Griffonner

2025-12-28
And across the seas is is so nice to hear from you, and it is made that much more personal because you told me so much about where you are. All that from your really good poem. Blessings and best wishes for 2026, Allen

2025-12-28
Only you can make that decision, dear IBM, and I'm a form believer in following someone's wishes on such things no matter how painful that might be to me personally. Blessings and heartfelt good wishes for 2026, Allen

2025-12-28
I've read many postulations that our genes still contain the cycle of living from when we were hunter gatherers, so I fully see the scene your poem is creating. Blessings, and best wishes for 2026, Allen

2025-12-28
Thank you for your wish for 2026, Ann. Your wishes are reciprocated. Congratulations on the 50th too. Blessings to you and yours, Allen

2025-12-28
Very nicely done. It's a thought that maybe lots of people have... well I know I have. You express it concisely and with words that let your reader's mind's eye visualise a scene. It won't ever be the same one you saw, but that's the beauty of it. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-28
I miss the 'old ones' too, dear Sona. Sometimes we pass one another like ships in the night, but sometimes we are brave enough to expose our souls to the world through words, and when we do we enrich the World in our own small ways, just like they did. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-28
Sona, One Trick Pony has said it. You really have it. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-28
Well he certainly had a way with words, and what great words were "And cover with sunlight/The ugliness of the suburbs". To my mind they aren't exactly poetic, more prophetic you might say. Love can convert even greater ugliness I think. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-28
I once saw such a waif standing against a stone wall in Sarlat La Caneda in France. She inspired poetry too, but she had no smile. I formed the impression she was 'as hard as nails'. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-28
The world becomes just that little bit smaller and poorer for the loss of someone close to you, doesn't it? And in my opinion even more so when it is a creative person like a true poet. May the pain of your loss become the joy of your memories, Allen

2025-12-26
Brilliant! Blessings, Allen

2025-12-25
I believe some do. Blessings and seasons greetings, Albert. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-25
Really well written, I thought. Whilst reading It occurred to me that you could substitute 'thought' for 'word' as thoughts create and they formulate the meaning of the words too. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-25
I really enjoyed this read. Thank you. Your descriptions rendered the whole scene in my mind's eye. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-25
Hold close to you all those you love - in mind, spirit, and body. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-25
IMHO, regardless of who you might think your God is or the name of your religion, Melinda's words and her heartfelt thoughts can do nothing but ring true. Bravo! Blessings, Allen

2025-12-24
I re-read this today, and although it is not another anniversary the power of your love and words come through. I send blessings and love to you across the ether. I think there is a saying that no parent should ever have to deal with the loss of their child. It is so true.
Allen

2025-12-24
I know you poetry from old, and this one bears your special hallmark I feel. It needs more than one read to get the full gist of what you are saying. I have seen light falling too, but I live in hope that it will rise victorious in the end. New Year greetings to you. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-24
Such a heartfelt emotive poem you have created here, Edgar. Reading your words I could clearly empathise with your thoughts and feelings. Only yesterday I was conversing with another PoetBay poet about the fact that love endures, and I can see that you believe that too. A great share. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-23
Thank you for such lovely wishes, Ann. I send the same to you, and yours. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-19
Your poem travels through troubled times this year, and arrives at the most beautiful understanding: "Love Endures". That is the absolute truth, it does endure, hopefully even more so beyond this life. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-18
Understood. Entirely. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-17
Melinda, your writing certainly impresses upon the reader the sense of your outrage - if you'll allow me to use that word: It might be a bit strong? Many others feel the same way you can be sure. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-17
I want to applaud this for its poetic strength, and then realise that in itself it is an expression of the author's strength in having survived to now. There is a saying: "You can choose your friends but not you family". It applied to me too in a way. Now that they are gone, I have come to realise that I am the product of all that happened when they were here, and I can live with that at ease. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-17
An interesting read. The rotten part of this is that it has happened in the world before. People saw the result. Grieved for the downtrodden and oppressed, and still this serpent is able to raise its head in new time. Embarrassing and depressing when you think about it. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-17
Some nice viewpoints here. We are all part of the 'whole' aren't we. We all have this common ending, and we all came here in the same way too. Those facts in themselves should make people think of one another like brother and sister, but....... [sighs] Blessings, Allen

