Red Soil (Book) - 3/25/2010 3:47:57 PM
OH MY...Today I picked up this book and did not set it back down till it was finished and spotted with tears....Felix Perry, I am so proud of you, I cry as I think of this full circle story of your father that had faith, family and friends that matter the most in times of war and hardships...I will replay red soil over and over in my head many timse~SUPERB
A must read for all!
Christine
The Canadian Loyalists (Book) - 1/16/2010 11:09:46 AM
Hi Fee! This sounds like a fascinating idea, as your crazy neighbor to the south still has all its imperial delusions intact. :( Is it present or past time? Have you seen H20 or The Trojan Horse? (Those are probably dumb questions to ask a Canadian--but I was really impressed by both stories.)
The Canadian Loyalists (Book) - 11/28/2009 5:29:22 AM
Felix,kudos on yet another accomplishment my friend -- peace and love -- Jon Michael
Nostalgia Keeps Calling Out To Me (Book) - 11/27/2009 6:54:47 PM
good luck with this book my talented friend -- peace and love -- Jon Michael
Nostalgia Keeps Calling Out To Me (Book) - 11/20/2009 9:27:38 PM
Congratulations, Fee. You have so many fans here in the Den, including myself. That success is bound to spread. Good luck with this book. Hugs,
Sheila
Nostalgia Keeps Calling Out To Me (Book) - 11/20/2009 3:08:11 PM
Felix, congratulations on your new book, wishing you much success.
Cheers,
Dan
Nostalgia Keeps Calling Out To Me (Book) - 11/20/2009 9:10:52 AM
CONGRATULATIONS CUZ, this is great news darlin and I am sure it will be a success, am looking forward to purchasing it.
Love to you & family
Selena
Nostalgia Keeps Calling Out To Me (Book) - 11/20/2009 7:17:22 AM
Congratulations on your new book, I hope its a winner & just in time for Christmas too...;-) Ed
Ju-Julia (Book) - 5/22/2009 8:27:22 AM
You are gifted beyond measure, and I would love for my children to read the book.
Blessings and Love,
Tonisha Fortune
Ju-Julia (Book) - 4/22/2008 11:59:20 AM
A genuinely lovely fairytale. It will be treasured for years to come I am sure.
Much Luv
Sanja xoxo
Ju-Julia (Book) - 3/29/2008 5:27:02 AM
What a tender story, told through the eyes of a child. It was delightful.
Sincerely,
Sandra
www.sandrastuff.com
Ju-Julia (Book) - 8/27/2007 3:29:38 PM
Such a sweet and wonderfully touching story! Thank you for enriching the lives of children with your talents, fee!
Hugs,
Jools
Ju-Julia (Book) - 8/15/2007 6:09:36 AM
Felix having read this several times now discovering I had not left a review~pardon.
This book sounds quite interesting and a wonderful sharing told from another's perspective. All the best to you with this project and all others~Gwendolyn
Ju-Julia (Book) - 12/29/2006 11:02:07 AM
This story should be read at librays and schools! FEE.... You could go to 1 of your Grand children's school and offerrrrr... I love it!I got so excited with the little gir in me, with all your yummy and special way of writing all that imagery of this Wonderful kiddie story. I must print and read to Christina! I will share with you what her reaction is, when I get to read it to her! Thank for sharing your humorous self.. and your BIG Heart my friend!
Your fun whimsical side shined brightttttttt! HOpe you have GREAT luck on an illustrator, 2007! is for challenges!(For someone who didn't make it through H.S. with no fault of your own) Your words sure do shine as does your heart! and Soul! Sweet Fee~
Warmest Blessings of PEACE, Love and Joy! WArmly, Sheeeoxxo
Ju-Julia (Book) - 12/2/2006 2:58:18 PM
Felix, I really enjoyed reading this, you continue to make me smile. Rose
Ju-Julia (Book) - 11/10/2006 9:07:17 AM
This truuly is a wonderful story, filled with warmth and caring. Enjoyed reading it very much.
Your cou.
Selena
Ju-Julia (Book) - 9/11/2006 9:41:17 AM
A very touching story, Fee. Thank you for telling me about it.
Many hugs,
CJ
Ju-Julia (Book) - 1/31/2006 4:22:24 AM
This is a wonderful story, very heartwarming and caring. A joy to read to yourself or to a child, or better yet, to many children!
Birgit and Roger
He Who Comes In The Shadows (Short Story) - 6/8/2023 8:19:24 PM
Very engaging. Well done, Fee! Be well, friend,
Regis (Reg) 🙏👽🤖💀
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 8/31/2022 12:53:12 PM
I don't know how I missed this lovely, haunting story. I'm so glad I found it today, of all days.
Rebecca
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 4/14/2022 9:11:19 AM
A touching story, Fee. Love and peace to you,
Regis. 🙏🍁
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 12/20/2021 4:00:36 PM
Fe, this is such a wonderful story. You knew exactly what to do to help the young lady. What a compassionate and wise man you are. Blessings to you this Christmas.
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 10/30/2021 2:59:28 AM
A wonderful story!…wet cheeks for me too…
and so so heartwarming..
All of those kids were so lucky
to have had you for Santa…
I still remember my first visit to a store Santa…
In absolute awe in the Christmas grotto…
and told him I was worried how he was going to
get my scooter down the chimney…he reassured me
It would be fine with his magic, and gave me a gift of
Mr Potato Head which I loved….
Santa is such an important role to undertake…
For the memories last a lifetime!
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 10/27/2021 3:01:26 PM
My cheeks are very wet after readying this bittersweet and beautiful short story, Felix!! Your words allow the reader to reach back into her/his memories and it made me smile to do so.
Love ya!
Jane
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 10/24/2021 10:07:52 PM
What a sweet story! And timely as well since Christmas is just around the corner.
Sandie
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 10/24/2021 9:34:39 AM
Wow! Fourteen years of service to your community. And the story was so poignant. But I'm sure you have other stories after all those years that you can relate.
Doubt if I will ever have the beard of a Santa Claus, like you. Although, I wonder if they would accept a Santa Claus in an electric wheelchair. But lately, a 10-year-old boy has come by to visit me in the afternoon. He is very friendly and curious, but seems so naïve.
The last time I remember Santa was in the first grade. After that, we went to the big city to live and I don't recall ever going to see a Santa again or even believing in Santa even though on Christmas morning our parents gave us something that they attributed to Santa and we let them believe it. ;-)
Ron
A Santa Wish (Short Story) - 10/24/2021 3:56:06 AM
A most beautiful and touching story to usher in the tidings of the season.
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 6/27/2021 5:41:41 PM
Yes! Honestly and straightforwardly stated, Fee. I love it when I can relate and "be" where the writer is writing and expressing and sharing. Love and peace to you,
Regis. 🙏😊🌺🍁
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 3/4/2021 8:22:28 AM
There is nothing like listening in when a writer's mind begins to ramble, unless the ramblings are about your own life. The space that separates the writer from the reader is very thin. This is what compels us to keep reading while putting us in a state of disbelief - how could someone who doesn't know a thing about me speak to me as if they have been a part of me from the beginning... the beginning... will they also be able to tell me of the end?
Great write my friend.
M TERESA CLAYTON
He Who Comes In The Shadows (Short Story) - 7/16/2012 7:16:25 PM
Such imagination and talent, you really brought this to life, felt as if I was there. Great descriptions!
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 5/30/2012 5:39:06 PM
Felix, thank you for the visit to the coffee hole as it were - you are an astute observer and read the crowd very well - in every Starbucks or local "Robinson's House of Exotic Coffee Blends" the crowds appear to be of the same personality type cross sections - you described them to a tee - I wish you love and peace my dear friend - Jon Michael
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 5/20/2012 6:15:00 AM
A nicely penned piece of people-watching.
Donna
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 5/17/2012 9:19:46 AM
Thank you for taking us for coffee Cuz, agreat story and you are a great Author.
