A NEW RACE OF HuMANS (Book) - 2/7/2026 12:49:28 PM
It is definitely all happening now and I have just sent for the hard cover copy from Amazon.co.uk, and it will be arriving by Wednesday 11th.
I'll get back to you when I have read it.
PS: Since you have spent time in Alaska can you tell me anything of the history of 'Selby in the Brooks Range' - Selby was my maiden name - now middle name - and Brooks my married name. My husband is a US Navy Veteran.
A NEW RACE OF HuMANS (Book) - 6/20/2024 4:38:32 AM
Sounds like a needed and profound book, Richard.
A NEW RACE OF HuMANS (Book) - 3/27/2023 4:05:32 PM
Richard,
I downloaded it and enthralled by every page.
VEry well written and perfect for this time we are living in.
But I really want the printed book now.
Love and hugs,
Ann
A NEW RACE OF HuMANS (Book) - 12/17/2022 4:32:23 PM
I WENT TO AMAZON AND, OF COURSE, CLICKED 'LOOK INSIDE'. I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM YOU RICHARD AND WAS PULLED INTO THE TALE FROM THE FIRST LINES. CONGRATULATIONS! I AM HOOKED AND HOPE TO DOWNLOAD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
A NEW RACE OF HuMANS (Book) - 11/4/2022 4:39:34 PM
An extremely powerful timely write, Richard. We are indeed the most worst, yet best of times where before your very eyes we will see the so called giants fall and justice is coming! Our God doesn't know time because Hes eternal but you bet your bottom dollar Him and His armies are screaming " check mate "...We are not transhuman and never will be and there must be reparations to the world for this breaking of the Nuremberg code and Anthony Fauci will wear an orange jumpsuit eventually. We will see divine intervention like never before. Congratulations and eventually I'll get the download. Keep them coming !
A NEW RACE OF HuMANS (Book) - 11/4/2022 11:40:32 AM
Congratulations. Looks intriguing.
A Monumental Journey - 3rd Edition (Book) - 12/9/2020 10:36:35 PM
I’ve read the synopsis and it’s very interesting, I’m very fond of the northern legends about the Vikings’ bravery and their contribution to hunamity, to Russia by unifying it dispersed population for instance and above Leif Eriksson sail to the shors of Canada in paritcular.
Haim
Between the Cracks (Book) - 9/24/2015 4:02:20 PM
Assuming this the opening paragraph of Chp. 17, it is effective. I had no trouble getting into the narrator on several levels. The tone and tempo of the language reveals him an outsider, yet deserving of the readers' sympathy. Very impressive.
Between the Cracks (Book) - 1/14/2015 4:53:52 PM
Powerful novel with a powerful message. I feel that the intensity of many parts of this novel would very much lend themselves to an audio version read by the author if ever opportunity presents.
Thank you so much for allowing me to share in this important work with themes that resonate. CJT
Between the Cracks (Book) - 7/16/2014 3:04:37 PM
Effective tease. I'll be downloading the e-book, as this subject matter is of keen interest to me. BTW, per our exchange of late, over and above "Kingdom" for a look at some radical change in character challenge, check out his motel scene in "Smokin' Aces." For my money, one of his best portrayals, save his performance for me in "Journey To the Day," which I directed at University of Alabama in '85 when he was a kid. He played a young boy placed in an mental institution with adults. Justine was also in it, playing the lead. (So, send me your email so I don't have to communicate in this manner above and beyond the reviewing process. odin.aflx.com Thanks.
Between the Cracks (Book) - 7/15/2014 5:40:49 AM
Congrats on your latest. Those "superficial" Southern Californians caught my eye. I don't think I could write from the viewpoint of a Moroccan. From the brief description, this looks like a page turner of thrilling proportions.
Ron
Beyond Understanding (Book) - 4/2/2011 9:13:37 AM
A great accomplishment. My books are mired in a malaise of modern living, bursting to get out in weekend fits and starts.
Happy sails [sales] to you.
Ron
Beyond Understanding (Book) - 3/29/2011 4:53:56 PM
Good read, Richard. Good luck. -gene.
Beyond Understanding (Book) - 3/29/2011 11:48:48 AM
Congratulations, Richard. II know you are relieved to finally put that last period to the series.
In Search of the First Tribe (Book) - 7/28/2009 2:56:16 AM
Richard,
I won't look at a yo-yo the same again. lol. These characters are growing spiritually every step of the way. I felt like there was a new, more natural, feel to the crew of the Heimdall. With the addition of new characters, a few surprises, and a creative and exciting ending, this book did not disappoint. Great work:) Love and hugs,
Sheila
A Monumental Journey - 3rd Edition (Book) - 8/19/2008 8:50:13 PM
The crew of the Heimdall are like a close-knit family. Along the exciting journey, the themes of love and respect are fortified with each day these characters spend together. A fascinating read that educates and entertains!
Sheila
The Underground River (Book) - 2/12/2007 9:22:36 PM
Sounds like quite an interesting journbey Richard
In Search of the First Tribe (Book) - 1/29/2007 9:21:32 AM
I was so enraptured by the characters and the story. The images in my mind as I read played out like a movie...hmmm, yes, I could see this picked up as a movie.
A Monumental Journey - 3rd Edition (Book) - 1/29/2007 9:18:17 AM
A very exciting, fast moving book. It carries you along on a wave of excitement. The characters are so real, I feel I know them and care deeply about what will confront them next.
Instead Of... (Short Story) - 7/4/2026 9:54:52 PM
I found your Portrayal Series. I will brace myself for your intimate and fine writing.
This first reading was particularly familiar and painful. However, reliving a painful memory can be an opportune moment, one that can gift us with clarity once unattainable because the wound had not yet scabbed over.
Your memory of your friend and your honesty are appreciated.
~jeanne
Rejected (a curse or a blessing) (Short Story) - 5/9/2026 5:42:13 PM
Richard, this one hit me on a very human level. The mix of humor, bewilderment, and quiet dignity in the face of an anonymous rejection makes the piece feel both honest and strangely comforting. You turn an awkward moment into something reflective and real.
Rejected (a curse or a blessing) (Short Story) - 5/9/2026 12:58:12 PM
You certainly have educated me on parsley. My only knowledge of it before was that it was a garnish on the plate of restaurant served meals. The taste was not offensive, so I always ate it along with my meal, being a clean plate fanatic. Waste not, want not.
