The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 4/12/2010 6:27:49 AM
Helloo :)
I apologize for the delay in this comment. I actually finished your book over the holidays, and have been meaning to message you for awhile now. But you know how it is ... I have a horrible tendency to put things off for no other reason than laziness.
Procrastination aside, the effort and compassion put forth by the Steel Chains is so heartwarming. It's good to know that people like you exist in a world that always seems to be governed either by fundamental fanatics or selectively blind atheists. You are an inspiration. Thank you for doing what you love, it gives me hope.
The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 9/10/2009 10:32:08 AM
Rose, congratulations and best wishes on the book's sussess.
Cheers,
Dan
The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 9/10/2009 1:54:11 AM
A book review
I just finished last night reading "The Steel Chains of Love" a book authored by Ms. Rose Rideout.
You don't need to be or have been a biker to enjoy all the 307 illustrated pages, but it will help a lot if you were once straddle on a Harley Davidson mean mother of a machine.
From the pages you will hear that identifiable deep growling from under your seat that crawls up your spine and shake your neck with a reminiscence of potholes on the old Route 66 or just for the heck of it down to Baja with a hot mamma tethered around your waist.
The book takes you in a journey that many dream of but that are too chicken to embark, to open their hearts.
Not only we are to travel on those roads made of dirt, but also on the roads of charity that most of the world bikers travel trying to help other less fortunate.
The book have it all, informative bends and damn the torpedoes humor, mother's BBQ and many real photos to put you there.
It is once in a lifetime, so, if you don't own a bike, read the book and you will love Rose as Fred does.
Georg Edvard Mateos
Sweden
09.09.2009
The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 9/9/2009 7:04:12 PM
An absolutely great book sis, I just started reading it and can't seem to put it down. It certainly enlightens us the reader, not to judge a book by its cover. So many wonderful giving souls riding their motorcycles to where ever it may take them, so they can give to others, the sick, the poor, and the many less fortunate in this world. I commend them for the work they have already done and the work they will do in the future to provide a means and a cure for so many. They certainly are Angels in Leather.
Thankyou for sharing sis
The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 9/9/2009 2:57:27 PM
Sounds like a winner. I know this very well myself. It will be a wonderful story to let so many know what is behind that windshield and beneath the leather suit. LadyJ
The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 9/9/2009 2:56:53 PM
...and besides all that it has my smiling picture in it, but on the serious side...great job dear cuz, well done.
hugs
fee
The Steel Chains of Love (Book) - 9/9/2009 2:50:26 PM
I Love Bikers! I Love Bike Runs & the fund raisers I have participated in was an absolute blast!!
There are no bigger hearts than the LEATHER ANGELS!!!
and speaking of leather...I Love That Too! It is a shame if anyone has a stereo typical attitude by peoples apperance...
CONGRADULATIONS ROSE!!! I know first hand this is a wonderful story content! :)
Peace Love & Blessings
Vickie
A Mother's Love is Forever (Short Story) - 7/8/2026 2:43:00 PM
Hi! I really enjoyed reading your story. It has a strong visual feel, and I could imagine the characters and scenes coming alive on every page.
I'm a comic artist who loves collaborating with writers, and your work genuinely sparked my creativity. If you'd ever like to explore adapting it into a Webtoon or manga, I'd love to connect.
You can message me on Instagram: .lunaartsoul.
Keep up the amazing work!
A Mother's Love is Forever (Short Story) - 5/1/2026 3:34:05 AM
A sweet summation and lovely tribute to your mother-in-law; to many mothers.
A Mother's Love is Forever (Short Story) - 4/30/2026 5:51:08 PM
Thank you for reviewing my short story Ron, I am aware that there are some mothers who doesn't fit into what I have written. I was a mom at 16 years of age and I decided to be the best mom I could be. I never finished school but i loved and cherished every moment of raising my son. My NOW husband was a dad at 17 years of age. we both were married to the wrong people and soon divorced. We found each other and both had full custody of our sons. Together we raised five children who have received love and care from us for fifty years. I guess I wrote from my heart. Thank you again. You were lucky to have a very special loving mother.
Rose
A Mother's Love is Forever (Short Story) - 4/29/2026 9:36:39 AM
You have chronicled the story of a mother quite well. Although all mothers don't behave exactly the way you describe.
Roger and I arrived as a surprise when our mother was 17. Instead of going to college, she focused on us. Juggled work with domestic duties. But always gave us freedom to learn and never held us back. She was really happy for us to go to school and even happier when we went off to college and independence at 18. I'm sure she cried a lot when I became paralyzed at 20 and she felt helpless to help me when I returned home.
For the last 10 years before she died at 95, I was unable to go see her with over 2000 miles of distance between us. But near the end, she would call me on her TTY phone. What I noticed most was how happy she was, just to report her news and then giggle like a schoolgirl because she was talking to me every Monday at 4 PM when she would call.
Ron
Life is a Dream in Itself (Short Story) - 5/14/2025 12:41:18 PM
You have a knack for writing in a way as though you were that little girl relating the story. Hope you have written some children's stories because I think you would be very good at it.
I was also poor as a child with the same kind of loving mother and providing father. But when I entered the second grade living in a deteriorating area of an industrial city, I was introduced to the bad element in society and my twin brother and I managed to leave that unscathed when we moved away in the seventh grade to a farming town where everything was much tamer.
Ron
Life is a Dream in Itself (Short Story) - 4/27/2025 4:00:40 AM
You made your points beautifully. I remember rummaging in my mother's button tin.
Another Angel Arrived (Short Story) - 10/30/2019 4:13:51 AM
A beautiful story. Your brother always carried Christmas in his heart.
Another Angel Arrived (Short Story) - 10/26/2019 9:28:30 AM
Brought joyful tears to my eyes.
Ron
Another Grandchild (Short Story) - 10/1/2019 8:28:42 AM
Great advice on how to treat grandchildren. But I'm sure that most grandparents instinctively do. My concern is that so many grandparents have to take over the parenting role because their children were not prepared to have children.
Ron
Another Grandchild (Short Story) - 9/30/2019 5:15:27 PM
This is beautiful! Your feeling flow from your pen. Thank you for sharing!
Jane
A Mother's Love (Short Story) - 5/3/2019 11:10:02 AM
A mother loves unconditionally. God tells us to honor our parents. We all must answer to Him one day.
Love ya!
Jane
Just For the Health of it (Short Story) - 9/6/2011 4:17:28 AM
It is so painful to watch those we love self-destruct. A very important reminder for all, Rose! ~Hugs, Elizabeth
Christmas of Long ago (Short Story) - 6/7/2011 12:19:02 PM
What a beautiful memoir, Rose. That certainly was a kinder, gentler time back then. I remember it well (I'm older than you are). We were happy with much less, that's for sure. I loved reading this.
Hugs,
CJ
Natalie's Fall From Grace Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 10/12/2010 7:38:42 AM
Very mature 17 year-old in this story. I was ready to do some real damage to Father Patrick. :)
Donna
Natalie's Fall From Grace Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 10/11/2010 2:20:58 PM
Wonder how many young girls this actually happend to....interesting story, Rose.
Hugs,
Anna
Natalie's Fall From Grace Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 10/11/2010 3:48:25 AM
Our stories are always a work in progress for there is always room for improvement. Love to see you keeping your enthusiasm alive and never give up on a dream.
fee
Natalie's Fall From Grace Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 10/11/2010 3:27:38 AM
Nice to see you posting stories, Rose; very well penned! Well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
Natalie's Fall From Grace ( The beginning ) (Short Story) - 9/26/2010 3:49:45 PM
Rose,
This is fantastic! Forbideen territory for a seventeen year old. And what is a priest inviting her somewhere privately. This will be a great novel! Please let us know when and where this book will be.
