Comments received on poems by arqios
All Hail! Parliament Train
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this feels expansive and unsettled in the right way. It captures movement without certainty, gathering without resolution. The atmosphere carries quietly but firmly. Wonderful job! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
January 3rd, 2026 13:34
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this feels expansive and unsettled in the right way. It captures movement without certainty, gathering without resolution. The atmosphere carries quietly but firmly. Wonderful job! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
January 3rd, 2026 13:34
All Hail! Parliament Train
orchidee said:
Why have they gathered? Verse 1. I dunno myself, not got the foggiest idea! lol. And how\'s that Summer going?
January 3rd, 2026 12:09
orchidee said:
Why have they gathered? Verse 1. I dunno myself, not got the foggiest idea! lol. And how\'s that Summer going?
January 3rd, 2026 12:09
All Hail! Parliament Train
sorenbarrett said:
This poem Cryptic takes on various forms to me. At first I saw it as parliament itself then immigrants arriving in a new land of freedom then it seemed as a passage through time. In each occasion the uncertainty is marked and the doubt is evident. Time moves on and if we miss the train it is no one\'s fault but our own. Very nicely done my friend.
January 3rd, 2026 06:08
sorenbarrett said:
This poem Cryptic takes on various forms to me. At first I saw it as parliament itself then immigrants arriving in a new land of freedom then it seemed as a passage through time. In each occasion the uncertainty is marked and the doubt is evident. Time moves on and if we miss the train it is no one\'s fault but our own. Very nicely done my friend.
January 3rd, 2026 06:08
Moogerah spillway
Kevin Hulme said:
Maybe the New year is Warm in your Neck of the Wood , I don\'t know. Here it\'s Brass Monkeys. A fine description and Poem .
January 2nd, 2026 21:02
Kevin Hulme said:
Maybe the New year is Warm in your Neck of the Wood , I don\'t know. Here it\'s Brass Monkeys. A fine description and Poem .
January 2nd, 2026 21:02
Moogerah spillway
orchidee said:
Ooh yes, a journey, a step at a time. No use anyone telling me \'A long journey of several thousand steps begins with the first step\' cos I tripped over at the first step. Doh! I could push you in a wheelchair, Fido says to me. lol. Not got that quote correct, but it\'s summat like that.
January 2nd, 2026 10:19
orchidee said:
Ooh yes, a journey, a step at a time. No use anyone telling me \'A long journey of several thousand steps begins with the first step\' cos I tripped over at the first step. Doh! I could push you in a wheelchair, Fido says to me. lol. Not got that quote correct, but it\'s summat like that.
January 2nd, 2026 10:19
Moogerah spillway
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, a poem of presence rather than proclamation, you let ordinary details carry meaning, and the ending doesn’t resolve so much as it invites attention. A beautiful way to step into a new year…by staying with it. Well done! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
January 2nd, 2026 09:09
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, a poem of presence rather than proclamation, you let ordinary details carry meaning, and the ending doesn’t resolve so much as it invites attention. A beautiful way to step into a new year…by staying with it. Well done! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
January 2nd, 2026 09:09
Moogerah spillway
Friendship said:
Your poem is about goals, the beginning of a year, which indicates a natural inclination towards contemplation and setting goals for what is to come.
January 2nd, 2026 07:08
Friendship said:
Your poem is about goals, the beginning of a year, which indicates a natural inclination towards contemplation and setting goals for what is to come.
January 2nd, 2026 07:08
Moogerah spillway
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of hesitant beginnings just as the year is as well. What lies ahead the little the normal for now but who knows. A lovely poem for the beginning of a new year. Well done my friend.
January 2nd, 2026 06:09
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of hesitant beginnings just as the year is as well. What lies ahead the little the normal for now but who knows. A lovely poem for the beginning of a new year. Well done my friend.
January 2nd, 2026 06:09
00:00, 2026
Thomas W Case said:
A perfect, fleeting image — timing, light, and bloom all captured in three lines.
January 1st, 2026 09:37
Thomas W Case said:
A perfect, fleeting image — timing, light, and bloom all captured in three lines.
January 1st, 2026 09:37
00:00, 2026
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Powerful moment captured in haiku! Happy New Year my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
January 1st, 2026 09:35
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Powerful moment captured in haiku! Happy New Year my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
January 1st, 2026 09:35
00:00, 2026
Friendship said:
Happy New Year\'s, enjoy the read, short and simple
January 1st, 2026 09:04
Friendship said:
Happy New Year\'s, enjoy the read, short and simple
January 1st, 2026 09:04
farewell 2025
Kevin Hulme said:
New Year is a mixture of Being Happy and Sad.
I always think of Loved Ones now gone .
But we carry on. Happy New year to you and yours.
December 31st, 2025 21:47
Kevin Hulme said:
New Year is a mixture of Being Happy and Sad.
I always think of Loved Ones now gone .
But we carry on. Happy New year to you and yours.
December 31st, 2025 21:47
farewell 2025
Katie B. said:
Immaculate as usual! You are most well written. How long have you been writing? Do you have formal training?
