| MORE FAIRY TALES
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2026-05-18
Oh my goodness!! Thank you! Delightful but I did feel for you there at the end!
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| AT THE CROSS ROADS
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2026-05-17
Truth! Going back is not an option!
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| Not a perennial
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2026-05-16
Oh, I love this! Bravo!
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| This Child
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2026-05-15
Happy birthday to Legend!
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| For What It's Worth
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2026-05-14
Whoa! I just used that song in a FB share with a short poem I wrote. “Jinx”
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| please hold the line
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2026-05-14
This brought back memories, some not so pleasant, like waiting on hold for hours trying to get an appointment with a military doctor for a child. Well done!
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| Day Flow Night Fall
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2026-05-14
This poem felt like snow falling, the flow of it.
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| Bleed out
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2026-05-14
Dee, your words are your truth but I so wish they weren’t. It’s a powerful poem.
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| A FATHER LOVE.
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2026-05-13
This gave me chill bumps! What a powerful piece of poetry.
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| FEELING DOWN FALLING DOWN
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2026-05-13
Hugs, my friend. Big hugs!
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| A Quality Of Life
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2026-05-12
Excellent! The last four lines are fire!
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| The Tides of Fascism
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2026-05-12
Sameen, I fear a tsunami of fascism is quickly approaching. Your poem reflects the creep of it. Well done.
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| Christmas table
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2026-05-12
Your poem touched my heart. Sounds like you do a lot to make special days wonderful for those you love. I don't know if you have ever seen the movie "Avatar" but in that movie the native people say "I see you" instead of "I love you." Your poem reminds me that being truly seen is indeed a most wonderful gift.
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| A WELCOME PLACE TO BE
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2026-05-11
What a wonderful place to be indeed!
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| That Moment
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2026-05-10
Excellent!
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| CONSUMMATION'S COLOURS
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2026-05-09
This poem really touched me and reminded me of when I sat with my mom in Hospice. It’s a kind of waiting where you know the ending and also when your relationship with the person in the bed was somewhat, or more than somewhat, difficult. Your poem captures those solemn moments very vividly, especially with the colors.
Sincerely.
Melinda
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| NO INSPIRATION LEFT
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2026-05-07
Alan, as I read this I imagined a home filled with words and memories floating from you and all around you, which makes me feel sad. But your words here touched my heart and I am thankful they still flow from you and you post them here.
Big hugs, my friend.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| No Cost
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2026-05-06
Lovely. Just lovely!
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| THERE ARE THOSE - (WITH THANKS TO MELINDA ZARATE)
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2026-05-06
Yes, ken. True words. Why, indeed?
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| Respect
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2026-05-06
It is true, peter. I have experienced a profound visit from someone I loved. It was an incredible experience that left me knowing life exists beyond this earth. He gave me a message and I heeded it. That's why I hear to write this today.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Your Final Door
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2026-05-06
Your poem hit me hard as I was called to help a friend battling stage 4 cancer last week. He has been my rock through a couple of traumatic events, steady and present as I spiraled. I want to be there for him and was thankful to have that opportunity. Impactful piece of work. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Grit
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2026-05-04
I had to look up some words which is good. Wonderful imagery! Well done!
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| THE AURA OF HER
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2026-05-04
You certainly have a way with words - a whisper of mystery, an urge to reread. Beautiful!
Melinda
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| MAKING FUN OF MYSELF
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2026-05-02
Here, here! So many beautiful things in this word, including you and the poetry you share!
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Mini
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2026-05-01
Awww! What a sweetheart! Lovely poem to match!
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| I Wanna Be Adored
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2026-04-30
I have no words. WOW!
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| The stillness among the waves
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2026-04-29
This poem reads as meditation, the structure like a waterfall. Beautiful.
Melinda
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM BY ANN WOOD
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2026-04-29
Why a lovely birthday greeting! Happy birthday to your mom and may both your wishes come true.
Melinda
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| Reach Out
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2026-04-29
Peter, your poem resonated with me. Well said!
