Comments received on poems by Andrew Charles Forrest
Of those we lose
Neville said:
your opening two lines are incredible as is the entire poem, but it is those opening two lines that got to me sir...
thank you for posting my fine literary Friend... cheers Andrew... Neville
June 9th, 2019 05:17
Neville said:
your opening two lines are incredible as is the entire poem, but it is those opening two lines that got to me sir...
thank you for posting my fine literary Friend... cheers Andrew... Neville
June 9th, 2019 05:17
Of those we lose
FineB said:
Hi Charles,
Thanks for your insightful and good write.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of my Mother\'s death.
I have moved on but I know she watches over me I feel at times her loss on days such.as Mother\'s Day.
Keep writing FineB
June 9th, 2019 03:47
FineB said:
Hi Charles,
Thanks for your insightful and good write.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of my Mother\'s death.
I have moved on but I know she watches over me I feel at times her loss on days such.as Mother\'s Day.
Keep writing FineB
June 9th, 2019 03:47
Of those we lose
Fay Slimm. said:
A heart-touching read Andrew with the pain of loss so tellingly written - - - one to keep for me is this gentle lament. Thank you for posting it.
June 9th, 2019 01:32
Fay Slimm. said:
A heart-touching read Andrew with the pain of loss so tellingly written - - - one to keep for me is this gentle lament. Thank you for posting it.
June 9th, 2019 01:32
Of those we lose
Goldfinch60 said:
That pain within us may end but we know that they will not have left as they will always be with us.
June 9th, 2019 00:25
Goldfinch60 said:
That pain within us may end but we know that they will not have left as they will always be with us.
June 9th, 2019 00:25
Of those we lose
dusk arising said:
I think we pass on by example that which was passed to us by example. Some of us were given a bad example which they did not wish to pass on and took steps to ensure loved ones did not see.
Its heartwarming to read your words.
June 8th, 2019 10:57
dusk arising said:
I think we pass on by example that which was passed to us by example. Some of us were given a bad example which they did not wish to pass on and took steps to ensure loved ones did not see.
Its heartwarming to read your words.
June 8th, 2019 10:57
Of those we lose
orchidee said:
Good write Andrew. But you want the pain of my singing to end, yes? You won\'t miss it!
June 8th, 2019 10:42
orchidee said:
Good write Andrew. But you want the pain of my singing to end, yes? You won\'t miss it!
June 8th, 2019 10:42
Four year olds should run the world!
Goldfinch60 said:
So very true Andrew there innocence and wonder at the world are always delightful to see.
June 3rd, 2019 00:33
Goldfinch60 said:
So very true Andrew there innocence and wonder at the world are always delightful to see.
June 3rd, 2019 00:33
Four year olds should run the world!
Fay Slimm. said:
What a charming read Andrew and a wonderful tribute to your special yummy gum -drop Scarlet...
June 2nd, 2019 13:38
Fay Slimm. said:
What a charming read Andrew and a wonderful tribute to your special yummy gum -drop Scarlet...
June 2nd, 2019 13:38
Four year olds should run the world!
Neville said:
I remember playing shops with both my son and my daughter... and I still ask that very same question Andrew...delightful would seem to be the word of the moment, and true... Neville
June 2nd, 2019 13:19
Neville said:
I remember playing shops with both my son and my daughter... and I still ask that very same question Andrew...delightful would seem to be the word of the moment, and true... Neville
June 2nd, 2019 13:19
Four year olds should run the world!
Suresh said:
Because greed and society has not corrupted their innocence.
Why do people have a caring and loving bond with their grandchildren, because they are the responsibility of their children.
Nice recollection
June 2nd, 2019 11:31
Suresh said:
Because greed and society has not corrupted their innocence.
Why do people have a caring and loving bond with their grandchildren, because they are the responsibility of their children.
Nice recollection
June 2nd, 2019 11:31
Four year olds should run the world!
