Comments received on poems by Friendship
You\'re just not worth it.
sorenbarrett said:
A poem where pulling in and withdrawal are a protection from great pain and hurt. It is at times easier to fly than confront. So well worded and constructed it speaks to the perceived attacks of an unaccepting world. Fragile enough that two words can breach the inner doors and leave one exposed. A raw expression of hurt and pain so profound that building barriers is one\'s only defense. Very nicely composed and rhymed.
December 3rd, 2025 08:04
sorenbarrett said:
A poem where pulling in and withdrawal are a protection from great pain and hurt. It is at times easier to fly than confront. So well worded and constructed it speaks to the perceived attacks of an unaccepting world. Fragile enough that two words can breach the inner doors and leave one exposed. A raw expression of hurt and pain so profound that building barriers is one\'s only defense. Very nicely composed and rhymed.
December 3rd, 2025 08:04
Ignorance!
Dan Williams said:
I have read that idiots are often happier people than geniuses, with room between for the rest of us. Nice work.
December 3rd, 2025 01:58
Dan Williams said:
I have read that idiots are often happier people than geniuses, with room between for the rest of us. Nice work.
December 3rd, 2025 01:58
Ignorance!
Paul Bell said:
Ignorance is bliss, or at least for a while.
For some it might be days, others years.
It\'s the avalanche when the truth does surface, and we\'ve seen this in real life when people walkaway, never to return.
December 2nd, 2025 10:55
Paul Bell said:
Ignorance is bliss, or at least for a while.
For some it might be days, others years.
It\'s the avalanche when the truth does surface, and we\'ve seen this in real life when people walkaway, never to return.
December 2nd, 2025 10:55
Ignorance!
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is beautifully crafted…the velvet dark, the planned hypocrisy, the truth arriving with “chilling grace.” You traced the whole journey from false shelter to necessary awakening. Stunning work. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 2nd, 2025 10:47
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is beautifully crafted…the velvet dark, the planned hypocrisy, the truth arriving with “chilling grace.” You traced the whole journey from false shelter to necessary awakening. Stunning work. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 2nd, 2025 10:47
Ignorance!
sorenbarrett said:
Bravo! This poem expresses deep feelings peeled away from a core of anger. So well expressed in good rhyme as well that seems to hold the very bulging boundaries of rage from bursting forth. A lovely write of emotion contained with mere words. it pulses and lives under the surface. Very nicely done a fave
December 2nd, 2025 06:37
sorenbarrett said:
Bravo! This poem expresses deep feelings peeled away from a core of anger. So well expressed in good rhyme as well that seems to hold the very bulging boundaries of rage from bursting forth. A lovely write of emotion contained with mere words. it pulses and lives under the surface. Very nicely done a fave
December 2nd, 2025 06:37
Change
NafisaSB said:
definitely time for a change, and a move forward..
lovely poem
December 2nd, 2025 00:11
NafisaSB said:
definitely time for a change, and a move forward..
lovely poem
December 2nd, 2025 00:11
Quieting stress
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is soothing in the deepest way…the frantic hum settling into slow breath, the world softening into quiet. You wrote a calm we can step into. A fave for sure. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 1st, 2025 18:10
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is soothing in the deepest way…the frantic hum settling into slow breath, the world softening into quiet. You wrote a calm we can step into. A fave for sure. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
December 1st, 2025 18:10
Quieting stress
sorenbarrett said:
I’ve given the description of stress, illustrated with numerous images and metaphors. Very nicely written it evokes a sense of stimulation and even overstimulation. The last bit leaves me feeling as though the way to resolve stress is to focus upon quieter thoughts and this is one good strategy. It sounds as though it works and it’s useful and anything that is productive is good. Very nice.
December 1st, 2025 10:56
sorenbarrett said:
I’ve given the description of stress, illustrated with numerous images and metaphors. Very nicely written it evokes a sense of stimulation and even overstimulation. The last bit leaves me feeling as though the way to resolve stress is to focus upon quieter thoughts and this is one good strategy. It sounds as though it works and it’s useful and anything that is productive is good. Very nice.
December 1st, 2025 10:56
Letting go.
Paul Bell said:
They always say when you let go, you get released, yet letting go can be the ultimate struggle.
Probably why humans wrestle themselves into an early grave.
December 1st, 2025 06:58
Paul Bell said:
They always say when you let go, you get released, yet letting go can be the ultimate struggle.
Probably why humans wrestle themselves into an early grave.
December 1st, 2025 06:58
Letting go.
