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 (Poet2rhyme4tommorrow)
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