Comments on community poems by Robert Southwick Richmond

• I Dream a World (Robert Southwick Richmond) Still waiting to find out if I\'m on NPR! Guess it won\'t be before...
  January 19th, 2021 20:25
• Life is but a dream (Poetic Dan) Whatever floats your boat....
  January 19th, 2021 20:24
• The Sun The Moon and Their Secrets (Poetry_Lover) Sun and Moon are capitalized in current astronomical usage, and I note...
  January 17th, 2021 21:39
• 3rd of Sh\'vat (Eugene S.) Googling the third of the Hebrew month of Shevat (Sh\'vat, שְׁבָט) I...
  January 17th, 2021 13:40
• Omniscient Observations (Orchidee) More information on your uninflected \"be\". I was listening to someone...
  January 17th, 2021 13:30
• Birdspeak (Neville) For many animals we have a verb for the animal\'s making the sound, and...
  January 17th, 2021 13:18
• Lethal Injection (Robert Southwick Richmond) This poem got the most comments of any of the 25-odd poems I\'ve published...
  January 17th, 2021 12:59
• Werther\'s Lament (RDS) For a very different take on The Sorrows of Werther, see this poem by...
  January 15th, 2021 20:25
• In My Mind (Davefmus) You know how to write a line of poetry, though your verse doesn\'t...
  January 15th, 2021 20:18
• Lines for a BBW (Robert Southwick Richmond) Big Beautiful Woman. The word was coined by Carol Shaw, who started a...
  January 15th, 2021 16:01
• Hair-Raising? (Orchidee) This poem needs some annotation for the US reader.
  January 13th, 2021 14:34
• Voice Vanguard (Orchidee) You\'d think I\'d remember having sung a tune called RICHMOND, but I...
  January 12th, 2021 15:46
• Diary Note (Neville) Both you and she deserve better. Give her a call! - I remember a...
  January 11th, 2021 21:21
• behind the shield (Dusk arising) Nice job of manipulating MyPoeticSide\'s remarkably tricky formatting...
  January 11th, 2021 21:17
• LIMERICK 73 ( Plus 3 Variants ) (Michael Edwards) I vote for the first version, not a classic limerick, but in consistent...
  January 11th, 2021 09:32
• MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (1) Almost Midnight (Doggerel Dave) A fine reminiscence of days and ways that are no more. Is a \"railway...
  January 10th, 2021 16:00
• BEAUTY AND MUSIC (Starman74) Because of the fairly formal diction of this poem, I\'ll note line 4:...
  January 10th, 2021 15:57
• Epiphany Excellings (Orchidee) I can sing this, to the shape-note tune STAR IN THE EAST (Southern...
  January 10th, 2021 15:38
• heterochromia (Caitlinn02) Heterochromia iridis, to give it its full title. It does have an English...
  January 9th, 2021 11:25
• REMEMBERED (Michael Edwards) Your 5-7-5 verse at the end would be described as a senryū in the...
  January 9th, 2021 11:18
• Haibun for Linda (Jerry Reynolds) Haibun is a new one on me. Invented by haiku pioneer Matsuo Bashō, it...
  January 8th, 2021 12:43
• Shall we together walk and live our dream? (Rrodriguez) Good go at a Shakespearean sonnet. Second line doesn\'t scan: suggest...
  January 7th, 2021 19:32
• Resolution (An Acrostic) (AuburnScribbler) Neat acrostic. It might be more easily read if you left-aligned the poem,...
  January 5th, 2021 15:45
• Lilies (Jerry Reynolds) I was wondering!
  January 5th, 2021 15:43
• IN THE FORMAT (2) (Michael Edwards) Let\'s hope that, with the coming of the vaccine, that Covid (should be...
  January 5th, 2021 12:12
• Saviour-Seeking (Orchidee) I can sing this one pretty easily. Tune IN DULCI JUBILO, with a macaronic...
  January 5th, 2021 12:10
• Lilies (Jerry Reynolds) Is there a reason why you spell lilies as lily\'s?
  January 5th, 2021 12:07
• Eccedentesiast (Unkown_unrecognized) Your poem doesn\'t adequately gloss the neologism \"eccendentesiast\"....
  January 4th, 2021 15:32
• Promise Perfected (Orchidee) I can sing this one. The subjunctive (or so it appears) verb in \"He be...
  January 4th, 2021 15:28
• Rain: My Mother’s Last Day (Robert Southwick Richmond) When I prepare one of these old poems for MyPoeticSide, I\'m always...
  January 3rd, 2021 12:22
• Jesus-Fire (Kevin Michael Bloor) I really like your verse, a rousing poulter\'s measure (iambic heptameter ...
