Comments received on poems by Friendship
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
The Immeasurable Want {Lust}
Tristan Robert Lange said:
First comment! Yay!!! Friendship, this burns hot… the bigger meaning, the reclaiming of a word people shrink down to one corner. You opened it back up. Very well done, my dear friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 26th, 2025 11:30
Tristan Robert Lange said:
First comment! Yay!!! Friendship, this burns hot… the bigger meaning, the reclaiming of a word people shrink down to one corner. You opened it back up. Very well done, my dear friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
November 26th, 2025 11:30
You cannot fix what\'s broken!
NafisaSB said:
the longing for release , and the resignation is so well depicted that it brings tears to my eyes..
beautiful
October 29th, 2025 08:03
NafisaSB said:
the longing for release , and the resignation is so well depicted that it brings tears to my eyes..
beautiful
October 29th, 2025 08:03
Have you ever met anyone who is so shallow ?
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Friendship, this hit deep…you’ve given voice to that hollow ache of surface-level living. It’s honest, cutting, and sorrowful all at once. Just read your leave of absence notice. I am taking it that is new and current as I don\'t remember seeing it before. If so, I will be missing you my friend, and I will be keeping you and your friend in my prayers. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 27th, 2025 08:54
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Friendship, this hit deep…you’ve given voice to that hollow ache of surface-level living. It’s honest, cutting, and sorrowful all at once. Just read your leave of absence notice. I am taking it that is new and current as I don\'t remember seeing it before. If so, I will be missing you my friend, and I will be keeping you and your friend in my prayers. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 27th, 2025 08:54
The Intricate Lattice.
rhmn_7 said:
Not everybody can see or understand \"what lays behind the roar\". Beautifully penned!
October 26th, 2025 15:29
rhmn_7 said:
Not everybody can see or understand \"what lays behind the roar\". Beautifully penned!
October 26th, 2025 15:29
Have you ever met anyone who is so shallow ?
Paul Bell said:
Yes, the me, me, me brigade are still alive and kicking.
You know this, cos they\'re still polishing their statue they commissioned themselves for themselves
Keeps you laughing, though.
Haste you back.
October 26th, 2025 11:48
Paul Bell said:
Yes, the me, me, me brigade are still alive and kicking.
You know this, cos they\'re still polishing their statue they commissioned themselves for themselves
Keeps you laughing, though.
Haste you back.
October 26th, 2025 11:48
The Intricate Lattice.
peto said:
Running out of ways to say how good you write
Another amazing poem with everything I enjoy
Rhyme rhythm flow message etc
Simply superb
October 25th, 2025 17:10
peto said:
Running out of ways to say how good you write
Another amazing poem with everything I enjoy
Rhyme rhythm flow message etc
Simply superb
October 25th, 2025 17:10
The Intricate Lattice.
Paul Bell said:
You are what you are, if people find that frustrating or difficult, so be it.
I suppose you can counter any suggestion with, I\'m just unique.
Plus, we don\'t want everyone to be the same, or the world would definitely be boring.
October 25th, 2025 11:43
Paul Bell said:
You are what you are, if people find that frustrating or difficult, so be it.
I suppose you can counter any suggestion with, I\'m just unique.
Plus, we don\'t want everyone to be the same, or the world would definitely be boring.
October 25th, 2025 11:43
The Intricate Lattice.
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is powerful…not just a poem but a reclamation. You make it clear...hypersensitivity isn’t weakness, it’s identity. I share in that identity, and have been judged by it.That line of strength runs through every verse. Powerful poem, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 25th, 2025 10:40
Tristan Robert Lange said:
My friend, this is powerful…not just a poem but a reclamation. You make it clear...hypersensitivity isn’t weakness, it’s identity. I share in that identity, and have been judged by it.That line of strength runs through every verse. Powerful poem, my friend! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 25th, 2025 10:40
The Intricate Lattice.
sorenbarrett said:
Hypersensitivity seen as a trait the same as right or left handed in this poem. We are all different and deserve respect for who we are. It used to be thought that left handed people were evil or slow and forced changing of hands was forced on children. We have since learned that it is a simple reversal form the norm at the motor center of the brain. Hypersensitivity is just another difference in our nature. Well written with very nice rhyme and a good flowing meter
October 25th, 2025 09:40
sorenbarrett said:
Hypersensitivity seen as a trait the same as right or left handed in this poem. We are all different and deserve respect for who we are. It used to be thought that left handed people were evil or slow and forced changing of hands was forced on children. We have since learned that it is a simple reversal form the norm at the motor center of the brain. Hypersensitivity is just another difference in our nature. Well written with very nice rhyme and a good flowing meter
October 25th, 2025 09:40
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