Comments byricha, 681–700 back, including replies. Only comments on poems

on Last flight of a goose by Bobjim 6 Jan 2004, 5:51 AM
In reverse this poem is ace!!!!
replying on The wise by richa 3 Jan 2004, 2:34 PM
Yes, I once had an invalid opinion. That people with broken legs do not walk too well.
on Haiku 2004 by Princess_Snowflake 3 Jan 2004, 11:54 AM
You seem to have put effort into getting the syllable count correct. Unfortunately it should be 5-7-5 not 5-5-7.

Personally I would say abandon the syllable counting and just write something in the spirit of haiku.

This poem is by no stretch of the imagination a haiku, but nevertheless I find it cute.
on Haikus for Nentwined by horus8 3 Jan 2004, 10:16 AM
and tis the year of the monkey
replying on Petrarchan Sonnet about Love by emilyowey 2 Jan 2004, 3:29 PM
How can a sincere poem rhyme real with feel and night with light?

And you don't have to imagine who gave it a -0- because it says under view voting details.

By the way hipster flare is rather good
on The wise by richa 2 Jan 2004, 1:51 PM
Thanks for the comments on this, I may use part of it but the poem for me developed too much into a bit of a broadside against aging and the old, which was not meant.
on A stitch by EAger to Offend 2 Jan 2004, 12:55 PM
What about the opioids that null extreme pains when the pain is no longer adaptive?
Well written, a bit of the 'science' sounds too much like pop cosmology though.
on The Fire of My Mind by RubyDragonKnight 2 Jan 2004, 12:52 PM
Beta-blockers better still.
on metaphorically speaking by somemorepoetry 2 Jan 2004, 12:51 PM
Starts and ends with a nice clear voice, but gets a bit confusing in the middle
on New Leaf by dragonfly 2 Jan 2004, 12:47 PM
Kind of pretty. Sight of him asleep is a bit worn though. And what has leaves got to do with anything.

Good though.
on O Death by lastobelus 2 Jan 2004, 12:43 PM
The parenthesesed part is pointless.

And the poem is kind of messy. Other than that very good.
'the drummer from def leopard has only one arm'?

Thats nothing, the guy who produces their records is a dog!
on Emotions and the night by Evening 31 Dec 2003, 12:54 PM
the night smells spicy and sweet????

Other than that a well ordered poem and a killer last line.
on Anvil man by INTRANSIT 31 Dec 2003, 12:52 PM
Not sure about the you are this I am that approach. But the logic, storytelling of this piece is very well crafted. Scarcely a wasted word.
on Let's Play by jasondingus 31 Dec 2003, 12:40 PM
Kind of literate, but you may just bore your conquest to sleep with lines like :'Lift my shirt, above my head,Let it fall, beside the bed, Flesh on flesh, we shall be, I need you to, ravage me,'

It lacks a certain passion don't you think.
on Drag me Down, Deadweight by phbiscuit 31 Dec 2003, 12:36 PM
Not sure where the walking comes from in the last line, or the cold for that matter (you said earlier the water was warmer where you were together- a rather sweet line).

Also I find such fantasies both overdone and to a certain extent melodramatic.

Other than that this is really good.
on The Waning Spring by tuthaliash 31 Dec 2003, 12:32 PM
very sweet, lots of heart.
on Lie by Pervy Elf 31 Dec 2003, 12:31 PM
emotion is
belief
is lie.
on Santa’s Journal 25thDec2003 by ShaNoN+960317485 29 Dec 2003, 12:24 PM
'Breasts of the garden uplands' - yes, clear image, interlocking spurs would be the geographical name I think.

Like the line breaks, very well crafted.

Just a thought, I guess a fun poem like this would benefit from some louder rhymes, like a roger mcgough's childrens poem.