Comments received on poems by Tristan Robert Lange
Worm Wood
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan this reads like a scene out of a horror movie. It is painted in black and white to give more of a sense of horror. The use of the child draws the reader in and increases the sense of tension. Well written my friend.
November 20th, 2025 09:39
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan this reads like a scene out of a horror movie. It is painted in black and white to give more of a sense of horror. The use of the child draws the reader in and increases the sense of tension. Well written my friend.
November 20th, 2025 09:39
Mission Impossible
Freedom4 said:
I really like this. Especially the line \'Dry tears crust over my injured soul\'
I often feel the same way. Always hanging on to hope but stuck in the pain.
November 19th, 2025 21:25
Freedom4 said:
I really like this. Especially the line \'Dry tears crust over my injured soul\'
I often feel the same way. Always hanging on to hope but stuck in the pain.
November 19th, 2025 21:25
God Knows
Mutley Ravishes said:
It\'s been said that the Creator knows everything, is everything, yet, so much of that \"everything\" is still a potential, meaning it\'s not manifested/in our conscious awareness yet. Is this why we\'re endowed with awareness of being, desire to find out, and an Imagination?
Your poem got me thinking! (Maybe not in the way you intended?)
November 19th, 2025 18:48
Mutley Ravishes said:
It\'s been said that the Creator knows everything, is everything, yet, so much of that \"everything\" is still a potential, meaning it\'s not manifested/in our conscious awareness yet. Is this why we\'re endowed with awareness of being, desire to find out, and an Imagination?
Your poem got me thinking! (Maybe not in the way you intended?)
November 19th, 2025 18:48
God Knows
orchidee said:
If not blasphemous, but said without any religious connotation, we might say, using a small \'g\' here: \'god knows what Popeye\'s up to\', as in \'he could be up to anything\'. But we know he\'s up to one thing 99% of the time. What is it? Don\'t answer that! lol.
Ohh, Popeye don\'t know about any finer points of poetry. heehee.
November 19th, 2025 11:54
orchidee said:
If not blasphemous, but said without any religious connotation, we might say, using a small \'g\' here: \'god knows what Popeye\'s up to\', as in \'he could be up to anything\'. But we know he\'s up to one thing 99% of the time. What is it? Don\'t answer that! lol.
Ohh, Popeye don\'t know about any finer points of poetry. heehee.
November 19th, 2025 11:54
God Knows
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan the idea that tears are permanent. The alliteration here emphasizes and greases this line so that if flows just as the message it gives flows. This poem in a few short words asks the question of whether not anyone saw this coming and then answers with \"God knows\" This is a double meaning since it can be taken as no one knows or that God is the one that knows. Well done my friend
November 19th, 2025 09:31
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan the idea that tears are permanent. The alliteration here emphasizes and greases this line so that if flows just as the message it gives flows. This poem in a few short words asks the question of whether not anyone saw this coming and then answers with \"God knows\" This is a double meaning since it can be taken as no one knows or that God is the one that knows. Well done my friend
November 19th, 2025 09:31
The Mystic Speaks: Either/Or
NafisaSB said:
yes indeed , you cannot always sit on the fence...well said
November 19th, 2025 08:30
NafisaSB said:
yes indeed , you cannot always sit on the fence...well said
November 19th, 2025 08:30
Prophet\'s Prayer
Bella Shepard said:
The prophet finds no peace when he forsees an outcome that others cannot, and is powerless to stop. This poem is so well written, conveying the helplesssness of the visionary, when he sees humanity at risk. Exceptional!
November 18th, 2025 14:41
Bella Shepard said:
The prophet finds no peace when he forsees an outcome that others cannot, and is powerless to stop. This poem is so well written, conveying the helplesssness of the visionary, when he sees humanity at risk. Exceptional!
November 18th, 2025 14:41
Prophet\'s Prayer
orchidee said:
Good write Jonah, oops Tristan! Now it\'s made us think - did Jonah meet a certain glugging guy on the seas? lol.
November 18th, 2025 12:25
orchidee said:
Good write Jonah, oops Tristan! Now it\'s made us think - did Jonah meet a certain glugging guy on the seas? lol.
November 18th, 2025 12:25
Prophet\'s Prayer
Paul Bell said:
How many have stood at that high height, knowing their decision but feeling no fear, just freedom.
Tough end and the journey we all hope we never take.
November 18th, 2025 12:14
Paul Bell said:
How many have stood at that high height, knowing their decision but feeling no fear, just freedom.
Tough end and the journey we all hope we never take.
November 18th, 2025 12:14
Prophet\'s Prayer
Demar Desu said:
Congratulations on the book, will be receiving one soon as the 1st hits!
November 18th, 2025 11:42
Demar Desu said:
Congratulations on the book, will be receiving one soon as the 1st hits!
