Comments on community poems by Tristan Robert Lange

• All Father (Jabberwocky) What a powerful piece, Jabberwocky. The speaker still recognizes suffering...
  August 19th, 2026 18:26
• American Executor: Andrew Johnson (Matthew R. Callies) What a strong historical portrait, Matthew. The repeated refrain holds the...
  August 19th, 2026 18:22
• The King of Lost Souls (Michael A. McGuire) What a gloriously sinister piece, Michael. The speaker feels ancient,...
  August 19th, 2026 18:20
• ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴀ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ (ᴍᴏᴏɴ) Sylva, this is raw, painful, and deeply human. You captured the strange...
  August 19th, 2026 18:19
• frayed with disuse (Arqios) What a beautifully wistful piece, my friend. Nothing essential has...
  August 19th, 2026 18:17
• TAPPING / GOLPETEO (Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS) What a haunting piece, my friend. The deteriorating home becomes...
  August 19th, 2026 18:14
• POWDER MONKEY (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)) What a devastating piece, Norman. The violence is immediate, but the...
  August 19th, 2026 18:05
• Treasures lost (Sorenbarrett) What a beautifully wistful piece, Soren. Each wonder arrives brightly and...
  August 19th, 2026 18:04
• Heavy Wears the Crown (Sassy Lou) Cassie, this is dark, seductive, and devastating. Intoxication first...
  August 18th, 2026 21:50
• The Long Shadow (Fränz Müller) Fränz, this offers a hopeful distinction between acknowledging what...
  August 18th, 2026 21:49
• CYNIC\'S BLUES (David Welch) David, the repeated pattern works beautifully. Each prediction proves...
  August 18th, 2026 21:49
• A Different Kind of Hunger (Thomas W Case) Thomas, this beautifully distinguishes youthful appetite from mature...
  August 18th, 2026 21:48
• scar tissue (Arqios) arqios, this renders healing as a complex act of fortification. The body...
  August 18th, 2026 21:47
• IN THE PIT / EN EL FOSO (Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS) Carlos, this turns the passage of time into both spectacle and...
  August 18th, 2026 21:45
• cowards get no empathy from me (Demar Desu) Demar, this is a compact declaration of severance. Once someone becomes...
  August 18th, 2026 21:44
• American Executor: Jefferson Davis (Matthew R. Callies) Matthew, this is a compelling and unflinching addition to the series. You...
  August 18th, 2026 21:43
• The Train Journey (Paul Bell) Paul, this plays like a tightly edited thriller. The recurring countdown...
  August 18th, 2026 21:42
• Lesbian Honey (Syd) Syd, this is such a charming celebration of neighborly generosity. One...
  August 18th, 2026 21:41
• Why Bother (Shaunmatthewcpoetry) Shaun, the exhaustion and hurt here are palpable. This feels like the...
  August 18th, 2026 21:40
• Shadows that touch (Sorenbarrett) Soren, this captures something I have always loved about transitional...
  August 18th, 2026 21:39
• AS ANGELS PASS (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)) Norman, this moves beautifully across the threshold between sleep and...
  August 18th, 2026 21:38
• A bit of French? (Orchidee) Orchi, another triumph from the Orchiverse Academy of Advanced...
  August 18th, 2026 21:37
• Earth’s Preoccupation (Doggerel Dave) Dave, this scales human arrogance down to its proper geological...
  August 18th, 2026 21:34
• Driver of judgment (Butter) Butter, this is brief but wonderfully contemplative...a thoughtful...
  August 18th, 2026 21:33
• Waggling tail. (Antra.coree) Antra, this is heartbreaking. The love between you and Jerry is present in...
  August 18th, 2026 21:26
• Is anybody out there (Boot) James, this asks the questions grief forces upon us while keeping a wary...
  August 18th, 2026 21:25
• Life in motion (Demar Desu) Demar, this carries such warmth and peace in so little space...a beautiful...
  August 18th, 2026 21:22
• THE COOL, ROAN RIDER (David Welch) David, what a vivid and emotionally layered Western narrative. The...
  August 17th, 2026 19:06
• Has it really left? (Allie561) Allie, what a powerful portrayal of fear surviving beyond the event that...
  August 17th, 2026 19:04
• Cube. (Never be) My friend, what a wonderfully mind-bending meditation. Geometry expands...
  August 17th, 2026 19:03
• Aquarium (Lorenz) Lorenz, this is dark, theatrical, and suffocating. Society becomes a...
  August 17th, 2026 19:02
• The “Pot of Gold At The End of the Rainb (GenXer Sharon 🙏🍀) Sharon, the call to extend compassion beyond personal affection carries...
  August 17th, 2026 19:01
• Inspiration (Paul Bell) Paul, this is one heck of a stream-of-consciousness journey. Everyday life...
  August 17th, 2026 19:00
• Rainy Day Thoughts (Fränz Müller) Fränz, what a thoughtful meditation on time, disappointment, and hope....
