Comments on community poems by Bella Shepard

• Life is what you make it (Sorenbarrett) The analogy of each stanza is outstanding, as is the superb rhyming...
  August 7th, 2024 15:20
• A Very Grand Finale (Teddy.15) Poetry and music inextricably linked in this beautiful dream of a poem. ...
  August 7th, 2024 15:13
• Prolific (Tom Dylan) The thing about writing is that a thought can come out of nowhere and...
  August 7th, 2024 15:10
• Lost at sea (Poetic Dan) If you keep looking, you\'ll hopefully find it eventually. Giving your...
  August 7th, 2024 14:52
• Blue Song at Night (MendedFences27) Nicely done, a touch of Agatha Christie there, loved it.
  August 7th, 2024 14:49
• Memory Fades (Thomas W Case) Short and sweet says it all, a very interesting analogy. I feed the...
  August 7th, 2024 14:41
• My Very Own Lemon Meringue (ADarkerMind) I read several times, and each time something jumped out at me; not having...
  August 7th, 2024 14:32
• Can You Wash Me? (Dan Williams) The pain seems overwhelming, but you write it out of you, instead of...
  August 6th, 2024 14:00
• I. (Goldfinch60) Dear Andy, you have put into words what I think so many of us in our later...
  August 6th, 2024 13:53
• On My Way To Star (Dev Parth) This poem has a wonderful, rhyming flow that enhances the imagery of the...
  August 6th, 2024 13:42
• Letting Go of The Light (Neville) I\'ve often thought of such loss, and you have put into words the very...
  August 6th, 2024 13:26
• A Very Sweet Dream of Home (Teddy.15) How long before slumberbash is found in the OED? I now have a new word...
  August 6th, 2024 13:23
• 9th poem for - “T.N.D” - Silenced (Maplespal) This poem speaks to a wonderful relationship grounded in mutual respect...
  August 6th, 2024 13:09
• Too many (Sorenbarrett) Somehow we do not understand the finiteness of earths ability to sustain...
  August 6th, 2024 13:03
• Blue Song in Evening (MendedFences27) I\'m engrossed, can\'t wait for the next episode. Good Write!
  August 6th, 2024 12:52
• Blackcurrant Squash (AuburnScribbler) How \"Cordial\' of you dear poet. I had to google Blackcurrent Squash,...
  August 6th, 2024 12:47
• Thank You Wolfgang. (Goldfinch60) Dear Andy, we have so much to thank the maestro for, and you do it...
  August 4th, 2024 13:26
• Immaterial Things Such as These (Neville) For the want of a pen my friend, too many great thoughts disappearing...
  August 4th, 2024 13:18
• If I Was Just A Lonely House Upon a Hill (Teddy.15) The personification here is exquisite. The house endures all kinds of...
  August 4th, 2024 13:03
• Proceeding To Praise (Orchidee) What could be better than praise in music, it lifts us all. Beautiful my...
  August 4th, 2024 12:53
• Silent colors (Sorenbarrett) We use silence in many different ways, and you have expressed so cleverly...
  August 4th, 2024 12:51
• How Un-Easy It Stands, This Sublime. (ADarkerMind) I feel somehow this poem hints of an evolution yet incomplete, just the...
  August 4th, 2024 12:34
• 7th poem for - “T.N.D” - Perfect Picture (Maplespal) The final image impressed forever, as perfect as you remember, so...
  August 4th, 2024 12:00
• Beggars (2781) We tend to judge a book by its cover all too often, never realizing the...
  August 4th, 2024 11:52
• The Student? (Dan Williams) I truly get what you\'re saying here. I have often thought there is no...
  August 2nd, 2024 10:07
• Cut Flowers (Thomas W Case) A wonderful analogy of cut flowers, beautiful and fragrent while they...
  August 2nd, 2024 10:01
• Bad Day Survival. (Goldfinch60) Such a wonderfully thought-filled poem my friend, and the perfect video...
  August 2nd, 2024 09:54
• Just Like Some Well Read Woman (Neville) The book of life, no matter how well worn, will be passed from generation...
  August 2nd, 2024 09:51
• Trusting Times - Part 1 (Orchidee) Beautifully written my friend, belief will see you through.
  August 2nd, 2024 09:27
• 4th & 5th poems – “That Night’s Dream” – Lingering, and You Remain (Maplespal) In dreams we can find those lost to us, and the feeling will linger on...
  August 2nd, 2024 09:24
• Middle feast (2781) Hopefully the day will come when we may love all, and accept...
  August 2nd, 2024 09:17
• A Pin Drop Moment (Teddy.15) I think the acute ear of the poetess is atuned to the slightest sound,...
