Comments on community poems by Bella Shepard
- The Song (Paul Bell)
I read your poem and then I just sit, trying to take in the enormity of...
May 13th, 2022 15:05 - Haiku #1 (Christina8)
My husband calls it the horizontal mambo, among other things. I have to...
May 13th, 2022 14:43 - Seizing The Instant (+1) (Kurt Philip Behm)
Am I right in seeing the correlation between the two Poems? In the first...
May 13th, 2022 14:37 - Shoreline (Rocky Lagou)
Life tantalizes us, lures us, beckons us to figure it out. We are truly...
May 13th, 2022 14:11 - O! my inspiration prime (Adventuressmalik)
Such a beautiful poem of love immemorial. Your last stanza is superb!
May 13th, 2022 13:58 - Winters too my dad got up early (Rrodriguez)
So beautifully written for the father who did not think of his discomfort,...
May 13th, 2022 13:53 - A wandering mind and an untamed heart (Adventuressmalik)
I especially love \"Everything else undergoes a change, in different ways...
May 8th, 2022 14:37 - Morning To Night. (Goldfinch60)
A lovely choice of music to accompany this poem, I love Henry Mancini. I...
May 8th, 2022 14:24 - Shepherd Scene (Orchidee)
Such a lovely, pastoral feel to this poem. The comfort and security of...
May 8th, 2022 14:13 - ChasM (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
Ah, to bridge the divide. Do we ever really resolve, or is there the...
May 8th, 2022 14:01 - So far so down / Land of the dead (GON)
Your poem just grabbed me! You have a depth of understanding beyond your...
May 8th, 2022 09:16 - Dreams and Desires (Adventuressmalik)
The journey of life long learning never ends, until our last breath. ...
May 7th, 2022 14:22 - Searching the silver line (Spilleronsheet)
A question to ponder, but never find the answer to. You cause us to pause...
May 7th, 2022 14:09 - Why Do I Smile? (Goldfinch60)
Like the song says; \"You\'ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate...
May 7th, 2022 14:06 - ❗Viva Le Tissier❗ (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
I can hear the roar going up from the crowd. I was a complete soccer nut...
May 7th, 2022 13:57 - Formal Funerary Prayers Series (10) (Orchidee)
Comfort and hope, a wonderful combination, we need it more. Lovely write.
May 7th, 2022 13:54 - Chelsea\'s Playing Away (Paul Bell)
My head is spinning, but in such a delightful way. I think I\'ll be...
May 7th, 2022 13:51 - The Foreman Robin (A Loose Homage to William Blake) (AuburnScribbler)
This is so beautifully written. A robin in the tree, hands in the soil,...
May 7th, 2022 13:43 - Miss. Lock Memories (Neville)
Bursting with the sweet experience of awakenings of the heart. No matter...
May 7th, 2022 13:09 - Yonder (Fay Slimm.)
The image melds beautifully with the poem. I can see your description of...
April 29th, 2022 12:07 - These Falls (Fay Slimm.)
I have such an affinity for waterfalls. My husband and I seek them out on...
April 29th, 2022 11:57 - In-between Moments of Dusk and Night (Saxon Crow)
I love the weary sun and Mrs. Moon, such personalities you\'ve given them....
April 28th, 2022 15:50 - Colonoscopy prep (Crowns4Christ)
My first colonoscopy was 35 years ago, back in the days when the prep was...
April 28th, 2022 15:42 - The Virus Blues (Adventuressmalik)
The life before pandemic sometimes seems hard to remember, but if we can...
April 28th, 2022 15:37 - But The Wine Was Better. (Goldfinch60)
With a name like Beaujolais, he\'d have to play the vibraphone. Sounds...
April 28th, 2022 15:31 - ROCK paintings (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
I\'ve seen many of these pictographs in Arizona and Utah, and I love your...
April 28th, 2022 15:25 - Encounter (Fay Slimm.)
How beautiful an encounter with a flock of geese, lucky you. Your poem...
April 28th, 2022 15:15 - Taking in the Seeds come Harvest (Neville)
We need more positive in this world, and you have reaffirmed this so...
April 28th, 2022 15:05 - Dreams (Spilleronsheet)
Our dreams are to our sleeping brain as food is to our body, necessary. ...
April 28th, 2022 15:01 - Almost a sonnet (Sorenbarrett)
Beautiful, flowing, conveys such tender feelings of a soulful...
April 28th, 2022 14:49 - Morning Cancelled (+1) (Kurt Philip Behm)
As I stand on my deck, as I do every night before I go to bed, and say...
April 28th, 2022 14:44 - Strawberrying (Rocky Lagou)
Who can comprehend the mind of an aberration? Your comparison of a...
April 28th, 2022 14:39 - Solace in life (Adventuressmalik)
Beautifully crafted, such a powerful message about what should make a life...