  August 17th, 2026 18:59
• the unwritten mirror (Arqios) My friend, what a haunting exploration of imagination, identity, and the...
  August 17th, 2026 18:58
• Short and Neat (Jabberwocky) My friend, the final turn gives this little piece tremendous weight....
  August 17th, 2026 18:58
• EVIL / EL MAL (Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS) My friend, what a dark and uncompromising vision. Political violence,...
  August 17th, 2026 18:57
• BROTHER (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)) Norman, what a tender and heartbreaking portrayal of love enduring the...
  August 17th, 2026 18:56
• Luciana (Shaunmatthewcpoetry) Shaun, this is a lively celebration of an artist whose music clearly knows...
  August 17th, 2026 18:55
• A blessing upon you (Sorenbarrett) Soren, every poet quietly hopes their words will outlive the moment that...
  August 17th, 2026 18:54
• Pipes to the sea (Poetic Dan) My friend, this is brief but carries a fierce indictment. We destroy what...
  August 17th, 2026 18:53
• I want to be my old self (Antra.coree) Antra, what a painfully honest piece. The struggle between wanting love...
  August 17th, 2026 18:52
• American Executor: Abraham Lincoln (Matthew R. Callies) Matthew, what a powerful companion to your Buchanan piece. The contrast...
  August 17th, 2026 18:52
• -$160.58 in my bank account (Demar Desu) Demar, this is painfully funny. Financial disaster meets retail...
  August 17th, 2026 18:51
• A LONG, GRAY SEASON (David Welch) David, this presses down with the full psychological weight of winter. The...
  August 17th, 2026 18:50
• I am not a house (Allie561) Allie, the displacement of personal value by someone else’s image is...
  August 17th, 2026 18:49
• A confused laddie! (Orchidee) Orchi, Fido has finally done what no editor dared! The excess vocabulary...
  August 17th, 2026 18:11
• Melancholic realm (Lorenz) Lorenz, what a haunting journey through grief and memory. The cosmic,...
  August 17th, 2026 17:57
• Hollow Depiction (Kurt Philip Behm) Kurt, the closing carries a devastating loneliness. The feeling exists,...
  August 17th, 2026 17:53
• Rain (Jabberwocky) My friend, I know the strange fear that peace might quiet the very...
  August 17th, 2026 17:44
• I Don\'t Believe You (Thomas W Case) Thomas, what a powerful and relatable piece. The humor keeps the anxiety...
  August 17th, 2026 14:38
• American Executor: James Buchanan (Matthew R. Callies) Matthew, this is one heck of a historical portrait. The disciplined form...
  August 17th, 2026 14:25
• Entropy (Butter) Butter, this has a wonderfully unsettled energy to it. The weather, the...
  August 16th, 2026 06:37
• as chosen (Arqios) Arqios, this is beautifully spare. There’s a quiet tension in being...
  August 16th, 2026 06:36
• FIRE SHIP   / NAVIO DE FUEGO (Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS) Wow, Carlos...this is intense, inventive, and loaded with momentum. I...
  August 16th, 2026 06:36
• WHEN THE INK HAS DRIED (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)) Wow, Norman...this is dark, thoughtful, and deeply human. There’s fear...
  August 16th, 2026 06:35
• Life (Sorenbarrett) Soren, this is simple and beautiful. There’s a quiet sense of renewal...
  August 16th, 2026 06:35
• Hold on. (Antra.coree) Antra, this really hit me. There’s so much exhaustion here from being...
  August 16th, 2026 06:33
• It Costs Nothing To Be Kind (Shaunmatthewcpoetry) Shaun, this comes from a place of real frustration with how casually...
  August 16th, 2026 06:32
• Sugar rush (Nerd) Wow, Nerd...this is vulnerable and uneasy in a way that really lands. The...
  August 16th, 2026 06:32
• Oh no, not reality… (Doggerel Dave) Dave, I connect with that feeling of looking around and thinking, surely...
  August 16th, 2026 06:29
• TO MASCULINITY (David Welch) David, this is one heck of a conversation starter. I’m absolutely with...
  August 16th, 2026 06:28
• Bartering Truth (Kurt Philip Behm) Wow, Kurt...this is concise, philosophical, and loaded with tension. The...
  August 16th, 2026 06:24
• Is there anything I can own? (Allie561) Wow, Allie...this is simple, vulnerable, and thoughtful. There’s loss in...
  August 16th, 2026 06:23
• Here I am (2781) Wow, my friend...this is tender, spiritual, and full of gratitude....
  August 16th, 2026 06:22
• Laugh When You Can (GenXer Sharon 🙏🍀) Wow, Sharon...this is simple, encouraging, and full of heart. There’s...
  August 16th, 2026 06:15
• American Executor: Franklin Pierce (Matthew R. Callies) Wow, Matthew...this captures the tragedy of a leader trying to preserve...