Love ya face Cuz, Hugs XOXOXO, Rose
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 5/14/2012 8:40:24 PM
this society brought me tears and smiles and laughs....in it i found the beauty of life and the face of time...loved it, enjoyed it...a lovely picture i get thru your wonderful way of putting it :) thank you and best wishes...neerja
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 5/14/2012 4:09:33 PM
I'm with you Felix, but I make mine at home and take it to work..sometimes we make more there. enjoyed the scene and feel a lot.
Budd
The Big S Society (Short Story) - 5/14/2012 10:03:35 AM
Very descriptive writing, Fee; excellently penned! Well done, my friend!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :)
A Chauffer's Nightmare (Short Story) - 5/19/2010 5:09:41 AM
Whew, that was quite an eventful trip! errr...I mean nightmare! At least, though, the boy and his father were nice...imagine if they had been otherwise! Really felt like I went along for the ride. Well done. ~Elizabeth
Three For A Dime (Short Story) - 7/28/2009 11:01:15 PM
Fee,
This is great reading. You brought me back in time to your childhood. I started with 2 cigs a day when I was 17. I quit the day of my back surgery - exactly a year ago today - July 29, 2008. I had one that morn before going in and never picked up one again. I like being able to breathe first thing in the morning, without coughing! And I don't miss burning my arm or leg with a wayward ash. Saving money, too. I enjoyed this story. Strange that I should click on it today of all days. Hugs,
Sheila
Poppy's Tree House (Short Story) - 1/15/2009 5:37:03 AM
Delightful and heart-warming! I loved the written story, but loved what was behind it even more. Every little girl imagines have a "Poppy" just like you! Your girls are very lucky and your love for them is evident as it overflows into your words. A most enjoyable piece, Fee. Hugs, Lizzie :)
The Old Stag and the Boom-stick (Short Story) - 10/17/2008 11:42:46 AM
Great show of imagination here, Fee! Enjoyed this:)
Sheila
Poppy's Tree House (Short Story) - 8/31/2008 7:34:47 AM
A warming story, Fee! Enjoyed:)
Sheila
The Asylum (Short Story) - 8/21/2008 11:35:48 AM
A great short story, Fee. This is a topic I'm very passionate about. I've written a series of novels about a female assassin who preys on sex abusers. The first one is due out shortly. Back to your story...it took me a minute to realize you were using the female perspective. A brave and creative move, my friend! Your descriptions here are original, haunting, and creative. Love the irony at the end...he should have read her history...lol! Justice has been served...al dente. Love and Hugs,
Sheila
A Chauffer's Nightmare (Short Story) - 7/25/2008 2:24:44 AM
Yikes, Fee. What an ordeal! I enjoyed the tale~
Sheila
Milestone (Article) - 9/25/2012 7:15:32 PM
My goodness! I wonder how many hits you have now? I enjoy your work so much!
I love the picture!
Love ya!
Jane
Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books (Article) - 1/6/2010 5:27:34 PM
Congratulations Cousin Felix, You are right where you belong. I am so proud of you.
Love ya face Cuz XOXOXO, Rose
Santa, can you make Mommy laugh again for Christmas? (Article) - 12/15/2009 10:38:12 AM
Beautifully written from a heart of a true Santa Claus! I believe! And I have been good! I promise I have! Well done; bravo, Santa Fee!
(((HUGS))), much love, and continued prayers (yes, even Santa Claus could use some prayers!)~
As always, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D X0X0X0X0X0X0X0X0
Santa, can you make Mommy laugh again for Christmas? (Article) - 12/14/2009 4:45:06 PM
This is so sweet. I talked to *Santa* the other day and did just what you're talking about. I thanked him for being such a good Santa. He's the only one and works from 10am - 7pm and his ashen whiskers grow a little longer by the end of the day.
Santa, can you make Mommy laugh again for Christmas? (Article) - 12/14/2009 4:11:11 AM
Fee...you are just plain awesome!!!!!! Your heart, my friend, is golden! Wonderful inside look at a day in the life of Santa...thanks so much for sharing!
Hugs, Merry Christmas
Anna
Santa, can you make Mommy laugh again for Christmas? (Article) - 12/14/2009 3:10:28 AM
I know you are the real Santa as I am related to you and see how you are with the children and the adults. That is why we love you as we do and look up to you Dear Santa Fee. I hope this is what you continue to do until you really can't do it anymore.
Love your face Cuz, XOXOXO, Rose
Santa, can you make Mommy laugh again for Christmas? (Article) - 12/14/2009 2:48:58 AM
"...I have often left work emotionally drained and spent wishing I could really create miracles..." and you have done it my friend, giving all and holding the dreams and hopes alive. You ARE a truly real Santa.
Georg
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/18/2009 1:05:05 AM
Wish I could play. Seems fun:)
Sheila
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/15/2009 7:14:59 AM
I want to hear you sing this, Your fans await you...
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/15/2009 1:06:23 AM
awww.....I thought I was going to get to listen to your song!!
this wasn't in my mail box notification either :(
I Love The Lyrics Fee....
can you record an audio for us?
do you need a back up singer ;)
Peace, Love & Inspirations
Vickie
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/14/2009 8:53:23 PM
I'm not musically inclined but I know good lyrics when I read them. Maarvelous Fee. Let me know when American Idol books you.
Blessiings and love,
Susan
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/14/2009 8:02:55 AM
musical notes, cryptic mysteries beyond my musical skill level -- peace and love my friend -- Jon Michael
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/14/2009 7:42:26 AM
Playable....but need to hear your melodic interpretation, otherwise I'm strummin in the dark :-)
~W~
Heart to Heart (Edited) (Article) - 11/14/2009 7:09:29 AM
Tone deaf old geezer can't have a idea to comment on the tunes above, although the words make them a real good song.
Georg
Book Review ... Show and Tell (Article) - 7/15/2009 4:19:44 AM
I forgot about this post Fee...not sure if I told you back in January either that I went to Karen's den after reading this & bought her book & I loved reading it & have shared her story with others too!
Emoitions are writtien into the details of her experiences & the caring of her beautiful heart
Peace, Love & Blessings
Vickie
Milestone (Article) - 7/15/2009 4:15:26 AM
for some reason this never made it to my email!
Wahoo FEE!!! over 400,000 hits! Now that my dear is alot of readers checking you out!!!
I am glad I met you that is for sure!
Love & Blessing Always
Vickie
When Your Memories Visit (Poetry) - 4/7/2025 12:53:36 PM
Oh Fee I felt your heart ach in this one. So many feel this in as they go back through their memories. Beautiful, touching write Cuz.
Lost Dreams, Found Memories (Poetry) - 4/7/2025 12:45:12 PM
Hey Cuz I found out you are still writing on the Den and as usual you enlighten us with your loving words. Great write.
Lost Dreams, Found Memories (Poetry) - 10/15/2024 12:02:19 PM
Lovely sentiments well-expressed via your verses, Fee. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis.
Lost Dreams, Found Memories (Poetry) - 8/28/2024 12:42:26 PM
Fe, this is so tender and a lovely pen. I can see you are growing your beard long for it's almost time for Santa to appear.
Just Another Old Sailor (Poetry) - 8/27/2024 1:39:40 AM
Very atmospheric imagery here. Well done, Fee!
Rebecca
Lost Dreams, Found Memories (Poetry) - 8/24/2024 4:15:31 PM
You have evoked an old truth: " 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." More bitter than sweet.
Lost Dreams, Found Memories (Poetry) - 8/23/2024 2:42:47 PM
It's a lovely poetic song. A GREAT poem does not have to be long! Well done! Amen X 110
Lost Dreams, Found Memories (Poetry) - 8/23/2024 12:49:31 PM
Beautifully rendered. Seems like I have traveled every line.
