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by Nightmute
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:29 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: In the days of yore....
Replies: 6
Views: 5111

Re: In the days of yore....

Of times gone by, and how the restrictions placed upon a society weighed heavy on more than a few, Sandra.
by Nightmute
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:27 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The Hedgerow
Replies: 3
Views: 6291

Re: The Hedgerow

Quite the awesome and inventive write this is, Cindy. Reminds me of those soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknown. Great descriptiveness that truly gives the feeling of the hedgerow standing sentinel duty.
by Nightmute
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:24 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Let Us Pray For Our Hostess Stella Armour
Replies: 11
Views: 10607

Re: Let Us Pray For Our Hostess Stella Armour

How extraordinarily beautiful, Karin, and surely I, too, shall be in prayer for Stella. I am so glad to hear that she is healing up after the surgery.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:57 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY"
Replies: 6
Views: 5743

Re: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY"

Well, happy birthday, dear Cindy, and I hope it was filled with much joy and bliss, Ma'am. God bless you.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:56 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Will You love Me Then
Replies: 5
Views: 5644

Re: Will You love Me Then

A compelling and heartfelt write, Joseph. With love, true love, there is no doubt that the ardor shall remain.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:54 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Precrastination
Replies: 6
Views: 6753

Re: Precrastination

Ha! Seems we have to work harder to put things off, my friend. Well, I guess we have all means and mechanisms to help us justify not doing what it is we should be doing. A fun and witty write....love it, sir!
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:50 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: It's Lent again
Replies: 7
Views: 6205

Re: It's Lent again

We really should have a softened heart year round...and this time of season reminds us of why it is we should be loving and caring to those around us, Sandra.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:46 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: DIY
Replies: 9
Views: 7256

Re: DIY

Ha! Somehow, Tom, I do not think you shall disappoint, sir.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:45 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Somewhere in Time ~ pantoum
Replies: 9
Views: 8070

Re: Somewhere in Time ~ pantoum

Oh, but that is just so beautifully and delicately written, Stella! An impressive write using such a fantastic form to really hone the message of love, Ma'am. How glorious it is to be so fluent in so many art forms, as you are, Stella.
by Nightmute
Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:20 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Blowing Kisses (a senryu)
Replies: 12
Views: 9654

Re: Blowing Kisses (a senryu)

Nice! How lovely this is, Stella, and the feeling of bliss and joy you convey is utterly fantastic, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:34 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Praise Him in all Seasons, Yea
Replies: 6
Views: 5620

Praise Him in all Seasons, Yea

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14844479937_395484746d.jpg A way? or The Way. by J316 , on Flickr Easy, 'tis, to praise Your name when well it goes the flow within our lives, Your blessings felt, and with smiles we praise You so. With ease we lift up praise to You while storms are held at b...
by Nightmute
Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Scavenger Hunt
Replies: 6
Views: 6362

Re: Scavenger Hunt

A gleeful, joy-filled write, with such a happy flow, Dorothy. Thank you for sharing this wonderful, uplifting write, my friend.
by Nightmute
Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:43 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Grey outside (haiku)
Replies: 9
Views: 7870

Re: Grey outside (haiku)

How a child's laughter can utterly negate the melancholia that seeks to envelop us, Ken. A brilliant haiku!
by Nightmute
Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:40 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: I’ll Not Do That Again (Triolet )
Replies: 8
Views: 7428

Re: I’ll Not Do That Again (Triolet )

If only we could be sure that we didn't repeat, over and over, those mistakes that lead to such pain and embarrasment, Tom. A fun read, my friend, and one that put a big smile on my face (as I've hit my thumb too many times before, and haven't learned, it would appear).
by Nightmute
Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: It happens sometimes
Replies: 7
Views: 6958

Re: It happens sometimes

Ah, but we are given that opportunity to let loose when the sun is new in the sky, Sandra. A bit of housecleaning of the mind, and we are made the better for it, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:36 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: I Know What It's Like
Replies: 8
Views: 9174

Re: I Know What It's Like

Your words encompass well that pain we, as parents, feel when an older child of ours suffers through misfortunes and the like. We want the best for our children, but the choices now are up to them on what it is they do in life, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:32 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: To Life, With Love-Sonnet
Replies: 7
Views: 6995

Re: To Life, With Love-Sonnet

A beautiful sonnet that reminds us of how we should engage our remembrances with a heart filled with love, Joseph.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:28 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Dreams and Reality
Replies: 3
Views: 4791

Re: Dreams and Reality

With the future spread out so gloriously before us when we are younger, we give no thought to how we'll feel when we gain a few years, Dorothy...and though we still love and laugh, we also have learned of pain and have felt the sting of tears, Ma'am. A beautiful write, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:27 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: She Doesn't Know I Write of Her...
Replies: 4
Views: 5078

She Doesn't Know I Write of Her...