2025-12-17
Peter, third person perspective or not, this is an emotive read. I'm not sure, but I suspect those thoughts occur to quite a large proportion of your 'more mature' reader base. Nice to see you on PoetBay again. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-15
So true, Ken. When it is too late it simply is too late, and nearly always a sincere regret. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-15
I really enjoyed this charming poem. The description of the murmuration is absolutely spot on and so poetically portrayed. It is a fascinating spectacle, well know in Brighton too, where I lived for a number of years.
Despite seemingly feeding the entire bird population of Nouvelle Aquitaine in our garden (!), we have never seen a starling. Then, recently, while visiting a Bergerac supermarket, my wife and I found ourselves no more than a yard away from one, indoors, perched atop a displayed Christmas Tree. It was completely unconcerned by our proximity and eventually flew off towards the delicatessen counter!
B&L Allen

2025-12-10
An enjoyable read. The last line is so powerful. Memorable, I'd say. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-10
This is actually quite moving for me to read. This maybe a diversion, but, I was once taught to mentally visualise a large red 'STOP' sign when recognising negative or self-destructing thoughts. I think it works. Seems to. But, otherwise we all get these random thoughts of odd or strange subjects. I wonder where they come from: Are we 'picking them up' from the Universal Consciousness do you think.
Blessings, Allen

2025-12-10
That's tough. Really. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-10
Confidence can be appealing? Blessings, Allen

2025-12-09
A smashing sentiment, Ann. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-08
I agree with 'Shells'. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-08
Interesting rhymes in this, but I found the first reading a difficult one. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-08
Phew! Your poem reminds me of the nightmare of walking down a corridor of doors, going through one door and finding you are in another corridor of doors... on and on into new corridors. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-08
I say, "here, here" to what your fine poem says. Who in their right mind could argue with its truth? We all wait for salvation from all these weapons, and wonder how it will come. And that statement presupposes there is hope. And we must keep hold of hope. We must. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-08
Nothing else will suffice, so I say, get well soon my friend. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-08
Hola Brenda, bienvenida.
No hablo español, así que he usado un servicio de traducción para traducir mi inglés al español. Al igual que tú, te pido disculpas si la gramática no es perfecta.
Tu poema es sumamente interesante y creo que dice la verdad. Desde bebés, nos adaptamos al molde social. Parece también que si te rebelas, te conviertes en un problema para quienes quieren mantener el statu quo. Lo veo todo en tu poema, que está muy bien pensado y expresado. Bendiciones. Allen

Hello Brenda, and welcome.
I don't speak Spanish, so I have used a translating service to transpose my English into Spanish. Like you, I apologise if the grammar is not perfect.
Your poem is extremely interesting and I think it speaks truths. We are entrained from babies into the societal mold. It seems too, that if you rebel, then that marks you as problem to those who want to maintain the status quo. I see it all in your poem which is well thought out and expressed. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-06
Hi. Nice to see you back on PoetBay. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-05
What a well crafted poem this is! You cleverly kept the words at a minimum but successfully imparted the right amount of information so that the reader can fully imagine the circumstances you refer to. For me it reminded me that I too had been moved by my parents, from school to school before college. You had that box that followed along, I had a mother! Blessings, Allen

2025-12-05
Hear, Hear, Lawrence. A message in your poem that we all would agree with. Thank you for saying this, my friend. Blessings, Allen

2025-12-04
Some lovely descriptions of Winter in your poem. Made me want to snuggle up in front of a fire again! Blessings, Allen

2025-12-04
Thank you for the kindness of thought. Gratefully received, and, of course, I send blessings and brotherly love to you and yours, along with the desire that 2026 will bring you love, peace, prosperity and fulfillment . Allen

2025-12-04
.... nor do we. Please don't lose it.
Blessings, Allen

2025-12-04
Your poem gave me the shivvers, Moody's comment gave me a laugh.
All in all I'm glad I visited this page. Nicely done.
Blessings, Allen

2025-12-04
"...the saga has slowed"...as it must, sadly. This merry-go-round we call life ordains it so. But the quality of our hero's writing improves as it goes around/along. :o) Blessings, Allen

2025-12-04
Dear Sona, I think you should compile a book of your romantic poems, and what an excellent and apt title it would be, "She is a Winner". Blessings, Allen

2025-12-03
This fine poem captured the angst and stress of the child born to a parent not possessed with normal parenting skills. Your fear of replicating those experiences leads you to look in every nook and cranny for a manifestation of their energy, and because we are carrying so many of their genes, we will see them in us. We cannot avoid this.
But, remember, because you are aware, and desire not to be the same as them, you will not be the same.
DJMoody says it right! None of us are perfect. We all make mistakes. I believe the ability to see those mistakes makes us better people. No, we cannot change the past. But I'm damned sure you did/do your best and you can do no more than that can you? Blessings, Allen