Comments received on poems by Tony Grannell
Death Wrapped
Tristan Robert Lange said:
I completely get this. Having worked with senior adults with dementia, I understand this. A sad, terrible disease, in all of it\'s varieties. Well written in metaphor here, my friend. Beautiful expression of grief! Beautiful poem, my dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 16th, 2025 07:11
Tristan Robert Lange said:
I completely get this. Having worked with senior adults with dementia, I understand this. A sad, terrible disease, in all of it\'s varieties. Well written in metaphor here, my friend. Beautiful expression of grief! Beautiful poem, my dear friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 16th, 2025 07:11
Death Wrapped
Poetic Licence said:
This is one that could be interpreted in a few ways, a bit of a mind tickler. I sense an elderly couple, one wrapping and protecting the others week body, maybe someone who is in their last phase of life. Although of a sad nature it comes across as truly loving and caring, nicely expressed and written
August 16th, 2025 06:51
Poetic Licence said:
This is one that could be interpreted in a few ways, a bit of a mind tickler. I sense an elderly couple, one wrapping and protecting the others week body, maybe someone who is in their last phase of life. Although of a sad nature it comes across as truly loving and caring, nicely expressed and written
August 16th, 2025 06:51
Death Wrapped
sorenbarrett said:
This is such an interesting and well worded poem that draws images that move and change as if in the wind of imagination. Is it of age or substance we speak and is the focus on the tree or the bark. Maybe both fit each other. is the gesture one of sensuousness or of feeble protective support? The relationship left somewhat ambiguous adds to the poem\'s interest leaving interpretation up to the reader. It is a snapshot of two aged companions that fit each other. The title helps some with the implication of death and maybe for both. Loved it Tony and a fave
August 16th, 2025 04:07
sorenbarrett said:
This is such an interesting and well worded poem that draws images that move and change as if in the wind of imagination. Is it of age or substance we speak and is the focus on the tree or the bark. Maybe both fit each other. is the gesture one of sensuousness or of feeble protective support? The relationship left somewhat ambiguous adds to the poem\'s interest leaving interpretation up to the reader. It is a snapshot of two aged companions that fit each other. The title helps some with the implication of death and maybe for both. Loved it Tony and a fave
August 16th, 2025 04:07
Death Wrapped
Teddy.15 said:
Incredibly sad yet so beautifully portrayed, one of my dearest friends who is almost 80 has Alzheimer\'s and it\'s really hard because she was always such an intellectual in every way, to see her now makes me sobb. The way you have painted this poem brings so much love and a desperate aching that I also feel. Beautiful my dear Tony. 🌹
August 16th, 2025 02:28
Teddy.15 said:
Incredibly sad yet so beautifully portrayed, one of my dearest friends who is almost 80 has Alzheimer\'s and it\'s really hard because she was always such an intellectual in every way, to see her now makes me sobb. The way you have painted this poem brings so much love and a desperate aching that I also feel. Beautiful my dear Tony. 🌹
August 16th, 2025 02:28
Sweet Forgiveness
arqios said:
This poem radiates healing; a journey from despair to redemption, where light slowly reclaims the soul’s fractured spaces. The rhythm is gentle yet resolute, and the final stanza delivers a moving absolution: forgiveness not just granted, but embraced. A tender, luminous piece that finds grace in the ashes.
August 15th, 2025 20:25
arqios said:
This poem radiates healing; a journey from despair to redemption, where light slowly reclaims the soul’s fractured spaces. The rhythm is gentle yet resolute, and the final stanza delivers a moving absolution: forgiveness not just granted, but embraced. A tender, luminous piece that finds grace in the ashes.
