Comments received on poems by arqios
peel back the neon
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic this poem to me reflects modern technology and its affect on us. Technology nothing more than what we put into it is us in mechanical form. We decorate it with colors and lights. It brings in what we see as truth, the internet bringing us finger tip access to it. We hit the keys hard and despite the information we doubt what is true and what is not. It operates on algorithms. Each hit on the internet recorded knowing what we have been interested in and giving us new offerings as to what we may want to see but we proceed without any purpose or anything to prove. If we peel away the shell there is a truth too loud to ignore, a search for meaning, ease of life, truth but we find truth too loud to ignore. I\'m sure it has many other meanings and that is what make it great. A fave
June 27th, 2025 06:50
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic this poem to me reflects modern technology and its affect on us. Technology nothing more than what we put into it is us in mechanical form. We decorate it with colors and lights. It brings in what we see as truth, the internet bringing us finger tip access to it. We hit the keys hard and despite the information we doubt what is true and what is not. It operates on algorithms. Each hit on the internet recorded knowing what we have been interested in and giving us new offerings as to what we may want to see but we proceed without any purpose or anything to prove. If we peel away the shell there is a truth too loud to ignore, a search for meaning, ease of life, truth but we find truth too loud to ignore. I\'m sure it has many other meanings and that is what make it great. A fave
June 27th, 2025 06:50
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
Kevin Hulme said:
Touching Words on your Father. I miss mine also.
But as long as we think of them; They are always here .
June 26th, 2025 19:11
Kevin Hulme said:
Touching Words on your Father. I miss mine also.
But as long as we think of them; They are always here .
June 26th, 2025 19:11
apologies
Doggerel Dave said:
Elements here - kitchen, interaction felt very real. Again the smooth detail drew me in.👍
I don\'t believe your work here is overly endowed with rhyme! Forgiven and faved anyway...............
June 26th, 2025 16:15
Doggerel Dave said:
Elements here - kitchen, interaction felt very real. Again the smooth detail drew me in.👍
I don\'t believe your work here is overly endowed with rhyme! Forgiven and faved anyway...............
June 26th, 2025 16:15
apologies
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Oh wow! Just wow! Brilliant, Rik. Seriously, mate. Brilliant. This is perfection, imho. So I am just going to stop there and fave this! Well done! 🌹👏🤯 Oh, and if someone complained to me about writing, well I would not have thought to brilliantly write this. I would have just written \'em an epic, rhyming elegy, in ballad form. Methinks your approach might have been superior to mine! Just \'cause! 😏 And one more thing I noticed. An apologia is less an apology and more a defense in classical writing. This was a great apologia, not that you had to offer it. Glad you did! Guess I didn\'t just \"stop there\", now did I. 🤣🪞🫗🎼🙏
June 26th, 2025 10:23
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Oh wow! Just wow! Brilliant, Rik. Seriously, mate. Brilliant. This is perfection, imho. So I am just going to stop there and fave this! Well done! 🌹👏🤯 Oh, and if someone complained to me about writing, well I would not have thought to brilliantly write this. I would have just written \'em an epic, rhyming elegy, in ballad form. Methinks your approach might have been superior to mine! Just \'cause! 😏 And one more thing I noticed. An apologia is less an apology and more a defense in classical writing. This was a great apologia, not that you had to offer it. Glad you did! Guess I didn\'t just \"stop there\", now did I. 🤣🪞🫗🎼🙏
June 26th, 2025 10:23
apologies
Kevin Hulme said:
There\'s nothing wrong in writing Rhyme
I seem to do it all the time
If Free Verse is the Horse you ride
No fence or hill you\'ll need abide.
Enjoyed your Poem.
June 26th, 2025 09:27
Kevin Hulme said:
There\'s nothing wrong in writing Rhyme
I seem to do it all the time
If Free Verse is the Horse you ride
No fence or hill you\'ll need abide.
Enjoyed your Poem.
June 26th, 2025 09:27
apologies
Poetic Licence said:
Not sure if I have this right, but sounds like someone complaining about you having the ability to write in rhyme, which if is the case not sure what they are complaining about, to me you certainly have more than one style of writing, all enjoyable, nicely expressed and written
June 26th, 2025 06:21
Poetic Licence said:
Not sure if I have this right, but sounds like someone complaining about you having the ability to write in rhyme, which if is the case not sure what they are complaining about, to me you certainly have more than one style of writing, all enjoyable, nicely expressed and written
June 26th, 2025 06:21
apologies
sorenbarrett said:
Isn\'t that funny how habit shows through. Have been accused of it as well and it does not go over well in an argument or very serious times. Loved it
June 26th, 2025 05:02
sorenbarrett said:
Isn\'t that funny how habit shows through. Have been accused of it as well and it does not go over well in an argument or very serious times. Loved it
June 26th, 2025 05:02
apologies
David Wakeling said:
I think after awhile it becomes easy to write couplets in rhyme.No shame in that. An interesting reflection.Well done
June 26th, 2025 04:17
David Wakeling said:
I think after awhile it becomes easy to write couplets in rhyme.No shame in that. An interesting reflection.Well done
June 26th, 2025 04:17
lore-keeping
Mottakeenur Rehman said:
Celestial and cryptic, this poem unravels like starlight on silk. Hauntingly beautiful.