Hugs,
Mary
Natalie's Fall From Grace ( The beginning ) (Short Story) - 8/24/2010 5:45:24 AM
Intriguing story Rose! I love the characters, and coming from a background of nuns for teachers and a particularly handsome parish priest in our small hometown, I get a very vivd picture! I wish you the very best of luck with your book, and look forward to reading more of the story...
Hugs,
Anna
Natalie's Fall From Grace ( The beginning ) (Short Story) - 8/23/2010 5:07:24 PM
Very interesting story, Rose, with characters that I enjoyed meeting and will truly enjoy getting to know better and spending time with.
Your friend, Mark
Adoption of a Child (Short Story) - 4/26/2010 4:36:01 PM
I'm eagerly looking forward to a sequel to this Rose. Very well written. I was glued to my chair from the first words to what I hope isn't the end.
Hugs,
Marcia
Christmas of Long ago (Short Story) - 12/5/2009 3:52:19 PM
Have to use the same word Nostalgic-was what came to my mind. I enjoyed reading of your heartfelt Christmas memories. The materialism of today has took away some of the simple-yet important traditions of the past.I will be joyful anyway.
Children Have Rights (Short Story) - 7/24/2009 8:31:31 AM
Great story, Rose. You are absolutely correct "Children Have Rights". As a parent, it hurts me to realized there are children brought into this world that were never wanted. Children deserve so much more than that. Very profound message in your write.
Anna
Adoption of a Child (Short Story) - 4/12/2009 5:03:53 PM
Dear Rose, there are so many people like Aunt Viv and Uncle Charlese. How can anyone be so rude with Rene, after all she was only thirteen. (Please make the parents come back, don't kill them)the story will be nicer if they stay alive. Great story, Love Emile
Children Have Rights (Short Story) - 3/26/2009 7:40:44 AM
A great write Rose! You are right about some children. Its heartbreaking, as they do need love and attention and are often left out for one reason or another. There are so many kids which are abused or unwanted . Sadly its a reality in the world we live in. Thanks for sharing .....M
Published Book (Article) - 9/3/2026 5:14:27 AM
Nice to know you here. I would love to read one of your book. Actually it reminded me of EnidBlyton series,the books we read while growing up in the sixtys.
Best of luck to you
Jk roseline
Published Book (Article) - 6/15/2010 8:17:24 PM
Dear Rose. Your book has been published since last year!. I hope it ha sold well. Congratulations upon this big acheivement...M
Published Book (Article) - 9/9/2009 12:13:37 PM
How do I get a copy of the book Rose?
Published Book (Article) - 8/6/2009 3:52:56 PM
GReat news there, will scope it out as soon as I can. LadyJ
Published Book (Article) - 8/4/2009 9:27:15 PM
Dear Rose, it delights me to say congratulations on your
new novel. So glad you'll be active again at the Den. -gene.
Published Book (Article) - 8/3/2009 6:49:52 AM
Congratulations, Rose... way to go!
Cheers,
Dan
Published Book (Article) - 8/2/2009 2:48:24 AM
Congratulations and big round of applause for you and this book dear cousin, I am very proud of you and remember the conversation we had when you once told me you could never write a book and I helped you a little with your first, now you are going all out and I can't write to read this latest of your collection.
hugs and see ya soon...
Fee
Published Book (Article) - 8/2/2009 2:29:34 AM
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ! ! ! ! !
A book is a legacy, a kind of "don't forget me"...ever.
Georg
Published Book (Article) - 8/1/2009 7:49:22 PM
yeah!!! good for you!
In The Still of The Night (Poetry) - 9/5/2026 8:47:14 PM
So beautiful, Rose!! This reads like a song.
~ Sandie
In The Still of The Night (Poetry) - 9/3/2026 3:59:23 PM
Your poem such a wonderful mood that I miss in my suburban setting. When you live in the country and have a porch to sit on in the evening, one can experience times like this.
Made me recall one of my favorite old songs, Deep Purple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFYnGXv05Tg
Ron
In The Still of The Night (Poetry) - 9/3/2026 12:11:35 PM
in thlove ane still of the night what a great way to begin with.. you got it all right!
j k roseline
In The Still of The Night (Poetry) - 9/3/2026 9:48:12 AM
Beautiful lyrics. I can’t help but imagine music to them.
From Day to Day (Poetry) - 9/2/2026 7:54:10 PM
You have perfectly described how even the most perfect relationships between two people require ups and downs in order for that relationship to solidify over the years.
We all have ups and downs. It's much better when we can share them with someone we love.
Ron
Growing Old Together (Poetry) - 8/15/2026 10:10:01 AM
When we're drunk on youth it feels like forever - whoosh, WTH did those years go.
Every wrinkle tells a story, I wonder if folk get wrinkles like trees get circles?
You're still highly blest and in full bloom, young Rose
Growing Old Together (Poetry) - 8/12/2026 11:42:17 AM
It's very good when you have someone to grow old with. I have that. But it can make it very hard for the one left behind. And that's going to happen, unfortunately.
As you wrote, age creeps up on all of us, almost before we know it's happening. The years fly by faster and the end to a beautiful relationship will eventually happen.
Ron
What I Enjoy in my Life (Poetry) - 6/19/2026 2:13:23 PM
I was enchanted by the way you expressed yourself with the ordinary joy of just living.
In the end you emphasize that it's best for loving couples to allow themselves to have time apart. So that you can do your thing…writing. And he can do his thing…riding his motorcycle. But I'm sure you rode along.
I only wish I could contribute more to our mutual relationship like your husband does to yours in the 34 years that we've been together.
Ron
In my Garden of Life (Poetry) - 6/18/2026 1:39:33 AM
Beautiful Rose. In our gardens grow weeds, and they can creep in but here you tell off yours that have risen above.
Well versed.
Love n hugs Rose
Ch'erie xoxo
I Always Forget Important Things (Poetry) - 5/23/2026 2:56:57 PM
I am 100% with you on writing it down. It doesn’t get done otherwise!
Where Have I Gone (Poetry) - 5/20/2026 9:05:05 AM
No Ron, I have to be one of the happiest people in the world because I have the most wonderful husband in the world who thinks I should always come first and yes he spoils me. However I did write this for someone very close to me.
Thank you for reviewing it.
Rose
Where Have I Gone (Poetry) - 5/19/2026 10:56:50 AM
You listed this poem under Writing. I hope it is just an exercise in writing a different way. Because I don't view you as an unhappy person.
Ron
I Always Forget Important Things (Poetry) - 5/4/2026 11:21:26 AM
They tell me it's a part of aging. But I agree with you, it can be pretty annoying. The good news is, they also say that it's not a sure fire way of determining dementia or worse, Alzheimer's.
I never tried to remember things. But I was always organized and put things where I could find them. Even in my brain. But names are really getting hard for me to conjure up. It really interferes with conversation when I try to think of a name and can't.
I'm grateful for Internet searching and AI. Using it all the time now to find the names I want to use but can't remember.
Ron
I Believe Spring Has Sprung (Poetry) - 5/3/2026 10:59:03 AM
Spring arrives so late, and summer fleas so fast in northern Canada. I'm glad that it has arrived for your enjoyment with your grandson.
