A Little Underwear Humor (Short Story) - 2/18/2022 8:41:12 AM
Very intriguing, and very well written,
can't wait to see what the Devil's ammo is.
thanks for sharing.
Steve
Operation Red Phone (Short Story) - 2/1/2022 12:11:54 PM
Because you have introduced us to these seven individuals so well, I for one, would want to read to the end, so I hope it does continue. For one thing, any time a story begins from seven different angles (like the movie ‘Crash’ or any other film that does this weaving participants’ lives) I find myself wanting to get to know them lots more, and the introduction here delivers that invite. Also, “ITS IN THE WATER’” has a curiosity magnitude of plus 10x. I enjoy the definers, those details like ‘old librarian,’ ‘modest egg,’ ‘soft sweater,’ ‘labyrinth streets,’ ‘purple drop.’ One place needs a different word, “…fireman is peeled to the television,” — I think you mean ‘glued to the television,’ I hope you write more on this, I want to know what will ‘change the world for the good.’ ~~ djl
Sixty Pink Flamingos (Short Story) - 2/1/2022 11:49:44 AM
Exquisite! You have a striking knack for unusual words, some may even be of your invention, and I so like that*. I do it, too :) This is a twice-read-through to get the essence of it, and a curiosity. In this one short vignette so much is happening. Instant fondness for ‘Lady,’ and profuse bravo for her flamingoman. Great imagination and full of energy and resurgence. Love it* ~~ djl
The Inventor (Short Story) - 1/30/2022 9:22:44 PM
I like your writing style. It is brightly brimming with originality and imagination. This one makes me think you could write a splurge about anything at all. As your bio states, you have been writing for a nice, long time* happythankyoumoreplease ~~ djl
The Diva (Short Story) - 1/30/2022 9:18:25 PM
So very clever, playful, and witty use of words. Love that Godiva has both God and diva. I like the freedom this contains, it sashes along with confectionary perfection. ~~ djl
The Cormorant Feather (Short Story) - 1/30/2022 9:14:41 PM
This has a lot of energy within it. Very descriptive and alive. ~~ djl
The Cormorant Feather (Short Story) - 8/22/2021 2:48:11 AM
I can't wait to read what happens next.
I love stories like this Peace. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
The Cormorant Feather (Short Story) - 7/4/2021 3:51:21 PM
Intriguing and engaging, M.R. Love, peace, and best wishes,
Regis. 🌺🙏🌳🍁
The Cormorant Feather (Short Story) - 1/28/2021 9:17:11 AM
Notwithstanding the cormorant's ungainly gait, it's a bird that (some believe) symbolizes taking action, bravery, and imagination. There is beauty in Cormorant feathers. In the sunlight each of them reflects a uniquely distinctive iridescence. Much like each of us I'm thinking. All the same, but so remarkably different in how we view and express life. Peace... rlc
The Cormorant Feather (Short Story) - 1/25/2021 9:34:08 AM
You have obviously included in this brief introduction to a story the clichéd flying saucer encounter and given a very strong hint that the daughter, Jilly may have been abducted and then given. The giving of the Cormorant feather would indicate some Native American influence.
Interested in seeing where you going with this.
Ron
The Cormorant Feather (Short Story) - 1/22/2021 3:56:59 AM
Bird feathers are a precious spiritual gift, as are the words of your story, to be continued.
Cora Ling (Short Story) - 12/11/2020 11:37:51 AM
A lovely story with magic and optimism.
Cora Ling (Short Story) - 12/10/2020 12:16:15 PM
a fine seasonal end
Cora Ling (Short Story) - 12/10/2020 11:06:15 AM
Everyone likes a Christmas miracle. Being a little hard of hearing, I can see what a wonderful gift that would be for Cora to have.
Ron
Operation Red Phone (Short Story) - 10/16/2020 8:59:33 AM
I have spotted a number of incongruencies that would need to be corrected for this to be respected by science fiction readers. Also a number of simple errors that a good editor could improve.
There is a certain anticipation set up by going around the world and giving just a little bit of information about characters and what they are doing, but I don't see anything connecting at all in this very short, "to be continued," story. In other words, nothing is happening here to cause anyone concern. What would be overwhelming making me want to read to the finish?
Ron
Operation Red Phone (Short Story) - 10/14/2020 9:32:35 PM
Sounds to me the beginning of a good sci-fi story! I'm not sure what year or century this story is taking place, but it seems to me the COVID virus still exists in this era. Need to read more.
Sandie
The Diva (Short Story) - 2/5/2019 2:47:50 PM
a well enjoyed taste of fun.
budd
The Diva (Short Story) - 1/5/2019 9:47:08 AM
A cute write. Wifey enjoys Godiva sometimes. We both consistently prefer Dove dark chocolate. Peace... r
The Diva (Short Story) - 1/5/2019 4:41:46 AM
Godiva chocolates are my favorites! They're heavenly!
The Diva (Short Story) - 1/4/2019 9:12:31 AM
By using God and Diva this chocolate company has created a great marketing ploy. From gifts, recently, I have been able to taste these chocolates. I find them to be overpriced and contain very little chocolate... Mostly filler. I've acquired a taste for bitter, dark "baker's" chocolate. Actually more flavorful and the most healthy.
Ron
The Diva (Short Story) - 1/4/2019 5:29:44 AM
Devilishly good fun in this story. I love Godiva chocolates, have ever since I lived in Belgium many years ago, where I landed my very first job teaching 8th grade (1967!)
The Inventor (Short Story) - 1/4/2019 4:09:53 AM
You've given me an idea! I'm thinking a blow dryer could be used to pop corn...just kidding.
The Inventor (Short Story) - 1/3/2019 10:30:24 AM
A likely story. ;-) One of the many stories surrounding George Foreman. I didn't check, but I believe George has eight sons all named George. How is that for confusion? George loves cars and is a preacher by profession. Has had to do other things, like box and promote, to earn money for his large family, car collection, and church (in that order?)
Did you know that the Weed Wacker was invented right here in Houston where our St. Augustine grass sends out runners 12 inches in a week across sidewalks in an unsightly manner that any oil-rich Houstonian abhors. Fortunately, the weedeater or whatever other name it was called, edges the sidewalk and lawn beautifully. When Sears and other retail outlets started selling his invention, the guy sued and won.
Unfortunately, I had a front ender on my classic 73 Monte Carlo. Our shop foreman told me that he knew a guy, John Foreman, George's cousin, who could get a front end clip for me. John was a nice guy and very helpful. He located a 73 clip, but it fell off the forklift when they brought it down from storage and damaged it. And then, he delivered a 74 clip to the shop doing the repair. At my insistence, he removed the 74 clip and found me a 73 that he found out in a field somewhere, but still usable. My car was never the same. But I paid him and we parted ways amicably.
Ron
The Inventor (Short Story) - 1/3/2019 7:33:00 AM
What a delightful story, almost as scrumptious as the story.
When I Die (Poetry) - 8/17/2026 1:50:48 PM
Young, eternal Rose, without doubt I most certainly believe Christ’s promise is greater than that. Death isn’t the end, but a doorway to the beautiful white shores of what continues.