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Friendship, this lands with a gentle strength…the unclenching fingers, the hush of the void, the hum of what’s next. I’ve walked that release myself, and you write it with clarity and compassion. Love it, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 30th, 2025 08:37
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Friendship, this lands with a gentle strength…the unclenching fingers, the hush of the void, the hum of what’s next. I’ve walked that release myself, and you write it with clarity and compassion. Love it, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 30th, 2025 08:37
Letting go.
sorenbarrett said:
So nicely composed in structure, meter and rhyme a poem that speaks to letting go of emotions, feelings, the past. A realization that what has been held dear has ripened and now must fall from the tree. What with time has ripened now will rot on the stem if not dropped. Very nicely done and a fave
November 30th, 2025 05:12
sorenbarrett said:
So nicely composed in structure, meter and rhyme a poem that speaks to letting go of emotions, feelings, the past. A realization that what has been held dear has ripened and now must fall from the tree. What with time has ripened now will rot on the stem if not dropped. Very nicely done and a fave
November 30th, 2025 05:12
Assumption
arqios said:
Growing up, I didn\'t have as much emotional intelligence and still lack at times these days. There was an unspoken love that you had to learn and navigate in silence. The poem tells me that we cannot love what we cannot hear. And sometimes the reverse can also be true, that if it\'s all we ever hear but not felt in action it becomes empty sounds that lie to us giving false hopes and assumptions. A very powerful read here. 🕊️🙏
November 30th, 2025 01:23
arqios said:
Growing up, I didn\'t have as much emotional intelligence and still lack at times these days. There was an unspoken love that you had to learn and navigate in silence. The poem tells me that we cannot love what we cannot hear. And sometimes the reverse can also be true, that if it\'s all we ever hear but not felt in action it becomes empty sounds that lie to us giving false hopes and assumptions. A very powerful read here. 🕊️🙏
November 30th, 2025 01:23
My tools speak to me.
jorge serra said:
Is a great poem where yo use your tools to make art, also to write a good poem.
November 29th, 2025 16:43
jorge serra said:
Is a great poem where yo use your tools to make art, also to write a good poem.
November 29th, 2025 16:43
Assumption
Demar Desu said:
“ To wear the mantle of unearned wisdom”….
Tough line
November 29th, 2025 11:13
Demar Desu said:
“ To wear the mantle of unearned wisdom”….
Tough line
November 29th, 2025 11:13
Assumption
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, I’ve lived this…having someone script who you are before you speak, and watching connection die in that silence. You wrote it with a clarity that hits home. Well done, Friendship!🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 29th, 2025 09:22
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, I’ve lived this…having someone script who you are before you speak, and watching connection die in that silence. You wrote it with a clarity that hits home. Well done, Friendship!🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 29th, 2025 09:22
Assumption
sorenbarrett said:
Your own author\'s note encapsulates this poem\'s meaning. Assuming is a necessary part of life but for fairness requires checking them out with the other person and being open minded enough to reject our version for theirs when corrected. Assumptions build walls of imprisonment that need to fall when discovered false. And yes as stated in the poem changes assumption to understanding when one listens and accepts. A most thought provoking write
November 29th, 2025 07:52
sorenbarrett said:
Your own author\'s note encapsulates this poem\'s meaning. Assuming is a necessary part of life but for fairness requires checking them out with the other person and being open minded enough to reject our version for theirs when corrected. Assumptions build walls of imprisonment that need to fall when discovered false. And yes as stated in the poem changes assumption to understanding when one listens and accepts. A most thought provoking write
November 29th, 2025 07:52
F-E-A-R
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Friendship, this is powerful…the “dust within the hand” moment names what fear really is, and I’ve felt that same unraveling of illusion myself. You captured its shadow and its ending in one breath. Stunning! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 28th, 2025 13:02
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Friendship, this is powerful…the “dust within the hand” moment names what fear really is, and I’ve felt that same unraveling of illusion myself. You captured its shadow and its ending in one breath. Stunning! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 28th, 2025 13:02
F-E-A-R
Bella Shepard said:
Each line, each rhyme is perfection. You capture fear in all of its elements, perhaps the basis of life itself. WOW!
November 28th, 2025 12:41
Bella Shepard said:
Each line, each rhyme is perfection. You capture fear in all of its elements, perhaps the basis of life itself. WOW!
