Comments on community poems by Bella Shepard

• Together And Forever. (Goldfinch60) A beautiful song, so powerfully sung, adds a wonderful dimension to this...
  December 21st, 2022 14:54
• Herald Of Hope - Carol Series (10) (Orchidee) Beautiful and comforting as I read, while waiting for a winter storm to...
  December 21st, 2022 14:46
• Ageless (Fay Slimm.) Dear Fay, this poem is so very special for me. Having been married 52...
  December 21st, 2022 14:42
• Fear of Flying Solo (Neville) I see love, commitment, selflessness all wrapped up in this touching poem....
  December 21st, 2022 14:38
• Dust to dust (Sorenbarrett) My dear friend, powerful words that hit their mark. How often have I...
  December 21st, 2022 14:25
• Gratefulness. (Goldfinch60) Dear friend, your poem is especially meaningful today. It\'s been a rough...
  December 17th, 2022 15:55
• Nobly Named - Carol Series (6) (Orchidee) You\'ve chosen one of my favorite Christmas songs to accompany this lovely...
  December 17th, 2022 15:50
• On the Verge of Another New Year (Neville) Maybe we just start the new year with an act of kindness or love and see...
  December 17th, 2022 15:46
• Beginning (Fay Slimm.) This picture makes your heart bleed. How have we come to the point where...
  December 17th, 2022 15:34
• Another Fine DAy. (Goldfinch60) What could be better at the end of each day than reflecting on how we...
  December 13th, 2022 13:52
• Mission Impossible? - Carol Series (3) (Orchidee) Another fine write my friend. Here\'s to these wonderful women.
  December 13th, 2022 13:48
• retitled and reposted of chemotherapy (Dusk arising) I am enthralled by the way you have personified this bane of your life,...
  December 13th, 2022 13:46
• Ukraine in Winter (Neville) What is it in the human soul that will not allow us to succumb in the...
  December 13th, 2022 13:21
• That Half-Smile (Fay Slimm.) A picture is truly worth a thousand words, but your words are so very...
  December 13th, 2022 13:13
• When Size is Not Everything (Neville) Size here is definitely proportional to content, and content here is quite...
  December 11th, 2022 13:59
• Less Trodden (Fay Slimm.) I love this poem, and the third stanza leaves me breathless. Rereading...
  December 11th, 2022 13:40
• Mr Perpendicular (Neville) Did he by any chance teach geometry? Under paid, and under appreciated, I...
  December 11th, 2022 13:32
• And It Snowed. (Goldfinch60) I love, love, love snow, so thank you for this lovely poem. I must have...
  December 11th, 2022 13:22
• Birth Blessings - Carol Series (2) (Orchidee) A beautiful story told to such joyful music. You did real good my friend!
  December 11th, 2022 13:14
• Songbirds Reprise (Saxon Crow) Such a beautiful tribute to a very talented musician, and beautiful Lady. ...
  December 11th, 2022 13:08
• Daily Teacher. (Goldfinch60) The sun is indeed our center. It rises to tell us that the day is ours to...
  December 5th, 2022 15:15
• Returning Reality (Orchidee) A wonderful message of hope, that the chaos of this world is transient, as...
  December 5th, 2022 14:41
• Hidden (Neville) Moments we conceal, and choose not to reveal, but hold onto with zeal and...
  December 5th, 2022 14:32
• eternally connected (Arqios) Dear Bard, I thought it was all done via magic. So it\'s technology after...
  December 5th, 2022 14:14
• Blessed Laughter. (Goldfinch60) There is good reason why laughter is the best medicine. We even make...
  December 3rd, 2022 15:16
• Prepared People (Orchidee) Dear Orchi, how many voices have been heard and unheeded. We do seem to...
  December 3rd, 2022 14:52
• Now That My Lady Is Gone (Neville) My dearest friend, a different person emerges and it takes time to get to...
  December 3rd, 2022 14:49
• with John and Paul (Arqios) You have hit the old memory button with this one. Roughly 40 years ago I...
  December 3rd, 2022 14:38
• Tomorrows Garden. (Goldfinch60) This is such a beautiful analogy. Having been a gardener in years past, I...
  December 2nd, 2022 16:17
• Freedom From Improper Worship - Series (7) (Orchidee) I often think that the rituals count for little, where as the life lived...
  December 2nd, 2022 15:59
• The Chair. (Doggerel Dave) I commiserate with your rant. Now in the good old days, I mean really...
  December 2nd, 2022 15:26
• Covert (Fay Slimm.) The dark of night adds an alluring dimension to passions that daylight...
  December 2nd, 2022 15:16
• crypticbard (Arqios) Verse on a shoestring? Short and oh, so very sweet. Love it!