When I Die (Poetry) - 7/6/2026 2:26:16 PM
AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD. THOSE THAT DIE WILL SLEEP THE SLEEP OF DEATH, UNTIL HE COMES BACK AS PROMISED. THEN WE SHALL BE 'CHANGED' IN AN INSTANT! OUR MORTALITY WILL INSTANTLY CHANGE TO IMMORTALITY(1ST THESS 4:17-18) AND...DEPENDING ON OUR CHOICES DOWN HERE... WE WILL FACE ETERNAL PEACE OR ETERNAL DAMNATION...FOREVER MORE! THANKS FOR SHARING, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Creator Of The Stars (Poetry) - 7/6/2026 1:49:54 PM
SO ENJOYED. IT EXPRESSES YOUR FAITH IN OUR ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH... WHO CREATED ALL THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE AND HOLDS ALL THINGS IN HIS HANDS. NO NEED TO WORRY, MY FRIEND...HE LOVES YOU AND HEARS YOUR EVERY PLEA. CONTINUE TO TRUST HIM TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU, ALWAYS, AMEN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Creator Of The Stars (Poetry) - 7/6/2026 11:07:14 AM
Very whimsical and carefree. I found myself gliding along with you through the stars and symphony of everything in your path of the poem.
Ron
When I Die (Poetry) - 6/18/2026 8:03:31 AM
When a rose dies, the flower fades and disintegrates into its basic elements. But every flower has seeds. The seeds become future rosebushes if they happen to land in the right soil and conditions to grow.
Likewise, humans, even when they are preserved like the Egyptians attempted with those of higher statue in the society, really only live on in their seed…their children who carry the same DNA and genes.
Those of us of a scientific mind, know that the universe recycles everything. All that we are made of regardless of how our bodies are dealt with after death, reused again and again over cycles of billions of years.
There is no evidence yet, that the spirit that is Mystic Rose will continue on…except in our children. I have no children. So my DNA will only be passed on by my brothers and sister.
Ron
When I Die (Poetry) - 6/18/2026 1:27:45 AM
I think you'll be a beautiful shining Child of perfection living in a glious mansion all prepared just for you.
We could be neighbours.
Love this introspective write Rose.
xoxo 😘 Ch'erie
To Rise Above The Fire (Poetry) - 3/16/2026 10:18:40 PM
INDEED, MY FRIEND...THE WORD OF GOD GIVES US THIS INFALLIBLE PROMISE! FOR IT TELLS US THAT '....THOSE THAT WAIT UPON HIM WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, MOUNTING UP WITH WINGS...LIKE EAGLES...' THUS, WITHOUT QUESTION '...THOSE THAT, THROUGH FAITH, 'OVERCOMETH' WILL ONE DAY...RISE ABOVE ALL OBSTACLES LIVING FOREVER IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD! A FINE INSPIRATIONAL WORK, SO ENJOYED. THANK YOU! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
To Rise Above The Fire (Poetry) - 2/23/2026 10:49:12 AM
You made me recall the bald eagle in North America. Almost gone when I spotted one feeding off a calf that had been thrown out in the back 40 by a farmer after it died.
It was a cold windy January day when I saw the eagle high in a tree. I called the DNR to tell them I had spotted him.
Bald eagles have overcome the fire of their cracked eggs by DDT and are now commonly seen by me and others all across this great land again.
Ron
To Rise Above The Fire (Poetry) - 2/22/2026 8:21:42 AM
Your poem rises with the same lift and luminosity as the eagle you describe. I love how you frame ascent not as escape, but as a movement toward clarity — toward that higher vantage where light steadies the soul. The imagery is bold and beautifully cinematic: “biting off the night,” “aeroponic wings of love,” “stars that shine asunder.” Each line feels like a step upward through fire into vision.
A joy to read.
Porky Pig And Daffy Duck (Poetry) - 2/21/2026 11:13:10 PM
WHAT...FUN STUFF...! GREAT TO IMAGINE THAT IN EVERY COMMUNITY(SMILE)...THERE IS A TIME FOR FUN!!! THANKS FOR THE SHARE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Winter Calm (Poetry) - 2/21/2026 11:08:44 PM
EVERY SEASON...BRINGS ITS OWN 'GIFTS'. BUT, SOMETIMES THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER 'THINGS' GOING-ON IN ONE'S LIFE THEY CAN MISS THE BLESSINGS OF THE SEASON. THANK YOU, MYSTIC, FOR REMINDING US WITH THIS FINE SHARING. ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Winter Calm (Poetry) - 2/8/2026 11:29:03 AM
Here I am in a winter wonderland, immersed in your lovely poem. Thank you for bringing back such beautiful memories of my youth.
Truly appreciated,
Myra
Myra Wexler Darwish
Winter Calm (Poetry) - 1/22/2026 9:09:37 PM
Thinking of nothing but snow this weekend and this is the peaceful snow one hopes for!
Winter Calm (Poetry) - 1/19/2026 2:41:09 PM
Beautifully written. Brought me memories of when I was mesmerized by just watching the snow fall silently, and sometimes, relentlessly until the landscape took on an entirely different, much softer, view than it had before. What a transforming beauty snow can be!
Ron
Winter Calm (Poetry) - 1/19/2026 1:22:21 PM
A beautiful seasonal winter. No matter how harsh and cruel winter can be, there is something beautiful about it as well. This you have captured admiringly.
Porky Pig And Daffy Duck (Poetry) - 12/19/2025 12:15:31 PM
This one really takes me back to where I don't remember much anymore except there was a Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in comic books or in Sunday morning cartoons that we always read. Oh the creativity.
Ron
Moving Through Water (Poetry) - 11/22/2025 8:48:06 PM
ONLY A MOTHER KNOWS, INDEED...ONLY A MOTHER'S LOVE CAN SPEAK AS IF...IT HAPPENED, EVEN YESTERDAY. WELL DONE, MYSTIC. THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Mystical Serenity (Poetry) - 11/22/2025 8:41:05 PM
WHAT A FINE...ODE TO NATURE! DONE WITH PERFECTION, BRAVO, MY FRIEND! THANKS FOR THE SHARE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Heavenly Harps (Poetry) - 11/22/2025 8:37:42 PM
A MARVELOUS WORK...! YOUR PHRASES 'PAINT' FANTASTIC IMAGERY HERE, MYSTIC...ENJOYED ENTIRELY! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Heavenly Harps (Poetry) - 11/21/2025 12:51:54 PM
I have dreams like that where I levitate but they are usually a trip or fall that's about to become disastrous. But doesn't. I wake up in the wheelchair watching a dull movie or reading a dull poem
Oh, if that fantasy you have written would come true! There have been depictions showing that that busful existence would be utterly boring compared to life on earth.
Ron
Heavenly Harps (Poetry) - 11/21/2025 2:59:55 AM
"We become summer in the winter of our life." Simply beautiful.
Mystical Serenity (Poetry) - 11/17/2025 8:39:25 AM
It is no mistake why your fantasies are filled with nature. When I think back on fanciful dreams. Nature always plays a large part because just being out in nature can be a wonderful, mystical experience.
I can muse right along with you as you describe fanciful thoughts.
Ron
Moving Through Water (Poetry) - 11/12/2025 2:20:52 AM
So painful, so painful to read, indeed, he didn’t depart, he’s dwelling in your heart.
Moving Through Water (Poetry) - 11/8/2025 8:42:10 AM
As I read I felt the pang of your loss. I sense someone born with a birth defect that didn't allow them a long life.
Ron
Moving Through Water (Poetry) - 11/6/2025 7:42:58 AM
How utterly beautifully written…it moved me to tears…
I share this grief as I have experienced a loss in this way also…I write of it in my poem ‘Kiara’…
Sending much love…❤️
Diana…🌿🌺🌿
When We First Met (Poetry) - 10/18/2025 12:09:29 AM
I TOOK A MINUTE TO THINK BACK, ROSE...! I WAS ALMOST GOING TO SAY...THERE WAS NO 'PUPPY LOVE' FOR ME. BUT THEN, I REMEMBERED! THE BOY WHO LIVED DOWNSTAIRS, OF COURSE...FIRST LOVE, OVER THE SUMMER. ALL ASPHALT THOUGH...WE LIVED IN THE URBAN CITY, BUT THE LIGHT OF 'YOUNG INNOCENT LOVE', THAT HAD A SHORT LIFESPAN, WAS THERE! THANKS FOR THIS PROVOKER OF GOOD AND LOVELY, UNSTAINED CHILDHOOD MEMORIES WHICH WERE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN. ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Come To Me (Poetry) - 9/27/2025 11:17:53 AM
A lovely poem, Mystic Rose...love the imagery!