  January 3rd, 2021 11:59
• Notable Nativity (Orchidee) I can sing the first verse of this. Note the typo in the third verse:...
  January 3rd, 2021 11:10
• carousel (Tylerintheclouds) Rilke has a poem about a carousel that\'s my favorite poem on the subject,...
  January 1st, 2021 20:19
• carousel (Tylerintheclouds) Rilke has a poem about a carousel that\'s my favorite poem on the subject,...
  January 1st, 2021 20:14
• Soul winner, Christian businessman (Robert Southwick Richmond) If there\'s an afterlife, there\'s nothing we can know about it -...
  January 1st, 2021 19:35
• pandemic limericks (Dusk arising) Strictly speaking, these aren\'t limericks. The lines are iambic, more or...
  January 1st, 2021 18:36
• ここ / そこ (Conradconrad) I copy-and-pasted pointed Hebrew (Hebrew with vowels) successfully when I...
  January 1st, 2021 18:31
• I GOT UP (Michael Edwards) I too love the artwork!
  December 31st, 2020 21:35
• Happy New Year (Jerry Reynolds) Isn\'t a crescent moon customary on that humble structure?
  December 31st, 2020 15:45
• The Year\'s Adieu (Alan .S. Jeeves) I\'m an unabashed formalist. I don\'t see form as archaic, rather I see...
  December 31st, 2020 13:32
• ここ / そこ (Conradconrad) Really interesting poem. Looks like MyPoeticSide supports kana, and in one...
  December 30th, 2020 19:36
• Blessed Birth (Orchidee) If there\'s a story about stoning Mary in a pseudepigraphic gospel - one...
  December 29th, 2020 12:17
• “Auld Lang Syne” - the most-sung New Year\'s Eve song (Rew4er2nail) I learned to sing that song (along with others by Robert Burns) from my...
  December 28th, 2020 20:01
• Innocents Intonation (Orchidee) I know this tune well - it\'s commonly sung when the gospel reading is the...
  December 28th, 2020 19:58
• TWO SHORTIES (Michael Edwards) The swan of legend, of course, sings once before she dies. Back in the...
  December 28th, 2020 09:49
• PAINTING SNOW (Michael Edwards) You\'re unusual on MyPoeticLife in that you write metrical verse. Iambic...
  December 27th, 2020 18:08
• Light And Love (Orchidee) \"Be\" in the 2nd and 3rd verses, where one would expect \"is\" and...
  December 27th, 2020 15:59
• Light And Love (Orchidee) I don\'t know the tune ALBANO, a C.M. tune that I see is in Hymns Ancient...
  December 27th, 2020 14:11
• Dante’s Wake (Jerry Reynolds) I don\'t know of any \"Carina\" in Dante Alighieri\'s writings - do I have...
  December 27th, 2020 14:01
• Ode to Cecilia (Robert Southwick Richmond) After 60 years, I doubt anyone remembers this poor demented indigent...
  December 27th, 2020 11:51
• Martyr Missive (Orchidee) I suppose this text is to fit the Christmas carol \"Good King Wenceslas\",...
  December 26th, 2020 19:59
• Ode to Cecilia (Robert Southwick Richmond) I wrote this poem when I was a medical student, about 1961, about what was...
  December 26th, 2020 19:43
• Contour of Gone (Jerry Reynolds) I learned the word calibrachoa just a few months ago, for a flower related...
  December 26th, 2020 19:29
• In a Moment of Poetry (Neville) Lips - what do we in poetry call the lips of the vulva? - I say...
  December 26th, 2020 19:25
• Maniturgium (Gary Edward Geraci) Please annotate this poem - what\'s a maniturgium? - MyPoeticSide gives...
  December 26th, 2020 19:19
• For Permanency (Satishverma) What\'s \"vesal\" mean?
  December 25th, 2020 13:55
• no name (Cabalo_blanco) Should be age restricted: at 81 I\'m entirely too old to be reading...
  December 24th, 2020 15:31
• Invocation Meditation (Dlherrmann) Your poem would be easier to read with larger type. The ruler at the top...
  December 24th, 2020 15:15
• T.S., Eliot (Robert Southwick Richmond) This poem is a spoof of T.S. Eliot\'s style. If you\'re not familiar with...
  December 24th, 2020 14:47
• Benedictus Blessing (Orchidee) I\'ve always found this tune with its irregular rhythm very difficult to...
  December 24th, 2020 13:46
• Freckled Girl (Edthepoet) Love freckled girls! Particularly girls with freckles in their...
