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LittleLennonGurl commented on: Damaged By Madness by LittleLennonGurl 3 years 39 weeks* ago* Thank you so much!!: You have no idea how happy your comment made me. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: cafiend by Pungus 3 years 39 weeks* ago* Even a cup of joe becomes a: Even a cup of joe becomes a superlative showpiece through your cunning imagination, and the theme, of course, has widespread relatability. I'm certainly good for nothing until I've been fueled with "Caffeinenated compliexities". And the title! High-grade wit. You're one of a kind. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Damaged By Madness by LittleLennonGurl 3 years 39 weeks* ago* A beat I can march: A beat I can march to. Really feeling this rapid-fire, gut-punching protest song that I can get caught up in because the same thoughts have thundered through my mind. It's cathartic to read or hear words that echo your worldview, your frustrations, and do it with savvy, edgy, resolute, unflinching force. Thank you for rising above the tempest with solidarity and some hope for true freedom. Peace and Light. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Submission for Living Poetry Week of Feb 12, 2023 by djtj 3 years 39 weeks* ago* Some killer metaphors charge: Some killer metaphors charge this emotional storm with mesmerizing beauty and impact. A worthy submission! So good to read you again. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: + 2ND POEMS: A Few Breath Prayers by Starward-Led 3 years 39 weeks* ago* This is a most splendid (and: This is a most splendid (and again I say, A MOST SPLENDID) testimony, and I am so very grateful to you for sharing it me, and with the PostPoems community. Reading it was more than just an act of the mind (as Wallace Stevens might say): it was, also, an act of the soul! [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Dear Little Evan, #17 by ewbonitz 3 years 39 weeks* ago* I cannot begin to estimate: I cannot begin to estimate how much courage is required to post such a candid essay---which will go far to help others who are burdened with shame and guild especially during adolescence. I was horribly belittled, bullied, lectured endlessly, and "watched" (my parents did excellent surveillance) for this. Your words will encourage and help others who read them. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: languishing by ewbonitz 3 years 39 weeks* ago* The contours of the lines,: The contours of the lines, and the rhyme scheme, very powerfully underscore the impact and the importance of the emotional experience that inspired the poem. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: sequoia by ewbonitz 3 years 39 weeks* ago* Your extended metaphor is: Your extended metaphor is classic, astute, and impressive. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: in God’s sovereign hand by ewbonitz 3 years 39 weeks* ago* I have had that experience: I have had that experience (once, in the failure of a marriage; more than once in the failures of more casual relationships in high school and college). The deviousness of the forces that cause the failure is that the experience comes with an implied suggestion, which we all dread to face, that it has a lasting duration; and, at least in my case (and, I suspect, in the great multitude of them), it does not. My heart goes out to you. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Calvary by ewbonitz 3 years 39 weeks* ago* I dislike the: I dislike the wrath-appeasement theology in Western Christianity (especially fundamentalism); and I like the Eastern Christian interpretation of the Parable of the Prodigal Son which points out that the wronged Father did not require---did not even ask---for any kind of appeasement from the repentant Son, nor was any penal sacrifice required. I like the simpler and (I think) more Biblical perspective that Sin (as a force, not as an individual failing) is the cause of Death (Genesis 2:17), and that Christ's death on the cross broke the lasting effects of this power---rather than merely appeasing the anger and outrage supposedly felt by His Father. (Again, nothing of that sort is attributed to the father figure in the parable.) Jonathan Edwards' "sinners in the hands of an angry God" approach to preaching/exegesis was obviously ignorant of the commutative and associative powers of logic when comparing 1 Corinthians 13 to 1 John 4. I apologize for my verbosity, but your poem inspired me to pursue this thought. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Dear Little Evan, #16 by ewbonitz 3 years 39 weeks* ago* The final paragraph provides: The final paragraph provides a tremendous testimony of Faith in the Christian hope of eternal life. I applaud you, and your words are going to help others who read them. [ go to comment ]
LittleLennonGurl commented on: Reflection Of Insanity by LittleLennonGurl 3 years 39 weeks* ago* =D: Thank you!!!!! [ go to comment ]
Spinoza commented on: + 2ND POEMS: A Few Breath Prayers by Starward-Led 3 years 39 weeks* ago* always a way forward: Whenever I’m dragging and my soul is in anguish, I read Psalms and find new strength and a path forward. So great is the darkness around us, it often eclipses our soul’s ability to cope. But whenever we read Psalms, we have that comfort of knowing, is not a new phenomenon. And with God’s Spirit, there is always a way forward. As so many before us have found. [ go to comment ]
Spinoza commented on: The second time around by Angelhavingfun 3 years 39 weeks* ago* Sometimes yes - sometimes no: Sometimes the second time around is the best time around, if it isn’t a second reunion to disaster. Which is why some things end on the first go around. But that said, sometimes we just have an addiction to the wrong person – who doesn’t quite have the right frequency for our soul’s happiness. [ go to comment ]
teresa_r commented on: Just a memory by ChryWizard 3 years 39 weeks* ago* Hello: Hello Paul I love this poem I all most felt like you were talking to me [ go to comment ]