We got 3 inches of much needed rain over the weekend. So that our flowers, vegetable plants and weeds can grow tall.
Ron
I Remember it Well, We Were so Young (Poetry) - 4/28/2026 1:57:20 PM
Good for you. I married in December 1981, to a classmate from my high school, 20 years later. Unfortunately, she grew homesick and had other issues. It lasted only three years.
I've been with my partner now, 33 years. Time flies so fast.
Ron
We Knew The Day Was Near (Poetry) - 4/19/2026 9:38:53 AM
Rose, what a wonderful poem for your mother-in-law. I'm sure the family will cherish it. Especially all those who knew her loving disposition.
You've reminded me that I should've written a poem for my mother who was the first to read everything that I wrote and always gave me a thumbs up regardless of the subject. My biggest fan.
Ron
It's Easter Time Again (Poetry) - 4/7/2026 12:48:10 PM
You made me reminisce about what Mom would do. It's a good thing I stopped eating all that Easter candy early or I would've had diabetes in later life.
I had some ham that was some of the best I've ever tasted. I eat dark chocolate every day but not in Easter bunny sizes anymore.
Ron
What Would I Do? (Poetry) - 3/6/2026 1:47:28 PM
That's a tough one for him to answer. My honey does the same. Another big concern of hers is when death takes one of us. Not for me…if I go she'll be fine.
Ron
Books By The Score (Poetry) - 2/19/2026 1:52:04 PM
You made me feel bad. I haven't been able to pick up a book and sit in a chair or on a bed and just open the pages and read for 63 years. Probably why I'm so behind in my knowledge.
On the other hand, physical books are becoming museum pieces, rare objects, as time passes on, and all of the world's information is condensed into AI databases where one can read nearly forever from the cornucopia of knowledge and adventure that will be provided upon whim.
We are entering the Brave New World where print on paper will gradually cease to exist.
Ron
The Children of Today (Poetry) - 2/9/2026 8:21:36 AM
Older generations tend to worry about younger generations. Primarily now, because change is so rapid.
We had bad kids back when I was in school. It was the behavior in the schoolyard, and sometimes in class, that set them apart. They generally didn't wear distinctive clothing or other decorations like they do today to identify with certain other kids. But peer pressure has always been there for the weak to assume or be left out.
I'm not in favor of tattoos and piercings. But archaeology and anthropology has found them going back thousands of years. So they're really not anything new. Just as one counselor told me when I asked about a raised scar image on a young man in a wheelchair.
She summed it up in three words…"Low self-esteem."
Ron
Why, So Many Changes (Poetry) - 2/8/2026 8:26:40 AM
The world is moving too fast. Ai might Imamate and write shiny poems but it'll never capture the soul or heart of a life lived through sunshine and pain.
I prefer to read real raw poems, if it feels fake I skip over it. As Ron says, it's kinda okay for art, yet the art from it that I use still lacks that soul. You notice it on tv in the media, it has a dark feel. That said, I still want art to look like Bambi or Pooh not made artificially and soul less.
What Makes Me Happy (Poetry) - 2/8/2026 6:45:18 AM
Our dear Rose, your poem’s power lies in its simplicity, showing how happiness is built from small, faithful gestures over time long, long loving times that many will never know.
What Makes Me Happy (Poetry) - 2/7/2026 1:15:34 PM
There's nothing like I love like that. I know from my own experience. May at last much longer for both of you.
Ride
Why, So Many Changes (Poetry) - 1/31/2026 8:21:33 AM
A very telling poem about how aging affects our ability to accept change. Younger folks don't have those memories and think that the way things are done now were always done that way unless they study history. As time move on with its change, the volume of history increases. Making it hard for young people to learn, or even understand the underpinnings of everything…even poetry.
My pencil and paper days with typing at 16, were in high school. Looking back on some of my manuscripts recently, I did a lot of personal markups that are highly visible in my drafts.
Getting together with friends had no plan agenda unless it was swimming, camping, hunting, or fishing. Everyone played impromptu sports, board and card games.
I remember when I bought the first portable dish washing machine for my mother and got a free turkey. She wheeled it out from a closet every evening after dinner and hooked it up to the sink faucets. Told me later that it greatly reduced the number of colds the family had, by sterilizing the dishes where using virus filled dish cloths for drying the dishes had spread the diseases.
I've tended to embrace new technology, and probably would have used cell phones from the beginning, but my paralyzed hands prevented me from doing that. For you, making these changes is difficult. I have found that many of the innovations in life maybe making it harder for us to be free from distractions and stress.
Be selective of what you want to take on. We all have a choice. I am gradually accepting the benefits of AI, like providing an image for my poems. But right now, I would never let it write a poem for me, or even make my poem more great again…does that have an ironic ring to you?
Ron
Another Storm Day (Poetry) - 1/30/2026 2:50:46 PM
The price paid for a living as far north as you do. I think there comes a time for everyone that lives in the snowbelt, to learn to give up love of the snow and let younger people handle it. In my youth, the greatest loss of life in the winter was older men having heart attacks shoveling snow.
But from what I hear this is really an unusually snowy and bitter winter for nearly everyone in North America, including those of us in the semi tropics.
Ron
I Think I'm Fine (Poetry) - 1/29/2026 11:17:39 AM
Ron, I was talking about myself always standing by my husbands side year after year and loving him more and more as he seeks help from his PTSD.
Rose
I Think I'm Fine (Poetry) - 1/28/2026 10:47:34 AM
Interesting psychological self-examination. But I'm still trying to fit the last stanza with the rest. I think you may be referring to a female dog…or your alter ego?
While we certainly begin to lose control of our lives as we reach old age, I believe you are referring to menopause that most women can't escape without some irrational behavior that they don't fully understand.
Men have their own, middle age crazy.
Ron
A Bad Habit to Break (Poetry) - 1/27/2026 6:24:28 AM
This message is certainly worthy of a smile ... lol
But our format is whatever fits the moment and the writer's mood.
Many writers use many different styles according to the subject at hand.
You just do you ...and your words will do the work for you.
Rx
Dream of Your Future (Poetry) - 1/25/2026 11:28:01 AM
From your poem, I sense that, if I dream something, I should begin planning to get it done as soon as I possibly can. For time marches on, and we never know how much time we have left. But, serendipity has been very kind and interesting for me to experience.
I dream small these days. Mostly, stories that I can write quickly, and get published if I want to. I no longer dream about traveling all over the world. I do that vicariously by watching shows like Pole to Pole with Will Smith. Getting to see parts of the planet that would cost me too much money to get to and then be very difficult as a quadriplegic to fully experience.
Ron
Silence (Poetry) - 1/23/2026 3:13:37 PM
You're so very right. Suddenly, our busy, noisy lives change drastically when the power goes out. Everything goes silent except for the occasional twitter of birds.
I'm glad you are taking it so well. I hope it doesn't persist to the point where you start to get cold in your cozy environment.
Ron
Never Give Up (Poetry) - 1/23/2026 2:07:09 PM
There's more self-help in this little poem that I've seen in many a blog of some shyster influencer.
You're right about one of the best things one can do while depressed is to continue a healthy routine that will take your mind away from what is bothering you.
And sometimes healthy routines turn into profitable ventures for those who are talented in one way or another.
Ron
What a Beautiful Day (Poetry) - 1/19/2026 8:03:37 AM
To children, snow is a wonderful delight. But you're right about as we age. Snow tends to be something we have to remove while it's quite cold and can cause us to slip and fall. We don't have that magic feeling anymore and appreciate it when everything stays green right through to the spring.
