Comments on community poems by Bella Shepard

• It Is Time It Found It\'s Hole (ADarkerMind) A poem filled with unbelievable imagery, mystifying and tantalizing. ...
  August 19th, 2024 10:39
• Yet Another What If (Dan Williams) Cathartic I hope. Emotions turbulent, leaving no peace, it\'s all here. ...
  August 19th, 2024 10:03
• Three Things. (Goldfinch60) You have my friend achieved the trifecta of a happy life in this poem. ...
  August 19th, 2024 09:56
• Steps (Sorenbarrett) There is an elegance in the rhyming pattern of this poem that enhances...
  August 19th, 2024 09:49
• The Unfinished House of Stone (Maplespal) Sometimes the simplest answer is the best. Good for you!
  August 19th, 2024 09:28
• Growth (Doggerel Dave) Growth leads to corporate. Corporate leads to shareholders. Shareholders...
  August 19th, 2024 09:25
• Those Cyclists on the Road (AuburnScribbler) Beautifully versed in rhyming stanzas. I love the stages of the poem,...
  August 19th, 2024 09:09
• Life (Rhmn_7) What a wonderful poem of tenacity, each stanza life affirming, no matter...
  August 18th, 2024 14:58
• Walking (MendedFences27) Incredible form, love the way you bridge from stanza to stanza to tell...
  August 15th, 2024 07:27
• What More Could You Want? (Thomas W Case) Here you present the twists and turns of life in this well told story. ...
  August 15th, 2024 07:23
• The Joy Of Old Age. (Goldfinch60) Beautifully said my friend, agree with you in every way. A beautiful...
  August 14th, 2024 15:27
• Bitter Sweet Springs (Neville) We live in a rural area, and the incursion of building, whether high...
  August 14th, 2024 08:55
• The 1990s were my 1960s. (Tom Dylan) I was a teenager in the 60\'s. I experienced the British Invasion and...
  August 14th, 2024 08:50
• Sleepless (Maplespal) The overwhelming sadness of death, compounded by its inevitable aftermath...
  August 14th, 2024 08:12
• A bad rap(tor)? (Sorenbarrett) I see them in the neighborhood, and marvel as they soar just as...
  August 14th, 2024 07:58
• Meditation (Tony36) Such words of wisdom should be heeded, and practiced. Meditation is an...
  August 14th, 2024 07:51
• Geoffrey’s Email (based on “Bernard’s Letter” by Dylan Moran) (AuburnScribbler) Watched the video, read the poem, loved it. Gave me such a chuckle. Good...
  August 12th, 2024 15:25
• The Object and Outcome of Dreaming Alone (Neville) You\'ve done quite a good job differentiating between the male and female...
  August 12th, 2024 08:14
• Comparing Uncertain Potentialities (Neville) The poetic form of this poem is perfect in rhyme and meter, reflecting...
  August 12th, 2024 08:00
• The Devil\'s In Town (Teddy.15) To rhyme or not to rhyme, that is the question. Perhaps your muse is...
  August 12th, 2024 07:41
• Cry of The Hermit (Dan Williams) You \"have been here before\", but you\'re still writing, good write, good...
  August 10th, 2024 10:46
• Oh Just Get On With It. (Doggerel Dave) Brave you my friend, I do my mindfulness stuff on the ground, and I can...
  August 10th, 2024 10:42
• Now lookie here.... (Orchidee) I love the human side of you, although the guinea pig side is quite...
  August 10th, 2024 10:34
• Our Favourite Place Once More. (Goldfinch60) Isn\'t it wonderful that something as simple as marveling at a sunrise can...
  August 10th, 2024 10:29
• Rituals (Neville) Rituals are very powerful things, just try to change one and perhaps your...
  August 10th, 2024 10:23
• Swan\'s Lake (Teddy.15) I love the celebration of life this poem extolls, beautiful dear Teddy,...
  August 10th, 2024 10:17
• Flames of Defiance (Dev Parth) Beautifully versed, you present the growth of courage from inception to...
  August 10th, 2024 10:13
• Dinner Date (Maplespal) Memory can be deceptive, especially when love is concerned. So sad, but...
  August 10th, 2024 10:06
• Darker than black (Sorenbarrett) The pain of unbearable loss is so tangible in your words, finding comfort...
  August 10th, 2024 10:02
• The spirit (2781) Beautifully said dear poet, we should nurture and love the spirit in all...
  August 10th, 2024 09:47
• I Think I Like You But .. (Neville) It was an interesting word she chose to use, interactable. And a very...
  August 7th, 2024 15:38
• Me, Mary And Nature. (Goldfinch60) What an incredible picture you paint with your words, the rhapsody of love...
  August 7th, 2024 15:29
• Wholesome Worship (Orchidee) We surely have so much to be thankful for. Beautiful write Orchi!
  August 7th, 2024 15:25
• 10th poem for - “T.N.D” - How I Feel (Maplespal) This is so poignant and sad, yet the wonderful memories you recount are so...
  August 7th, 2024 15:23
• 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