Comments received on poems by arqios
the masked \'reader\'
sorenbarrett said:
Ah Cryptic this poem strikes with its message not wording. The rhyme is good and flow is fine but I can read between the line. Victim and perpetrator I may be but the magician never reveals his trickery. To a poem bland I hold out a helping hand. How unkind would be to call a parent\'s child ugly. Instead find some small thing that a smile would bring. Forgive the spiel my friend it just came like a unplanned belch. I find worse the people that look for praise for their children but have no desire to see the children of others. At times I read poems that mean little to me and I have little to say, mother told me if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all but I realize that it may just be me and it strikes others differently. So I plead guilty to the crime of generic (lovely) as an attempt at encouragement to write more. This was a poignant write my friend.
November 3rd, 2025 05:24
sorenbarrett said:
Ah Cryptic this poem strikes with its message not wording. The rhyme is good and flow is fine but I can read between the line. Victim and perpetrator I may be but the magician never reveals his trickery. To a poem bland I hold out a helping hand. How unkind would be to call a parent\'s child ugly. Instead find some small thing that a smile would bring. Forgive the spiel my friend it just came like a unplanned belch. I find worse the people that look for praise for their children but have no desire to see the children of others. At times I read poems that mean little to me and I have little to say, mother told me if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all but I realize that it may just be me and it strikes others differently. So I plead guilty to the crime of generic (lovely) as an attempt at encouragement to write more. This was a poignant write my friend.
November 3rd, 2025 05:24
trickster in fur
Goldfinch60 said:
Cats are such arrogant pets Rik, they seem to own you and the house in which they live. 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
Andy
November 3rd, 2025 02:57
Goldfinch60 said:
Cats are such arrogant pets Rik, they seem to own you and the house in which they live. 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
Andy
November 3rd, 2025 02:57
trickster in fur
Kevin Hulme said:
Could be a Character from \'Cats\' : Montgomery Slyde , The Trickster Cat.
November 2nd, 2025 21:32
Kevin Hulme said:
Could be a Character from \'Cats\' : Montgomery Slyde , The Trickster Cat.
November 2nd, 2025 21:32
trickster in fur
Doggerel Dave said:
Got him! Pinned him - except he won\'t be pinned.
An accurate portrait of a cat which doesn\'t own me, but owns someone I know very well.....
November 2nd, 2025 18:04
Doggerel Dave said:
Got him! Pinned him - except he won\'t be pinned.
An accurate portrait of a cat which doesn\'t own me, but owns someone I know very well.....
November 2nd, 2025 18:04
trickster in fur
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this piece is pure charisma wrapped in fur…a satire, a portrait, and a love letter to feline theater. Every line purrs with personality. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 2nd, 2025 13:23
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, this piece is pure charisma wrapped in fur…a satire, a portrait, and a love letter to feline theater. Every line purrs with personality. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 2nd, 2025 13:23
trickster in fur
FrasMac said:
wonderful caricature, cats are sources of endless inspiration.
November 2nd, 2025 11:53
FrasMac said:
wonderful caricature, cats are sources of endless inspiration.
November 2nd, 2025 11:53
trickster in fur
Bella Shepard said:
What a delightful feline, strutting his stuff with such aplomb. I love the character, the personality and I have to ask, does he sing and dance as well? lol
Love every line!
November 2nd, 2025 10:32
Bella Shepard said:
What a delightful feline, strutting his stuff with such aplomb. I love the character, the personality and I have to ask, does he sing and dance as well? lol
Love every line!
November 2nd, 2025 10:32
trickster in fur
2781 said:
I thought you were describing our daughter\'s cat Tommy.
November 2nd, 2025 07:43
2781 said:
I thought you were describing our daughter\'s cat Tommy.
November 2nd, 2025 07:43
trickster in fur
sorenbarrett said:
Such a lovely description of feline majesty. It reminds me of my old cat and his presumptive attitude, ruling all that surrounded him. A most lovely poetic description my friend.
November 2nd, 2025 06:15
sorenbarrett said:
Such a lovely description of feline majesty. It reminds me of my old cat and his presumptive attitude, ruling all that surrounded him. A most lovely poetic description my friend.
November 2nd, 2025 06:15
should paths recross
Goldfinch60 said:
Paths may well cross Rik but in my life experience has taught me never to go back.
Andy
November 2nd, 2025 02:18
Goldfinch60 said:
Paths may well cross Rik but in my life experience has taught me never to go back.
