Comments received on poems by Thomas W Case
Bebop on the Board
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, what grips me most is the layering. Coltrane coughing through the room, Parker rising from under the dirt, pawns marching toward sacrifice…then that simple “Check.” It’s sensual, tense, and slightly damned. “They are playing / jazz in hell.” That line doesn’t explain itself…it just sits there, heavy. Powerful poem, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️
February 23rd, 2026 09:57
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, what grips me most is the layering. Coltrane coughing through the room, Parker rising from under the dirt, pawns marching toward sacrifice…then that simple “Check.” It’s sensual, tense, and slightly damned. “They are playing / jazz in hell.” That line doesn’t explain itself…it just sits there, heavy. Powerful poem, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️
February 23rd, 2026 09:57
Bebop on the Board
Doggerel Dave said:
How is it you create such complexity in so few words?
February 22nd, 2026 21:53
Doggerel Dave said:
How is it you create such complexity in so few words?
February 22nd, 2026 21:53
Bebop on the Board
Kevin Hulme said:
Very descriptive. Reminds me of the Chess game in the Thomas Crown Affair. But this : more bite. Enjoyed.
February 22nd, 2026 20:50
Kevin Hulme said:
Very descriptive. Reminds me of the Chess game in the Thomas Crown Affair. But this : more bite. Enjoyed.
February 22nd, 2026 20:50
Bebop on the Board
sorenbarrett said:
All of your poems are good Thomas but this is one of the best. It oozes overripe juice fermented it draws flies that buzz on a hot afternoon. The odor and buzz are intoxicating and I am taken to the place. So much lost living in this poem Thomas. No need to say it is a fave
February 22nd, 2026 09:40
sorenbarrett said:
All of your poems are good Thomas but this is one of the best. It oozes overripe juice fermented it draws flies that buzz on a hot afternoon. The odor and buzz are intoxicating and I am taken to the place. So much lost living in this poem Thomas. No need to say it is a fave
February 22nd, 2026 09:40
Bebop on the Board
Neville said:
Damn this is so good .. makes me fell like hanging up my pen ... again .. Neville
February 22nd, 2026 09:17
Neville said:
Damn this is so good .. makes me fell like hanging up my pen ... again .. Neville
February 22nd, 2026 09:17
Goodnight
gray0328 said:
Well Done Brother. The Morning follows the goodnight
February 18th, 2026 10:02
gray0328 said:
Well Done Brother. The Morning follows the goodnight
February 18th, 2026 10:02
Love is a Stray Mutt
Doggerel Dave said:
Autobiography writ larger than most thick tomes.
Great read Thomas.
February 18th, 2026 00:47
Doggerel Dave said:
Autobiography writ larger than most thick tomes.
Great read Thomas.
February 18th, 2026 00:47
Love is a Stray Mutt
Kevin Hulme said:
This is holding life up to the Sun and seeing the veins of reality. Hard hitting as usual. A fine Poem.
February 17th, 2026 20:45
Kevin Hulme said:
This is holding life up to the Sun and seeing the veins of reality. Hard hitting as usual. A fine Poem.
February 17th, 2026 20:45
Love is a Stray Mutt
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, “A love without muscle is just hunger” is a line that grips me. It reframes everything that came before it. And that Tyson left hook image…sharp, sudden, undeniable. Those lines carry the emotional weight of the whole arc. Great job, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
February 17th, 2026 20:18
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, “A love without muscle is just hunger” is a line that grips me. It reframes everything that came before it. And that Tyson left hook image…sharp, sudden, undeniable. Those lines carry the emotional weight of the whole arc. Great job, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
February 17th, 2026 20:18
Love is a Stray Mutt
Paul Bell said:
Had my own tortoise that I used to fence in, and as you wrote, it was gone the next day.
I loved the drink too, though it didn\'t love me.
We all live life, some make it, some don\'t, I realised that late in life going to funerals.
Great raw poem.
February 17th, 2026 14:09
Paul Bell said:
Had my own tortoise that I used to fence in, and as you wrote, it was gone the next day.
I loved the drink too, though it didn\'t love me.
We all live life, some make it, some don\'t, I realised that late in life going to funerals.
Great raw poem.
February 17th, 2026 14:09
Love is a Stray Mutt
Neville said:
Nothing short of excellent Thomas .. You just reminded me (again) why I first fell in love with poetry .. Ragged n real, just as it is and just as it always should be .. Neville ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
February 17th, 2026 10:08
Neville said:
Nothing short of excellent Thomas .. You just reminded me (again) why I first fell in love with poetry .. Ragged n real, just as it is and just as it always should be .. Neville ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
February 17th, 2026 10:08
Love is a Stray Mutt
Friendship said:
A powerful poem. Your poem serves as a reflection on the poet\'s journey through love and loss, ultimately revealing the difficulties of maintaining connections and the coping mechanisms that arise from those struggles. It conveys a universal sentiment of longing for love while grappling with the realities of life and relationships.
February 17th, 2026 07:59
Friendship said:
A powerful poem. Your poem serves as a reflection on the poet\'s journey through love and loss, ultimately revealing the difficulties of maintaining connections and the coping mechanisms that arise from those struggles. It conveys a universal sentiment of longing for love while grappling with the realities of life and relationships.
February 17th, 2026 07:59
Love is a Stray Mutt
orchidee said:
Good write Tom. Some You Tube clips are just too sad, about animals, though some are made by AI.
February 17th, 2026 07:55
orchidee said:
Good write Tom. Some You Tube clips are just too sad, about animals, though some are made by AI.