November 18th, 2025 11:42
Prophet\'s Prayer
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan again the visual drop of precipice and the falling feeling of being alone like falling into an empty hole. There is no stopping in the fall. Sand like a sea where Jonah threw himself to be swallowed by a whale and taken in the belly of the beast to the depths. A metaphor indeed within a metaphor. An existential journey to the depths to find oneself and yes your will be done. Very nice my friend
November 18th, 2025 07:30
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan again the visual drop of precipice and the falling feeling of being alone like falling into an empty hole. There is no stopping in the fall. Sand like a sea where Jonah threw himself to be swallowed by a whale and taken in the belly of the beast to the depths. A metaphor indeed within a metaphor. An existential journey to the depths to find oneself and yes your will be done. Very nice my friend
November 18th, 2025 07:30
Grace Still Remains
Keyara S Trotman said:
I love the opening of this write. You\'ve came in confrontational, and that is what I do like. My fav verse where I’d like to point exactly is where you’ve stated
“ Yet—O Lord,
There is nothing like
Revelation’s rebound.“
Love love that there dearest Tristan.
Overall for the whole poem, you definitely deserve a 🫶🏼🥂🙏🏼💯
November 17th, 2025 13:20
Keyara S Trotman said:
I love the opening of this write. You\'ve came in confrontational, and that is what I do like. My fav verse where I’d like to point exactly is where you’ve stated
“ Yet—O Lord,
There is nothing like
Revelation’s rebound.“
Love love that there dearest Tristan.
Overall for the whole poem, you definitely deserve a 🫶🏼🥂🙏🏼💯
November 17th, 2025 13:20
Grace Still Remains
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan this sounds like the passage from an old spell book, or maybe a retranslated bible verse. It calls out not to summon but to be heard.
November 17th, 2025 11:12
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan this sounds like the passage from an old spell book, or maybe a retranslated bible verse. It calls out not to summon but to be heard.
November 17th, 2025 11:12
Grace Still Remains
orchidee said:
Good write T. Only one person beyond the help of grace - some glugging chap! Well, beyond grace for one thing in his life; the thing that takes up 99% of his life! heehee. Didn\'t we just know he would get in to the comments still.
November 17th, 2025 10:32
orchidee said:
Good write T. Only one person beyond the help of grace - some glugging chap! Well, beyond grace for one thing in his life; the thing that takes up 99% of his life! heehee. Didn\'t we just know he would get in to the comments still.
November 17th, 2025 10:32
Got That Out
Sebastian. said:
I FELT THIS IN MY BONES. Absoloutley powerful to me
November 17th, 2025 09:49
Sebastian. said:
I FELT THIS IN MY BONES. Absoloutley powerful to me
November 17th, 2025 09:49
shape of a prayer
orchidee said:
Oohh, I never knew there was all this stuff in prayer. I prefer keeping it simple. And we still pray, even though \'Your heavenly Father knows what you need before you ask Him\' (part of Matthew 6).
The only one needing scorching, prayer or not, is a certain guy who always pops up - we knows him! lol. Hint; it\'s somebody and Co. heehee.
November 16th, 2025 12:02
orchidee said:
Oohh, I never knew there was all this stuff in prayer. I prefer keeping it simple. And we still pray, even though \'Your heavenly Father knows what you need before you ask Him\' (part of Matthew 6).
The only one needing scorching, prayer or not, is a certain guy who always pops up - we knows him! lol. Hint; it\'s somebody and Co. heehee.
November 16th, 2025 12:02
shape of a prayer
Paul Bell said:
This is when you need, Orchi. Was it John who got crucified upside down.
Cruel time in Roman times, but they died in the faith they believed in.
Fast-forward today, and some might say religion should be on the cross.
November 16th, 2025 09:41
Paul Bell said:
This is when you need, Orchi. Was it John who got crucified upside down.
Cruel time in Roman times, but they died in the faith they believed in.
Fast-forward today, and some might say religion should be on the cross.
November 16th, 2025 09:41
shape of a prayer
sorenbarrett said:
The form of the poem an inverted cross and so the content as well. I always wondered why not done on a Wednesday the farthest from Sunday. A most interesting write Tristan. Years ago I read extensively from Crowley to Levey and Wait, the masons and illuminati from witchcraft to alchemy but stomach full I returned to mythology and then poetry. All related I guess.
November 16th, 2025 07:20
sorenbarrett said:
The form of the poem an inverted cross and so the content as well. I always wondered why not done on a Wednesday the farthest from Sunday. A most interesting write Tristan. Years ago I read extensively from Crowley to Levey and Wait, the masons and illuminati from witchcraft to alchemy but stomach full I returned to mythology and then poetry. All related I guess.
November 16th, 2025 07:20
flicker
Doggerel Dave said:
So not withstanding the above conversations/interpretations Tristan, what was in YOUR mind when you floated this metaphor (which I admired for it\'s conciseness and brevity, but left me with my lack of empathy for the metaphor....)😜
November 15th, 2025 18:50
Doggerel Dave said:
So not withstanding the above conversations/interpretations Tristan, what was in YOUR mind when you floated this metaphor (which I admired for it\'s conciseness and brevity, but left me with my lack of empathy for the metaphor....)😜
November 15th, 2025 18:50
flicker
orchidee said:
Good write T. No chance of Ol\' you-know-who flickering out. lol.
