Comments received on poems by nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)
THE BOOKS I BORROW
Teddy.15 said:
Superb, and brings much reflection, true and clever makes me think about Sylvia Plath who lived in a loveless marriage with deep depression and Oscar Wilde who was gay and not accepted as such and so many more. 🌹
September 17th, 2026 07:32
Teddy.15 said:
Superb, and brings much reflection, true and clever makes me think about Sylvia Plath who lived in a loveless marriage with deep depression and Oscar Wilde who was gay and not accepted as such and so many more. 🌹
September 17th, 2026 07:32
THE BOOKS I BORROW
Lorenz said:
A cityscape straight out of a Dickens novel...
September 17th, 2026 06:18
Lorenz said:
A cityscape straight out of a Dickens novel...
September 17th, 2026 06:18
THE BOOKS I BORROW
sorenbarrett said:
There is an intriguing feeling woven into this poem with internal rhyme and near rhyme. It meanders and flows all the way to the end. A fave
September 17th, 2026 04:46
sorenbarrett said:
There is an intriguing feeling woven into this poem with internal rhyme and near rhyme. It meanders and flows all the way to the end. A fave
September 17th, 2026 04:46
THE BOOKS I BORROW
orchidee said:
A fine write N.
So you\'ve read all your own books and are borrowing other books to read, while waiting at the bus-stop. lol.
September 17th, 2026 02:57
orchidee said:
A fine write N.
So you\'ve read all your own books and are borrowing other books to read, while waiting at the bus-stop. lol.
September 17th, 2026 02:57
A PRICKLY PATH
Goldfinch60 said:
Those roses without the thorns will be seen along the road again Norman.
Andy
September 17th, 2026 00:36
Goldfinch60 said:
Those roses without the thorns will be seen along the road again Norman.
Andy
September 17th, 2026 00:36
A PRICKLY PATH
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, what a haunting piece. Weather, sleeplessness, violence, and lingering intimacy converge into a portrait of love after trust has been shattered. The beauty remains inseparable from the pain it carries. Wonderfully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 16th, 2026 22:21
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, what a haunting piece. Weather, sleeplessness, violence, and lingering intimacy converge into a portrait of love after trust has been shattered. The beauty remains inseparable from the pain it carries. Wonderfully done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 16th, 2026 22:21
A PRICKLY PATH
orchidee said:
A fine write N. We fought our way through the woods, prickly bushes, etc, taking short-cut to that bus stop - all for nothing. No bus arrived! lol.
September 16th, 2026 08:47
orchidee said:
A fine write N. We fought our way through the woods, prickly bushes, etc, taking short-cut to that bus stop - all for nothing. No bus arrived! lol.
September 16th, 2026 08:47
A PRICKLY PATH
sorenbarrett said:
I felt this one Norman all that is good has a price and the beauty and fragrance of the rose bears thorns. I have torn myself on them for lack of care before. Nicely written my friend with a seductive meter and good rhyme a fave
September 16th, 2026 05:01
sorenbarrett said:
I felt this one Norman all that is good has a price and the beauty and fragrance of the rose bears thorns. I have torn myself on them for lack of care before. Nicely written my friend with a seductive meter and good rhyme a fave
September 16th, 2026 05:01
MIRROR MIRROR
Goldfinch60 said:
Beauty come from within the mind and heart Norman.
Andy
September 16th, 2026 01:16
Goldfinch60 said:
Beauty come from within the mind and heart Norman.
Andy
September 16th, 2026 01:16
MIRROR MIRROR
Paul Bell said:
Yes, the wine might mature with age, but sadly, the ones who worship you are gone, leaving the young who worship another.
It is nice to know we\'re all replaceable though.
September 15th, 2026 10:23
Paul Bell said:
Yes, the wine might mature with age, but sadly, the ones who worship you are gone, leaving the young who worship another.
It is nice to know we\'re all replaceable though.
September 15th, 2026 10:23
MIRROR MIRROR
orchidee said:
Good write N.
You thought you spotted a bus in that mirror - but no, a mirage! lol.
September 15th, 2026 09:13
orchidee said:
Good write N.
You thought you spotted a bus in that mirror - but no, a mirage! lol.
September 15th, 2026 09:13
MIRROR MIRROR
sorenbarrett said:
Makeup can not compete with youth and time is a cruel taskmaster. Nicely written Norman and a fave
September 15th, 2026 04:47
sorenbarrett said:
Makeup can not compete with youth and time is a cruel taskmaster. Nicely written Norman and a fave
September 15th, 2026 04:47
ALAS
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a beautifully melancholy piece, Norman. The imagery is rich with everything the speaker notices, but the real sorrow lies in having no way to make another person see it too. This struck close to home, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 14th, 2026 11:14
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a beautifully melancholy piece, Norman. The imagery is rich with everything the speaker notices, but the real sorrow lies in having no way to make another person see it too. This struck close to home, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 14th, 2026 11:14
ALAS
orchidee said:
Good write N. Summat else you miss - never seen it for years - we knows it! lol.
September 14th, 2026 09:18
orchidee said:
Good write N. Summat else you miss - never seen it for years - we knows it! lol.
