Comments received on poems by arqios
cluEleSs
sorenbarrett said:
At first I took this for a critique on technology that has separated us but then it seemed far deeper that technology is merely the tool and that we have been separated all along technology has just made it easier as a wedge to split the log. We say we love, care and want peace but since when has that ever been the case? Has there ever been peace, has there ever been a time without domestic abuse, a time without theft, murder, genocide? it is just more easily accessible and visible now. A call to action but maybe you can\'t make a silk purse out of a sow\'s ear. A fave
June 23rd, 2025 04:29
sorenbarrett said:
At first I took this for a critique on technology that has separated us but then it seemed far deeper that technology is merely the tool and that we have been separated all along technology has just made it easier as a wedge to split the log. We say we love, care and want peace but since when has that ever been the case? Has there ever been peace, has there ever been a time without domestic abuse, a time without theft, murder, genocide? it is just more easily accessible and visible now. A call to action but maybe you can\'t make a silk purse out of a sow\'s ear. A fave
June 23rd, 2025 04:29
cluEleSs
David Wakeling said:
I think some are born clueless, some achieve cluelessness and some have cluelessness thrust upon them. I walk through the shopping mall and people just have not got a clue.An important well written poem. Well constructed.Excellent piece
June 23rd, 2025 04:27
David Wakeling said:
I think some are born clueless, some achieve cluelessness and some have cluelessness thrust upon them. I walk through the shopping mall and people just have not got a clue.An important well written poem. Well constructed.Excellent piece
June 23rd, 2025 04:27
cluEleSs
arqios said:
And there is goes... 4 without, now that\'s quite stunning.
June 23rd, 2025 04:19
arqios said:
And there is goes... 4 without, now that\'s quite stunning.
June 23rd, 2025 04:19
light between shadows
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Beauty begins, but does it ever end…even in death. I have seen some of the most beautiful deaths in my, granted I have seen some real ugly ones…but here’s the thing, it wasn’t ever death that was “ugly”. NO. It was the dying part. The pain, the suffering…but the, the peace. This poem expresses all of that to me. The serenity that goes from light to darkness…though, we may feel a bit uncertain as the light dims, we find that the light is no more than a veil obscuring our view. Or at least that is what I am getting out of this. Regardless, I love it my friend! A LOT. 🌹👏
June 22nd, 2025 08:15
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Beauty begins, but does it ever end…even in death. I have seen some of the most beautiful deaths in my, granted I have seen some real ugly ones…but here’s the thing, it wasn’t ever death that was “ugly”. NO. It was the dying part. The pain, the suffering…but the, the peace. This poem expresses all of that to me. The serenity that goes from light to darkness…though, we may feel a bit uncertain as the light dims, we find that the light is no more than a veil obscuring our view. Or at least that is what I am getting out of this. Regardless, I love it my friend! A LOT. 🌹👏
June 22nd, 2025 08:15
unyielding eyes
NafisaSB said:
Can identify with this so well as mine too may not always trod the beaten path
Well explained
June 22nd, 2025 06:16
NafisaSB said:
Can identify with this so well as mine too may not always trod the beaten path
Well explained
June 22nd, 2025 06:16
light between shadows
Poetic Licence said:
That is beautiful creating that wonderful image of the last rays of soothing sun, shining through to the forest floor, enjoyed the read
June 22nd, 2025 05:08
Poetic Licence said:
That is beautiful creating that wonderful image of the last rays of soothing sun, shining through to the forest floor, enjoyed the read
June 22nd, 2025 05:08
light between shadows
David Wakeling said:
This reminds me of walking in the forests in the Blue Mountains.I was transported there.A Wonderful description of Nature.
June 22nd, 2025 04:43
David Wakeling said:
This reminds me of walking in the forests in the Blue Mountains.I was transported there.A Wonderful description of Nature.
June 22nd, 2025 04:43
light between shadows
sorenbarrett said:
I can see it plain as day. A wonderous glimpse of golden rays setting through tree branches to a forest floor. This poem conveys a sense of peace and calm a feeling of warmth falling into shadow and the onset of the coming night. So well crafted Cryptic that it seems I was there. A fave
June 22nd, 2025 03:34
sorenbarrett said:
I can see it plain as day. A wonderous glimpse of golden rays setting through tree branches to a forest floor. This poem conveys a sense of peace and calm a feeling of warmth falling into shadow and the onset of the coming night. So well crafted Cryptic that it seems I was there. A fave
June 22nd, 2025 03:34
unyielding eyes
Goldfinch60 said:
Those words can be written in many ways arqios, we do not have to do it in a particular way. Fine write.
Andy
June 22nd, 2025 01:17
Goldfinch60 said:
Those words can be written in many ways arqios, we do not have to do it in a particular way. Fine write.
Andy
June 22nd, 2025 01:17
unyielding eyes
Doggerel Dave said:
I really like your message, mate. Feels about right to me...However sometimes (and I don\'t mean here right now) there seem to be quite a number of poems about poetry to turn upon these pages. Now if that\'s not navel watching.... I have a picture in my head of swathes of people in floppy velvet hats, a rose under their nose prancing around chanting \'I wanna be/am a poet\' LOL.
Poetry is for me merely the medium with which to convey an idea, a message. Could be film, a novel perhaps.....