December 31st, 2025 09:10
Katie B. said:
Immaculate as usual! You are most well written. How long have you been writing? Do you have formal training?
December 31st, 2025 09:10
farewell 2025
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is patient wisdom earned the hard way. You balance sentiment and realism without letting either take over, and the ending honors forward motion without erasing what’s been carried. Quiet, clear, and true. A fave for sure. Happy New Year to you and your family , my dear friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 31st, 2025 09:09
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is patient wisdom earned the hard way. You balance sentiment and realism without letting either take over, and the ending honors forward motion without erasing what’s been carried. Quiet, clear, and true. A fave for sure. Happy New Year to you and your family , my dear friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 31st, 2025 09:09
farewell 2025
sorenbarrett said:
As always my friend your verse is loaded with great allegory and this time of one so familiar like the old year now past it calls on memory worn smooth by use and comfortable to the touch one winces at taking the new into hand wondering what it will bring and until when it will feel comfortable too. A lovely write my friend
December 31st, 2025 07:11
sorenbarrett said:
As always my friend your verse is loaded with great allegory and this time of one so familiar like the old year now past it calls on memory worn smooth by use and comfortable to the touch one winces at taking the new into hand wondering what it will bring and until when it will feel comfortable too. A lovely write my friend
December 31st, 2025 07:11
cartography of echoes
Dan Williams said:
\"Unpublishable\" is all too familiar to me. \"Between cursor and keystroke’s muted pause, I heed your lightning riffs, a tempest that rattles\" is marvelous. Nice work here.
December 31st, 2025 04:23
Dan Williams said:
\"Unpublishable\" is all too familiar to me. \"Between cursor and keystroke’s muted pause, I heed your lightning riffs, a tempest that rattles\" is marvelous. Nice work here.
December 31st, 2025 04:23
cartography of echoes
Goldfinch60 said:
Good words Rik, that light will always be there for us.
Andy
December 31st, 2025 02:52
Goldfinch60 said:
Good words Rik, that light will always be there for us.
Andy
December 31st, 2025 02:52
cartography of echoes
orchidee said:
A nice bit of cartography there - I dunno wot it means exactly! lol. Fido says to me: \'I knew you wouldn\'t get the meaning even if it\'s only the least bit cryptic\'. lol.
December 30th, 2025 13:06
orchidee said:
A nice bit of cartography there - I dunno wot it means exactly! lol. Fido says to me: \'I knew you wouldn\'t get the meaning even if it\'s only the least bit cryptic\'. lol.
December 30th, 2025 13:06
cartography of echoes
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wow, my dear friend, thank you for this. Truly. It landed at a moment when I was questioning everything… purpose, voice, even whether writing still mattered. (Of course, I know it does...but that self-doubt can be pernicious). The timing feels anything but accidental. This felt like God speaking through the void, arriving exactly when it needed to. Your words of human and artistic recognition mean more than I can say. I was literally sitting in an “I’m unpublishable” spiral when this appeared (even as I just did get a poem published, followed by more rejection letters 🤣🤷♂️😅)… and somehow this poem cut through that noise and reminded me why I speak at all. Deeply grateful for the care, the seeing, and the fellowship here. I truly appreciate you, Rik! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 30th, 2025 11:10
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wow, my dear friend, thank you for this. Truly. It landed at a moment when I was questioning everything… purpose, voice, even whether writing still mattered. (Of course, I know it does...but that self-doubt can be pernicious). The timing feels anything but accidental. This felt like God speaking through the void, arriving exactly when it needed to. Your words of human and artistic recognition mean more than I can say. I was literally sitting in an “I’m unpublishable” spiral when this appeared (even as I just did get a poem published, followed by more rejection letters 🤣🤷♂️😅)… and somehow this poem cut through that noise and reminded me why I speak at all. Deeply grateful for the care, the seeing, and the fellowship here. I truly appreciate you, Rik! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 30th, 2025 11:10
cartography of echoes
Friendship said:
Nicely worded. Your poem seems to revolve around the power of words and personal confessions shared in a digital landscape, highlighting themes of defiance, connection, grief, and creativity.
December 30th, 2025 06:25
Friendship said:
Nicely worded. Your poem seems to revolve around the power of words and personal confessions shared in a digital landscape, highlighting themes of defiance, connection, grief, and creativity.
December 30th, 2025 06:25
cartography of echoes
sorenbarrett said:
A wonderful toast to another great poetic soul. Well written this poem sparked an old fear or rather concern. When poems were paper chained fire their greatest enemy today digital and screen based a simple solar flare could take out all.
December 30th, 2025 05:13
sorenbarrett said:
A wonderful toast to another great poetic soul. Well written this poem sparked an old fear or rather concern. When poems were paper chained fire their greatest enemy today digital and screen based a simple solar flare could take out all.
December 30th, 2025 05:13
endurings
Kevin Hulme said:
Lichen always reminds me of Gravestones ; as in Stanza 6. Good Write.
December 29th, 2025 21:27
Kevin Hulme said:
Lichen always reminds me of Gravestones ; as in Stanza 6. Good Write.
December 29th, 2025 21:27
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