I have not told her of this, truly. She knows not that I write such words to glory in her magnificent manner; to bask in her beauty, her banner I fly. She is made to be unaware of words that sing out of my heart, to paper, and ever shall she never know, for never shall I read these to her. I share n...
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Suddenly.
Replies: 7
Views: 6746

Re: Suddenly.

The external stresses placed upon us float magically away when it is we allow ourselves to venture forth through pen and ink while our inner voice sings with such a beautiful voice, Fay. We needn't be made to be crippled by the burdens others seek to place upon us constantly, my friend, and you capt...
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:21 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: The Snowstorm
Replies: 6
Views: 6865

Re: The Snowstorm

We face the changes that transform the very scene and environment around us, Cindy, and you wonderfully depict one such change that I, too, am quite familiar with up here in Alaska, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:22 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Going Back
Replies: 4
Views: 4491

Re: Going Back

A trip of major significance, Stella, where the mind and heart are given a ride back through those yore-tinged times, Ma'am. The construction of this write is brilliantly done so that we feel we, too, are aboard that train, going where it is we must travel.
by Nightmute
Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:19 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Our Moonstruck Dreamscape
Replies: 9
Views: 8607

Re: Our Moonstruck Dreamscape

Exquisite flow, so delicately laid out in stunning verse, Karin. A true treasure to read and feel, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD (Nightmute)
Replies: 11
Views: 10325

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD (Nightmute)

...and thank you, Stella, for this awesome post, my friend!
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:30 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD (Nightmute)
Replies: 11
Views: 10325

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD (Nightmute)

Wow! I am digging the music/video, Stella. Most excellent...and who can't help but feel exuberant after listening to the song and reading this fantastic post, Ma'am. So....carrot cake or German chocolate for the cake today? I'm leaving the decision in the hands of my most-capable wife. Whatever she ...
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:56 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: I Have Never Been To Mexico
Replies: 4
Views: 5878

Re: I Have Never Been To Mexico

Cindy, I absolutely love Mexican food...my all-time favorite kind of food in the world, for sure! And now I am craving some tacos, enchiladas, and some chile verde, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:52 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Annabel
Replies: 6
Views: 6032

Re: Annabel

You capture well the feeling of absence when someone intimate with us passes on, Sandra. I cannot help but think that this is referring to a pet, perhaps? The raising of the voice whenever "marauders" would invade the treeline makes me think of how my own pets raise the alarm at home whene...
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:47 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Yeah Right
Replies: 7
Views: 6813

Re: Yeah Right

Ha! A fun read, to be sure, Tom. Indeed, that has to be the biggest wave ever recorded, sir.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:14 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Seasons Of Life
Replies: 10
Views: 8364

Re: Seasons Of Life

Great flow to this wonderful write, Joseph. We truly experience the seasons as we progress through life, indeed.
by Nightmute
Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:05 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Flaky Goodbyes.
Replies: 4
Views: 5215

Re: Flaky Goodbyes.

The startling beauty of the scene is well worth remembering, Fay. During our Alaskan winters, we are given such spectacular views involving snow, ice, sunshine, northern lights, etc. The experience is priceless..."no paper / money could ever buy" such grandness, Ma'am. A gem of a poem, my ...
by Nightmute
Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:54 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Plagued by Dementia
Replies: 7
Views: 6642

Re: Plagued by Dementia

A most saddening thing, Sandra...to be robbed of one's memories and mental faculties, yet to still feel the confusion and fear associated with knowing that something is terribly wrong. How chilling it must be, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:52 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: “PADDY THE POET”
Replies: 7
Views: 6096

Re: “PADDY THE POET”

Thank you, Stella, for providing the link to his writings, Ma'am. I shall certainly make time to peruse his works, my friend. God bless you.
by Nightmute
Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:51 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Too Late
Replies: 5
Views: 7453

Re: Too Late

It takes one's breath away to realize just how much beauty we have missed, and the potential of missing even more soul-searing beauty due to circumstance and happenstance, Cindy. Nonetheless, we should celebrate that the world contains such an abundance of creativity and a wealth of such stunning be...
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:51 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: On being brown....
Replies: 9
Views: 7818

Re: On being brown....