I don't know if you are writing a true story or fiction. But either way, anyone who sends a message anonymously is, in my mind, a coward. Someone who does not have the courage of their conviction to reveal who they are.
You made me recall two times in my career when anonymous notes made by a single student/coworker cast unwarranted doubts out on me that were hard to overcome.
Ron
An Irresistible Transformation... (Short Story) - 5/24/2024 2:59:17 AM
The young girl's sandcastle will also be destroyed due to the approaching storm. Nothing is impervious. A poignant story.
An Irresistible Transformation... (Short Story) - 5/8/2024 9:27:48 AM
A very good and poignant piece. Especially the ending. This morning many people who built their homes along the rivers below our local dams northeast of Houston are feeling similar thoughts of loss.
You made me recall a home I built in 1980 that was solar passive, all electric, hidden on a wooded hillside that was very little maintenance for the 20 years that I owned it. Recently, when I saw it on Google, I couldn't recognize the place. There was no undergrowth under the scrawny tall trees, just gravel ugliness and the house had been transformed from natural cedar to some white glaring look that didn't fit in to the natural world anymore. I can only surmise that a fire came through and burned all the underbrush and perhaps the house. It was then rebuilt to the owner's desires.
I also have just replaced my roof shingles for the 2nd time in 40 years on this house. Without constant upkeep, over al these years it would have deteriorated like some of the houses on the street whose owners only rent out and don't repair them. All physical things are doomed in time like Europe along beautifully shows.
However, once placed on the Internet and published in cyberspace, there's a good chance that your beautiful little story here reflecting life in general, will prevail for very long time without deterioration except, being very far down on search lists, unfortunately.
Ron
An Irresistible Transformation... (Short Story) - 5/4/2024 6:17:48 PM
Even though this was a story this danced across my being and spoke prolifically and prophetically as a sign of the spiritual condition of the church that is currently needs very strong in foundational structure. You have a way of speaking prophetically to the soul of the nations with wisdom, clarity, and pressing urgent call. Enjoyed this profoundly- peace to you & Michelle ~ j
Surfing on Silent Skies... (Short Story) - 2/18/2024 8:04:14 AM
Below is a quote from your work that I will copy and affix next to my bathroom mirror. A reminder before starting the day that this is truly what makes living a joy. Sad, as you say, so few retain such values. Kudos for this gentle yet profound reminder.
"Humans are messy. They’re complicated, chaotic, troublesome, noisy, clumsy, violent, prideful, and so easily deceived…. Truth be told, being authentic, upfront, honest, honorable, being an active listener, having integrity, being respectful and open-minded, having sympathy, empathy, humility, being reliable and disciplined, showing gratitude for what others do for you, being willing to help others without expecting anything in return, are the kinds of qualities that very few possess anymore."
Surfing on Silent Skies... (Short Story) - 2/14/2024 2:18:14 PM
Beautifully and uniquely stated..
This bears so much spiritual fruit...You are a creative instrument for the purpose in helping other's enlightenment, compassion and teaching Richard ... Thank you for your words of wisdom that help bring so much enlightenment and unique insight into life ~ Shalom & joy to you and Michelle ~ D
Surfing on Silent Skies... (Short Story) - 2/14/2024 12:57:23 PM
The last words of the teacher encompass what it means to arrive at the good life.
I have read, however, that routine and being non confrontational, not challenging what one knows seeking a higher plane, is a precursor to a long and happy life. I have seen that in my long-lived relatives. But the longer we live, the more of life we face. And life is a great teacher in itself.
I learned from your dialogue today.
Ron
Doorway... (Short Story) - 1/17/2024 1:00:58 PM
A brilliant portrayal of your close relationship with Matthew.
Ron
Doorway... (Short Story) - 1/14/2024 10:43:13 AM
Richard,
For someone who holds most super-natural ideas as debatable, you've penned a fair story of those closing days, hours and moments before ending in a respectful and personal concept a reader can accept. The overall structure of the story was inviting... down to the final action of spreading the ashes. Fine writing, Richard. I look forward to future additions. Kudos.
Poignant phrases, these -- "...no one can ever truly understand their strengths and weaknesses without changing, we still struggled during the process. As I was mulling these things, I was plunged suddenly in sadness…."
"For a while now, we’d found ourselves pining for all that energy we’d been blessed with as teenagers. The kind of zeal that had slowly vanished over the years. It was perfectly clear to us, now older and laughably wiser, how subtle the process of loss can be, especially when you awaken one day to the stark revelation that most of what you once took for granted is gone now, or has become something else entirely."
Doorway... (Short Story) - 1/14/2024 10:32:20 AM
Incredible imagery Richard!!!Touching and deeply heartfelt.. I truly felt I was there.. Reminded me of ole hippy high times, too..
The Strange Case of Kicky Cano... (Short Story) - 12/2/2023 11:44:39 AM
A very good composite story outlining how drugs and quackery treatments prevail in treating mental illness.
Ironically, I recently read Stanford research returning to testing hallucinogens like LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and mushrooms (psilocybin and psilocin) as treatment for mental illnesses.
Veterans with PTSD have been relieved of their symptoms with as little as a single therapist-guided dose. Apparently, the brain is cleared of all the conflicting thoughts so that they no longer haunt the individual. Even those with schizophrenia have been able to be relieved of the paranoia. This experimentation is being carefully watched and drug laws will have to be improved if it will be used widely by professional practitioners. And hopefully, not misused by quacks.
Ron
A Matter of Perspective 2... (Short Story) - 9/8/2023 1:06:15 PM
Well I romped along with this story gleefully. Not only because of the ‘grab me’ picture of roaches (with whom I’ve had as the fascinating ghastly roommates that they are), but because of your personifying this life form as the banter bugs. Wonderful! And the ascending vitriol of their mutual egoic bashathon is spot-on in characterizing a fight-thread on Twitter or Facebook. So perfect that they get squished in the end, no offense to their representation of us, but the finale of this crushing solution to unending the fisticuffs being annhilation seems about right. I had to look up ‘erudition,’ and I scoop up the word ‘anagrammatize’ — I love that word even if it was made up or didn’t even mean anything….it sounds so neat to pronounce. So I think, since it is a verb, I’ll use it next time I’m flustered by someone — “Ok, then I’m just going to anagrammatize you for the time being.”. ~~ Thanks, Richard, I enjoyed this piece. ~~ djl
A Matter of Perspective 2... (Short Story) - 7/30/2023 10:02:40 AM
Couldn't stop laughing so hard. For awhile I didn't fully get it but now I see the light. You have a way of getting across with such touché
A Matter of Perspective 2... (Short Story) - 7/30/2023 9:20:39 AM
Oh, how these quotes resonate. Even before the internet, such attitudes ran amuck in Hollywierd.
