Comments received on poems by Tony Grannell
Ports
sorenbarrett said:
A great poem of a type of guy I would not want to hang out with. Despite the entertainment his type would bring more trouble than I bargain for. Nicely written it speaks of nurture being more of a cause than nature. Loved it my friend
October 8th, 2026 14:57
sorenbarrett said:
A great poem of a type of guy I would not want to hang out with. Despite the entertainment his type would bring more trouble than I bargain for. Nicely written it speaks of nurture being more of a cause than nature. Loved it my friend
October 8th, 2026 14:57
The Grand Ball
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Good Lord, Tony! 🤣 I started out feeling terribly sophisticated and ended up wondering whether anybody at this gathering had an ounce of shame left! What a gloriously decadent bunch of scoundrels! LOL! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 7th, 2026 22:21
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Good Lord, Tony! 🤣 I started out feeling terribly sophisticated and ended up wondering whether anybody at this gathering had an ounce of shame left! What a gloriously decadent bunch of scoundrels! LOL! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 7th, 2026 22:21
The Grand Ball
arqios said:
In the backdrop of a party, an observation arises querying the collision between civilisation and appetite. With everything polished, cultured, and expensive the veneer slips into the sensual and physical. Brings to mind piglet chasing scenes in the movies of such extravagances. Could be satirical or a plain sharp observation of experience.
October 7th, 2026 19:47
arqios said:
In the backdrop of a party, an observation arises querying the collision between civilisation and appetite. With everything polished, cultured, and expensive the veneer slips into the sensual and physical. Brings to mind piglet chasing scenes in the movies of such extravagances. Could be satirical or a plain sharp observation of experience.
October 7th, 2026 19:47
The Grand Ball
Kevin Hulme said:
I had Philip Larkin in my Head when Reading this. The Sort of Write he may have done.
A very discriptive write.
October 7th, 2026 18:57
Kevin Hulme said:
I had Philip Larkin in my Head when Reading this. The Sort of Write he may have done.
A very discriptive write.
October 7th, 2026 18:57
The Grand Ball
Teddy.15 said:
Well what a mighty treat, having lived in Chianti for many years this is a dream come true at least until I wake 🤣 the grand ball, I don\'t mind if I do... Slumber or not we all have our vice! 🍷
October 7th, 2026 15:54
Teddy.15 said:
Well what a mighty treat, having lived in Chianti for many years this is a dream come true at least until I wake 🤣 the grand ball, I don\'t mind if I do... Slumber or not we all have our vice! 🍷
October 7th, 2026 15:54
The Grand Ball
Doggerel Dave said:
I peed in the soup or whatever they called it, and managed to get off early as my wife was expecting...
October 7th, 2026 15:26
Doggerel Dave said:
I peed in the soup or whatever they called it, and managed to get off early as my wife was expecting...
October 7th, 2026 15:26
The Grand Ball
sorenbarrett said:
Decadent, louche and gluttonous a party of excess and appearances where vanity battles with desire. There is a feeling of debauchery where the all is right for one can. Very nicely written with a mixture of French and English the first for finery and excess and the second for pride and pomp and ceremony. Nicely written my friend exactly the party that I would stay away from.
October 7th, 2026 10:57
sorenbarrett said:
Decadent, louche and gluttonous a party of excess and appearances where vanity battles with desire. There is a feeling of debauchery where the all is right for one can. Very nicely written with a mixture of French and English the first for finery and excess and the second for pride and pomp and ceremony. Nicely written my friend exactly the party that I would stay away from.
October 7th, 2026 10:57
Diggin\'
Paul Bell said:
Ah, Tony, you can take the shovel off the man, but you can\'t take the man off the shovel.
Anyone who goes a mile down to dig out coal is a man to be reckoned with.
The body can take so much, and if the shovel don\'t kill you, the dust will.
Great journey through life.
October 7th, 2026 03:44
Paul Bell said:
Ah, Tony, you can take the shovel off the man, but you can\'t take the man off the shovel.
Anyone who goes a mile down to dig out coal is a man to be reckoned with.
The body can take so much, and if the shovel don\'t kill you, the dust will.
Great journey through life.
