Comments received on poems by arqios
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Thomas W Case said:
This is so delicately observed—it feels like the room is breathing and you’ve tuned yourself to its rhythm. Nothing dramatic, just small adjustments, and yet they carry a quiet gravity.
What really holds it together is that last movement: you don’t just describe the space, you submit to it—“matching the posture the space has chosen.” That’s a beautiful inversion. The world isn’t arranged around you; you’re sketched into it.
June 21st, 2026 08:11
Thomas W Case said:
This is so delicately observed—it feels like the room is breathing and you’ve tuned yourself to its rhythm. Nothing dramatic, just small adjustments, and yet they carry a quiet gravity.
What really holds it together is that last movement: you don’t just describe the space, you submit to it—“matching the posture the space has chosen.” That’s a beautiful inversion. The world isn’t arranged around you; you’re sketched into it.
June 21st, 2026 08:11
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Paul Bell said:
Once upon a time this would be how it was.
No distractions, just the sketchbook and pencil and imagination.
You can see why those paintings are the masters of their time.
June 21st, 2026 07:16
Paul Bell said:
Once upon a time this would be how it was.
No distractions, just the sketchbook and pencil and imagination.
You can see why those paintings are the masters of their time.
June 21st, 2026 07:16
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sorenbarrett said:
Here a portrait in poetic form a snapshot in time frozen yet still animated by the lighting and dust. It is poetic just as a Monet painting is. Nicely done my friend
June 21st, 2026 06:01
sorenbarrett said:
Here a portrait in poetic form a snapshot in time frozen yet still animated by the lighting and dust. It is poetic just as a Monet painting is. Nicely done my friend
June 21st, 2026 06:01
Meuse in late October
Goldfinch60 said:
That memory will be with you forever Rik.
Andy
June 21st, 2026 01:12
Goldfinch60 said:
That memory will be with you forever Rik.
Andy
June 21st, 2026 01:12
Meuse in late October
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this brought back memories of day trips where the destination almost became secondary to everything encountered along the way. Sometimes it\'s the roads, the pauses, and the unexpected moments that remain with us longest. Beautiful piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 20th, 2026 09:34
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this brought back memories of day trips where the destination almost became secondary to everything encountered along the way. Sometimes it\'s the roads, the pauses, and the unexpected moments that remain with us longest. Beautiful piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 20th, 2026 09:34
Meuse in late October
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
great write and a fav my friend
June 20th, 2026 05:50
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
great write and a fav my friend
June 20th, 2026 05:50
Meuse in late October
sorenbarrett said:
My friend this seems a book passage so well written and imaged it sems that one was there. Loved it
June 20th, 2026 05:41
sorenbarrett said:
My friend this seems a book passage so well written and imaged it sems that one was there. Loved it
June 20th, 2026 05:41
rested quill
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this stayed with me. There’s something quietly beautiful about the acceptance running through it…no struggle against impermanence, just an acknowledgment of it. I found that deeply moving, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 19th, 2026 22:22
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this stayed with me. There’s something quietly beautiful about the acceptance running through it…no struggle against impermanence, just an acknowledgment of it. I found that deeply moving, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 19th, 2026 22:22
rested quill
Kevin Hulme said:
I noticed the Stars from the Australian Flag on the Picture. 👍 Good Write.
June 19th, 2026 19:09
Kevin Hulme said:
I noticed the Stars from the Australian Flag on the Picture. 👍 Good Write.
June 19th, 2026 19:09
rested quill
sorenbarrett said:
A brilliant metaphor Cryptic. The pairing of a stone marker with a cloud sets formed permanence with nebulous transience. It is in this duality that poems are set. Some are dispensed with quickly not even casting a shadow, others drift off after time. It is the marker that remains not the essence. Some may leave rain that creates new life, yet the cloud is gone. Loved it my friend a fave
June 19th, 2026 06:18
sorenbarrett said:
A brilliant metaphor Cryptic. The pairing of a stone marker with a cloud sets formed permanence with nebulous transience. It is in this duality that poems are set. Some are dispensed with quickly not even casting a shadow, others drift off after time. It is the marker that remains not the essence. Some may leave rain that creates new life, yet the cloud is gone. Loved it my friend a fave
June 19th, 2026 06:18
when the heart is heard
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, what a lovely piece. I especially enjoy how the poem keeps one foot in myth and the other in music. By the end, what lingers isn\'t the flight itself but the heart behind it...and that feels exactly right. Beautifully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 18th, 2026 20:43
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, what a lovely piece. I especially enjoy how the poem keeps one foot in myth and the other in music. By the end, what lingers isn\'t the flight itself but the heart behind it...and that feels exactly right. Beautifully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 18th, 2026 20:43
when the heart is heard
Kevin Hulme said:
Should have gone up at Night. But a good message here. Good Words .
