Two and Twenty (Poetry) - 11/12/2025 2:52:02 AM
Each stanza mirrors a different human avoidance: justification, performance, overthinking, habit, and spiritual neglect. The final word, “Love,” completes the circle begun in the opening stanza, like a bell rung twice once at awakening, once at surrender.
Two and Twenty (Poetry) - 11/8/2025 1:04:07 PM
He sounds hard to get nailed down to anything positive.
Ron
Her Wings and the Remains (Poetry) - 9/10/2025 11:25:02 AM
I felt the freedom that you describe. Being at one with the ecosystem.
Ron
God Be with You (Poetry) - 8/21/2025 3:06:52 PM
God never leaves us no matter where we are, he is the Father of all destinations, thanks for sharing this lovely poem dear Dawn
On Adoration and Incarnation (Poetry) - 8/3/2025 11:30:05 AM
I agree with Aberjhani. It's amazing what kind of blinders those who are followers seem to have, not realizing the danger in following so many who have nothing to offer except to take.
When we free ourselves from being convinced by such hollow promises, we are indeed free from all that.
Ron
On Adoration and Incarnation (Poetry) - 8/2/2025 3:46:09 PM
A powerful metaphorical illustration of what this reader interprets as an act of self-liberation, or self-actualization. Genuine discernment can be a difficult thing to exercise in societies where one is frequently conditioned on public and personal levels to live as someone else's interpretation of who or what you can or should be. Enjoyed the read.
Considering the Question (Poetry) - 7/30/2025 9:26:01 AM
Wow! What a lengthy and profound affirmation. As I read I kept thinking about a certain individual who has used much of the behavior that you have condemned in this piece.
I hope those in power by deceit read this with a careful eye.
Ron
Projection, Your Protection (Poetry) - 7/6/2019 10:16:04 PM
Projecting on screens, illusions and dreams. Endless defense mechanisms because truth hurts, until it delivers. I read this as a message to someone, but it also works about oneself and all the protection that doesn't allow us to get in touch with ourselves.
One Last Ship (Poetry) - 6/4/2019 10:33:55 PM
One last line written, one last hope erased from the skin. This poem reminds me that there is no symmetry in human feelings and relationships. One's place in heaven is the other's fall from grace, unfair and unbalanced as it seems, it's a world of endless risk, broken symmetry and dynamics.
In the Shadow of My Mountains (Poetry) - 9/3/2018 8:12:39 AM
The first thing I found striking was the transition from that first stanza to the second, where ancestors were mentioned and their presence included in the landscape.But the strongest emotion for me was caused by the words cut out and banished. Some form of betrayal and the patience it takes to recover from it are precise ideas that form in my mind together with a landscape made of mountains and beautiful places where memories are. Moving lines of poetic thoughts.
Crowning Glory of the Ruling Regents Who Return to a Friendly Neighborhood (Poetry) - 4/7/2018 12:30:10 AM
Salutations to Poet Dawn Richerson.
Peace, Wisdom and Creativity.
"Crowning Glory of the Ruling Regents Who Return to a Friendly Neighborhood" flows satirically on a critical brook ~ making waves ~ alertness, and then soars through cerebrating skies blown by winds of humanity on clouds of togetherness.
I have enjoyed the reading of "Crowning Glory of the Ruling Regents Who Return to a Friendly Neighborhood" for its poetic voice and for its contents of ontological background; and mainly for the vision it has created in my mind.
Health and long creative life may be Yours, Poet Dawn Richerson!
In reverent appreciation,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Fear and Trembling (Poetry) - 5/26/2017 7:21:16 AM
Angst and questions to someone close...
Always,
Deborah
Only Love Remains (Poetry) - 5/26/2017 7:11:42 AM
Like being reborn...Enjoyed Dawn.
Always,
Deborah
Through the Gates (Poetry) - 5/21/2017 9:21:51 AM
Dawn, You are writing some heavy life situations, interesting and quite profound!
Always,
Deborah
I Rise a Lioness (Poetry) - 5/20/2017 11:30:15 AM
I didn't know you were back. I interpret this as an uncaring person you. Have booted out of your life.
Always,
Deborah
Stroke of Intervention (Poetry) - 5/5/2017 6:46:22 AM
Beautifully written, but with such a tinge of sadness and regret.
Ron
Stroke of Intervention (Poetry) - 5/4/2017 5:51:36 PM
A beautiful poetic prayer.
Best wishes always
from
Kay
Picture of Perfection (Poetry) - 5/3/2017 6:45:39 AM
Holding on when the rope is wet and cold and the tempest is at its peak is no mean feat.
