Comments on community poems by jarcher54
- Chemicals (John McChord)
John, you are observant beyond your years. I won\'t say wise for who is...
September 26th, 2020 00:11 - Year Six (John McChord)
A well-crafted example of that paradox. It\'s not exactly an ethical...
September 25th, 2020 23:58 - Before I fall asleep (Trenz Pruca)
Oh my. You nailed it.
The night that does not end
Bearing fast...
September 25th, 2020 00:26 - old crow grog (Queer-with-a-pen)
My dad had four boys so of course he drank. I\'m sorry yours didn\'t...
September 25th, 2020 00:23 - I, an Algorithm (Quemis)
This piece is extremely moving from both an intellectual and an aesthetic...
September 25th, 2020 00:00 - Stolen (Fay Slimm.)
Taking time out of life... stolen moments... bitter-sweet and poignant. I...
September 20th, 2020 07:31 - Bruises (Neville)
Covered in them eh? That explains the sunglasses and folded arms! Some...
September 20th, 2020 07:23 - Endless lake (Agiel)
Many of the poems on MPS reflect despair, sorrow, loneliness, and pain. ...
September 20th, 2020 07:09 - Virago (Trenz Pruca)
Maybe it\'s irrelevant but as a kid I had a stallion named Castro... I...
September 20th, 2020 01:38 - Hippie Am I. (Goldfinch60)
All you need is love. When they ridicule the idealist, the one who places...
September 20th, 2020 01:26 - Water To Sand. (Chanel T.)
Water to sand... water virtually disappears into sand, becomes one with...
September 20th, 2020 01:15 - Years (Tayama)
So bare-bones, yet so pregnant with hints, inferences, and imagined...
September 16th, 2020 09:26 - Perfect Victim (A Boy With Roses)
Dearest X-man, I\'m stunned by the self-awareness of this little...
September 16th, 2020 01:08 - My Home All Over America (ForeverJesus7)
So many beautiful, rich places in the world and America. Catalogs always...
September 13th, 2020 07:18 - First Love Letter (Delilah)
Very felicitous way of saying it... goodbye to my favorite stranger... I...
September 13th, 2020 00:03 - Time (ThePoeticGirl)
I think you are on to something here... a novel way to say Seize the Day! ...
September 12th, 2020 23:59 - PROVERBS FOR POETS ~ AN ANTHOLOGY (ANGELA & BRIAN)
I always found great wisdom in this from Yeats: Out of the quarrel with...
September 12th, 2020 09:32 - Wet Cement (Living Dead Girl)
Yes, it\'s possible to feel both above, victorious, yet below, defeated,...
September 12th, 2020 02:35 - Locked Up Emotions (Living Dead Girl)
This little tour de force says so much without giving us the facts... what...
September 12th, 2020 02:25 - Slipping Away (Living Dead Girl)
I\'ve often said to myself \"Right here right now is the center of time...
September 12th, 2020 02:20 - In The End (Living Dead Girl)
PS \"i am nothing if not inconsequential\" is insightfully witty. I will...
September 12th, 2020 02:17 - In The End (Living Dead Girl)
You may have felt invisible and unseen before, but your eloquence makes...
September 12th, 2020 02:14 - Water is life and seems alive (🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽)
Very liquid as others have observed... I had to smile at the blue...
September 12th, 2020 01:48 - Do Over (Kurt Philip Behm)
Ah the fabled Do-Over... has a horn of pearl on its forehead. There\'s...
September 3rd, 2020 18:52 - Consumed (Down the rabbithole)
I appreciate how you use painting to embody that adoration, devotion that...
September 3rd, 2020 18:29 - Decisions & Choices (Neville)
I think you are tricking us with this nifty little tautology, but it\'s...
September 3rd, 2020 03:07 - Abundance. (Fay Slimm.)
I appreciate how you so often approach a subject or place or event...
September 3rd, 2020 03:03 - Forgotten (Rose~)
While it is quite obvious the cheater is not literally forgotten, you have...
September 3rd, 2020 02:52 - Journey to Shadow (Edthepoet)
A startling concluding stanza. Knowing where the monsters reside may come...
September 3rd, 2020 02:37 - This is my Fight (Italianwoman)
You certainly no longer live as a mime. You express yourself exquisitely....
September 3rd, 2020 02:26 - Summer’s End (Neville)
Well you\'ve gone and done it... you made me feel emotions. Damn you.
August 26th, 2020 00:32 - To All the Boys I Let Hit (Narcisa)
This is so fiercely beautiful I am in awe of your self-awareness of...
August 24th, 2020 09:00 - giggle strips (Dusk arising)
You\'ve nailed it for those of us over 50 (or whatever) with this:
A...
August 24th, 2020 08:35 - Battle of the Somme (Gavin)
Yes, whenever we turn our back on war, we must not turn our back on the...