BTW, quite a collection of quotes you've garnered here, a human-cockroach festival.
A Surprising Discovery.... (Short Story) - 8/29/2022 5:36:01 AM
So masterfully told, Richard. A good piece of writing.
A Surprising Discovery.... (Short Story) - 3/17/2022 7:52:30 AM
An utterly fascinating account beautifully and captivatingly described.
A Surprising Discovery.... (Short Story) - 3/17/2022 4:39:30 AM
What an adventure! And yet so profoundly moving and well-written!
Sandie
A Surprising Discovery.... (Short Story) - 3/17/2022 2:48:04 AM
You write with so much description and intensity, I can feel the turmoil in their hearts, and the exhilaration of being free on their way home, lol, nicely written Richard, have a precious day writer :)
A Surprising Discovery.... (Short Story) - 3/16/2022 4:30:48 PM
This was so prolific and beautifully colorfully done that kept me so profoundly captivated.. Loved LOVED this imagery like I was there with them !
Thank you for the trip in the mountains):
10 North Waverly Place... (Short Story) - 11/8/2021 12:46:53 PM
Some friends would come into our lives and place a lasting impression in our hearts; others may just come and stay for a while. The lesson we learn from each friend is priceless.
Sandie
10 North Waverly Place... (Short Story) - 11/8/2021 10:55:51 AM
Yes, a great story of how circumstance, like swimming, with a pool so convenient, can lead to an odd but wonderful friendship. Unfortunately, like so many, changed when families move and children have to leave good friends behind.
I have to think that it might have grown into much more. My cousin married women five years older than him, twice.
I passed my swimming test when I was seven, got my swimming and lifesaving merit badges in scouts, but didn't learn how to really swim until I was in college in swimming class. Helped me a lot when my hands and arms got paralyzed. My partner, and 55, decided to learn how to swim at her gym. By watching YouTube videos, she is doing quite nicely, but prevented by the pandemic. This morning, she announced that she is going to go swimming again on Sundays, the only day she has time to put in an hour for laps.
Ron
Thanks Giving... (Article) - 12/16/2025 5:44:49 PM
Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday. over the years it has changed significantly to something I don’t recognize. You’re spot on with the gratitude. But I will say there is something therapeutic about all that chopping and dicing!! The hope of something good to come I guess. I hope your Christmas season has that hope and Joy . I personally can’t wait to get started on some cookies!!
Thanks Giving... (Article) - 1/27/2025 2:31:47 PM
I'm so deeply thankful for you ! I'm deeply thankful for many things in my life. Gratitude gives us such sustaining centerpieces of humility humbleness. Each day I wake the first thing I do is tell the Lord thank you deeply for allowing me to wake up because none of us is promised the next second of life- we never know what to expect next in any circumstance in any turn. Life is so much more sweet and beautiful when we have this foundation of gratefulness....Praise God my friend your Ok... You and Michelle are in in my thoughts and prayers with absolute gratitude for you. The protection of Holy Spirit surrounds you both always):
~jo
Thanks Giving... (Article) - 11/28/2024 9:21:39 AM
What a beautiful article. It blessed me, Richard. Giving thanks always in all things.
Kennedy and Lincoln... (Article) - 2/16/2024 2:23:53 PM
Interesting facts. Thanks for sharing, Richard.
Kennedy and Lincoln... (Article) - 2/16/2024 9:52:27 AM
Both assassins used three full names.
A lot of coincidence for fact checkers to think about. But I believe that's all it really is, coincidence. But it makes a good argument for no one having free will. That we are the product of our genetics and our environmental luck that could possibly repeat over time.
Dion alluded to it with his classic, Abraham, Martin and John.
Ron
Kennedy and Lincoln... (Article) - 2/16/2024 7:27:29 AM
How interesting. Never would have thought.
Kennedy and Lincoln... (Article) - 2/15/2024 11:14:05 AM
Thanks for the severity of mind blow!!!!. Just incredible. It's all spiritually connected I truly believe without a doubt. Both men tried to free mankind from the forces of the enemy who comes to kill, steal and destroy.. Right now the demonic possession is so strong and I have never seen it this strong, ever.....I see it on people to certain degrees, some not nearly as strong, other's I cannot be near it....Lots and lot's of prayer along with massive anointed praise makes it flee from me.. I jam with lot's of powerful black gospel sometimes that is extremely yoke breaking.. I'm very attuned to who's anointed and who's not....I know Holy Spirit when I'm near it...Stubborn possessional territorial spirit's must be broke like never before..
Kennedy and Lincoln... (Article) - 2/15/2024 9:21:31 AM
Wow! Spooky. Great share. Brings arresting light to the word "coincidence" eh? Thanks for sharing.
Might there be something akin to a coincidence with Trump and Hitler, or maybe with Mussolini?
Your book looks interesting. Have to get a copy.
The Art of Poetic Prose... (Article) - 9/29/2023 11:44:52 AM
Thank you for this important article, Richard.
I needed it!
Here's hoping my poetry imps pay attention to what you wrote.
The Art of Poetic Prose... (Article) - 8/26/2023 1:18:26 PM
Richard, you always amaze me with your constant movement upon the universe in creativity yet profoundly analytical too. That is a beautiful combination. Your points are highly informative to the reader. I love the book of proverbs for solemn wisdom and psalms for bread and butter of the table renewing of the spirit, heart and mind. I love how our God that created all thing told things in parables too. Paul the Apostil gives profound rich fruit in edification. I'm more free falling earthy windswept kind of in my insight... I can tell you spent much time on your article with much forethought and love of your craft! Thank you Bro~ D
The Art of Poetic Prose... (Article) - 8/26/2023 10:11:13 AM
You've penned a detailed and informative exploration here that should be helpful for many readers who may not be as well read on the styles of various expressions as others. Prosetry and poetiprose serve a purpose that could be instrumental in readers' better understanding the style of expression many of us pursue. I once read a biography of Dali that suggested his combining of reality and fantasy was revelatory for the art world. Reading it caused me to think more concisely about the poetic styles of authors that influenced my own appreciation of the lexicon as the essential tool of word paintings. Thank you for posting. Valuable reading.