We are created in a certain fashion, and yet folks contend with and against those things that we were given at birth instead of being content in who and what they are, Sandra. As the father so wisely notes, true beauty comes from within and is the most important. The sooner folks realize this, the h...
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:46 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Through Her Eyes
Replies: 7
Views: 6884

Re: Through Her Eyes

One's perspective and view on even the seeming mundane things in life can be so telling, Nishu. Perhaps it does point to a heart condition, as you make mention, for his was surely closed off and shut down, and he is left to suffer because of it, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Restless ~ a diminished hexaverse
Replies: 5
Views: 4902

Re: Restless ~ a diminished hexaverse

That feeling of being alone comes through so clearly through this write, Stella. The desire for sleep to come so that we can bathe in the memories of the one we are missing, and yet the night almost seems to hold back the sleep we so long for. Beautiful write in a wonderful format, Stella.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:21 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: My Search - a spontaneous write
Replies: 4
Views: 5069

Re: My Search - a spontaneous write

A great feel given through this write on that seeming search for self we all take to, Sandra...until we realize that we've been in possession of what we've been searching for all along, Ma'am...or that is has been available to us most, if not, all the time we were searching.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:19 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Suddenly.
Replies: 7
Views: 6746

Re: Suddenly.

It is freedom, indeed, Fay...this gift of writing, of penning one's soul and heart. We are sometimes smothered by all that is going on around us, and by those who surround us, Ma'am. A bit of 'Me' time, spent with pen and paper, can dramatically free us from the stresses that abound.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:04 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Old Man And His Dam
Replies: 6
Views: 6102

Re: Old Man And His Dam

A sad-tinged write, but done with much majesty, Joseph. Associating the dam with this elderly gentleman is a stroke of genius. How we are worn down and made tired by life. Nostalgic, yet this telling is conveyed with dignity, sir. Well done.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:48 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: New Daughter & Granddaughter - To Stephen & Stella
Replies: 8
Views: 10152

Re: New Daughter & Granddaughter - To Stephen & Stella

What an absolutely fantastic write this is, Karin, and congratulations to Stella at the birth of a darling new granddaughter. May Stephen and his wife be blessed by this miracle that the Lord has given them. What a happy day, indeed!
by Nightmute
Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:42 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Carpe-ing Diem.
Replies: 3
Views: 4952

Re: Carpe-ing Diem.

You have not only seized the day, dear Fay, but have seized my admiration for the high skill you use to bring this before us, Ma'am. Glorious and grand penning!
by Nightmute
Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:40 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Just Take My Hand (An Ottava Rima Poem)
Replies: 5
Views: 5584

Re: Just Take My Hand (An Ottava Rima Poem)

I believe I've seen this form used before, though I cannot recall it being put to use in such an extravagant and beautiful way, Karin. You thrill us with the observations made and excite us through the beautiful descriptiveness given, Ma'am. A sheer joy to read this uplifting and gorgeous write!
by Nightmute
Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:28 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT
Replies: 8
Views: 7093

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT

Well, I wish Pat the Happiest Birthday ever, too. God bless you, Ma'am, and may you enjoy many more to come.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:47 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: a blessed cadence called me to you
Replies: 3
Views: 4805

a blessed cadence called me to you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MC4QCidHrs they know only the rumor of me, not the truth of my skin, not the weight of my bones. what it is they know is less than naught. taste, then, taste of the longing in my blood, realized. pure thought speaks with ravaged voice through veins, filled steaming,...
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:56 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Oops and Billycus the Belly Button
Replies: 2
Views: 4214

Re: Oops and Billycus the Belly Button

Clever, my friend. The cutting away of the physical tie that once bound Mummy to child is abrubt and quickly healed...emotional ties between the two can last a lifetime, however, Denys.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Pain Is Always Hungry
Replies: 6
Views: 7723

Re: Pain Is Always Hungry

You convey so well the ravenous-seeming nature of pain, Cindy, whether it be due to a physical ailment or a pang of the heart, Ma'am.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:51 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: A reluctant visit
Replies: 6
Views: 5762

Re: A reluctant visit

Ouch, indeed! I was unlucky enough to have my four wisdom teeth pulled while stationed overseas....and the dentist was none to gentle and none too caring about how he approached, and proceeded, to rip those teeth away, Sandra. I certainly hope you heal up quickly and never have to go through such a ...
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:47 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: A Heartbeat Away
Replies: 6
Views: 5939

Re: A Heartbeat Away

A comforting and touching write, Nishu. Just knowing that another has your best interest at heart and is always available gives a person a warm and secure feeling.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:43 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: Letters
Replies: 7
Views: 6496

Re: Letters

A sad and disconcerting end that holds much pain, Tom. Not all stories end happily, I fear, but the beautiful love he had for his wife is not negated by that sad ending, sir. A heart-wrenching write, indeed.
by Nightmute
Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:40 pm
Forum: Community Poems
Topic: YOU
Replies: 8
Views: 6833

Re: YOU

Another who can bring to us such a feeling of peacefulness and beautiful calm is a blessing, indeed, Stella. A gorgeous write this is, Ma'am.

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