Comments on community poems by Dan Williams
- Perception – Am I Coming or Going? (Friendship)
This is just wonderful. Starts out strong \"a breath caught in the hinge...
February 28th, 2026 22:37 - “snake eating its tale” (Arqios)
\"Lines chewed into new syllables\" seems the essence of poetry. the...
February 28th, 2026 22:32 - Rise of the Dragon (Tristan Robert Lange)
Conjures images easy to imagine in reality, nearly alive. The Dragon is...
February 28th, 2026 22:27 - Ghost (Sorenbarrett)
You as usual explain things much better than I. I am at the one-year...
February 28th, 2026 22:23 - Us (Sorenbarrett)
I just watched a documentary that validates everything you present here so...
February 28th, 2026 22:20 - winter palette (Arqios)
So nice, ad timely. Tree shadows sketch silver, indeed.
January 28th, 2026 01:02 - Poetry Poems (Doggerel Dave)
Amen. Tricky, this poetry gig. Nice.
January 27th, 2026 01:25 - Are Ya Done!? (Arqios)
\"as if the sound itself could clean a wound\' sets a wonderful tone here,...
January 27th, 2026 01:23 - Covenant Bliss (Thomas W Case)
You are sure one lucky guy. Well written, evocative, tastefully erotic....
January 27th, 2026 01:18 - A Father\'s Love (Friendship)
I wish I could have written this. My own Dad was a giant of honesty and...
January 27th, 2026 01:15 - The way I like it (Sorenbarrett)
This is just charming. Hits home for me in many different ways.
January 27th, 2026 01:08 - Between the Lines (Thomas W Case)
\"a laugh bounces off the wall\" is marvelous. \"electric whispers\" also....
January 2nd, 2026 02:24 - The last day (Lorenz)
Little things like \"scent of rust\" and \"nobility of disenchantment \"...
January 2nd, 2026 02:21 - Any Day? (Tristan Robert Lange)
Kind of nice to know others as jaded and maybe bitter like me. Eternal...
January 2nd, 2026 02:15 - Why Do You Hate Me? (Friendship)
This hits home, closely describing a twenty year relationship that turned...
January 2nd, 2026 02:11 - That is That (Jerry Reynolds)
Nice description and untypically from the spider\'s point of view.
January 2nd, 2026 02:09 - Freedom in chains (Sorenbarrett)
Imagery abounds and while generally moody, ends on slight optimism. Nice.
January 2nd, 2026 02:05 - Like A River After Rain (Katie B.)
Pretty sure the river does know your name. Great take on frustration.
December 31st, 2025 04:31 - Mood is a Bouncing Ball (Friendship)
Clever and witty.
\"It defies rules, this wayward thing—
a hiccup,...
December 31st, 2025 04:29 - Guilt by association (Sorenbarrett)
Brief but eloquent. \"Beware friends you keep, with whom you sleep, in...
December 31st, 2025 04:26 - cartography of echoes (Arqios)
\"Unpublishable\" is all too familiar to me. \"Between cursor and...
December 31st, 2025 04:23 - Mozart\'s voice (Lorenz)
\"\"The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm\" and of...
December 3rd, 2025 02:12 - The First Time (Thomas W Case)
Fifteen? My god man, I was still building model cars. The false promise of...
December 3rd, 2025 02:03 - Ignorance! (Friendship)
I have read that idiots are often happier people than geniuses, with room...
December 3rd, 2025 01:58 - wooden keys (Tristan Robert Lange)
Yes, because the silences are at least as important as the struck (or in...
December 3rd, 2025 01:55 - benign maleficense (Arqios)
This is clever and unique, from \"clerk’s smile at the counter,
forms...
December 3rd, 2025 01:52 - Cold truth (Sorenbarrett)
My Uncle Hank would be proud.
December 3rd, 2025 01:47 - after-image (Arqios)
Not sure to be saddened or or awakened, provokes thought as all poetry...
November 9th, 2025 00:56 - Wasn\'t then but guilty now (Sorenbarrett)
Almost mysterious, still speaks volumes. Nice.
November 9th, 2025 00:53 - The Lord\'s Despair (Tristan Robert Lange)
God works in strange ways, eh?
November 9th, 2025 00:52 - a moment turning (Arqios)
Amen. This is just wonderful, articulates so well what may be an epidemic....
November 9th, 2025 00:50 - The majestic images in a fire. (Friendship)
Ah, fire. It inspires yet can destroy. With my own eyes, in shadows soft...
October 16th, 2025 23:28 - DESCENT INTO MEDIOCRITY (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson))
Amen. Just good enough has been promoted, the bar of accomplishment...