Ron
Just Another Old Sailor (Poetry) - 8/19/2024 12:24:50 PM
Another beautiful rendition of the theme… "Old soldiers never die… They just fade away" (reminiscent of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's thoughts of becoming the US president)
Yes, I can identify. While lately I've actually become more active on Zoom, my days of leaving the house every chance I got to explore this great continent and its people, eventually getting seafaring legs taking cruises to the Caribbean, are near over.
My pier is looking out my rear windows at the plants, birds and animals in their little squabbles that resemble us so much with great drama and youthful activity.
Thanks for reminding the youngsters reading that we will all reach that stage one day.
Ron
not so great again (Poetry) - 8/13/2024 8:55:43 AM
This pierces the heart. So well penned and filled with truth. When I see people burning the flag it hurts my heart so deeply. Fe, this is a A poem filled with relevant truth. Thought provoking.
not so great again (Poetry) - 8/10/2024 9:52:02 AM
Indeed this has become a very troubled world. It is difficult to be optimistic these days. Be well, Fee. Love and peace to you,
Regis. 🙏
not so great again (Poetry) - 8/10/2024 9:41:00 AM
I'm glad your posting again. I was worried. But I guess you are worried with this rather pessimistic view of the "great again" cult of backsliders. Apparently wishing to return to a Camelot of their own making rather than facing the real gorilla in the room… Global warming.
Ron
Towards the Ending (Poetry) - 5/10/2024 4:04:06 PM
Dear Felix...I absolutely loved this awesome poem.I have missed reading you but now I am back to read all my favorite poets.(finally got a laptop.) I hope you are well and happy✌
Towards the Ending (Poetry) - 4/7/2024 7:39:38 PM
You may be tired, Fee, but I for one never tire of you.
Rebecca
Towards the Ending (Poetry) - 3/29/2024 9:59:01 AM
I second what John just wrote. But what I admire most about you was taking your aging appearance and your skill with words and acting, and using them. Not only becoming Santa Claus every year, but becoming a part of some of the great latter-day fantasies and motion pictures and television.
You are the stuff of legends. You may have lived within meager means, but your legacy will grow and many more people will know, than will ever believe.
Ron
Towards the Ending (Poetry) - 3/29/2024 8:30:20 AM
We will all come to an end, but few of us can express such feelings with grace. Well done.
When Your Memories Visit (Poetry) - 3/23/2024 12:41:14 PM
My heart aches for you as I read these well written but sad words. I wish you peace, my friend.
Rebecca
Awakening (Poetry) - 3/23/2024 7:24:43 AM
This is completely beautiful, every single line. Fitting choice of image, and your introduction line is profound. My favorite lines are the last three, especially “I will appear human” because emotional pain can have us feeling like a walking piece of destruction. “Nothing to get up for” . . . so powerful. ~~ djl
She Thinks He Moved On (Poetry) - 3/23/2024 7:19:52 AM
And this poignancy touchable, like a burn scar. You have the ability to describe an ache that is fresh and deep. Writing helps maybe, having it read helps, too, maybe. Who likes to be in pain un-noticed? That is part of what art does…conveys into the space of others so we do not feel quite so utterly alone. Keep on writing, carry the flame as though it can light even others’ ways. ~~ djl
When Your Memories Visit (Poetry) - 3/23/2024 7:13:33 AM
This has universal appeal, Felix. I felt the journey of the love and lost and longing. You brought sincerity along with serenity into the foreground of daily life readers can relate to in personal ways. Pat Conroy’s book Prince of Tides carried a single sentance from the page into my memory, and that is a description that I find fits your writing of your ‘When Your Memories Visit,’ : = “I rolled that thought around in my mind like a lozenge.” Power of the pen. I find that you did this with many of your lines here, starting with the first line, and “I hope that now then you let your memories roam” and “Tonight again, as I wander through our memories” — that was rolling the lozenge, Felix. Keep the rolling, it is good medicine. ~~ djl
When Your Memories Visit (Poetry) - 3/16/2024 9:05:11 AM
Glad to read you again, Fee. But this is a sorrowful write. I sense much longing.
In the early morning hour, I dreamed my ex-wife who left me 40 years ago, came back to live with me and my current partner. I haven't thought of her in years. I even imagined what she looks like. There are no pictures anywhere. A strange coincidence with your poem.
Ron
How Could You Let Us Fade Away? (Poetry) - 11/9/2023 7:08:22 PM
Love can really hurt and even kill. Your poem touched my heart as I have felt the same way in my younger days. Keep strong and know that your poetry is loved.
How Could You Let Us Fade Away? (Poetry) - 11/5/2023 6:13:43 PM
Some of us have deep love in our hearts that last a lifetime, others come and go and let go far to easily, giving up on something or someone who has given their all us. What a pit that is Felix
How Could You Let Us Fade Away? (Poetry) - 10/24/2023 10:54:27 AM
The price of taking a chance on love is that we must be resilient and know that heartbreak is always nearby. And you have just told us that tale far better than most. Thanks for the arrows, FLP...in a manner of speaking.
How Could You Let Us Fade Away? (Poetry) - 10/21/2023 10:14:41 AM
All I can think of while reading through this poem was my dear husband. He told me he loves me seconds before he took his final breaths. Even though he's gone now for 7 years, I still miss him and remember him as if it was yesterday.
Great longings for the one you love! We all go through this emotion one way or another in our lifetime.
Sandie
How Could You Let Us Fade Away? (Poetry) - 10/21/2023 8:59:37 AM
Sweetly lyrical and probably could be put to music. The kind of tearjerker that climbs the charts for all of those who have lost loves for whatever reason.
I sensed a bit of what my ex-wife might be thinking about me now that that old man she married for his money is gone. She loved so much our being lovers. I don't think of her very much until I read a poem like this.
Ron
How Could You Let Us Fade Away? (Poetry) - 10/20/2023 8:46:49 PM
This is something jilted lovers often wonder, even obsess over. Something in us needs to know they are as miserable as they have made us. Then we see them one day, laughing with their head bent over the face of a younger, very attractive woman, and something in us snaps. No longer miserable, now we are angry and it's a good kind of angry. The kind that gets things done. The kind that allows us to thumb our noses to the source of our hurt, and move on. Hopefully to the kind of love we were denied before.
Rebecca
Our Forgotten Dance (Poetry) - 7/1/2023 1:17:36 PM
Fe, so beautiful and bittersweet. You are such a romantic. Love your work, My Friend.
Our Forgotten Dance (Poetry) - 6/28/2023 2:20:54 PM
Your words say so much, Fee, regarding time "dance"..............The memory never really goes away, eh? You pose such a lovely picture of the "slow dance" itself!
Love ya!
Jane
Our Forgotten Dance (Poetry) - 6/27/2023 1:34:56 PM
Oh Fee, this one made my heart ache.
I'm sorry you lost your Love,
but oh, the intense beauty it has produced
through your pen!
Love & Hugs,
Rhonda
Our Forgotten Dance (Poetry) - 6/27/2023 8:52:15 AM
As I read, I couldn't help thinking I have been there, and done that. Parting is such sweet sorrow (ugh) but when it is done during a slow dance, it is even worse.
You write the best love poetry, even when it fails.
Ron
Our Forgotten Dance (Poetry) - 6/26/2023 8:03:18 PM
Very engaging and thought-eliciting, Fee. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis. 🙏🎻🍁
Our Forgotten Dance (Poetry) - 6/26/2023 4:46:53 PM
Such a lovely, melancholy vision you've created here, Fee. Perhaps it was one of those magical moments that plays itself out every hundred years or so?