Picture of Perfection (Poetry) - 4/16/2017 3:36:43 PM
I enjoyed reading your poem this evening, Happy Easter xo
Picture of Perfection (Poetry) - 4/16/2017 7:57:47 AM
Almost perfect in its language and delivery. But sad in a way that makes me believe that he will never understand or return.
Ron
Picture of Perfection (Poetry) - 4/15/2017 2:05:24 PM
Ahhh . . . Yes indeed, keep those dreams alive and vibrant without yourself, my friend.
Every Day (Poetry) - 3/26/2017 7:14:32 AM
A great start to the day that sometimes gets bogged down. Like every time I make a call to a company with an automated phone answering service… ;-)
Ron
I Lay Down in the Rain (Poetry) - 2/19/2017 1:27:13 PM
The rain certainly hides a waterfall of tears. I continue to admire your way with words. But I would like to see a great talent move away from this somber subject more often. I believe it will help you leave the morass of lost love behind for a brighter future.
Ron
I Lay Down in the Rain (Poetry) - 2/16/2017 2:19:10 PM
You were washed clean and could see clearly once more.
I Lay Down in the Rain (Poetry) - 2/16/2017 8:31:36 AM
Understand the mindset of this sad poem. We can use different situation to show our pain and anguish, and you used a perfect one, the rain, the mud, the dissolving of you. Remarkable poetry.
Our Time (Poetry) - 2/11/2017 5:33:28 PM
The woman writing this lovely poem is beautifully attuned to her intuition and captures loves magical power xx Christine
Our Time (Poetry) - 2/10/2017 2:28:13 PM
This is so beautifully shared, "this is our time" makes life so worth while doesn't it, thanks for sharing dear Dawn x
Our Time (Poetry) - 2/9/2017 10:09:37 AM
You have written that entrancing story that travels down the ages of love. Almost makes one believe in eternity as far as love is concerned.
Ron
Remember Now Some Better End (Poetry) - 9/1/2016 1:06:19 PM
I do not typically respond to comments but felt the need to comment to say that in all honesty and authenticity there is no bitterness whatsoever about this journey I have made nor any of the perceived injury or "wrong" as it was all in divine order and served all that was needed for what comes next. Much love, Dawn
Remember Now Some Better End (Poetry) - 8/31/2016 11:50:15 AM
As I read it seems like this should be about remembering something "bitter" rather than better.
Ron
I Have Been the One (Poetry) - 8/27/2016 7:35:18 AM
Haven't we ALL, Great, Dawn!
Always,
Deborah
I Have Been the One (Poetry) - 8/27/2016 7:00:39 AM
Great metaphor for many who have gone before that you represent as a poet. Kudos.
Ron
I Have Been the One (Poetry) - 8/27/2016 4:17:09 AM
This is very well written, and with mostly sad motions you capture the readers and become as one with them.
Where We Meet Again (Poetry) - 8/24/2016 6:36:15 AM
A wonderful expression of lost love, found again.
Ron
The You That You Do Not See (Poetry) - 8/22/2016 7:05:24 AM
While I do not understand your purpose, your words are beautiful to behold.
Ron
My Prayer (Poetry) - 8/12/2016 8:16:50 PM
Nice poem! So short and sweet. Pray that you find love abundantly. Amen.
Three False Beliefs and All I Know (Poetry) - 8/12/2016 8:15:27 PM
Love is a mystery. We cannot see it but we can feel it so strong that it produces both great joy and sorrow. I loved your poem though. It's a HUGE part life!Well done!
Three False Beliefs and All I Know (Poetry) - 8/12/2016 6:06:08 PM
Love. Probably the most convoluted lifestyle ever conceived. Ahhh . . . Until you love completely without guile or fault.
Three False Beliefs and All I Know (Poetry) - 8/12/2016 5:44:21 PM
Seeking, not finding these days make a difficult way to cope, I think so anyways.
A Masterpiece of Love (Poetry) - 8/12/2016 12:43:53 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
A Masterpiece of Love (Poetry) - 8/8/2016 10:49:38 AM
Beautiful scenario of love, Dawn.
Always,
Deborah
A Masterpiece of Love (Poetry) - 8/7/2016 7:39:13 AM
These love poems are certainly snaring your love object in a encircling of love. I hope that he appreciates the sentiment as much as I do.
Ron
My Prayer (Poetry) - 8/4/2016 10:00:16 AM
Great wish for everyone to read your to hear.
Ron
My Prayer (Poetry) - 8/4/2016 6:33:42 AM
Hey! I second that and say Amen!
