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The latest comments that one trick pony has written.

Push Yourself

2024-03-18
That you speak to yourself as "dear one" is so sweet, so true to yourself.


A Poet's History

2024-03-17
I think you are the perfect example for young poets, and if first draft complacency is where you are today (2014), so be it. This is where the next iteration begins, n'est-ce pas?


Deposition

2024-03-08
i'm guessing the painting is titled: it's a man's world.


THE UNIVERSE

2024-03-08
I am heartened by this, by the language and intent and thoughtfulness ~~~


understandable poem

2024-03-06
shades of emelèn

jeg forstår
[i hope that makes sense]

so nice to see your words again, floating in, as they do, from a distance


Wait

2024-03-01
waiting is delicious ~


Theme for a dream

2024-02-22
In the time it took to read this, an entire film of its events passed through my thoughts. It is a very good theme.


a reluctant bureaucrat

2024-02-21
Did you play "cat's cradle" as a child? A string game between friend? This poem reminds me of that, giving and taking, handing off one thought to another, always coming back to home for more.

Finesse. Indeed. Elegance of thought.


HER PRAISE

2024-01-02
Your poem presages the song: "The Book of Love" by a decade or two.


Calm in love

2024-01-02
Love Longing Calm

exactly, you convey that so well ~~~


working is my therapy

2023-12-30
obligation vs morals?


Midnight, O Midnight

2023-12-25
I appreciate the subtle changes in your paraphrasing—gentler, inclusive, not surprising given your nature.

This is a touching way begin this momentous day. I hope the tone is sustained throughout the day, the world needs to . . . settle down and . . . listen.


It is Christmas by Ann Wood

2023-12-24
It's good to be reminded get off the "endless merry-go round."

True enough. Quiet time, reflect, breathe. Gather oneself. Appreciate.

Believe in miracles, believe in something greater than oneself.


Like Alchemy

2023-12-24
i plagiarize: "tender is the night"
this is so beautifully sad and loving and moving and heartfelt~


Yellow moon

2023-12-24
Amid your midnight rounds you think of words, that is a poet.


The Grief Pin

2023-12-24
Grief is a part-time job. The real work, the hard work, comes in mining joy~

That's what I thought as I read your words~


ocean of love

2023-12-19
Sameen got it right.


Words that float

2023-12-19
'It made me feel so lonely, I could'nt help the tears.'

'Don't see the blot,"

Emily Dickinson


a man, his story

2023-12-17
or more despairing


LIFE, THE GREAT TEACHER - BY ZOYA ZAIDI

2023-12-17
i've always enjoyed her poems, she brought a lot of positivity and friendship to the site ~~~


Books

2023-12-16
it could be fun to compare books on the bed table!


Stories

2023-12-16
dreamy and wistful—the magical, mysterious world of childhood.


You are busy

2023-12-15
i like friends that chirp and words that exhort!


My path

2023-12-15
i believe you


everything's in everything

2023-12-15
If you are within everything
how do you know
there is not something more outside of everything?


thank you

2023-12-14
your poems and thoughts, what can i say, you've given me years and years of insights and humor and truth and friendship ~~~ thank you

sweet, your canine companion!


Teacher-I

2023-12-14
I wonder how you, as a teacher, see the revisionism that's occurring (at least in the U.S., but I suspect everywhere).

Thank goodness for teachers with passion for their subject!


Drama of life

2023-12-14
to see and not judge,
the simplicity of your poem speaks volumes.


Apples and canopies

2023-12-11
This is lovely.


INTENT

2023-12-11
I've been thinking about this all morning. When otp writes, I don't think she does write with intent so much as whim; or, curiosity as to where the pen will take her.


Deep in winter

2023-12-10
Lovely poem.

I suspect the "lone Star" was the Blue Walker 3 satellite, which has ruined the night sky for star-gazers.


GOOD MORNING MISTER POSTMAN

2023-12-09
I thank you.


Grateful

2023-12-09
As I read this, I realized I wanted to BE you, to feel those feelings, to experience what you were experiencing.

This is very vivid writing! You truly are sharing yourself with words.

Gratefully,
otp


HOSPITAL BLUES - 1

2023-12-08
I'll echo what I wrote before, you bring forth truth with elegance.


agent double

2023-12-04
i guess the question is to be a patsy
or true to oneself


How you know?

2023-12-03
that's how. that's right!


Notes from Spencer

2023-12-03
Amazing how many images you've created that create an entire scenario in my imagination. Also, the peace you felt, and your happiness to be there, radiates from each short poem. I imagine the rope-pulling was a moment of intense joy.

This form suits you to a "t".


HOSPITAL DAYS - 2

2023-12-03
Again, a great poem because it simply and clearly expresses something real and true.


HOSPITAL DAYS - 1

2023-12-02
this is a great poem, and a tough, tough subject ~

wishing you well ~~~


TOTAL ~~~ CONTROL

2023-12-02
the first time i read this i thought you had written:

There is nothing,
absolutely n o t h i n g,
that
M O T H E R N A T U R E
*can* teach you.

and i thought ~ really? thankfully i reread it and saw where i misread "cant" for "can," and i'm so relieved b/c this seems very true to me monsieur kyreus of sweden~


My Miracle

2023-12-02
i read this, then read it again, went deep into it, so personal and complex, i can't say anything intelligent about it other than it pulled me in, and that's rare. your images are filling my head ~~~


Like The Snow

2023-12-02
i knew a ghost once
she disappeared

i wish she had not


The song of freedom

2023-11-29
Yours poems bring a pleasant pause in my day, thank you~~~


The Great

2023-11-27
You ask good questions. The answers are either very simple or very complicated.

How about: there are plenty of people who wish as you do, there are plenty of people who abhor war. But not enough. War seems to be as natural to mankind as procreation.

This is such a thoughtful take on the movie. Thank you. Beware of learning too much about your heroes.


Ante-Meridian Verses on a Sleepless Night

2023-11-27
Bravo for wit, Lord B's and yours.


My Last Duchess

2023-11-27
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/My_Last_Duchess


Sunday Morning

2023-11-25
Why just one Sunday?


Pi, Euler's Number (e), and the Square Root of Two

2023-11-25
perhaps "transcendental" and "irrational" are why humans always come a little short of explaining the world as we see it ~~

i enjoy and appreciate this poem


i believe in ...

2023-11-25
It's nice to know (from a previous poem) the genesis of this gentle poem.


The W of writing

2023-11-21
like so many of us on poetbay, we write because we must write, we cannot not write.

a beautiful ~meditation~on writing.