October 7th, 2026 03:44
Diggin\'
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, this poor sod deserved retirement about six occupations ago. 😂 By the time he asked somebody else to pick up the shovel, I certainly wasn’t going to argue with him. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️
October 6th, 2026 23:14
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, this poor sod deserved retirement about six occupations ago. 😂 By the time he asked somebody else to pick up the shovel, I certainly wasn’t going to argue with him. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️
October 6th, 2026 23:14
Diggin\'
arqios said:
Not just dirt and rock but a whole existence digging through adveristy and circumstance ending up in the final excavation of the grave. If it be about toil, endurance, and mortality we must recognise on whose back the world has been built eon upon eon. My father was a masterblaster both in the mines and underwater. He was cremated, though, by burial and hospital law arising from the Lockdowns of 2020.
October 6th, 2026 20:37
arqios said:
Not just dirt and rock but a whole existence digging through adveristy and circumstance ending up in the final excavation of the grave. If it be about toil, endurance, and mortality we must recognise on whose back the world has been built eon upon eon. My father was a masterblaster both in the mines and underwater. He was cremated, though, by burial and hospital law arising from the Lockdowns of 2020.
October 6th, 2026 20:37
Diggin\'
Doggerel Dave said:
(Nothing that a bulldozer and mechanical digger plus an education could not have solved…)
Life was ‘nasty brutish and short’ (slightly out of original context - sorry) for a very long time and may be so even today for many if one ferrets around a little.
Laid out factually your write has complete cohesion of theme which makes it very satisfying in a perverse kind of way.
Cheers.
Dave
October 6th, 2026 16:24
Doggerel Dave said:
(Nothing that a bulldozer and mechanical digger plus an education could not have solved…)
Life was ‘nasty brutish and short’ (slightly out of original context - sorry) for a very long time and may be so even today for many if one ferrets around a little.
Laid out factually your write has complete cohesion of theme which makes it very satisfying in a perverse kind of way.
Cheers.
Dave
October 6th, 2026 16:24
Diggin\'
Aziza S said:
Hey, Tony! I really like your poem, has a great cadence to it. For me, it tells the story of someone who has done nothing but work hard and now its time to rest.
October 6th, 2026 13:54
Aziza S said:
Hey, Tony! I really like your poem, has a great cadence to it. For me, it tells the story of someone who has done nothing but work hard and now its time to rest.
October 6th, 2026 13:54
Diggin\'
Teddy.15 said:
Tony your poetry is profoundly wonderful, your imagery language and brilliant theme is truly a joy to read. My father was a coal miner. ❤️
October 6th, 2026 12:55
Teddy.15 said:
Tony your poetry is profoundly wonderful, your imagery language and brilliant theme is truly a joy to read. My father was a coal miner. ❤️
October 6th, 2026 12:55
Diggin\'
sorenbarrett said:
Colorful language and imagery fills this poem of good rhyme. I found it of particular interest since I have done some of this work in my younger days. Worked in a mine, had a friend that was a grave digger, dug out septic, concrete and foundations. A great read with a great dialect as well. The poem finishes where it began coming full circle and ending in one\'s own hole so to speak, A fave my friend.
October 6th, 2026 12:09
sorenbarrett said:
Colorful language and imagery fills this poem of good rhyme. I found it of particular interest since I have done some of this work in my younger days. Worked in a mine, had a friend that was a grave digger, dug out septic, concrete and foundations. A great read with a great dialect as well. The poem finishes where it began coming full circle and ending in one\'s own hole so to speak, A fave my friend.
October 6th, 2026 12:09
Reasons
12River34 said:
Superb use of rhyme . The last line is a seriously dark description of a smackheads goodbye.
Awesome 🫶
October 5th, 2026 23:22
12River34 said:
Superb use of rhyme . The last line is a seriously dark description of a smackheads goodbye.