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 7/24/2023 12:05:31 PM
WOW....GADS OF WONDERFUL INFORMATION HERE RICHARD!!!! THOUGH AWARE OF SOME OF THE STYLES MENTIONED, I, AS I AM SURE YOU HAVE GUESSED, AM PURELY A MUSE INSPIRED WRITER. MEANING...I SCRIBE IT AS I GET IT. I KNOW I HAVE DONE SEVERAL Q's, MAYBE A COUPLE OF ABC DARIANS, AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO TANKAS, BUT PRIMARILY I AM INSPIRED TO PEN RHYMES AND FREESTYLE. ALSO, BY THE WAY...I HAVE NO SHAME IN THE LEAST ADMITTING THAT I DO USE THE DICTIONARY SOMETIMES WHEN I READ YOUR FANTASTIC WORK AS MY VOCABULARY LEVEL IS NOT EQUAL TO YOURS AT ALL. BUT LET ME SHARE A SECRET; OFTEN WHILE I AM WRITING I AM GIVEN WORDS THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN, HOWEVER I USE IT ANYWAY. THEN I GO TO THE DICTIONARY TO SEE WHAT MY MUSE HAS GIVEN ME AND, LO AND BEHOLD...IT'S RIGHT ON TARGET! GOD IS SIMPLY AMAZING, ISN'T HE?! MY DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST, I AM ALWAYS HONORED WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND COMMENT ON 'HIS INSPIRATIONS' AND I ENJOYED THIS SHARING, ENTIRELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 7/21/2023 2:52:28 PM
This article needed to be written. I doubt if anyone else could have written it half as well. BTW, I knew 15 of the 30 listed types of poems. Now I'll have to read up on Dylan Thomas. Sharp mind.
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 7/2/2023 4:00:13 PM
I needed this super article about poetry, Richard.
Thanks so much for posting it on AuthorsDen.
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 7/2/2023 9:47:00 AM
Wow, what a wonderful and informative article. Thank you so much for sharing this, Richard. Much enjoyed.
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 6/12/2023 12:59:36 PM
This is a landmark article on poetry. I can see you have done much research and thoroughly covered every aspect of poetry. And given its content, have done it in a brief article rather than a textbook or longer piece.
All I can say is, Kudos!
To add to being honest and authentic, I would say a poet should be original. I would also ask that insincerity, particularly when used in satire or complete nonsense, should be given some leeway or grace.
Ron
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 6/6/2023 6:15:31 AM
A fascinating treasure trove of knowledge so well put together. I learned a lot. Thank you, Richard, for posting.
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 6/5/2023 12:16:44 PM
This was a treasure Richard because it puts us all on notice to always be genuine in heart, truth and to examine our selves.... Sometimes through my experiences when inspiration gets dry I meditate on beautiful pictures, words and videos..... Right now I'm watching a 7 hour flight of a golden eagle in the Swiss Alps who has a camera on her back....
Here is the link if you get premium no adds youtube ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0wCikzaUhAre
I listen to Beethoven, Hans Zimmer, Sara Brightman, and tons of other composers, artists to stir, entice, stimulate my spirit and it works powerful and wonderfully.. I love cinema music....When I first came to AD in 1999 it was to "express" myself only..... Now it is that and to touch souls that they are indeed loved and wonderfully made in these troubling, yet glorious times. I think our life experiences are not by mistake what so ever... To stir my spirit these days I'm into watching nature on drones, especially fast traveling drones and scenes...Here is a fabulous link to a Vid on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQuLAbG62vY&t=1827sse
I found a fantastic site you can get all kinds of music and they have a tool bar on the side for you to examine what kinds of categories and the link is https://www.musicbed.com/artists/duomo/44172
I'm happy I was able to share with you my new direction in my poetic inspiration...
Agape always to you and Michelle!~
What Makes a Poet Authentic... (Article) - 6/5/2023 10:38:10 AM
Very informative and thorough article you've penned here, Richard. The word "authentic" is what strikes me as so essential. I, for one, find myself thinking about that word a lot, especially when stretching the imagination to allow much of the stored, but not always available consciously, type of wording that will avoid the cliche and hopefully provide a fresh look at an idea, a principal, or any thought that is worth pondering over. I slip up sometimes, I know, but will keep trying. Thanks again for another enlightening bit of penmanship from you.
Paul Harvey’s ‘If I Were The Devil’ transcript- 1965 (Article) - 6/14/2022 10:28:25 AM
Satan is madder than ever before! I tried to inform all my readers I will be away with carpal tunnel surgery in both hands but my newsletter wouldn't work for whatever reasons. . Keep the faith more than ever and your all in my prayers
Paul Harvey’s ‘If I Were The Devil’ transcript- 1965 (Article) - 6/14/2022 10:01:10 AM
If he were the devil, he'd succeed, if there were no good Christians in this world, with a heart only for God and God alone. lol, nice one Richard, it makes one stop and think.
The Lord's Prayer... (Article) - 3/20/2022 7:46:51 PM
Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with your desire...
Beautiful, just so full of wisdom, praise, honor and truth Richard
Direct Characterization (Article) - 8/4/2021 12:52:28 AM
This is so good, Richard! As I have tried to let others know about the importance of building characters in their stories, but I could not bring myself to tell them so well like the way you do. This is a good lesson to learn about character building. Thanks so much for sharing to help other authors!!!
Sandie
The Lord's Prayer... (Article) - 7/29/2021 7:43:29 AM
Wow, you came across a masterpiece! I am forever grateful how our Heavenly Father sprints to infuse all of us with hope through his words of comfort . His words are like marrow to our bones. Thanks for posting. Reading this has ignited my soul even more . We certainly need all that his word has to offer. This world is getting more wicked than ever before.
Catching Happiness... (Poetry) - 9/21/2026 2:35:00 PM
Beautifully expressed, Richard.
"teaches the lungs to sing'... Amen!