Stars in My Eyes (Poetry) - 8/2/2016 5:38:32 AM
I'm not sure who this is written for, that I find it both fascinating and enthralling. Your words are like honey from heaven to be savored and never squandered.
Ron
What If? (Poetry) - 8/1/2016 4:20:37 AM
You seem to be describing ultimate freedom. Something that I ascribe to, throwing off the encumbrance of restrained society.
On the other hand you seem to be describing the Christian (and other faith) myths of complete forgiveness and eternal life. Wonderful wishes that unfortunately are not true.
Ron
What If? (Poetry) - 8/1/2016 3:26:34 AM
You gave us a lot of what if's, but you cinched it all with your last line.
The Storm That Heaven Held (Poetry) - 7/29/2016 4:59:39 AM
I certainly haven't been one to have "many desert wanderings" and hope that I never do, but your poem has an outlet from the parched remains of lost love in the rain.
Beautifully rendered and wonderful to read.
Ron
In the Distance I See a World (Poetry) - 7/28/2016 6:04:39 AM
Very beautifully poetic, especially the references to feudal allegories of castle and sword. The last line is a killer.
Ron
But If You Should Wish (Poetry) - 7/26/2016 6:31:02 AM
Very gorgeous poem Dawn. What is so good about your write is that I keep reading it over and over and keep getting more and more out of it.
Another way of saying it is that one would never get bored reading your verses.
You have a unique ability to do that with your words and lines.
Thanks, Dan
But If You Should Wish (Poetry) - 7/26/2016 6:08:07 AM
Who wouldn't want to "meet you in the clearing" after reading a poem like this?
Ron
But If You Should Wish (Poetry) - 7/24/2016 6:12:29 PM
A great write, says lots, makes me think of my God and country and the greatness there is to enjoy.
Cut Now This Yoke (Poetry) - 7/11/2016 11:13:51 AM
Would make the lyrics of a very beautiful song.
Ron
Cut Now This Yoke (Poetry) - 7/10/2016 12:47:23 PM
Ahhh . . . Nice Dawn, very much so . . .
A Gentle Beginning (Poetry) - 7/10/2016 9:55:25 AM
Wistfully beautiful. Some very fine writing.
Ron
A Gentle Beginning (Poetry) - 7/10/2016 4:12:40 AM
Conjuring up a distant, not really seen, would-be lover made for a fascinating read. May it all come true, and he will not walk away from you.
The Heartbeat of Morning (Poetry) - 7/9/2016 11:24:11 AM
One beautiful way to greet the morning.
Ron
The Heartbeat of Morning (Poetry) - 7/9/2016 3:37:47 AM
A short poem so full on love within every line.
In Between (Poetry) - 7/3/2016 10:38:50 AM
This has some wonderful images and thoughts which give one to pause, wonder and maybe store it for further use. Also, I absolutely relate to . . .
"Look at what mystery is revealed just because we dreamed
of a day when it would all be possible again."
Desert Moon (Poetry) - 7/3/2016 4:30:38 AM
Dawn~
Lovely penned.
Lady Mary Ann
Desert Moon (Poetry) - 6/19/2016 1:08:23 PM
Beautiful poem Dawn, I love the "remember what we came here for and remember where we've yet to go", just really sticks with you.
Dan
Desert Moon (Poetry) - 6/19/2016 4:52:29 AM
As beautiful as a moonlit night in the desert.
Ron
Coming Center (Poetry) - 4/15/2016 4:54:25 AM
A lot of soul searching here . . .
Coming Center (Poetry) - 4/15/2016 3:59:05 AM
I did enjoy the reading of a poetic flower that diffuses scent of creativity, and leads one to an atmosphere of the rainbow of Love.
"Coming Center" is a poetic opus of romantic beauty.
Thank You for enriching the American Fine Letters.
Viva the Poet!
33 Lines and This Sacred Chalice That We Share (Poetry) - 2/22/2016 5:51:53 AM
Beautifully written lines. It looks like you are ready to face life on your own whether he appears or not. Bravo!
Ron
She Who Loves and Watches Over Me (Poetry) - 10/4/2015 5:43:32 PM
SUCCULENT! THAT, FOR YOU, HE CREATED HER TO LOVE AND WATCH OVER YOU IS...JUST LIKE HIM. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
She Who Loves and Watches Over Me (Poetry) - 10/2/2015 5:30:20 AM
You may be writing about a genderless God, a patron saint or mother Mary, but nonetheless she is your guardian in times of trouble.
