Comments received on poems by Tristan Robert Lange
Silenced; Yet All Shall Be Well
Bella Shepard said:
It is easy to say that ignorance is bliss, but the reality is that it is dangerous and toxic, your poem speaks the truth. Good write!!
November 2nd, 2025 10:18
Bella Shepard said:
It is easy to say that ignorance is bliss, but the reality is that it is dangerous and toxic, your poem speaks the truth. Good write!!
November 2nd, 2025 10:18
Silenced; Yet All Shall Be Well
sorenbarrett said:
How toxic we find the beliefs of others. Our mind too fine a sieve to let the ideas of others pass. Silence the words, burn the books, blind the eyes of those willing to see, hear and feel what others do. A very nice write with a strong message.
November 2nd, 2025 08:32
sorenbarrett said:
How toxic we find the beliefs of others. Our mind too fine a sieve to let the ideas of others pass. Silence the words, burn the books, blind the eyes of those willing to see, hear and feel what others do. A very nice write with a strong message.
November 2nd, 2025 08:32
the sound before faith
Teddy.15 said:
This is very close to something I myself went through just this week, powerful my dear Tristan. 🌹
November 2nd, 2025 04:51
Teddy.15 said:
This is very close to something I myself went through just this week, powerful my dear Tristan. 🌹
November 2nd, 2025 04:51
the sound before faith
orchidee said:
Popeye says he is waiting - for the No.7 bus. A completely irrelevant piece of info here, but he just had to say something, didn\'t he? C\'mon now Popeye, say something sensible, relevant, \'deep\' even. He replies \'glug-glug! lol.
November 1st, 2025 10:06
orchidee said:
Popeye says he is waiting - for the No.7 bus. A completely irrelevant piece of info here, but he just had to say something, didn\'t he? C\'mon now Popeye, say something sensible, relevant, \'deep\' even. He replies \'glug-glug! lol.
November 1st, 2025 10:06
the sound before faith
sorenbarrett said:
And so we all are in this sphere of life where we observe all around us burning. A lovely write my friend and a fave
November 1st, 2025 06:10
sorenbarrett said:
And so we all are in this sphere of life where we observe all around us burning. A lovely write my friend and a fave
November 1st, 2025 06:10
the sound before faith
arqios said:
I read “the sound before faith” as a poem about the raw space before belief, like when you’re stripped of answers and left only with waiting.
The opening cry isn’t confusion but inevitability. The refusal to “play a lyre / while affixed to a pyre” rejects false consolation, insisting on honesty in suffering.
What remains is silence: not yet faith, not quite despair. It’s the cry before belief, the pause before resolution; uncomfortable, but deeply human. 🙏🕊️
November 1st, 2025 05:46
arqios said:
I read “the sound before faith” as a poem about the raw space before belief, like when you’re stripped of answers and left only with waiting.
The opening cry isn’t confusion but inevitability. The refusal to “play a lyre / while affixed to a pyre” rejects false consolation, insisting on honesty in suffering.
What remains is silence: not yet faith, not quite despair. It’s the cry before belief, the pause before resolution; uncomfortable, but deeply human. 🙏🕊️
November 1st, 2025 05:46
Devilishly Dreadful: The Croaker
Paul Bell said:
Free speech, don\'t believe the hype.
You might speak your mind, but that doesn\'t sway the masses.
Doesn\'t matter how big you think you are, the audience is bigger.
November 1st, 2025 04:05
Paul Bell said:
Free speech, don\'t believe the hype.
You might speak your mind, but that doesn\'t sway the masses.
Doesn\'t matter how big you think you are, the audience is bigger.
November 1st, 2025 04:05
Devilishly Dreadful: The Croaker
orchidee said:
I thought you meant Jimmy Krankie, a UK comedian (a woman in real life)! No relation to P.... Ohh we knows the guy by now! lol.
October 31st, 2025 13:04
orchidee said:
I thought you meant Jimmy Krankie, a UK comedian (a woman in real life)! No relation to P.... Ohh we knows the guy by now! lol.
October 31st, 2025 13:04
Devilishly Dreadful: The Croaker
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan I can not but think that this is a satire as well as a poem and that the victim of this joke does not take jokes well although you might say he is a joke himself. A fun read and no I will not hold my tongue despite what the king says.
October 31st, 2025 10:00
sorenbarrett said:
Tristan I can not but think that this is a satire as well as a poem and that the victim of this joke does not take jokes well although you might say he is a joke himself. A fun read and no I will not hold my tongue despite what the king says.