Be well,
Carolyn
Catching Happiness... (Poetry) - 9/17/2026 3:12:31 PM
This is such an uplifting poem, as someone who has experienced cancer...both my husband and I...your very first line, "And just like that, the world felt lighter," expressed it all. Thank you for putting into words what so many are feeling and going through.
I'm so happy for you,
Myra
'Malama Ka Aina'... (Poetry) - 9/14/2026 1:48:38 AM
WE ARE, AS YOU SAY...'STEWARDS'...HERE. IT IS ONLY THROUGH GOD'S EYES, WITH HIS SPIRIT GUIDING THAT WE CAN SEE AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT HE HAS GIVEN US. THUS, WE SHOULD TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WHICH HE HAS GIVEN US CHARGE OVER. YES, MALAMA KA AINA, INDEED. THANKS FOR THIS POTENT REMINDER OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARDS TO THIS OUR 'GIFT'... EARTH. VERY MUCH ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Fragments of Hatred... (Poetry) - 9/14/2026 1:39:20 AM
INDEED, YOU ARE SO VERY RIGHT, RICHARD. LIFE IS DIFFICULT AND THE SEVERITY OF EXPERIENCES DIFFER FOR US ALL. BUT, 'IF' WE REALLY WANT TO....WE CAN, AS THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, DO 'ALL' THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS US. CONSIDERING THAT FEELINGS OF INTENSE DISLIKE AND RESENTMENT (HATRED) MIGHT VERY WELL BE THE PRODUCT OF ONE HAVING RECEIVED DELIBERATE INFLICTED PAIN/ABUSE(MENTAL, PHYSICAL, ETC)THIS CAN BE HARD TO DO...TO FORGIVE... ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PERPETRATOR IS UNREPENTANT. THUS, ONLY...THRU THE 'LOVE OF GOD' CAN IT BE ACHIEVED. NOW, 'UNWARRANTED HATE' IS ENTIRELY ANOTHER ASPECT AS IT IS USUALLY FOSTERED FROM AN EARLY AGE IN THE HOME OR BY ASSOCIATION...WHEREBY, IT IS TAUGHT, ENGRAINED AND 'KNITTED' TO THE HEART, MIND AND SOUL OF AN INDIVIDUAL...BUT IT TOO CAN ONLY BE CORRECTED BY THE 'LOVE OF GOD'. IT ALL BEGINS WITH ONES 'LOVE OF GOD' BEING STRONGER THAN ONES NEED(FOR WHATEVER REASON) TO HANG-ON TO.....HATE. FOR GOD IS NOT HATE, BUT...LOVE! ENJOYED, SO WELL DONE, IN EVERY WAY. THANK YOU IMMENSELY. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Catching Happiness... (Poetry) - 9/14/2026 12:57:23 AM
YES, ISN'T GOD MARVELOUS!!?!!! AND I AM THINKING OF THAT SO INSPIRING BIBLE VERSE(PARAPHRASED); WEEPING MIGHT, INDEED, ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT....JOY....COMES WITH THE MORNING LIGHT! WONDERFUL CELEBRATORY WORK, MY FRIEND...MAY "HIS" HEALING MANNA... NEVER CEASE! SO ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Catching Happiness... (Poetry) - 9/8/2026 6:57:03 PM
Congratulations to Michelle. Now that's something to be happy about. You are so right about happiness coming from within and showing without.
For example, your image. When a beautiful woman smiles like that at me, I can't help but be happy. Or even over a simple accomplishment or completion. A contentment before you go to bed. That's happiness.
Ron
Catching Happiness... (Poetry) - 9/7/2026 9:05:28 PM
Yes, indeed, within it starts. I for one have found such bliss in reconciling experiences of the past, both pleasant and regretful. As your poem emphasizes, happiness can come in "'tween seconds" and it can be made more lasting when "resless wind" subsides. Any of us reading this poem should feel the truth and insite your words convey. Thank you, Richard. I often think so many try to find happiness in empty hope. Within, like so many realms of feeling tryly alive, comes from within. Inspired writing. Thank you.
Catching Happiness... (Poetry) - 9/7/2026 6:43:36 PM
The world feels lighter indeed after such a diagnosis. Cancer is such a scourge, to be free of it such a blessing. A lovely, uplifting piece. The breeze you describe feels like an enriching blessing—perfect for marking Michele’s eight months cancer free. A warm and hopeful tribute.
'Malama Ka Aina'... (Poetry) - 9/5/2026 8:44:13 PM
"Malama Ka Aina" is to care for the land that was given to us, and in return the land will take care of us while we live in it. So many leaders have forgotten about this already. They are too greedy. All they do is counting the dollar signs.
Maybe in the future, money will not be of any values when the humanoids work and create everything that we need, crops will be so plentiful that they need to distribute it to everyone so it won't be overflowing.
But first, we must take care for our land before it gets destroyed by greedy leaders.
~ Sandie
The Fragments of Hatred... (Poetry) - 8/31/2026 8:53:04 PM
I know every time you write, although I like your writing, I always have to look up at least one word...LOL.
This one "simulacrum" then it led me to also recheck "critical theory" hahaha.
You do open my brain!
Take care and God bless Richard.
The Fragments of Hatred... (Poetry) - 8/30/2026 2:10:22 PM
How does hatred survive in the psyche not as one giant monolith of emotion but as scattered remains of old wounds that still linger. The imagery of rusted nails, chipped fragments, and roots of resentment gives the poem a powerful emotional structure, a kind of architecture. What resonates most is the recognition that these fragments are evidence of a destiny of the past but an existing hurt, judgments that can still disarm what once seemed destructive. A compelling and compassionate piece. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
The Fragments of Hatred... (Poetry) - 8/29/2026 7:32:46 PM
Yes, often it's little slings and arrows, cuts and betrayals, rejection and worst of all, the loss of loved ones by someone else's angry act, that leads to generation anger and war like the Hatfields and McCoys.
But it's great when one realizes that one is angry and finds a way to change. It's not easy to throw off all that anger. When help comes along, like a caring spouse, a mentor or something else anger can turn into caring.
I recall times when I was angry and caught by others during my anger to my embarrassment. Fortunately, I'm generally not an angry man. Times when I'm angry like that, are rare and don't last.