Andy
November 2nd, 2025 02:18
should paths recross
sorenbarrett said:
A poem\'s message to society, cultures, families and individuals that differences are not to be short circuited, that each wire has its purpose in transporting the energy of a species. Should our paths cross at some point in time let it be for a greater purpose than to burn out the system. A lovely write my friend
November 1st, 2025 06:08
sorenbarrett said:
A poem\'s message to society, cultures, families and individuals that differences are not to be short circuited, that each wire has its purpose in transporting the energy of a species. Should our paths cross at some point in time let it be for a greater purpose than to burn out the system. A lovely write my friend
November 1st, 2025 06:08
should paths recross
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this piece rests at the crossroads of longing and acceptance. You let wisdom and ache share the same breath, which is what makes it linger. Makes for a great philosophical and practical inquiry! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 1st, 2025 06:03
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this piece rests at the crossroads of longing and acceptance. You let wisdom and ache share the same breath, which is what makes it linger. Makes for a great philosophical and practical inquiry! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 1st, 2025 06:03
closing the distance
Goldfinch60 said:
We are very lucky not to be in poverty Rik and need to be so grateful for being that way.
Andy
November 1st, 2025 02:59
Goldfinch60 said:
We are very lucky not to be in poverty Rik and need to be so grateful for being that way.
Andy
November 1st, 2025 02:59
closing the distance
Rocky Lagou said:
No cuz why’d I get actual goosebumps. This is so good im low key jealous. That final stanza is a bar! BAARRR!
November 1st, 2025 02:22
Rocky Lagou said:
No cuz why’d I get actual goosebumps. This is so good im low key jealous. That final stanza is a bar! BAARRR!
November 1st, 2025 02:22
closing the distance
Doggerel Dave said:
\'Far enough to remember.
Close enough to understand\'
Whole work should be quoted here really. But it\'s there - close enough to remind...... I\'m wordless with the clarity of it.
October 31st, 2025 20:31
Doggerel Dave said:
\'Far enough to remember.
Close enough to understand\'
Whole work should be quoted here really. But it\'s there - close enough to remind...... I\'m wordless with the clarity of it.
October 31st, 2025 20:31
closing the distance
Kevin Hulme said:
I can only Echo all the other Comments here.
Good one.
October 31st, 2025 19:36
Kevin Hulme said:
I can only Echo all the other Comments here.
Good one.
October 31st, 2025 19:36
closing the distance
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, what a quiet hymn to gratitude...grounded, tender, and wise. You remind us wealth is what lingers after everything else fades. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛ Oh...and Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
October 31st, 2025 08:26
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Rik, what a quiet hymn to gratitude...grounded, tender, and wise. You remind us wealth is what lingers after everything else fades. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛ Oh...and Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
October 31st, 2025 08:26
V.I.P.
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, I’ve seen that same varnish at work…the way power cloaks itself in respectability while truth gets filed away. You’ve voiced it fearlessly. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 31st, 2025 07:48
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, I’ve seen that same varnish at work…the way power cloaks itself in respectability while truth gets filed away. You’ve voiced it fearlessly. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 31st, 2025 07:48
closing the distance
Paul Bell said:
Good hand-me-downs were like Christmas and certainly no shame.
Climbing a tree was a challenge, and if you fell and broke something, so be it.
It feels strange, but I never saw it as poverty, and I think I had a better time than the kids today who have everything but don\'t seem to have anything.
October 31st, 2025 07:08
Paul Bell said:
Good hand-me-downs were like Christmas and certainly no shame.
Climbing a tree was a challenge, and if you fell and broke something, so be it.
It feels strange, but I never saw it as poverty, and I think I had a better time than the kids today who have everything but don\'t seem to have anything.
October 31st, 2025 07:08
closing the distance
sorenbarrett said:
There is soul in this poem, not the flare and flash of sequined ball gowns but the time worn wrinkled hands of one that has lived it all and knows the worth of what holds value. A warm tenderness of understanding and the home felt handshake of belonging and feeling welcome to all the world poor as it is. A feeling of giving and gracious receiving. It is the soul that gives value to this poem. Lovely
October 31st, 2025 05:26
sorenbarrett said:
There is soul in this poem, not the flare and flash of sequined ball gowns but the time worn wrinkled hands of one that has lived it all and knows the worth of what holds value. A warm tenderness of understanding and the home felt handshake of belonging and feeling welcome to all the world poor as it is. A feeling of giving and gracious receiving. It is the soul that gives value to this poem. Lovely
October 31st, 2025 05:26
V.I.P.
Goldfinch60 said:
Such true words Rik. As I have said many times \"When do you know when a politician is lying?\" \"Their lips move!\".
Andy
October 31st, 2025 02:26
Goldfinch60 said:
Such true words Rik. As I have said many times \"When do you know when a politician is lying?\" \"Their lips move!\".
Andy
October 31st, 2025 02:26
V.I.P.
sorenbarrett said:
Some really great lines here my friend to pick a few:
\"they enter not with boots but brogues—
shined mirror-bright, reflection-proof\"
The possible double meaning here in that brogues can be well shined dress shoes as well as rough untanned leather. Both reflected in the second line where they are shined and reflection proof. This is the metaphor of having it both ways.