Ron
Those Steel Cells (Poetry) - 1/11/2026 11:03:08 AM
I sing Unchained Melody almost every day. To think that I was in grade school when it was written.
My first caregiver, Maria, a very enterprising and helpful plastic surgeon from Ecuador, had a husband who was doing plastic surgeries in homes in Los Angeles. An alcoholic woman had him do liposuction on her arms in her home. When she started bleeding and called him, he didn't answer.
She bled to death in front of her 15 year-old daughter. LA threw the book at him, and he served a mandatory 20 years 1997-2017. He should've served a lesser sentence for manslaughter, not murder. He was immediately deported when released. Their son became a lawyer in Houston and their daughter has a PhD in foreign relations. Maria is a retired MD researcher in dermatology from the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston. She suffered greatly for his ill fated mistake.
Ron
They do it For You (Poetry) - 1/10/2026 12:37:28 PM
Hard to read. I hope he is still living with cancer. Here we have MD Anderson Hospital. Their slogan is "Making Cancer History." I believe you're writing about Make a Wish Foundation in this poem that gives kids with cancer a day to remember.
Back in 1995-98, I rode Metrolift with a psychiatrist who had spinal atrophy and was in a wheelchair like me. A few times, we rode with his nine year-old stepson who had leukemia and was taking chemo under his care as a doctor.
Unfortunately, the boy died and his mother had a breakdown it was in the hospital for six months.
Ron
They do it For You (Poetry) - 1/9/2026 10:06:09 AM
Oh heck, that's a pain beyond pain to see the wee one fight.
My gosh he's 21-ish.
It's Christmas Eve 2025 (Poetry) - 12/25/2025 7:25:18 AM
Thank you for the memory of Christmases, past.
I don't know how you do it, prepare all of this for your grandchildren and still have time to write a poem.
Ron
Baking up a Storm (Poetry) - 12/5/2025 12:09:41 PM
It's not just a poem it's a monumental task that you undertake every Christmas season. You remind me very much of my dear mother.
https://ronhullauthor.com/nina-recipes.htm
Seventy years ago my mother was making some of the very same cookies that I see in your picture. She enlisted us to put the frosting on some, berry and raisin noses on some, and, of course, sprinkles. And then we would begin mass consuming.
She told me one time she made 45 pounds of candy for the holidays. Lots of favorites and some duds there.
Ron
Christmas is Close by (Poetry) - 11/15/2025 11:55:17 AM
Traditional with your own special touch of giving. Delightful.
It is really too bad that Christmas has been so commercialized and made to be such an obligation for many. You are so right about giving from the heart and not from the pocketbook.
The long holiday does give families a chance to get together and celebrate together before the long hard winter release sets in.
Ron
Christmas is Close by (Poetry) - 11/12/2025 11:46:06 PM
A true giving heart, indeed, it transcends the material.
His Wish Trip Was Granted (Poetry) - 10/21/2025 1:00:41 PM
I have found that little boys and girls fighting cancer and winning have aged beyond their years. Ready to go to school and live their life with gusto and intelligence far beyond their peers.
That's a wonderful trip to the Bahamas that you've planned. No more fun than riding dolphins. Return with poems and pictures.
Ron
His Wish Trip Was Granted (Poetry) - 10/21/2025 9:51:40 AM
Please may this be answered, very moving, heart wrenching yet warm.
Prayers!
His Wish Trip Was Granted (Poetry) - 10/20/2025 10:59:16 AM
After volunteering many years with Mother Teresa and at an
orphanage ..I saw so many children in need. I am praying 24/7 that that his cancer is taken away!
When Things Just Disappear (Poetry) - 10/16/2025 2:03:02 PM
I've had that happen, too. So, I understand your dismay and your poem. On my Macintosh computers, I always use a back up drive with a feature called Time Machine. But if it's something between the backups which occurs about every 15 minutes, it can be lost by several accidental moves. In my case, since I use my voice to write, by simply saying a number that will activate a feature or even a delete, everything will be gone.
After I retired, I quit wearing my glasses every day because I can use the computer and watch TV without them just fine. I left the eyeglasses behind my computer and in front of the printer. A couple of months ago, I talked to one of my caregivers about my glasses that she didn't know I even wore and remember showing them to her.
On an upcoming trip, I wanted to wear my glasses again, so when we looked for them, they are gone. The two caregivers I talked to don't remember talking to me about glasses, so it's a mystery.
Finally last night, my partner said, when you gave away the printer that didn't work, maybe it was in the tray when the cover was closed and Javiar took the printer because it wasn't working for us. He may have been deported back to Venezuela, we fear.
Fortunately, like you can, with regret, rewrite what you lost, I have another pair of designer glasses that I never wore and I can wear them on our trip, looking cool.
Ron
Thanksgiving with Family & Friends (Poetry) - 10/14/2025 12:03:50 PM
I'm thankful for your poem and sharing your heartfelt wishes for us all. If only everyone had a good life like you and I.
And you mentioned nature in your poem briefly. We must never celebrate our good fortune at the loss of nature. We must preserve nature for it is the underpinning of why we are thankful.
Ron
You are Always Here Mom, Though You Are Gone (Poetry) - 10/7/2025 2:39:27 PM
Very strong and emotional tribute to your mother. Your closeness shows in every line.
While I remember my mother fondly, she taught me independence at an early age. And letting go as part of our family tradition. So I was pleased when she died and left all that pain she was having for the previous five years behind just before COVID-19 struck in 2020. She had a wonderful long retirement with dad before passing at 95.
Ron
Where does Time go (Poetry) - 10/4/2025 12:36:35 PM
I'm with you on this theme. I can't believe I got this far. And so fast!
It seems as though I'm in a race and there isn't time to do all of the things that I have lined up to do. And I don't even have a bucket list.
It's actually getting to the point where I like it going faster… just to see how far I'll go.
Ron
Every Once in Awhile (Poetry) - 9/16/2025 8:22:17 AM
You echo of thoughts of many of us. Except for one thing for me. In my entire life, I never worked or wrote after 5 pm unless it was something I had to finish by the next day.
Enjoyed,
Ron
Lonely Days (Poetry) - 9/9/2025 11:17:06 PM
BEAUTIFUL , so touching and true. As we age lonely day become more frequent. IT'S apart lf life. I've learned to fill my day with things that are important and interest me. I want to leave a part of my self for Others to remember. I TRY HARD TO DO THAT!
Happy 40th Birthday Christa (Poetry) - 9/9/2025 11:05:50 PM
This is such a lovely tribute to your daughter! ! She must be an amazing person! I have 5 sons , and one daughter! and LOTS OF GRAND KIDS. We all live on through our children and grandchildren. I am not on the den very much , but still enjoy writings. Blessings , Mary Grace
Lonely Days (Poetry) - 9/2/2025 7:18:56 PM
A lovely tribute.
Lonely Days (Poetry) - 9/2/2025 9:05:16 AM
Fee was a very unique person in many ways influencing the world the way he did from Nova Scotia. Also very active among his family and friends like you.
But as the song goes, "The good, they die young." And Fee defied that adage by many years.
When I reached 70 and nearly died from pneumonia, I begin to think about my family and friends and didn't want to leave a mess of my business behind for by younger brother and partner to clean up. So a little by little I have made sure that I have settled my affairs in a way that they won't have to struggle because I was thinking about what we all go through, our death.
There isn't a day now that I don't think… Oh, I'd better get busy and do [something regarding my leaving] that before I go. And I get busy doing it.