Ron
The Fragments of Hatred... (Poetry) - 8/29/2026 5:51:32 PM
For those of us that have viewed and often touched these fragments of hatred, it is indeed a sense of comfort to comprehend that hatred can be the quintessential mental aberration that can ruin and destroy a sense of understanding and compassion. Your words of exploration here provide solace for many and confirmation of control for others. Thank you, Richard, for sharing a much-needed view of a real malady that faces everyone most every day wherever they may be on their trek.
'Malama Ka Aina'... (Poetry) - 8/25/2026 11:30:58 AM
Richard, your rendering of Malama Ka Aina feels both reverent and bring with it a sense of urgency, reminding us that we walk the earth as guests, not owners. The imagery — waterfalls speaking in silver tongues, stones guarding vows — gives the land a living voice, and your refrain turns the sense of stewardship into a virtual spiritual discipline of sorts. A beautiful, humbling call to remember the sacred duty too many have forgotten.
'Malama Ka Aina'... (Poetry) - 8/25/2026 9:23:57 AM
The last line says it all. It is very hard for citydwellers to understand the significance of the ecosystems that sustain us. The Polynesians weren't early on that if they depleted all the resources on an island, they were doomed to perish or they had to leave. By the time it took, for them to reach Hawaii on their search for new islands, they had learned this lesson well and have made it part of their creation story.
You have shared it with us well through this poem.
Hopefully we can teach our young people the value through lessons in current media like, Moana. Outdoor activities and travel.
Ron
Generations.... (Poetry) - 8/8/2026 5:50:12 PM
WE CARRY A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. THE ONLY WAY I CAN ACCEPT 'THEIR WAY' OF THINKING THESE DAYS IS TO CANDIDLY...STEP-BACK AND LOOK AT MY PAST...AND KEEP THEM, BEGINNING WITH MY OWN (4 CHILDREN, 11 GRANDS AND 15 GREATGRANDS) IN PRAYER. KNOWING THAT WHAT GOD HAD DONE FOR ME, SURELY IN HIS GREAT MERCY, HE WILL DO FOR THEM ALSO. THUS, THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS...I AM UTTERLY SO GRATEFUL AND DELIGHTED THAT, WHILE I SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT WORDS ...GOD... HAS GOT THEM AND ALL 'GENERATIONS' TO COME IN HIS 'MORE THAN' CAPABLE HANDS. GREAT WORK, RICHARD, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
On Open Wings... (Poetry) - 8/8/2026 5:27:35 PM
FROM THIS READING A QUESTION AROSE; YOUR WORK SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT ALL 'HAWKS' ARE WISE, WITH TAILORED OBSERVATIONS AND JUDGEMENTS. HOWEVER...IS IT POSSIBLE THAT, LIKE HUMANS, THEY ARE NOT 'ALL' PERFECT OR FILLED WITH AN AVIAN PURPOSE THAT IS TRANQUIL? BUT DO INHABIT CERTAIN NATURAL 'INWARD INCLINATIONS' THAT CAN BE, WITHOUT PROVOCATION, QUITE NEGATIVE AND OPPOSITE TO FLYING ON OPEN WINGS AND CALMLY WATCHING...US, AS THEY SURVIVE? I ENJOYED THIS WORK SO MUCH, RICHARD, AND THOUGH I REALLY DO 'GET IT'...THE PERSPECTIVE IS AWESOME AND, AS YOU CAN SEE HAS PROVOKED AND 'STIRRED-UP' MY IMAGINATION TO OVER-FLOWING, INDEED. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
On Open Wings... (Poetry) - 8/2/2026 8:05:07 PM
The hawk, the coyote, the bear ... the rat ... and other species release their aggression for reasons of survival or fear or other reasons made necessary by mother nature. They do not argue with the world, they simple live in it with whatever course has been given to them.
Humans will never truly soar like a hawk or stampede like the buffalo because because we can't seem to understand or separate the blessings of our knowledge from obsession with our greed. Fear has its purpose ... greed does not.
I'd surely wouldn't mind soaring like a hawk. I surely wouldn't mind seeing the world as a hawk sees it.
Enjoy reading. Enjoyed imagining.
jeanne
On Open Wings... (Poetry) - 7/25/2026 12:37:17 PM
Rather long but a certainly well thought out comparison between how you view things and how a hawk does it–primarily for food.
It is always best to be above the crowd and not down among it, picking up bad vibes and going along with bad actions.
Unfortunately, the hawk often goes after young, as well as the disabled and diseased. Otherwise, less likely to escape not only its gaze, but its talons. I haven't seen a hawk attack a human the way that humans attack other humans.
Ron
On Open Wings... (Poetry) - 7/25/2026 12:28:13 PM
This piece clearly lay out through the hawk eyes of, yes, the hawk (a first person narration) how the hawk’s disciplined, purposeful existence exposes the restless, self‑wounding tendencies of human behavior. The voice you give the hawk is powerful: calm, observant, unflinching. Its critique isn’t cruel; it’s truthful. And the imagery of flight — rising, adapting, seeing farther — becomes a beautiful counterpoint to the heaviness you ascribe to us. A striking, creative work full of insight.
Generations.... (Poetry) - 7/17/2026 11:26:20 AM
Each generation does, indeed, have their own keywords that set them apart from the next. But as your poem points out, it is best that the generations communicate with one another for lessons learned.
Thanks for the lexicon of current buzz text words…
I have little contact with younger generations. But once in a while some of my students from the past seem overjoyed to be talking to me, even though they rarely connect through email. I have no children, but my extended family seems to believe that all they need to communicate is on Facebook where I don't go. And I'm thousands of miles away from them so I never see them in person anymore.
Ron
Generations.... (Poetry) - 7/14/2026 9:12:07 PM
Both your acknowledgement and embrace of younger generations was appreciated.
Occasionally, my soon to be twenty granddaughter will use language/phrases at which I stare back at her with "ok, explain please" ... she giggles, apologizes and explains. We laugh together.
When she was living with me I marveled at her intelligence and her incredible ability to take outstanding notes and her grades even if I did not understand her choice in clothing and makeup.
"And I watch and marvel at
the edge of youths bright horizons,
budding libraries with very few books,
and all of them searching for their voices
or where they fit in, young hearts beating
with a restless glow, seeking the
path only they can know
where every day’s a
a chance to learn
and every wound a lesson earned…. "
Your words really hit home. You've written both an insightful and loving assessment of those who will follow us. It was a pleasure to have youth walk in the door everyday and watch it blossom.