\"each law passed a paper boat folded with invisible ink\"
A most lovely metaphor filled with so many possible meanings. The paper boat a child\'s toy reflecting how they treat the recipients, easily replaced, disposable. The invisible ink (they may call it transparent) its fine details not seen by mortal eye. Then there is the word play in the line
\"here to serve,\" they say while quietly
serving seconds to the highest bidder\"
A masterful satire that reads so clearly and unfortunately is so true. A fave
October 30th, 2025 05:53
sorenbarrett said:
Some really great lines here my friend to pick a few:
\"they enter not with boots but brogues—
shined mirror-bright, reflection-proof\"
The possible double meaning here in that brogues can be well shined dress shoes as well as rough untanned leather. Both reflected in the second line where they are shined and reflection proof. This is the metaphor of having it both ways.
\"each law passed a paper boat folded with invisible ink\"
A most lovely metaphor filled with so many possible meanings. The paper boat a child\'s toy reflecting how they treat the recipients, easily replaced, disposable. The invisible ink (they may call it transparent) its fine details not seen by mortal eye. Then there is the word play in the line
\"here to serve,\" they say while quietly
serving seconds to the highest bidder\"
A masterful satire that reads so clearly and unfortunately is so true. A fave
October 30th, 2025 05:53
\"the inviolable\"
orchidee said:
Inviolable reminds me of violin for some unknown reason. Not got the foggiest idea why. lol.
There\'s the saying \'And breathe....\' when we\'re all in a state, in a tizzy, having a hissy fit maybe. heehee.
October 29th, 2025 10:08
orchidee said:
Inviolable reminds me of violin for some unknown reason. Not got the foggiest idea why. lol.
There\'s the saying \'And breathe....\' when we\'re all in a state, in a tizzy, having a hissy fit maybe. heehee.
October 29th, 2025 10:08
\"the inviolable\"
orchidee said:
Inviolable reminds me of violin for some unknown reason. Not got the foggiest idea why. lol.
There\'s the saying \'And breathe....\' when we\'re all in a state, in a tizzy, having a hissy fit maybe. heehee.
October 29th, 2025 10:08
orchidee said:
Inviolable reminds me of violin for some unknown reason. Not got the foggiest idea why. lol.
There\'s the saying \'And breathe....\' when we\'re all in a state, in a tizzy, having a hissy fit maybe. heehee.
October 29th, 2025 10:08
\"the inviolable\"
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this piece is an invocation to hold steady amid collapse. Sparse, potent, and quietly defiant...the poem itself becomes the inviolable. Well done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 29th, 2025 09:27
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this piece is an invocation to hold steady amid collapse. Sparse, potent, and quietly defiant...the poem itself becomes the inviolable. Well done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 29th, 2025 09:27
workday residue
NafisaSB said:
a sad and haunting poem - hope it is just one of its kind - am accustomed to more cheer from here....
October 29th, 2025 07:26
NafisaSB said:
a sad and haunting poem - hope it is just one of its kind - am accustomed to more cheer from here....
October 29th, 2025 07:26
\"the inviolable\"
sorenbarrett said:
Although I am most sure this is not what was in mind when written, this piece evokes numerous feeling and thoughts. Breath one of the first words we think that when no other word was available meant to live or be alive, since only breathing distinguished between the living and inanimate. Later to become the word I denoting that a person was a living and existing entity. To breath is the foundation of meditation where one becomes inviolable to all outside oneself. It is the center of our being beginning and staying at our center, from brain stem, autonomic nervous system to lungs and diaphragm. It is our core. In controlling one\'s breathing one controls the outside and steadies the vessel. A deep write with the simplicity of breathing.
October 29th, 2025 05:56
sorenbarrett said:
Although I am most sure this is not what was in mind when written, this piece evokes numerous feeling and thoughts. Breath one of the first words we think that when no other word was available meant to live or be alive, since only breathing distinguished between the living and inanimate. Later to become the word I denoting that a person was a living and existing entity. To breath is the foundation of meditation where one becomes inviolable to all outside oneself. It is the center of our being beginning and staying at our center, from brain stem, autonomic nervous system to lungs and diaphragm. It is our core. In controlling one\'s breathing one controls the outside and steadies the vessel. A deep write with the simplicity of breathing.
October 29th, 2025 05:56
when we thought ourselves lost
Goldfinch60 said:
Each mark in our lives sustains the memory of time Rik.
Andy
October 29th, 2025 02:45
Goldfinch60 said:
Each mark in our lives sustains the memory of time Rik.
Andy
October 29th, 2025 02:45
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