Comments received on poems by arqios
rose cycle (haiku set)
Jerry Reynolds said:
Well written, arqios. Great idea. I have never presented them that way, but have noticed that any group of haiku suggests a story of its own
August 31st, 2025 17:37
Jerry Reynolds said:
Well written, arqios. Great idea. I have never presented them that way, but have noticed that any group of haiku suggests a story of its own
August 31st, 2025 17:37
rose cycle (haiku set)
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This is great, Rik! Roses as survivors, truth-tellers, and quiet vanishing acts. No violins, just concrete and silence. Most excellent, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 31st, 2025 17:06
Tristan Robert Lange said:
This is great, Rik! Roses as survivors, truth-tellers, and quiet vanishing acts. No violins, just concrete and silence. Most excellent, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 31st, 2025 17:06
rose cycle (haiku set)
Bella Shepard said:
A creation of such beauty, we often take for granted, until you stop to marvel at the perfection, and the life of a single rose. Beautifully and cleverly captured in this haiku set.
August 31st, 2025 13:24
Bella Shepard said:
A creation of such beauty, we often take for granted, until you stop to marvel at the perfection, and the life of a single rose. Beautifully and cleverly captured in this haiku set.
August 31st, 2025 13:24
rose cycle (haiku set)
sorenbarrett said:
A fave for the creativity on this one Cryptic. Using a series of haikus to tell a story I have not seen before. This one seemed quite consistent the live of a rose and its demise. A rose often symbolic of love could mean the same cycle for it as well. The last one speaks to lack of communication as cause. Very nice
August 31st, 2025 04:18
sorenbarrett said:
A fave for the creativity on this one Cryptic. Using a series of haikus to tell a story I have not seen before. This one seemed quite consistent the live of a rose and its demise. A rose often symbolic of love could mean the same cycle for it as well. The last one speaks to lack of communication as cause. Very nice
August 31st, 2025 04:18
the dam is breached
Kevin Hulme said:
Gaslighting seems to be the Buzz word at the Moment on the News Programmes.
Had to look it up as well.
A good Write.
August 30th, 2025 19:17
Kevin Hulme said:
Gaslighting seems to be the Buzz word at the Moment on the News Programmes.
Had to look it up as well.
A good Write.
August 30th, 2025 19:17
the dam is breached
Doggerel Dave said:
The frustration takes a back seat as realisation takes command...that door - don\'t step, run...
August 30th, 2025 09:43
Doggerel Dave said:
The frustration takes a back seat as realisation takes command...that door - don\'t step, run...
August 30th, 2025 09:43
the dam is breached
Tristan Robert Lange said:
That line — “twisting my words does not make you right”…stopped me cold. A-freaking-men! The clarity and steel in that truth makes the whole piece burn bright. Beautifully cut, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 30th, 2025 09:19
Tristan Robert Lange said:
That line — “twisting my words does not make you right”…stopped me cold. A-freaking-men! The clarity and steel in that truth makes the whole piece burn bright. Beautifully cut, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 30th, 2025 09:19
the dam is breached
sorenbarrett said:
Never understood gaslighting a new word for what I call manipulation and forcing a view of the world that suits the manipulator, someone not interested in the view of the other set upon their own needs in a world of their own. The actions spoken so familiar where two people don\'t listen to the needs of the other and hide their needs behind false walls. Nicely written Cryptic
August 30th, 2025 06:25
sorenbarrett said:
Never understood gaslighting a new word for what I call manipulation and forcing a view of the world that suits the manipulator, someone not interested in the view of the other set upon their own needs in a world of their own. The actions spoken so familiar where two people don\'t listen to the needs of the other and hide their needs behind false walls. Nicely written Cryptic
August 30th, 2025 06:25
dogfight interlude
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this is pure joy, my friend. Whimsical and sharp all at once…the sky alive with purrs and growls. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 29th, 2025 17:51
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Arqios, this is pure joy, my friend. Whimsical and sharp all at once…the sky alive with purrs and growls. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 29th, 2025 17:51
dogfight interlude
Bella Shepard said:
Such an amazing fantasy, a treat for the senses. I would love to see this in book form, with incredible illustrations of your remarkable imagination. Perfection!
August 29th, 2025 09:07
Bella Shepard said:
Such an amazing fantasy, a treat for the senses. I would love to see this in book form, with incredible illustrations of your remarkable imagination. Perfection!
