Comments received on poems by Tristan Robert Lange
Abstraction Traction
sorenbarrett said:
A most interesting concept. Abstraction a pattern that attracts our attention to something familiar but unidentifiable something similar to the familiar. It holds our brain for an instant in time just long enough to be aware of it as a pattern different than the background yet it is not anything that can be applied and holds no identifiable truth. But then truth itself as a concept is an abstraction. Clever wording and rhyme make this whole poem an abstract work of art.
March 20th, 2026 09:10
sorenbarrett said:
A most interesting concept. Abstraction a pattern that attracts our attention to something familiar but unidentifiable something similar to the familiar. It holds our brain for an instant in time just long enough to be aware of it as a pattern different than the background yet it is not anything that can be applied and holds no identifiable truth. But then truth itself as a concept is an abstraction. Clever wording and rhyme make this whole poem an abstract work of art.
March 20th, 2026 09:10
Icicle Sun
orchidee said:
Good write T. Erm, I was reading, we\'ve a \'little while\' yet, nothing to worry about. The Sun will burn out in about 4 and half billion years time! heehee.
So we\'ve a few minutes or more left! lol. Don\'t make any difference how long it survives to Popeye, cos he always survives with ........ WCAT! lol.
March 19th, 2026 12:11
orchidee said:
Good write T. Erm, I was reading, we\'ve a \'little while\' yet, nothing to worry about. The Sun will burn out in about 4 and half billion years time! heehee.
So we\'ve a few minutes or more left! lol. Don\'t make any difference how long it survives to Popeye, cos he always survives with ........ WCAT! lol.
March 19th, 2026 12:11
Icicle Sun
sorenbarrett said:
A metaphoric Icarus fall of society in this poem. Interesting that as one climbs the atmospheric temperature drops and the sun becomes a distant light bulb giving off little noticed heat. That once warm value we held has cooled. It is winter in the land today. In this season nothing grows, frozen hard Icarus would have left a blood spot. Well written my friend a fave
March 19th, 2026 09:41
sorenbarrett said:
A metaphoric Icarus fall of society in this poem. Interesting that as one climbs the atmospheric temperature drops and the sun becomes a distant light bulb giving off little noticed heat. That once warm value we held has cooled. It is winter in the land today. In this season nothing grows, frozen hard Icarus would have left a blood spot. Well written my friend a fave
March 19th, 2026 09:41
At Knowing\'s Edge
orchidee said:
Now we know, you and I, why you may not be able to keep up with comments, as we\'re distracted by Popeye\'s antics, and that causes us to take up time - or waste time?! lol.
March 19th, 2026 03:25
orchidee said:
Now we know, you and I, why you may not be able to keep up with comments, as we\'re distracted by Popeye\'s antics, and that causes us to take up time - or waste time?! lol.
March 19th, 2026 03:25
At Knowing\'s Edge
Doggerel Dave said:
Preemptive apologies for this, Tristan.
To challenge your last proposition, derived from the rest of your argument:
There is obviously “something of significance… greater than that which we already know.” But after that is a big full stop. It is completely pointless, in my view, to believe in something unknown even if our pitiful little minds could remotely conceive of what that might be.
Take care of yourself.
March 18th, 2026 17:23
Doggerel Dave said:
Preemptive apologies for this, Tristan.
To challenge your last proposition, derived from the rest of your argument:
There is obviously “something of significance… greater than that which we already know.” But after that is a big full stop. It is completely pointless, in my view, to believe in something unknown even if our pitiful little minds could remotely conceive of what that might be.
Take care of yourself.
March 18th, 2026 17:23
At Knowing\'s Edge
Teddy.15 said:
I find that the word faith means something different to everyone, yet everyone should find comfort in what they themselves believe 🌹
March 18th, 2026 17:11
Teddy.15 said:
I find that the word faith means something different to everyone, yet everyone should find comfort in what they themselves believe 🌹
March 18th, 2026 17:11
At Knowing\'s Edge
orchidee said:
Erm. I\'m \'in the dark\' trying to follow all of this! lol.
There\'s one thing we know, but WCAT, about Popeye & Co! heehee.
March 18th, 2026 12:46
orchidee said:
Erm. I\'m \'in the dark\' trying to follow all of this! lol.
There\'s one thing we know, but WCAT, about Popeye & Co! heehee.