August 24th, 2020 08:27 - Dream (Rose~)
While you refer to a dream that only you can see, you have come as close...
August 24th, 2020 08:18 - Watching. (Fay Slimm.)
You and your happy endings! Here you went and called to mind all those...
August 23rd, 2020 06:48 - what of it? (Queer-with-a-pen)
What a treat! There\'s a sort of a story here, but it\'s elusive and...
August 23rd, 2020 06:42 - Faceless Narcissist (A Boy With Roses)
You\'ve done a nice job of describing those complex, perplexing...
August 20th, 2020 20:45 - Billion more colours than we see! (Poetic Dan)
Only someone who pours everything he\'s got into his poems would choose to...
August 16th, 2020 01:24 - Saints Defying Sickly Scientism (Gary Edward Geraci)
Did the caller wonder if anyone has studied how the paths of hurricanes...
August 16th, 2020 01:14 - You are the sacrifice 𓆗 (CaitEva)
Your experimenting with the complex imagery of the snake, sacrifice,...
August 16th, 2020 00:28 - Taking Back My Life (PoeticBiscuit)
If you can write like this, you have no need to be insecure. Henceforth...
August 16th, 2020 00:14 - The Place of Peace (Italianwoman)
The peace of death is a fantasy. Humans are not good at cost-benefit...
August 15th, 2020 23:39 - for VJ Day (Dusk arising)
As you ponder war and peace, particularly the end of WWII in the Pacific...
August 15th, 2020 23:30 - for VJ Day (Dusk arising)
Truly no answer. Idealists have been imagining peace since the Hittites...
August 15th, 2020 23:09 - Memories of Virginia (USA) (Barry Hodges)
Did you pull down any monuments to Robert Lee and that bunch? If not why...
August 15th, 2020 22:38 - Greatful to all here... (Poetic Dan)
So many ways to do poetry, so many reasons to make it. Sending a message...
August 14th, 2020 20:43 - Purple (A Boy With Roses)
You express paranoia and anxiety and hopelessness so vividly I almost...
August 14th, 2020 20:34 - A Hobo\'s Last Prayer (Kurt Philip Behm)
Very rich imagery, a little elusive, yet clear. I had to go back to the...
August 5th, 2020 23:53 - Aloha, Pathfinder (A Boy With Roses)
Splendid stream of images and metaphors and juxtapositions and vivid...
August 5th, 2020 18:07 - Letter to God (Mik@el)
I adore that the speaker seeks to move from certainty to doubt, so ...
August 4th, 2020 21:45 - Homeless (Aa Harvey)
The modern world is relentlessly hard for anyone who falls out of line,...
August 3rd, 2020 09:05 - Guilt Trip. (Goldfinch60)
Reminded me of William Carlos Williams\' plums, but maybe the real analogy...
August 3rd, 2020 01:06 - 2020 THAT WAS THE YEAR .. ! ~ YEAR OF COVID 19 ! (ANGELA & BRIAN)
Yikes... thinking of Halloween and Covid-19... Will the grim reaper be...
August 3rd, 2020 00:50 - Some Day (DesertWords)
Some day we hope. We aren\'t doing a very good job of it right now, we...
August 3rd, 2020 00:44 - Why Me? (KayDied)
Being ignored, being cancelled, hurts like nothing else. Besides hoping...
August 3rd, 2020 00:36 - Thinking Back. (Goldfinch60)
How quickly the future becomes the past... So many way to say Carpe...
July 27th, 2020 02:56 - I\'m Fine (Ariel Perez)
Bitter sweet, almost painful the way you capture all those insecurities...
July 27th, 2020 02:49 - Old One Eye (Neville)
Love the flowing short lines, like a clear stream bubbling images as you...
July 27th, 2020 02:43 - For Once Say No (Ariel Perez)
Brave indeed! Compelling expression of the compulsion of love... you...
July 27th, 2020 02:29 - still warm sands (rewrite) (Dusk arising)
Nice reminder of those almost silly, almost trivial times that ultimately...
July 27th, 2020 02:25 - Dewdrop (A Boy With Roses)
X, Quite a vivid account of your journey that day. From start to finish,...
July 27th, 2020 02:13 - Snow Flurries (Satishverma)
Lovely and painful... I felt like I knew where you were going from the...
July 15th, 2020 23:16 - F*ck You (Benevolentbluebabe)
I once read about a serious linguistic study of the use of the f-word in...
July 15th, 2020 13:00 - Altering. (Fay Slimm.)
Your verbal journey reminds me of Smetana\'s symphonic poem Die Moldau,...
July 14th, 2020 08:27 - covid robbery (Dusk arising)
D, your catalogs of what is lost, and of the child\'s tiny but universal...
July 14th, 2020 08:16 - goodbye Morricone (Dusk arising)
Thanks DA. You are so right. His scores often told more of the story than...