April 27th, 2022 12:31 - Children\'s Moments. (Goldfinch60)
Oh dear poet, I just love this one. You have captured the essence of what...
April 27th, 2022 11:59 - The Dark days (Paul Bell)
Knowing that something is imminent never truly prepares you for the...
April 27th, 2022 11:34 - Living Bread (Orchidee)
Beautiful, the spiritual nourishment that sustains.
April 27th, 2022 11:23 - UNCARVED block (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
Being unfamiliar with Daoist philosophy I looked it up. The uncarved...
April 27th, 2022 11:20 - Out of Eden (Sorenbarrett)
You seem to have captured the mood of the time. We are dishonoring our...
April 27th, 2022 11:07 - joey played the saxophone (Dusk arising)
Love lost, love reminisced, sweet and mellow. A wonderful write.
April 27th, 2022 10:59 - Lost In Memory (Kurt Philip Behm)
Parting is such sweet sorrow, forgiveness is all, said so beautifully in...
April 27th, 2022 10:52 - Just A Little Poetic Thought (Rocky Lagou)
Dear Rocky, your poem has lifted me up and made me smile from ear to ear. ...
April 27th, 2022 10:44 - The death of Osiris (Sorenbarrett)
From comfort to loss in 6 beautiful lines. Well done poet!
April 25th, 2022 16:04 - Courage (Ajax (he/xe))
My thought is that we should want to make the people around us feel good...
April 25th, 2022 13:59 - Try To Remember (Bella Shepard)
April 24th, 2022 11:02 - 2゜of Summer (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
2 degrees of summer, reality? Summer garden, reverie? A beautiful...
April 23rd, 2022 08:45 - My Sunset Sky. (Goldfinch60)
I love the title, and I can certainly relate to that time of life. You...
April 22nd, 2022 16:58 - Coffee (Rozina)
Coffee seems to have a magical quality, probably the caffeine, but it does...
April 22nd, 2022 16:53 - looking forward (Dusk arising)
For me your poem expresses so well the uncertainty of life. What can we...
April 22nd, 2022 16:46 - Just a mollusk (Sorenbarrett)
What an extraordinary relationship you have had with octopuses, I did look...
April 22nd, 2022 16:43 - Laura\'s Crown (Kurt Philip Behm)
Beautifully expressed, so lyrical and lovely.
April 22nd, 2022 15:24 - CO2-ified Lungs (Haiku/Senryū #5) (Rocky Lagou)
Thank you Rocky for the reminder of what is being done to our home. In...
April 22nd, 2022 13:52 - And So I guess (Alyssa)
Dear young poet, I am 72 to your 14, but I can remember all the way back...
April 21st, 2022 15:45 - Contemplate with insights deep.......... (Adventuressmalik)
Love is so much more than the meeting of bodies, it\'s the meeting of...
April 21st, 2022 14:14 - My YOUNGER Brother. (Goldfinch60)
I was an only child, so your homage to your brother on his birthday is...
April 21st, 2022 14:08 - Galilee Gathering (Orchidee)
The message of love and hope told beautifully!
April 21st, 2022 13:41 - Turquoisa (Neville)
That blue you see comes from light specific wave lengths absorbed by...
April 21st, 2022 13:39 - Knowledge, the golden orb (Spilleronsheet)
I love how you have framed these questions of life. The thirst for...
April 21st, 2022 13:26 - Your Voice Reversed (+1) (Kurt Philip Behm)
I keep repeating the second stanza, and so many things come to mind. A...
April 21st, 2022 13:19 - Thoughts of a narcissist (Sorenbarrett)
I read this through the first time, and enjoyed. Upon the second reading...
April 21st, 2022 13:12 - 天津冬菜炒飯 Tianjindongcai Fried Rice (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
Who knew that fried rice, not just any fried rice, but Tianjin Dongcai,...
April 21st, 2022 13:06 - Origami Organism (Rocky Lagou)
Each line prods and pokes; what is life, who are we? No one does this...
April 21st, 2022 13:01 - New Orleans (Christina8)
As I read I smile at the joy of your experience. Lovely poem!
April 21st, 2022 12:55 - The Lord (Crowns4Christ)
What a beautiful homage to unconditional love.
April 21st, 2022 12:49 - I\'m Done (Ajax (he/xe))
You can only give so much, until you realize the receiver is just a taker....
April 21st, 2022 12:46 - New Life With Nature. (Goldfinch60)
Oh dear poet, what beautiful words. Amidst all the woe of this world,...
April 19th, 2022 10:30 - Drops of dew..... (Adventuressmalik)
You capture so many thoughts and feelings I have had over time, and could...
April 19th, 2022 10:25 - Breath Bestowed (Orchidee)
A beautiful message of peace that should be in all our hearts. A lovely...