  August 2nd, 2024 09:06
• Where zero meets infinity (Sorenbarrett) Eight beautifully succinct lines that put into perspective the...
  August 2nd, 2024 08:10
• A Battle With Irony (Teddy.15) I\'m still laughing over your final line as as I write. Now what would...
  July 31st, 2024 14:24
• Heat Exhaustion. (Goldfinch60) I feel for you my friend. We\'ve been going through wave after wave of...
  July 31st, 2024 14:11
• Just a Few Thoughts on Getting Even (Neville) My husband was a tournament fisherman, so I\'ve heard culling in terms of...
  July 31st, 2024 14:06
• Presence Prosperity (Orchidee) We must pick our battles, hopefully they are the righteous ones. Good...
  July 31st, 2024 13:52
• Honey on toast (Sorenbarrett) To have lived it, is to know. This is from the heart and so beautifully...
  July 31st, 2024 13:48
• While The Good Shepherds Grieve (ADarkerMind) I like the play of opposites here, a strong underpinning for this poem...
  July 31st, 2024 13:43
• Sorrow (MendedFences27) You have put into words the great sorrow of loss, be it death of a loved...
  July 31st, 2024 13:30
• Second Chance. (Goldfinch60) Having gone through what you did I can see where your love of life comes...
  July 29th, 2024 12:54
• Prayers In Perils (Orchidee) A steadfast heart will see you through, that and possibly a whip and...
  July 29th, 2024 12:49
• Between Clouds (Neville) Makes me think of morning walks, sky clouded over and the feeling of...
  July 29th, 2024 12:45
• And I\'ll Write About That Too (Teddy.15) Beautifully said dear Teddy. The perfect poem and the perfect pic. ...
  July 29th, 2024 12:25
• Comercial music (Sorenbarrett) Thank goodness for the playlist on my phone. What a miracle to hear the...
  July 29th, 2024 12:10
• Still I Know (MendedFences27) This poem must be read aloud for the wonderful rhyming pattern which...
  July 29th, 2024 12:00
• Capital Punishment (AuburnScribbler) “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil\", even the bible...
  July 29th, 2024 11:54
• The Seat by the Fire (Tom Dylan) There is something very special about being on your own in a favorite...
  July 25th, 2024 08:21
• Jokes for everyone (Sorenbarrett) Go\'d s sense of humor is boundless, lucky for us. Good write my friend.
  July 25th, 2024 08:16
• Kindness. (Doggerel Dave) I think beneath that misanthropic sociopathy there is a kind and loving...
  July 25th, 2024 08:13
• my day today (Maplespal) To make the best of each day is a laudable goal. Thank you for this...
  July 25th, 2024 08:02
• Something Unnamed (Dan Williams) The mind can suddenly create an image out of almost nothing, isn\'t it...
  July 24th, 2024 14:02
• Light Bites (Neville) Quite a write, I shall never look at a spider web in the same way again. ...
  July 24th, 2024 13:35
• Another Day Arrives. (Goldfinch60) It\'s when you stop and think about your day, that you realize it\'s all...
  July 24th, 2024 13:32
• Proverb Pieces 6 (Orchidee) I especially liked the third stanza, we certainly could use a lot more...
  July 24th, 2024 13:28
• There\'s Nothing But Grief in My Empty Fridge (Teddy.15) You express the feeling of profound emptiness so tangibly in this poem, as...
  July 24th, 2024 13:24
• If today? (Maplespal) Excellent question. If today we were to die, I think nature would heave a...
  July 24th, 2024 13:19
• Funny Weed (Sorenbarrett) Considering that the neighbors yards around me are manicured and well...
  July 24th, 2024 13:15
• SUDDENLY WE SEE (Bobby O) Women do have an advantage genetically, and we\'ve seen what they are...
  July 24th, 2024 13:08
• Generational (2781) You state beautifully, with this wonderful metaphor of seed and...
  July 24th, 2024 12:44
• An Hour Glass Acoustic Sound- (ADarkerMind) The sadness and longing of this beautiful elegy cannot help but touch the...
  July 24th, 2024 12:33
• Whispers Of Dawn (Dev Parth) Dear poet you have described so exquisitely the feeling I have each...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:52
• Seed Sprouting (Orchidee) This one I can really relate to, having been a gardner at one time. ...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:50
• Hurt. (Goldfinch60) There is pathos, and yet beauty in the artist\'s ability to express ...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:48
• False Promises and Little White Lies (Neville) Promises are made these days to achieve a desired end. And when that end...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:36
• Poet\'s True Worth (Teddy.15) It gave me more than a chuckle, the perfect senyru and the perfect pic. I...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:20
• poor puppy (Maplespal) Love the rhyming scheme of this poem, it flows so well to tell this...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:11
• Sex well done (Sorenbarrett) Having been a Catholic School girl I can relate. In late grade school...
