Comments received on poems by Thomas W Case
The Rules
Kevin Hulme said:
I get what you mean about Colons, Semi Colons, Commas etc. It\'s a Minefield.
But don\'t Authors have Proofreaders to keep them right?
But you\'re right. As long as the feel and Smell of the Poem gets across: that\'s the main thing.
A fave .
September 8th, 2026 19:14
Kevin Hulme said:
I get what you mean about Colons, Semi Colons, Commas etc. It\'s a Minefield.
But don\'t Authors have Proofreaders to keep them right?
But you\'re right. As long as the feel and Smell of the Poem gets across: that\'s the main thing.
A fave .
September 8th, 2026 19:14
The Rules
Doggerel Dave said:
I\'m not at all fond of poetry glorifying poetry as something special and by extension awarding the writer status as a ‘Poet’. That is not what I find this to be about. It’s honing and sharpening a tool of communication in order that it makes the greatest relevance to the reader. It’s a struggle but your results make it a worthwhile enterprise, Thomas.
September 8th, 2026 17:13
Doggerel Dave said:
I\'m not at all fond of poetry glorifying poetry as something special and by extension awarding the writer status as a ‘Poet’. That is not what I find this to be about. It’s honing and sharpening a tool of communication in order that it makes the greatest relevance to the reader. It’s a struggle but your results make it a worthwhile enterprise, Thomas.
September 8th, 2026 17:13
The Rules
orchidee said:
Those pesky commas. lol. It\'s iambic pentameters that bother me - whatever they are?! lol.
September 8th, 2026 14:43
orchidee said:
Those pesky commas. lol. It\'s iambic pentameters that bother me - whatever they are?! lol.
September 8th, 2026 14:43
The Rules
Paul Bell said:
Yeah, getting the story out before you forget it is hard enough, putting bloody commas, full stops, question marks in is brain knackering.
Poetry doesn\'t need them, it just has to say something.
September 8th, 2026 13:32
Paul Bell said:
Yeah, getting the story out before you forget it is hard enough, putting bloody commas, full stops, question marks in is brain knackering.
Poetry doesn\'t need them, it just has to say something.
September 8th, 2026 13:32
The Rules
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Absolutely fantastic, Thomas! You capture the liberation of realizing that technique exists to serve expression, not restrain it. I love poetic form myself, but the living image and honest voice must always come first. You knocked this one out of the park, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 8th, 2026 08:58
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Absolutely fantastic, Thomas! You capture the liberation of realizing that technique exists to serve expression, not restrain it. I love poetic form myself, but the living image and honest voice must always come first. You knocked this one out of the park, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 8th, 2026 08:58
The Rules
Jamiano said:
When I write a poem, I avoid the urge to do punctuation. Once the poem is written, I play with the punctuation. There are endless ways to punctuate a poem. I like the verse: \"Let the soul speak.\"
September 8th, 2026 08:12
Jamiano said:
When I write a poem, I avoid the urge to do punctuation. Once the poem is written, I play with the punctuation. There are endless ways to punctuate a poem. I like the verse: \"Let the soul speak.\"
September 8th, 2026 08:12
The Rules
sorenbarrett said:
I love this poem Thomas it speaks the raw truth about writing where the feeling comes first and the rest can be edited later or maybe not if the feeling is best expressed the way it came out. I often write with deliberate errors to give a different feel and that is okay, even the program for poem analysis on All poetry gives a ten rating to some when changing it to proper English drops it to a five or less. Great message and another wonderful write
September 8th, 2026 07:39
sorenbarrett said:
I love this poem Thomas it speaks the raw truth about writing where the feeling comes first and the rest can be edited later or maybe not if the feeling is best expressed the way it came out. I often write with deliberate errors to give a different feel and that is okay, even the program for poem analysis on All poetry gives a ten rating to some when changing it to proper English drops it to a five or less. Great message and another wonderful write
September 8th, 2026 07:39
The Rules
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
The rules are made by those who cant write, to hell with them, good write and message my friend
September 8th, 2026 07:37
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
The rules are made by those who cant write, to hell with them, good write and message my friend
September 8th, 2026 07:37
The Trouble
Dog days said:
Really beautiful poem Mr. Thomas. The lines so smoothly flows as you narrate.