Rebecca
Awakening (Poetry) - 6/19/2023 9:36:39 AM
Ah, yes! I can relate as I am sure many others can too. I am grateful for each day granted to me. All the best to you, Fee,
Regis (Reg) 🙏😎🦋🐺
The End of the Road (Poetry) - 6/18/2023 1:04:18 AM
Thank you for your heartfelt sharing beautiful Fee... I have missed so much of your wondrous works during my own crusade on this planet... I am so deeply grateful we collaborated on a precious poem so many years ago now... What was it's name again? ... I have always felt a kindred connection with you no matter our absences... We will always be connected in our souls... I feel very grateful and honoured to have crossed virtual paths with you upon this wide world... Our souls are eternal... Looking forward to connecting with you again in the Oneness of it All... xoxoxox
The End of the Road (Poetry) - 6/17/2023 9:47:32 AM
From the size of the font I feel your pain. But from what I know, you've had a long run playing the parts of older gentlemen of considerable influence, particularly when it involves children who are enamored with stories like you have played parts in. And of course, the joy you have had playing Santa Claus for so long during the Christmas season.
The time comes for us all. Your stories and your images of various personas are your legacy that will live long beyond you and I. I raise a glass and we both approached that final hurrah.
Ron
I hope you are not having breathing problems with the Nova Scotia heat and smoke from wildfires.
The End of the Road (Poetry) - 6/16/2023 7:34:20 PM
We all must face the inevitable end as we did our beginnings. And just as loving arms were there to catch me then I know they'll catch me when.
Rebecca
The End of the Road (Poetry) - 6/15/2023 5:22:23 PM
Yes. We are all on that road, Fee, even those in denial. Love, peace, and blessings to you,
Regis (Reg) 🙏🌳🐬🦋🍁
Awakening (Poetry) - 6/12/2023 5:55:35 PM
I read this poem more than once and always came away with a different "take" on it. Was the speaker an old man missing his deceseased wife? Or a younger man whose relationship, or marriage, has ended? But no matter which version of the story I was reading, they all shared one thing in common. The speaker was feeling sorrow for a loss of someone he loved dearly. I think it's something anyone whose ever been love can relate to.
Rebecca
Awakening (Poetry) - 6/12/2023 12:12:31 PM
No better way to describe what so many feel near the end of their life when they wake up every morning. Acute insight.
Ron
Awakening (Poetry) - 6/12/2023 8:25:42 AM
Great poem, Fee! Yes, you are being blessed with a brand new day by God to do the stuff you want to do. I feel more and more like this lately after my COVID and Pneumonia, I feel life is more precious than we give them credit for. Our children are even more valuable.
Sandie
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 6/8/2023 8:10:47 PM
I can relate to your sentiments as well, Fee. I have four grandchildren. They are still very young. Two in Australia, and two in Toronto, so not nearby. Thank God for technology so they do not seem so distant. Love, peace, and best wishes,
Regis (Reg) 🙏😎
If... (Poetry) - 6/8/2023 8:07:48 PM
Your poem reminds me of some lyrics from a song, "love hurts..." Sadly, that is often the case. Love and peace to you, Fee,
Regis (Reg) 🙏🎻
Us (Poetry) - 5/30/2023 4:00:45 PM
When the heart loves it longs forever
a beautiful poem of deep, thankyou for sharing.
If... (Poetry) - 5/30/2023 9:57:59 AM
Truly sigh worthy poetry.
Us (Poetry) - 5/30/2023 9:56:51 AM
I feel the pain and frustration in your Poem, Fe. Well penned and heart touchking.
Us (Poetry) - 5/18/2023 11:30:32 AM
I can completely understand and I can relate to what you express in your verses, Fee. Thank you for sharing. Love, peace, and blessings,
Regis. 🙏🎸
Us (Poetry) - 5/17/2023 8:30:24 PM
I have written of forbidden love several times and I always think of what would it be like if one of them was suddenly unable to continue the relationship. The love is still there, the longing, but something insurmountable gets in the way. This is especially true of young people whose parents still hold the reins. I like to think that the feelings remain or are reduced to embers, rather than ashes, and they are one day reunited. But then, I'm a hopeless romantic.
Rebecca
Us (Poetry) - 5/17/2023 8:00:28 PM
Your words remind me of "a friend's" situation some time ago. That pain will linger forever so I must deal with it daily.It's like, "Who has the brain here?"!! I feel your words and I want you to know, the feeling is universal and your excellent writing just could be your "therapy". Write on!!
Love ya!
Jane
Us (Poetry) - 5/17/2023 1:21:46 PM
Reflects many a rebel relationship. Love changes over time and you beautifully describe what happens in your few words that are so personal that it makes one think. In our teens we are naturally rebellious. So many have made that mistake.
Ron
If... (Poetry) - 5/11/2023 12:18:16 PM
Oh, Fee! Your words melt like chocolate...mmmmmmmmmmmm. Well, they would certainly melt my heart.
Love ya!
Jane
If... (Poetry) - 5/11/2023 9:24:42 AM
So many forgiven and that yearning. Another beautiful love poem about the agony of waiting.
Ron
If... (Poetry) - 5/10/2023 11:37:05 PM
This is so beautiful, Fee. Very touching.
Rebecca
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 5/3/2023 3:04:34 PM
What an honor, Fee!! Each line of this poem made my heart swell with the love you must feel. "Poppy"! I love it!!
Love ya!
Jane
Just A Note (Poetry) - 5/1/2023 11:15:58 AM
That's so sad, Fe. I belive if you once love someone they will forever be important in your thoughts and heart. Beautiful poem.
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 5/1/2023 11:10:05 AM
Fe, this is so beautiful and you are as blessed as they are to be and havve a Poppy.
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 4/30/2023 3:39:36 PM
Ah, sweet and tender like only a poppy could write
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 4/27/2023 1:34:30 PM
Fee, this is a wonderful expression of your love for this wonderful grands!
I'm so happy for you... it's an indescribable gift, isn't it?
A blessing from the LORD.
I know because we also have them - thirteen grands and now, two great-grands!
And I'm sure you deserve every accolade written - and many that are not.
Love & Hugs,
Rhonda
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 4/27/2023 9:39:17 AM
I don't have any children, but I had two grandfathers that were quite different.
Not only do you have of these grandchildren, and perhaps great-grandchildren to feel your love, you have gone on to take on the grandfather role in many a performance setting, making you a grandfather too many out there that you don't even know. What a lovely legacy you are leaving for all of them to admire.
Ron
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 4/27/2023 8:12:31 AM
This is a wonderful poem, Fee. As I get older one of my biggest regrets is that I never had a family of my own. Especially as I watch friends with their grandkids.
Rebecca
Just Poppy (Poetry) - 4/27/2023 2:37:33 AM
Although I am far from perfect and nowhere near the best person in the world, when I saw that saying above it caused me to pause for a moment. I thought and hoped that this is how my grandkids see me now and forever.
Fee
Just A Note (Poetry) - 4/17/2023 1:40:28 AM
Love is often tangled up with resentment and anger, in fact it is so vulnerable that anything can hurt it. But a word well placed can re open doors and allow the pure emotion through or at least realize its still existing. Nicely shared dear Felix, may you have a precious day, and do what healers do, write :)
Just A Note (Poetry) - 4/12/2023 8:56:14 AM
"Parting is such sweet sorrow.", yet the hurt and pain do linger for some, as is evident in your words, Fee. Hold on to hope!
Love ya!
Jane
Just A Note (Poetry) - 4/10/2023 8:22:34 AM
Beautiful Sentiment Felix!
Just A Note (Poetry) - 4/8/2023 9:49:05 PM
Sometimes life sucks, doesn't it? To find love and know it's returned only to be separated by any of fate's variables. But I'm a firm believer that if something is meant to be, and if you believe in it as well, then it will be.
Rebecca
Just A Note (Poetry) - 4/8/2023 5:57:22 PM
Some things (experiences) are meant to happen while others cannot seem to come to fruition in this life. But I believe, if not in this life, then, in the next. Peace and best wishes to you, Fee,
Regis. 🙏🌎🌳🦋🐬
Admiral Claus (Poetry) - 4/8/2023 10:35:10 AM
A tale well told in verse. A kind of new version of the Robin Hood story where the brother of Santa Claus robbed from the rich to give to the poor.