Awesome 🫶
October 5th, 2026 23:22
Autumn
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, you certainly give autumn its due here. I especially like that you let the season carry both beauty and loss without trying to separate the two. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 5th, 2026 12:52
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, you certainly give autumn its due here. I especially like that you let the season carry both beauty and loss without trying to separate the two. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 5th, 2026 12:52
Autumn
sorenbarrett said:
I love the cadence of your poems Tony they are classically romantic in nature with a meter that pulls the reader along. I also love nature and this one certainly fits the bill. Not only this but metaphor comes into play another of my favorites so with all three it makes it perfect
October 5th, 2026 09:29
sorenbarrett said:
I love the cadence of your poems Tony they are classically romantic in nature with a meter that pulls the reader along. I also love nature and this one certainly fits the bill. Not only this but metaphor comes into play another of my favorites so with all three it makes it perfect
October 5th, 2026 09:29
The Penitent
Teddy.15 said:
In it\'s beauty I applaud your magnificent pen hand, and your flawless rhyme dear Tony. stunning poetically and in theme. There is a deep beauty within you dear poet. 🌹
October 5th, 2026 04:18
Teddy.15 said:
In it\'s beauty I applaud your magnificent pen hand, and your flawless rhyme dear Tony. stunning poetically and in theme. There is a deep beauty within you dear poet. 🌹
October 5th, 2026 04:18
The Penitent
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, there is something timeless about this one. It reads like it could have been pulled from an old hymnal or prayer book and yet the struggle underneath it is as current as ever. Great write. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 5th, 2026 00:09
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Tony, there is something timeless about this one. It reads like it could have been pulled from an old hymnal or prayer book and yet the struggle underneath it is as current as ever. Great write. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 5th, 2026 00:09
Reasons
Tristan Robert Lange said:
That was rough, Tony. I\'ve known people who came painfully close to getting out and somehow couldn\'t make that last move. This brought some of them to mind. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 4th, 2026 23:29
Tristan Robert Lange said:
That was rough, Tony. I\'ve known people who came painfully close to getting out and somehow couldn\'t make that last move. This brought some of them to mind. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
October 4th, 2026 23:29
The Penitent
Doggerel Dave said:
I believe you would be let in quickly via the side entrance, otherwise at least half the queue at the pearly gates would dispurse as they feel they would stand no chance after that. Can\'t loose customers so quickly; business is business...
A great rich read even though... Thanks Tony.
October 4th, 2026 22:49
Doggerel Dave said:
I believe you would be let in quickly via the side entrance, otherwise at least half the queue at the pearly gates would dispurse as they feel they would stand no chance after that. Can\'t loose customers so quickly; business is business...
A great rich read even though... Thanks Tony.
October 4th, 2026 22:49
The Penitent
Kevin Hulme said:
I can Imagine this put to Music and sung in Church. Nice one.
October 4th, 2026 16:17
Kevin Hulme said:
I can Imagine this put to Music and sung in Church. Nice one.
October 4th, 2026 16:17
The Penitent
Paul Bell said:
Was forgiveness bestowed, did he deserve forgiveness.
I like the idea of a higher being looking after us, even if at times forgiveness probably isn\'t merited.
October 4th, 2026 11:41
Paul Bell said:
Was forgiveness bestowed, did he deserve forgiveness.
I like the idea of a higher being looking after us, even if at times forgiveness probably isn\'t merited.
October 4th, 2026 11:41
The Penitent
sorenbarrett said:
A lovely poem, prayer soliloquy if your would recognizing one\'s weakness\' and asking for forgiveness and strength to overcome. A spiritual delight nicely composed with good rhyme and flow.
October 4th, 2026 10:16
sorenbarrett said:
A lovely poem, prayer soliloquy if your would recognizing one\'s weakness\' and asking for forgiveness and strength to overcome. A spiritual delight nicely composed with good rhyme and flow.
October 4th, 2026 10:16
Reasons
Urgirl_martini said:
Dear Tony,
Your work is incredible and truly inspiring. I am not sure when I lost sight of the fact that poetry is not just capturing slipping emotions and abstract thoughts... for here you have told a full story and it is a truly powerful one.
Warmly,
Martini
October 4th, 2026 09:29
Urgirl_martini said:
Dear Tony,
Your work is incredible and truly inspiring. I am not sure when I lost sight of the fact that poetry is not just capturing slipping emotions and abstract thoughts... for here you have told a full story and it is a truly powerful one.
Warmly,
Martini
October 4th, 2026 09:29
Reasons
Teddy.15 said:
Imagery, emotion, exceptional rhythm it\'s all in here dear Tony
Alone on the platform,
her reasoning detained.
In utter disbelief
into the unexplained.
The world at her calling,
how her future was planned.
Instead left the station,
her ticket in her hand.
A wonderful stanza
Boy, did she miss the train. A theme that so very many can relate too unfortunately. Kudos my friend. 🌹
October 3rd, 2026 23:28
Teddy.15 said:
Imagery, emotion, exceptional rhythm it\'s all in here dear Tony
Alone on the platform,
her reasoning detained.
In utter disbelief
into the unexplained.
The world at her calling,
how her future was planned.
Instead left the station,
her ticket in her hand.
A wonderful stanza
Boy, did she miss the train. A theme that so very many can relate too unfortunately. Kudos my friend. 🌹
October 3rd, 2026 23:28
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