Comments on community poems by Bella Shepard



  • 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
  • sea change (Arqios) In reading I was a little confused with the line \"at one dcgree\" in the...
    November 8th, 2022 14:50
  • Blackrock (Fay Slimm.) Such a tale of woe, told so well dear Fay. We truly are no match for this...
    November 7th, 2022 15:24
  • How Did This Happen? (Goldfinch60) Such a love really has no answers, it simply is, in the purest sense. ...
    November 7th, 2022 14:42
  • Dwelling Delights (Orchidee) Another wonderfully inspiring write my friend, worship is in our hearts no...
    November 7th, 2022 14:35
  • Eridu (Sorenbarrett) Thank you my friend for this piece of history, I\'ve learned something new...
    November 7th, 2022 14:06
  • in there somewhere was goodbye (Arqios) This poem evokes so poignantly the feeling of loss that accompanies the...
    November 7th, 2022 13:55
  • Dost Thou Still See Me? (Rocky Lagou) Dearest Rocky, I do feel the despair in your words and I understand the...
    November 7th, 2022 13:34
  • Treasures In Life. (Goldfinch60) I\'ve always disliked the phrase \"cost of living\", because at what...
    November 3rd, 2022 14:55
  • Collective Communion (Orchidee) The sharing of a meal is truly communal, and can bring us together in...
    November 3rd, 2022 14:42
  • minding your portals (Arqios) I love the version of \"Count Your Blessings\" you chose, it compliments...
    November 3rd, 2022 14:40
  • Integrity Issue (Doggerel Dave) A change of scenery is nice, but one does long for home after a while....
    November 3rd, 2022 14:25
  • with you (Arqios) As soon as I started the music I knew that this one would sweep me away. ...
    November 2nd, 2022 13:20
  • The C Word. (Goldfinch60) As \"Mame\" sang in the musical \"We need a little Christmas, right this...
    November 2nd, 2022 13:11
  • Speaking To Our Soul (Orchidee) Lovely verse dear Orchidee, in all aspects!
    November 2nd, 2022 13:06
  • Searching for Light (Neville) Hope this respite gives you the peace and space to rejuvenate, and come...
    November 2nd, 2022 13:03
  • Tree (Sorenbarrett) This one hits me where I live, literally. My home is pretty much...
    November 2nd, 2022 12:40


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