September 7th, 2026 00:50
Dog days said:
Really beautiful poem Mr. Thomas. The lines so smoothly flows as you narrate.
September 7th, 2026 00:50
The Trouble
arqios said:
A past time I have yet to pick up. Most enjoyable read.
September 6th, 2026 22:23
arqios said:
A past time I have yet to pick up. Most enjoyable read.
September 6th, 2026 22:23
The Trouble
Doggerel Dave said:
Beyond the course the companionship and the cat, golf as you tell it provides a focus which is just the right space to allow a member of your crew to feel safe when they divulge, confess, consolidate in their own time. No pressure, just the necessaary pace made clear here.
September 6th, 2026 20:25
Doggerel Dave said:
Beyond the course the companionship and the cat, golf as you tell it provides a focus which is just the right space to allow a member of your crew to feel safe when they divulge, confess, consolidate in their own time. No pressure, just the necessaary pace made clear here.
September 6th, 2026 20:25
The Trouble
Kevin Hulme said:
A good Poem as always. Good that things are fine with you. There is a Golf Course beside a Railway Station near me. And some of the Players \'Slice\' their shots. Standing on the Platform one day and a Ball just missed me. 🤕
Enjoyed.
September 6th, 2026 19:26
Kevin Hulme said:
A good Poem as always. Good that things are fine with you. There is a Golf Course beside a Railway Station near me. And some of the Players \'Slice\' their shots. Standing on the Platform one day and a Ball just missed me. 🤕
Enjoyed.
September 6th, 2026 19:26
The Trouble
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a beautiful piece, Thomas. The golf is almost beside the point by the end…what really stays is recovery becoming community, and experience becoming something you can hand forward to the next person. Quietly powerful, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 6th, 2026 13:17
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a beautiful piece, Thomas. The golf is almost beside the point by the end…what really stays is recovery becoming community, and experience becoming something you can hand forward to the next person. Quietly powerful, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 6th, 2026 13:17
The Trouble
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
the pleasure is in the giving not receiving
September 6th, 2026 09:08
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) said:
the pleasure is in the giving not receiving
September 6th, 2026 09:08
The Trouble
soheil khodaparasti said:
A deeply moving reflection on sobriety, fellowship, and the quiet shift from taking to giving.
September 6th, 2026 08:50
soheil khodaparasti said:
A deeply moving reflection on sobriety, fellowship, and the quiet shift from taking to giving.
September 6th, 2026 08:50
The Trouble
sorenbarrett said:
Whether teaching golf or life it is what you can give not what you can take that makes life better. First you have to live it to give it. Great write my friend and a great metaphor Thomas
September 6th, 2026 08:04
sorenbarrett said:
Whether teaching golf or life it is what you can give not what you can take that makes life better. First you have to live it to give it. Great write my friend and a great metaphor Thomas
September 6th, 2026 08:04
Calendars
NafisaSB said:
a true fact - time flies on wings, and we still keep waiting for the morrow..
September 4th, 2026 02:19
NafisaSB said:
a true fact - time flies on wings, and we still keep waiting for the morrow..
September 4th, 2026 02:19
My Odyssey
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a remarkable piece, Thomas. The whole journey feels battered, restless, funny, tragic, and ultimately grounded...not because everything was fixed, but because the need to keep fleeing finally loosened its grip. Really powerful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 1st, 2026 12:39
Tristan Robert Lange said:
What a remarkable piece, Thomas. The whole journey feels battered, restless, funny, tragic, and ultimately grounded...not because everything was fixed, but because the need to keep fleeing finally loosened its grip. Really powerful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
September 1st, 2026 12:39
My Odyssey
Paul Bell said:
Anchored for the last time, maybe in mind.