  December 24th, 2020 13:36
• Oren dying (Robert Southwick Richmond) Oren wouldn\'t have known any of those things. That hospital was in rural...
  December 24th, 2020 13:20
• Rejoice, He Reigns! (Orchidee) The last two lines of each verse are a challenge, because of the varying...
  December 23rd, 2020 15:20
• अरमान है (Shivashiv) Answered a question - I see that MyPoeticSide (which is a WordPress site)...
  December 23rd, 2020 15:12
• Faith Through Fears (Orchidee) OK, now I get it. You\'re writing syllabic verse, counting syllables...
  December 23rd, 2020 15:03
• Ding Dong Ditty (Orchidee) I don\'t know this Christmas tune, BRANLE L\'OFFICIEL, but here it is,...
  December 21st, 2020 20:59
• I get to choose only the best. (Trenz Pruca) He\'s getting a good deal for that copper. The current price for scrap...
  December 21st, 2020 20:38
• New Jerusalem Joys (Orchidee) I have to know about hymn metrics, because I\'m a shape note singer, and...
  December 20th, 2020 13:12
• Dandelion haiku (Robert Southwick Richmond) I never heard of haiku in French, but Wikipedia came to my rescue. How...
  December 20th, 2020 11:22
• Forbidden Planet (Robert Southwick Richmond) I don\'t find the remark inappropriate, but I\'m not sure I understand it,...
  December 20th, 2020 10:45
• Forbidden Planet (Robert Southwick Richmond) I don\'t find the remark inappropriate, but I\'m not sure I understand it,...
  December 20th, 2020 10:45
• Strange Lady. (Goldfinch60) US readers won\'t know the word \"chemist\" in this sense, British usage...
  December 20th, 2020 10:14
• I LOVE ME (Shearonder1987) This red-on-black presentation is nearly unreadable.
  December 20th, 2020 10:03
• New Jerusalem Joys (Orchidee) Oops - forgot you\'re in the UK. Hymns Ancient & Modern Revised 279 and...
  December 20th, 2020 10:01
• New Jerusalem Joys (Orchidee) Some readers will know the tune REGENT SQUARE as a Christmas carol...
  December 20th, 2020 09:56
• Yaupon Holly Holy (Gary Edward Geraci) Imitating G.M. Hopkins is death, but you\'ve done about as good as can be...
  December 19th, 2020 23:49
• Ode to the snail (🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽) I like your typography - I\'m so tired of middle-axis alignment and tiny...
  December 19th, 2020 23:34
• Moonshine Cherries (Goddess of the Mist) I like reading these verses out loud - what I usually do with...
  December 19th, 2020 23:28
• Gypsy Blood (Goddess of the Mist) A lot of Roma (their usual endonym) object to the word Gypsy, and its...
  December 19th, 2020 23:23
• Forbidden Planet (Robert Southwick Richmond) I wrote that poem not very long after the Chernobyl disaster. I\'m...
  December 19th, 2020 20:33
• That Point in my Life (FredPeyer) Well, I\'m 81, but I don\'t admit it! I\'m an Army brat, born at...
  December 19th, 2020 20:29
• Lovesick lines composed on a rainy day (Kevin Michael Bloor) The first poem I\'ve read on MyPoeticSide where the middle-axis line...
  December 19th, 2020 16:22
• Ordinary Art (FredPeyer) If there are still any mad poets about, they lack access to publication....
  December 19th, 2020 15:05
• Hey you, Senryu (Rebecca Anne) Everybody knows what a haiku is (or think they know), but too few have...
  December 18th, 2020 21:34
• Be Proud of Being Called Old. (Trenz Pruca) At 81, I know what you mean!
  December 18th, 2020 19:19
• Chelidonium majus 30C (Robert Southwick Richmond) Thank you! I\'m learning how to format on this WordPress site. I see that...
  December 18th, 2020 19:17
• Poet of the Peaks (Kevin Michael Bloor) I\'ve been on MyPoeticSide just three days. You actually know how to write...
  December 17th, 2020 20:38
• Grow as I Row (Joshua Harrison) I just got on MyPoeticSide a couple of days ago. You actually write...
  December 17th, 2020 18:58
• TO VACCINATE OR NOT TO VACCINATE ? ~ A 7 4 3 SONNET (ANGELA & BRIAN) I see I\'m about number 10 to comment. Glad to see that all the comments...
  December 16th, 2020 14:12
• Uncle / Auntie (FredPeyer) Since I\'m 81 years old and was born in Hawai\'i, I can relate to this...
  December 15th, 2020 13:17