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lyrycsyntyme commented on: A-holes by Teytonon 3 years 23 weeks* ago* I take it that this poem is a: I take it that this poem is a commentary on people's inability to handle disagreement in a rational manner ,rather than your personal desire to be irrational. A possible solution for any person who sees "a-holes" everywhere: If you don't want to see so many a-holes, shut off the screens and throw out the papers/magazines that like to show naked asses ; ) We all get mooned, sometimes, though, even when we don't want to. [ go to comment ]
lyrycsyntyme commented on: Strife by Bec.J 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Graceful flow: A very poetic call to carry on through the greatest challenge we face - the troubled voice within ourselves. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: A-holes by Teytonon 3 years 23 weeks* ago* One of the great flaws of: One of the great flaws of humanity, probably since two naked knuckleheads put on animal skins to be evicted from Eden, is the tendency to label---persons, ethnic groups, beliefs, and preferences. Yet the labeler gains nothing, and the labeled lose nothing, provided the label remains verbal and does not become an assault. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: re(ad)writing poetry by redbrick 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Wow, I never considered: Wow, I never considered before that there is a Muse for reading, as well as writing, Poetry. You have certainly improved upon the ancient Poets' concept of the Muses. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Leadings Toward Stars; Herod The So-Called Great, Frustrated** by S74rw4rd-13d 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Thank you, Sir, and I agree: Thank you, Sir, and I agree exactly. Both Octavian and Herod were, basically, usurpers---both obsessed with retaining supreme power within their families, and both driven to express that power openly with enormous building projects that nearly bankrupted the economy of the Roman Empire. (The tax enrollment that brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, where Jesus was subsequently born, was instituted by Octavian---who, by that time, was called Augustus---to refill the empty treasury that he had spent on architecture, both in Rome and through the provinces.) Octavian supposedly murdered Kaisarion (although he could never produce the body) because Kaisarion had the better claim to the Roman imperium; and, of course, Herod attemped to kill Christ, who had, has, and always will have the ultimate throne from which to reign and rule. By way of historical coincidence, although the Apostle Saint Paul was the first Scriptural writer to call Christ the King Of Kings (in 1 Timothy 6:15), Kaisarion was given that same title (about a century prior to Paul's writings) by his stepfather, Mark Antony. [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: ONE LESS CHORE by georgeschaefer 3 years 23 weeks* ago* But always much too much: But always much too much trash [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: ONE LESS CHORE by georgeschaefer 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Advice taken. Trash in, trash: Advice taken. Trash in, trash out. Trash out foul odour out. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Leadings Toward Stars; Herod The So-Called Great, Frustrated** by S74rw4rd-13d 3 years 23 weeks* ago* The horrors of succession and: The horrors of succession and inheritance. The transgressions are real all thoughout humanity's gory history and it will continue until reality of redemption is invoked for Salvation. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Leadings Toward Stars; Herod The So-Called Great, Frustrated** by S74rw4rd-13d 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Thank you so much. This week: Thank you so much. This week has been very serene, as I look at, and plan for, a sequence of poems in a style that is new to my work, but seems to have been in the making since I first aspired to poetry decades ago. I think I still have a bit left in me. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Leadings Toward Stars; Herod The So-Called Great, Frustrated** by S74rw4rd-13d 3 years 23 weeks* ago* I still believe it's amazing: I still believe it's amazing that you recognized a link most people would never have found. Ever. And yes, there is unspeakable solace in trusting in a Higher Power. Blessings. [ go to comment ]
Rebecca commented on: Strife by Bec.J 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Thank you for taking the time to read my poem.: Thank you for taking the time to read my poem. I am very honoured that you view my writing to a standard worthy of such an Author as Robert Aickman. This poem represents the daily struggles that I am sure a lot of people face as I do myself. We all have inner demons. All of my writings come from first-hand experience, so once again thank you for taking the time to read them! [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Strife by Bec.J 3 years 23 weeks* ago* First, this is poem is full: First, this is poem is full of very profound wisdom. I wanted that statement to be the first part of my comment. It also creates a very eerie atmosphere. As I read this, I was reminded of a rather lengthy short story (long but well worth the effort) by Robert Aickman, entitled "Pages From A Young Girl's Journal." In that story, Aickman---who at the date of its writing was a sixty year old dour Englishman, trained as an architect---imitates the voice of an adolescent girl of the early nineteenth century; who, in "her" journal gives us a vivid account of what it is like to give into the monstrous and demonic presence that pursues her. I mean this as a compliment to you, because Aickman, in my opinion, is the "gold standard" of eerie tales, and your poem certainly rises to that level, while also provided, as I said above, some very profound wisdom. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Little Secret by rachel 3 years 23 weeks* ago* I really like the tone of: I really like the tone of private conversation in this poem. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Leadings Toward Stars; Herod The So-Called Great, Frustrated** by S74rw4rd-13d 3 years 23 weeks* ago* Thank you very much. I have: Thank you very much. I have been reading ancient history for over half a century (Jim Bishop's magnificent monograph, The Day Christ Died, started me out on that path), so I am a little embarrassed that it took a half century for me to connect Octavian's attempt to murder Kaisarion (which, to most of the world at that time, was believed to have been a successful murder) with Herod's attack upon the infants of Bethlehem in order to eliminate Jesus. The patterns of their reasoning is exactly the same, and why I missed it all these years I can only explain by my lifelong habit of always being a day late and a dollar short. Yet, as Saint Paul said, I glory in this; and for me, it reminds me of how desperately I need a Savior, and the ackcnowledge ment of that need is an exceeding comfort . . . especially at this late stage of my life. Thanks again for your comment---as always you understand exactly what my poems are meant to do, and I am sorry for the rather verbose reply. [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: ONE LESS CHORE by georgeschaefer 3 years 23 weeks* ago* A lot of trash can only get: A lot of trash can only get back in if you let it [ go to comment ]