Enjoyed,
Myra
Myra Wexler Darwish
When We First Met (Poetry) - 9/19/2025 7:04:16 AM
Such memories can be powerful indeed and make for powerful poems. Well done
When We First Met (Poetry) - 9/18/2025 1:49:27 PM
I felt I was immersed in the experience.
One that I never had myself. But wish I had.
Ron
Love Of God (Poetry) - 9/15/2025 4:41:20 PM
YES...! HE IS OUR BREATH AND WE SHOULD BREATHE HIM AND HIS LOVE...WHICH IS AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT IS GREATER THAN WE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO FULLY COMPREHEND... DEEPLY! BRAVO...MYSTIC! THANK YOU FOR THIS KEEPER, INDEED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Silence (Poetry) - 9/15/2025 4:32:55 PM
INDEED...TO FIRST EMBRACE THE BEAUTY OF 'SILENCE' IS THE BEGINNING OF ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING 'THE GIFT' OF...'SILENCE'. WELL DONE, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Friendship Is (Poetry) - 9/15/2025 4:27:18 PM
I AM EMBRACING YOUR FIRST LINE...WHOLEHEARTEDLY. MY MOTHER ONCE TOLD ME SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FOUND TO RING TRUE. SHE SAID, 'IF YOU FIND ONE TRUE FRIEND IN THIS LIFE...IT'S A BLESSING'. SHE WAS RIGHT, AND...I AM SO GLAD THAT...'HE' FOUND ME. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Fairies and Fairy Dust !!! (Poetry) - 9/15/2025 4:21:15 PM
I LOVE WHEN YOU SOAR TO...NEVER LAND...AND EMBRACE...MAKE BELIEVE. YOU DO IT SO WELL WITH ENJOYABLE FAIRYTALES. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Color Of Love (Poetry) - 9/15/2025 4:16:03 PM
LOVE IS...EVERY COLOR ON THE PLANET... THAT EVER WAS...OR EVER WILL BE! AMEN. THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Color Of Love (Poetry) - 9/14/2025 11:29:50 AM
The color of love is whatever you make it to be. For the blind person from birth, it probably is nuances in music. Like the natural spectrum of colors by their vibration.
Come to think of it, Ecstasy would probably be most linked to ultraviolet.
Ron
The Color Of Love (Poetry) - 9/14/2025 7:54:03 AM
The emotions of love, not what they look like, but how they feel, how perceived, and expressed. The imagery is vivid: "heart pumping red" // crimson velvet", evoking both warming and passion as the true staple of love. Not easy to write a poem about love. I like your challenging question at the end. Well done.
Come To Me (Poetry) - 8/31/2025 5:15:23 PM
I love this type of poetry and It does get the reader lost in your words. Thank you for sharing.
I have recently started writing poetry again here after being away for a few years.
Rose
Fairies and Fairy Dust !!! (Poetry) - 8/28/2025 3:11:04 PM
I just love this prose, a work of art! This piece captivates with vivid imagery and a lyrical tone that weaves fantasy and wonder into every line. The creative expression feels both delicate and powerful, a world of pure magic.
Fairies and Fairy Dust !!! (Poetry) - 8/25/2025 11:56:08 AM
So full of descriptive magic that carries the poem beyond the ordinary into the world of fairies.
I couldn't help but notice that the AI generated fairy that only fit your description to a T, but had a faint resemblance in her face of none other than Taylor Swift.
Ron
Fairies and Fairy Dust !!! (Poetry) - 8/22/2025 7:04:27 AM
I love this! I had a Fairy Friend that wore Fairy Wings an Painted Faries!!
Ancient Winds Of Time (Poetry) - 8/19/2025 1:46:42 PM
The poem is simply beautiful! Its words touch my heart in soft gentle ways. I feel at peace within my heart!!!!!!!!
Ancient Winds Of Time (Poetry) - 8/16/2025 2:07:09 PM
AND...WE ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF YOUR MARVELOUS JOURNEY...SHARED. LED THROUGH ANCIENT FIELDS, YOU ARE AWASHED WITH INSPIRATION, AS YOU ARE FILLED WITH PHRASES WHICH ETCH IMAGES OF TOTAL PRAISE TO...GOD, WHO IS 'ULTIMATELY' THE CREATOR OF THE WINDS OF TIME AND...NATURE. ANOTHER FINE WORK, SO ENJOYED, THANK YOU, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Ancient Winds Of Time (Poetry) - 8/16/2025 7:58:49 AM
Indeed nature is truly a spiritual force that you beautifully portray here in this poem. The forest is not just a setting but a living presence. Phrases such as "soft as the ancient winds of time and "loyal and faithful mother earth" evokes a sense of sacred reality in this ephemeral world of physicality. A rich, eloquent nature poem.
Margaret And The Tiffany Hat (Poetry) - 7/22/2025 10:45:38 PM
THE END WAS ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED AND THIS WORK FROM START TO FINISH WAS GREAT! THANKS, MYSTIC AND, YES...I DID LAUGH! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
A Perfect Moment Created, By Joe And Mystic (Poetry) - 7/22/2025 10:40:45 PM
INDEED...A PERFECT MOMENT! THE IMAGERY IN THIS SHARING IS FANTASTIC...!, SO ENJOYED, MYSTIC, THANK YOU! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Come To Me (Poetry) - 5/30/2025 5:53:47 AM
Rose this is enchanting poetry, the kind a reader can get lost in. So beautiful.
I Am Yours You Are Mine (Poetry) - 5/29/2025 6:18:34 PM
AND....IF ONLY A DREAM, IT IS, INDEED....A BEAUTY! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH... HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Cold Embrace Of Death (Poetry) - 5/29/2025 6:14:57 PM
HOPEFULLY, WE GET IT RIGHT DOWN HERE AND THEN PHYSICAL DEATH IS ONLY FOR A TIME...AS OUR ETERNAL PROMISED TOMORROWS ARE ON THE HORIZON. THANKS FOR THE SHARE, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH... HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Come To Me (Poetry) - 5/29/2025 6:09:57 PM
A LOVELY WORK, MYSTIC, AND REMEMBER...GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT AND PRAY. ENJOYED, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH... HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Come To Me (Poetry) - 5/29/2025 1:57:59 PM
Okay, keep that coffee pot hot and I'll be right over! Filled with wonderful entreaties like "enchanted sin." Who wouldn't want to take advantage of such lovely thoughts.
You make a really cool image, too.
Ron
Come To Me (Poetry) - 5/29/2025 9:36:21 AM
The craftsmanship and the glory of your poem is this: with only 20 different letters or so, you have taken me on a journey, unlike any other, and shown me a landscape I had never seen before, one that is filled with joy, sensitivity, fun, and romance. They say that life is unfair but you have shown there is beauty and love everywhere. You turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
STRAWBERRY MOON (Poetry) - 5/9/2025 3:18:56 AM
Delicious and Divine…!
I too am longing for
“serene enchanting nights”
Beneath a Strawberry Moon…
Inside Sofia's Heart, The Rose (Poetry) - 5/9/2025 3:14:18 AM
Such beautiful words and imagery here…
Thank you for lifting my heart and mind on this lovely
Springtime day…
Love, Diana 🌿
I Am Yours You Are Mine (Poetry) - 5/6/2025 2:07:10 PM
Footprints on the sands of time.
Awesome.
