Comments on community poems by jarcher54

• 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
• 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
• 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 (Noah Malice) 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
• Passionate Desire (AwHec8) Aw Heck! You made me blush... Gotta go calm down now!
  May 29th, 2020 22:30
• I need peace from this chaos (Chantallove2017) Very eloquent statement of how many of us feel these days (and nights). I...
  May 29th, 2020 22:17
• Silkwood (A Boy With Roses) You have a way with striking phrases. I\'ve died ...
  May 26th, 2020 22:32
• Buxtonians (Kevin Michael Bloor) Sounds a lot like the hardy unpolished natives of my home town in the warm...
  May 26th, 2020 13:53
• Lucky Wishbone (A Boy With Roses) I know my way around this town But I don\'t know how to get out...
  May 22nd, 2020 00:20
• Epiphany (Asrealastheycome) I would miss you
  May 22nd, 2020 00:11
• Please join me as Poet has passed (Poetic Dan) Dan, much gratitude for you pointing us to Kevin Browne\'s poetry. ...
  May 20th, 2020 01:53
• LISTEN TO WORDS 2 (Michael Edwards) Well, I certainly heard that... every word.
  May 20th, 2020 01:11
• Body (Tia Davis/テイア) Tia, this piece is haunting. First I see the photo of you, making a ...
  May 17th, 2020 01:08
• Pillow Talk (Asrealastheycome) You certainly demonstrated how poetry does NOT have to be hard to...
  May 17th, 2020 00:55
• How Much Is a Soul (Arobot) The infamous effort to weigh the soul was silly, just like \"experiments\"...
  May 17th, 2020 00:49
• Nefertiti (Brie) No doubt you will be something soon. Thanks for this.
  May 5th, 2020 00:09
• Damsel in Distress (Narcisa) N, your poems are so authentic and vibrant. I will look in on them when I...
  May 4th, 2020 21:25
• SOME DATE (Joe Marcello) Touche, Joe. Covid-19 inspires both existential angst and everyday...
  April 24th, 2020 00:41
• Where our memories are stored (MMadrid) Your insightful poem has bounced around my amygdala and I\'m pretty sure...
  April 24th, 2020 00:31
• The year (Eve21359) Eve, your little poem makes one want to fix it all now, for you and your...
  April 24th, 2020 00:19
• Powerless (M.E.M.) Did we imagine starting 2020 that we would enter such enigmatic times? ...
  April 23rd, 2020 01:05
• \"Untitled\" (Swavey) I find great wit in your opening couplet: People don\'t feel my...
  April 21st, 2020 01:29
• Pandora\'s Revenge (+1) (Kurt Philip Behm) signed with my blood... a bit melodramatic... and perfect!
  April 20th, 2020 18:42
• A Guy Is Just a Guy (My_Brain) I WILL remember this: you\'re just a guy and the sky is the...
  April 20th, 2020 18:38
• The Lost Words. (Goldfinch60) I like to think that, like in Borges\' story The Library of Babel, all...
  April 19th, 2020 08:27
• Two Years (Clarissavibes) Yes the last line is haunting... I recall spreading the ashes of a dear...
  April 17th, 2020 05:08
• Rearview (Clarissavibes) A totally different poem on second reading, when the last stanza is...
  April 17th, 2020 05:01
• prettier on paper (Queer-with-a-pen) I adore this: the only heart i’ve ever broken is my own Thanks...
  April 7th, 2020 08:47
• Hunger. (Fay Slimm.) Your last line really got me! I\'ve always been a softie for those...
  April 7th, 2020 08:44