Comments received on poems by John Prophet
Estrangement
L. B. Mek said:
\'Different
world.
No longer
encumbered.
Bright,
full of
possibility.
Severed,\'
what a wonderful dedication to a favoured word of mine
much maligned and abused, as it is..
derived from French and Latin ancestral terms for \'stranger\'
as in: self defined
or allowed-to-be defined, by other\'s - as;
based on actions, that denote
a willingness of separation - of distancing,
in more convectional terms: preference to be
\'far, from the madding crowd\'...
as we subjugate ourselves
to a life cocooned within nihilism\'s futile hopelessness
pointedly and pointlessly, utilising wilful-solicitude\'s
capacity for self-neglectful detrimental: attitudes...
in short, because we harbour
such an innate capacity for \'Estrangement\'
those who understand, sing loud with a knowingly wry - smile:
\'There may be trouble ahead
But while there\'s moonlight
And music and love and romance
Let\'s face the music and dance\'
as that bequeathed wisdom
from the truly Great, \'Nat King Cole\'
or in todays more direct language:
\'“If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present.
You are either anxiously projecting the future
or depressed and stuck in the past.
The only thing you have any control over is the present moment....\'
by Tobe Hanson..
(this, blink away from lost: precious moment, right now!)
May 19th, 2021 05:37
L. B. Mek said:
\'Different
world.
No longer
encumbered.
Bright,
full of
possibility.
Severed,\'
what a wonderful dedication to a favoured word of mine
much maligned and abused, as it is..
derived from French and Latin ancestral terms for \'stranger\'
as in: self defined
or allowed-to-be defined, by other\'s - as;
based on actions, that denote
a willingness of separation - of distancing,
in more convectional terms: preference to be
\'far, from the madding crowd\'...
as we subjugate ourselves
to a life cocooned within nihilism\'s futile hopelessness
pointedly and pointlessly, utilising wilful-solicitude\'s
capacity for self-neglectful detrimental: attitudes...
in short, because we harbour
such an innate capacity for \'Estrangement\'
those who understand, sing loud with a knowingly wry - smile:
\'There may be trouble ahead
But while there\'s moonlight
And music and love and romance
Let\'s face the music and dance\'
as that bequeathed wisdom
from the truly Great, \'Nat King Cole\'
or in todays more direct language:
\'“If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present.
You are either anxiously projecting the future
or depressed and stuck in the past.
The only thing you have any control over is the present moment....\'
by Tobe Hanson..
(this, blink away from lost: precious moment, right now!)
May 19th, 2021 05:37
Being There
Goldfinch60 said:
True words John, we do not know where we will end up but if we make the right choices we can end up in a wonderful place.
Andy
May 15th, 2021 00:43
Goldfinch60 said:
True words John, we do not know where we will end up but if we make the right choices we can end up in a wonderful place.
Andy
May 15th, 2021 00:43
Being There
L. B. Mek said:
or nothing, even...
Well, since that\'s all sorted and finalised
and meaning rendered defunct: what next?
A bit of world conquering, for old times sake?
Its easy now: we just press a bid red button
and see, who blinks - last, at first sight
of that collective nihilistic eclipse
we so fervently, covet...
or maybe, instead
we try something new, a little less dramatic
and just, say thanks with that very breath
we\'ve been blessed,
think more about maximising
this blink-brief experience
we deign to call: existence...
(there\'s something about your delivery in format and wording
that engages people, drills into them - every time)
thanks for sharing, dear Poet
May 14th, 2021 07:02
L. B. Mek said:
or nothing, even...
Well, since that\'s all sorted and finalised
and meaning rendered defunct: what next?
A bit of world conquering, for old times sake?
Its easy now: we just press a bid red button
and see, who blinks - last, at first sight
of that collective nihilistic eclipse
we so fervently, covet...
or maybe, instead
we try something new, a little less dramatic
and just, say thanks with that very breath
we\'ve been blessed,
think more about maximising
this blink-brief experience
we deign to call: existence...