  December 2nd, 2022 15:10
• Conscience (Sorenbarrett) You pose quite a serious question in this little pearl. A blameless life...
  December 2nd, 2022 15:02
• So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (Neville) A fond farewell, witty and sweet. Got to catch up on Hitchhiker\'s. Good...
  December 2nd, 2022 14:51
• Bad Drivers. (Goldfinch60) My friend you have no idea how much your rant is shared. People these...
  November 30th, 2022 11:06
• inimitable contrivances (Arqios) This truly hits the painful spot of reality. War is the great destroyer,...
  November 30th, 2022 11:00
• All Praise! (Orchidee) What better way to praise, than with joyful voices and music. No lyre or...
  November 30th, 2022 10:57
• Ten Years After (Neville) An encounter, seared upon the mind, not easily forgotten. Though time may...
  November 30th, 2022 10:53
• Here (Fay Slimm.) I love the beautiful, ethereal graphic that you have chosen. This puts me...
  November 30th, 2022 10:46
• glimpse (Dusk arising) \"scratching sooted glass for a chance to glimpse\". Such powerful words...
  November 30th, 2022 10:39
• Seasons change (Mary.soft) The seasons of love are so often like the seasons of nature, for we are...
  November 30th, 2022 10:24
• Tombs to dreams (Sorenbarrett) This poem touches every nerve. Truer words were never spoken. Each day...
  November 30th, 2022 10:16
• Tombs to dreams (Sorenbarrett) This poem touches every nerve. Truer words were never spoken. Each day...
  November 30th, 2022 10:16
• Death By a Thousand…… (Doggerel Dave) Such a delightful story, and one that ended I presume very well. You...
  November 28th, 2022 13:38
• Doing his Best (Fay Slimm.) A beautiful tribute to a beautiful creature. I can envision as I read,...
  November 28th, 2022 13:17
• so once (Dusk arising) The mind is filled with so many doors, just waiting for the right key. ...
  November 28th, 2022 12:58
• baggage claim delay (Arqios) I love the way music can help enhance the tone of a poem, and you sure...
  November 28th, 2022 12:48
• Full Life. (Goldfinch60) Dear friend, as I read I see that the threads of all you love have been...
  November 28th, 2022 12:41
• Wheat And Chaff (Orchidee) Such a beautiful and serene video and voices to accompany a beautiful poem...
  November 28th, 2022 12:29
• How you look at it (Sorenbarrett) For me, this poem became more powerful with each line. The way you have...
  November 28th, 2022 12:25
• Just Another Zen Thing (Neville) The zen of life meets the enigma of existence in two 3 line stanzas. ...
  November 28th, 2022 12:18
• Early Encouragings (Orchidee) Your first stanza strikes me deeply. Upon rising early, my morning walk...
  November 23rd, 2022 12:17
• as if (Dusk arising) Living in a neighborhood that is surrounded by woodlands, I\'ve had the...
  November 23rd, 2022 11:55
• as if (Dusk arising) Living in a neighborhood that is surrounded by woodlands, I\'ve had the...
  November 23rd, 2022 11:54
• new car (Arqios) Need to set this one to music, would make a great song. Stuck at home,...
  November 23rd, 2022 11:42
• And It Rains. (Goldfinch60) I just love your tribute to rain! It always holds a fascination for me. ...
  November 23rd, 2022 11:30
• When Things Were Perfectly Perfect (Neville) How beautiful those memories, seen through the mist of time, can be. They...
  November 23rd, 2022 11:23
• Seeing (Fay Slimm.) I had to read this poem aloud, with all the emotion that reverberates...
  November 22nd, 2022 17:37
• What if (Natalie Gladmir) Very thought provoking and finely written verse dear poet. Self discovery...
  November 22nd, 2022 14:15
• Forbidden Fruit (SureshG) You have found the perfect words to explain something that plagues the...
  November 19th, 2022 15:00
• Peace And Love. (Goldfinch60) Comfortably Numb is such a great choice. The magic of music is that it...
  November 18th, 2022 16:37
• Happy House (Orchidee) Lovely video, beautiful images and voices. Your last two lines are so...
  November 18th, 2022 16:28
• Algarvia (Neville) As I read, I\'m drawn into this story. With all of the rich imagery I can...
  November 18th, 2022 16:19
• capricious recollections (Arqios) The musical accompaniment seems to embody the different moods of poetry so...
  November 18th, 2022 15:39
• Until All\'s Undone (Rocky Lagou) This is such a deeply emotional poem my dear Rocky, one that courageously...
