Comments received on poems by nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)
WHISPER
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn tender farewell here, with the morning birdsong, rain, and waves becoming ways for the departed to remain present without asking the living to stop living. The ending is gentle rather than sentimental—the whisper in the ear feels like love saying, I’m still with you, but don’t be afraid.
August 30th, 2026 06:40
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a damn tender farewell here, with the morning birdsong, rain, and waves becoming ways for the departed to remain present without asking the living to stop living. The ending is gentle rather than sentimental—the whisper in the ear feels like love saying, I’m still with you, but don’t be afraid.
August 30th, 2026 06:40
WHISPER
sorenbarrett said:
I love the sentiment of this one Norman it is romantic in a tragic way with death but not forgetting seen the deceased in nature itself. Quite and melancholic but reassuring. Well composed with good rhyme and flow. A fave my friend
August 30th, 2026 04:04
sorenbarrett said:
I love the sentiment of this one Norman it is romantic in a tragic way with death but not forgetting seen the deceased in nature itself. Quite and melancholic but reassuring. Well composed with good rhyme and flow. A fave my friend
August 30th, 2026 04:04
PRISONERS OF WAR
Dan Williams said:
This is the war that we have failed so dramatically to bring to an end. Keep trying, I guess. Well done.
August 29th, 2026 23:39
Dan Williams said:
This is the war that we have failed so dramatically to bring to an end. Keep trying, I guess. Well done.
August 29th, 2026 23:39
PRISONERS OF WAR
orchidee said:
A fine write N.
Meanwhile we\'re prisoners at this bus stop. Feels like it, the time we been waiting! lol.
And now - a poem never to be written? \'The bus arrived\'!
August 29th, 2026 11:46
orchidee said:
A fine write N.
Meanwhile we\'re prisoners at this bus stop. Feels like it, the time we been waiting! lol.
And now - a poem never to be written? \'The bus arrived\'!
August 29th, 2026 11:46
PRISONERS OF WAR
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this is absolutely harrowing. You strip away every illusion of honor and leave us facing the cruelty, degradation, and human cost of war. Powerful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 29th, 2026 07:54
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this is absolutely harrowing. You strip away every illusion of honor and leave us facing the cruelty, degradation, and human cost of war. Powerful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 29th, 2026 07:54
PRISONERS OF WAR
Lorenz said:
This also brings to mind the death marches organized by the nazis .Anyone who fell could not get back up...
August 29th, 2026 07:36
Lorenz said:
This also brings to mind the death marches organized by the nazis .Anyone who fell could not get back up...
August 29th, 2026 07:36
PRISONERS OF WAR
arqios said:
The cruelty of war in its slightest vetoes the necessities of warring in the first place. Moving read 🙏🏻🕊️
August 29th, 2026 06:34
arqios said:
The cruelty of war in its slightest vetoes the necessities of warring in the first place. Moving read 🙏🏻🕊️
August 29th, 2026 06:34
PRISONERS OF WAR
sorenbarrett said:
From the trail of tears to the Bataan death march of WWII this poem applies to all. Well written Norman
August 29th, 2026 03:52
sorenbarrett said:
From the trail of tears to the Bataan death march of WWII this poem applies to all. Well written Norman
August 29th, 2026 03:52
BUT GENTLY I WAIT TO SAY GOODBYE
Tristan Robert Lange said:
The natural world continuing around this deeply human contemplation gives the piece tremendous peace, Norman. Life and death occupy the same sacred space without struggling against one another. Wonderfully written, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 28th, 2026 17:34
Tristan Robert Lange said:
The natural world continuing around this deeply human contemplation gives the piece tremendous peace, Norman. Life and death occupy the same sacred space without struggling against one another. Wonderfully written, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 28th, 2026 17:34
BUT GENTLY I WAIT TO SAY GOODBYE
peto said:
The meter and flow are fantastic
My first read was all about enjoying the tune I heard from these verses
Went back to the words and was blown away
Fantastic writing
August 28th, 2026 15:46
peto said:
The meter and flow are fantastic
My first read was all about enjoying the tune I heard from these verses
Went back to the words and was blown away
Fantastic writing
August 28th, 2026 15:46
BUT GENTLY I WAIT TO SAY GOODBYE
Lorenz said:
Its a work imbued with a profound introspective gentleness !
August 28th, 2026 13:56
Lorenz said:
Its a work imbued with a profound introspective gentleness !