And you make a very fine looking Admiral Claus, I must say!
Ron
Admiral Claus (Poetry) - 4/7/2023 2:08:03 AM
I like this a lot! It paint pictures of adventure. I see the sun glisten on the water and hear the waves to the hull. The calls across the creaky boards between the pirats. Well done!
It's Over (Poetry) - 4/3/2023 2:04:37 AM
Very sad to read and so very human the feel of it. Thanks for sharing Felix, :)
It's Over (Poetry) - 4/1/2023 2:40:07 PM
So many, including myself, have gone through this painful, and I mean mentally and physically painful experience and feeling! It's the worst! Time is the great healer. Don't stay secluded. Big time!!! Be well.
Love ya!
Jane
It's Over (Poetry) - 4/1/2023 10:33:51 AM
Parting is such sweet sorrow. Most of us have experienced your poem. Failed lovers just can't be friends. But they say it anyway. Tugged at my heart.
Ron
It's Over (Poetry) - 3/31/2023 1:32:13 PM
I've often felt that the worst part of loss is the struggle to accept it. Your words echo from my own past.
Rebecca
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/23/2023 8:14:00 AM
Fe, this is powerful. The intense emotion is heart shaking.
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/22/2023 8:40:41 AM
A moving account, Fee. Best wishes to you,
Regis. 🙏🎸🌳🌎
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/14/2023 12:52:23 PM
Dark indeed! I gather this was suicide rather than murder.
Ron
Moonstruck (Poetry) - 3/12/2023 1:29:05 PM
Your words are so very meaningful, Fee, and touched my heart deeply. "Love Hurts"......Roy Orbison, came to mind while reading your poem. He also sang, "Only love can break a heart. Only love can mend it again."..... My heart goes out to you.
Love ya!
Jane
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/12/2023 4:35:07 AM
wow the stark reality of passion and heart throbs, love it Felix
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/12/2023 3:18:56 AM
This is eerie. A crime scene in a poem. Well done.
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/11/2023 8:04:20 PM
Your words tell a tale that is so common, Fee. Heartbreak leading one into a severe state of depression is a tough one to shake!
Love ya!
Jane
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/11/2023 4:38:07 PM
In response to your review Rebecca, I totally agree with you that in fact violence of any kind committed in the name of love, or as a crime of passion is an illness and can often be a deadly one. That being said it does happen and my poem was not to encourage or praise it, only as an image I saw in that particular picture.
Fee
Un-silent Night (Poetry) - 3/11/2023 4:12:01 PM
What a distressing write! Speaking as someone who once argued with guns, I can honestly say that no woman, or man for that matter, is worth dying for in the name of love. That isn't love, that's an illness requiring intervention and treatment.
Rebecca
Moonstruck (Poetry) - 3/8/2023 12:22:15 PM
This is so sad. I'm not sure the old adage about having loved and lost is better than not to have loved at all is true. Perhaps if the love was shared before it was lost one could eventually look back past the bad times and remember the good with a smile. I wouldn't know though. All my loves have been unrequited.
Rebecca
I Don't Play My Guitar Anymore (Poetry) - 3/7/2023 3:43:14 PM
This is purely beautiful. It carries the genuine feeling without the make up. I would never call this a sentimental piece of writing. It is too artful. ~~ djl
I Don't Play My Guitar Anymore (Poetry) - 3/7/2023 9:11:41 AM
A deep hurt can do that to you. But a deep hurt can also be an inspiration for some of the best songs ever written. This is a departure for you from your usual love poem, but I think that you got a great job with this especially with that matching scene.
I'm so glad that you and your wife can still do the light fandango. You made me recall the times that I danced with my girlfriend in clubs and she had to hold me up the whole time because I was constantly in the process of falling down. Strangely, because of her grace, people in the club would give us the clap!
Ron
I Don't Play My Guitar Anymore (Poetry) - 3/7/2023 2:03:55 AM
A deep sadness in losing a loved one, bringing creativitys flame to a halt. Well described.
I Don't Play My Guitar Anymore (Poetry) - 3/6/2023 9:49:20 PM
I can relate. My instrument was my voice. I was always singing. There seemed to be a song for every occasion and I had quite the repertoire. Singing got me through many sad times, until I had one heartbreak too many. Then it was like all the joy went out of it. That was years ago. I'm just now beginning to hum again
Rebecca
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/23/2023 10:44:38 AM
I can relate very closely to what you express through your verses, Fee. I cannot be with the one I love now and have felt what you express for a long time. I (she and I) are resolved to be patient and to wait for as long as it may take, even into the next life. This kind of love will not be denied even if it is not "fulfilled" at this time or in this place. Love, peace, and blessings to you,
Regis. 🙏🦋✍
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/17/2023 10:49:21 AM
This brought tears to my eyes…so, so sad…
I’m sure many of us have experienced these feelings
at one time or another, but the deep longing and sadness here
Is particularly poignant….
Diana…🍃
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/15/2023 2:43:54 PM
So sad. How often have I felt just this way? Very well expressed.
Rebecca
It'sNot Our Fight (Poetry) - 2/15/2023 2:40:49 PM
I agree with you wholeheartedly. If we don't stop them there, how long before they're here?
Rebecca
It'sNot Our Fight (Poetry) - 2/10/2023 1:24:19 PM
Oh! I am so with you on every word you wrote, Fee!! We could go on and on for days discussing this! You've got me going!!
Love ya!
Jane
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/9/2023 12:49:34 PM
Your words, Fee!!! They touched me deeply as I am able to empathize with them. It's good to be reading you!!! ..................again.
Love ya!
Jane
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/9/2023 11:17:41 AM
The repetition lends itself to song. While the meaning comes through when so many of us have felt this same way, waiting day after day for something that never comes.
Ron
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/9/2023 4:11:20 AM
This is a very sad poem and it happens all too often. Its not easy keeping the hearth warm and the heart alive, through the centuries of love and time sometimes it erodes sometimes it survives, lovely poem Felix, I felt this
Dying Day after Day (Poetry) - 2/8/2023 9:09:23 PM
Beautiful writing. So much longing in this.
It'sNot Our Fight (Poetry) - 2/5/2023 2:21:12 AM
Strong message in this. The more land Putin gains the closer the war will come to you and the harder it will be to stop.
It'sNot Our Fight (Poetry) - 2/4/2023 12:03:02 PM
You really nailed it with a strong analysis of the situation built into a poem.
I don't know about Canada, but if the United States makes any real commitment to fighting for Ukraine, the war will escalate to an entirely different level than it is now. We might have few casualties here on this continent, but Europe would suffer greatly. One of the reasons why European countries haven't stepped up, yet.
With European and support from our side of the Atlantic, the Ukrainians are taking back the ground lost early in the war. In spite of the suffering that the Ukrainian people are under, the suffering in Russia may be even greater. We just don't know. The Russian people may be getting tired of Putin and his military henchmen.
The last thing we need is a nuclear war.
Ron
It'sNot Our Fight (Poetry) - 2/4/2023 11:20:04 AM
I can relate to your theme. I have always thought this way. And sadly, this world has never been "warless" and it does seem about to change. Love and peace to you, Fee.
Regis 🙏🕊
Love, Smiles, Tears (Poetry) - 1/25/2023 10:18:04 PM
I don't care how insistently someone declares their love for you, if they're leaving you for themselves it's themselves they love most.
Rebecca
Love, Smiles, Tears (Poetry) - 1/21/2023 3:09:34 PM
Wonderful write, Fee.
Very moving and powerfully presented.
Love, Smiles, Tears (Poetry) - 1/21/2023 9:07:32 AM
I can relate very much to the theme that you share via your verses here, Fee. It reminds me of my parting with my partner (now my ex) and as such, we have always remained friends. Love, peace, and blessings to you,
Regis. 🙏🎸🍁🌳
Love, Smiles, Tears (Poetry) - 1/21/2023 8:29:45 AM
wow, your world undoes when this happens Felix, hope its fiction.