August 15th, 2025 20:25
Sweet Forgiveness
Teddy.15 said:
Just stunning the timing of each line again so very beautifully created, like butter melting on my tongue. Another glorious read from you Tony, love a happy ending and that is what I got. 🌹
August 15th, 2025 13:40
Teddy.15 said:
Just stunning the timing of each line again so very beautifully created, like butter melting on my tongue. Another glorious read from you Tony, love a happy ending and that is what I got. 🌹
August 15th, 2025 13:40
Sweet Forgiveness
Poetic Licence said:
A wonderful write of past demeanors and mistakes being forgiven, clearing the mind of the guilt and despair that had been resident for a long time. Taken by the caring hand out of the darkness and into the light, beautiful write as usual
August 15th, 2025 12:55
Poetic Licence said:
A wonderful write of past demeanors and mistakes being forgiven, clearing the mind of the guilt and despair that had been resident for a long time. Taken by the caring hand out of the darkness and into the light, beautiful write as usual
August 15th, 2025 12:55
Sweet Forgiveness
Friendship said:
Well written, your poem delves into the emotional struggle of grappling with past mistakes, the burden of guilt, and the eventual relief that comes from seeking and receiving forgiveness. It portrays a personal journey of healing, highlighting the contrast between despair and hope, darkness and light.
August 15th, 2025 11:02
Friendship said:
Well written, your poem delves into the emotional struggle of grappling with past mistakes, the burden of guilt, and the eventual relief that comes from seeking and receiving forgiveness. It portrays a personal journey of healing, highlighting the contrast between despair and hope, darkness and light.
August 15th, 2025 11:02
Sweet Forgiveness
sorenbarrett said:
Magnificent! Another well composed poem with a message. Funny Toney we are on the same page today you on the one side of the follio and I on the other. My poem with almost the same message but from the other side. Loved it my friend
August 15th, 2025 10:30
sorenbarrett said:
Magnificent! Another well composed poem with a message. Funny Toney we are on the same page today you on the one side of the follio and I on the other. My poem with almost the same message but from the other side. Loved it my friend
August 15th, 2025 10:30
Sweet Forgiveness
Tristan Robert Lange said:
First comment! Yay! Tony, this carries a gentle light breaking through...mercy stepping in where darkness had lingered. The rise from shadow to forgiveness is beautifully paced. A very lovely work and a fave, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 15th, 2025 10:16
Tristan Robert Lange said:
First comment! Yay! Tony, this carries a gentle light breaking through...mercy stepping in where darkness had lingered. The rise from shadow to forgiveness is beautifully paced. A very lovely work and a fave, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 15th, 2025 10:16
The Maiden\'s Plight
Teddy.15 said:
A Sword and a Harp perhaps? Tony a stunning reminder of love and War
She stood upon the morning pier, her petticoats unfurled.
The falling rains of tragedy had washed away her curls.
Her broken heart no longer beat to a foreign serenade.
Her body cold and lifeless on the evening pier was laid.
Tragedy and romance waiting for a return. I felt every line as always. I\'m incredibly humbled to read your work. 🌹
August 13th, 2025 12:19
Teddy.15 said:
A Sword and a Harp perhaps? Tony a stunning reminder of love and War
She stood upon the morning pier, her petticoats unfurled.
The falling rains of tragedy had washed away her curls.
Her broken heart no longer beat to a foreign serenade.
Her body cold and lifeless on the evening pier was laid.
Tragedy and romance waiting for a return. I felt every line as always. I\'m incredibly humbled to read your work. 🌹
August 13th, 2025 12:19
The Maiden\'s Plight
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, I love how you can write a ballad that feels passed down in through the ages in whispers…rich with imagery, rhythm, and that old-world nostalgic longing that refuses to fade. It moves with the inevitability of tide and tragedy…like ebb and flow...drawing the reader in until the final farewell lands heavy. Beautifully crafted, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 13th, 2025 11:12
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, I love how you can write a ballad that feels passed down in through the ages in whispers…rich with imagery, rhythm, and that old-world nostalgic longing that refuses to fade. It moves with the inevitability of tide and tragedy…like ebb and flow...drawing the reader in until the final farewell lands heavy. Beautifully crafted, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
August 13th, 2025 11:12
The Maiden\'s Plight
Poetic Licence said:
This speaks and flows like the romantic days of yesterday, of hesitating to take our opportunities for love at the right moment, leaving us with the thought of if only, enjoyed the read
August 13th, 2025 09:11
Poetic Licence said:
This speaks and flows like the romantic days of yesterday, of hesitating to take our opportunities for love at the right moment, leaving us with the thought of if only, enjoyed the read
August 13th, 2025 09:11
The Maiden\'s Plight
arqios said:
This poem weaves a haunting tapestry of light and loss. Its archaic cadence and vivid sea-borne imagery invite us to linger on each elegiac moment, asking whether the true anchor lies in the heart’s hope or in the unyielding march of time.