Inside Sofia's Heart, The Rose (Poetry) - 5/4/2025 1:54:35 PM
This Sophia is some gal. A rose (without thorns) in the desert, in the next stanza, a jewel in the desert light, finally "blooming without rain" a rarity that can only happen in the desert. Such a unique way of describing the fidelity of love and the happiness that can grow.
In My Twilight Years (Poetry) - 4/28/2025 2:16:04 PM
I AGREE...THE TWILIGHT YEARS IS A TIME THAT WE COME TO APPRECIATE OUR... 'EVERYTHING'. HAVING ACQUIRED THE WISDOM AND STRENGTH TO WEAR IT...ALL...PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY. FINE WRITE, MY FRIEND, THANKS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
An Observation (Poetry) - 4/28/2025 2:01:16 PM
INDEED...ONE OF THE GREAT WONDERS OF THIS ENTIRELY MIRACULOUS CREATION OF WHICH WE ARE A PART! AND I WONDER...DO YOU THINK THAT OBSERVE US TOO? JUST A THOUGHT PROVOKED BY THIS FINE WORK. THANKS MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
ALWAYS LOOK UP (Poetry) - 4/28/2025 1:54:35 PM
HALLELUJAH AND AMEN! THANK YOU FOR SHARING, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Cold Embrace Of Death (Poetry) - 4/18/2025 2:02:53 PM
Stirring in its depth, powerful in its solemnity, refreshing in its honesty.
A crown jewel in these tenuous times.
The Cold Embrace Of Death (Poetry) - 4/17/2025 1:27:45 PM
With cancer one feels the cold well before the final leaving. I had a chill just reading what you wrote. Why cancer singles out some and not others is what it is so unsettling about it.
Ron
I Am Yours You Are Mine (Poetry) - 4/16/2025 12:00:03 PM
Many dream for it to be that way... Mosquitoes ruined mine.
Ron
The Cold Embrace Of Death (Poetry) - 4/15/2025 8:47:19 AM
Such a moving poem brimming with vivid imagery and accompany deep emotion on a subject difficult to bear, saying goodbye.
I Am Yours You Are Mine (Poetry) - 4/12/2025 9:46:19 AM
A very lovely and gently-captivating write. Thank you for sharing it.
My Gujurat My Jesus (Poetry) - 4/10/2025 2:40:41 PM
As you wrote I could see you were caught up in the cult of Jesus and hoping for him to come back and make the world great again like it was in his time.
That's a mighty strong torch you are putting under him in those last lines. More to heat him up than to light him up like a Roman candle.
Ron
Wolves (Poetry) - 4/9/2025 1:58:52 PM
A fascinating look a wolves. I read this week that scientists have resurrected the Dire Wolf through fossil DNA.
My Gujurat My Jesus (Poetry) - 4/8/2025 1:47:01 PM
What a perfect tribute of a perfect Lord. Beautiful, Rose.0
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 4/6/2025 1:33:46 PM
Few can craft a poem with the style and eloquence that flows from your finger tips. Totally enjoyable, and just about perfect.
Margaret And The Tiffany Hat (Poetry) - 4/2/2025 2:33:27 PM
I love your descriptions - they are fun and over the top; I can just imagine her huge hat and the fainting cardinals. 🙂
Margaret And The Tiffany Hat (Poetry) - 4/2/2025 1:32:46 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed the extravagance and humor you put into this poem with a great rhyme as well… Kudos!
But I have seen hats like that. The kind that birds would find nice to nest in. Of all places but the Black church. Where women have little going for them with their menial jobs and absent husbands except to dress up on Sunday and challenge one another with the most outrageous hats you'll ever see, anywhere.
Ron
Margaret And The Tiffany Hat (Poetry) - 4/1/2025 6:17:21 AM
This humorous and imaginative poem full of wit and clear imagery of the extravagant dame and her legendary hat. A fine social commentary if there ever was one.
As The Last Petal Falls (Poetry) - 3/26/2025 6:25:30 PM
WHAT LOVELY WORDS, MY FRIEND...I PRAY 'WORTHY EARS' HAVE HEARD THEM, INDEED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
Wolves (Poetry) - 3/26/2025 6:22:33 PM
I THINK THERE IS A STRENGTH AND BEAUTY IN ALL ANIMALS...CERTAINLY, THEIR WILL TO SURVIVE THROUGH THE AGES CANNOT AT ALL BE DENIED. SO THEN...CONSIDERING THAT 'IN THE BEGINNING', IN THE GARDEN, THEY WERE NOT VICIOUS AT ALL AND LOOKING AT WOLVES NOW, WHICH I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH(EXCEPT THE HUMAN KIND(-:I) I CAN ONLY SAY...BRAVO FOR YOUR RENDERED TRIBUTE TO THEM AND THANKS FOR SHARING! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
True Reflections (Poetry) - 3/26/2025 6:09:41 PM
PEARLS OF WISDOM, ENTIRELY ENJOYED! THANK YOU SO MUCH, MYSTIC! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
True Reflections (Poetry) - 3/26/2025 6:25:51 AM
Amen to this jewel of wisdom, Rose. Lovely.
True Reflections (Poetry) - 3/25/2025 11:29:20 AM
Sometimes it takes a while for another to understand one's true self. First impressions are often wrong. It is only by honest interaction well one's true self be revealed.
A quote to remember.
Ron
As The Last Petal Falls (Poetry) - 3/15/2025 6:53:23 PM
You prove again and again that few poems surpass the eloquence of brevity and simplicity. What a classy poem. What a classy lady.
Wolves (Poetry) - 3/15/2025 11:20:40 AM
Wolves are the source of all of our dog companions. They are pack animals and work together to hunt and live. They are not the danger we make them. We are finding out more and more about their behavior that is so good for the ecosystems they thrive in.
Thank you for your poem that dispels all the folklore about wolves being evil and deadly.
Ron
As The Last Petal Falls (Poetry) - 3/2/2025 12:09:07 PM
It's good to know there is someone there to pick up the pieces of generally, unfinished business.
Ron
Dear Lord (Poetry) - 2/22/2025 10:39:00 PM
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER...AND WHAT IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL...HE HEARD IT, AMEN. SO ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED, MYSTIC, THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 2/22/2025 10:35:41 PM
THEY SAY, A ROSE...IS A ROSE, BUT A ROSE...CAN BE MORE THAN JUST...ANOTHER ROSE! WHAT FINE IMAGERY IS HERE, SO ENJOYED! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 2/7/2025 9:21:41 AM
What a perfect portrait of a rose. I believe you are a rose too, My Friend. You write such beautiful words and thoughts. The new bio picture is lovely, Rose.
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 2/6/2025 1:53:18 PM
I'm not sure if you're writing about a person or a flower, but your words are so enchanting to read, regardless.
Ron
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 2/6/2025 12:42:24 PM
A magical autobiographical, quite fantastical write of Rosey delight.
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 2/6/2025 10:21:21 AM
The rose could be construed as part of the poetry of God's earth, being the Queen of flowers, she speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart, but, as the Creator planned it, she can also draw blood in defense of herself. Peace... rlc
Perfect In Every Way (Poetry) - 2/6/2025 8:13:55 AM
Beautiful prolific imagery and heart felt sentiments here, Rose. Enjoyed thoroughly with a standing ovation.
~j
A Communion Life (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 1:51:54 PM
Serring lasting goals is a great thing to do. By making that commitment is a goal in it self/ Faith and determination help aone to go forward in life. WEE SAID!!!! MARY GRACE
Binary Code (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 11:35:30 AM
Who knows what lurks beyond the wire,
its role to just record and relay.
How frequency and vibration merge
to draft a sample of yesterday.
And stories, told in number, form
as zero one, and one again.