August 28th, 2026 13:56
BUT GENTLY I WAIT TO SAY GOODBYE
orchidee said:
Good write N. You said goodbye yet, waiting at that bus stop?! lol.
August 28th, 2026 08:33
orchidee said:
Good write N. You said goodbye yet, waiting at that bus stop?! lol.
August 28th, 2026 08:33
BUT GENTLY I WAIT TO SAY GOODBYE
sorenbarrett said:
There is definitely a feel of departure in this poem a sense of death and moving on. It is melancholic and a bit somber if not sad. Well written my friend
August 28th, 2026 04:27
sorenbarrett said:
There is definitely a feel of departure in this poem a sense of death and moving on. It is melancholic and a bit somber if not sad. Well written my friend
August 28th, 2026 04:27
TRAPPED IN TIME
thinkerbell said:
A haunting piece of poetry..wonderfully worded
August 28th, 2026 00:57
thinkerbell said:
A haunting piece of poetry..wonderfully worded
August 28th, 2026 00:57
TRAPPED IN TIME
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, what a haunting and atmospheric piece. The old structures remain, but whatever power they once carried is steadily disappearing while the world continues around them. I’ve visited places that hold this same eerie presence...beautifully captured, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 27th, 2026 16:27
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, what a haunting and atmospheric piece. The old structures remain, but whatever power they once carried is steadily disappearing while the world continues around them. I’ve visited places that hold this same eerie presence...beautifully captured, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 27th, 2026 16:27
TRAPPED IN TIME
Lorenz said:
A somewhat poignant vision of the rust settling and dissolving shapes...
August 27th, 2026 10:54
Lorenz said:
A somewhat poignant vision of the rust settling and dissolving shapes...
August 27th, 2026 10:54
TRAPPED IN TIME
orchidee said:
Good write N. Yep, we\'re trapped in time waiting for that bus. Now a poem about it. The first line goes: Ohhh, F, F, F, and F! lol.
August 27th, 2026 09:16
orchidee said:
Good write N. Yep, we\'re trapped in time waiting for that bus. Now a poem about it. The first line goes: Ohhh, F, F, F, and F! lol.
August 27th, 2026 09:16
TRAPPED IN TIME
sorenbarrett said:
A most lovely imaged metaphor of age and disrepair. Nicely worded it paints its picture well and is a fave
August 27th, 2026 03:51
sorenbarrett said:
A most lovely imaged metaphor of age and disrepair. Nicely worded it paints its picture well and is a fave
August 27th, 2026 03:51
PATRIOTISM
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this hits with brutal clarity. Political power manufactures the fervor, ordinary families absorb the loss, and commerce waits at the other end…all beneath the disguise of noble devotion. Brilliantly delivered, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 26th, 2026 15:53
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this hits with brutal clarity. Political power manufactures the fervor, ordinary families absorb the loss, and commerce waits at the other end…all beneath the disguise of noble devotion. Brilliantly delivered, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 26th, 2026 15:53
OLD MEN
Doggerel Dave said:
I detest funerals. I decline to attend.I suppose I shall be forced to attend one shortly, my upright refusal no longer valid..
August 26th, 2026 07:13
Doggerel Dave said:
I detest funerals. I decline to attend.I suppose I shall be forced to attend one shortly, my upright refusal no longer valid..
August 26th, 2026 07:13
PATRIOTISM
Doggerel Dave said:
Got that right. Hear Hear. I\'m tired of this argument, have delt with it before. Will contribute no more unless a clown leaps to patriotism\'s defence...
August 26th, 2026 04:40
Doggerel Dave said:
Got that right. Hear Hear. I\'m tired of this argument, have delt with it before. Will contribute no more unless a clown leaps to patriotism\'s defence...
August 26th, 2026 04:40
PATRIOTISM
sorenbarrett said:
This poem is chilling even its form resembling a cross as a grave marker leaves one to shudder. Patriotism has been the rallying call for millennia but seems antiquated now days with a global internet, economy and relations. Isolationists an artifact of an out dated time. Patriotism a means of control.
August 26th, 2026 04:15
sorenbarrett said:
This poem is chilling even its form resembling a cross as a grave marker leaves one to shudder. Patriotism has been the rallying call for millennia but seems antiquated now days with a global internet, economy and relations. Isolationists an artifact of an out dated time. Patriotism a means of control.
August 26th, 2026 04:15
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