  August 15th, 2026 08:17
• presence (Arqios) Wow, Arqios...this is minimal, thoughtful, and quietly haunting. The...
  August 15th, 2026 08:15
• Tinderbox (Syd) Syd, this is powerful and unsettling. The environmental heat and the...
  August 15th, 2026 08:14
• Chasing Money In The Rat Race (Shaunmatthewcpoetry) My friend, what struck me most is the sense of exhaustion underneath the...
  August 15th, 2026 08:14
• Today and yesterday (Sorenbarrett) Soren, this one really lands. There’s a sadness here about how closeness...
  August 15th, 2026 08:13
• What makes us? (Butter) Wow, Butter...this is thoughtful, hopeful, and visually creative. I...
  August 15th, 2026 08:12
• DISTANT STRANGERS (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)) Wow, Norman...this is restrained and deeply sad. The routine is still...
  August 15th, 2026 08:10
• My people? (Antra.coree) Antra, I connect with the ache behind this...that moment when the title...
  August 15th, 2026 08:09
• Testing 1 – 2 – 3 (Doggerel Dave) Haha, Dave...with the author’s note, this becomes less manifesto and...
  August 15th, 2026 08:08
• Before I Step into the Dark (Sassy Lou) Cassie, this really hit me. There’s such a painful tension between...
  August 15th, 2026 08:00
• To Gander at Harmas (Never be) Wow, my friend...this is delightfully off-kilter. It starts with curiosity...
  August 15th, 2026 07:57
• The Reframe (Kayla Jackson) Wow, Kayla...this is brief but uplifting. It turns regret toward...
  August 15th, 2026 07:56
• INSIGHT (David Welch) David, this really lands. There’s a strong reminder here that ambition...
  August 15th, 2026 07:55
• I Am Lost (Sassy Lou) My friend, what struck me most is how emptiness and longing keep circling...
  August 15th, 2026 07:54
• How the world sounds at 2 AM (Allie561) Allie, I connect with this deeply...there’s something almost sacred...
  August 15th, 2026 07:53
• THE LEAP (Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS) Wow, Carlos...this is intense and deeply unsettling. The whole piece feels...
  August 15th, 2026 07:52
• Hooligan (Fränz Müller) Fränz, this one has real fire. There’s a strong refusal to shrink...
  August 15th, 2026 07:52
• Ambivalence (Lorenz) Wow, Lorenz...this is dark, theatrical, and psychologically charged. It...
  August 15th, 2026 07:51
• Round pegs, Square pegs (Paul Bell) Wow, Paul...this is creepy, funny, and increasingly wicked as it goes. The...
  August 15th, 2026 07:50
• Hiding In Plain Sight (+1) (Kurt Philip Behm) Kurt, this really hit me. There’s something powerful in the idea that...
  August 14th, 2026 09:53
• Fear (Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS) Wow, Carlos...this is raw and painfully relatable. There’s such a strong...
  August 14th, 2026 09:52
• Yesterday I blamed the sun for my problems (Demar Desu) Demar, this made me laugh and think at the same time. There’s something...
  August 14th, 2026 09:51
• dreams can wait (Arqios) Wow, Arqios...this is quietly devastating. The years move forward, the...
  August 14th, 2026 09:51
• A BURNING PAGE (Nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)) Wow, Norman...this is heavy and deeply reflective. The sense of old pain...
  August 14th, 2026 09:50
• Trash to ash (Sorenbarrett) Soren, I connect with the way this looks at transformation without making...
  August 14th, 2026 09:41
• Conspiracies Now Come True (Shaunmatthewcpoetry) haun, this one comes in swinging. There’s a real sense of distrust and...
  August 14th, 2026 09:41
• That Four Letter Words Again. (Goldfinch60) Haha, Andy...this is exactly the kind of bait-and-switch humor I enjoy....
  August 14th, 2026 09:40
• Horizonless departure (Butter) Wow, my friend...this is haunting. There’s something almost mythic in...
  August 14th, 2026 09:39
• American Executor: Millard Fillmore (Matthew R. Callies) Matthew, this is a strong historical piece. There’s a real sense of...
  August 14th, 2026 09:38
• Dear future me (Antra.coree) Antra, I connect with this deeply. There’s something powerful about...
  August 14th, 2026 09:06
• Lost winner... (Antra.coree) Wow, Antra...this is deeply moving. The contrast between public victory...
  August 14th, 2026 09:05
• She didn\'t want to die when the Skies were Blue (Kevin Hulme) Wow, Kevin…this is tender and heartbreaking. The beauty of the natural...
  August 13th, 2026 20:34
• You’ll see me (Micah Finchley) Wow, Micah…this one starts almost tenderly and then turns the knife....
  August 13th, 2026 20:03
• Do what I say 🤌🏿 (Ms.divine) Wow, Ms. Divine…this has fire. It moves from patience and accommodation...
  August 13th, 2026 20:02