Love, Smiles, Tears (Poetry) - 1/20/2023 2:19:07 PM
I guess it's better to have a honest, loving end to an affair or marriage rather than an angry one usually flamed higher by lawyers eager to ramp up the anger for more fee.
I'm sure glad that you do this great poetry sharing with us without a fee, Fee. ;-)
Ron
Dream Benediction (Poetry) - 1/2/2023 10:55:12 AM
I totally relate to this... either in dream or reality, I have known this. Love, peace, and blessings to you, Fee,
Regis. ✌🌷😎🙏🐬
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 12/26/2022 7:28:43 PM
You have seen an awful lot, Felix.
Great to see you writing again.
Peter
The Seaman's Widow (Poetry) - 12/25/2022 1:35:14 PM
This "rings" close to my heart. My ancestors (including my grandfather whom I never met) were cod fishermen who sailed from Brittany, France to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Many lost their lives during those crossings. Thank you for sharing, Fee. Blessings to you,
Regis. 🙏🐬🍁
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 12/21/2022 7:18:41 AM
wow, this blows me away by its tenderness and truth Felix, Yours such a gentle weaver of words. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones, Looking forward to reading more of your poetry in the new year !
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 12/19/2022 11:25:53 AM
A delightful Halloween tale, Fee. Thank you for sharing it. Love, peace, and blessings,
Regis. 🎃👻🦉🦇🏃♀️
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 12/16/2022 7:21:47 PM
Lovely! A most endearing and meaningful tribute to someone who is appreciated and loved. Love and peace to you, Fee,
Regis. 🍁
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 11/6/2022 3:54:13 AM
Outstanding appreciation and acceptance of someone
truly special…
Your words are sunshine to the readers heart…
Diana…🍃
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 11/5/2022 7:50:00 PM
this was lovely and a perfect read this morning. thank you
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 11/5/2022 9:18:21 AM
So lovely. But, you do write some lovely poems.
Rebecca
I Have Seen the Sunshine (Poetry) - 11/4/2022 10:51:53 AM
Great insight in seeing life through someone else's eyes.
Immediately I thought of, "Ain't no sunshine when you're gone." And, "Here comes the sun."
With a little twist this could be a fine song.
Ron
I Thought I'd Said Goodbye (Poetry) - 11/1/2022 12:28:08 PM
This one sure looks like Halloween, as well.
That is one terrible nightmare that you have portrayed. Not only finding your love in an affair, but killing her instead of forgiving her. Of course, to find that revenge also seeks revenge in a never-ending cycle that can't be buried like all ill deeds.
A lesson we all need to learn.
Ron
I Thought I'd Said Goodbye (Poetry) - 11/1/2022 9:36:41 AM
I'll never have a bad word to say about you...ever!
I Thought I'd Said Goodbye (Poetry) - 10/31/2022 7:02:23 PM
ooh that was a good one! love the twist as well especially the screaming part in the end. Happy Halloween.
I Thought I'd Said Goodbye (Poetry) - 10/31/2022 9:55:48 AM
Very apt, timely, and à propos is your story, Fee. Love, peace, and best wishes,
Regis. 🙏🎃🧙♀️👻🦉🦇
I Thought I'd Said Goodbye (Poetry) - 10/31/2022 7:02:45 AM
Oh Fe, this is scary. Good write. I miss the old Halloween Balls we once had here on AD.
I Thought I'd Said Goodbye (Poetry) - 10/31/2022 4:06:38 AM
Wonderful! An excellent read to start my Hallowe'en!🎃
Rebecca
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 10/20/2022 8:30:19 AM
Such an atmospheric treat this story was…
Abbi and big brother Felix the crafty ones!
a plan perfectly executed, and not a drop of Bat’s blood spilt!
You gotta love their scheming and bagging the booty!
Great Halloween story!
Diana…🍃
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 10/19/2022 1:43:01 AM
i can have another story poem like this please. that was so much fun to read. thank you.
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 10/16/2022 9:53:14 AM
Delightful and really unique. There were lots of pranks when I was growing up. Most not to destructive, but some were against the law. ;-)
We lived in a changing old neighborhood. Our house was a decaying Victorian. The streets were rather dark and there weren't many trick-or-treaters like us. Many homes were dark so we didn't knock. For the couple of years that we did, once with our cousin from a small town where he couldn't gather a large bag of candy like us.
There was this one, one-story house with a gable in the front and a small window above the porch that seemed not to have a window, but just a black hole. When we approached the building, someone up there in that attic or upstairs room would call out in a deep voice, "Ooooh," over and over again as if to scare us. We just laughed at the fool up there thinking that he could scare us.
Ron
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 10/15/2022 8:27:20 PM
Trick or treat? In this case, it was Trick and Treat! Fun and scary! A good tale to tell ever after.
Sandie :)
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 10/15/2022 3:35:11 PM
Thanks for sharing Felix! This is a lot of fun and perfect for the season.
Dream Benediction (Poetry) - 10/15/2022 3:23:58 PM
There's so much truth to this poem. A sensitive message to be heard, especially the last stanza.
Rebecca
The Seaman's Widow (Poetry) - 10/15/2022 3:15:19 PM
Such a haunting portrait in words here that are beautifully illustrated by your picture. Well done.
Rebecca
A Halloween Story (Poetry) - 10/15/2022 3:06:06 PM
Oh what hooligans you two were! Enjoyed very much!
Rebecca
The Seaman's Widow (Poetry) - 10/10/2022 4:13:40 PM
Beautifully penned, Fe and heart touching.
The Seaman's Widow (Poetry) - 10/7/2022 11:26:02 AM
And there were many of them during the wild days when only the sails propelled the ships into the seas both uncharted and with weather unknown. A very dangerous time to go to sea.
Your poem about sea widows' sorrow rings true to me.
Ron
Dream Benediction (Poetry) - 10/1/2022 8:01:26 AM
Beautiful poem. Well done!
Dream Benediction (Poetry) - 9/30/2022 4:52:38 PM
We all came into this world naked. When we leave we taking nothing, except the clothes on our backs and the love in our hearts.
Sandie
Dream Benediction (Poetry) - 9/29/2022 4:31:09 PM
So heartwarming, delightful…and uplifting…
and yes…I absolutely agree…
“Love is all that truly matters in the end”
Enjoyed this so much Fee…
Diana…🍃
Dream Benediction (Poetry) - 9/29/2022 10:23:54 AM
This beautifully rhymed little poem raises one's spirit with every line. A unique talent that few poets anymore can reach.
Ron
Come Hell or High Water (Poetry) - 9/3/2022 6:15:39 AM
I have a weakness for pirate poetry and you are masterful at it, Fe. Really enjoyed your poem.
Come Hell or High Water (Poetry) - 8/26/2022 6:31:47 AM
I so enjoyed this piece Fee! I could hear it in my mind being sung on board the old
Sailing ship…
Wonderful!
I love Sea Shanties…my Mum had a Sea Shanty book of Piano music when
I was a child, and she would play an assortment of the songs for me…
My favourites were HEART OF OAK, and MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN…
We used to have a Sea Shanty Festival here in Hull, UK every year, and people from all over the World would travel to attend this wonderful event…sadly it’s no longer held…
I would love to read more of these pieces Fee, and I really love the swaying rhythm…!
Diana..🍃
Come Hell or High Water (Poetry) - 8/25/2022 11:13:14 AM
Wonderful! I love ditties like this. Must be the Navy brat in me. I love the cadence and the "feel" of the poem. I can just hear it being sung aboard a schooner on the water somewhere.
