Comments received on poems by arqios
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
deign to entertain
Kevin Hulme said:
All Hail the Poets and Artists of all kinds who Dared to do things their way.
Good Write.
July 2nd, 2026 09:44
Kevin Hulme said:
All Hail the Poets and Artists of all kinds who Dared to do things their way.
Good Write.
July 2nd, 2026 09:44
deign to entertain
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic this seems an eye wink at hypocrisy of society. How we praise individualism while we all comply whispering behind the backs of those that have the courage to be different as we are politically correct and polite. A lovely write Cryptic a fave
July 2nd, 2026 08:37
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic this seems an eye wink at hypocrisy of society. How we praise individualism while we all comply whispering behind the backs of those that have the courage to be different as we are politically correct and polite. A lovely write Cryptic a fave
July 2nd, 2026 08:37
colour-flavour blitz
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this was just plain fun from beginning to end. The playful energy never lets up, and it captures the wonderfully over-the-top world of slushie flavors with a grin the whole way through. Loved this one, arqios! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 1st, 2026 23:09
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this was just plain fun from beginning to end. The playful energy never lets up, and it captures the wonderfully over-the-top world of slushie flavors with a grin the whole way through. Loved this one, arqios! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 1st, 2026 23:09
colour-flavour blitz
Kevin Hulme said:
\'Each Name is louder than the last\'. Like it.
Never had a Slushie. My Fillings are doing the \'China Syndrome\' thinking about it.
Enjoyed.
July 1st, 2026 19:02
Kevin Hulme said:
\'Each Name is louder than the last\'. Like it.
Never had a Slushie. My Fillings are doing the \'China Syndrome\' thinking about it.
Enjoyed.
July 1st, 2026 19:02
home and very still
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this is a beautiful tribute. It carries both grief and gratitude with such quiet dignity, and the literary echoes throughout make it feel timeless. It truly moved me, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 1st, 2026 18:55
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this is a beautiful tribute. It carries both grief and gratitude with such quiet dignity, and the literary echoes throughout make it feel timeless. It truly moved me, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
July 1st, 2026 18:55
colour-flavour blitz
sorenbarrett said:
What a refreshing poem of pleasure. Beware the aftereffects of sugar, dyes and additives that may pickle a person in their socks. Well done a most colorful and tasteful poem of delight
July 1st, 2026 08:52
sorenbarrett said:
What a refreshing poem of pleasure. Beware the aftereffects of sugar, dyes and additives that may pickle a person in their socks. Well done a most colorful and tasteful poem of delight
July 1st, 2026 08:52
Energy Elegy
Dan Williams said:
Where is this place of which you speak, estranged from panic and pleasure? Both can be evoked by the Southern Cross or missed by carelessness. Well spoken.
July 1st, 2026 03:02
Dan Williams said:
Where is this place of which you speak, estranged from panic and pleasure? Both can be evoked by the Southern Cross or missed by carelessness. Well spoken.
July 1st, 2026 03:02
\"almost never\"
Dan Williams said:
Always and never are absolutes, both are close to non-existent and need the modifier \"almost\". This is a fair explanation of that.
July 1st, 2026 02:57
Dan Williams said:
Always and never are absolutes, both are close to non-existent and need the modifier \"almost\". This is a fair explanation of that.
July 1st, 2026 02:57
home and very still
Kevin Hulme said:
Good Write. Holidayed in Guernsey for a few years in the early 70s. Good Memories. Nice Place.
June 30th, 2026 15:15
Kevin Hulme said:
Good Write. Holidayed in Guernsey for a few years in the early 70s. Good Memories. Nice Place.
June 30th, 2026 15:15
home and very still
Thomas W Case said:
This reads like a walk through memory dressed in the language of epic farewell—where personal reflection borrows the weight of classical echoes to make grief feel ceremonial.
What lingers is the stillness at the end: all motion, ambition, and wandering finally set down into a quiet return, like the mind itself choosing rest over pursuit.
June 30th, 2026 08:29
Thomas W Case said:
This reads like a walk through memory dressed in the language of epic farewell—where personal reflection borrows the weight of classical echoes to make grief feel ceremonial.
What lingers is the stillness at the end: all motion, ambition, and wandering finally set down into a quiet return, like the mind itself choosing rest over pursuit.
June 30th, 2026 08:29
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