I have reread "Generations" several times. Thank you for sharing.
~jeanne
Generations.... (Poetry) - 7/14/2026 12:26:14 PM
A finely wrought poem reflecting upon the importance of learning to listen across time and across the generations, especially in this day and age when the younger generations are growing up in a vastly different worlds than their elders grew up in. Language shifts, meanings blur, yet the desire to understand remains steady among the different ages of individuals. Beneath the slang and the growing speed of life, the same human search for meanings persists. Well done.
Generations.... (Poetry) - 7/13/2026 7:51:32 AM
Yes, you've done well in chronicling the generational differences, especially in the use of verbal language, sign language, and our acceptance that growth will occur... hopefully in the younger folk. I run into much of your references in my work with proofing and editing. But, like you, I acknowledge the differences not with disdain, but with hope that language will not be so relagated to abbreviational communication, but bloom into more complete thought... at least for us older guys. Appreciated your healthy attitude in this rendering. Thank you for posting.
In Nature’s Design… (Poetry) - 7/5/2026 7:07:23 PM
FOR ME, THIS SUCCULENT WORK, IMAGED SO ARTISTICALLY, IS AN OUTSTANDING WORK WHICH IS MAGNIFICENTLY SUMMED UP IN THE LAST FOUR LINES. 'IN NATURE'S DESIGN (AND MY REVERENCE SHALL NEVER CEASE FOR OUR ONE AND ONLY... ETERNAL 'MASTER DESIGNER') ALL CYCLES OF LIFE AND DEATH REMAIN (BEAUTIFULLY) INHERENT. AMEN. A MASTERFUL WORK, RICHARD, WHICH I HAVE SAVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Like Wildflowers and Weeds… (Poetry) - 7/5/2026 6:52:31 PM
ABSOLUTELY, NOTHING...JUST HAPPENS. AND GOD, THOUGH IT
MAY NOT ALWAYS SEEM LIKE IT...IS EVER IN CHARGE. IS GOD ALWAYS THE ANSWER TO...WILD FLOWERS AND WEEDS... PROBLEMS...? YES, HE IS. I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET WHY WE EXIST ON THIS PLANET. THERE IS ONLY ONE PURPOSE...TO GET HOME. ALL OUR ROADS(FIELDS) ARE DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHY WE WHO KNOW THE WORD...CONTINUOUSLY REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR THE UNSAVED ALL OVER THE WORLD, THAT...EVEN UP UNTIL THEIR VERY LAST MOMENTS BEFORE THEIR VERY LAST BREATH IS EXPELLED...THE LOST WILL ACCEPT CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR, FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE MOMENTS, RICHARD? WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN(AS MY DAD USED TO SAY)...THE STIRRUP AND THE SOD? FOR ME, THIS OLD CLICHE' ALWAYS STANDS; WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN...WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY SURPRISED AND THOSE THAT MADE IT AND EVEN MORE SURPRISED AT THOSE THAT DIDN'T. AMEN. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS FINE WORK, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
Dewdrops.... (Poetry) - 7/5/2026 6:27:51 PM
DEWDROPS...YES, INDEED! AN OUTSTANDING METAPHORIC WORK...TOTALLY APPRECIATED AND ENJOYED IMMENSELY! THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING, RICHARD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
A Gradual Decline… (Poetry) - 7/5/2026 6:23:14 PM
THIS ONE REALLY 'HITS HOME'. ALL ALCOHOLICS ARE NOT ON THE STREETS. AND YOU ARE SO RIGHT... IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ENJOYMENT. IT GRADUALLY BECOMES A NEED FOR ALCOHOL THAT IS GREATER THAN A NEED TO 'LOOK-UP' AND LIVE. SOME HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE BUT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH TO REACH FOR IT. AND...HE WAITS... FOR THEM TO REALIZE THIS. SUCH A FINE WORK, RICHARD...THAT SKETCHES A CONDITION THAT IS SO TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY... SAD. THE VERY BEST ONE CAN DO IS...KEEP THEM IN PRAYER. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Dewdrops.... (Poetry) - 7/5/2026 12:35:57 PM
A very good comparison. Like dew drops we evaporate and recycle. Probably until there is no more water on the planet.
My observations are the times I ran off into the pasture on my grandfather's farm and wet my plain pocket Penny's jeans and tennies to the knees.
The coastal redwoods in Northern California create their own ecosystem by absorbing due from the fog that rolls in almost every night to replenish every living thing there.
Likewise, coastal deserts around the world have grasses and other plants that gather dew and sustain all forms of wildlife from small insects to large herbivores.
Ron
Dewdrops.... (Poetry) - 7/4/2026 1:09:21 PM
Such a touching annalogy, bringing metaphor and reason into a combined thread that weaves your insight into a quiet but glorius reality. So appreciated this kind of thinking and sharing on this day of in many ways, senseless celebration of country and a people being flooded, instead of cloaked in some soft meaningful essence... such as your poem brings to those of us remaining humbled as much if not more by the messages Nature provides. Thank you, Richard, for such a celebratory meditation of respect.
Dewdrops.... (Poetry) - 7/4/2026 12:15:45 PM
"Like dewdrops,
our lives embody
a paradox of being,
precious and ephemeral
delicate and reflective
fragile yet radiant,
like dewdrops,
vivid and complete in their moment,
yet intrinsically bound to impermanence,"
Despite the transient nature of our being there is much beauty to behold which you have so elegantly captured with the comparison to the dewdrop. A dewdrop, a diminutive form of life's sustaining ingredient, its creation out of our hands but graciously given to each our individual moment. Your poem speaks to me softly but still with a undeniable force, that our moment should be appreciated for its brilliance .... for its on time of shining brightly in the sun.
There is a second message/feeling/thought which fills me with my second breath ... that we should also "release" with appreciation. Embrace, if you will, the fleeting moment and learn to live whole heartedly in the present with gratitude.
Thank you for sharing your words and wisdom,
jeanne
Dewdrops.... (Poetry) - 7/3/2026 11:48:09 AM
This poem really is a beautiful reflection of dewdrops, not in and of themselves, but as symbolic reflections of being a part of life in this world, whether it be as dewdrops or as human beings, a life that is fragile, radiant, momentary, and yet complete somehow in its brief shing. Expressive of the wisdom that life itself comes to us as grade only to be released once again back into the light or darkness.
