave it in the dark lingers long after the last line. Excellent write. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 3rd, 2026 08:36
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, what a compelling poem. The polished, genteel atmosphere makes the critique hit even harder as it unfolds. By the end, the image of entertaining the \"frantic spark\" only to leave it in the dark lingers long after the last line. Excellent write. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 3rd, 2026 08:36
see the need
2781 said:
I believe what you believe - your much more eloquent though! Maybe we are doing what\'s needed?
The conscious is hard to deal with, for me.
July 3rd, 2026 07:29
2781 said:
I believe what you believe - your much more eloquent though! Maybe we are doing what\'s needed?
The conscious is hard to deal with, for me.
July 3rd, 2026 07:29
see the need
sorenbarrett said:
Simply lovely Cryptic this poem so layered in psychological depth where pride, social custom, manners lay as trenches in the war against power, control, desire and one must walk the line of diplomacy in establishing relationships and claiming ground of personal space of another. This is a masterful write my friend so well executed and a fave
July 3rd, 2026 06:11
sorenbarrett said:
Simply lovely Cryptic this poem so layered in psychological depth where pride, social custom, manners lay as trenches in the war against power, control, desire and one must walk the line of diplomacy in establishing relationships and claiming ground of personal space of another. This is a masterful write my friend so well executed and a fave
July 3rd, 2026 06:11
deign to entertain
Doggerel Dave said:
Ah, so you want the truth unembroidered, not placating, not full of clichés before I walk away? Wot, the absolute truth?
OK then: I hate Earl Gray tea.
July 2nd, 2026 21:04
Doggerel Dave said:
Ah, so you want the truth unembroidered, not placating, not full of clichés before I walk away? Wot, the absolute truth?
OK then: I hate Earl Gray tea.
July 2nd, 2026 21:04
deign to entertain
Salvia.S said:
This hit hard. “Earl Grey, steeped in quiet spite” and “lock the door and leave you in the dark” you said it all. Brilliant.
July 2nd, 2026 11:25
Salvia.S said:
This hit hard. “Earl Grey, steeped in quiet spite” and “lock the door and leave you in the dark” you said it all. Brilliant.
July 2nd, 2026 11:25
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