  November 18th, 2022 15:27
• Glass Full. (Goldfinch60) It\'s the friends, at the end, that can keep you sane. The beer sure...
  November 17th, 2022 12:57
• Readiness Responsibility (Orchidee) An inspirational parable and a lovely write my friend.
  November 17th, 2022 12:46
• where might you be? (Arqios) I feel past, present and future converge, to beguile and entreat. So well...
  November 17th, 2022 12:43
• A thought (Sorenbarrett) Concise and beautifully to the point. The last line is a gem. Love it!
  November 17th, 2022 12:31
• Mislaid (Fay Slimm.) I love the way you have described a relationship crippled by what seem to...
  November 16th, 2022 16:29
• Where is the rhyme? (Sorenbarrett) This is a rhyming junkies dream, and I stand accused. Love it, love it,...
  November 16th, 2022 16:22
• Forget Four Letter Words. (Doggerel Dave) I always find the collective \"they\" and \"we\" so nebulous. Certain...
  November 16th, 2022 10:19
• My Good Life. (Goldfinch60) My smile grows broader with each line! Your joy is so palpable and...
  November 16th, 2022 10:09
• Potential Possibilities (Orchidee) Thank you my friend for this lovely write and the beautiful musical...
  November 16th, 2022 10:05
• substacking (Arqios) Nice treatment of a sticky subject. I have never heard of Substack. I...
  November 16th, 2022 09:59
• Old To New (Orchidee) Dear poet, such a beautiful poem, tribute, remembrance. I read first, and...
  November 13th, 2022 14:55
• transitions (Arqios) A timely write dear poet. Something we think we can control, but our...
  November 13th, 2022 14:44
• I alone (Sorenbarrett) You\'ve created something very unique with this rhyming pattern, and it...
  November 13th, 2022 14:26
• Mea Culpa (Sorenbarrett) I love the rhyming pattern and cadence of this piece, it makes me want to...
  November 12th, 2022 13:44
• Handels Music Flows. Senryu. (Goldfinch60) This senryu flows beautifully in the confluence of words and music. What...
  November 12th, 2022 13:09
• Sea Story (Orchidee) The stormy sea of life! Well done dear friend. words to give us comfort.
  November 12th, 2022 13:05
• Go! (Sorenbarrett) I think you should have set this one to music, I can just hear myself...
  November 12th, 2022 12:23
• Amare (Sorenbarrett) You address the enigma of love in such a profound way, every line rings so...
  November 12th, 2022 12:19
• Amare (Sorenbarrett) You address the enigma of love in such a profound way, every line rings so...
  November 12th, 2022 12:18
• Swirls and Straights (Annonymouswonder) I feel the emotion of your poem, and understand that first step taken. ...
  November 12th, 2022 12:05
• Not My Problem. (Goldfinch60) Isn\'t it wonderful to reach an age where you are comfortable with who you...
  November 10th, 2022 14:32
• fallen (Arqios) Such wonderful, descriptive words dear poet. Sitting on my deck this...
  November 10th, 2022 14:20
• Big Foot (Orchidee) Dear Orchi, you put me in mind of Wallace and Gromit. Gromit, a well read...
  November 10th, 2022 14:10
• A Wonderful World? (Goldfinch60) I sometimes think that our technological world has led us to a place of...
  November 9th, 2022 17:10
• Presence Perceived (Orchidee) I truly enjoyed the beautiful video that accompanies this lovely poem. ...
  November 9th, 2022 16:51
• asteriskos (Arqios) Asteriskos, little star, how I wonder what you are? The night sky seems a...
  November 9th, 2022 16:45
• POOL (Dusk arising) Perfect analogy expressed here. One day, just the right lure may coax the...
  November 9th, 2022 16:13
• Truth (Sorenbarrett) You have expressed so beautifully, that truth is in the eye of the...
  November 9th, 2022 16:00
• Liars Configure (+1) (Kurt Philip Behm) Dear poet, the questions you ask of 70 years are so very potent, and...
  November 9th, 2022 15:50
• The Undisturbed (Fay Slimm.) Dear Fay, you express so beautifully natures balm upon the soul. I love...
  November 9th, 2022 15:43
• “meaning of it all” (SureshG) Dear poet, your poem speaks to so many thoughts that rumble through my...
  November 9th, 2022 10:07
• sea change (Arqios) I think I see a transformation here, that the end of this relationship has...
  November 9th, 2022 06:24
• They Are Here. (Goldfinch60) Dear Andy, once again you have chosen one of my favorite subjects. It\'s...
  November 8th, 2022 15:13
• Gospel Givers (Orchidee) Lovely verse, beautiful musical accompaniment, truly enjoyed dear friend.
  November 8th, 2022 14:58