September 14th, 2026 09:18
MY TIN ANGEL
2781 said:
And this is the Father\'s will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
September 14th, 2026 05:43
2781 said:
And this is the Father\'s will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
September 14th, 2026 05:43
ALAS
sorenbarrett said:
Memories written in objects evoke feelings and here with the rhyme and good meter it sets a tone. Well done Norman
September 14th, 2026 04:30
sorenbarrett said:
Memories written in objects evoke feelings and here with the rhyme and good meter it sets a tone. Well done Norman
September 14th, 2026 04:30
MY TIN ANGEL
Goldfinch60 said:
So many things in our life are irreplaceable Norman.
Andy
September 14th, 2026 02:08
Goldfinch60 said:
So many things in our life are irreplaceable Norman.
Andy
September 14th, 2026 02:08
MY TIN ANGEL
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this one carries such a lonely, late-night ache. It feels worn down by life but still strangely beautiful...like finding something sacred among everything discarded. Powerful poem, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 13th, 2026 18:54
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this one carries such a lonely, late-night ache. It feels worn down by life but still strangely beautiful...like finding something sacred among everything discarded. Powerful poem, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 13th, 2026 18:54
MY TIN ANGEL
arqios said:
Old certainties keep us awake at night but sometimes lead to nowhere and dissipates into the night as well. Moving read. 🙏🏻🕊️👍🏻
September 13th, 2026 18:15
arqios said:
Old certainties keep us awake at night but sometimes lead to nowhere and dissipates into the night as well. Moving read. 🙏🏻🕊️👍🏻
September 13th, 2026 18:15
MY TIN ANGEL
orchidee said:
Good write N. Ahh, angels gone rusty while protecting you waiting at that bus stop?! lol.
September 13th, 2026 09:20
orchidee said:
Good write N. Ahh, angels gone rusty while protecting you waiting at that bus stop?! lol.
September 13th, 2026 09:20
MY TIN ANGEL
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a smoky blues-noir atmosphere here, with the tin angel, plastic Jesus, cigarettes, neon, prostitutes, and distant steam train all inhabiting a world where faith and human struggle have been worn down by the night. The final return to “my tin angel out of sight” is especially effective—it turns that battered little religious object into a symbol of whatever hope the speaker has lost or can no longer reach.
September 13th, 2026 08:03
Thomas W Case said:
There’s a smoky blues-noir atmosphere here, with the tin angel, plastic Jesus, cigarettes, neon, prostitutes, and distant steam train all inhabiting a world where faith and human struggle have been worn down by the night. The final return to “my tin angel out of sight” is especially effective—it turns that battered little religious object into a symbol of whatever hope the speaker has lost or can no longer reach.
September 13th, 2026 08:03
MY TIN ANGEL
sorenbarrett said:
So many possibilities, common things, a collectors dream, memories, nostalgia brings. Religious decorations, false and fake, an attention getter that no longer works, coffin nails to the day\'s demise. Night life brighter than day now dead but still tries to breath, Surrender in a glass, sexual release. Trains of the past, so sad the call of memory, end of the day set in a frame one worshiped out of sight. There is hidden beauty and sadness in this journey a fave
September 13th, 2026 03:58
sorenbarrett said:
So many possibilities, common things, a collectors dream, memories, nostalgia brings. Religious decorations, false and fake, an attention getter that no longer works, coffin nails to the day\'s demise. Night life brighter than day now dead but still tries to breath, Surrender in a glass, sexual release. Trains of the past, so sad the call of memory, end of the day set in a frame one worshiped out of sight. There is hidden beauty and sadness in this journey a fave
September 13th, 2026 03:58
UNKNOWN POET
Goldfinch60 said:
Very true words Norman but there is enough in this world for all but those in control do not care.
Andy
September 13th, 2026 01:00
Goldfinch60 said:
Very true words Norman but there is enough in this world for all but those in control do not care.
Andy
September 13th, 2026 01:00
UNKNOWN POET
Doggerel Dave said:
I\'ll pay this one - the plea for sicial juatice is the tight theme throughout.
September 12th, 2026 19:11
Doggerel Dave said:
I\'ll pay this one - the plea for sicial juatice is the tight theme throughout.
September 12th, 2026 19:11
UNKNOWN POET
orchidee said:
A fine write N. Graffiti on that bus shelter. You still waiting there on your birthday!? Good wishes.
September 12th, 2026 10:39
orchidee said:
A fine write N. Graffiti on that bus shelter. You still waiting there on your birthday!? Good wishes.
September 12th, 2026 10:39
UNKNOWN POET
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this hit hard! The anger is raw, justified, and aimed squarely at a system that protects wealth while ordinary families suffer. Powerful write, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 12th, 2026 09:18
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Norman, this hit hard! The anger is raw, justified, and aimed squarely at a system that protects wealth while ordinary families suffer. Powerful write, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 12th, 2026 09:18
UNKNOWN POET
arqios said:
Such a sharp and honest piece with well-suited plain language. 🙏🏻🕊️
September 12th, 2026 07:45
arqios said:
Such a sharp and honest piece with well-suited plain language. 🙏🏻🕊️
September 12th, 2026 07:45
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