Rebecca
Summer Dream (Poetry) - 8/21/2022 6:17:35 PM
Short and sweet and I can totally relate since I experience such "dreams" recalling what actually happened... fortunately, at times, dreams do come true... when love will not be denied. Love and peace to you, Fee,
Regis. 🙏🍁
I wish to see the sunrise with you.. (Poetry) - 8/8/2022 4:18:36 PM
wow, sometimes words can bring to life quite a powerful love Felix, and since words are eternal, that love will live on, inside your story, nicely written very heartfelt. :)
I wish to see the sunrise with you.. (Poetry) - 8/5/2022 8:51:45 AM
But perhaps, if and when you are fortunate enough to meet again in another life, there will be no line to cross. Love and peace to you, Fee,
Regis. 🙏😎🐦🌳🦋
I wish to see the sunrise with you.. (Poetry) - 8/2/2022 3:50:42 PM
This is so heartbreakingly beautiful Fee…
Love and difficult circumstances can
create tortuous relationships, and the
memories that linger are bittersweet…
You have however, skilfully transformed with
your words, these feelings and emotions into an
elegant and heart touching piece of writing…
Diana…🍃
I wish to see the sunrise with you.. (Poetry) - 7/23/2022 12:14:35 PM
You remain the master of love poetry. And I like your reference to Mr. Reality that sometimes dawns on us. Kudos for another great one.
You really struck home with a three year relationship that I had that is described perfectly in your last stanza. We are still loving friends and share family experiences.
Ron
I wish to see the sunrise with you.. (Poetry) - 7/23/2022 5:48:19 AM
it's always a great ability to transform every heartache to a beautiful art. this one surely is a lovely sincere heartfelt write. thank you for sharing us your emotions through this piece.
Summer Dream (Poetry) - 7/4/2022 2:54:22 PM
Oh, Fee, this one hits hard. Beautifully and honestly penned.
Summer Dream (Poetry) - 6/22/2022 10:24:04 AM
We've all cast ourselves in this movie. Dreamy imagery, Felix.
Summer Dream (Poetry) - 6/21/2022 1:05:13 PM
To think that this beautiful dream actually ended when you opened your eyes to the dawn or a semblance of the dawn created by artificial electric light.
Ron
Summer Dream (Poetry) - 6/21/2022 8:54:19 AM
This is truly beautiful Fee,
from beginning to end…
Diana…🍃
Every Now and Again...Always (Poetry) - 6/18/2022 12:33:15 PM
Every once in a while, I get a crystal, sharp as a cut diamond in my eye, and I find that that is one of the few things that causes my tear ducts to flood my eyes with salty sting, adding insult to injury.
Aside from that, I certainly hope that you can get it on YouTube where maybe someone will pick it up and make it famous. It's that good, really.
Ron
Every Now and Again...Always (Poetry) - 6/17/2022 4:15:43 AM
A beautiful but sad love song that really touches the heart…
You are so proficient at this kind of writing Fee…
My best wishes always…
Diana…🍃
Every Now and Again...Always (Poetry) - 6/16/2022 3:17:20 PM
Hello Felix,
Is this a song? It should be. It's very sweet and sad at the same time. I love old love songs too. Sometimes they help us through the pain. Nice work.
Every Now and Again...Always (Poetry) - 6/16/2022 2:16:40 AM
this is quite heartbreaking. but i'm curious how the song goes. heartache always lead to beautiful art. thank you.
Omens In The Dark (Poetry) - 6/15/2022 12:17:44 PM
No Felix there is no excuse in the world large enough and bold enough to warrant the end of one life, let alone, thousands, I figured in today's age, we would have become more human, but I an see the de-humanization of society is still alive and well in the world. Ignorance still reigns, but aside empathy compassion and enduring love, it is almost bearable,
Love and light, Vie
Omens In The Dark (Poetry) - 6/15/2022 12:07:58 PM
Thanks for reminding us. And Memorial day should be more than just first summer outings and barbecue like it is for most. War is being diminished worldwide, even though there are more wars going on right now than one can grass, something like 16. But you are right about Russia with a leader hell-bent on winning his private war like so many others have done before.
But they won't read your poetry. They will shout patriotic words to get the crowd stirred up so that many young people will sign up to go into the meat grinder as if it were a path to glory.
Ron
Omens In The Dark (Poetry) - 6/15/2022 7:03:24 AM
A very moving piece Fee, which clearly
Reveals the horrors of war…
Surely in 2022 we could have a more
human and compassionate way of solving our
world’s problems…
Diana…🍃
Omens In The Dark (Poetry) - 6/14/2022 10:25:52 PM
I have nothing but the deepest respect for soldiers who have died for a just cause, but hope that we can see the fulfillment of this scripture in our lifetime:
"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Isaiah 2:4
Oh, let it be. Heartfelt write, Fee.
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/14/2022 6:12:09 PM
I don't know about you, Felix, but all these memories keep flooding back to me and with them, melancholy. I suppose it's so we can finally deal with the last of our shadows so we can leave this earth unencumbered. Its a wise man who accepts his his mortality yet lives each remaining day with passion. Could always expect tjat from Felix Perry. Be well.
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/14/2022 8:21:24 AM
I think it is a sign of wisdom that once realize and accepts one's fate, it's like accepting yourself and who you are. Well done and ditto what Audrine wrote.
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/5/2022 1:20:54 PM
Yes... I have become intimate with the theme that you share through your verses here, Fee. I often smile on the outside while drowning in tears on the inside... And the older I get, I find time seems to be speeding up as I understand less and less of this world/life. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis (Reg) 🙏🌳🍁
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/4/2022 5:37:26 PM
I suppose to be melancholy is to feel pain. But in my case, it is from a sense of melancholy that I am able to witness the beauty and joy that surrounds me.
Rebecca
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/3/2022 3:46:38 PM
i love how you transmuted the gift of pain to something profound and beautiful.
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/3/2022 3:33:59 PM
I hope there are some good times to be had in between,
when the hurting subsides somewhat…
I hope older age still contains some little unexpected
gems that warm your Heart…
Diana…🍃
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/3/2022 8:05:05 AM
Cheer up Felix because earth is only a brief vapor mist and then we go to the real reality and awaiting profound love. You had and have a major purpose here on earth to touch the lives of others that they may see the love within and from God
Melancholy (Poetry) - 6/2/2022 10:54:53 AM
A very exquisite and beautifully written testament of what it's like to grow old and find that those you counted on are also disappearing all around leaving a lingering melancholy for most.
You and I share the idea of putting on a good face and smiling rather than turning into grumpy old men. And most of all, welcoming what is coming because we are ready.
Ron
Trial by Insomnia (Poetry) - 5/8/2022 2:53:58 PM
Ah yes. Insomnia. It has been my nemesis many times as well. Thank you for sharing this engaging piece, Fee. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis. 🙏🌳🦉🌲🦋
Trial by Insomnia (Poetry) - 5/4/2022 2:23:40 PM
Those memories must be very strong to overpower one's sleep. I remember having trouble sleeping over a problem at work or with someone, but that lasted only a night or two.
While my sleep is interrupted by physical concerns and hot and cold issues, I always wake up dreaming a new story that doesn't really have anything to do with my past but provides a great future for writing strange stories that come in the night.
Sweet dreams will come for you, I hope.
Ron
Trial by Insomnia (Poetry) - 5/4/2022 8:55:48 AM
Oh no, Fe, not forever. Such a heart touching poem. The past is passed, we try to let it go. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we have a sleepless night. You have captured it so well.
Trial by Insomnia (Poetry) - 5/4/2022 8:33:16 AM
There is a tortured beauty within your words…
but a sleepless night such as you describe is
a trial to be endured…
You have used your pain to such good effect to
create this dream of a poem…
Regards,
Diana…🍃
Trial by Insomnia (Poetry) - 5/4/2022 12:58:19 AM
Isn't it interesting how all our regrets and worries haunt us more at night than during the bright light of day? I feel your pain!
Rebecca
One Last Fling (Poetry) - 4/16/2022 12:01:28 PM
She sure can fool everyone, can't she Fe? Well penned.