August 13th, 2025 05:52
arqios said:
This poem weaves a haunting tapestry of light and loss. Its archaic cadence and vivid sea-borne imagery invite us to linger on each elegiac moment, asking whether the true anchor lies in the heart’s hope or in the unyielding march of time.
August 13th, 2025 05:52
The Maiden\'s Plight
sorenbarrett said:
Another lovely narrative poem that lays out its classic tale of love ill timed and too late. We may all feel that we hesitated too long or had bad timing in missing our chance at a love of a lifetime. As always well worded and with great rhyme and imagery it speaks of another era more romantic. Another fave my friend
August 13th, 2025 04:19
sorenbarrett said:
Another lovely narrative poem that lays out its classic tale of love ill timed and too late. We may all feel that we hesitated too long or had bad timing in missing our chance at a love of a lifetime. As always well worded and with great rhyme and imagery it speaks of another era more romantic. Another fave my friend
August 13th, 2025 04:19
\'Twas Always Thus
Poetic Licence said:
As I read this I can hear someone saying, it\'s always been this way, what else do you expect, enjoyed the read
August 12th, 2025 12:10
Poetic Licence said:
As I read this I can hear someone saying, it\'s always been this way, what else do you expect, enjoyed the read
August 12th, 2025 12:10
\'Twas Always Thus
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, I think you know my love of poetic mirrors, and this is a grim mirror...polished with truth and history’s dust. You’ve captured humanity’s endless loop of folly and cruelty, each stanza hammering the refrain like a tolling bell. And yet, in its cadence, there’s a strange beauty…a rhythm that makes the bitter easier to swallow, though no less cutting. Masterful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛ A fave!
August 12th, 2025 09:55
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, I think you know my love of poetic mirrors, and this is a grim mirror...polished with truth and history’s dust. You’ve captured humanity’s endless loop of folly and cruelty, each stanza hammering the refrain like a tolling bell. And yet, in its cadence, there’s a strange beauty…a rhythm that makes the bitter easier to swallow, though no less cutting. Masterful work, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛ A fave!
August 12th, 2025 09:55
\'Twas Always Thus
Teddy.15 said:
I actually cannot choose a stanza I love more, so I will just say another magnificent write dear Tony, very generous to share your poetic art with us, love the theme, I wish the world were more simple but that would simply be too easy. I really have enjoyed yet another dance from you my friend. 🌹
August 12th, 2025 06:21
Teddy.15 said:
I actually cannot choose a stanza I love more, so I will just say another magnificent write dear Tony, very generous to share your poetic art with us, love the theme, I wish the world were more simple but that would simply be too easy. I really have enjoyed yet another dance from you my friend. 🌹
August 12th, 2025 06:21
\'Twas Always Thus
sorenbarrett said:
Tony you did it again a poem that calls out and calls on the carpet as well. Love the rhyme scheme as well as the repeated refrain and the end of each stanza. The message is emphasized as if crying shame, shame, shame. Another fave my friend
August 12th, 2025 04:54
sorenbarrett said:
Tony you did it again a poem that calls out and calls on the carpet as well. Love the rhyme scheme as well as the repeated refrain and the end of each stanza. The message is emphasized as if crying shame, shame, shame. Another fave my friend
August 12th, 2025 04:54
The Purple Parasol
Kevin Hulme said:
You paint a very Romantic Picture. Very much the sort I like to read.