Life should be treated as an adventure, you only get one.
As for screwups, at the time it seemed right.
Drinking coffee and watching the world go by is the way to go, you can\'t get into trouble doing that.
September 1st, 2026 11:50
Paul Bell said:
Anchored for the last time, maybe in mind.
Life should be treated as an adventure, you only get one.
As for screwups, at the time it seemed right.
Drinking coffee and watching the world go by is the way to go, you can\'t get into trouble doing that.
September 1st, 2026 11:50
My Odyssey
soheil khodaparasti said:
This feels deeply honest and beautifully lived in. The Odysseus/Ithaca metaphor gives the whole journey a powerful shape, but the ending is what I find most moving—the realization that home may be less about finding a place and more about finally choosing to stay.
September 1st, 2026 09:19
soheil khodaparasti said:
This feels deeply honest and beautifully lived in. The Odysseus/Ithaca metaphor gives the whole journey a powerful shape, but the ending is what I find most moving—the realization that home may be less about finding a place and more about finally choosing to stay.
September 1st, 2026 09:19
My Odyssey
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of adventure and sights seen. Experience under the belt age settles in and wisdom bought allows one to put down roots. A lovely write of a life lived. \"If Odysseus
had been an alcoholic,
maybe we\'d have had
more in common.\"
This felt mythical and real at the same time. Part me part poetic. Nicely done my friend.
September 1st, 2026 07:13
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of adventure and sights seen. Experience under the belt age settles in and wisdom bought allows one to put down roots. A lovely write of a life lived. \"If Odysseus
had been an alcoholic,
maybe we\'d have had
more in common.\"
This felt mythical and real at the same time. Part me part poetic. Nicely done my friend.
September 1st, 2026 07:13
Shadowland
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, this is hilarious and wonderfully eerie at the same time. Anyone who has lived with a cat knows that exact feeling that they are reacting to something you cannot perceive…and Shadow absolutely owns the night here. Great piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 30th, 2026 21:50
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Thomas, this is hilarious and wonderfully eerie at the same time. Anyone who has lived with a cat knows that exact feeling that they are reacting to something you cannot perceive…and Shadow absolutely owns the night here. Great piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 30th, 2026 21:50
Shadowland
Kevin Hulme said:
The lines: \'Everything looked Normal\'. \'Which was Suspicious\', Has an Unnerving Quality about it.
Enjoyable Read. A fave
August 30th, 2026 11:12
Kevin Hulme said:
The lines: \'Everything looked Normal\'. \'Which was Suspicious\', Has an Unnerving Quality about it.
Enjoyable Read. A fave
August 30th, 2026 11:12
Shadowland
Syd said:
Hi Thomas,
I really enjoyed this. Funny, surreal and slightly unsettling. I love how Shadow seems to know something you don\'t, then casually goes to sleep after keeping you awake all night. Typical cat.
Great write.
- Syd 🍄
August 30th, 2026 10:35
Syd said:
Hi Thomas,
I really enjoyed this. Funny, surreal and slightly unsettling. I love how Shadow seems to know something you don\'t, then casually goes to sleep after keeping you awake all night. Typical cat.
Great write.
- Syd 🍄
August 30th, 2026 10:35
Shadowland
Doggerel Dave said:
Yes, I do believe you may have experienced the at times somewhat challenging companionship of a cat. None of that could possibly be fiction.
Likewise..... no, I\'m not going to compete with you on the ever pressing topic of insomnia or else just disturbed sleep.
I hope the situation improves sometime soon for you....... and me...
August 30th, 2026 08:23
Doggerel Dave said:
Yes, I do believe you may have experienced the at times somewhat challenging companionship of a cat. None of that could possibly be fiction.
Likewise..... no, I\'m not going to compete with you on the ever pressing topic of insomnia or else just disturbed sleep.
I hope the situation improves sometime soon for you....... and me...
August 30th, 2026 08:23
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