October 16th, 2025 23:25 - The Art of Water (Gray0328)
Mother and monster indeed. You have nicely captured something people often...
October 16th, 2025 23:19 - Fading in the Shadows (A.N.)
How sad. I\'ve been there, too often, yet still here I am. This too will...
October 16th, 2025 23:16 - For A Girl Like Me (Meera Mere)
Don\'t sell yourself short; you can write. I like your honesty.
October 16th, 2025 23:14 - My farewell letter (Lorenz)
So nice, pretty yet sad. The words take on this beautiful shade
\"of...
October 16th, 2025 23:12 - You still Not Getting It? (Orchidee)
You must really struggle with my rants. It\'s fine, makes you think,...
September 22nd, 2025 23:26 - Yard work. (Friendship)
Ah, twenty years ago this could be any number of three season days for me....
September 22nd, 2025 23:22 - undertow (Arqios)
Amen. Elements in this earth remember even minute details and reveal them...
September 22nd, 2025 23:18 - Heaven\'s rain (Sorenbarrett)
\"A drop of sky caught by the eye\". . . just wonderful in its simple...
September 22nd, 2025 23:15 - Just Before the Light Turns Green (Arquious)
I used to be so impatient having to sit at a light or being stuck in...
September 22nd, 2025 23:13 - the saga in the hall (Arqios)
I worked for many years in a train terminal built in the 20\'s. Before...
September 22nd, 2025 23:10 - Poet (Teddy.15)
Such a simple ask but pitfalls abound. Cynical me can\'t believe it could...
September 22nd, 2025 23:05 - The Time Travellers Tragedy (TommyDingo)
At 76 years almost all of my contemporaries have been swept away hard...
September 15th, 2025 02:12 - Inferno manifesto (Lorenz)
Nice to know I\'m not alone in disappointment. No, I am not Tarzan....
September 15th, 2025 02:07 - The Games Some People Play… (Doggerel Dave)
I\'ve always been mystified about the entertainment value of zombies. If I...
September 15th, 2025 02:04 - Lost paper thoughts (Sorenbarrett)
Simple but giant. Imagination? What\'s that?
September 15th, 2025 02:00 - Bye-Bye Time (Thomas W Case)
I have for the longest been of the opinion that the old hat about time...
September 15th, 2025 01:58 - There is A Crease in Everything (Neville)
Solid observation simply stated. Nice.
August 17th, 2025 19:47 - The Wealth of Youth (Thomas W Case)
\"When I was a child I spoke as a child...\" now as a man. Nice...
August 17th, 2025 19:46 - week in a wink (Arqios)
Clever take, amusing. Well done.
August 17th, 2025 19:43 - The Open Door (Tristan Robert Lange)
Heartfelt and encouraging. Nice.
August 17th, 2025 17:00 - Poetic lightning (Sorenbarrett)
Almost random, still making perfect sense.
August 17th, 2025 16:58 - Numb (Peto)
Touching and sincere, \"She navigates the seas by raft\" says chapters by...
August 5th, 2025 02:05 - Back when I was a Kid (Thomas W Case)
Amen. Music has so often empowered me, revived me. Too much of what passes...
August 5th, 2025 01:59 - He\'s my best friend,l don\'t deserve to have. (Friendship)
What a tribute to our humans sometimes forgotten true legacy. \"A...
August 5th, 2025 01:56 - Is Life Dangerous? (Goldfinch60)
The only thing we have to fear...
Agreed
August 5th, 2025 01:51 - reader, read her (Arqios)
This is what poetry is supposed to be all about. I mean \"the page...
August 5th, 2025 01:49 - Servitude (Sorenbarrett)
Wow. I was going to highlight the third and fourth verses but that shadows...
August 5th, 2025 01:45 - Thought (Bella Shepard)
Like sometimes speaking out requires silence. Nice.
August 5th, 2025 01:37 - Emotions (Tony36)
Seems like repetitive dreams of mine. \"Darkness fills my sight\", so...
July 25th, 2025 00:33 - No b in humanity (Sorenbarrett)
How indeed can we be deaf to history? I thump my forehead at each new...
July 25th, 2025 00:28 - riptide fantasia (Arqios)
I like the short but intent phrases, \"Staccato sparks ignite\", \"in the...
July 25th, 2025 00:24 - Witty wings (Priya Tomar)
July 25th, 2025 00:21 - Witty wings (Priya Tomar)
Evocative of nature tied to human existence. Well done.
July 25th, 2025 00:20 - The forge (Sorenbarrett)
Sometimes have to destroy something to save it, eh?
