Comments on community poems by Bella Shepard

• I Thirst for your Footsteps (Thomas W Case) Wow! You have used your poetic brush to create a sensual feast in every...
  July 17th, 2024 10:55
• They Are Not You (ADarkerMind) As life changes us, and time reshapes our form, we often drift to thoughts...
  July 16th, 2024 14:47
• The Flaming Obvious. (Goldfinch60) Good one Andy! I am myself guilty of stating the obvious at times, I shall...
  July 16th, 2024 14:00
• Proverb Pieces 5 (Orchidee) The rhyming pattern flows beautifully, as this poem delivers a message...
  July 16th, 2024 13:52
• Trebrimar (Neville) How we do cherish the places that hold strong and wonderful memories of...
  July 16th, 2024 13:46
• Friends, Republicans, Countrymen (Sorenbarrett) Let us hope my friend that he will, upon his substantial rump, come to...
  July 16th, 2024 13:29
• Above The Water-Mark (ADarkerMind) Dark and sinister, you pait a picture, with wonderful imagery, of what is...
  July 15th, 2024 08:34
• Bag Lady. (Goldfinch60) What a joy to share music, it unites us one and all, and your love for it...
  July 14th, 2024 10:27
• Emmaus Experience (Orchidee) Filled with hope and beautifully written. Thank you Orchi!
  July 14th, 2024 10:18
• Corpses (Sorenbarrett) Our world has become a place of such conflict and division, that we fail...
  July 14th, 2024 10:14
• Though Lovely Is Her Memory (Cassie58) This poem is such a beautiful analogy. In gently painting the picture of...
  July 14th, 2024 10:08
• THE APPLE TREE (Qurrathul Ain) The farmers know the true value of their labor, the industrialists have no...
  July 14th, 2024 10:00
• Over Easy (Neville) Ooooo, You gave me a smile and then a chuckle. Such a witty double...
  July 14th, 2024 09:52
• Sheep Story (Orchidee) No matter how lost we may be, there will be someone to bring us home. ...
  July 13th, 2024 11:53
• Living In A Quieter World. (Goldfinch60) Would that our world could be quiter, and all we heard were the gentle...
  July 13th, 2024 11:50
• Become what is not (Sorenbarrett) Love the juxtaposition in these lines, beautifully penned!
  July 13th, 2024 11:44
• Measures (AuburnScribbler) I can relate wholly to the sentiment of this poem. You phrase so well the...
  July 13th, 2024 11:25
• The Way of Us (Neville) The illusion of life is memory, without it we simply \"are\". This one...
  July 13th, 2024 11:11
• When Two Roads Diverge (Teddy.15) You hit the vunnerable spot in all of us in this poem, the mystery of life...
  July 13th, 2024 11:06
• On The Very Edge of Passion (Teddy.15) This is stunning my friend. You made my day, I really needed this. A...
  July 13th, 2024 10:59
• Life for Living (Orchidee) I have encountered two new words in this praiseworthy poem; gonfalon and...
  June 21st, 2024 09:27
• INFERIORITY COMPLEX (Qurrathul Ain) Much wisdom imparted here, my friend, it speaks volumes. Loved it!
  June 21st, 2024 09:20
• Singing Clouds. (Goldfinch60) Clouds singing, what a beautiful metaphor, and what a beautiful pic. ...
  June 21st, 2024 09:09
• Curtains Calling (Neville) The eyes are always drawn to movement, ever searching. Beautiful! Be...
  June 21st, 2024 09:07
• Lost images (Sorenbarrett) I had to read this twice aloud, taking in each beautiful line, a rhyming...
  June 21st, 2024 09:02
• My Avacado Heart (ADarkerMind) This poem is bursting with incredible imagery and contemplation. The...
  June 19th, 2024 08:55
• May the Sun Die (Thomas W Case) A beautiful, passionate, sensory gem of a poem. Loved it!
  June 17th, 2024 09:08
• Tricky Ideas. (Goldfinch60) Those thoughts often come upon me early morning, or any other time for...
  June 17th, 2024 09:07
• Following Faithfully (Orchidee) This is a lovely morning contemplation for me, thank you Orchi!
  June 17th, 2024 08:54
• Wilden Free (Neville) The older I get, the more I want to see wild and free, no more zoos for...
  June 17th, 2024 08:53
• Best friend (Sorenbarrett) This is a wonderful poem dedicated to incredible sentient, self aware...
  June 17th, 2024 08:47
• Computer Memories. (Goldfinch60) While I never worked on computers, Ihowever I did start out doing manual...
  June 15th, 2024 10:36
• Persevering Possibilities (Orchidee) A very fitting poem my friend, something we must do each day of our lives.