But let\'s not spend time with those interminable and irritating questions such as \'What is poetry?\', \'Why am I a poet?\' Make the medium work. Bring issues to the table.
And I very much enjoyed the write !👍
June 21st, 2025 18:27
Doggerel Dave said:
I really like your message, mate. Feels about right to me...However sometimes (and I don\'t mean here right now) there seem to be quite a number of poems about poetry to turn upon these pages. Now if that\'s not navel watching.... I have a picture in my head of swathes of people in floppy velvet hats, a rose under their nose prancing around chanting \'I wanna be/am a poet\' LOL.
Poetry is for me merely the medium with which to convey an idea, a message. Could be film, a novel perhaps.....
But let\'s not spend time with those interminable and irritating questions such as \'What is poetry?\', \'Why am I a poet?\' Make the medium work. Bring issues to the table.
And I very much enjoyed the write !👍
June 21st, 2025 18:27
bridges
NafisaSB said:
It is really painful when we see our friends in such a state and hope that there is some cure available for them. A very sensitive subject handled beautifully
June 21st, 2025 10:23
NafisaSB said:
It is really painful when we see our friends in such a state and hope that there is some cure available for them. A very sensitive subject handled beautifully
June 21st, 2025 10:23
unyielding eyes
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Yes, the gatekeepers keeping gates they were never appointed too. From the moment art was put on a wall to show the way to the next hunt, it has birthed and inspired more art. There is no gate to keep, art is in the eye of the beholder, as it is said, and I, for one, love busting gates open (or just kicking them if they won\'t budge. It\'s exercise at the very least 🤣 and practice for the next gate) . Like storming the gates of hell! A very wonderful poem, my friend. Nay, an important and timely one, because the gatekeeping is real and IT IS A BUSINESS. That is why I love MPS, Poetizer, and other places because they open the gates wide. Again, this is most certainly a fave for every reason! 🌹👏
June 21st, 2025 06:44
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Yes, the gatekeepers keeping gates they were never appointed too. From the moment art was put on a wall to show the way to the next hunt, it has birthed and inspired more art. There is no gate to keep, art is in the eye of the beholder, as it is said, and I, for one, love busting gates open (or just kicking them if they won\'t budge. It\'s exercise at the very least 🤣 and practice for the next gate) . Like storming the gates of hell! A very wonderful poem, my friend. Nay, an important and timely one, because the gatekeeping is real and IT IS A BUSINESS. That is why I love MPS, Poetizer, and other places because they open the gates wide. Again, this is most certainly a fave for every reason! 🌹👏
June 21st, 2025 06:44
unyielding eyes
arqios said:
MPS is an excellent venue for freedom of expression, as far as it has been around.
June 21st, 2025 05:24
arqios said:
MPS is an excellent venue for freedom of expression, as far as it has been around.
June 21st, 2025 05:24
unyielding eyes
David Wakeling said:
For me this explores the so called rules of poetry and creativity. Poetry doesn\'t have to rhyme bit there is nothing wrong if it does. Surely to enjoy writing Poetry or any literature should be free.A great poem with a serious theme.
June 21st, 2025 04:43
David Wakeling said:
For me this explores the so called rules of poetry and creativity. Poetry doesn\'t have to rhyme bit there is nothing wrong if it does. Surely to enjoy writing Poetry or any literature should be free.A great poem with a serious theme.
June 21st, 2025 04:43
unyielding eyes
Poetic Licence said:
The world is big enough for all types of writing regardless of how poetic, structered, planned or randomly written they are, I myself as you say the need to speak, interesting write
June 21st, 2025 04:13
Poetic Licence said:
The world is big enough for all types of writing regardless of how poetic, structered, planned or randomly written they are, I myself as you say the need to speak, interesting write
June 21st, 2025 04:13
unyielding eyes
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic it is the meaning of this poem that gets the fave. I hold poetry to be the ability to convey emotion in words. Poetry without emotion is merely a decoration an icing and without the substance of cake beneath it a simple window dressing for the eye not for the stomach or heart. A lovely work
June 21st, 2025 04:04
sorenbarrett said:
Cryptic it is the meaning of this poem that gets the fave. I hold poetry to be the ability to convey emotion in words. Poetry without emotion is merely a decoration an icing and without the substance of cake beneath it a simple window dressing for the eye not for the stomach or heart. A lovely work
June 21st, 2025 04:04
unyielding eyes
Caring dove said:
I think sometimes it’s best to write how we wish .. and In our way
I never follow a certain rhyme or anything ..
June 21st, 2025 02:43
Caring dove said:
I think sometimes it’s best to write how we wish .. and In our way
I never follow a certain rhyme or anything ..
June 21st, 2025 02:43
bridges
Goldfinch60 said:
Those bridges are so important in our lives arqios.
Andy
( My wife died from dementia so I know all about it, may your friend find peace.)
June 21st, 2025 01:26
Goldfinch60 said:
Those bridges are so important in our lives arqios.
Andy
( My wife died from dementia so I know all about it, may your friend find peace.)
June 21st, 2025 01:26
bridges
rrodriguez said:
This is so beautiful. It softly glides in musicality and rhythm. Excellent piece!
June 20th, 2025 20:45
rrodriguez said:
This is so beautiful. It softly glides in musicality and rhythm. Excellent piece!
June 20th, 2025 20:45
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