PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Thank you for commenting. : Thank you for commenting.  The Early Christians are very important to me; I think that is why I incline to Orthodox Christianity, because it feels more connected to them than the Western version.

Although I cannot quite: Although I cannot quite interpret the tenth line, I think the rest of the poem is magnificent.

Yes, hopefully we all are: Yes, hopefully we all are appreciative of what we have here.  It is great to be able to post and read so much poetry.  We're all different but we find a way to co-exist.

First, it is an extreme: First, it is an extreme pleasure to have you back. One doesn't realize just what a vital pillar of support and inspiration they have until it is gone, but the deepest sorrow was knowing that you must have been suffering greatly to have been away from your poetic community. I prayed often and I continue to pray with great urgency while you still struggle.   Welcome back! And thank you for finding my latest post.    Not only did you pinpoint the soul of of my work, but you affirmed the nucleus with two expertly insightful and striking analogies, one contemporary and one Biblical. Then, with pristine understanding, you zeroed in on my purpose, my mission, and declared it accomplished. I'm overwhelmed and humbled. How can I begin to thank you?   To my dismay, readers have often misunderstood my work, even connecting it somehow to something sacrilegious, but you don't read more into my poems than was intended, look for devils around every corner or skew my words according to a narrow belief system. You simplify, illuminate and appreciate.   Just what I needed. Like "the cosmos going about its business" my gratitude knows no bounds.   

Your words and your energy: Your words and your energy pulse with the same indignation I often feel when the farcical realities of our time hit hard. You give a voice, unflinching and resolute, to the outrage every sane person should feel in the face of tyranny. We need you! 

I love the wry wit behind the: I love the wry wit behind the word "random" when all the snippets of events, in sets of three, are highly significant, urgent and emotionally important in the grand scheme of things. Putting "up memories with thumbtacks" adds up to a meaningful relationship, long distance or otherwise.    An instructive and cleverly composed view of life.