Monday, July 31, 2017

Was It True?

Impressive quilling....Just an observation.... Unless you are an agnostic or atheist, God should be capitalized. Good write though.-Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr

Ambulating Pain

Painful picture painted with perfection. TFS.-Supratik Sen, Kolkata

Friday, July 28, 2017

Understanding Death

and death shall have no dominion.-onepauly

Dead Faith

Quite a comedy of errors in 'Dead Faith'. And 'Everything is abused for self gratification.' Good write. -Leonard Dabydeen, Brampton, Ontario, Canada

A fine poem with genuine feeling of repentance. Tears indeed try to wash away our past ignorance and weaknesses. -GSP Rao, Hyderabad

Delighted to shortlist the poem. -Editorial team, Your Space

Sarcasm and satire seem to be at the helm here. However, it is also an occasion to wash away sins and a time to confess. -Supratik Sen, Kolkata

I liked the line'To live without meaning is very painful'`A good poem sir. -Rajiv Ajjibal, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Tears can wash away all sins. Wonderful poem. -UK Atiyodi, Kandangali, Payyanur 670307

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Talking To Monkshood

Wonderful philosophical musings. Thanks. I quote:
Kneeling before invisible / god, the absurd icons,
O god, we run after you / when there was no answer.-Rajnish Manga

Absurdity

"...bail out/the saint of fallen apes..." if the tree is a rood and the bail out redemption and humanity then absurdities abound.-allets

Great powerful poem I feel the middle stanza could be left out and it would still be as powerful! Fantastic write! Of course I expect nothing less from you.

Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS "Well, it's life SIMS, but not as we know it" - SSmoothie

Countdown

Nice composition.-Jasneet Kaur, New Delhi

Unjointed

Such a masterpiece!!-Frank

Satish, this painted vividly such sad scenes. A sad write that takes you somewhere to think. You do have a way with that. Beautifully written.-mossgirl19

Everlasting

Each stanza is beautiful with great visuals and deep but illusive meaning. An intricate and thought provoking piece.-Milly Hayward

This is fantastic, Satish. Beautiful.-mossgirl19

Unstitching

This is really deep and took me somewhere.-mossgirl19

Unusual but compelling piece-Milly Hayward

Mourning Band

I agree with Mel and Brenda. Amazing write!-Ren

This is breathtakingly beautiful.-mossgirl19

Your writes transcend even description. Amazing...-Brenda

Away From Home

This is a truly stunning post! The imagery is so heavy. The last line tugged deep in my heart.-mossgirl19

Monday, July 24, 2017

Friday, July 21, 2017

Standing Still

This screams of deep loss.-Poetic Beauty 

Stuffed Silence

"...Unchained freedom will
"...Unchained freedom will come late,
when you become the destiny..."
I could not stop re-reading these lines. -  allets

A Tree House

Changing Landscape

Loving this poem! Keep up the good work.-Stumped

You select such simple states of color...For some reason when I pictured your choice of "red" what I imagined was maroon. Very nice.-abstractempo

Don't Throw The Pebbles

Amazing poem presenting a philosophical view of life. Thanks. I quote:
Listen, I cast off / my knighthood and wear
the tattered cloak to meet / my other self.
Who will write the / epitaph, when the grave
was desecrated for unknown sin?-Rajnish Manga

Eternal Cuddle

Contrary to conventional interpretation, I find this rather optimistic. While the first line of every stanza brings a new dimesnsion to the text, there is still a light of hope when you throw questions at an incomplete script.-Supratik Sen, Kolkata

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Neighbours Watch

Understanding your poems is one thing and analysing them is another. It seems rather shallow to generalize your poems, but I have found most of them without any leverage, your imagery floods the reader without any support to lean on. A splendid experience reading your poems. Here, in Neighbours Watch, right from the first line you take your readers on a roller-coaster ride talking about the hollowness of bringing down god as a module. Well done, as it were, but my most affectionate protest is in the tense of your last line, 'Neighbours were watching'. -Supratik Sen, Kolkata

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Returning Home

wait till I get my gun.-onepauly

Mine too pard. Be outta town by sundown, or lma coming in for a show down pard.-Damaged Soul/Kindred Spirit

For Nothing

A veritable mosaic of word-Damaged Soul/Kindred Spirit

A little sad, it feels. Certainly exquisite in both flow and scheme. Well done.-Nicholas Browning

Plasmolyzed

Mesmerizing as always.-Nicholas Browning

ouch this one is hot. great wording my friend.-kevin browne

Serendipity

"There are no comments, no
judgement. Only blood in the kitchen."
Kitchen, that is where substance is prepared. I think I know where you were going with this, I just don't know what it has to do with serendipity.
Anyhow, your metaphors, and poem in general, were fun to read. Thanks for sharing.-Shy Joe 