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| True life
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2026-04-28
Dear dee,
I’m not sure what to write, but feel a desire to reach out to you and say, you are not alone, at least in a greater sense of being. You have people here, fellow poets, who care about you. While I do not know the specific pain from whence your words come, I can feel it and have experienced it myself. For me, better days came along. I hope that happens for you as well. It is my wish for you.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Look Up; Look Down
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2026-04-28
Your poem spoke to my heart! The admonition within - to look up, look down - a wise one. Those are constant. We are temporary and so to take it all in, as much as possible each day, is good advice. Lovely poem.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Chainsaws and Rattlesnakes
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2026-04-28
Kee, your poem reflects to me the difficulty of living in a risk-filled world and the cost of survival. Since your poem is in first person, I feel you are writing about your own survival. It sounds very draining - your placid face not a reflection of your inner turmoil. That sounds so hard.
The Russian roulette part was especially devastating.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Sigh, Then Swoon
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2026-04-28
William, I’m not sure I’ve ever swooned. Well, once or twice when my blood pressure took a sudden drop, but never a swoon coming from being overcome from intense emotion. Actually, it sounds rather lovely the way you express it here.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| weather you breathe in
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2026-04-28
So accurate as to how grief becomes a part of us, infused into every part of our being, carried. Beautifully said.
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| Longing to See My Lost Brother
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2026-04-28
Oh my goodness! Sounds like you experienced such a deep and beautiful connection. I’m so sorry for your loss.
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| My Intent
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2026-04-27
Thank you, Melanie Sue. I appreciate your comment.
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| SOMETIMES
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2026-04-27
What the other comments say, I ditto. Hugs, Alan!
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| Longing for you
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2026-04-27
Your poem touched my heart. I know I, probably like many others who will read it, relate to the deep longing for a person gone from our presence. Very nice.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| THE FIRST TALE
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2026-04-27
I’ve only heard the cabbage patch and the stork tales. This was very creative on your parents’ part and your poem is delightful. I wonder- were you always looking for baby stores until you knew the facts? I would have been! :)
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| WHERE DREAMS ESCAPE
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2026-04-26
Alan,
I like to think our life force becomes a star when we pass on, energy continuing. When I read your poem it expanded that imagery for me. Perhaps we were also stars to begin with, just waiting for our chance to shoot to earth and live a life then return again to space, a circle of life and light. True or not, it makes me happy to think it.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| MY LIFE ITSELF
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2026-04-26
Alan,
Your poem carries so many emotions. Right from the start, I felt the confusion of your present, the sadness of your past, leading to the joy of having a true love and dedicated life partner. I am very sad you have dementia but so happy you have such a great love beside you every day.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| NO RECALL
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2026-04-25
I feel the sentiment expressed in your poem. Albums of photos sit on my shelf, fill up the space in my devices and even the newer ones, I sometimes struggle to remember the moment.
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| Ethereal Cities
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2026-04-25
Powerful imagery! Wow!
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| The Good Guy I Crossed Paths with Yesterday
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2026-04-25
Why a lovely moment of kindness.
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| untitled shift
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2026-04-23
My goodness, your poetry lifts and carries me away. Well done.
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| Birdsong at Dawn
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2026-04-22
My goodness! That’s an impressive variety of birds. I’m jealous!!
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| WAR WITH OUT AN ENDING - TRUMP
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2026-04-21
“The war cost $11.3 billion in the first six days alone. Recent analyses indicate the conflict is costing taxpayers approximately $891 million to over $1 billion per day.”
Taxpayers are paying the financial cost and, in my opinion, a mental one as well. You are correct!
Melinda
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| misreadings
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2026-04-21
What an interesting poem! “Some works ask only to be left intact” is a brilliant line.
Sincerely,
Melinda
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| creekside picnic
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2026-04-20
So descriptive that I could envision the scene. Lovely.
Melinda
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| What the Morning Taught Me
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2026-04-16
Lovely poem. Late yesterday afternoon I heard geese flying over my house. I, too, stopped everything to listen.
Melinda
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from USA