  July 23rd, 2024 13:03
• The Best Medicine (Tom Dylan) A good dose of poetry goes a long way to cure the ill, or at least to make...
  July 23rd, 2024 12:52
• WORRIES (Qurrathul Ain) A wonderfully cathartic write my friend. Yoi believe you are the only ones...
  July 23rd, 2024 12:45
• The Sky Calls (Thomas W Case) Such a beautiful and tender description of one loved and gone, but never...
  July 23rd, 2024 12:40
• Lonesome Neon Nights (Thomas W Case) This poem evokes such deep feelings of pathos, one is lost in the imagery...
  July 22nd, 2024 14:43
• A Prostitutes Heart (Dan Williams) This election season has become such a nightmare, that I don\'t even want...
  July 22nd, 2024 14:30
• Apathy. (Goldfinch60) Words of wisdom, so well said, and loved the musical performance.
  July 22nd, 2024 14:21
• Witness Of The Word (Orchidee) Words to truly meditate upon my friend.
  July 22nd, 2024 14:15
• A Life Lesson In Tapestry (Teddy.15) I share your sentiment Teddy, trust seems to be a word missing from our...
  July 22nd, 2024 14:11
• Batteries (2781) Honest, to the point and oh so true. Cheers to you, so well done!
  July 22nd, 2024 13:52
• Living Like Ghosts (Neville) For some reason your words make me think of those living with mental...
  July 22nd, 2024 13:49
• A Question need or want? (Maplespal) A very frank and noble write my friend. A good narrative with a...
  July 22nd, 2024 13:41
• My neighbor\'s parties (Sorenbarrett) An accurate description of our political machine. It seems one side wants...
  July 22nd, 2024 13:24
• I Will Rise (Thomas W Case) Hope waits there for us, often in the smallest of places. When we finally...
  July 21st, 2024 16:25
• The Age Of Innocence. (Goldfinch60) Children know no predjuices, unless they are taught. Their innocence is a...
  July 21st, 2024 16:17
• Glory Be! (Orchidee) \"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth\", wise my friend...
  July 21st, 2024 16:08
• A Sudden Touch Of Wood (ADarkerMind) \"In the window-box where my goldfinch came to rest singing honey through...
  July 21st, 2024 16:05
• 444 in total (Maplespal) It sounds like you made it to the heights of love, those 222 steps always...
  July 21st, 2024 15:25
• Do I (2781) Making sense of anything is a 50/50 shot, do we trust ourselves to choose...
  July 21st, 2024 15:23
• SHE WISHED (Qurrathul Ain) I suppose we must have the sways of emotion in our lives. Beautifully...
  July 21st, 2024 15:17
• Chuang Tzu (Sorenbarrett) \"dance nature\'s dance\", such a perfect metaphor for giving one\'s self...
  July 21st, 2024 10:04
• Dear Miss. Jennifer Jones (Neville) I\'m sure those private lessons stood you in good stead for years to come,...
  July 19th, 2024 14:35
• Heavenly Help (Orchidee) Your hymn-poem of comfort is especially appreciated at this time of such...
  July 19th, 2024 14:01
• Is anybody out there? (2781) I think you have tapped succinctly into the mood of the many. Kudos for...
  July 19th, 2024 13:54
• So I Can Finally Become Me (Teddy.15) I read this poem and sigh, the dream of a perfect love with whom to share...
  July 19th, 2024 13:48
• The dagger (Sorenbarrett) You extoll beautifully the wonderful properties of sleep, to heal grief...
  July 19th, 2024 13:24
• We Sit in Jail (Maplespal) A tale well told, with imagery that captures the sad scene so well. A...
  July 19th, 2024 12:50
• Turing. (Goldfinch60) Wonderfully stated, we do tend to judge a book by it\'s cover, possibly...
  July 18th, 2024 10:56
• Three Poppies (Neville) It seems that sadly our world has become a war zone, not just on a field...
  July 18th, 2024 10:51
• Eternal Flame (Dev Parth) As I read this poem aloud, I love the beautiful rhyming flow of each...
  July 18th, 2024 10:39
• 68,000 or thereabouts (Orchidee) I\'d say you deserve a badge of honor to wear proudly every time you sit...
  July 18th, 2024 10:31
• The wash (Sorenbarrett) Each day begins anew my friend? In the dark of night the clutter of mind...
  July 18th, 2024 10:25
• Godspeed Came in Last (Dan Williams) I love the dizzying aspect of this poem, I\'m on my toes the whole time,...
  July 17th, 2024 11:12