October 31st, 2025 10:00
Devilishly Dreadful: The Croaker
arqios said:
This one reads like a dark fable about free speech. Jimmy keeps cracking jokes, but every time he does, the stakes get higher until he’s literally silenced. I like how the wordplay (poker, croaker, joker) keeps it playful even as the story turns grim. That refrain “It may have cost, but free he spoke” lands like a warning: speaking truth through humour is never really free. 🕊️🙏
October 31st, 2025 08:31
arqios said:
This one reads like a dark fable about free speech. Jimmy keeps cracking jokes, but every time he does, the stakes get higher until he’s literally silenced. I like how the wordplay (poker, croaker, joker) keeps it playful even as the story turns grim. That refrain “It may have cost, but free he spoke” lands like a warning: speaking truth through humour is never really free. 🕊️🙏
October 31st, 2025 08:31
Devilishly Dreadful: The Croaker
Doggerel Dave said:
Jokes can go flat, you know - poor old Jim, the embarrassment!😅🤣😇
October 31st, 2025 07:47
Doggerel Dave said:
Jokes can go flat, you know - poor old Jim, the embarrassment!😅🤣😇
October 31st, 2025 07:47
The House of Westenra
arqios said:
Congratulations! Really enjoyed how this piece twists Stoker’s Dracula into something both familiar and unsettlingly new. The “psychic vampire” feels less like a monster in a cape and more like a stand‑in for the way predators invade the mind and spirit. What hit me hardest was the narrator finally breaking silence, of turning a hoarse cry into resistance. It’s a clever inversion of Mina’s passivity in the novel, showing that voice itself can be a weapon. The Gothic horror is still there, but it’s carrying a very modern truth about how cycles of predation are broken. 🙏🕊️
October 30th, 2025 20:12
arqios said:
Congratulations! Really enjoyed how this piece twists Stoker’s Dracula into something both familiar and unsettlingly new. The “psychic vampire” feels less like a monster in a cape and more like a stand‑in for the way predators invade the mind and spirit. What hit me hardest was the narrator finally breaking silence, of turning a hoarse cry into resistance. It’s a clever inversion of Mina’s passivity in the novel, showing that voice itself can be a weapon. The Gothic horror is still there, but it’s carrying a very modern truth about how cycles of predation are broken. 🙏🕊️
October 30th, 2025 20:12
The House of Westenra
orchidee said:
Ooh yes, I wanna book a month\'s holiday there! Someone will be there with their golden shovel, shovelling spinach - we knows the guy!
Erm, I don\'t want to take evil to new heights - or depths! lol.
October 30th, 2025 10:22
orchidee said:
Ooh yes, I wanna book a month\'s holiday there! Someone will be there with their golden shovel, shovelling spinach - we knows the guy!
Erm, I don\'t want to take evil to new heights - or depths! lol.
October 30th, 2025 10:22
The House of Westenra
Paul Bell said:
Epic write, Tristan, you have taken the journey of evil to new heights.
Isn\'t Bram Stoker, a great role model to follow, though maybe some would disagree.
At this time of the year, it\'s like Dracula walks amongst us.
October 30th, 2025 09:36
Paul Bell said:
Epic write, Tristan, you have taken the journey of evil to new heights.
Isn\'t Bram Stoker, a great role model to follow, though maybe some would disagree.
At this time of the year, it\'s like Dracula walks amongst us.
October 30th, 2025 09:36
The House of Westenra
sorenbarrett said:
This certainly blends gothic and classic horror with an internal and external horror. It tells its story as metaphor predator and victim. Well done Tristan
October 30th, 2025 07:47
sorenbarrett said:
This certainly blends gothic and classic horror with an internal and external horror. It tells its story as metaphor predator and victim. Well done Tristan
October 30th, 2025 07:47
Popeye\'s Part
Cheeky Missy said:
What a freakin\' pity! Bet Olive is heartbroken. Sorry to hear it. Prettily rhymed with an almost jaunty note of seeming rhythm, and great imagery. Thank you for sharing.
October 30th, 2025 02:10
Cheeky Missy said:
What a freakin\' pity! Bet Olive is heartbroken. Sorry to hear it. Prettily rhymed with an almost jaunty note of seeming rhythm, and great imagery. Thank you for sharing.