Just heard recently that my Mother used to bathe me in Australian Larger when I was a Baby. Came as a Shock to know I was \'Fostered\'.
June 18th, 2026 08:51
Kevin Hulme said:
Should have gone up at Night. But a good message here. Good Words .
Just heard recently that my Mother used to bathe me in Australian Larger when I was a Baby. Came as a Shock to know I was \'Fostered\'.
June 18th, 2026 08:51
when the heart is heard
Paul Bell said:
I blame the parents, running before you can walk, or flying before your wings grow.
June 18th, 2026 07:35
Paul Bell said:
I blame the parents, running before you can walk, or flying before your wings grow.
June 18th, 2026 07:35
when the heart is heard
sorenbarrett said:
When aspirations raise above nature\'s rules and the will of the gods. Wax melts and hopes fall. A builder of Labyrinths and wooden cows watched his disobedient son fall from the sky separated from the wings he had built. How many parents acceding to filial demands have felt this guilt. Nicely written Cryptic
June 18th, 2026 06:12
sorenbarrett said:
When aspirations raise above nature\'s rules and the will of the gods. Wax melts and hopes fall. A builder of Labyrinths and wooden cows watched his disobedient son fall from the sky separated from the wings he had built. How many parents acceding to filial demands have felt this guilt. Nicely written Cryptic
June 18th, 2026 06:12
when the heart is heard
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
good write my friend
June 18th, 2026 05:46
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
good write my friend
June 18th, 2026 05:46
first bruise
Goldfinch60 said:
Those breakups can be painful Rik but will be overcome in time.
Andy
June 18th, 2026 01:21
Goldfinch60 said:
Those breakups can be painful Rik but will be overcome in time.
Andy
June 18th, 2026 01:21
first bruise
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this resonates with me. Sometimes the first signs of heartbreak are not dramatic at all. They arrive in small changes, little absences, and quiet distances that only become clear in hindsight. This brought that feeling to mind immediately. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 17th, 2026 11:50
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this resonates with me. Sometimes the first signs of heartbreak are not dramatic at all. They arrive in small changes, little absences, and quiet distances that only become clear in hindsight. This brought that feeling to mind immediately. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
June 17th, 2026 11:50
first bruise
orchidee said:
And I learn my (first?) meaning of a cryptic poem? When? Dunno! Not got the foggiest! lol.
June 17th, 2026 09:32
orchidee said:
And I learn my (first?) meaning of a cryptic poem? When? Dunno! Not got the foggiest! lol.
June 17th, 2026 09:32
first bruise
sorenbarrett said:
Masterfully worded this poem is consistent from beginning to end in its message. I love the lines:
\"Streetlamps flicker,
echoing their silence.\"
What a wonderful metaphor that combines visual with auditory in a single vivid message. The following lines follow up with that double meaning in the chill both emotional and tactile. This continued doubling of meaning strengthens the poem. It is finished with another double pairing of the intellectual and emotional brought to its end in the physical as well. Very nicely done Cryptic it can not help but be a favorite
June 17th, 2026 06:31
sorenbarrett said:
Masterfully worded this poem is consistent from beginning to end in its message. I love the lines:
\"Streetlamps flicker,
echoing their silence.\"
What a wonderful metaphor that combines visual with auditory in a single vivid message. The following lines follow up with that double meaning in the chill both emotional and tactile. This continued doubling of meaning strengthens the poem. It is finished with another double pairing of the intellectual and emotional brought to its end in the physical as well. Very nicely done Cryptic it can not help but be a favorite
June 17th, 2026 06:31
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