Comments received on poems by Leonard Dabydeen
Colours Flirting in the Wind
Leonard Dabydeen said:
Spring comes with bright sunshine. And neighbors hang assorted colored clothes on lines in the backyard. In this particular backyard there is a totem pole near to the fence.
May 28th, 2013 22:55
Leonard Dabydeen said:
Spring comes with bright sunshine. And neighbors hang assorted colored clothes on lines in the backyard. In this particular backyard there is a totem pole near to the fence.
May 28th, 2013 22:55
My Friends Your Poems
diamonddagger said:
I believe you can read a person very well through their poetry. I have been reading you some and find you to be a very pleasant person. Thanks for sharing. diamond
April 3rd, 2013 18:44
diamonddagger said:
I believe you can read a person very well through their poetry. I have been reading you some and find you to be a very pleasant person. Thanks for sharing. diamond
April 3rd, 2013 18:44
The Sea
Leonard Dabydeen said:
Thank you, Lonelyka. Vignettes of the sea and anemonies of the ocean create spasmic joy in our lives. The salted air can put you to sleep...even make you forget how to dream.
February 12th, 2011 01:23
Leonard Dabydeen said:
Thank you, Lonelyka. Vignettes of the sea and anemonies of the ocean create spasmic joy in our lives. The salted air can put you to sleep...even make you forget how to dream.
February 12th, 2011 01:23
The Sea
Lonelykaren said:
This is a great poem. In a way i wish i was near the ocean right now jsut letting the wind blow my hair and soothe me. I like this poem because it shows how things actually are. Keep writing.!!
February 11th, 2011 14:05
Lonelykaren said:
This is a great poem. In a way i wish i was near the ocean right now jsut letting the wind blow my hair and soothe me. I like this poem because it shows how things actually are. Keep writing.!!
February 11th, 2011 14:05
If Colour Matters Not
Cheeky Missy said:
Very intriguing and fascinating....I stupidly am struggling to understand it....colour matters not while children are untaught and ignorant, does it not? They only see the differences that everywhere abound....but prejudices in regard to colour are taught, whether subtly or openly, aren't they? Are you suggesting that if we are not characterizing ourselves in one colour or another then we are not honest? Or that we will not know others honestly in reality? In the case of injustice...isn't there only black or white/right or wrong? I know no other. Since we are all of one blood, colour is only a matter of preference, seriously, isn't it? Hatred flourishes by prejudice in so many other things than simply skin colour. Alright, there is my dumb answer....will you explain what it means?
February 8th, 2011 14:47
Cheeky Missy said:
Very intriguing and fascinating....I stupidly am struggling to understand it....colour matters not while children are untaught and ignorant, does it not? They only see the differences that everywhere abound....but prejudices in regard to colour are taught, whether subtly or openly, aren't they? Are you suggesting that if we are not characterizing ourselves in one colour or another then we are not honest? Or that we will not know others honestly in reality? In the case of injustice...isn't there only black or white/right or wrong? I know no other. Since we are all of one blood, colour is only a matter of preference, seriously, isn't it? Hatred flourishes by prejudice in so many other things than simply skin colour. Alright, there is my dumb answer....will you explain what it means?
February 8th, 2011 14:47
If Colour Matters Not
tamm13 said:
color does'nt really matter to me its because each of them has its own beauty...all colors are unique..
February 7th, 2011 07:19
tamm13 said:
color does'nt really matter to me its because each of them has its own beauty...all colors are unique..
February 7th, 2011 07:19
If Colour Matters Not
Leonard Dabydeen said:
February is Black History Month in North America...my colonial escapades in the embellishment and abolisment of slavery...of journeys that reflect landmarks in the Caribbean and the Americas...of Cuffy and Akara (Guyana), Toussaint Louverture ( Haiti ) , George Washington Carver ( U.S.A. ), Martin Luther King Jr. ( U.S.A. )...and more...
