Comments received on poems by Michael Edwards
A LIFELESS LAND
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
WOW MIKE ~ SCARY ~ You don\'t know just how appropriate your abstract is to the POEM ! It depicts \"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Revelations chapter 6) !\"
The WHITE HORSE represents the ANTICHRIST ~ The RED HORSE is WAR ~ The BLACK HORSE is FAMINE and the GREEN HORSE is DEATH ! The Book of Revelation reads like SF but it is a Prophecy of the End Times and very scary as is your POEM !
A LIFELESS LAND (2100 & Beyond ?)
Stagnant ~ lifeless ~ weeping & dank !
No BIRDS ~ no (animal or insect sounds)
Only H. Sapiens retreating ~ seeking
Seeking for Higher Ground ~ AWESOME !
Thanks for scaring & sharing ! The reason I saw the FOUR HORSEMEN in the abstract is because I am preparing a Poem on them and was looking at appropriate paintings so I had that image in my mind ! I apologise for \"spiritualising\" your intriguing abstract and enigmatic poem ~ but that is how they spoke to me ~ OK ~ Yours Father BRIAN !
Please check SUMMER LOVIN\' Thanks B.
MIKE ~ Look closely at your abstract L to R
and you will clearly see ~ as I did ~
GREEN HORSE ~ BLACK HORSE ~ RED HORSE
Then very clearly WHITE HORSE ~ uncanny !
Also the RAVEN (Left) read to prey on the DEAD !
May 10th, 2018 07:51
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
WOW MIKE ~ SCARY ~ You don\'t know just how appropriate your abstract is to the POEM ! It depicts \"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Revelations chapter 6) !\"
The WHITE HORSE represents the ANTICHRIST ~ The RED HORSE is WAR ~ The BLACK HORSE is FAMINE and the GREEN HORSE is DEATH ! The Book of Revelation reads like SF but it is a Prophecy of the End Times and very scary as is your POEM !
A LIFELESS LAND (2100 & Beyond ?)
Stagnant ~ lifeless ~ weeping & dank !
No BIRDS ~ no (animal or insect sounds)
Only H. Sapiens retreating ~ seeking
Seeking for Higher Ground ~ AWESOME !
Thanks for scaring & sharing ! The reason I saw the FOUR HORSEMEN in the abstract is because I am preparing a Poem on them and was looking at appropriate paintings so I had that image in my mind ! I apologise for \"spiritualising\" your intriguing abstract and enigmatic poem ~ but that is how they spoke to me ~ OK ~ Yours Father BRIAN !
Please check SUMMER LOVIN\' Thanks B.
MIKE ~ Look closely at your abstract L to R
and you will clearly see ~ as I did ~
GREEN HORSE ~ BLACK HORSE ~ RED HORSE
Then very clearly WHITE HORSE ~ uncanny !
Also the RAVEN (Left) read to prey on the DEAD !
May 10th, 2018 07:51
A LIFELESS LAND
Lorna said:
An eerie landscape with the perfect picture to go with it....... we have \"pocket\" areas like this where there may have been a fire and half-burned dead trees stand in swampy bits with buzzards living in them........ right in the heart of beautiful rolling green ...... they are haunted places I think.
May 10th, 2018 07:35
Lorna said:
An eerie landscape with the perfect picture to go with it....... we have \"pocket\" areas like this where there may have been a fire and half-burned dead trees stand in swampy bits with buzzards living in them........ right in the heart of beautiful rolling green ...... they are haunted places I think.
May 10th, 2018 07:35
A LIFELESS LAND
dusk arising said:
Hmm, brought to mind the mother in laws garden. Only difference was, in her garden you could hear faint anguised wailing from a chasm which was her direct communication link with Hades.
I looked up from my screen and once again the sun was shining through my window. I shuddered at your melancholy words having taken me to so barren a place.
May 10th, 2018 05:06
dusk arising said:
Hmm, brought to mind the mother in laws garden. Only difference was, in her garden you could hear faint anguised wailing from a chasm which was her direct communication link with Hades.