March 18th, 2026 12:46
At Knowing\'s Edge
sorenbarrett said:
Faith in religion becomes theory in science each to be tested. And when we arrive at that most fundamental foundation beyond which we know nothing then both science and religion unite in faith and theory. Two different methods searching for the same thing \"Truth\" a great write Tristan
March 18th, 2026 09:10
sorenbarrett said:
Faith in religion becomes theory in science each to be tested. And when we arrive at that most fundamental foundation beyond which we know nothing then both science and religion unite in faith and theory. Two different methods searching for the same thing \"Truth\" a great write Tristan
March 18th, 2026 09:10
(un)held
Doggerel Dave said:
Oh the misery of it all! I don\'t believe a word of it.
(Try rustling up a positive response out of that, Tristan😂)
March 17th, 2026 20:37
Doggerel Dave said:
Oh the misery of it all! I don\'t believe a word of it.
(Try rustling up a positive response out of that, Tristan😂)
March 17th, 2026 20:37
(un)held
arqios said:
It’s also curious to be so near but so far and vice versa🙏🏻🕊️
March 17th, 2026 18:19
arqios said:
It’s also curious to be so near but so far and vice versa🙏🏻🕊️
March 17th, 2026 18:19
(un)held
Neville said:
I doubt you will ever be as alone as you indicate above .. and if I\'m wrong, there\'s room in my bunker for a little un .. wonderfully well worded with wicked whymes .. Neville 😎🖤🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛🐈⬛🌻👍
March 17th, 2026 12:34
Neville said:
I doubt you will ever be as alone as you indicate above .. and if I\'m wrong, there\'s room in my bunker for a little un .. wonderfully well worded with wicked whymes .. Neville 😎🖤🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛🐈⬛🌻👍
March 17th, 2026 12:34
(un)held
orchidee said:
Good write T. Not now Popeye, you\'ve had too much WCAT air time of broadcasting! lol.
March 17th, 2026 08:37
orchidee said:
Good write T. Not now Popeye, you\'ve had too much WCAT air time of broadcasting! lol.
March 17th, 2026 08:37
(un)held
sorenbarrett said:
Clever wording and meter encase an emotion and thought that one is not esteemed or felt to be of any importance. Sad and most probably a distortion of thought that many have for almost everyone has someone that cares about them in some way or other. A very nice piece with which most all of us can identify with at some point in our lives. A fave my friend
March 17th, 2026 07:39
sorenbarrett said:
Clever wording and meter encase an emotion and thought that one is not esteemed or felt to be of any importance. Sad and most probably a distortion of thought that many have for almost everyone has someone that cares about them in some way or other. A very nice piece with which most all of us can identify with at some point in our lives. A fave my friend
March 17th, 2026 07:39
Washed for the Wilderness
Doggerel Dave said:
To me now a meaningless ritual. I preemptively resigned.
A neat write though Tristan.
March 16th, 2026 18:15
Doggerel Dave said:
To me now a meaningless ritual. I preemptively resigned.
A neat write though Tristan.
March 16th, 2026 18:15
Washed for the Wilderness
Teddy.15 said:
The power of contradiction is truly palpable here. Superb my dear Tristan! 🌹
March 16th, 2026 13:05
Teddy.15 said:
The power of contradiction is truly palpable here. Superb my dear Tristan! 🌹
March 16th, 2026 13:05
Washed for the Wilderness
orchidee said:
Oh no! Let\'s not consult P & Co about baptism. I don\'t mean the church/spiritual/religious type of baptism. We\'ll get soaked by them! How? Erm, WCAT! lol.
March 16th, 2026 11:19
orchidee said:
Oh no! Let\'s not consult P & Co about baptism. I don\'t mean the church/spiritual/religious type of baptism. We\'ll get soaked by them! How? Erm, WCAT! lol.
March 16th, 2026 11:19
Washed for the Wilderness
Thomas W Case said:
Short, stark, and it lands like a stone dropped in cold water.
You can feel the hurt in it—faith given early, belonging taken away just as fast.
March 16th, 2026 10:11
Thomas W Case said:
Short, stark, and it lands like a stone dropped in cold water.
You can feel the hurt in it—faith given early, belonging taken away just as fast.