November 15th, 2025 11:53
orchidee said:
Good write T. No chance of Ol\' you-know-who flickering out. lol.
November 15th, 2025 11:53
flicker
Bella Shepard said:
I\'m drawn to the candle, like a moth to a flame. The subtle ambience of the picture beautifully sets the stage for this thought provoking poem. The properties of light are fascinating; whether it is fleeting, or tenuous, illuminating but for a moment, or brilliant, casting aside all doubt. You really made me think about this one, and I love it.
November 15th, 2025 11:40
Bella Shepard said:
I\'m drawn to the candle, like a moth to a flame. The subtle ambience of the picture beautifully sets the stage for this thought provoking poem. The properties of light are fascinating; whether it is fleeting, or tenuous, illuminating but for a moment, or brilliant, casting aside all doubt. You really made me think about this one, and I love it.
November 15th, 2025 11:40
flicker
Keyara S Trotman said:
Dearest Tristan I’ve enjoyed your written piece, this definitely is short and very interesting whereas informative. You’ve done a flamed way with words 🥂
November 15th, 2025 09:01
Keyara S Trotman said:
Dearest Tristan I’ve enjoyed your written piece, this definitely is short and very interesting whereas informative. You’ve done a flamed way with words 🥂
November 15th, 2025 09:01
flicker
sorenbarrett said:
Each of us a light that flickers too fast. None of us will outlast the night. Yet in another light, light associated with wisdom or knowledge too comes and goes changing day by day to fall into the dark of ignorance and no matter how bright it might seem at the time it will be snuffed out as more knowledge comes. So well done in metaphor that leaves the reader to wonder which metaphor to choose and maybe it is all that need to be considered
November 15th, 2025 08:04
sorenbarrett said:
Each of us a light that flickers too fast. None of us will outlast the night. Yet in another light, light associated with wisdom or knowledge too comes and goes changing day by day to fall into the dark of ignorance and no matter how bright it might seem at the time it will be snuffed out as more knowledge comes. So well done in metaphor that leaves the reader to wonder which metaphor to choose and maybe it is all that need to be considered
November 15th, 2025 08:04
A Tale of Two Altars
orchidee said:
And now a poem we can never reveal: \'A tale of two Popeyes\'. Or if there\'s only one him, make it \'A tale of Popeye and Ol\' Tom\'. heehee.
November 15th, 2025 03:23
orchidee said:
And now a poem we can never reveal: \'A tale of two Popeyes\'. Or if there\'s only one him, make it \'A tale of Popeye and Ol\' Tom\'. heehee.
November 15th, 2025 03:23
A Tale of Two Altars
rebellion_in_sanity said:
This poem calls for reflection. Although it seems to be about Christianity, I can confidently say that in spirit it talks about the dichotomy of organised religions. Great job
November 15th, 2025 01:52
rebellion_in_sanity said:
This poem calls for reflection. Although it seems to be about Christianity, I can confidently say that in spirit it talks about the dichotomy of organised religions. Great job
November 15th, 2025 01:52
A Tale of Two Altars
NinjaGirl said:
The progression from the original purpose of the church, to those corrupting the messages of light, then the marriage of the secular power churches gain, to that very apt and sarcastic fourth act, to the true sacrifice on the alter being the heart--is fantastic. The critique on society (as per usual) is spot on, and especially considering what is right and what is wrong and what the truth is. Definitely a fav and I will be reading this more than once!
November 14th, 2025 13:44
NinjaGirl said:
The progression from the original purpose of the church, to those corrupting the messages of light, then the marriage of the secular power churches gain, to that very apt and sarcastic fourth act, to the true sacrifice on the alter being the heart--is fantastic. The critique on society (as per usual) is spot on, and especially considering what is right and what is wrong and what the truth is. Definitely a fav and I will be reading this more than once!
November 14th, 2025 13:44
A Tale of Two Altars
orchidee said:
Doh! I missed the No.7 bus right from the start of this poem! heehee. So did P as he was busy - with what, we can\'t say! lol. Dang it, he got in again.
November 14th, 2025 13:22
orchidee said:
Doh! I missed the No.7 bus right from the start of this poem! heehee. So did P as he was busy - with what, we can\'t say! lol. Dang it, he got in again.
November 14th, 2025 13:22
A Tale of Two Altars
Paul Bell said:
As long as you say the magic words. \'\' Forgive me lord I have sinned.\'\'
It\'s a get out of jail card, and the congregation bow in awe.
Either that or you get sent to darkest Africa till the dust settles.
November 14th, 2025 10:56
Paul Bell said:
As long as you say the magic words. \'\' Forgive me lord I have sinned.\'\'
It\'s a get out of jail card, and the congregation bow in awe.
Either that or you get sent to darkest Africa till the dust settles.
November 14th, 2025 10:56
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