I looked up from my screen and once again the sun was shining through my window. I shuddered at your melancholy words having taken me to so barren a place.
May 10th, 2018 05:06
A LIFELESS LAND
FineB said:
Hello Michael,
A great write, haunting, melancholy and a little sad.
Keep writing
FineB
May 10th, 2018 03:48
FineB said:
Hello Michael,
A great write, haunting, melancholy and a little sad.
Keep writing
FineB
May 10th, 2018 03:48
A LIFELESS LAND
orchidee said:
A fine write Michael. I was not on desolate land, but was in the middle of nowhere, on country walks, where some tracks ran out at times - not well-trodden enough! Then extra tracks which were not on a map. Ahh, the ideal place to consign my singing to!
May 10th, 2018 01:32
orchidee said:
A fine write Michael. I was not on desolate land, but was in the middle of nowhere, on country walks, where some tracks ran out at times - not well-trodden enough! Then extra tracks which were not on a map. Ahh, the ideal place to consign my singing to!
May 10th, 2018 01:32
A LIFELESS LAND
Goldfinch60 said:
That is a wonderful poem Michael, the desolation it brings is amazing.
Glad to see the abstracts are back, I can see so much in your abstract artworks - thank you.
May 10th, 2018 00:54
Goldfinch60 said:
That is a wonderful poem Michael, the desolation it brings is amazing.
Glad to see the abstracts are back, I can see so much in your abstract artworks - thank you.
May 10th, 2018 00:54
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
Christina8 said:
Very nice couplets! Love the poppies, looking forward to the red ones tomorrow!
May 9th, 2018 18:47
Christina8 said:
Very nice couplets! Love the poppies, looking forward to the red ones tomorrow!
May 9th, 2018 18:47
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
lasergraph said:
You have shown you can say much with so little and a beautiful image as well.
May 9th, 2018 14:55
lasergraph said:
You have shown you can say much with so little and a beautiful image as well.
May 9th, 2018 14:55
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
Laura🌻 said:
Michael,
Great couplets and a great pic! I’ve never seen that color poppies before...only the red variety in my grandmother’s wheat fields in Italy when I was very young and later in life on men’s jacket’s lapel!
~Laura~
May 9th, 2018 14:31
Laura🌻 said:
Michael,
Great couplets and a great pic! I’ve never seen that color poppies before...only the red variety in my grandmother’s wheat fields in Italy when I was very young and later in life on men’s jacket’s lapel!
~Laura~
May 9th, 2018 14:31
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
orchidee said:
They all came back from the dead - they couldn\'t stay dead, cos they couldn\'t stand my singing!
May 9th, 2018 12:11
orchidee said:
They all came back from the dead - they couldn\'t stay dead, cos they couldn\'t stand my singing!
May 9th, 2018 12:11
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
Lorna said:
Your garden pictures are poems in themselves! And I adore the silver in the garden peeking out..........not sure I understand the second couplet - if they fade in life, why soonest in death?
May 9th, 2018 05:47
Lorna said:
Your garden pictures are poems in themselves! And I adore the silver in the garden peeking out..........not sure I understand the second couplet - if they fade in life, why soonest in death?
May 9th, 2018 05:47
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MIKE ~ Love free verse couplets ~ they say much in very few words ! Love all poppies as delicate and lovely as lingerie ! Thanks BRIAN
May 9th, 2018 03:56
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MIKE ~ Love free verse couplets ~ they say much in very few words ! Love all poppies as delicate and lovely as lingerie ! Thanks BRIAN
May 9th, 2018 03:56
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
orchidee said:
A fine couple of couplets, and pic Michael. Is memories of me singing soon lost, or remembered for ever, even haunting ya after death?! heehee.
May 9th, 2018 01:44
orchidee said:
A fine couple of couplets, and pic Michael. Is memories of me singing soon lost, or remembered for ever, even haunting ya after death?! heehee.
May 9th, 2018 01:44
A COUPLE OF COUPLETS
Goldfinch60 said:
Very good couplets Michael.
We have a couple of those poppies in our garden - goodness knows where they came from!