Ron
Outside the Reservation (Poetry) - 9/10/2015 12:32:49 PM
I understand this. Yes indeed, when we slow down long enough to give silence some reverence, then the "knowing" comes soon after that. Well prepared is this little gem of a write.
September (Poetry) - 9/10/2015 12:11:07 PM
I, for sure am enjoying the falling temperatures down here in the swamp.
On Knocknarea (Poetry) - 7/28/2015 11:36:15 AM
Beautiful subject and wonderful writing. It makes me want to see the place and meet the woman. ;-) Intriguing.
On Knocknarea (Poetry) - 7/26/2015 7:51:14 AM
A lovely tribute to your mountain, Dawn; thank you for introducing me to that beautiful place. Love and peace to you,
Regis
What Love May Come (Poetry) - 7/24/2015 12:31:24 PM
To find within yourself "beauty rising," is a wondrous thing to happen, and that last verse is a excellent bit of writing.
Love and a Many-Layered Cake (Poetry) - 5/24/2015 9:31:40 AM
Thank you for sharing this meaningful metaphorical poetic offering, Dawn. Your verses draw me in and make me reflect. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Even Ground (Poetry) - 5/24/2015 9:13:39 AM
Can we not meet now
on even ground and again
in love be found?
I love these lines and the whole poem because it really is about me too. Thank you, Dawn. Love and best wishes,
Regis
It Is a Miracle We Live (Poetry) - 5/5/2015 12:19:23 PM
Dawn, what a wise poem with a very classical feel.
It Is a Miracle We Live (Poetry) - 4/12/2015 7:22:38 AM
a wonderful poem, Dawn ... well composed indeed ... life is indeed a miracle if we recognize its inner truisms ...
Shaken Loose (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 4:50:24 AM
Very indepth piece of poetry. Had to read it twice. Then again.
Composition of Light (Poetry) - 3/20/2015 4:40:11 AM
You gave us measured truth within this poetry of light. And to think it was inspired by the fine mist during an eclipse. Fine write.
The Whole Day (Poetry) - 2/26/2015 10:49:46 AM
This is a most engaging write where each verse takes the reader along your journey and adventure. Well done, Dawn. Love and best wishes,
Regis
The Whole Day (Poetry) - 2/26/2015 10:13:14 AM
Well you were on a wild and passionate trip, but through it all you were not alone . . .
Unbridled (Poetry) - 2/3/2015 8:33:03 AM
Beautiful, as always! Just don't come unhinged!
Unbridled (Poetry) - 2/2/2015 10:02:50 AM
Ride those wild untamed winged winds to the max.
Unbridled (Poetry) - 1/29/2015 6:29:24 AM
the first line is a poem onto itself ... interesting perspective ...
Unbridled (Poetry) - 1/28/2015 3:46:12 AM
As I see it, the imagery could be wild horses or our own passions. Either way, we are riding them to glory. Or something like that...
I just latched on for the ride.
Unbridled (Poetry) - 1/25/2015 7:57:54 AM
Some wild romantic thoughts going on. I did have a little trouble whether it was "They" or "We" that were the subjects of your poem.
Ron
Unbridled (Poetry) - 1/25/2015 7:38:44 AM
Wonderful images and these are perfect to wake up to...unbridled and free but most of all unparalleled
Thorn in Your Flesh (Poetry) - 1/11/2015 9:30:48 AM
Now this is a poem, deep, emotional, perfect.
Thorn in Your Flesh (Poetry) - 1/11/2015 3:28:33 AM
a truly excellent write of epic proportions. As Jesus said to his father looking up into the sky towards the heavens..."forgive them for they know not what they do"
Thorn in Your Flesh (Poetry) - 12/22/2014 10:14:21 PM
Powerfully captivating; your verses awaken thoughts and emotions, Dawn. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
Thorn in Your Flesh (Poetry) - 12/22/2014 6:10:09 PM
love encapsulates a bounty of idea, emotion and varied experience and no one else has the capacity to comprehend what they simply cannot understand ...
good work, Dawn ... i enjoyed it variety and potential outcome ...
Thorn in Your Flesh (Poetry) - 12/22/2014 9:47:27 AM
I agree with everything Jerry said because I cannot comprehend anyone going through what this poem suggests. Unless they are somehow easily swayed by the whims of something they perceive as love, but isn't.
Ron
Thorn in Your Flesh (Poetry) - 12/21/2014 1:38:48 PM
Damn! What a roller coaster ride I just took with you. I'll never write another poem of love dashed, kicked, and crumpled that I don't think of this gem. My head was reeling and confused and ecstatic and confused, and . . . The last line almost seized my heart like it was inside a huge gripping fist. Whoaaaaaaa!
