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- 26 Sep 2020, 20:21
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: She Smiles Through The Inevitable
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13848
Re: She Smiles Through The Inevitable
Hope you'll accept a nom for this...
- 26 Sep 2020, 20:19
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Poems that placed in the August IBPC 2020 (Congrats Bob!):
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8185
Re: Poems that placed in the August IBPC 2020 (Congrats Bob!):
Michael, Siva -- thank you....
- 26 Sep 2020, 20:18
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15662
Re: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
Thanks, Billy
- 26 Sep 2020, 20:18
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Moonbeam
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9306
Re: Moonbeam
Yep, you nailed a universal experience...who can't like these lines:
a smile
opening larger
like a fully blossoming
flower as I continue to look
without guilt, embarrassed,
in need of nothing more.
a smile
opening larger
like a fully blossoming
flower as I continue to look
without guilt, embarrassed,
in need of nothing more.
- 26 Sep 2020, 20:15
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: She Smiles Through The Inevitable
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13848
Re: She Smiles Through The Inevitable
Yeah, great line...and everything from this point on is really good.
Health is a faraway land inhabited
by everyone else,
love these lines as well:
The usually talkative nurses
moving in unison as if in a practiced
ritual performed in secret--a secret
we know that doesn't need telling.
Health is a faraway land inhabited
by everyone else,
love these lines as well:
The usually talkative nurses
moving in unison as if in a practiced
ritual performed in secret--a secret
we know that doesn't need telling.
- 26 Sep 2020, 20:13
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: remember September
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8669
Re: remember September
Terrific haiku, Michael!
- 26 Sep 2020, 05:34
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15662
Re: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
Time to start. You are one of the most talented poets I know...
- 25 Sep 2020, 22:42
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15662
Re: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
Thanks, Ken. It's great to see you commenting. I'm looking forward to your poems!
- 24 Sep 2020, 20:28
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15662
Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace
v2: Oscar Wilde in the Hotel d'Alsace As Oscar wandered the streets of Paris, he sought only company to converse with, to talk about anything but memories of prison where at night a blanket rough as whiskers had been his only comfort. Yet it wasn't regrets that had kept him awake. It was the hard pl...
- 24 Sep 2020, 00:44
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: remember September
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8669
Re: remember September
Lovely imagery in the opening and closing stanzas. The summer line... it doesn’t feel necessary
- 22 Sep 2020, 01:07
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: The Earth and its Resilience
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8338
Re: The Earth and its Resilience
I like the simple, clear language in this revision. Should “one” in S1 be “he”? I think so. For the last stanza I think a slight lead in would help...maybe something along the lines of “when the bland earth again greens”? Think about it...
- 18 Sep 2020, 06:58
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: The Earth and its Resilience
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8338
Re: The Earth and its Rescilence
It’s interesting to read a poem of another culture, another belief system. But I also wanted more, an emotional connection with the narrator. A sense of comfort from faith or tradition, a sense of wonder...the awe of time passed and passing...but I am left with a history lesson. This poem might be b...
- 13 Sep 2020, 20:31
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Patriot Day 2020 (observing the weekend)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12621
Re: Patriot Day 2020 (observing the weekend)
Siva, it’s peanut butter & jelly
- 13 Sep 2020, 20:30
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Patriot Day 2020 (observing the weekend)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12621
Re: Patriot Day 2020 (observing the weekend)
Good one! I didn’t see that punch to the guy coming... stellar end
- 06 Sep 2020, 22:57
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: A Friend's Wedding Reception
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11429
Re: A Friend's Wedding Reception
I was moved by your story of your mother and sister. Thx for sharing.
Also, your help on this poem made a huge difference. Much thanks
Also, your help on this poem made a huge difference. Much thanks
- 05 Sep 2020, 23:30
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: A Friend's Wedding Reception
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11429
Re: A Friend's Wedding Reception
You're very kind, Michael. I appreciate all the support you've provided. I really like "disrobing the ghost"....
- 05 Sep 2020, 22:27
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: A Friend's Wedding Reception
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11429
Re: A Friend's Wedding Reception
Thx, Michael. I like your suggestions, especially the last line. May I ask if your last name is Neff?
- 04 Sep 2020, 03:51
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: No Need for Redemption.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10812
Re: No Need for Redemption.
Your poem is nominated. Pls post it on the nom page.
- 03 Sep 2020, 23:38
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: A Friend's Wedding Reception
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11429
A Friend's Wedding Reception
v2: A Friend's Wedding Reception I remember looking up at a chandelier with all its glass and lights winking at the bride and groom as they danced in an open clearing on the floor, the guests ooh-ing and ahhh-ing on the perimeter like children seeing a meadow of fireflies ascending from the grass. W...
- 03 Sep 2020, 23:33
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: No Need for Redemption.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10812
Re: No Need for Redemption.
Thanks, Michael, for your help in getting Siva past her login issues....
- 03 Sep 2020, 23:32
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming September IBPC 2020:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11745
Re: Upcoming September IBPC 2020:
I nominate Michael's poem "therefore I am".
- 03 Sep 2020, 21:03
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming September IBPC 2020:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11745
Re: Upcoming September IBPC 2020:
If not too late I nominate Silva’s poem “No Need for Redemption”.
- 03 Sep 2020, 21:02
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: No Need for Redemption.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10812
Re: No Need for Redemption.
Good poem. What Michael said... and good to see you!
- 31 Aug 2020, 21:39
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming September IBPC 2020:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11745
Re: Upcoming September IBPC 2020:
If you don't mind, I'll post my poem "Sloth". email: bobbybradshw@yahoo.com my original poem, unpublished I am not represented by any board or group this month Sloth My mother-in-law says I have no more ambition "than a sloth on holiday." She sighs. "If only you were a sloth... then I'd only see you...
- 31 Aug 2020, 21:35
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Please HELP Siva - for Michael
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13365
Re: Please HELP Siva - for Michael
Thanks, Michael