August 29th, 2025 09:07
dogfight interlude
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of childlike gustatory delight in an air fight. Behind the childlike imagery is deeper meaning in metaphor that speaks of the delights of confrontation and even battle while casting it in a relatively harmless ending of live to fight another day. Very nicely done Cryptic
August 29th, 2025 05:20
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of childlike gustatory delight in an air fight. Behind the childlike imagery is deeper meaning in metaphor that speaks of the delights of confrontation and even battle while casting it in a relatively harmless ending of live to fight another day. Very nicely done Cryptic
August 29th, 2025 05:20
a poem is a verb
Soman Ragavan said:
Two quotes :
--\"All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.\" -- Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
--“Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.” -- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
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August 28th, 2025 22:16
Soman Ragavan said:
Two quotes :
--\"All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.\" -- Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
--“Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.” -- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
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August 28th, 2025 22:16
a poem is a verb
Soman Ragavan said:
For the poet, poetry is everything. He dedicates his life to poetry. He plods at it till the end. It is the one vocation that consumes up the one who pursues it. However, the poet’s labours are not lost. They will be appreciated more after he is gone.
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August 28th, 2025 21:07
Soman Ragavan said:
For the poet, poetry is everything. He dedicates his life to poetry. He plods at it till the end. It is the one vocation that consumes up the one who pursues it. However, the poet’s labours are not lost. They will be appreciated more after he is gone.
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August 28th, 2025 21:07
28 August 2025
orchidee said:
Help! We\'re thousands of days old, if we sat down and worked out how many days old we are. Only take just under 3 years for 1,000 days!
August 28th, 2025 11:10
orchidee said:
Help! We\'re thousands of days old, if we sat down and worked out how many days old we are. Only take just under 3 years for 1,000 days!
August 28th, 2025 11:10
28 August 2025
Tom Dylan said:
Absolutely love this. Great imagery and took so much from this poem. Nicely done.
August 28th, 2025 08:29
Tom Dylan said:
Absolutely love this. Great imagery and took so much from this poem. Nicely done.
August 28th, 2025 08:29
28 August 2025
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic the whole poem speaks to me with great lines but the first stanza stands out particularly. The poem seems a verbal rosary Loved it and a fave
August 28th, 2025 08:23
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic the whole poem speaks to me with great lines but the first stanza stands out particularly. The poem seems a verbal rosary Loved it and a fave
August 28th, 2025 08:23
28 August 2025
Damaso said:
Wow, excellent writing. I loved it. The flow is incredible, it\'s like floating over the text. Thank you so much for sharing. Best regards, and I hope you enjoy your day. Congratulations!
August 28th, 2025 08:12
Damaso said:
Wow, excellent writing. I loved it. The flow is incredible, it\'s like floating over the text. Thank you so much for sharing. Best regards, and I hope you enjoy your day. Congratulations!
August 28th, 2025 08:12
28 August 2025
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Beautifully written, Rik. You’ve captured the grace of walking through time without counting, yet being counted...woven into the Story itself. Profound work, my dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 28th, 2025 07:06
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Beautifully written, Rik. You’ve captured the grace of walking through time without counting, yet being counted...woven into the Story itself. Profound work, my dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 28th, 2025 07:06
28 August 2025
arqios said:
It’s less about counting days than letting days leave their mark, bead by bead, along a cord you can almost feel in your hand. Think of it as a window into a living conversation, one that began long before us and will keep going long after, rendered in language that feels both weathered and luminous.
August 28th, 2025 06:35
arqios said:
It’s less about counting days than letting days leave their mark, bead by bead, along a cord you can almost feel in your hand. Think of it as a window into a living conversation, one that began long before us and will keep going long after, rendered in language that feels both weathered and luminous.
August 28th, 2025 06:35
a poem is a verb
Tristan Robert Lange said:
3. Affirmation First
Beautifully crafted, my friend. You captured poetry not as product but as force…a verb with blood in it. That distinction is true and profound. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 27th, 2025 14:10
Tristan Robert Lange said:
3. Affirmation First
Beautifully crafted, my friend. You captured poetry not as product but as force…a verb with blood in it. That distinction is true and profound. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 27th, 2025 14:10
a poem is a verb
Kevin Hulme said:
Well Said. It strange how the germ of an Idea can grow over the Hours into a Poem.
Builders must have some Satisfaction seeing a Completed Ship or Home.
August 27th, 2025 12:29
Kevin Hulme said:
Well Said. It strange how the germ of an Idea can grow over the Hours into a Poem.
Builders must have some Satisfaction seeing a Completed Ship or Home.
August 27th, 2025 12:29
a poem is a verb
Salvia.S said:
Beautifully visceral and kinetic. This isn’t just written — it moves, and in doing so, it moves others. That’s the heartbeat of the poem. Well done. 👍
August 27th, 2025 07:52
Salvia.S said:
Beautifully visceral and kinetic. This isn’t just written — it moves, and in doing so, it moves others. That’s the heartbeat of the poem. Well done. 👍
August 27th, 2025 07:52
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