I was watching a documentary on \' Monet\' when I read your Poem . The two seemed to merge. Full Marks.
August 11th, 2025 18:21
Kevin Hulme said:
You paint a very Romantic Picture. Very much the sort I like to read.
I was watching a documentary on \' Monet\' when I read your Poem . The two seemed to merge. Full Marks.
August 11th, 2025 18:21
Where Have All the Good Men Gone
Poetic Licence said:
Another wonderful write, I look forward to reading your work and it never lets us down, enjoyed the read
August 11th, 2025 15:18
Poetic Licence said:
Another wonderful write, I look forward to reading your work and it never lets us down, enjoyed the read
August 11th, 2025 15:18
We Kept Our Mouths Shut
Golnarmoinamini.Standbypoet said:
Yeah that\'s true poetry, you have said it all!!! 👌☀️🌹
August 11th, 2025 12:29
Golnarmoinamini.Standbypoet said:
Yeah that\'s true poetry, you have said it all!!! 👌☀️🌹
August 11th, 2025 12:29
Where Have All the Good Men Gone
Teddy.15 said:
Truly wonderful poetry
Loved this stanza in particular,
When found me alone in my chambers,
to what purpose, this actor’s disguise?
The visions of truths in my mirrors
and cracking with the creases of lies.
But your last is fabulous too, a genius rhymer and I am truly in awe of your work. 🌹
August 11th, 2025 05:48
Teddy.15 said:
Truly wonderful poetry
Loved this stanza in particular,
When found me alone in my chambers,
to what purpose, this actor’s disguise?
The visions of truths in my mirrors
and cracking with the creases of lies.
But your last is fabulous too, a genius rhymer and I am truly in awe of your work. 🌹
August 11th, 2025 05:48
Where Have All the Good Men Gone
sorenbarrett said:
This poem begs the question of whether Satan is a separate entity or merely a component of each of us and speaking from within this part fights his battles not only on exterior battlefields but interior ones as well. Whether King or serf we often ask the same questions of whether it is all worth it and where we got to worth the price. A poignant poem I might say rhymed and metered soliloquy. Very nice Tony
August 11th, 2025 04:28
sorenbarrett said:
This poem begs the question of whether Satan is a separate entity or merely a component of each of us and speaking from within this part fights his battles not only on exterior battlefields but interior ones as well. Whether King or serf we often ask the same questions of whether it is all worth it and where we got to worth the price. A poignant poem I might say rhymed and metered soliloquy. Very nice Tony
August 11th, 2025 04:28
Where Have All the Good Men Gone
arqios said:
I\'m vibing on the confessional weight to this piece; a fallen ruler peeling back layers of grandeur to reveal rot, guilt, and a longing for the purity he once knew. The imagery moves from the public stage, brimming with power and spectacle, to the solitude of chambers and mirrors where truth seeps through the cracks. And it’s the lament of a leader who bartered away goodness for glory, now haunted by the question of whether the men he once admired and perhaps the man he once was, can ever be found again.
August 11th, 2025 04:11
arqios said:
I\'m vibing on the confessional weight to this piece; a fallen ruler peeling back layers of grandeur to reveal rot, guilt, and a longing for the purity he once knew. The imagery moves from the public stage, brimming with power and spectacle, to the solitude of chambers and mirrors where truth seeps through the cracks. And it’s the lament of a leader who bartered away goodness for glory, now haunted by the question of whether the men he once admired and perhaps the man he once was, can ever be found again.
August 11th, 2025 04:11
The Egyptian
Teddy.15 said:
Utterly beautiful poetry dear Tony, like a dance within words rhyming is stunning imagery too, kudos sir, inspiring poetry indeed. 🌹
August 11th, 2025 02:33
Teddy.15 said:
Utterly beautiful poetry dear Tony, like a dance within words rhyming is stunning imagery too, kudos sir, inspiring poetry indeed. 🌹
August 11th, 2025 02:33
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