Dysphonia

An imaginative poem that speaks through poetry.-Robert Murray Smith

Saturday, July 15, 2017

I See My Own Demise

The poem talks about emersion into the abyss as well as about emancipation. It has also touched upon one of the four aspects of Russian formalism (In French, it is called Le jeu de véridiction, or the game of truth or veridiction; in fact it's a play of I, le jeu (play) du je (I))...when it writes 'I am, what I am not. All the four are:
1. I am what I am (Truth)
2. I am not, what I am (Lie)
3. I am, what I am not (Secret)
4. I am not what I am not (Illusion), where the second 'am' (to be) actually means 'appear' (to appear); for example I am what I appear to be, and so on.
Of course one understands why secret has been chosen because the reader sort of recovers from a force majeure, like saved somehow from an earthquake or a volcano upon reading the very frist line:
'Anxiety was touching the mime'; when mime is affected by anxiety, then the truth, or what we know as truth, falls.
An intellectually stimulating read.-Supratik Sen, Kolkata

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Time

This stream of consciousness poem wanted to come out, and it did.-Robert Murray Smith

Something To Grieve

Hi Mr. Verma: By chance, I came across your poem. I am glad I did. And, I liked what I read. A soulful poem; delicately coined. Wishing you my best, Suvasini-Suvasini

Lunar Eclipse

Oh, wow, what a mind blowing piece, Satish! Superb imagery and rich word choice! A great write!-mossgirl19

Gestures

Woods Of Craft

A wonderful poem. Agree with Supratik sir, lies have a larger than life appearance. Sadly we have been conditioned to live in the vicinity of lies. -Annapurna Sharma, Nellore

The poem talks about the decandance of society which has led to disillusionment of the self. Every depth of understanding is being hijacked by shallowness, getting lost in the jungles of craft.
The truth must meet the lie-alone, in woods of craft.

The truth we are talking about here in the poem can also bring some hope if it were to meet the lie alone in the open, but the challenge is that the lies always are in groups, they are never alone, if they are they might come back to their sense. Supratik Sen, Kolkata

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Disaster

This is very cryptic. I've read the story of Icarus. Nice stuff, well done.-Nicholas Browning

Withering

The last stanza was my favorite, but I really enjoyed the set-up for it with the first two stanzas! This is a really beautiful poem.-Rachel 

Monday, July 10, 2017

Raging Debate

Reading Between The Lines
is impossible because of the density of the forest of concepts - welcome configurations as in "...like the bit of softness between the grass and sky,,,,.-allets

Pandering

Society can be twisted and greedy.-Jessica

a really strong piece great work :)-chandelier

Satish,
Very powerful piece of writing.-Michael

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Truth Will Not Multiply

It says nearly everything about the circus show with the refrain coming like a sad and entertaining joker. Marvellous.-Supratik Sen, Kolkata

Laughing Skull

Confusing by design. -Supratik Sen, Kolkata

A captivating read. -Jasneet Kaur, New Delhi 

A Love Story

A nice, nostalgic love story. Different from your usual themes. -GSP Rao, Hyderabad

Afraid of whom?

If I have understood you properly, yes, faith doesn't provide all the answers and could be seen as naive sometimes. But it does extend moral courage to see us through the difficult phases of life. Faith to the uninitiated is akin to intellect of the philosopher. -GSP Rao, Hyderabad

Strange Happenings

Downhill Journey

This is fantastic and such ashame it's been missed.-Em

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Earthy Smell

It is a beautiful philosophical poem with captivating collocation. It may be quoted.. A temple becomes
a monument, without deity.
There was only one survivor,
the godless curse. Thanks for sharing. -Kumarmani Mahakul

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Monday, July 3, 2017

Earthy Smell

It is a beautiful philosophical poem with captivating collocation. It may be quoted.. A temple becomes
a monument, without deity.
There was only one survivor,
the godless curse. Thanks for sharing.-Kumarmani Mahakul

The Birth Pangs

A sad piece. What I get from it is a mother that has lost her child. Having people close to me that have it touches me. Thank you for sharing, it was great.-Damien Ridge 

Absurdity

"...bail out/the saint of fallen apes..." if the tree is a rood and the bail out redemption and humanity then absurdities abound.- allets

Great powerful poem I feel the middle stanza could be left out and it would still be as powerful! Fantastic write! Of course I expect nothing less from you x hugss
Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS
"Well, it's life SIMS, but not as we know it" - SSmoothieNew

Sunday, July 2, 2017

The Closed Windo

Interesting piece. Could be a few possibilities for meaning and that's what makes a poem extra special. Thanks for making me think!-Damien Ridge

Saturday, July 1, 2017