Ron
We'll Miss You Forever Fee (Poetry) - 8/30/2025 11:42:50 AM
Felix was one of the most creative people here. The characters he could transform himself into were a joy to behold. His writing was wonderful as well.
And you're right, cuz… we will be reading what he wrote for a long time to come and enjoying it over and over again.
Ron
We'll Miss You Forever Fee (Poetry) - 8/27/2025 7:10:00 AM
Fee was a wonderful man and a friend to all. I'm so sorry for your loss Rose and he will be missed by so many, including me. Love and prayers for you and all his family and friends. The world is better because Fe passed through it.
We'll Miss You Forever Fee (Poetry) - 8/26/2025 12:54:36 PM
I am so sorry to hear of his passing, i have enjoyed his writing and sense of humor! He will be missed-Thank you for this fine tribute!
What Will Tomorrow Bring (Poetry) - 8/18/2025 1:29:17 PM
A great philosophy to live by. I keep an eye on the future but live each day like it is my last.
Ron
Just A Feeling (Poetry) - 8/9/2025 11:38:04 AM
Could be a premonition of something to come. Or it could just be an interesting subject for a poem.
Just last night, a few minutes before I was going to bed, I got this awful feeling that something wasn't right inside me and I couldn't wait to be lifted out of my wheelchair and have my lightly ritual before I got in bed where I immediately went to sleep instead of listening to Glen Campbell in his glory on PBS. The fact that I went to sleep so quickly and so thoroughly all night long leads me to believe I was just overtired from overdoing it all day with my writing and commenting while doing everything else.
Ron
A Sickness Unseen PTSD (Poetry) - 8/6/2025 1:49:01 PM
The finest description of PTSD that I've read. Fortunately, except for fellow authors here, I haven't encountered it among friends and family except one of my cousin's sons committed suicide at 28, probably from PTSD.
While some get PTSD from dramatic events that caused them to be spinal injured like me. Since mine was in surgery and I was under anesthesia. I never had any of those symptoms or deep depression.
Ron
Five Loving Siblings (Poetry) - 7/29/2025 12:50:55 PM
Your story poem of your family shows a lot of love and togetherness.
Although I've had political differences with my family we keep in touch through the Internet. But it's been years since by four siblings and I have been together… 2005… I believe, when I drove 1200 miles to be at my younger brother's second wedding.
Ron
What A Wonderful Mother (Poetry) - 7/23/2025 7:58:40 PM
This was so lovingly written, I bet it made her heart glow when she read it, :)
Happy 70th Birthday Honey (Poetry) - 7/13/2025 11:38:42 AM
A wonderful happy birthday wish for your husband. I'm so glad that he is healthy and still very active. So many aren't these days.
He has about 10 years before little things will start happening and probably become big things in the future. Writing from experience, aging started creeping in on me around 79.
Ron
Oh What A wonderful Day (Poetry) - 7/12/2025 12:13:35 PM
Sounds like a perfect day. More to come this summer I hope!
Remember When (Poetry) - 7/11/2025 1:48:45 PM
Your poems tell us of a typical American family. Not many poets come from that kind of wonderful memory. Most poets have experienced life in a way that is not typical, and therefore, feel they have something to say to others about that experience that may have been way back when, or just yesterday.
But we all write from our experience. It's all we have to share.
Ron
Oh What A wonderful Day (Poetry) - 7/11/2025 5:24:38 AM
Such a lovely and meaningful glimpse of your life, Rose. You are blessed and thank you for sharing your holiday with us.
Oh What A wonderful Day (Poetry) - 7/6/2025 9:22:16 AM
You made me a bit homesick for those days when I drove 1000 miles or more to be with family on the fourth. Especially at the lake where we had barbecued bratwurst and fireworks over the water before the mosquitoes got us. Those were happy times I'll never forget.
Ron
Oh What A wonderful Day (Poetry) - 7/6/2025 8:43:10 AM
Sounds like a lovely day with hopes of many more to come.
Oh What A wonderful Day (Poetry) - 7/6/2025 8:40:57 AM
It sounds like a really wonderful day Rose!
These days create such special memories…
I’ve got one coming next Saturday…my
Birthday BBQ…my kids, Grandchildren,
and my Granddaughter and her boyfriend
back from Australia…I cant wait!
I hope it’s as special as your day was!
Best wishes…
Diana..🌿
Sip A Little Wine (Poetry) - 7/3/2025 5:16:28 AM
I fully empathise with your words Rose…
I remember being in that situation also…
This is a beautiful yet sad and wistful poem…
So well written…
Sometimes sadness brings out the best of our
creativity…
Best wishes,
Diana..🌿
What If (Poetry) - 7/3/2025 4:47:58 AM
Beautiful summertime thoughts
Sip A Little Wine (Poetry) - 7/2/2025 1:03:50 PM
It is strange that sometimes just a few words can affect a relationship dramatically. Like you wrote, some mend and some don't.
Ron
What If (Poetry) - 6/28/2025 10:25:31 AM
Gave me a very peaceful feeling reading.
Ron
Be Aware, Choose Friends With Care (Poetry) - 6/28/2025 10:01:09 AM
Makes me glad I don't have children to watch over these days. But I recall growing up that I was enamored with the bad girls in our town. Punk brothers protected them.
A woman that I have known for about 30 years was a custodian who helped me out at work when no one else would. And then came to my house to help me at night and give my partner a break with no pay. I have gone on several trips with her where she takes care of everything that I can't, like handling my money carefully
Eventually, she admitted to me that she had spent six years in prison for killing the man who raped her when she thought she was just going to scare him with her sister 's gun. Although she has trouble getting any work, she has turned out to become one of my best friends I can count on and called me again yesterday.
Ron
Mother Nature Takes Care Of All (Poetry) - 6/22/2025 2:19:08 PM
All the more reason not to mess with mother nature. Beautifully expressed.
With drought here a little rain even though more was predicted recently, our 30% amounted to three little showers today reach 1/2 inch. A nice watering between the sunny. Where the temperature once again rebounded to the 90s.
Ron
Curse Cancer & Dementia (Poetry) - 6/20/2025 11:15:10 AM
So sad to hear. Perhaps poetry will help you endure.
Modern medicine is doing wonders, so I hope that the doctors will be able to cure your grandson of that terrible cancer.
Our lifestyles often predict what will happen as we age… especially cancer. And every one of us has a little bit of dementia as we near the end of life.
In our whole family, only my grandmother Hull, who read thousands of books and at 85 years of age at her party could keep up with three or four conversations – soon after developed Alzheimer's.
Ron
Days Long Gone By (Poetry) - 6/19/2025 7:20:29 AM
Impossible perhaps to rekindle what once was. Perhaps a tribute to you that the memories are preserved with such grace. Life goes on, things change, that's the way of the world. A lovely, sadly sweet poem.
I Look Around Our Home & See (Poetry) - 6/18/2025 2:01:15 PM
I can really identify with this poem. As I look around and see all the things that I'm trying to sell because I don't want to put them on my brother to remove if my partner of 32 years doesn't want them anymore as reminders of me.
I'm putting all of my old articles and presentations on the Internet because I'm not sure if they will be appreciated anymore by my family who is now so spread out and disconnected. I rarely have contact with them except my four siblings.
I don't have a military family like yours except during World War II. But I do have a great uncle who had black lung but still managed to live until he was 98 who was fire chief for the city of Sheboygan Wisconsin.