(there\'s something about your delivery in format and wording
that engages people, drills into them - every time)
thanks for sharing, dear Poet
May 14th, 2021 07:02
Prison
L. B. Mek said:
yup, I too agree dear Poet
the more random \'assumed logic\' based knowledge
we accumulate, the more confined we usually feel
at the hopelessness it paints..
ergo, I feel it best
to tailor our learning, to match our needs
meaning: if we\'re naturally logical people
maybe we work on those missing instinctive tethers
to spirituality and empathetic intelligence...
while instead, if we find we are too reliant
on our senses for direction, we should add
a little logical reasoning to fine tune and distil
those overwhelmingly intrusive - sensed feelings...
then maybe, we can find a middle ground
of balanced cognitive and sensed understating
for the world we live in...
either way it all starts from within
without knowing what we\'re lacking
wasteful: to begin consuming...
May 14th, 2021 05:23
L. B. Mek said:
yup, I too agree dear Poet
the more random \'assumed logic\' based knowledge
we accumulate, the more confined we usually feel
at the hopelessness it paints..
ergo, I feel it best
to tailor our learning, to match our needs
meaning: if we\'re naturally logical people
maybe we work on those missing instinctive tethers
to spirituality and empathetic intelligence...
while instead, if we find we are too reliant
on our senses for direction, we should add
a little logical reasoning to fine tune and distil
those overwhelmingly intrusive - sensed feelings...
then maybe, we can find a middle ground
of balanced cognitive and sensed understating
for the world we live in...
either way it all starts from within
without knowing what we\'re lacking
wasteful: to begin consuming...
May 14th, 2021 05:23
Prison
Goldfinch60 said:
WE are being forced to live in ignorance but once we find the key to open the door the Universe is ours.
Andy
May 14th, 2021 00:30
Goldfinch60 said:
WE are being forced to live in ignorance but once we find the key to open the door the Universe is ours.
Andy
May 14th, 2021 00:30
Coursing
L. B. Mek said:
\'in all those muddied-up traced laylines
of fateful choices, ley lines
nirvana awaits: as promised...\'
Now this is my interpretation of
\'achingly, Shrapnel incisions of mercifully sharpened, wit\'
as coping methodology, to our lives sublime of Absurdity!
(a brilliant image and write, dear poet)
it let me indulge in all that snarky cynicism I carry with me
in those unacknowledged corners of my psyche, lol
May 13th, 2021 04:20
L. B. Mek said:
\'in all those muddied-up traced laylines
of fateful choices, ley lines
nirvana awaits: as promised...\'
Now this is my interpretation of
\'achingly, Shrapnel incisions of mercifully sharpened, wit\'
as coping methodology, to our lives sublime of Absurdity!
(a brilliant image and write, dear poet)
it let me indulge in all that snarky cynicism I carry with me
in those unacknowledged corners of my psyche, lol
May 13th, 2021 04:20
Coursing
Goldfinch60 said:
That future is there for us all and where are now was decided upon each path we took or door we opened.
Andy
May 13th, 2021 00:41
Goldfinch60 said:
That future is there for us all and where are now was decided upon each path we took or door we opened.
Andy
May 13th, 2021 00:41
Scope
Goldfinch60 said:
Yes we are just those minnows in our world, or our country or our home just swimming around.
Andy
May 12th, 2021 00:00
Goldfinch60 said:
Yes we are just those minnows in our world, or our country or our home just swimming around.
Andy
May 12th, 2021 00:00
Scope
Accidental Poet said:
As I\'ve driven past a roadside pond, I\'ve often thought of how any life within that pond has no idea of life outside of that pond. It always reminds me of how small we are on this third rock from our own Sun, and how expansive the rest of the universe is in comparison to us. Very thought provoking write John. ; ) AP
May 11th, 2021 08:19
Accidental Poet said:
As I\'ve driven past a roadside pond, I\'ve often thought of how any life within that pond has no idea of life outside of that pond. It always reminds me of how small we are on this third rock from our own Sun, and how expansive the rest of the universe is in comparison to us. Very thought provoking write John. ; ) AP
May 11th, 2021 08:19
Perception
L. B. Mek said:
is Steadfast - a turn? or direction?
cause, at this point: I fear
that\'s as good, as we\'ve got to aim - for..
thought provoking as always, thanks for sharing dear poet
May 11th, 2021 03:50
L. B. Mek said:
is Steadfast - a turn? or direction?
cause, at this point: I fear
that\'s as good, as we\'ve got to aim - for..
thought provoking as always, thanks for sharing dear poet
May 11th, 2021 03:50
Perception
Goldfinch60 said:
Whichever way you turn of perceive to turn it will open a new road in life and all will be new and wonderful.
Andy
May 11th, 2021 00:12
Goldfinch60 said:
Whichever way you turn of perceive to turn it will open a new road in life and all will be new and wonderful.