May 9th, 2018 00:59
Goldfinch60 said:
Very good couplets Michael.
We have a couple of those poppies in our garden - goodness knows where they came from!
May 9th, 2018 00:59
SILHOUETTED
SLR said:
It\'s funny, I have in my mind a memory of that place. But I\'ve never been there! Thank you for sharing it.
May 8th, 2018 22:33
SLR said:
It\'s funny, I have in my mind a memory of that place. But I\'ve never been there! Thank you for sharing it.
May 8th, 2018 22:33
SILHOUETTED
Fay Slimm. said:
And a fine picture this form of poetic expression creates Michael - - love those reds brightening your garden.
May 8th, 2018 16:12
Fay Slimm. said:
And a fine picture this form of poetic expression creates Michael - - love those reds brightening your garden.
May 8th, 2018 16:12
SILHOUETTED
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks for SEPTOLETTING ~ Michael and the EUPHORIA (Freudian spello) to add a little colour for the workers ! Love the sentiment in the Poem reminds me of YESTERDAY 80+ F on the Essex Coast ~ even the SEA was warm ! I have written a MORPHIC Poem today to emphasis SHAPE ~ I was educated in a proper Secondary School where the SHAPE of a written poem was important. In JAPANESE HAIKU the visual impact is an important factor in the intrinsic beauty of the poem ~ I will present a DIABLO tomorrow ! Between us we may yet convince Members that the FORM of a POEM is just as important as its FUNCTION ! If it catches the EYE then it will engage the MIND ! Yours BRIAN
May 8th, 2018 03:44
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks for SEPTOLETTING ~ Michael and the EUPHORIA (Freudian spello) to add a little colour for the workers ! Love the sentiment in the Poem reminds me of YESTERDAY 80+ F on the Essex Coast ~ even the SEA was warm ! I have written a MORPHIC Poem today to emphasis SHAPE ~ I was educated in a proper Secondary School where the SHAPE of a written poem was important. In JAPANESE HAIKU the visual impact is an important factor in the intrinsic beauty of the poem ~ I will present a DIABLO tomorrow ! Between us we may yet convince Members that the FORM of a POEM is just as important as its FUNCTION ! If it catches the EYE then it will engage the MIND ! Yours BRIAN
May 8th, 2018 03:44
TRANSIENT DREAMS
FineB said:
Thanks Michael.
A super write. I love this haiku.
Keep writing
FineB
May 7th, 2018 06:55
FineB said:
Thanks Michael.
A super write. I love this haiku.
Keep writing
FineB
May 7th, 2018 06:55
TRANSIENT DREAMS
dusk arising said:
I\'m mad crazy about your sculpture here. In my deranged inner sight it represents existence, the circular representing an ageing \'being\' trapped between a \'chock\' and a hard place, all performed on an ever decaying plinth.
May 7th, 2018 06:37
dusk arising said:
I\'m mad crazy about your sculpture here. In my deranged inner sight it represents existence, the circular representing an ageing \'being\' trapped between a \'chock\' and a hard place, all performed on an ever decaying plinth.