Ron
Days Long Gone By (Poetry) - 6/17/2025 1:50:37 PM
With lives much more tied up and people living much further than the place of their birth, family get togethers become harder and harder arrange.
I know that it is strange, but they seem to forget that older people can no longer do all that is necessary to pull everyone together and the younger people have to do it.
The last time I saw my family was in 2012 when I drove over 4000 miles just to make sure I visited every one of them and we got together. None of them have come to see me except my twin brother once, since then.
Ron
Someone, Somewhere (Poetry) - 6/11/2025 2:53:12 PM
"With a love like that, you know you should be glad." The Beatles.
Everyone does need someone to love. For some it's easy, and for some it's hard. But there are those who never find it, and you made me think of them with your poem.
Ron
Oh To Be Young & Innocent (Poetry) - 6/11/2025 2:29:29 PM
From your poem it seems that everything turned out very well, even with your innocence.
For me, I very quickly left the innocent stage even though many thought that I still was. I knew far more than most kids my age what was really going on. One of the reasons why I grew up happy and content with my life… avoiding all the wrong paths that presented themselves as I moved along.
Ron
Them Smoking Kitties (Poetry) - 6/3/2025 12:00:42 PM
Great little poem about that striking photograph of kittens sneaky name cigarette in the bathroom. And a lesson for teenagers so inclined, to see their favorite little kittens engaging in naughty behavior.
A bit of tongue in cheek comedic irony, too.
Ron
A Language Of Love (Poetry) - 6/2/2025 5:42:57 AM
Your love for Newfoundland
Is obvious, and as I read your words I get
a warm glow within my heart…
“ it will be my birth place forever,
With a language that we all adore.”
Your writing makes me have a yearning
to visit, from my home here in the UK…
I so enjoyed this!
Diana…🌿
A Language Of Love (Poetry) - 5/31/2025 12:11:40 PM
I've never been to Newfoundland. But Bernie, a graduate student in our program at West Virginia University, invited me to come there, one time. As far as I got was Montreal.
I trust that your uncle Fee as well. Haven't seen any posts from him in some time. But didn't hear that he was battling both blizzards and floods, helping others out.
Ron
It Was A Dark & Stormy Night (Poetry) - 5/30/2025 2:50:59 PM
I remember nights like that. Thanks for the memories.
Incidentally, before reading this I wrote the poem that I'm posting today yesterday. It has a similar theme. Comfort that we take so for granted in the 21st century.
Ron
It Was A Dark & Stormy Night (Poetry) - 5/30/2025 5:50:27 AM
So glad you are back, Rose. This is a gorgeous poem. You set the scene perfectly. Missed you.
I Believe in Unconditional Love (Poetry) - 5/26/2025 11:08:55 AM
Has a very nostalgic tone to it. As though something was lost. But I like the idea of not having conditions when it comes to who or what one loves. We are all different and conditions are restricting.
Ron
A Mountain Of Love (Poetry) - 5/22/2025 6:55:09 AM
this is true and hold good food for thought
A Mountain Of Love (Poetry) - 5/21/2025 7:26:16 PM
Very lovely, Rose.
Bonnie and I have been married for nearly twelve years and she, near eighty-one and me three months from ninety\-one, knowing our days are numbered do all possible to make each day a day of love.
Thank you for the review on the latest addition to my "New Road to Woodstock" ongoing saga.
Mark
Willing To Toss Those Golden Rings (Poetry) - 5/20/2025 3:16:50 PM
It sure reads like a tear jerker. Reminiscent of other famous songs, Why Don't You Stay and Put Your Head Upon My Shoulder
Based on the photos, was it true of you?
Ron
The Long & Winding Road (Poetry) - 5/20/2025 11:11:02 AM
There's something about motorcycle riding that gets in the blood. I was in a bicycle rider, but never got into motorcycles like my cousin did for two years. But with three accident, two with broken bones, he sold the bike and bought a sports car.
I another way to wend the winding roads.
Ron
I see it in your eyes (Poetry) - 5/20/2025 9:28:37 AM
The photograph tells it all. You are very fortunate to have found the right man in your life. So many do not.
A loving tribute to him.
Ron
I see it in your eyes (Poetry) - 5/18/2025 8:33:35 AM
A truly heartfelt loving tribute to your husband…
Diana..🌿
What a Precious Life (Poetry) - 5/9/2025 2:43:33 AM
Always good to hear of a happy long lasting
relationship…many more happy years of your
‘Precious life’
Regards,
Diana…🤗
Another Beautiful Day (Poetry) - 5/6/2025 11:13:37 AM
There's nothing finer than a spring day with family and friends depicted in your poem. And that is one beautiful bike to ride on as you go there.
Perhaps, the source of your pseudonym as you ride out on that beauty to the family picnic.
Ron
Another Beautiful Day (Poetry) - 4/30/2025 11:31:34 AM
This is sweet-a wonderful day in a peaceful neighborhood-it doesn't get much better!
Worry $ Trouble Free (Poetry) - 4/29/2025 2:59:01 PM
A great poem for calming the mind but we must raise our voices and act when we see injustice being done. Not acting can also keep us awake… or worse.
Ron
Another Trip (Poetry) - 3/1/2020 5:43:48 PM
I was at the Space coast area in Florida once with my motorhome and it was 95 degrees in the shade in January, I jumped on my bus and ran didn't walk back to NJ and the wonderful, desirable cold that I love...enjoy your stay...-e-
Another Trip (Poetry) - 2/28/2020 2:21:24 PM
So glad that you can get to the sun in midwinter and still have the energy with the way the sun saps it, to write a poem about your time there.
Ron
Another Trip (Poetry) - 2/28/2020 12:31:21 PM
Indeed! "Enjoy"!!!
Love ya!
Jane
You asked (Poetry) - 10/26/2019 10:30:51 AM
Lovely, but he shouldn't have to ask. He should just know.
Ron
You asked (Poetry) - 10/26/2019 12:38:09 AM
A fine use of repetition for good effect. Lovely poem.
You asked (Poetry) - 10/25/2019 3:14:04 PM
THIS is astoundingly beautiful. 'Nuff said.
Another Side (Poetry) - 10/22/2019 8:00:29 PM
I have but only friendships as family, as my own family has cut me off for now 12 years...but I still hope they are well and happy, though I seem to doubt that they think about me in the same vein...-e-
Another Side (Poetry) - 10/20/2019 7:10:43 PM
What fascinating metaphors and your brush with your words flowing so smoothly......I believe we all have a few sides. Am I sounding crazy? lol!!! You really got me goin'!!
Love ya!
Jane
Another Side (Poetry) - 10/20/2019 9:06:59 AM
Strange, this love for family when all things are not going well. I think the fear of loneliness sometimes overcomes the fear of family relationship, holding together what should be apart. I like the way you expressed that as ups and downs, ins and outs, this side and that.
As a personal defense from what we don't know, we often polarize our thoughts and don't see the other side of an issue. Hence, disagreements. My sister and I are politically opposite. But she ends most messages with the word, Love, and for the most part is the only one really caring for our aging and angry mother who has lost all of her independence in an assisted-living home.
Ron
Another Side (Poetry) - 10/20/2019 12:28:30 AM
Dear Rose,
It's funny how some people become more like we envision them to be. For example, if I wake up thinking my wife is an angel and focus on what good things she has done for me in the past, she usually acts like an angel the rest of the day. I could also just as easily focus on the things she did not do for me and think of her as a negative person. If I chose this road then somehow she will act in a much more negative manner the rest of the day. So I have learned that how my mind chooses to focus about a person's personality can make or ruin my day. It's hard for a person to be nasty to you when you start complimenting them about their looks, their talents, or the way they dress etc. On the other hand, if you chose to focus of their negative traits you just may get that person angry or resentful and a whole different person comes out of the same shell. Try this and see...