RMx
Dear Lord (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 11:28:59 AM
So Beautiful!!! 💕
Dear Lord (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 11:12:32 AM
Rose this is one of the most beautiul prayers I've ever read. It reminds me of the prayer of St. Francis Of Assisi.
Dear Lord (Poetry) - 1/26/2025 8:13:24 PM
A lovely and meaningful prayer the theme of which I can relate to. Love, peace, and blessings to you, Mystic Rose.
Regis 🙏
Rose Scented Candles And So Much More (Poetry) - 1/25/2025 3:35:34 PM
WHAT A GREAT WORK, MY FRIEND...GIFTING AN ESSENCE OF GLORIOUS PEACE AND CONTENTMENT. ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Silent Echoes (Poetry) - 1/25/2025 3:31:59 PM
INDEED, LOVE...EXPRESSED SO ARTISTICALLY AND SO ENJOYED. WONDERFUL, MYSTIC! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Aurora Sky (Poetry) - 1/25/2025 3:28:56 PM
THIS LOVELY RIDE ON A 'MAKE-BELIEVE' CLOUD, IMAGED SO WONDERFULLY...WAS ENJOYED. THANKS FOR POSTING MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Aurora Sky (Poetry) - 1/24/2025 2:49:51 PM
So fanciful and dreamlike. A delight to savor like a child.
Ron
Aurora Sky (Poetry) - 1/23/2025 7:41:55 AM
What an incredible use of words! This is more than craftsmanship. It's an utter delight raised to the power of ... infinity. Like a vintage wine, you get better with time, Vienna. You are more than mystic, You are Magic. ed
Silent Echoes (Poetry) - 1/15/2025 6:24:09 AM
The perfect love poem!
Diana…🌿
Silent Echoes (Poetry) - 1/12/2025 5:09:04 PM
Very fun poem!
Silent Echoes (Poetry) - 1/12/2025 8:35:28 AM
There is nothing finer in this life than when two people meld together like you have so beautifully portrayed in your poem. With the idea of echoes being remembrance of something that happened before that may never happen again.
You reminded me of the few times on the dance floor when the two of us were in sync with the music and each other to the point where we never wanted the music to stop. Some of these were with strangers the moment before. Like the time at the singles get together in the Jack Tarr Hotel in San Francisco when we danced to Hey Jude. She ran off after to the restroom, never to return, probably because she was falling in love with me and afraid that she would abandon her fiancé.
Ron
Silent Echoes (Poetry) - 1/12/2025 7:28:21 AM
a beautiful, heart-felt expression of the loving connection that can exist between two people. Nicely written.
Silent Echoes (Poetry) - 1/12/2025 6:41:00 AM
This is lovely!
Walking The Tightrope (Poetry) - 1/3/2025 7:09:59 AM
Oh how I loved this, and identified so closely with
your words…my eyes watered too…
Perfectly and movingly put!
Diana…🌿
Walking The Tightrope (Poetry) - 1/1/2025 6:58:18 PM
Great last line, happy new year!
When She Smiles (Poetry) - 12/27/2024 12:37:09 PM
She's an energizer bunny, that's for sure. I've known many like her but they have all either gone or are manure.
Young folks have no time for that as they follow their action heroes. They text their BBFs 100 times a day and shower them with Hallmark type videos that money can buy. Along with special Christmas emojis by the score. Sitting by the fire writing Christmas cards; alas, no more.
Ron
Walking The Tightrope (Poetry) - 12/23/2024 2:15:02 PM
Almost made me cry. So romantic and so poignant at the end.
My experience was so much different. I drove a Bangladeshi doctoral student the Fourth of July weekend of 1976 to Hamilton, Canada, to pick up his cousin who had rejected marriage to a rich old man and was disowned. Visiting with her uncle in Hamilton.
We were stopped at the border by the Canadian officials because he had only a single entry and if he went into Canada he would not have been able to come back to the states.
So he waited at Niagara Falls while I drove to Hamilton, picked her up and came back with the whole Uncle's family and a picnic on a curried carp that was very good actually.
When She Smiles (Poetry) - 12/21/2024 7:33:52 AM
When she smiles, may the world take note. Happy holidays and a very merry Christmas.
Walking The Tightrope (Poetry) - 12/20/2024 2:00:25 PM
And if anyone ever squeezed a little gratitude and pleasure from life, you are the one. What a sensational way to sum up life! Without you,, life's mysteries would be less mystical, and life's promises less glorious.
Like Airborne Angels, At The Cusp Of Night (Poetry) - 12/8/2024 7:11:36 PM
THIS NOSTALGIC SHARING IS LOVELY...THANKS FOR SHARING MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Love, From Santa's Girl (Poetry) - 12/8/2024 11:19:38 AM
Great fun to read. We need fun on Christmas and you have helped provide the first of it here.
Ron
Like Airborne Angels, At The Cusp Of Night (Poetry) - 12/7/2024 11:59:44 AM
That's a cute line, "mulched in vermouth." Oh with several other star-kissed lines of angel dreams.
Ron
Just Breathe (Poetry) - 11/30/2024 12:14:23 PM
They wonderful allegory of your love of your life. It's wonderful to breathe in the scent of evergreen.
Ron
Just Breathe (Poetry) - 11/29/2024 9:59:58 AM
Beautiful words and photo!!!
Caught In A Web, They Cannot Dis-enmesh (Poetry) - 11/28/2024 11:55:19 AM
Beautifully described and a dire warning for those who continue to do the same old same old in their web of a routine that they don't know how to leave and be more kind to their mother.
Ron rotten
Caught In A Web, They Cannot Dis-enmesh (Poetry) - 11/27/2024 10:53:05 AM
Any time I see an exceptionally-unique word, term, phrase, I love highlighting it. Here it is ‘dis-enmesh,’ an encompassing concept. Two favorite lines in this compelling style you’ve chosen, are: “sit still with your emptiness praying that” and “fresh as the ocean in God’s special vat” ~~ Radiant piece of poetry, Mystic. :) ~~ djl
Caught In A Web, They Cannot Dis-enmesh (Poetry) - 11/26/2024 11:09:04 AM
You never cease to amaze me with your gentle thoughts, your humanity, and how you find new ways to say I love you. Sigh.
Asleep In The Meadows Of My Mind (Poetry) - 11/22/2024 5:14:22 AM
What a gorgeous poem, Rose. brings familiar feelings of comfort in the enjoyment of simple pleasures. A joy to read.
Asleep In The Meadows Of My Mind (Poetry) - 11/21/2024 2:21:09 PM
I can picture being there. I too, seek comfort and warmth as I age.
I always found it interesting to watch cats and dogs dream while they are sleeping. Twitching and sometimes vocalizing the action in their dreams.
Ron
Asleep In The Meadows Of My Mind (Poetry) - 11/21/2024 9:27:56 AM
A sweet picture. Our cat 'Lucy' looks exactly the same. She too sleeps on just about anything. Enjoyed the message. Peace.... rlc
Asleep In The Meadows Of My Mind (Poetry) - 11/21/2024 4:42:59 AM
Hope can be found "in the sleepy meadows of the mind. " Lovely write.
Sanani's Arms Of Love (Poetry) - 11/19/2024 12:59:44 PM
Swing low, sweet chariot. Sorry that you feel that way. I'm suffering a cold, but I'll be better, very soon.
I remember my grandfather when we were fishing. He said, "I'm just waiting for the good Lord to come and take me away."