October 30th, 2025 02:10
The Ghost of Babel
Neville said:
You can beat an egg and a drum .. but you can\'t beat a bit of Bulgarian or poetry .. Chuvam te yasno i silno, bratko, prodalzhavay da pishesh BIGLY enjoyed .. Neville 😎👍👍
October 30th, 2025 02:07
Neville said:
You can beat an egg and a drum .. but you can\'t beat a bit of Bulgarian or poetry .. Chuvam te yasno i silno, bratko, prodalzhavay da pishesh BIGLY enjoyed .. Neville 😎👍👍
October 30th, 2025 02:07
The Ghost of Babel
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Hahaha....Mutley. What can I say? I\'m a weirdo. Beside that, I accidentally deleted your original comment when trying to delete the one accidentally posted as a comment instead of a reply. (I guess I\'m tired! LOL!) My bad, friend, but I saw your comment and appreciate it! Thank you for your time, thoughts and fave! 🗣️💭🌍🙏
October 29th, 2025 20:54
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Hahaha....Mutley. What can I say? I\'m a weirdo. Beside that, I accidentally deleted your original comment when trying to delete the one accidentally posted as a comment instead of a reply. (I guess I\'m tired! LOL!) My bad, friend, but I saw your comment and appreciate it! Thank you for your time, thoughts and fave! 🗣️💭🌍🙏
October 29th, 2025 20:54
The Ghost of Babel
orchidee said:
Nooooo, per-lleaaaassseee, not now, Popeye! Why must you always sneak in and ruin any sensible comments? He\'s a one! lol.
October 29th, 2025 10:16
orchidee said:
Nooooo, per-lleaaaassseee, not now, Popeye! Why must you always sneak in and ruin any sensible comments? He\'s a one! lol.
October 29th, 2025 10:16
The Ghost of Babel
orchidee said:
Oohh, bonjour there T. That\'s about the limit of my extent of foreign languages. Someone asks - we know him - what\'s \'Popeye\' in French? lol. Dang it if he\'s not sneaked in again.
October 29th, 2025 10:06
orchidee said:
Oohh, bonjour there T. That\'s about the limit of my extent of foreign languages. Someone asks - we know him - what\'s \'Popeye\' in French? lol. Dang it if he\'s not sneaked in again.
October 29th, 2025 10:06
The Ghost of Babel
sorenbarrett said:
Eu falo e ninguem me comprende now you have Portuguese as well. A most intriguing write my friend. Love multi lingual poems unfortunately my German has been forgotten. Very nice my friend
October 29th, 2025 08:02
sorenbarrett said:
Eu falo e ninguem me comprende now you have Portuguese as well. A most intriguing write my friend. Love multi lingual poems unfortunately my German has been forgotten. Very nice my friend
October 29th, 2025 08:02
The Ghost of Babel
arqios said:
I so love this! And I have tramped around a bit to have had an adjacent experience: \"no one responds, no one takes note.\"
October 29th, 2025 07:42
arqios said:
I so love this! And I have tramped around a bit to have had an adjacent experience: \"no one responds, no one takes note.\"
October 29th, 2025 07:42
Necropolis
Paul Bell said:
You need a permit in Britain now to be a free thinker.
Even Zombies stay clear of council departments that need everything in triplicate.
Just checked out, swooning. That is a definate no now.
The gorging dead department has just opened and it seems that one day a year you can gorge yourself to death. Seems to be a big queue mind you.
October 29th, 2025 04:40
Paul Bell said:
You need a permit in Britain now to be a free thinker.
Even Zombies stay clear of council departments that need everything in triplicate.
Just checked out, swooning. That is a definate no now.
The gorging dead department has just opened and it seems that one day a year you can gorge yourself to death. Seems to be a big queue mind you.
October 29th, 2025 04:40
Necropolis
Doggerel Dave said:
A wee bit hard to avoid to some degree - being devoured … though dear old Rudyard commands that you should ” bear to hear the truth you\'ve spoke twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,” … So stiff upper lip old chap..
Thanks for putting it out there – even if some stoicism is all we’ve got, really.
October 29th, 2025 01:50
Doggerel Dave said:
A wee bit hard to avoid to some degree - being devoured … though dear old Rudyard commands that you should ” bear to hear the truth you\'ve spoke twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,” … So stiff upper lip old chap..
Thanks for putting it out there – even if some stoicism is all we’ve got, really.
October 29th, 2025 01:50
Necropolis
David Welch said:
Free to think, and express, but oh the reactions...
October 28th, 2025 17:37
David Welch said:
Free to think, and express, but oh the reactions...
October 28th, 2025 17:37
Necropolis
orchidee said:
Ohh, so, line 2, you don\'t swoon at Popeye\'s antics?! I do! lol.
October 28th, 2025 13:01
orchidee said:
Ohh, so, line 2, you don\'t swoon at Popeye\'s antics?! I do! lol.
October 28th, 2025 13:01
Devilishly Dreadful: The Undying Count
aDarkerMind said:
another work of art my friend...
awesome!
stand back and take a bow and enjoy the applause;
October 28th, 2025 11:58
aDarkerMind said:
another work of art my friend...
awesome!
stand back and take a bow and enjoy the applause;
October 28th, 2025 11:58
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