In Your Judas Eyes (Poetry) - 12/13/2014 10:30:23 PM
sometimes one can wonder if Judas was really betrayed by the ignorance of others perceptions ... great development and perspective ...
In Your Judas Eyes (Poetry) - 12/13/2014 2:24:20 PM
Certainly makes me wonder who you are writing about. Some intriguing lines, that's for sure.
Ron
In Your Judas Eyes (Poetry) - 12/12/2014 4:43:57 PM
I absolutely was mesmerized by this poem, Dawn. Very glad I found you.
In Your Judas Eyes (Poetry) - 12/12/2014 12:20:56 PM
I think the intended recipient of these sentiments is fortunate. Thank you for sharing, Dawn. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/21/2013 7:24:25 AM
This is what strong souls do. Wonderfully penned.
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/18/2013 3:49:17 PM
great flow ... luv the voicing and perfect message ...
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/17/2013 10:14:00 AM
Great work, Dawn, and so good to read you again. Brain imaging is a form of art and I like the way you combine this with the alchemy of interpretation. We are the creators, not the created. xx
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/10/2013 10:24:20 AM
Rising from the ashes is what's important.
Ron
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/10/2013 4:06:29 AM
This super poem has me in many places and bouncing off the wall. May you find peace that surpasses all understanding and happiness from Heaven.
Peace, love and blessings,
John Michael Domino
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/9/2013 2:02:14 PM
very well worded and written
budd
Brain Waves (Poetry) - 12/9/2013 1:42:55 PM
You verses awaken thoughts that lead one to interpretation and meaning. Thank you for sharing, Dawn. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Born Again to Who We Are (Poetry) - 4/11/2013 7:05:24 AM
a wonderfully inspired center to this poem, Dawn ...
Born Again to Who We Are (Poetry) - 4/11/2013 6:02:36 AM
This life is filled with golden portals. All we have to do is enter them while we still have time. Second chances are not guaranteed
Ron.
We Gather as Women (Poetry) - 2/27/2013 8:16:45 AM
Dawn, Life is a journey for all of us
and each one of us can and do make a
difference...Enjoyed!
Always,
Deborah
We Gather as Women (Poetry) - 2/17/2013 4:18:59 AM
as you should and rejoice in who you are
budd
We Gather as Women (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 7:45:38 PM
I would love to be invited at such a gathering of women. I sometimes miss the kind of women you portrayed
"strong and wise,
courageous bearers of a Light
that will not be consumed"
Soulful poem, choral strength.
Axilea
Shaken (Poetry) - 12/22/2012 8:36:44 AM
Deeply felt peace and glimmers of hope here within this far reaching poetry ~
Blessings,
Christine
Shaken (Poetry) - 12/15/2012 8:28:21 AM
Dawn, nicely written, I like this...Listening from the heart.
Peace,
Dan
Shaken (Poetry) - 12/15/2012 2:25:33 AM
sad so very sad
budd
Shaken (Poetry) - 12/15/2012 1:25:39 AM
Well...What about that?....Unusual and different. Exactly what's needed here! Regards Steve
Re: Creation (Poetry) - 12/13/2012 10:03:12 PM
a wonderful poem of growth and supernal emancipation ...
Re: Creation (Poetry) - 12/12/2012 8:10:20 AM
this is a so compelling write, i enjoyed this very much
budd
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/4/2012 1:04:45 PM
doing the best through what seems like impossible circumstances is all we can do. 'nothing' is perfect so take it as it comes and we deal with life one day at a time. thanks
asa
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/4/2012 8:18:10 AM
this could be something that occurs often or perhaps just once on a devastating scale. The descriptions flow like a stream of consciousness and yet are so acutely observed. An apt portrayal of personal crisis - whether it is something that occurs frequently and momentarily (as in a fit of despair in an on-going situation) or just once incredibly deeply. Always fine work in your den, Dawn. xx
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/2/2012 3:37:58 PM
logical and supernal tension supplement this exciting piece ...
Thin Air (Poetry) - 11/2/2012 11:26:50 AM
Your poetry always leaves much to contemplate and digest...
Cryssa
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/2/2012 11:23:32 AM
Sounds like the experience I was having when I wrote my poem "Falling"
Cryssa
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/2/2012 6:42:13 AM
Makes me feel as though I'm experiencing the same feelings.
Ron
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/2/2012 6:21:19 AM
Dawn, a lot to think about in this short poem...good work!