Ron
THE SILENCE THAT WHISPERS (Poetry) - 11/16/2024 2:30:10 AM
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORK, MY FRIEND. '...THAT SILENCE THAT WHISPERS TO US AT DAWN...' IS SO NEEDED, INDEED, FOR HE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT. THANK YOU! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
My Imaginary Friends (Poetry) - 11/16/2024 2:26:52 AM
HOW WONDERFUL...MYSTIC! AND DON'T WE ALL HAVE THEM? BUT THANK GOD FOR THE 'REAL ONES'....LIKE 'HIM'! ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
You Are Enough Just As You Are (Poetry) - 11/16/2024 2:24:13 AM
IT IS TRULY WONDERFUL TO KNOW AND EMBRACE WHO WE ARE...AND NOT GIVE A HILL OF BEANS WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS! THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE...AND THOUGH IT IS NOT EASY TO GET THERE, IT IS WORTH EVERY 'BATTLE FORGED'(NOT ALONE, OF COURSE) TO...ARRIVE! WONDERFUL AND SO ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
You Are Enough Just As You Are (Poetry) - 11/9/2024 9:00:28 AM
Through self-acceptance and accountability, seeing ourselves in the mirror becomes a lot more than seeing a physical reflection. For the wise seeker, it is a process by which we can confront our inner self. For some this is not an easy task. True and honest growth begins with the willingness to see ourselves as we truly are, not who we think we are. Look in the mirror. That's your competition. The only person you should try and be better than, is the person you were yesterday. Thank you for sharing this self-revelation. rlc
You Are Enough Just As You Are (Poetry) - 11/9/2024 7:15:05 AM
Indeed, well said. How people can from childhood thru maturity into old age. growing into themselves until they finally know who they are.
THE SILENCE THAT WHISPERS (Poetry) - 10/16/2024 8:58:04 AM
Oh, what wonderful ink!! Your last two lines placed my mind into a "peaceful" state as well as your analogies throughout the poem. Thank you for this offering!!
Love ya!
Jane
One Moment In Your Eyes (Poetry) - 9/27/2024 5:03:41 PM
THAT'S WHAT GOOD MEMORIES DO, THAT'S HOW THEY EFFECT US...THEY NEVER LEAVE COMPLETELY, WE CARRY THEM...THEY ARE NEVER FAR AWAY. AND JUST WHEN WE REALLY NEED THEM THEY MANAGE TO RE-SURFACE AND LIFT US WITH A WARM PRESENCE THAT GIVES US...EXACTLY...WHAT WE NEED IN THAT MOMENT. BEAUTIFUL, THANKS MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
One Moment In Your Eyes (Poetry) - 9/27/2024 4:58:42 PM
THAT'S WHAT GOOD MEMORIES DO, THAT'S HOW THEY EFFECT US...THEY NEVER LEAVE COMPLETELY, WE CARRY THEM...THEY ARE NEVER FAR AWAY. AND JUST WHEN WE REALLY NEED THEM THEY MANAGE TO RE-SURFACE AND LIFT US WITH A WARM PRESENCE THAT GIVES US...EXACTLY...WHAT WE NEED IN THAT MOMENT. BEAUTIFUL, THANKS MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Just Like A Gentle Kiss (Poetry) - 9/26/2024 9:23:26 AM
Very ethereal and pleasant to read. Hopefully in my dreams, I would float right alongside you in the beauty of the moment.
Ron
One Moment In Your Eyes (Poetry) - 9/14/2024 10:52:14 AM
I could be wrong, but I can't help feeling (given the three score and ten reference (70 years) that this may be a tribute to your mother. From what you've shared about her in the past, she was a gifted woman whose influence in your life was unequaled. Peace. r
One Moment In Your Eyes (Poetry) - 9/13/2024 3:04:49 PM
You're lucky to have him. So many don't.
Ron
HELLO SEPTEMBER (Poetry) - 9/7/2024 2:41:53 AM
YES! Jump into the leaves of September. Wonderful poetic thoughts!
JMD
ALL BECAUSE OF HIM (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 5:26:28 AM
The meaning of life explored in this poem of gratitude.
Just Like We Used To Do (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 1:39:10 AM
BEAUTIFUL! LOSS OF LOVE IS NOT ALWAYS IN DEATH. BUT, NO MATTER HOW...TRUE LOVE NEVER DIES, NOR DOES IT FADE AWAY. IT REMAINS AND SOMEHOW STRENGTHENS AS WE GO ON, ALONE...LIKE WE ONCE USED TO. MYSTIC...THIS WORK STIRS UP MANY EMOTIONS. ENJOYED...THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
ALL BECAUSE OF HIM (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 1:30:43 AM
YES, INDEED! WHEN ONE ENTERS INTO THIS REALIZATION AND TRULY 'GETS THIS'...IT NEVER LEAVES! HIS LOVE BEGINS TO FILL UP EVERY CREVICE AND WE FALL MORE AND MORE IN LOVE WITH HIM, ALL....BECAUSE OF HIM! WHAT A FINE SHARING, MYSTIC...SO UTTERLY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED IS THIS KEEPER. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
ALL BECAUSE OF HIM (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 1:26:05 AM
YES, INDEED! WHEN ONE ENTERS INTO THIS REALIZATION AND TRULY 'GETS THIS'...IT NEVER LEAVES! HIS LOVE BEGINS TO FILL UP EVERY CREVICE AND WE FALL MORE AND MORE IN LOVE WITH HIM, ALL....BECAUSE OF HIM! WHAT A FINE SHARING, MYSTIC...SO UTTERLY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED IS THIS KEEPER. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
ALL BECAUSE OF HIM (Poetry) - 9/5/2024 1:45:30 PM
Yes, it's all because of Him!
How can anyone not know that their Creator loves us so Much?
You have a gift of poetic expression.
A beautiful gift, a Christ-blessed compassion!
Don't EVER stop!
Thank you for sharing!
Many Blessings, John Michael
Just Like We Used To Do (Poetry) - 8/28/2024 12:27:33 PM
Rose, this is so real and honest, so heart touching and beautifully pened.
Just Like We Used To Do (Poetry) - 8/26/2024 2:00:59 PM
I sense your yearning in this poem for things to be like they used to. Fortunately we can do it in a poem. Unfortunately, we can't go back"Like we used to do" in real life. Just swing on alone to our own special beat.
Ron
Just Like We Used To Do (Poetry) - 8/26/2024 8:28:27 AM
What a love story! The last verse is so powerful it knocked me for a loop. Many thanks, M.R.
A Life Well Spent (Poetry) - 8/18/2024 11:15:53 AM
We should all spend our lives as though they were the only going to last another day. For your poem suggests, our time goes by swiftly and if we don't use it, we lose it.
Ron
Let The Sun Smile Down (Poetry) - 8/14/2024 8:49:10 AM
One of my favorite songs, written by George Harrison, but was best presented at Woodstock by Richie Havens… Here Comes the Sun among many references to the sun in poetry like yours and song. The sun also has become the icon for CBS Sunday Morning that I watch whenever I can.
As for your reference to rest. I take time out mid day like a mad Englishman and go out in the midday sun to recline, shield my eyes, and soak up the blazing sun's rays for about 10 minutes to soak up some vitamin D and very gradually develop a protective tan. In case I ever have to use it. The respite from my busy schedule is also appreciated.
Unfortunately, while the sun provides about the same energy to the earth every year, the atmosphere soaks up more of this energy in the form of heat and all of us are suffering during summertime in the temperate zones where the consequences of not paying attention to our sun. Burning fossil fuels to replace its power instead of continuing to use it more.
Ron
The Little Cast Away (Poetry) - 8/13/2024 9:42:28 AM
Love the picture you paint of the littl castaway, Rose. I think maybe he is someone you know and love.
