| Lesson 6
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2024-07-26
Sameen, it strikes that poetry has become so modern, such a vehicle for self-express or opinion or grievance, and rhyme and meter is used so seldomly, that it may go unnoticed. What you're doing in Lesson 6 is subtly woven into the narrative, it's easy to miss. I missed it the first read through.
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| Lesson 5
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2024-07-26
Astute, original, smacks of truth and self-awareness, beautifully written.
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| Passing
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2024-07-25
I enjoy your quiet, reflective words.
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| Lesson 4
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2024-07-24
Your writing seems to be taking to (climbing, in your words) new heights, progressing exponentially. This is fine, meaningful, relatable, compelling to read. Thoughtful, patient writing.
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| Lesson 3
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2024-07-23
The last line took me by surprise, a complete change in tone, a little pent-up rage let loose.
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| Sea
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2024-07-23
predictably, i love the imagery and flavors, the salt sea and delta
and the meandering, a sensory delight ~
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| Lesson 2
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2024-07-22
There is some resolution here, between Lesson 1 and Lesson 2, an understanding of the moment—the value and appreciation of it.
I like what you've done with your stanzas.
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| Things Fall Apart
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2024-07-21
it makes me want to cry, reading this. the inevitability of it.
You write of this so clearly, almost without emotion. The emotion comes later, to the reader. to me.
I'm not sure that makes sense.
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| Lesson 1
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2024-07-21
the man is back!
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| Sunday
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2024-07-21
words, like reading tea leaves ~~~
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| A day before it sets.
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2024-07-21
Let us know how it goes!
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| Holding Up
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2024-07-21
My thoughts exactly.
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| Soap Bubbles
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2024-07-19
This is poem that seems to come straight from the heart!
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| Is Dalliance a Fling?
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2024-07-10
sometimes a fling is enough, so i've heard~
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| Knewton
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2024-07-09
your writing is cinematic
composed
and all yours (one of a kind)
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| colombo
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2024-07-09
Everyone who associates themselves with Trump ends up in prison. Columbo has one big task ahead of him, to see the Mastermind behind bars, and justice done!
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| Ember
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2024-07-06
ah, the past IS present!
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| The Past Is or Was
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2024-07-06
I find the past very much in the present. Sometimes it haunts, sometimes it is verification of goodness and innocence.
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| Three Short Takes
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2024-07-02
Kudos, I especially appreciate the third, it's so very atmospheric.
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| The Red Hat
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2024-07-02
Thank you for the chuckle, it's much appreciated.
There is something very human and wonderful about the exchange.
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| One of Those Days
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2024-06-30
And who will speak for the wall?
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| live in your passion
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2024-06-26
are they the exceptions
i think so
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| My City
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2024-06-22
This makes me think that what makes cities unique is the nature (the flora and fauna), and what makes a city a home is just that—the nature. Otherwise, it's just a place, a spot on a map.
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| I find us
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2024-06-20
intimate silence, sweet!
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| Chocolate Is His Name
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2024-06-18
Both of your older poems have a sweetness and innocence and purity to them. Pure pleasure to read and contemplate, and conjure images.
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| A Picture With no Name
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2024-06-16
If only . . . looking back from the vantage of age (and wisdom?) asks more questions than it answers!
Looking back in wonder, almost, but not quite, able to reach and touch that person, whomever they were.
This poem so seemly simple is a time-machine. Thank you.
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| somewhere is a new beginning
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2024-06-16
I like the idea of "somewhere is a new beginning," but where? If I knew, I would go.
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| DECEIVING CANVAS
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2024-06-16
one can't believe their own eyes~~~
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| REVENIR
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2024-06-12
A beautiful love story, Allen, beautifully written—past and present as one, and love is eternal.
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| RETRACING TIME
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2024-06-12
I can see why you wanted to write this in prose as well. It is a story, and the poem tells the story, but obliquely, with subtlety.
You write this with a very gentle touch. Light as a feather.
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| the devil's advocate
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2024-06-01
Another era, different mores, true.
Different men with different motives.
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| The Queen Elisabeth competition
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2024-05-30
Were a virtuoso to listen to her critics, she would never become a virtuoso.
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| everything is in everything (corrected)
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2024-05-30
You have a great appreciation for the English language, these are two words new to me.
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| the century began like this
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2024-05-28
Astute observations, with a spot-on finale.
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| Worthy
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2024-05-27
I don't read this as a rant, more of an airing and sharing of thoughts, taking stock. I wish you the very best going forward.
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| Twilight Star
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2024-05-27
Highly atmospheric ~ I could hear the sound of the wooded wolf, twilight descending.
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| Extended Play
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2024-05-22
I enjoy all of the sequence. I relate to the fifth personally.
"Summer is more bane than boon"
Summer's heat and adult sensibilities are reminders that summers are not what they were during childhood, the freedom it afforded, the sense of release; the way time seemed to expand, slowing down with the long days.
Thank you, as always, for your poetry.
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| Communion
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2024-05-13
My neighbor has a plaque on the wall which reads:
FEAR GOD
I'm not sure why she finds that comforting.
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| apt to live
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2024-05-07
Some resist change, some embrace it, most seem to cope, suffer the lows, enjoy the highs. That's me.
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| Two Little Cats
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2024-05-07
Your poems are always a pleasure to read.
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| UNBELIEVABLE LOSS
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2024-04-28
You're right. There is no justice, only an imperfect concept of it. I wonder what that leaves? Luck?
You capture the sorrow of lives cut short, or never lived. True then, true now.
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| up to date
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2024-04-14
Not necessarily. Philosophy changes in fits and starts when someone presents new ideas, upsetting the status quo. A professor may find themselves very much out of step when returning after a 30 year absence.
I agree about technology. And, I despair that we are going to devote more and more of each day trying to keep up with the changes in our lives. Which means less time for leisure, for critical thinking, for peace of mind.
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| Biographies
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2024-04-12
The light-hearted tone belies a deep, deep appreciation.
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| thus
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2024-04-03
Perhaps we are infinitely puzzled?
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| the reading grids
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2024-04-03
From the first scribbler on, all through time, political rants with hints of fun have been written. You carry on a great tradition, think Keats and Donne and Ginsberg and . . . on and on, not to mention the endless women who have written and been ignored.
See, that last bit I wrote, about women—that's my brief, but political rant.
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| Song
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2024-04-03
A tuneful litany of delights. Whoever is on the receiving end of this song is surely smiling.
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| The Sprawl of Things
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2024-04-03
Perhaps writing in Pope's couplets with change such vertical thinking!
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| UNIVERSAL RIGHT!
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2024-03-29
I wonder if there may be a cultural element to it. Many of my friends say, "have a blessed day," but this relatively new. Growing up I never heard it. I hear it more in small towns, less often in cities.
When you end a comment with, "blessings," I am touched and reciprocate in kind.
l'chaim!
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| The timeless song of Heart
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2024-03-28
"wordless understanding" is a wonderful phrase, Nils.
Thank you for this.
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| She Speaks
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2024-03-25
She sounds to be a substantial woman—a woman who may change the world for the better. A politician that listens, how refreshing.
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