Andy
May 11th, 2021 00:12
Dark
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:
The pharoic satanic worldly powers this seems to be depicting in a dark chilling way. Kudos.
Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.
May 8th, 2021 03:18
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:
The pharoic satanic worldly powers this seems to be depicting in a dark chilling way. Kudos.
Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.
May 8th, 2021 03:18
Dark
L. B. Mek said:
(indeed, how unerringly accurately you pinpoint
that poetic vision for insightful commentary
you choose to share, so generously dear poet)..
\'that cyclical nature, revealed
through eyes who\'ve traversed life
to lands
where silver haired - wisdom
reflects, the morose predictability
of humanity\'s pathetic willingness
to hide
from all Truth\'s: but, those convenient - few
entrusted to distract
while we wait, for someone to come along
and sort-out, that inherited mess
we so effortlessly made far - far, worse...\'
May 3rd, 2021 06:35
L. B. Mek said:
(indeed, how unerringly accurately you pinpoint
that poetic vision for insightful commentary
you choose to share, so generously dear poet)..
\'that cyclical nature, revealed
through eyes who\'ve traversed life
to lands
where silver haired - wisdom
reflects, the morose predictability
of humanity\'s pathetic willingness
to hide
from all Truth\'s: but, those convenient - few
entrusted to distract
while we wait, for someone to come along
and sort-out, that inherited mess
we so effortlessly made far - far, worse...\'
May 3rd, 2021 06:35
Dark
Goldfinch60 said:
Those dark forces try to control us but some of us look beyond the darkness.
Andy
May 2nd, 2021 01:39
Goldfinch60 said:
Those dark forces try to control us but some of us look beyond the darkness.
Andy
May 2nd, 2021 01:39
Teetering
L. B. Mek said:
(its by getting it-off our chest, with write\'s like yours
we get a chance at experiencing, the best of life
great commentary, thanks for inspiring my only little rant, lol)
edging, ever closer to belated realisation\'s precipice
fulfilling our inherited tradition of self-destructive, promise
or, maybe - once more
like WW2 or other moments of annihilation, from way before
somehow - we\'ll get a second chance, for the umpteenth time
a new democratic social pyramid, all fresh and trusted
worshiping with blinded hope, while other\'s thrust themselves into
our revitalised new of logical science\'s despairing, grip
trump-esque/manufactured scapegoat - triumphed over
while that same society, routinely creating such a monstrosity
once more, goes unchecked
cos you know, its all Urim or Yin or Evil: definitely bad luck
so we\'re never really, at fault...
its everyone else that\'s ruining sh*t, if we only had the power
to do things right, world would be so perfect!
...
\'first they asking me if I\'ve paid my bills, like
whatcha think I\'m-a-tryina-do by applying to your sh*tty job!
and then they be asking if I read, or did good in school\' pssst
\'seriously? like I got time for dat sh*t!\'
...
truly, what an amazing time we\'re witnessing!
exclaimed everyone, that\'s breathed - long enough
to wonder how \'we\' homo sapiens: survived this long...
and they claim miracles don\'t exist
in that mirror - reflection, blinking: all dumbfounded
there\'s one, now refute that!
April 30th, 2021 04:13
L. B. Mek said:
(its by getting it-off our chest, with write\'s like yours
we get a chance at experiencing, the best of life
great commentary, thanks for inspiring my only little rant, lol)
edging, ever closer to belated realisation\'s precipice
fulfilling our inherited tradition of self-destructive, promise
or, maybe - once more
like WW2 or other moments of annihilation, from way before
somehow - we\'ll get a second chance, for the umpteenth time
a new democratic social pyramid, all fresh and trusted
worshiping with blinded hope, while other\'s thrust themselves into
our revitalised new of logical science\'s despairing, grip
trump-esque/manufactured scapegoat - triumphed over
while that same society, routinely creating such a monstrosity
once more, goes unchecked
cos you know, its all Urim or Yin or Evil: definitely bad luck
so we\'re never really, at fault...
its everyone else that\'s ruining sh*t, if we only had the power
to do things right, world would be so perfect!
...