Tatters (Poetry) - 7/31/2024 1:16:17 PM
I LOVE CLOWN IMAGES AND...I JUST DOWN LOADED THIS ONE. I KNOW YOU PAINT, DID YOU PAINT THIS? ENJOYED THE SAD STORY WITH ITS HAPPY ENDING THAT WAS DEAR 'TATTERS' BEGINNING. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
In My Lost And Found Box (Poetry) - 7/31/2024 1:10:11 PM
AND YES, I AGREE...! MEMORIES ARE OFTEN KEPT IN THAT SPECIAL PLACE WHERE WE KEEP THEM UNDER LOCK AND KEY, UNTIL...EVERY-ONCE-IN-AWHILE... WE OPEN THAT BOX OF 'LOST THINGS' AND FIND THEM. A FINE WORK THAT IS VERY RELATABLE, MYSTIC, ENJOYED VERY MUCH. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Thirsty For Your Light (Poetry) - 7/31/2024 12:58:14 PM
AHHHH! 'HIS' AWESOME ORB!!! IT HAS LIT THE WAY AND BECAME A LIFETIME INSPIRATIONAL FRIEND, LIFTING THOUGHTS AND DESIRES HIGHER, FOR SO MANY...JUST THE WAY 'HE' INTENDED IT TO. A WONDERFUL WORK, SO ENJOYED, THANK YOU MYSTIC! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
The Little Cast Away (Poetry) - 7/31/2024 12:51:55 PM
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE COULD HARDLY WAIT FOR THE ENTIRE MEMORY OF WINTER AND SPRING'S TEASING OF WARMER DAYS...TO GO AWAY. NOW THAT SUMMER IS HERE FULL BLAST, WE TEND TO COMPLAIN. BUT WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A LITTLE CAST AWAY...THAT'S JUST HAVING FUN AND TRYING TO SURVIVE THE HEAT? LOVE THE PHOTO...INDEED, AND THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT! WELL DONE, MY FRIEND, THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Little Cast Away (Poetry) - 7/24/2024 11:20:14 AM
Drought play can be a little rough at times. But according to your poem it was fun for that little castaway. The image was perfect for the story. It looked like he was looking at something underwater in the pool. Or, as the poem suggests, he was fooling his friends into thinking that he was drowned.
I was much older, a teenager with great lung capacity, when I would swim down to the drain in the swimming pool and just lie there, relaxing… People up above would get worried when I didn't come back up. But when I did it was with a smile that they were worried.
Ron
The Little Cast Away (Poetry) - 7/24/2024 11:10:31 AM
Well, this little "trout" sure knew how to cool off. I enjoyed this poem immensely!
Love ya!
Jane
To Where You Are (Poetry) - 7/21/2024 2:18:09 PM
DEEP, EMOTIONS HERE...HEARTFELT AND REAL. CERTAINLY A SHARING THAT ONE CAN RELATE TO IN THE LOST OF A CHILD, BUT THEN...IN THE LOST OF ANY OTHER DEAR LOVED ONE TOO. THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
By The Eye Of A Fading Sun (Poetry) - 7/21/2024 2:12:17 PM
GREAT IMAGERY IN THIS FINE WORK TO THE POWER OF A PRAYER, THE FADING SUNLIGHT AND, OF COURSE...LOVE! THANKS FOR SHARING, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Fairies Don't Belong In Jars (Poetry) - 7/21/2024 2:08:59 PM
THANKS, MYSTIC....A WONDERFUL FANTASY RIDE THAT I'M SURE I'LL REMEMBER WHENEVER I SEE A FIREFLY. ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Fairies Don't Belong In Jars (Poetry) - 7/15/2024 5:56:16 PM
I had a real life fairy friend!! She wore fairy wings and painted faries..when she died; the nurse and i found the biggest pair of wings she had on her wall and dressed her in her amazing fairy attire...Adrielle Rose was her name and she said she jumped off another planet to come to earth to help her Mother an artist! Adrielle was magical! Fairies are very very very real!
Fairies Don't Belong In Jars (Poetry) - 7/10/2024 12:15:24 PM
I must confess to doing just that in my childhood. But I grew up and soon knew that fireflies need to fly free in their nightly mating rituals just like we humans do. Who are we to capture nature and make it ours for our purposes when it dies in our hands?
Your poem is a great cry to tell the world the smallest creatures need to be protected and allowed to be free or we will suffer the consequences like we do when we are captured and confined.
Ron
Fairies Don't Belong In Jars (Poetry) - 7/9/2024 3:01:24 PM
You are so right! Fairies need to be free to flit about and beautify the evenings! 'Loved this!!
Love ya!
Jane
By The Eye Of A Fading Sun (Poetry) - 7/4/2024 9:51:15 AM
A never-ending love story with a mystifying fanciful twist. Certainly very mystic, Rose.
Ron
By The Eye Of A Fading Sun (Poetry) - 7/3/2024 3:33:44 PM
Absolute stunning prolific masterpiece dearest Vienna!
By The Eye Of A Fading Sun (Poetry) - 7/3/2024 8:20:40 AM
A lovely piece, with an intriguing title. Peace... r
By The Eye Of A Fading Sun (Poetry) - 7/3/2024 3:24:17 AM
A blessed encounter beautifully described in this lyric poem, full of blessing and light.
To Where You Are (Poetry) - 6/29/2024 11:10:21 AM
Mystic, you have your ear to the chest in this achingly-gorgeous writing. The line that is beautifully haunting for me is: “inside my soul it’s you I crave” — Wow, is that a colossal seven words that grasp me by the throat. I marvel at your choice of words in ‘To Where You Are’, and it can be so universal in resonating with loss of other relationships to The Great Beyond. I’ve even wordlessly professed to wishing I could be ‘where my parents are,’ given the crush of society’s loss of consciousness. But surely you have chosen the most wrenching loss of all. You have captured love and loss exquisitely. Thank you ~~ djl
To Where You Are (Poetry) - 6/26/2024 12:03:32 PM
Children are precious and no loss can be as great as the loss of a child. You have rendered sweet sympathy here in this tender poem, positive and uplifting.
To Where You Are (Poetry) - 6/26/2024 11:44:00 AM
It must be very tragic to lose a child. My mother didn't say much about a miscarriage before our sister was born. But I'm sure she was hurt by it.
Ron
Take Me To The Water (Poetry) - 6/17/2024 8:13:22 PM
I APPRECIATE THIS SHARING...FROM LINE ONE TO THE END. GREAT IMAGERY, SO VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
INSIDE A SUMMER DREAM (Poetry) - 6/17/2024 8:09:57 PM
MY...HOW MAGNIFICENTLY SUMMER WITH ITS SUN-FILLED ANTICS IS DESCRIBED IN THIS FINE POETIC GEM! SO ENJOYED AND THANKS FOR SHARING, MYSTIC! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
INSIDE A SUMMER DREAM (Poetry) - 6/7/2024 2:52:32 PM
You are mother nature all the way… A beautiful poem of being enraptured by one summer offers us all.
Ron
Take Me To The Water (Poetry) - 6/4/2024 10:45:11 AM
Water woman/girl... perhaps a mermaid. A lovely daughter you aspire to be. Love, peace, and blessings,
Regis. 🙏🌸🦋😎🌳
Take Me To The Water (Poetry) - 6/4/2024 2:53:55 AM
Why am I attracted to the water? I swim almost every day, try to go to the ocean once a month, and stare at the river as if it were the first time I saw it. Yes, the water is God's paradise on earth. Let us love God for creating it for all to enjoy! Well done! Amen X 110!
Take Me To The Water (Poetry) - 6/3/2024 2:48:57 PM
Ah! Mother Ocean beckons in your words. Alluring and mystical as can be and I love it!!
Love ya!
Jane
Take Me To The Water (Poetry) - 6/2/2024 10:16:59 AM
Water is our source of life. Our blood is very similar to the seawater of our origin when we found out how to breed out of the water and came ashore bringing our seawater with us in our blood.