  June 15th, 2024 10:18
• Sonnet (Neville) I read several times, and began to question whether this wonderful...
  June 15th, 2024 10:14
• Acronyms (Sorenbarrett) Before I read, I was drawn to what the the BOLD letters spelled out, and I...
  June 15th, 2024 10:00
• The Summer of ‘49 (Cassie58) The wonders of old black and white photos, there\'s nothing like them to...
  June 15th, 2024 09:50
• Troll Time (satire) (Teddy.15) Not being on social media I have not encountered trolls on the internet. ...
  June 12th, 2024 15:16
• Goldberg Variations. (Goldfinch60) There is a beautiful elegance about the harp, you linger on every note. ...
  June 12th, 2024 15:01
• Blip again (Orchidee) Your poem encompases all who believe in something, and that is a beautiful...
  June 12th, 2024 14:55
• Lighthouse (Sorenbarrett) A beautiful tribute to something that has inspired generations of prose,...
  June 12th, 2024 14:45
• In The Maze (Cassie58) It\'s hard to know who suffers the most; those who are afflicted or those...
  June 12th, 2024 14:34
• Sudden departure.... ; 12 June 2024 (Soman Ragavan) Powerfully written, so eerily true.
  June 12th, 2024 14:23
• A Day Out in The Country (Neville) A beautiful scene beset with such tragedy that did not need to be, but for...
  June 9th, 2024 10:54
• Unstruck (Neville) Breathtaking dear friend! I love the beautiful presentation of this poem,...
  June 9th, 2024 10:45
• Perfect By Chance (Neville) By retracing our steps we find a logical explanation for what has come to...
  June 9th, 2024 10:37
• Palms Spring (Teddy.15) Coming from an Italian family, I know that there seem to be no boundaries...
  June 9th, 2024 10:28
• Poor Poet (Teddy.15) I think that when your fossilized remains are unearthed thousands of years...
  June 9th, 2024 10:24
• A Leap In The Dark (Teddy.15) The tug on the heart strings resonates in a way that the head cannot...
  June 9th, 2024 10:18
• Root to my issues (Vividvoid14) I think it is cathartic, I think it is self realization, I think it is...
  May 29th, 2024 14:35
• Walking To the End Of Time. (Goldfinch60) You are gifted my friend, with your wonderful understanding of and...
  May 28th, 2024 14:17
• What\'s Up?! (Orchidee) Perhaps KP was a cat in a previous life, might explain a lot. You really...
  May 28th, 2024 14:01
• That Time of Year Again (Neville) What a beautiful image you paint of these beauriful creatures. The flight...
  May 28th, 2024 13:54
• Shingles Shenanigans (Teddy.15) You put such a humorous spin on such a painful condition in this poem. ...
  May 28th, 2024 13:45
• Covered in a dream (Sorenbarrett) The strange places we wander in sleep, and the inexplicable stories our...
  May 28th, 2024 13:12
• SILENT WARRIORS (Qurrathul Ain) You speak beautifully of one whose sense of right was so powerful that she...
  May 28th, 2024 13:01
• An Empty Space (Cassie58) Such a beautiful poem for such a beautiful tree your cypress, mouring...
  May 28th, 2024 12:56
• Loops (Kering.karim) This poem is truly thought-filled, as well as a thought provoking...
  May 24th, 2024 11:32
• The Ache and The Pull of It (Neville) The ultimatums experienced in youth, while often painful, are much more...
  May 19th, 2024 13:48
• Ode to the salty tear (🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽) The emotions of life captured in a single salty teardrop, relatable on...
  May 15th, 2024 08:17
• Musical Peace. (Goldfinch60) This seems to be a musical day, and it couldn\'t be better. The healing...
  May 11th, 2024 13:45
• Favourable Faith (Orchidee) If we could but achieve balance in life, what a world it would be. Love...
  May 11th, 2024 13:41
• Memory the cruelest reward (Sorenbarrett) Painful memories always seem to overshadow the happy ones, how perverse. ...
  May 11th, 2024 13:39
• Hold the Sugar (Neville) There is a feeling of personal loss about this poem that is so very...
  May 11th, 2024 13:11
• Bed Bath and Beyond (Teddy.15) If there is genius in madness, which I think there is, then you are...
  May 11th, 2024 12:47
• Necropolis Nonsense While on a Tour… (Doggerel Dave) Dearest Dave, verily I say unto to you, this is a beautifully crafted poem...
  May 11th, 2024 12:39
• Don’t You Dare Die, Just Yet .. (Neville) Profoundly clueless\" comes to mind, an aberration in neurology? Makes you...
  May 8th, 2024 14:59
• Firefly (Teddy.15) Beautifully penned dear Teddy. Grief has, and always will touch us. It...