February 7th, 2011 00:15
Leonard Dabydeen said:
February is Black History Month in North America...my colonial escapades in the embellishment and abolisment of slavery...of journeys that reflect landmarks in the Caribbean and the Americas...of Cuffy and Akara (Guyana), Toussaint Louverture ( Haiti ) , George Washington Carver ( U.S.A. ), Martin Luther King Jr. ( U.S.A. )...and more...
February 7th, 2011 00:15
My Friends Your Poems
Cheeky Missy said:
Fascinating. I like it! Though your second stanza seems to rule out some of the nasty depressing pieces many of us like to churn out in our frustrations....I prefer the cheerful assessment you've thus given in that second stanza, since I more eagerly read John Clare and Charles Tennyson Turner's beautiful, loving sketches of nature than the nasty pieces many of us are wont to put forth, and have to remind myself that is the higher standard for which to aim. Also, the third point of your Bacon quote reminds me again of how rather very exact sonnet composition is, making it not only a challenging form to achieve, but also giving it the honor of being termed "the most exquisite form of poetry"...so very exact. Excellent. I enjoyed this "vignette", as it were, on our mutual hobby.
February 4th, 2011 10:46
Cheeky Missy said:
Fascinating. I like it! Though your second stanza seems to rule out some of the nasty depressing pieces many of us like to churn out in our frustrations....I prefer the cheerful assessment you've thus given in that second stanza, since I more eagerly read John Clare and Charles Tennyson Turner's beautiful, loving sketches of nature than the nasty pieces many of us are wont to put forth, and have to remind myself that is the higher standard for which to aim. Also, the third point of your Bacon quote reminds me again of how rather very exact sonnet composition is, making it not only a challenging form to achieve, but also giving it the honor of being termed "the most exquisite form of poetry"...so very exact. Excellent. I enjoyed this "vignette", as it were, on our mutual hobby.
February 4th, 2011 10:46
Change You Wish
jvl narasimha rao said:
Change is inevitable.You who hesitate to participate will lose.This is is the essence of your poem.The Indira you mentioned And I belong to the same state ANdhra Pradesh, in India.I know her.She is a professor of english.I hope you read my poems,
yours lovingly,
JVL NARASIMHA RAO
INDIA
February 3rd, 2011 08:49
jvl narasimha rao said:
Change is inevitable.You who hesitate to participate will lose.This is is the essence of your poem.The Indira you mentioned And I belong to the same state ANdhra Pradesh, in India.I know her.She is a professor of english.I hope you read my poems,
yours lovingly,
JVL NARASIMHA RAO
INDIA
February 3rd, 2011 08:49
Change You Wish
Cheeky Missy said:
Fascinating! I like how you ordered the stanzas to taper....fascinating effect while contemplating this tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's platitude. I enjoyed this!
February 3rd, 2011 00:29
Cheeky Missy said:
Fascinating! I like how you ordered the stanzas to taper....fascinating effect while contemplating this tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's platitude. I enjoyed this!
February 3rd, 2011 00:29
Anarkali in Motion
Cheeky Missy said:
Wow. Very fascinating, and rather intriguing....delightful romantic piece! Beautiful in the delightful loving description of "her"....sweet in the ecstasy painted throughout. I quite enjoyed this! Who/what it Anarkali?
February 2nd, 2011 18:10
Cheeky Missy said:
Wow. Very fascinating, and rather intriguing....delightful romantic piece! Beautiful in the delightful loving description of "her"....sweet in the ecstasy painted throughout. I quite enjoyed this! Who/what it Anarkali?
February 2nd, 2011 18:10
The Sea
Cheeky Missy said:
I like it very well! Delightful how you have thus poetically pictured the sea! Interesting the Bible says something like..."the wicked are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest, its waters casting up mire and dirt.." or something like that. Curious in contrast, isn't it?
December 24th, 2010 01:38
Cheeky Missy said:
I like it very well! Delightful how you have thus poetically pictured the sea! Interesting the Bible says something like..."the wicked are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest, its waters casting up mire and dirt.." or something like that. Curious in contrast, isn't it?
December 24th, 2010 01:38