Blessings,
John Michael
Another Side (Poetry) - 10/19/2019 8:30:15 PM
All of us have unique character that is different to others. Sometimes we get along, and sometimes don't. It's like that in every family. I had a great Thanksgiving Day all day...until towards the end when we began discussing politics. LOL!!! So much for the day!!!
Sandie
Fall is Here (Poetry) - 10/5/2019 11:50:40 AM
A lovely way to express your feelings about the coming of fall that could be a song.
Ron
Fall is Here (Poetry) - 10/3/2019 10:23:50 PM
It's a great time for a change. A very fine Fall poem!
Fall is Here (Poetry) - 10/1/2019 4:38:30 PM
Your words tell all the reasons I love fall! Your imagery is beautiful.
Hugs!
Jane
Fall is Here (Poetry) - 10/1/2019 7:16:44 AM
A write to "fall" for.
Fall is Here (Poetry) - 9/30/2019 1:41:24 PM
I absolutely love this write . . .
Here I Am (Poetry) - 9/19/2019 9:40:24 AM
This poem could be every mother's poem it is so universal. And, a mother does not have to be a birthmother to love. It is inherent in all of us.
Ron
Here I Am (Poetry) - 9/16/2019 9:05:53 PM
Your words bring about a heartwarming feeling. They also show your deep love for your daughter. Your mother is always your best friend, they say...........'Love the write!
Love ya!
Jane
Here I Am (Poetry) - 9/16/2019 7:12:20 AM
beautiful words that can only come from a loving mother.
Here I Am (Poetry) - 9/15/2019 5:12:08 PM
Every word you pen is tender and loving, I enjoyed reading y our poem this evening. Thank you.
Distant Friends (Poetry) - 2/17/2019 11:38:42 AM
VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!! ''It will be goodbye tomorrow, They'll leave us with our hearts in sorrow.'' BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
Liana Margiva
Distant Friends (Poetry) - 2/8/2019 10:00:45 AM
Good friends last a lifetime. Unfortunately, as we age, some of those lifetimes end. With today's myriad means of communication, good friends can be closer than ever.
Ron
Distant Friends (Poetry) - 2/8/2019 12:13:16 AM
It's good that when distant friends always keep in touch with us because they are very inspiring.
Sandie
Just a Sparkle (Poetry) - 2/7/2019 9:59:37 AM
BEAUTIFUL POEM!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
Just a Sparkle (Poetry) - 11/28/2018 4:37:54 PM
Your words sparkle with promise of a Holy Christmas filled with light and love. Thankyou for the anticipation of the season. It is sweetly adored by me. Have a blessed day dear Rose
A Biker Angel Gone Home (Poetry) - 11/24/2018 11:17:41 PM
A GREAT tribute to a great man, I am sure.
I have a good friend who is in motorcycle ministry.
He is the BEST preacher I have ever met.
This guy would preach the WORD of LOVE.
But he would also show compassion and love
for all from the first day you meet him
His name was Peter...
Peter the Preacher...
Ride on...
Ride on...
Amen
Just a Sparkle (Poetry) - 11/19/2018 10:26:57 AM
Always something magical when we see that first snowflake of the winter. Up until Christmas, it's always beautiful sight. But by March, shoveling slush we find it no longer pleasant to see snow falling. ;-)
Ron
Just a Sparkle (Poetry) - 11/18/2018 2:28:59 PM
A magical holiday write.
Lost but not Forgotten (Poetry) - 11/17/2018 12:17:22 PM
I just reunited with an old friend, so i can relate to your write.
Lost but not Forgotten (Poetry) - 11/17/2018 11:29:20 AM
True friends, like old soldiers, never fade away. There's always a chance to get together for another day. Beautifully written.
Ron
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/16/2018 9:17:34 PM
Depression is a vulture waiting for one to give up. Let's never do that. I can relate. Love, peace, and blessings,
Régis
Lost but not Forgotten (Poetry) - 11/16/2018 9:16:09 PM
True and lasting friendship is a treasure; nice to read you again, Rose. Love, peace, and blessings,
Régis
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/9/2018 12:20:14 PM
You are not alone. Depression actually hurts. So glad that you are pulling out of one! God bless!
Love ya!
Jane
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/6/2018 10:23:11 AM
Rose, so sorry you've experienced a rough patch. Good to see you picking up your pen again. Best wishes,
Cheers,
Dan
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/5/2018 11:16:31 AM
For those of us that have been there, or still are, your words speak volumes.
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/5/2018 12:00:02 AM
I have just come out of more than 10 years of depression where I couldn't think of anything to write, nor did I have any will to write anything. But it is behind me now. I feel reborn into another phase of my life, suddenly realizing how much time I had wasted on doing nothing. I'm not going to go through that again, we are designed by God to be creative. HE puts everyone of us in this world for a purpose - a purpose that is so unique and that we know our own value and what we must do for ourselves. I wish you best in all your future endeavours. Good luck!
Sandie
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/4/2018 5:46:40 PM
A poetic emotional roller coaster filled with wisdom at the end. Amen!
John Michael
Life Changes, With Depression (Poetry) - 11/4/2018 4:03:14 PM
Yes depression can erase all that you lived for once. When you feel better, you realize what a dark cloud you once were in. May your heart be light, and your determination strong, may you find solace in those you love and the passions that you embrace, Thank you for sharing such an important poem on a subject that many hold close to their heart. We've all been there at some time or other, Thank you
A Biker Angel Gone Home (Poetry) - 4/8/2016 4:09:17 AM
So sad for your loss Rose.
This is a loving tribute to a friend gone on
to ride the clouds.
Walt
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 12/3/2014 11:31:18 PM
A beautiful truth to life poem Love & Peace be with you
William
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 11/12/2014 7:25:42 PM
The circle of life...you state it very well and put me in mind of the fact that we are only a part of a vast operation of nature and miracles. Well done, Rose. Many blessings to you!
Be well,
Kathy
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/21/2014 7:40:01 AM
Sagacious thoughts, Rose, and lovely to see you posting again. Hope things are changing for the better as the days pass in your neck of the woods. Love always, Kate xx
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/16/2014 5:09:31 AM
life certainly begins over again ... inspired proem, Rose ...
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/15/2014 5:50:08 PM
Good to see a nice post by you!
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/15/2014 12:11:49 PM
Life is a circle and I love the changes of seasons. Makes you feel like a whole new person when you watch all the beauty of this world as it goes from green to orange to white and slippers of rain. Lovely write Rose.
hug
Kathy
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/15/2014 8:05:03 AM
Yes, life does begin over again! I enjoyed this so very much! I will save it.
Love ya!
Jane
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/15/2014 8:04:58 AM
Beautifully expressed. Life certainly does continue on with or without us. I certainly hope my legs never go "dim." ;-)
Ron
PS. My legs don't work for me anymore, so I use an electric wheelchair. But if they go dim, I probably won't even be able to see them.
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/15/2014 5:26:20 AM
Beautifully poignant poetry for many of us, Rose. Hugs, Anna
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/14/2014 3:37:31 PM
Life does go on.These words are so true. I just wish each day didn't go bye so fast. As we get older times does go by way too fast. So enjoy each day as if it were your last.