Cheers,
Dan
The Mess Before Me (Poetry) - 11/2/2012 3:38:56 AM
what was and what can and will be will join at the surfacing and your survival
budd
Thin Air (Poetry) - 10/26/2012 6:30:02 PM
There is much to garner from reading and rereading what you have shared through your verses here, Dawn. Thank you. Love and best wishes,
Regis
After the Fall (Poetry) - 10/22/2012 8:20:09 AM
You are one of the best... Your words paint pictures on my soul.
Cryssa
Your Heart, My Mind (Poetry) - 10/22/2012 8:18:52 AM
I love the softness of this poem, yet their is sadness intermingled within the soft words. Velvety soft poem...
Cryssa
Haiku Quest-ion (Poetry) - 10/22/2012 8:16:46 AM
yes, but... next year we will have 11-12-13
Cryssa :)
We Are One Doorway (Poetry) - 10/22/2012 8:15:31 AM
Hope can build a bridge to peace and eventually to love... beautiful thoughts...
Cryssa
After the Shock (Poetry) - 10/22/2012 8:14:10 AM
shaken world... The initial quake is often not the most terrible part, but the aftershocks... those rumblings that affect the soul so deeply and cause us to continually question if we will ever be whole again. How well I know these feelings in my world that was so recently shaken...
Cryssa
After the Fall (Poetry) - 10/19/2012 7:57:14 PM
I am not an "expert" (at least I don't think I am), but this is most fine poetry that awakens the emotions and the senses, Dawn. Thank you for sharing your gifts. Wishing you the very best with love and peace,
Regis
After the Shock (Poetry) - 10/18/2012 6:25:45 PM
Your verses remind me vividly of experiences that I have gone through. Thank you, Dawn. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
Haiku Quest-ion (Poetry) - 10/12/2012 12:53:50 PM
Succinctly apt, timely, and thought-inciting. Thank you for sharing, Dawn. Love and best wishes,
Regis
We Are One Doorway (Poetry) - 10/10/2012 7:10:23 AM
Beautifully expressed!
Ron
We Are One Doorway (Poetry) - 10/9/2012 2:29:30 PM
Your poetry is so beautifully flowing!
Blessings,
Christine
First You Will Think You Are Dreaming (Poetry) - 10/9/2012 12:38:36 PM
This poem brought tears to my eyes as I contemplated on thoughts of one of my daughters who recently walked out on our family... deciding that she, at age 18, knew more of life and love and truth than we do. I hope that someday she will see a light that pierces the darkness she is surrounding herself with and that she will allow honesty into her life and let it heal her soul.
Cryssa
We Are One Doorway (Poetry) - 10/9/2012 9:35:12 AM
A telling of rejuevination and bonding and hope. Lovely write Dawn. Be well, Kathy
First You Will Think You Are Dreaming (Poetry) - 10/8/2012 8:04:25 AM
I second the notion that this poem is very uplifting. I too, shall wait at the waters edge.
Ron
First You Will Think You Are Dreaming (Poetry) - 10/8/2012 5:56:44 AM
An incredibly spirit lifting poem! I’ve seen a great message in the final verse! Hopefully we all will find that friend at the water's edge! Blessings to you, Dawn!
Tonight, a Restoration (Poetry) - 10/7/2012 11:19:53 AM
Dawn, this is a writing of hope, something that seems so in short supply these days. Thank you for that. Be well, Kathy
Tonight, a Restoration (Poetry) - 10/6/2012 11:57:29 AM
A beautiful expression of reinvention and rebirth.
Ron
Until the Light Breaks In (Poetry) - 10/1/2012 10:26:42 AM
sometimes waiting for that illuminating light is the hardest part... feathers can flutter and beat just to remain in one place during a storm. If we hold on long enough, the light will come.
Cryssa
Meet Me in the Middle (Poetry) - 10/1/2012 10:18:14 AM
truth is the key... without it there can be no move to center...
Cryssa
Sometimes you walk along a beach (Poetry) - 10/1/2012 10:16:09 AM
Your poetry is powerful... it pulls me in with its strong undertow and delivers me back on the sand a different person...resolute to walk along the sand, despite the darkness and the tide coming in.
Cryssa
Innocence Remembered (Poetry) - 10/1/2012 10:10:06 AM
This brings up so many feelings for me... I have a son who passed away 16 years ago--leaving in his wake a soul gash, a mad dash to save my life, and hope on many levels was extinguished...
But... hope and love and peace can be resurrected, and in time, so can life...