November 28th, 2025 12:41
F-E-A-R
sorenbarrett said:
A most wonderful description of fear and a deeper understanding of its underlying roots. Poetically put with good rhyme it unravels the knot and cause. It is the last part of the poem that gives it meaning and strength. In the confrontation, in looking under the bed and in the closet that there is no monster but the one in the mind and there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Loved it
November 28th, 2025 06:52
sorenbarrett said:
A most wonderful description of fear and a deeper understanding of its underlying roots. Poetically put with good rhyme it unravels the knot and cause. It is the last part of the poem that gives it meaning and strength. In the confrontation, in looking under the bed and in the closet that there is no monster but the one in the mind and there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Loved it
November 28th, 2025 06:52
F-E-A-R
Paul Bell said:
Fear, the primal alarm we all have to keep us safe.
Probably over heightened by social media and the guy on the high street with the placard, \'\'THE WORLD IS NIGH\'\'
But with all the senses humans have, I would say fear is the one that will save your life.
November 28th, 2025 06:27
Paul Bell said:
Fear, the primal alarm we all have to keep us safe.
Probably over heightened by social media and the guy on the high street with the placard, \'\'THE WORLD IS NIGH\'\'
But with all the senses humans have, I would say fear is the one that will save your life.
November 28th, 2025 06:27
Change
Paul Bell said:
Happy Thanksgiving Day. We should have this in Britain.
It\'s a little thank-you for the year\'s efforts and hopefully optimism for the year ahead.
With all the doom and gloom in the world, sometimes the good gets overlooked.
November 28th, 2025 04:47
Paul Bell said:
Happy Thanksgiving Day. We should have this in Britain.
It\'s a little thank-you for the year\'s efforts and hopefully optimism for the year ahead.
With all the doom and gloom in the world, sometimes the good gets overlooked.
November 28th, 2025 04:47
Change
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend… you wrote Thanksgiving as transformation itself. The risk…the rebuilding…the choosing to move forward. It’s reflective and bold at the same time. Beautiful work A warm and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 27th, 2025 07:58
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend… you wrote Thanksgiving as transformation itself. The risk…the rebuilding…the choosing to move forward. It’s reflective and bold at the same time. Beautiful work A warm and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 27th, 2025 07:58
Change
sorenbarrett said:
I love the shift from gratitude for the past to the focus on determination and change for the future and present. It is a celebration of not only what our efforts brought us but what they will bring. A bright look to a new day. Set in good rhyme and flowing meter it speaks of what the past has brought us to be and from that strength to what it offers. A union of past, present and future. A wonderful write and a fave
November 27th, 2025 06:32
sorenbarrett said:
I love the shift from gratitude for the past to the focus on determination and change for the future and present. It is a celebration of not only what our efforts brought us but what they will bring. A bright look to a new day. Set in good rhyme and flowing meter it speaks of what the past has brought us to be and from that strength to what it offers. A union of past, present and future. A wonderful write and a fave
November 27th, 2025 06:32
The Immeasurable Want {Lust}
Paul Bell said:
Must admit, sex did jump out, with the lust for money a close second, and sex coming third fourth and fifth.
I take it lust is a sin in some quarters, but also a human trait.
Now that I know the true meaning, I will change the way I look at the blond girl on the train every morning, though that car showroom that sells sports cars, I could lust all day in there.
November 26th, 2025 14:37
Paul Bell said:
Must admit, sex did jump out, with the lust for money a close second, and sex coming third fourth and fifth.
I take it lust is a sin in some quarters, but also a human trait.
Now that I know the true meaning, I will change the way I look at the blond girl on the train every morning, though that car showroom that sells sports cars, I could lust all day in there.
November 26th, 2025 14:37
The Immeasurable Want {Lust}
sorenbarrett said:
A wonderful expose on the word that puts Websters to shame. I love the way the poem gets going picking up speed until the last stanzas where it is racing at a fabulous speed. My favorite stanza is the last that puts the cap on the poem and finishes it with power and force. A word rich in meaning to which we generally limit it to its negative connotations as label it as one of the seven deadly sins. What a shame when it means so much more. The energy of life in every meaning. A most wonderful poem and a fave
November 26th, 2025 13:37
sorenbarrett said:
A wonderful expose on the word that puts Websters to shame. I love the way the poem gets going picking up speed until the last stanzas where it is racing at a fabulous speed. My favorite stanza is the last that puts the cap on the poem and finishes it with power and force. A word rich in meaning to which we generally limit it to its negative connotations as label it as one of the seven deadly sins. What a shame when it means so much more. The energy of life in every meaning. A most wonderful poem and a fave
November 26th, 2025 13:37
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