February 17th, 2026 07:55
Love is a Stray Mutt
sorenbarrett said:
Raw and so straight that a lazer beam would seem bent alongside. Too straight for most that want to believe in fairytales but a lovely write that is a fave
February 17th, 2026 07:41
sorenbarrett said:
Raw and so straight that a lazer beam would seem bent alongside. Too straight for most that want to believe in fairytales but a lovely write that is a fave
February 17th, 2026 07:41
Life, Wow
rebellion_in_sanity said:
Absolutely stunning lines:
\"The tuna in the ocean,
and the tuna in the can.
Alive in both moments,
silent in both moments,
I lift the spoon,
taste salt and centuries of the sea,
as I sit here,
watching the snow melt.\"
February 17th, 2026 07:31
rebellion_in_sanity said:
Absolutely stunning lines:
\"The tuna in the ocean,
and the tuna in the can.
Alive in both moments,
silent in both moments,
I lift the spoon,
taste salt and centuries of the sea,
as I sit here,
watching the snow melt.\"
February 17th, 2026 07:31
Goodnight
NafisaSB said:
it may be goodnight now, but there is always a sunrise the next day unfailingly - let\'s hold on to that...
February 17th, 2026 01:03
NafisaSB said:
it may be goodnight now, but there is always a sunrise the next day unfailingly - let\'s hold on to that...
February 17th, 2026 01:03
Life, Wow
Neville said:
I love this in its entirety but that summative line is literally to die for sir .. Neville
February 16th, 2026 05:57
Neville said:
I love this in its entirety but that summative line is literally to die for sir .. Neville
February 16th, 2026 05:57
Life, Wow
Paul Bell said:
Definitely, beats me why clowns start wars when the good times are rolling.
Life isn\'t long enough to do all the things you want.
Wild horses and a coffee do it for me.
February 15th, 2026 09:41
Paul Bell said:
Definitely, beats me why clowns start wars when the good times are rolling.
Life isn\'t long enough to do all the things you want.
Wild horses and a coffee do it for me.
February 15th, 2026 09:41
Life, Wow
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, this feels expansive and intimate at once. The way you move from tuna and coffee to memory and mortality…there’s something quietly profound in that. “There’s too much life to let it end at death” lands like conviction, not sentiment. Beautiful meditation. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
February 15th, 2026 09:38
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, this feels expansive and intimate at once. The way you move from tuna and coffee to memory and mortality…there’s something quietly profound in that. “There’s too much life to let it end at death” lands like conviction, not sentiment. Beautiful meditation. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
February 15th, 2026 09:38
Life, Wow
Friendship said:
Well done. Your poem revolves around the interconnectedness of life experiences, memory, and the continuity of existence beyond death. It reflects on significant moments from the past and the ways they resonate in the present.
February 15th, 2026 09:24
Friendship said:
Well done. Your poem revolves around the interconnectedness of life experiences, memory, and the continuity of existence beyond death. It reflects on significant moments from the past and the ways they resonate in the present.
February 15th, 2026 09:24
Life, Wow
sorenbarrett said:
So much metaphor in this Thomas life death a coffin can yet no what is canned is preserved as memories are preserved and one has to ask is this what life is a memory. Our memory, others memories what we leave canned to be tasted by those to come as they open those cans be it music, poems, stories, photos, things we made or families we created each a smell, a taste, a vision of who we are. A fave my friend
February 15th, 2026 09:22
sorenbarrett said:
So much metaphor in this Thomas life death a coffin can yet no what is canned is preserved as memories are preserved and one has to ask is this what life is a memory. Our memory, others memories what we leave canned to be tasted by those to come as they open those cans be it music, poems, stories, photos, things we made or families we created each a smell, a taste, a vision of who we are. A fave my friend
February 15th, 2026 09:22
Goodnight
Neville said:
Splendid poetry Thomas and crying out to be read .. as I’m sure it will be time n time again 😎👍
February 11th, 2026 03:47
Neville said:
Splendid poetry Thomas and crying out to be read .. as I’m sure it will be time n time again 😎👍
February 11th, 2026 03:47
Goodnight
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, this is a powerful reckoning. The litany of places, damage, and desire moves steadily toward something quieter and truer. Ending with the creator waiting…hands folded over the hole…that’s not judgment, it’s mercy. Well done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
February 10th, 2026 13:02
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, this is a powerful reckoning. The litany of places, damage, and desire moves steadily toward something quieter and truer. Ending with the creator waiting…hands folded over the hole…that’s not judgment, it’s mercy. Well done, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
February 10th, 2026 13:02
Goodnight
orchidee said:
Good write Tom. You hearing this message, or you gone to bed?! lol.
February 10th, 2026 09:34
orchidee said:
Good write Tom. You hearing this message, or you gone to bed?! lol.
February 10th, 2026 09:34
Goodnight
Friendship said:
A powerful poem of oneself.Well done. Your poem expresses a farewell to various elements of the speaker\'s life, reflecting on the past with a sense of nostalgia, regret, and acceptance. It encapsulates a journey through personal chaos and the search for meaning, ultimately acknowledging both loss and the desire for creation.
February 10th, 2026 08:04
Friendship said:
A powerful poem of oneself.Well done. Your poem expresses a farewell to various elements of the speaker\'s life, reflecting on the past with a sense of nostalgia, regret, and acceptance. It encapsulates a journey through personal chaos and the search for meaning, ultimately acknowledging both loss and the desire for creation.
February 10th, 2026 08:04
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