March 16th, 2026 10:11
Washed for the Wilderness
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan this carries so much unsaid meaning. We are all baptized by birth in the breaking water of the placenta. Yet such baptism or any other does not guarantee acceptance. The new born almost universally accepted is soon banished by culture, skin color, religion of birth, language, and then their own personality, actions and friends they choose. Do not expect God to save you from this a God that would banish his own son, that would order extermination of his own children of creation by armies of the chosen and drown them with a flood. No my friend we are on our own. Well written and a fave
March 16th, 2026 08:33
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan this carries so much unsaid meaning. We are all baptized by birth in the breaking water of the placenta. Yet such baptism or any other does not guarantee acceptance. The new born almost universally accepted is soon banished by culture, skin color, religion of birth, language, and then their own personality, actions and friends they choose. Do not expect God to save you from this a God that would banish his own son, that would order extermination of his own children of creation by armies of the chosen and drown them with a flood. No my friend we are on our own. Well written and a fave
March 16th, 2026 08:33
The Desert Door
orchidee said:
Didn\'t Anthony live to 105? Oh no! Popeye\'s grappling too. What with? Don\'t answer that! What if he lives to 105? lol.
March 15th, 2026 13:21
orchidee said:
Didn\'t Anthony live to 105? Oh no! Popeye\'s grappling too. What with? Don\'t answer that! What if he lives to 105? lol.
March 15th, 2026 13:21
The Desert Door
Katie B. said:
Transformation is a good and lofty goal. Well written as always. You put a lot into your work.
Blessings~Katie
March 15th, 2026 13:00
Katie B. said:
Transformation is a good and lofty goal. Well written as always. You put a lot into your work.
Blessings~Katie
March 15th, 2026 13:00
The Desert Door
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of wisdom. The sacred never what is preached or lived by others. It is in absence that one learns who one is with out the mask used for society. To live in humility opens one to scorn from the keep up with the neighbors crowd and those dependent on conformity where the ouroboros feeds on its own tail. True service almost unknown where everything has a price. Facing one\'s fears is the only way to defeat them. Why did so many retreat to the desert to find themselves or who they called god. God is within us. A great write Tristan
March 15th, 2026 11:23
sorenbarrett said:
A poem of wisdom. The sacred never what is preached or lived by others. It is in absence that one learns who one is with out the mask used for society. To live in humility opens one to scorn from the keep up with the neighbors crowd and those dependent on conformity where the ouroboros feeds on its own tail. True service almost unknown where everything has a price. Facing one\'s fears is the only way to defeat them. Why did so many retreat to the desert to find themselves or who they called god. God is within us. A great write Tristan
March 15th, 2026 11:23
Prayer of Disrepair
cellinic said:
A wonderful statement, impressing, purposeful and demanding! Best wishes and a fave, my friend!
March 15th, 2026 03:09
cellinic said:
A wonderful statement, impressing, purposeful and demanding! Best wishes and a fave, my friend!
March 15th, 2026 03:09
Prayer of Disrepair
Teddy.15 said:
Oh yes your last stanza is the lion of this poem 💜
March 14th, 2026 11:45
Teddy.15 said:
Oh yes your last stanza is the lion of this poem 💜
March 14th, 2026 11:45
Prayer of Disrepair
Neville said:
Lost forwards .. and lost for words simultaneously spring to mind .. deeply dark but enlightening .. All Good Things, Neville 🖤✒️🐦⬛🐈⬛👍
March 14th, 2026 11:28
Neville said:
Lost forwards .. and lost for words simultaneously spring to mind .. deeply dark but enlightening .. All Good Things, Neville 🖤✒️🐦⬛🐈⬛👍
March 14th, 2026 11:28
Prayer of Disrepair
orchidee said:
So you are in that rutted road, when adding the word \'forever\' to \'labelled disrepair\'
Popeye says the UK adds an extra \'L\' to some words, as in \'labelled\'. Also extra \'U\'s as in \'colour\'.
Some churches - not all of them! - can feel a bit like that solitary pew. We may feel like yelling: \'Anyone alive in \'ere?!\' if it seems dull and dreary.
March 14th, 2026 09:29
orchidee said:
So you are in that rutted road, when adding the word \'forever\' to \'labelled disrepair\'
Popeye says the UK adds an extra \'L\' to some words, as in \'labelled\'. Also extra \'U\'s as in \'colour\'.
Some churches - not all of them! - can feel a bit like that solitary pew. We may feel like yelling: \'Anyone alive in \'ere?!\' if it seems dull and dreary.
March 14th, 2026 09:29
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