June 25th, 2025 14:00
Mottakeenur Rehman said:
Celestial and cryptic, this poem unravels like starlight on silk. Hauntingly beautiful.
June 25th, 2025 14:00
lore-keeping
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Well hello fellow explorer. I love the journeys your poems always take me on. Excellent job! 🌹👏
June 25th, 2025 09:25
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Well hello fellow explorer. I love the journeys your poems always take me on. Excellent job! 🌹👏
June 25th, 2025 09:25
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
Doggerel Dave said:
I can say nothing of the relationship, but the smoothness of the write carried me along and caught....something. Thanks.
June 25th, 2025 08:32
Doggerel Dave said:
I can say nothing of the relationship, but the smoothness of the write carried me along and caught....something. Thanks.
June 25th, 2025 08:32
lore-keeping
Poetic Licence said:
That\'s a delighted way to spend time uncoiling the springs of the mind, very enjoyable read
June 25th, 2025 07:52
Poetic Licence said:
That\'s a delighted way to spend time uncoiling the springs of the mind, very enjoyable read
June 25th, 2025 07:52
lore-keeping
arqios said:
Thanks for the Fave @sorenbarrett and @Cheeky Missy 🙏🏻🕊️
June 25th, 2025 07:38
arqios said:
Thanks for the Fave @sorenbarrett and @Cheeky Missy 🙏🏻🕊️
June 25th, 2025 07:38
lore-keeping
Jerry Reynolds said:
A fine write, arqios. A lot to unpack here. I enjoyed reading it over and over.
June 25th, 2025 06:13
Jerry Reynolds said:
A fine write, arqios. A lot to unpack here. I enjoyed reading it over and over.
June 25th, 2025 06:13
lore-keeping
David Wakeling said:
There are spirals and unwinding going on everywhere. A great exploration poem.I like your use of adjectives.I can\'t get enough of them.Well done
June 25th, 2025 04:15
David Wakeling said:
There are spirals and unwinding going on everywhere. A great exploration poem.I like your use of adjectives.I can\'t get enough of them.Well done
June 25th, 2025 04:15
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
great write my friend
June 25th, 2025 04:15
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
great write my friend
June 25th, 2025 04:15
lore-keeping
sorenbarrett said:
The images merit pondering in this poem. With rhyme as well it spins its tale. Real and fanciful the images pull at ones mind the caterpillar and butterfly of the second stanza and the last stanza of the sun as a springless clock seen in its coils. Very nice in its subtlety a fave
June 25th, 2025 03:56
sorenbarrett said:
The images merit pondering in this poem. With rhyme as well it spins its tale. Real and fanciful the images pull at ones mind the caterpillar and butterfly of the second stanza and the last stanza of the sun as a springless clock seen in its coils. Very nice in its subtlety a fave
June 25th, 2025 03:56
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
Cheeky Missy said:
Wow. You leave me breathless, and half delirious in concluding, sweetly fainting, half drunk on your delectable lines weaving a fantastical tale which takes my soul off on flights of fancy so dreamy I never want to leave. Gorgeous and beautifully rendered with exquisite imagery and a delicacy whose inherent poignancy makes me swoon. Thank you so very much for sharing. I love, love, LOVE it.
June 24th, 2025 17:04
Cheeky Missy said:
Wow. You leave me breathless, and half delirious in concluding, sweetly fainting, half drunk on your delectable lines weaving a fantastical tale which takes my soul off on flights of fancy so dreamy I never want to leave. Gorgeous and beautifully rendered with exquisite imagery and a delicacy whose inherent poignancy makes me swoon. Thank you so very much for sharing. I love, love, LOVE it.
June 24th, 2025 17:04
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
arqios said:
Here lies the hatchet 🪓 ochre-stained but buried deep
June 24th, 2025 06:57
arqios said:
Here lies the hatchet 🪓 ochre-stained but buried deep
June 24th, 2025 06:57
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
Poetic Licence said:
A touching nicely written recollection of there father and his interests, nicely done
June 24th, 2025 06:02
Poetic Licence said:
A touching nicely written recollection of there father and his interests, nicely done
June 24th, 2025 06:02
in Wordsworth was my father\'s voice
Jerry Reynolds said:
Excellent write, arqios. Dads can be overwhelming. I grieved mine with short-form poems. Still do.
June 24th, 2025 05:59
Jerry Reynolds said:
Excellent write, arqios. Dads can be overwhelming. I grieved mine with short-form poems. Still do.
June 24th, 2025 05:59
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