Cryssa
Innocence Remembered (Poetry) - 9/30/2012 12:20:24 PM
Such is the mixed blood-rush of circumstance amid which too many young hearts and minds are forever tarnished, blemished or bruised, Dawn. You conjure so many feelings and images with so few words. You make me consider where, in fact, hope actually resides within our mortal frames; where it grows and what its source is. Very well done. xx
Innocence Remembered (Poetry) - 9/26/2012 10:35:29 AM
Thank goodness 'Hope' can always be ignited again, can never lose site of hope~ Great ku~
Capacity (Poetry) - 9/25/2012 12:46:32 PM
Superbly written and the imagery fascinates to no end.
Capacity (Poetry) - 9/17/2012 2:57:59 PM
Hello Dawn, Quite a read...I can hear your
voice and see your firey eyes in this.
Deborah
Capacity (Poetry) - 9/17/2012 12:55:47 PM
We all have a great capacity to absorb tragedy and move on as your poem so eloquently illustrates.
Ron
Capacity (Poetry) - 9/17/2012 10:39:54 AM
a capacity
that sees me through
expanding sea of
endless depths,
Gracious Grief.
Have missed you sooooooooooo mcuh dear Dawn.
What a capacity!
I Am the Soil, I Am the Love (Poetry) - 8/23/2012 7:40:24 AM
There is much to be learned about how a seed becomes a plant. An allegory for love.
Ron
Meet Me in the Middle (Poetry) - 6/21/2012 4:05:46 PM
your poem definitely connects with me ...
Meet Me in the Middle (Poetry) - 6/19/2012 10:58:00 AM
Love this ode to the relationship of polar opposites whose nature more than attacts, Dawn! Definitely a case in point where their sum total far exceeds their worth combined. Can feel the lightning strike in your descriptors and the energy in your lines is tangible. So good to read you again after all this time! Please do stay for a while. xx
Meet Me in the Middle (Poetry) - 6/19/2012 6:18:26 AM
A beautiful expression of compromise. Why should we polarize when compromise solves the problem?
Ron
Meet Me in the Middle (Poetry) - 6/18/2012 6:21:09 AM
actually, you have given the answer to the world's problems. thank you.
asa
God Is in Their Eyes (Poetry) - 4/25/2012 7:55:58 AM
We all have the light of Christ within, we just don't always let it shine...
Cryssa
Watered Down (Poetry) - 3/26/2012 7:59:55 AM
The personal experiences we bring to a piece of writing make it meaningful to each of us in different ways... These two stanzas had particular meaning to me, as I see my son feeling that he is imprisoned by rules.
Blinded by a fog,
Mired in life's bog,
We fight to rise and fail,
Raise our arms and rail
At this imagined prison
we perceive, at all
the vast illusions
we believe.
I have come to believe that as long as rules exist, my son will never be happy...thinking that his free spirit is in jeopardy. And all the while I wish he could see that rules actually set us free... they water us down so that, as liquid, we can escape the confines of the prison bars.
Cryssa
Bound and Determined (Poetry) - 1/25/2012 3:28:34 PM
This sounds lyrical enough to be a song, with a sad and haunting melody.
Hope all is well.
Cryssa
Bound and Determined (Poetry) - 1/21/2012 8:23:07 PM
It seems to me that sadly, your verses "speak" of a universal theme of this world/life, Dawn. Very meaningful and moving. Thank you. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
hollowed out (Poetry) - 11/16/2011 9:31:26 PM
I detect a double meaning in this pumpkiny write...
Cryssa
set aright (Poetry) - 11/16/2011 9:29:19 PM
love the flowing rhythm of this poem! It makes me smile...
Cryssa
Morning Song (Poetry) - 11/16/2011 9:25:47 PM
waiting for that glorious morning, when there will be no mourning...
Cryssa
Golden Threads, Gathered Up (Poetry) - 11/16/2011 9:24:45 PM
golden threads of memories, forming gossamer dreams that float about us and settle like a warm blanket around our hearts...
Cryssa
Saints and Sinners (Poetry) - 11/1/2011 11:10:53 AM
Well written piece!!
Good to read you again!!