April 19th, 2022 10:17 - Upon the Drift of Wimbleball Lake (Neville)
I love the \"her that is the lake\" which is reminiscent of the \"her...
April 19th, 2022 09:57 - Fast And Furious (Rozina)
We do seem to have a fascination with food and its preparation. And if...
April 19th, 2022 09:38 - The House (Paul Bell)
Your story telling is amazing! What can I say, you capture me from...
April 19th, 2022 09:31 - Ups and downs (Sorenbarrett)
I love a good brain teaser and this is a gem. You have played with the...
April 19th, 2022 09:23 - 在長城睡夜 Great Wall Beauty (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
Snake, roast rabbit, brew tea, exchange tales, green plots. Ordinary...
April 19th, 2022 09:20 - beautiful pastime (Dusk arising)
The power and magic of touch. It can communicate in ways beyond words. ...
April 16th, 2022 13:35 - Colour (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
Oh, how beautiful! Color evokes so many feelings, images, memories. It...
April 16th, 2022 13:26 - The beauty of Soul (Adventuressmalik)
The feeling grows and grows as I read, and at the end I can exhale a...
April 16th, 2022 13:24 - Aged Tree. (Goldfinch60)
Such a beautiful poem! Brings to mind our trip to Sequoia National Park...
April 16th, 2022 13:20 - Blooming under the sky (Spilleronsheet)
You blossom with each word. Within the confines of the room, the brain,...
April 16th, 2022 12:49 - Eve Of Easter (Orchidee)
Beautifully written. A very happy and blessed Easter to you.
April 16th, 2022 12:39 - Doc Drake (Paul Bell)
Did this Doc have a situation comedy somewhere, if not he should have. As...
April 16th, 2022 12:36 - Golden Shadows (Neville)
I guess for me \"Golden Shadows\" seems a respite, perhaps a place of...
April 16th, 2022 12:36 - Doc Drake (Paul Bell)
Did this Doc have a situation comedy somewhere, if not he should have. As...
April 16th, 2022 12:23 - Moment to moment (Sorenbarrett)
I connect with that feeling of being frozen, yet having to move forward as...
April 16th, 2022 12:16 - Beatified (+2) (Kurt Philip Behm)
Lovely combination. Love the last 3 lines, so very true.
April 16th, 2022 12:13 - Haiku or Senryu :) Maybe I\'ll know When I\'m Older. (Daves Bloke Poems)
I do like it. I\'m new to this form and learning.
April 16th, 2022 12:06 - Henry VIII and Senryu (Rozina)
I\'m beginning to understand this senryu thing and I\'m liking it. And I...
April 15th, 2022 15:28 - Just for us Lemons (Neville)
I\'d say that when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. That\'s if you...
April 15th, 2022 15:11 - The Device (Paul Bell)
Humor with a delightful edge! Loved it, had me chuckling all the way to...
April 15th, 2022 15:02 - Two sides of a coin (Sorenbarrett)
If only we had a crystal ball to look into the future and see the...
April 15th, 2022 14:56 - The Undeniable Truth (Accidental Poet)
The beautiful rhyming scheme of the poem only accentuates the tenderness...
April 15th, 2022 14:39 - Strawberry Rain (Kurt Philip Behm)
I love the contrast in the first 4 lines, it creates such a mental image. ...
April 15th, 2022 14:36 - the love poet (Dusk arising)
Beautifully written. I especially love \"a harlequin of words a rhapsody,...
April 15th, 2022 14:00 - A song in Silence (Adventuressmalik)
In this age of noise pollution, we seem to seldom have time for the sound...
April 14th, 2022 14:23 - Stronger Love. (Goldfinch60)
You have chosen one of my most favorite pieces of music \"Moonlight...
April 14th, 2022 14:15 - Supper Scene (Orchidee)
Lovely poem. As Jesus washed the feet of others, so to can we be open in...
April 14th, 2022 14:08 - All things are possible (Sorenbarrett)
The contemplation here for the reader is incredible. It touches on the...
April 14th, 2022 13:57 - In silence speaking with winds (Spilleronsheet)
Maybe it\'s ageing, but the world I came of age in seems to have vanished....
April 14th, 2022 13:40 - Quantum Love: Bard Heard Songs (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
Poetry written in the language of physics, but then physics is our whole...
April 14th, 2022 13:21 - Painting The Wind (Kurt Philip Behm)
Dear friend, you make the intangible, tangible, with your beautiful words....
April 14th, 2022 12:33 - A Letter to Whomever it Corresponds to (Rocky Lagou)
You have most accurately penned this letter to YOU. I wonder sometimes...
April 14th, 2022 12:18 - Gravity (Pearcemelville 兎敏)
The subject of your poem just draws me in. I love all things cosmic, and...
April 14th, 2022 10:19
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