Our search for another, as Carl Sagan elegantly stated, "small blue dot," is one of our greatest quests as we wonder about the star filled sky. Earth is blue from space because our rocky planet of mostly molten iron contains water. And much of the rock is limestone made up of the very sea shells you wrote about in your poem.
Yes, we are drawn to the ocean and you: proclaims that in spades.
Ron
Take Me To The Water (Poetry) - 6/2/2024 7:56:06 AM
So incredibly beautiful a glimpse of your heart and spirit. Lovely in every way, Rose.
The Baltimore Oriole (Poetry) - 5/30/2024 1:08:03 PM
Thanks for rescuing one of our feathered friends! They are so beautiful and it's a shame that so many are destroyed by our window glass and tall buildings. It's nice to do a good deed for the other creatures on our planet. Keep up the good work.
CORDIAL FLOWERS (Poetry) - 5/21/2024 3:17:54 PM
WHAT A GORGEOUS PHOTO! INDEED THE UTMOST SPILLING OF OUR CREATOR'S UNMATCHABLE ARTISTRY IS APPRECIATED AND EMBRACED AS IT SMOTHERS US WITH HIS GLORIOUS LOVE AND INSPIRATIONS... WITH EVERY MAGNIFICENTLY PAINTED FLEUR! AND THIS WONDERFUL SHARING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. SO ENJOYED, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSSNGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Veiled (Poetry) - 5/21/2024 3:12:15 PM
THE COMPLEXITIES FOR ONE TO PERSEVERE IN THIS WORLD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ABANDONED, CANNOT EASILY BE REVEALED. BUT, FOR SURE...WHEN ONE FOLLOWS 'HIS' LEAD TO REACH 'BEYOND THE VEIL' TO THAT PLACE OF PEACE AND STRENGTH...THE 'MIRACULOUS' IS FOUND AND THE LOVE OF GOD PREVAILS TAKING ONE THROUGH IT ALL. AMEN. THANKS FOR SHARING, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSSNGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Love Is Evergreen (Poetry) - 5/16/2024 5:35:36 PM
INDEED, MY FRIEND, WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT OUR ENTIRE WORLD WAS CREATED THROUGH 'HIS'...LOVE...FOR US, IT IS TRULY... ONE MIRACULOUS THING! ENJOYED VERY MUCH, THANK YOU! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Baltimore Oriole (Poetry) - 5/16/2024 5:31:05 PM
HOW KIND OF YOU, MYSTIC...SHOWING CARE FOR THE VERY LEAST. AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE, MAYBE...? LOVE THE PHOTO TOO...THANKS FOR THE SHARE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
In The Moonlight (Poetry) - 5/16/2024 5:26:34 PM
WHAT A MARVELOUS ODE. TO THAT LANTERN 'HE' CREATED TO REMIND US OF 'HIM' AND TO GIVE US... JUST A GLIMPSE... OF ALL THAT 'HE' IS. THANKS FOR SHARING, MYSTIC. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
In The Moonlight (Poetry) - 5/16/2024 3:29:45 AM
There is something special, indeed mystical about our beloved moon that it has inspired poets like you (amd me) down through the ages. Simply lovely.
In The Moonlight (Poetry) - 5/15/2024 3:15:58 PM
Your words set the stage for the beauty that Mother Nature has bestowed upon us. The magic in this poem is AWESOME!!!!
Love ya!
Jane
In The Moonlight (Poetry) - 5/15/2024 11:27:13 AM
Within a half-hour of the glorious colors of the setting sun, the rods in our retina take over from the colorful clones and give us only the blacks, grays and whites of the night. Transforming for those of us with a good night vision night into a wonderland of different slight, smells and sounds, especially during the summer when insects are in full glory and more active at night than during the day. The Luna moth, for example, easily thought of as a fairy.
Your poem reminds me of those wonderful warm nights where I enjoyed being alone and just observing, full moon or not. However, there was that one, below zero night, where I observed multicolored aurora borealis directly above, I guess something similar to what happened last week with the solar storm that led me to believe how ancients might have observed the same thing and made wonderful myths about it.
Finally, during my teen years, we had a Silverleaf Maple in our backyard. When a storm came up or in the middle of the night, those silver undersides of the leaves were very dramatic and I loved to see them.
Ron
In The Moonlight (Poetry) - 5/15/2024 10:59:39 AM
Your poem is a thing of mystical and natural beauty, Rose. A joy to read.
The Baltimore Oriole (Poetry) - 5/11/2024 2:38:05 PM
Just the brightness for us all this day, Mystic. I love this poem — and what a tender heart you are. ~~ djl
The Baltimore Oriole (Poetry) - 5/10/2024 1:49:45 PM
It's been a very long time since I saw a Baltimore oriole. What a lovely bird. So glad you nurtured this one back into the air. I have large windows in the back and a bird feeder. So many times I hear a very loud thump! When a white wing or mourning dove gets one of my windows. It's amazing how they tend to fly off after stopping on the fence to shake off the shock.
Long time ago, I wrote a poem about a blue Jay that broke its neck on my window. Blue Jay Down
https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=29162&authorid=3918
Ron
The Baltimore Oriole (Poetry) - 5/10/2024 7:16:31 AM
Such a sweet encounter with nature. Birds are remarkable (and resilient) it seems. Beautiful.
Love Is Evergreen (Poetry) - 4/28/2024 10:35:59 AM
Acrostics are hard to pull off and still be lyrical. But fortunately, the subject of Love has so many splendored ways, that it is possible to make an acrostic love poem work.
Ron
Love Is Evergreen (Poetry) - 4/27/2024 8:06:52 AM
Luv this!!! And the beautiful heart!
Love Is Evergreen (Poetry) - 4/27/2024 6:24:47 AM
So much creative beauty to unpack here!!Great to see your prolific works again sister):
Love Is Evergreen (Poetry) - 4/26/2024 11:09:07 AM
A flow of poetic images that takes us through the experience of love and yet your word of warning is well taken: "Just don't ask too much," Love as it is should be more than enough!
Thirsty For Your Light (Poetry) - 4/19/2024 12:04:46 PM
Your poem illustrates how moonstruck you are. As a woman, your rhythm of life is governed by the motions of the moon. And I find the moon a welcome traveler with me when I'm out in the night without a light.
Ron
Mother Nature's Way (Poetry) - 4/14/2024 1:47:28 AM
HMMMMM, WELL ....WE ASSOCIATE THE APPLE TREE WITH THE GARDEN AND EVE BUT ACTUALLY THE TREE IN THE GARDEN WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED AS AN APPLE TREE...SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. IN ANY CASE, I ENJOYED THE SHORT HISTORY, I LOVE APPLES AND YOUR RHYME SEQUENCE IS GREAT. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
I Cannot Remember, When ? (Poetry) - 4/14/2024 1:38:39 AM
WELL...I THINK THE MIND REJECTS THE MEMORY OF THE YEARS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW... IT'S BEEN SOOOO LONG AGO. BUT THE HEART, FULL OF THAT WONDERFUL SPIRIT THAT NEVER GROWS OLD, WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER...SPRINGTIME AND LOVE!
THANK YOU, MYSTIC! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Confessions Of A Woman Young At Heart (Poetry) - 4/14/2024 1:32:24 AM
SPLENDID, INDEED! ENJOYED VERY MUCH, MYSTIC. I AM 80 THIS YEAR SO I THINK I'VE GOT YOU BY A FEW, HOWEVER...EVENTUALLY 'ALL OF US' PEER INTO THE SAME MIRROR OF REALITY, HOPEFULLY WITH GRATEFUL AND UPLIFTED HEARTS. AMEN. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