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Thanks ANDREW : In our Experience are ALL FOURS are Fabulous ! WE help in the Summer Holiday Club @ Our Church and becaus we deal with TEENS & OLDER in our Day Jobs we like to work with the PRE-SCHOOLERS 3s & 4s They are fabulous and have an answer for everything ! The have great Faith : never doubt the existance of GOD and they PRAY real NICE and love the QUEEN and all the Royal Children. They would vote for REASON & PEACE : AMEN. Some of extended Families work in Primary School and love the ingenuousness of the RECEPTION CLASS : best job in the WORLD : The Kids have no Hang-Ups : no Inhibitions and NO Prejudices : AMEN *A Little Child shall Lead Them* Any FOUR YEAR OLD would be better than BOJO as PM !
B lessings & Joy
YOURS as ever ANGELA & BRIAN
🧡🧡🧡🧡 + 🧡 for SCARLET (nice name !)
June 2nd, 2019 09:50
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Thanks ANDREW : In our Experience are ALL FOURS are Fabulous ! WE help in the Summer Holiday Club @ Our Church and becaus we deal with TEENS & OLDER in our Day Jobs we like to work with the PRE-SCHOOLERS 3s & 4s They are fabulous and have an answer for everything ! The have great Faith : never doubt the existance of GOD and they PRAY real NICE and love the QUEEN and all the Royal Children. They would vote for REASON & PEACE : AMEN. Some of extended Families work in Primary School and love the ingenuousness of the RECEPTION CLASS : best job in the WORLD : The Kids have no Hang-Ups : no Inhibitions and NO Prejudices : AMEN *A Little Child shall Lead Them* Any FOUR YEAR OLD would be better than BOJO as PM !
B lessings & Joy
YOURS as ever ANGELA & BRIAN
🧡🧡🧡🧡 + 🧡 for SCARLET (nice name !)
June 2nd, 2019 09:50
Four year olds should run the world!
dusk arising said:
Absolutely delightful! I love my grandkids too.
June 2nd, 2019 03:51
dusk arising said:
Absolutely delightful! I love my grandkids too.
June 2nd, 2019 03:51
When good men do nothing
Goldfinch60 said:
A sad poem as so many people do not listen, they may hear but they will never understand, the one at I can always do is listen. I have helped so many sort themselves out just by listening.
June 1st, 2019 12:04
Goldfinch60 said:
A sad poem as so many people do not listen, they may hear but they will never understand, the one at I can always do is listen. I have helped so many sort themselves out just by listening.
June 1st, 2019 12:04
When good men do nothing
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Thanks for Sharing and Caring Andrew ~ A very deep & meaningful Poem & Subject. Because of our Day Jobs (Physio and FE / HE Lecturer) and Church Work ANGELA & I are Qualified Councellors. Some of Her Clients and My Sudents are damaged People and need a lot of TLC and Understanding to restore them Physically Socially & Mentally. Accidents (Angelas field) can be very traumatic and my Work with Access Students (Adult Returners) requires a lot of ~ Listening ~ Patience ~ Experience & Understanding. Angela & I thank GOD we are wise enough (A Gift of the Holy Spirit) and qualified & experienced enough and Spiritual enough to be PARACLETES ~ Ones who are called alongside to help ~ AMEN.
Blessings & Peace in ALL YOU DO
Your Friends ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡
June 1st, 2019 09:58
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Thanks for Sharing and Caring Andrew ~ A very deep & meaningful Poem & Subject. Because of our Day Jobs (Physio and FE / HE Lecturer) and Church Work ANGELA & I are Qualified Councellors. Some of Her Clients and My Sudents are damaged People and need a lot of TLC and Understanding to restore them Physically Socially & Mentally. Accidents (Angelas field) can be very traumatic and my Work with Access Students (Adult Returners) requires a lot of ~ Listening ~ Patience ~ Experience & Understanding. Angela & I thank GOD we are wise enough (A Gift of the Holy Spirit) and qualified & experienced enough and Spiritual enough to be PARACLETES ~ Ones who are called alongside to help ~ AMEN.
Blessings & Peace in ALL YOU DO
Your Friends ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡
June 1st, 2019 09:58
When good men do nothing
orchidee said:
A fine write Andrew. The listening can be the thing - \'being there\'. You did something good!
If it wasn\'t so serious a theme - Meanwhile - you done any work in harm reduction to stop me singing? That\'s terribly harmful - to anyone! (lol).
June 1st, 2019 06:15
orchidee said:
A fine write Andrew. The listening can be the thing - \'being there\'. You did something good!
If it wasn\'t so serious a theme - Meanwhile - you done any work in harm reduction to stop me singing? That\'s terribly harmful - to anyone! (lol).
June 1st, 2019 06:15
When good men do nothing
Andrew Charles Forrest said:
You\'re right Neville... they also forget that \"There but for the grace of God, go I\"
Thanks for looking in
Have a great weekend
June 1st, 2019 05:08
Andrew Charles Forrest said:
You\'re right Neville... they also forget that \"There but for the grace of God, go I\"
Thanks for looking in
Have a great weekend
June 1st, 2019 05:08
When good men do nothing
Neville said:
having worked within the diverse field of mental health I was very much involved in harm reduction .. I always found that members of the general public often struggled to understand the positive risk taking that this almost always involved.... Good on ya Andrew.... Neville
June 1st, 2019 04:26
Neville said:
having worked within the diverse field of mental health I was very much involved in harm reduction .. I always found that members of the general public often struggled to understand the positive risk taking that this almost always involved.... Good on ya Andrew.... Neville
June 1st, 2019 04:26
Less a Peach... more Apricot
Goldfinch60 said:
For a museless day Andrew your words fell onto the page quite easily by the look of it.
June 1st, 2019 00:32
Goldfinch60 said:
For a museless day Andrew your words fell onto the page quite easily by the look of it.
June 1st, 2019 00:32
Less a Peach... more Apricot
Fay Slimm. said:
Andrew - no need at all to be sorry for this well-written lament on the absence of Muse - -- applause for a write that rhymes so eloquently despite the so -called writers block. Looking forward to your poem on rain........
May 31st, 2019 14:01
Fay Slimm. said:
Andrew - no need at all to be sorry for this well-written lament on the absence of Muse - -- applause for a write that rhymes so eloquently despite the so -called writers block. Looking forward to your poem on rain........
May 31st, 2019 14:01
Less a Peach... more Apricot
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Surprisingly ANDREW your muselessness has resuited in a POEM of fine STRUCTURE ~ Five balanced Quatrains with a consistent Rhyme Pattern aaaa bbbb etc ! BUT alas the SUBJECT is lacking ! A lament on the missing muse as one would lament a Lost Love ! HOWEVER what it lacks in SUBSTANCE is more than compensated by STRUCTRE ~ so all in all an interesting and amusing POME ! However as a culinary expert (Lecturer in Food Science) I must take umbrage at the denigration of my Friend APRICOT ! If one plucks them from the TREE for instant consumtion Al fresco ~ The Peach might just have a slight edge ! BUT I (BRIAN) have had occassion in this last week to cook two *One Pot Casseroles* the first based on LAMB and the second CHICKEN. In addition to (different) appropriate vegetables etc I included DRIED APRICOTS in both Dishes to be served with boiled & buttered whole baby new potatoes (think about it). My guests (Foodies) on both occasions said how beautifully the APRICOT had ameliorated the organoleptic quality of the dish. Had I used PEACH it would have disintergrated and dissapeared witout trace ~ I rest my case !
Blessing & Peace & Muse Restoration
Yours as always ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡
May 31st, 2019 12:13
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Surprisingly ANDREW your muselessness has resuited in a POEM of fine STRUCTURE ~ Five balanced Quatrains with a consistent Rhyme Pattern aaaa bbbb etc ! BUT alas the SUBJECT is lacking ! A lament on the missing muse as one would lament a Lost Love ! HOWEVER what it lacks in SUBSTANCE is more than compensated by STRUCTRE ~ so all in all an interesting and amusing POME ! However as a culinary expert (Lecturer in Food Science) I must take umbrage at the denigration of my Friend APRICOT ! If one plucks them from the TREE for instant consumtion Al fresco ~ The Peach might just have a slight edge ! BUT I (BRIAN) have had occassion in this last week to cook two *One Pot Casseroles* the first based on LAMB and the second CHICKEN. In addition to (different) appropriate vegetables etc I included DRIED APRICOTS in both Dishes to be served with boiled & buttered whole baby new potatoes (think about it). My guests (Foodies) on both occasions said how beautifully the APRICOT had ameliorated the organoleptic quality of the dish. Had I used PEACH it would have disintergrated and dissapeared witout trace ~ I rest my case !
Blessing & Peace & Muse Restoration
Yours as always ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡
May 31st, 2019 12:13
Less a Peach... more Apricot
Suresh said:
Writers block, me think she visited me, for I can\'t put two fruits together either today. No peaches, apricots, no parsnips, cherries, or turnips either, and neither wetter or better.
Now what was I going to say - AHHH WELLL!!!!!!!!!!!
May 31st, 2019 10:30
Suresh said:
Writers block, me think she visited me, for I can\'t put two fruits together either today. No peaches, apricots, no parsnips, cherries, or turnips either, and neither wetter or better.
Now what was I going to say - AHHH WELLL!!!!!!!!!!!
May 31st, 2019 10:30
Less a Peach... more Apricot
SerenWise said:
A perfect expression of that feeling we all get from time to time, sometimes a lack of inspiration can be the inspiration itself!
May 31st, 2019 09:00
SerenWise said:
A perfect expression of that feeling we all get from time to time, sometimes a lack of inspiration can be the inspiration itself!
May 31st, 2019 09:00
Less a Peach... more Apricot
Neville said:
I have a lot of days like this.. more a pair of parsnips than a bowl of cherries..... there\'s a lot of it about.... Neville
May 31st, 2019 08:00
Neville said:
I have a lot of days like this.. more a pair of parsnips than a bowl of cherries..... there\'s a lot of it about.... Neville
May 31st, 2019 08:00
Less a Peach... more Apricot
FineB said:
Hello Andrew,
A wonderful write and perspective on Writer\'s Block.
Hope your thoughts will flow again resembling ripe full peaches.
Keep writing
FineB
May 31st, 2019 08:00
FineB said:
Hello Andrew,
A wonderful write and perspective on Writer\'s Block.
Hope your thoughts will flow again resembling ripe full peaches.
Keep writing
FineB
May 31st, 2019 08:00
Less a Peach... more Apricot
orchidee said:
And so another fine poem! Erm, are you \'getting out more\' as they say?! heehee.
May 31st, 2019 06:17
orchidee said:
And so another fine poem! Erm, are you \'getting out more\' as they say?! heehee.
May 31st, 2019 06:17
Of Inevitability
Goldfinch60 said:
May that pantomime last for a long time. I will meet you on the other side of the curtain one day though.
May 31st, 2019 01:24
Goldfinch60 said:
May that pantomime last for a long time. I will meet you on the other side of the curtain one day though.
May 31st, 2019 01:24
Of Inevitability
Suresh said:
Carpe Diem
We all should, but either don\'t or can\'t
May 30th, 2019 11:42
Suresh said:
Carpe Diem
We all should, but either don\'t or can\'t
May 30th, 2019 11:42
Of Inevitability
dusk arising said:
So very true and you impart such wisdom here. Makes me smile.
Just re-read and this really is a fine piece. Into my favourites, thank you.
May 30th, 2019 09:28
dusk arising said:
So very true and you impart such wisdom here. Makes me smile.
Just re-read and this really is a fine piece. Into my favourites, thank you.
May 30th, 2019 09:28
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