May 7th, 2018 06:37
TRANSIENT DREAMS
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
HI MIKE ~ You are a POETRY MASTER and I endorse your detailed memo differentiating between a HAIKU (Nature & Seasons) and a SENRYU (everything else !) many people call all 5 7 5 poems HAIKU which devalues the difference ! TANKAS (which have 31 syllables in a 57577 format) are H & S with attitude and can be on any subject ! H & S are often (deliberately) open ended the final two lines 7 7 are for explanation ! It is a poetic minefield ! I love the \"transience\" in your SENRYU ! When i visited the FLINTSTONES I saw a sculpting very similar to yours on the mantle-piece ! FRED told me it was called WHEEL \'N WEDGE and is a classic ! Thanks for caring about the Structure and Form of Written Poetry. For me as a Teacher of Poetry to Adult ~ Structure and Shape of a Written Poem (I can\'t understand why some on MPS present good poems as continuous PROSE ?) is important as is the Syllabus Pattern. Rhyme Pattern and Verse (Stanza) Length is also important for PRESENTATION & PERFORMANCE (Recitation) Poetry is ORAL and AURAL and (for me) Poetry Readings are always very fulfilling and exciting ~ Here endeth the Last Lesson ~ Yours BRIAN
May 7th, 2018 03:10
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
HI MIKE ~ You are a POETRY MASTER and I endorse your detailed memo differentiating between a HAIKU (Nature & Seasons) and a SENRYU (everything else !) many people call all 5 7 5 poems HAIKU which devalues the difference ! TANKAS (which have 31 syllables in a 57577 format) are H & S with attitude and can be on any subject ! H & S are often (deliberately) open ended the final two lines 7 7 are for explanation ! It is a poetic minefield ! I love the \"transience\" in your SENRYU ! When i visited the FLINTSTONES I saw a sculpting very similar to yours on the mantle-piece ! FRED told me it was called WHEEL \'N WEDGE and is a classic ! Thanks for caring about the Structure and Form of Written Poetry. For me as a Teacher of Poetry to Adult ~ Structure and Shape of a Written Poem (I can\'t understand why some on MPS present good poems as continuous PROSE ?) is important as is the Syllabus Pattern. Rhyme Pattern and Verse (Stanza) Length is also important for PRESENTATION & PERFORMANCE (Recitation) Poetry is ORAL and AURAL and (for me) Poetry Readings are always very fulfilling and exciting ~ Here endeth the Last Lesson ~ Yours BRIAN
May 7th, 2018 03:10
TRANSIENT DREAMS
orchidee said:
Ohh, perceive, receive,.... \'i\' before \'e\' except after \'c. But why is it in \'seize\' but not in \'siege\'? Gotta lie down to recover after pneumo-wotsit. Used too many brain cells to say it! See ya in about 3 hours!
May 7th, 2018 02:44
orchidee said:
Ohh, perceive, receive,.... \'i\' before \'e\' except after \'c. But why is it in \'seize\' but not in \'siege\'? Gotta lie down to recover after pneumo-wotsit. Used too many brain cells to say it! See ya in about 3 hours!
May 7th, 2018 02:44
TRANSIENT DREAMS
orchidee said:
You being the \'first poet of the day\' again?! Was you two minutes late?! Published 00:02. Well, it would take 2 minutes to type it up! (Do shut up now Orchi, you\'re waffling!). heehee.
May 7th, 2018 01:33
orchidee said:
You being the \'first poet of the day\' again?! Was you two minutes late?! Published 00:02. Well, it would take 2 minutes to type it up! (Do shut up now Orchi, you\'re waffling!). heehee.
May 7th, 2018 01:33
TRANSIENT DREAMS
orchidee said:
I\'m perceiving this is a fine write and pic Michael, though \'perceiving\' is rather a long word for this time of the morning!
May 7th, 2018 01:30
orchidee said:
I\'m perceiving this is a fine write and pic Michael, though \'perceiving\' is rather a long word for this time of the morning!
May 7th, 2018 01:30
TRANSIENT DREAMS
Goldfinch60 said:
Very good senryu (I write them as well) and I love the sculpture Michael.
May 7th, 2018 00:52
Goldfinch60 said:
Very good senryu (I write them as well) and I love the sculpture Michael.
May 7th, 2018 00:52
SHE DANCED
Laura🌻 said:
Michael,
This exquisite write and line figures remind me of Cinderella at the ball dancing with the Prince!
I’m sure that’s not what you had in mind; but, as Hood told me once, there are as many interpretations as there are readers!
Loved the read and drawing! I’ve just framed it and hung it!
~Laura~
May 6th, 2018 18:08
Laura🌻 said:
Michael,
This exquisite write and line figures remind me of Cinderella at the ball dancing with the Prince!
I’m sure that’s not what you had in mind; but, as Hood told me once, there are as many interpretations as there are readers!
Loved the read and drawing! I’ve just framed it and hung it!
~Laura~
May 6th, 2018 18:08
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