May 31st, 2025 01:06 - My Pet Monkey Moses (Gray0328)
I think all of us are the desert, at least part of the time. Not sure who...
May 31st, 2025 01:04 - Hey Funny man (Tony36)
Sad, but mostly true. A big reason why I write. Nice work.
May 31st, 2025 01:01 - Surgery (Tony36)
How timely for me. While this one is likely not as serious as yours, and...
May 31st, 2025 01:00 - Beasts (Damaso)
The mysterious Golden Beast. Clever, thought provoking. Well Done.
May 31st, 2025 00:57 - flight ready (Arqios)
How sweet and such optimism! Well done.
May 31st, 2025 00:55 - Closure (Tristan Robert Lange)
So very true. Mine was the most devoted of a number of companions. Thanks...
May 31st, 2025 00:53 - adopt a friend (Jim56)
Bless you for this. Too many of us humans seem to think we are all that...
May 15th, 2025 00:56 - The Lone Apostle (Tony Grannell)
What a story this is. Just wonderfully phrased and engrossing. Well done.
May 15th, 2025 00:50 - Give and take (Sorenbarrett)
\"deep thoughts that are mined\' indeed. That\'s what poetry is all about,...
May 15th, 2025 00:48 - Enamored by the Dormouse (Thomas W Case)
I can\'t help but notice that \"it\" evolves to \"she\". Nicei work here.
May 15th, 2025 00:46 - The Carousel of Critics (Tristan Robert Lange)
I can only hope you are right about it ceasing. Politicians are, after...
May 15th, 2025 00:43 - When the east wind cries (Sorenbarrett)
This is just genius. Those Aztecs were quite serious people and you have...
May 9th, 2025 22:15 - Too many (Sorenbarrett)
I guess this is about the shortest can be made of the human condition. I...
May 9th, 2025 22:11 - Blackness\' light (Sorenbarrett)
First class work. \"A thought forgot cuts the knot\" and \"Drinking from...
May 1st, 2025 21:21 - Predator and Prey (Hzugman)
Bravo. Simple still accurate and timely. Humans; Bah.
April 27th, 2025 00:33 - printed word (Arqios)
Wind carried messages are all around us. Many listen, few care, fewer...
April 27th, 2025 00:30 - Good taste (Sorenbarrett)
Cold. Clever, but cold.
April 27th, 2025 00:28 - pet company (Jim56)
Lost a dear pet after more than twenty years, like a knife in the heart....
February 10th, 2025 01:39 - The War (Distant View)
How sad, a living death. Your effort to communicate is well spoken. Nice...
February 10th, 2025 01:37 - As Time Goes By (ADarkerMind)
\"no face that fits the torso of a tongue\", oblique, obtuse, deep. Hard...
February 10th, 2025 01:34 - Inprismed (Neville)
Catchy, clever, well done.
February 10th, 2025 01:30 - The Battle Of Twickenham. (Goldfinch60)
Times change, adversaries sometimes remain so. Good work.
February 10th, 2025 01:29 - Flocks (Sorenbarrett)
I think you also are often led by magnetic lines; \'Cryptic lines of...
February 10th, 2025 01:27 - piecemeal (Arqios)
Lovely and touching, more somber than sad. Nice work.
February 10th, 2025 01:23 - A Solitude So Grand (ADarkerMind)
\"nostalgia runs it\'s fingers through a breath of metaphors\" is a fine...
February 8th, 2025 00:44 - The Fight (Tony36)
Cliche for sure, but the journey is the truth of the seeking, of the...
February 8th, 2025 00:41 - Will I have time ? (Lorenz)
Not enough time, sure, but don\'t let that stop you from trying. We are...
February 8th, 2025 00:38 - Poet\'s Can Dream Too (Teddy.15)
Your optimism is praiseworthy, find time to dream sure, try not to always...
February 8th, 2025 00:35 - Farmer (Tony36)
Choices come with consequences, well said.
February 8th, 2025 00:33 - The Horses Need Hay (Thomas W Case)
The largest lie of all? Like, love conquers all? Good lives are rewarded?...
February 8th, 2025 00:31 - Gold On Grey (Cassie58)
A beautiful ode to springtime and good tidings. Well done.
February 8th, 2025 00:28 - Warning (Sorenbarrett)
And I thought I had a gruesome side! You do it so colorfully, articulate....
February 8th, 2025 00:27 - I Say Your Name (Cassie58)
So pretty, so sad. Your descriptive skills are just amazing. Very nice.
February 2nd, 2025 01:17
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