Love Tinka
hollowed out (Poetry) - 10/24/2011 2:12:58 PM
I can relate to these verses from beginning to end. Especially
"Carved smile, all rotting orange,
I'm hollowed out./Finding faith a candle snuffed,
I'm plagued by doubt"
Axilea
set aright (Poetry) - 9/2/2011 8:45:59 AM
tightly crafted, Dawn ...
set aright (Poetry) - 9/1/2011 2:56:29 PM
lovely lilt to this fine poem,good to read you again,Dawn!
set aright (Poetry) - 8/31/2011 10:24:50 PM
You weaved your words to this to the reader, seems you wanted to say this out loud, with the chorus line and the repetitive scale in the verse… Thanks for sharing…
Rumbles (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 7:44:10 AM
your poem reverberates with vivid and thought provoking imagery ,,,,
Rumbles (Poetry) - 8/7/2011 9:05:05 PM
Excellent ending, really wraps it up nicely. I love the second stanza, too.
But a Dream (Poetry) - 8/3/2011 11:08:56 AM
Love this one too and agree with Jude about the ending.
Axilea
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 8/3/2011 11:06:54 AM
Wonderful rhythm that accompanies so much meaning, until those meaningful last lines. Great visuals. There are so many lines that I like here...
"She lies prostrate in green haze, poisoned by
cackle of reality";
"She's lost the song, hop-skip
through treachery";
"It whimpers now
and dies within her breast"
and that "crystal ball soul" is so evocative and sounds beautiful.
Axilea
Rumbles (Poetry) - 8/3/2011 11:01:13 AM
Strikingly beautiful. The theme and composition speak to me on many levels.
Axilea
But a Dream (Poetry) - 8/1/2011 8:39:44 PM
Profound inspirational beauty that reaches deep....
Be always safe,
Karen
But a Dream (Poetry) - 8/1/2011 7:38:56 PM
well written, Dawn ... the ending is perfect to the mood of the poem ...
But a Dream (Poetry) - 8/1/2011 6:56:37 AM
These are very moving and meaningful verses, Dawn; most expressive. Thanks for sharing. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Giver of Chances (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 9:26:01 PM
Truly compelling and meaningful, Dawn. This is powerfully expressive. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 4/29/2011 7:11:32 AM
Wonderful writing sweet lady...glad to see you back writing...I have missed you ...sighhh...stay safe and well...Hugss
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 4/27/2011 3:43:14 PM
Wonderful writing, Dawn; where have you been?? Well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 4/27/2011 9:48:45 AM
She lies in prostrate in green haze, poisoned by
cackle of reality. She peers into crystal ball soul,
these fragments of whole, but yellow brick
morphs to poppy field and again
Your powerful images serve to emphasize the theme that you have presented via your verses here, Dawn. Well done. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 4/27/2011 7:03:45 AM
No one writes poetry like you...
Your second stanza is my favorite. I have felt this way for the past several months...poetry doesn't come when burdened by so many other things.
Cryssa
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 4/27/2011 3:39:04 AM
Not only searching, Dawn, but mining deep,
this poem seeps into me and i'm much the better
for it.
Third stanza is perfection: thought, word
choice, phrasing.
Yes!
John
Quest for Poetry (Poetry) - 4/27/2011 3:18:07 AM
Powerful, beautifully written poem,Dawn! Good to see you again!
Chopped (Poetry) - 4/19/2011 11:50:42 AM
Alive in pain...
I love the imagery and hint at humor in the first stanza. It made me giggle just a little; although your subject was really not so humorous. :~)
Cryssa
flutter (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 5:20:57 AM
Very beautiful sweet lady...Hugsss
flutter (Poetry) - 4/1/2011 3:11:49 AM
A beautiful Write Dawn
Most enjoyable reading
Love & Peace be with you
William
Waking Vision (Poetry) - 3/30/2011 10:17:14 PM
There is beauty in your words. I especially love the hope and promise within these lines.
Cryssa
flutter (Poetry) - 3/30/2011 10:15:10 PM
I always enjoy reading your words. Captivating...
Cryssa :~)
flutter (Poetry) - 3/29/2011 6:38:17 AM
a beautiful dream indeed ... enchanting ...
flutter (Poetry) - 3/27/2011 10:15:11 PM
Thanks, all. Richard, "patterned denials" -- this is what happens as I share poetry that comes at 2:30am :)
flutter (Poetry) - 3/27/2011 9:32:39 AM
Ditto. Beautifully penned, Dawn, from line to line. -gene.
flutter (Poetry) - 3/27/2011 7:19:18 AM
beautiful poetry!!
flutter (Poetry) - 3/27/2011 4:00:52 AM
Beautiful poetry Dawn.
I especially love, "See with grace all others through the heart that held you in a dream."
Loving someone teaches us to see, even if it is no help to the beloved. It is better to see.
John
Waking Vision (Poetry) - 3/21/2011 9:50:57 PM
These are fine, tought-eliciting verses, Dawn. Thank you for sharing them. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis
