Comments received on poems by arqios
unkept traditions
Doggerel Dave said:
So many references raised so many memories - particularly your first stanza. Many thanks, Rik.
September 9th, 2026 17:58
Doggerel Dave said:
So many references raised so many memories - particularly your first stanza. Many thanks, Rik.
September 9th, 2026 17:58
unkept traditions
Neville said:
Takes me back yonks mate .. I could near taste & smell the wintergreen, boot polish & old holburn .. kinda happy sad really .. thank you I needed that .. Neville
September 9th, 2026 09:40
Neville said:
Takes me back yonks mate .. I could near taste & smell the wintergreen, boot polish & old holburn .. kinda happy sad really .. thank you I needed that .. Neville
September 9th, 2026 09:40
unkept traditions
sorenbarrett said:
So much dust on faded photos. A lovely write Cryptic this poem bleeds with nostalgia and I feel it. Simply lovely
September 9th, 2026 08:26
sorenbarrett said:
So much dust on faded photos. A lovely write Cryptic this poem bleeds with nostalgia and I feel it. Simply lovely
September 9th, 2026 08:26
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Tristan Robert Lange said:
This is beautifully bittersweet, Rik. Every lived-in detail builds a world of family and belonging, then the emptiness settles in where all that life once gathered. I felt this one deeply, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 9th, 2026 08:25
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This is beautifully bittersweet, Rik. Every lived-in detail builds a world of family and belonging, then the emptiness settles in where all that life once gathered. I felt this one deeply, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 9th, 2026 08:25
unkept traditions
Kevin Hulme said:
Yes. I really liked this. Brought back Memories of my own Youth with People and Places long gone . And these Memories grow more Golden with age.
NB. Had to Google: Esky. 🤔 A fave and good Write.
September 9th, 2026 06:28
Kevin Hulme said:
Yes. I really liked this. Brought back Memories of my own Youth with People and Places long gone . And these Memories grow more Golden with age.
NB. Had to Google: Esky. 🤔 A fave and good Write.
September 9th, 2026 06:28
unkept traditions
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
much enjoyed write my friend
September 9th, 2026 05:29
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
much enjoyed write my friend
September 9th, 2026 05:29
the road back
Goldfinch60 said:
Such true words Rik but we must enjoy every moment of our lives.
Andy
September 9th, 2026 00:56
Goldfinch60 said:
Such true words Rik but we must enjoy every moment of our lives.
Andy
September 9th, 2026 00:56
the road back
Paul Bell said:
I like the idea of driving down a road, but then remembering you drove down that road with someone else on board, but not anymore.
It brings up, what happened, and do the memories hurt.
September 8th, 2026 12:48
Paul Bell said:
I like the idea of driving down a road, but then remembering you drove down that road with someone else on board, but not anymore.
It brings up, what happened, and do the memories hurt.
September 8th, 2026 12:48
the road back
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Powerful poem, arqios! The journey becomes both physical and inward...familiar surroundings draw the past close until separate versions of the self begin converging. I’ve felt that on returning to places that still carry pieces of me. Beautifully written, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 8th, 2026 08:54
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Powerful poem, arqios! The journey becomes both physical and inward...familiar surroundings draw the past close until separate versions of the self begin converging. I’ve felt that on returning to places that still carry pieces of me. Beautifully written, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 8th, 2026 08:54
the road back
orchidee said:
Doh! What with Goldfinch\'s poem \'The road ahead\' and your poem \'The road goes on\', when going into town, I\'m gonna meet myself coming back. I\'m a confused laddie, but Fido says to me \'No change there then!\' lol.
September 8th, 2026 08:50
orchidee said:
Doh! What with Goldfinch\'s poem \'The road ahead\' and your poem \'The road goes on\', when going into town, I\'m gonna meet myself coming back. I\'m a confused laddie, but Fido says to me \'No change there then!\' lol.
September 8th, 2026 08:50
the road back
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
time and motion, much enjoyed
September 8th, 2026 07:34
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
time and motion, much enjoyed
September 8th, 2026 07:34
the road back
sorenbarrett said:
Time, perception trapped inside the room of now we travel through time, a rearview mirror to see the past. Our only company ourself in the now. Reflections in a bending road the future hidden around the curve and the past disappearing in the distance and as we take each bend. A nostalgic, wistful and haunting write my friend. A fave
September 8th, 2026 06:03
sorenbarrett said:
Time, perception trapped inside the room of now we travel through time, a rearview mirror to see the past. Our only company ourself in the now. Reflections in a bending road the future hidden around the curve and the past disappearing in the distance and as we take each bend. A nostalgic, wistful and haunting write my friend. A fave
September 8th, 2026 06:03
savoury feast
Goldfinch60 said:
We are so lucky to have food to eat every day Rik.
Andy
September 8th, 2026 01:48
Goldfinch60 said:
We are so lucky to have food to eat every day Rik.
Andy
September 8th, 2026 01:48
savoury feast
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a lovely opening, my friend. The kitchen feels almost sacred here...heat, aroma, memory, and gathering all folding into one generous invitation. Beautifully crafted, Rik. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 7th, 2026 13:52
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a lovely opening, my friend. The kitchen feels almost sacred here...heat, aroma, memory, and gathering all folding into one generous invitation. Beautifully crafted, Rik. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 7th, 2026 13:52
father, father
Paul Bell said:
Must admit when I was a kid other fathers would come out and play football with us, it was a great learning curve, and one I continued when I got older.
September 7th, 2026 13:24
Paul Bell said:
Must admit when I was a kid other fathers would come out and play football with us, it was a great learning curve, and one I continued when I got older.
September 7th, 2026 13:24
savoury feast
Kevin Hulme said:
This took me back to my Grandmother\'s House.
Dinner time and Broth. Liked it 👍
September 7th, 2026 06:38
Kevin Hulme said:
This took me back to my Grandmother\'s House.
Dinner time and Broth. Liked it 👍
September 7th, 2026 06:38
savoury feast
sorenbarrett said:
A lovely picture animated to call one most literal but to me metaphorical as well. I can smell it now.
September 7th, 2026 05:31
sorenbarrett said:
A lovely picture animated to call one most literal but to me metaphorical as well. I can smell it now.
September 7th, 2026 05:31
savoury feast
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
A beautiful simplicity well expressed not overburdened
September 7th, 2026 05:15
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
A beautiful simplicity well expressed not overburdened
September 7th, 2026 05:15
father, father
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a lovely poem, arqios. The father never needs to explain himself or take credit…he simply creates the space, tends it patiently, and lets the child grow into whatever is waiting there. Tender, wise, and beautifully restrained, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 6th, 2026 13:10
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a lovely poem, arqios. The father never needs to explain himself or take credit…he simply creates the space, tends it patiently, and lets the child grow into whatever is waiting there. Tender, wise, and beautifully restrained, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 6th, 2026 13:10
father, father
Neville said:
there is something both inherently relatable & natural here .. dependable too & in so many ways .. Neville
September 6th, 2026 09:56
Neville said:
there is something both inherently relatable & natural here .. dependable too & in so many ways .. Neville
September 6th, 2026 09:56
father, father
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic what a marvelous multi leveled poem of the father role, be it God, real father, teacher, father figure of any type. How help is given best not by doing for but teaching one to provide for themselves, not giving a fish but teaching how to fish and feeding one for a lifetime. So nicely put in metaphor of a garden space and providing the tools and space to learn. Being there quietly with wisdom to to tell and create resistance but available for true desired questions. A masterful work my friend
September 6th, 2026 07:46
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic what a marvelous multi leveled poem of the father role, be it God, real father, teacher, father figure of any type. How help is given best not by doing for but teaching one to provide for themselves, not giving a fish but teaching how to fish and feeding one for a lifetime. So nicely put in metaphor of a garden space and providing the tools and space to learn. Being there quietly with wisdom to to tell and create resistance but available for true desired questions. A masterful work my friend
September 6th, 2026 07:46
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