\'first they asking me if I\'ve paid my bills, like
whatcha think I\'m-a-tryina-do by applying to your sh*tty job!
and then they be asking if I read, or did good in school\' pssst
\'seriously? like I got time for dat sh*t!\'
...
truly, what an amazing time we\'re witnessing!
exclaimed everyone, that\'s breathed - long enough
to wonder how \'we\' homo sapiens: survived this long...
and they claim miracles don\'t exist
in that mirror - reflection, blinking: all dumbfounded
there\'s one, now refute that!
April 30th, 2021 04:13
Performance Art
Goldfinch60 said:
Art is infinite within each artists mind and within the heart of those who see art for what it is.
Andy
April 25th, 2021 00:09
Goldfinch60 said:
Art is infinite within each artists mind and within the heart of those who see art for what it is.
Andy
April 25th, 2021 00:09
Gauntlet
L. B. Mek said:
indeed, we\'re all
just a \'clicked, power button - of choice, away\'
from all that yearned-for: serenity...
intriguing, as always dear poet
April 23rd, 2021 05:58
L. B. Mek said:
indeed, we\'re all
just a \'clicked, power button - of choice, away\'
from all that yearned-for: serenity...
intriguing, as always dear poet
April 23rd, 2021 05:58
Gauntlet
Goldfinch60 said:
As we run that gauntlet each step we take gives us experience and when we have gained enough we will turn off those machines.
Andy
April 23rd, 2021 00:27
Goldfinch60 said:
As we run that gauntlet each step we take gives us experience and when we have gained enough we will turn off those machines.
Andy
April 23rd, 2021 00:27
Attainment
L. B. Mek said:
truly, so many categorise of nearly - yet far, achievements
we so brazenly disregard - to forget:
\'imagine if Leonardo\'s \'Gran Cavallo\'
could have been financed till completion?
Would Mona Lisa\'s all-knowing smirk, have survived
all those centuries
without so much as a doubtful - dent...\'
lol, sorry if I ignorantly hijacked your meaning to a different continent, dear poet..
I just found this a fun read, thanks for sharing
April 22nd, 2021 04:38
L. B. Mek said:
truly, so many categorise of nearly - yet far, achievements
we so brazenly disregard - to forget:
\'imagine if Leonardo\'s \'Gran Cavallo\'
could have been financed till completion?
Would Mona Lisa\'s all-knowing smirk, have survived
all those centuries
without so much as a doubtful - dent...\'
lol, sorry if I ignorantly hijacked your meaning to a different continent, dear poet..
I just found this a fun read, thanks for sharing
April 22nd, 2021 04:38
Attainment
Goldfinch60 said:
We each gain an attainment over the years to lead us to where we are today.
Andy
April 22nd, 2021 00:26
Goldfinch60 said:
We each gain an attainment over the years to lead us to where we are today.
Andy
April 22nd, 2021 00:26
Thought Machine
John Prophet said:
Yup, the looking glass. The more I see the more I wonder. Thank you for reading my work
April 21st, 2021 07:14
John Prophet said:
Yup, the looking glass. The more I see the more I wonder. Thank you for reading my work
April 21st, 2021 07:14
Thought Machine
Goldfinch60 said:
So very true I often wonder where my thoughts come from.
Andy
April 21st, 2021 00:57
Goldfinch60 said:
So very true I often wonder where my thoughts come from.
Andy
April 21st, 2021 00:57
Sojourn
L. B. Mek said:
a thought provoking write, yet again dear poet
(and thanks for inspiring my little scribbled reply)..
\'there is a reason why zebra\'s have evolutionarily masked themselves in unnatural stripes and choose to blend-in, than stand - out..
there is a reason why democracy was hated by ancient empires who strived for that \'ever greater\'..
there is a reason
we like to forget - existence
is but a sojourned state
and that our countdown, started
before we drew, our very first breath...\'
April 20th, 2021 04:15
L. B. Mek said:
a thought provoking write, yet again dear poet
(and thanks for inspiring my little scribbled reply)..
\'there is a reason why zebra\'s have evolutionarily masked themselves in unnatural stripes and choose to blend-in, than stand - out..
there is a reason why democracy was hated by ancient empires who strived for that \'ever greater\'..
there is a reason
we like to forget - existence
is but a sojourned state
and that our countdown, started
before we drew, our very first breath...\'
April 20th, 2021 04:15
Sojourn
Goldfinch60 said:
Those lessons in life give us the experience to move forward into a better future.
Andy
April 20th, 2021 00:23
Goldfinch60 said:
Those lessons in life give us the experience to move forward into a better future.
Andy
April 20th, 2021 00:23
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