  May 8th, 2024 14:23
• Phone Cook. (Goldfinch60) I wonder what happened to the days when you could call a business and get...
  April 30th, 2024 14:22
• Thirteen Times the Cuckoo Called (Neville) Perhaps \'twas the only time he could be heard, he got your attention and...
  April 30th, 2024 14:18
• Wise Way (Orchidee) We spend our lives finding our way, well versed my friend!
  April 30th, 2024 14:08
• When a lie dies (Sorenbarrett) A lie never dies a good death. Fantastic my friend!
  April 30th, 2024 14:01
• But Sleep Won\'t Come (Tom Dylan) I\'ve had many a night like this, and you describe it perfectly. Good...
  April 30th, 2024 13:35
• Forsaken (Neville) The one that got away, forever regreted, but ever present, bruised heart...
  April 30th, 2024 13:26
• For Eternity And Beyond. (Goldfinch60) You are the master of the love poem my friend, for it springs from the...
  April 29th, 2024 16:14
• Pouting (Peto) Incredible description of the pain of addiction. To live for the high is...
  April 28th, 2024 12:20
• Music Conquers All. (Goldfinch60) Dear Andy you always please with your description of music that transcends...
  April 28th, 2024 12:15
• The Cruelest of All Bed Partners (Neville) To be clear eyed in love seems an oxymoron, when the headiness of romance...
  April 28th, 2024 12:07
• Communion Concerns (Orchidee) A beautiful hymn-poem of unity, we need it more than ever. Lovely video....
  April 28th, 2024 11:55
• Ramanujan of music (Sorenbarrett) The magic and mystery of music wrapped up in this beautiful poem. It has...
  April 28th, 2024 11:52
• My Saving Grace. (Goldfinch60) The refuge you find in nature is a treasure my friend, there for you in...
  April 27th, 2024 13:56
• Resorting to Refuge (Orchidee) A lovely place of refuge in your words dear Orchi. As always Thank...
  April 27th, 2024 13:42
• Time to Call Time (Neville) As they say \"Dreams are the windows of our souls\", and they can be can...
  April 27th, 2024 13:37
• We cut roses (Sorenbarrett) Remnants of a past, that when new and fresh delighted us, and is now a...
  April 27th, 2024 12:05
• Locket (Cassie58) A locket is such a personl piece of jewlery, it tells a story, as you have...
  April 27th, 2024 11:49
• Wild Garlic (Neville) Nature gives us such simple pleasures, growing in our own backyards. Add...
  April 26th, 2024 14:00
• Raven\'s Encore (Teddy.15) Haunting depiction of death\'s encapsulation. Sad and remarkably...
  April 26th, 2024 13:52
• Gratitude (Cassie58) So beautiful and so fortunate to have had those last lucid moments. I...
  April 21st, 2024 12:05
• A Big Wish Wrapped in A Little Prayer (Neville) An enigmatic write my friend, open to interpretation? A painful parting...
  April 19th, 2024 07:25
• The Mountain Of Life. (Goldfinch60) Would that we each find the courage and confidence to follow our own path....
  April 19th, 2024 06:50
• Perpetual Presence (Orchidee) Reassuring words my friend. Considering that I\'m having a colonoscopy...
  April 19th, 2024 06:42
• You weren\'t the one (𓆩Mase𓆪) The joy of love found, the pain of love lost entwined in this wonderful...
  April 19th, 2024 06:36
• Diamonds of reason (Sorenbarrett) Illusion or dilillusion of love? Either way a pearl of a poem.
  April 19th, 2024 06:32
• Blind Date (Teddy.15) Your imagination and creativity amaze me. This is a classic Teddy, I was...
  April 19th, 2024 06:25
• YOUTH (Qurrathul Ain) This poem is so beautifully phrased dear friend. The metaphor of flowers...
  April 19th, 2024 06:17
• HOPE (Qurrathul Ain) This is a beautiful thought to hold onto, all through my day and every...
  April 19th, 2024 06:08
• Before it All Began to Go Wrong (Neville) I find that as I age I hit the rewind button in my mind a little more each...
  April 18th, 2024 07:48
• Some Words Speak for Themselves (Neville) You\'ve chosen wisely and well my friend, words that should be taken to...
  April 18th, 2024 07:34
• White Dwarf (Weltschmerz) I love the imagery as this poem unfolds. The second stanza, beautifully...
  April 15th, 2024 13:45
• Custer. (Goldfinch60) Thank you for the poem, the video, the fun iof all of it. Your comedic...
  April 13th, 2024 16:15
• Argh! Pain (Orchidee) I smiled, then I chuckled, then I laughed and finally guffawed.You, my...
  April 13th, 2024 15:58