Mid-week Blues (Poetry) - 4/15/2022 4:51:08 AM
Ah, how priceless you are with your poetry and incisive eye
for beauty and truth. You would be such a welcome asset to
our little group, when you are ready we are waiting for you
with open arms, Santa, take care, Have a Blessed Easter
with peace , love, and mirrored reflections of exuberance
and gratefulness of spirit and soul. P)
Mid-week Blues (Poetry) - 4/14/2022 11:16:23 AM
Oh how I know these thoughts and feelings! You've expressed them perfectly here.
Rebecca
Mid-week Blues (Poetry) - 4/14/2022 9:07:00 AM
Moving sentiments are awakened by your words, Fee. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis. 🙏🍁
Parked in Time (Poetry) - 4/8/2022 3:32:54 PM
So, so sad. Yet, I've seen this poem in many elders that I've known. I can only hope my fading years are happier.
Rebecca
Another Restless Night (Poetry) - 4/8/2022 3:30:58 PM
That last word, "unrequited," says it all. I can feel myself in this poem.
Rebecca
One Last Fling (Poetry) - 4/7/2022 8:52:26 AM
This is so cleverly written Fee…! …
and so true…here in UK we were tempted
to think Lady Spring had finally arrived…
20 degrees for one day two weeks ago…
We languished beneath blue skies and Sunshine…
Since then snow, sleet and hailstones…
Then a little sunshine naively draws us back,
but then temperatures fall to less than freezing!
We shall always forgive her however…
Enticing us with her coy little endearing ways…
For she is the HOPE we need after the long dark Winter…
Genius work!!
Diana…🍃
Another Restless Night (Poetry) - 4/3/2022 1:19:14 PM
It seems that one is able to carry on during the day and only think about what needs to be done, this and that, etc.. but once it's time to sleep, your brain goes into overtime........no time and a half even! An "unrequited" love hurts bad. Keep your eyes on the road and stay in your own lane. You write so beautifully and are able to touch the hearts of your readers.
Love ya!
Jane
One Last Fling (Poetry) - 4/3/2022 12:43:37 PM
Oh, Fee!! This is an enticing write! Oh, how easily I am able to relate to your wordology. She is a scamp, that "Lady Spring"! She has those wiley ways! 'Love this so much!! Write on!!
Love ya!
Jane
One Last Fling (Poetry) - 4/3/2022 9:20:31 AM
How true. Have seen it happen many times. My partner just remarked this morning how our brilliant green and dark red flowered pinks have endured through the winter and are blooming better now. But she remembered how they looked with snow on them, still blooming brightly underneath. "Strong roots," she said.
And our bridal veil that I planted and that was transplanted two times because it got too big and had to be moved, is blooming again, a sure sign of spring. I had her take a picture. When she came back she again said, "Do you remember when it was covered with snow?
I don't remember but I'm sure she's right. Fickle spring happens here all the time.
Ron
One Last Fling (Poetry) - 4/3/2022 3:39:55 AM
I like the way you describe Lady Spring as having "coy" ways. Here where I live that is an apt description, as she plays hide and seek with winter (and us) until suddenly summer has us in it's hot and humid grasp. She's such a tease!
Rebecca
Another Restless Night (Poetry) - 3/26/2022 11:10:44 AM
No doubt many can relate to the theme of your poem, Felix. Love and peace to you (and peaceful sleep and dreams too),
Regis. 🌳🌼🙏🌲🍁
Another Restless Night (Poetry) - 3/26/2022 8:49:41 AM
Many can identify. Since love has left my life to routine. My restless nights tend to be purely physical. When that physical pain is tended to, I sleep like a baby.
Ron
Another Restless Night (Poetry) - 3/26/2022 8:07:05 AM
A sad lament, beautifully rendered.
When Is It Our War? (Poetry) - 3/15/2022 2:34:09 PM
I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one Ronald as more and more people die senselessly by the hands of a dictator who is just as bad as Hitler and is using the same reasoning to take over as much of the world as he can. I fear nuclear strikes as well as you do but we cannot be blackmailed by that threat forever. Do you honestly believe that if the Ukaraine falls he will stop there? As a Canadian it concerns me as well that the Russians are also on our borders and with the opening of the Arctic and the North West Passage open year round...what's to stop him from moving on us...only the fact that big brother (USA) is there to stand up for us. So sorry on this one we will have to, as I said earlier, agree to disagree.
Felix
When Is It Our War? (Poetry) - 3/15/2022 1:42:51 PM
The best way is already happening. By financially crippling Russia, we make Putin and all of his armies weak. Soldiers from all over the world, including Canada and United States are arriving in the Ukraine to help out. Munitions and weapons, funneled through Poland, Romania and Finland are arriving undetected even by news sources to aid the Ukrainians in their determination to fight. The Ukrainians have already proved their ability to fight the Russians. With our help they can drive the invaders out.
The best course is not to involve NATO unless Russia steps over that line. Ukrainians are not being slaughtered, but the vulnerable are getting out of the country and welcomed by other former Soviet republics that don't want the same thing that happened to them before happen again. That's why they are in NATO.
The concern right now is chemical weapons and the "limited" nuclear strike. Both in the free world and in the former Soviet world, nuclear weapons are aimed at major metropolitan centers and the loss to the world of a nuclear exchange nearly automatically set off by a tyrant's illogical mind would be unfathomable.
At no time since the Cuban Missile Crisis have we been so close to nuclear war. We cannot even escalate it to a conventional war with the destruction power available in armies the world over today. Especially the United States arsenal. Care before action is absolutely necessary.
Ron
Parked in Time (Poetry) - 3/2/2022 2:19:06 PM
Ronald...Although this may seem dark, the poem itself was inspired believe it or not by the photo which was taken by the photographer who does my Santa Studio shoots each Christmas. Though, as I age myself, I see and look back on things both good and bad and I am amazed at how the world has changed so drastically in one lifetime.
Parked in Time (Poetry) - 3/2/2022 11:16:02 AM
Sad but true. You are writing a lot of these end-of-life type poems these days. I'm ready to go at any time but not writing about it very much yet. Maybe in my last few days if I know when they are coming.
I must say, that this one is a real tearjerker.
Ron
Simpler Things (Poetry) - 3/1/2022 6:26:37 AM
This poem creates beauty from beginning to end…
In its composition, in its wishes, in its wording…
And I simply LOVE the Frank Kook painting which
drew it all together…
Best wishes,
Diana 🍃
Simpler Things (Poetry) - 2/14/2022 9:42:50 AM
Captivating painting by Frank Kook. Honorary line: “Artists and poets strive to capture.” Rich with truth, that line. Keep writing to keep writing, Felix. ~~ djl
Simpler Things (Poetry) - 2/13/2022 4:51:24 AM
We strive a lifetime to capture all the nuances of an amazing world
by the stroke of our pen by at the edge of our souls. Some time
we succeed and other times we contend to just watch and be baffled by
the mysteries of life. I love the way you dip beauty and make it yours
in this amazing poem.
Thank you for sharing Felix
Simpler Things (Poetry) - 2/12/2022 11:07:52 AM
Looking back on simpler times when we forget all the bad, certainly does seem better.
But careful analysis of what really occurred back then always gives us a rosier picture because it is tempered by our mind's eye. Always making the past look better than it really was.
Ron
Simpler Things (Poetry) - 2/11/2022 5:04:57 PM
Hope we will find peace very soon. It seems like everywhere we go, someone is arguing or protesting with another about something. We need peace, and we need to be inspired!
Sandie
Simpler Things (Poetry) - 2/11/2022 3:12:28 PM
Lovely, Felix. "...hoping it will last." What we truly strive for. I'm
reminded of bards of old. Good to read you again. Fine write.
Lost Tears (Poetry) - 2/10/2022 6:09:49 AM
Life can go by slow and agonizingly sad when ones heart is broken, it can also heal in on the edge of time, Beautiful tender and so heart moving dear Felix, thank you for sharing :)