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/14/2014 2:54:18 PM
Life goes on, Rosie. Life does go on.
Lovely words. As one that is now eighty, though I can hardy believe. Rosie, for me your words certainly do ring true.
Mark
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 9/14/2014 2:39:34 PM
Wise, wise, wise, advice, Rose! Thank you for expressing it so effectively via your verses. Love and peace and all that is good,
Regis
Life Goes on (Poetry) - 9/14/2014 2:38:00 PM
I truly appreciate the philosophical perspective that you have shared through your verses, Rose. I happen to agree with it. It is great to read you again. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
A Husband, A Father & Friend (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 10:07:10 PM
This is so nicely written from the heart thanks for sharing. JKRoseline
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 4/8/2014 6:44:10 AM
I often wish I could go back to younger years and be the healthy strong person I was before age set in and pains took some of my youth from me. I enjoyed your walk and I am so very happy to ba able to come back and read and comment again in my favorite place to share with my friends here at the Den.
hug
kathy
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/16/2014 11:35:48 AM
Rose,
I too think of my childhood and the tears and joy we had. Mama had eight kids, 4 boys, 4 girls. She was always asked how she did that? Lol We had fun, I didn't realize how hard Mama worked till I grew up. Thanks for sharing and taking me back.
Love and blessings,
Linda
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/12/2014 5:55:56 PM
oh, if I could only explain this to my little guys......great poem
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/12/2014 1:13:55 AM
Wonderful; always glad to see you here! God bless you, Rose! Well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 5:12:11 PM
So true my far northern friend. As one becomes older the days simply fly and all but our memories go in the blink of an eye.
Mark
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 3:21:19 PM
You couldn't give them any better advice than this. I loved this!
Love ya!
Jane
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 11:49:10 AM
Sage advice for the young, Rose...lovely imagery evoked with your words...
Anna
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 9:39:06 AM
I wholeheartedly agree with you. I tell my two grown up boys to dress well . The youngsters just don 't seem to be bothered about dressing properly these days... unlike guys of times when we were young, they always wanted to impress the girls with their dress styles and suits and ball dance and all.-roseline
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 8:41:22 AM
Great advice Rose...
Cheers,
Dan
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 8:32:08 AM
Wise wandering…
Ron
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 8:28:49 AM
Beautiful. But you seem to be enjoying your youth still and bravo for that. Love it. Liz
Just Wandering (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 7:35:13 AM
i give the same advice, and try to follow it myself
budd
a silver lining (Poetry) - 2/1/2014 5:35:56 AM
I USED TO LOVE PLAYING IN THE SNOW BUT HATED SHOVELING THE DIVEWAY AND SIDEWALK, NOW I RELAX IN A WARM GARDEN REMEMBERING THOSE WONDERFUL KOOL SNOW PLAYFUL DAYS WITH MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
THANK YOU FOR SHARING
LOVE & PEACE BE WITH YOU
William
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/29/2014 12:53:45 PM
I'm so glad that you've been beautifully inspired to write here again, Rose! You and your up-building exhortations and word-pictures have been sorely missed. Hope things are well with you and yours. xx
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/28/2014 4:40:14 AM
So good to see you again, Rose; I've missed you! Well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/23/2014 9:09:58 AM
Wintertime is time for sledding and skating, and enjoying the silver lining of the sun on the icy snow.
The
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/23/2014 8:11:46 AM
It's all attitude Rose...that's how we get through the tough stuff.
Cheers,
Dan
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/22/2014 4:46:54 PM
You've certainly taken the sting out of the blizzard tearing through our city today...beautifully uplifting write, Rose...
Anna
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/22/2014 4:05:20 PM
smile on as this one makes me do the same
budd
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/22/2014 3:19:35 PM
You've given me the inspiration to go outside and play!
Love ya!
Jane
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/22/2014 2:58:59 PM
You've painted a delightful snowy scene Rose....and I'm smiling at our wonderful world...!
Love,
Diana
a silver lining (Poetry) - 1/22/2014 2:32:40 PM
Rose.
This poem is so upbeat and special. We don't get too much snow in southern Texas, but there may be snow flurries on Friday morning! I'll put on my warm clothes, frolic for awhile, taking pictures... and, I'll be thinking of you and your delightful words! Joy
It's Christmas Time (Poetry) - 11/14/2013 8:40:15 AM
Beautiful poem sis, love the way you tell your story.
Love you
Love me Only (Poetry) - 10/13/2013 10:26:06 AM
I know that you wrote this for Valentine's Day, Rose; but your sentiments are applicable all year long. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes,
Regis
A Walk Down Memory Lane (Poetry) - 9/10/2013 2:32:29 PM
Hi Little Sister, as usual you write so beautiful.I wish that i had your talent.You and Lina are so gifted when it comes to writing stories or poetry.Keep up the great work, it is always such a pleasure to read your work. Love your sister Marionxxxooo.
Memories Of The Old Farmhouse (Poetry) - 7/7/2013 5:50:31 PM
Hi Rose,reminded me of the amazing stories and scenes of the "Little House on the Prairie"
I adore your wonderful rhyming and events taking place surrounding a farmhouse.
Congratulations,dear poet!!!
Dr.Syed Zainul Abedin
www.connecttask.com
Follow, Honour, Love & Obey (Poetry) - 5/3/2013 6:23:09 PM
Wonderful poetic thoughts Rose!
Yours in the love of Christ,
John Michael Domino
The Stars up in the Sky (Poetry) - 4/27/2013 8:04:58 AM
So very glad he is doing good. This is a lovely poem.
Love me Only (Poetry) - 4/27/2013 8:03:35 AM
Beautiful words expressed for the one you love.
HOLD ME & lOVE ME (Poetry) - 3/15/2013 6:13:59 AM
Woman you are very poetic--as for your husband wondering where some of your poems come from--I think all of us on here could ask the same thing ourselves when we get an urge to write a poem and we can easily say
" Now where did that come from?"--LOL
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/24/2013 4:52:02 PM
Rose,
I hope you had a very Happy Valentines Day!
Many blessings,
Linda+
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 6:58:12 PM
Yes, this works ALL YEAR.
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 6:59:17 AM
Reminds me so much of my love for twenty years, who reminds me of her love every day.
Ron
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 6:30:23 AM
Words that go far beyond Valentine's Day...
Cheers to you,
Dan
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 6:02:48 AM
Sweet Sweet Love Poem Rose!!
Your Heart Sings
Love & Your Favorite Colored Roses
Vickie
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 3:44:57 AM
great to see you back Rose
budd
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 8:21:06 PM
And back at you young lady...we rarely see you anymore so it is good to see you...e
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 6:55:14 PM
And a happy Valentine's day to you and your love, Rose.
Mark
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 6:29:35 PM
"Let our love forever be.".......beautiful. Happy Valentine's Day.
Love ya!
Jane
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 5:48:34 PM
Have a wonderful day.
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 5:42:50 PM
Happy Valentine's Day, Rose; soooo good to see you here! I miss y'all when y'all aren't here at the Den!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 5:16:00 PM
Happy Valentine's Day, Rose!
Deborah
Love me Only (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 4:19:49 PM
Very nicely done, Rose. A Happy Valentine's Day to you and God bless.
The Stars up in the Sky (Poetry) - 1/24/2013 2:26:41 PM
We thank God! What a blessing this is :-)
It's Christmas Time (Poetry) - 1/24/2013 2:25:32 PM
What a beautiful poem my friend, soothing and joy-filled