July 10th, 2020 02:02 - The Quiet Roar (Kurt Philip Behm)
Nicely done... you evoke many thoughts, emotions, sounds, and even...
July 8th, 2020 02:03 - Slow down (Dakota)
Thanks for taking a number of common pieces of advice and ideas--like keep...
July 8th, 2020 01:52 - Lovers in Lockdown (Kevin Michael Bloor)
One of the most frustrating traits of humans to me is what I call the...
July 6th, 2020 00:11 - Our Country Tis Of Thee (MLHnow)
I like some of the words you made up here:
Those who are...
July 6th, 2020 00:03 - Our Country Tis Of Thee (MLHnow)
When I was about 13, I imagined composing a great epic poem cataloging all...
July 6th, 2020 00:01 - Out Of All The Flowers In My Garden (Crazybabe72)
This is a sweet variation on an old theme. Du bist wie eine Blume, sang...
July 5th, 2020 23:17 - Enactor (Satishverma)
So many ways of responding to poetry... I will remember this one, being...
July 5th, 2020 19:47 - Hypnotized (Accidental Poet)
Wait, you wrote that? I have thought the exact same thing so many times,...
July 4th, 2020 01:58 - forever judas? (Dusk arising)
I don\'t know anyone on MPS personally. and am only slightly familiar with...
July 4th, 2020 01:48 - Poetry, My Friend. (PoeticBiscuit)
Funny it\'s so hard to explain why nothing is more human, more essential,...
July 3rd, 2020 21:38 - Six Days (SheWasTheSun)
This bit is lovely and heart-breaking:
I wonder how long
Until you\'re...
July 3rd, 2020 00:26 - Every Sister (SheWasTheSun)
It is important for women to speak their piece at this time of reckoning. ...
July 3rd, 2020 00:18 - Sleepless Nights (SheWasTheSun)
Many of us are experiencing sleepless nights. Thanks for reminding us of...
July 3rd, 2020 00:11 - 2252 (A Boy With Roses)
What\'s going on in our heads can be more debilitating than our physical...
July 2nd, 2020 23:43 - FUTURE IS ORANGE ~ ACROSTIC 6 2 6 SONNET (ANGELA & BRIAN)
You know if you just printed the colors without the words it would still...
July 2nd, 2020 14:25 - REST IN PEACE KEVIN BROWNE (Accidental Poet)
Knowing how sick he was makes his last poems posted in MPS especially...
July 2nd, 2020 07:23 - Annie Lennox (FineB)
Once I found a beat-up CD (no box) on the side of the road. It was so...
July 2nd, 2020 07:09 - The corona catastrophe (🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽)
I\'m with dusk on the praying thing but I respect you trying to make sense...
July 2nd, 2020 06:36 - This Is Me (Bragee)
No fear of rejection from me! This is really a smart little poem; a good...
July 2nd, 2020 06:23 - Richness (Morgen Joy)
I have loved several people that way in my life, most of them decades ago...
July 2nd, 2020 00:46 - Your Country Say\'s it Needs You (Neville)
New ironic meaning to the song \"I\'ll be Home for Christmas\"! Thanks...
July 2nd, 2020 00:39 - Rise (Clarissavibes)
A simple but subtle little poem... your list of questions suggest it\'s...
July 2nd, 2020 00:32 - Dissolve Me (Quemis)
Typically dense, I tease the meaning out, no, I wring it out, and though I...
June 30th, 2020 01:59 - Is She a Bad Mother. (Goldfinch60)
Thanks for the explanation! I started to imagine a mother bird who raised...
June 30th, 2020 01:48 - Mascara Daze (Neville)
Such a sweet capture of a fleeting moment... I had a lady friend who was a...
June 30th, 2020 01:43 - anxious bliss (Scarlet poet)
Sometimes simple is effective, striking, memorable... like your first...
June 30th, 2020 01:28 - chimes (Scarlet poet)
So vivid and confessional, I don\'t know what\'s real and what\'s being in...
June 30th, 2020 01:18 - Mount Everest is a Grave (Quemis)
I was fascinated by the title of this poem... can one climb a grave, a...
June 13th, 2020 02:16 - what is love? (Scarlet poet)
Your opening made me laugh.
\"I’m not stupid, I know what love...
June 3rd, 2020 03:02 - my heart is a place (GON)
The last couplet is a delightful expression of a shared experience! ...
June 3rd, 2020 02:49 - The Dark Dome (Quemis)
This makes me look forward to reading more of your poems. I appreciate...
June 3rd, 2020 02:42 - Autumn (Jubshaw)
My daughter was born on the first day of autumn, and we considered it for...
June 3rd, 2020 02:25 - Quarantine (Renzi)
You\'re right, you can\'t sing, but you can sure make me smile. Don\'t...
May 29th, 2020 22:41
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