A Gradual Decline… (Poetry) - 6/30/2026 12:29:50 PM
You have the right words for those who have found their lives have reached into the bottom of an empty bottle.
In my time in the part of town considered bad only because it was poor, I have seen the one you describe living day-to-day on a bottle of wine for much longer than anyone would ever think.
Ron
A Gradual Decline… (Poetry) - 6/28/2026 11:27:03 PM
Richard ... If one is familiar with sharing space with souls whose identity and strength have been lost to addiction whether within one's own home or city/town, your poem will penetrate both emotion and intellect. I truly cannot express in words how excellently you have captured the tragedy of a dark and hopeless path that it still lit with the flame of mercy.
Beautifully written ... images that speak volumes ...
Thank you ...
jeanne
A Gradual Decline… (Poetry) - 6/28/2026 1:04:07 PM
This seems to be a life that has dimmed by degrees rather than any specific catastrophe. The surreal images—the clock without hands, the dancer catching unborn echoes, the guitar searching for melodies that never were—create a haunting prelude to the man on the boulevard, whose decline is not just physical but spiritual, a hollowing-out of once-living person with desire and convictions. The empty bottle “standing in mourning” is a devastating image; as if it too grieves for what he has lost. A stark portrayed of a man who has become a ghost inside his own life portrayed with clarity and sorrow.
Like Wildflowers and Weeds… (Poetry) - 6/19/2026 6:06:50 PM
As you know I love my weeds, and herbs too. My favored one right now is mint ice-tea. This poem is far more serious though. It’s amazing how people can crush another soul and how hard it can be to get out of their way. Hope all is well with you.
Like Wildflowers and Weeds… (Poetry) - 6/18/2026 1:34:15 AM
At any interval in each of our lives we reside among the wildflowers, and its no mean features pulling away before we become entangled by those weeds that entwine us.
To me this describes our struggles with poignant precision.
Excellent Richard.
Ty Ch'erie xx
Like Wildflowers and Weeds… (Poetry) - 6/16/2026 2:58:59 PM
Your examples are striking and make us think. And the analogy with the plant family where there seem to be wildflowers and weeds. Yet the weeds tend to be the powerful ones in underpinning ecosystems that we don't fully understand yet.
I've often thought that if we could stop thinking about human survival of the fittest and find a way to give every person opportunity with the talent that they had, innately, wouldn't we be better off?
The natural survival of the fittest died when civilization came and no longer really operates.
Ron
Like Wildflowers and Weeds… (Poetry) - 6/15/2026 3:15:56 AM
You witness rather than judge the quiet devastations people carry with clarity. What struck me most is how you hold both the fragility and the endurance of these lives at once, the way people bend, break, and still somehow persist, “like wildflowers and weeds,” pushing up through whatever barren ground they’ve been given. Some valuable insights here worth holding on to.
Like Wildflowers and Weeds… (Poetry) - 6/14/2026 10:41:49 AM
BTW, the sketch is perfect. Yes, your observations are not only valid and important to remind everyone of, but I think they also serve to give solace to those of us that have not found ourselves in these impoverished and as you say, souless surrounding. Your sense of sadness in this peace is steller without beating up subjects as is so often the case in imaginary TV and motionspicture depictions. I was particularly imporessed with the word flow that reserved finding further fault in the predicaments cited. Yes, we all (those who don't shun the less than perfect life we've lived) have a sense of empathy and although we're not expected to understand fully all the realities of such persons in your work here, we are definitely left giving concern to our own actions of empathy and efforts to understand without forming judgement. Thank you for taking the time to take your talent through the weeds and wildflowers with such clarity and purpose in sharing. Thank you.
In Nature’s Design… (Poetry) - 6/8/2026 8:15:15 AM
From your poem I can imagine. Makes me wish I had hiked in higher altitude out west when I had the chance.
Your poem shows how natural selection has created unique plants that can live well in higher altitudes where humans do not live or visit much. Making them more pristine than lower altitudes totally changed from their wild original existence into farming and ranching.
Ron
In Nature’s Design… (Poetry) - 6/7/2026 5:16:59 PM
A beautifully rendered haibun, Richard, each section layering sensory detail with spiritual resonance. The haiku interludes work like breathing marks, when the reader can pause long enough to feel the stillness, the reverence, the inherent design in all things. Your descriptions of the Bristlecones, the alpine colors, the birds leading the way evoke that rare clarity one only finds at higher elevation, where creation feels both intimate and immense at the same time. Excellent work here.
The Fallibilities of Human Judgement... (Poetry) - 5/29/2026 11:49:57 PM
INDEED...CHANGING, THAT IS 'HEALING'...BEGINS INSIDE. IT'S 'AN ENLIGHTENED CONSCIENCE' WHICH PRODS US TO 'LOOK AT THE REFLECTION OF ONESSELF IN THE MIRROR'. IT'S BEING ABLE TO ADMIT...HEY, I MADE A MISTAKE. AND THEN, IT'S...HONESTLY 'TRYING', WITH THE HELP OF GOD, TO RECTIFY IT. WHILE WRITING THIS I HAD TO PAUSE, RICHARD. WHY? BECAUSE I'M STILL ON A 'GAIN AND LOSE' PATH. BY THAT I MEAN; FIVE STEPS UP BUT 3 STEPS BACK. HOWEVER, WHAT MAKES ME NEVER GIVE UP IS THE 'EXAMPLES' THAT THE WORD OF GOD GIVES US; THAT PATRIARCH, DAVID, WHOM GOD REFERRED TO AS... A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART. NOT BECAUSE HE WAS PERFECT, BUT BECAUSE WHEN HE ERRED, AND HE DID SO OFTEN...HE REPENTED AND ...HE TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN. I, LIKE PAUL, DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WILL EVER ATTAIN 'PERFECTION' DOWN HERE. I BELIEVE WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO 'MAKE MISTAKES' DOWN HERE BECAUSE, AS YOU STATED, WE ARE HUMAN. BUT, AS YOU'VE ALSO BROUGHT OUT SO WELL HEREIN...THE REPAIR IS IN 'ADMITTING' THAT WE ARE FALLIBLE AND HAVE MADE A MISTAKE... AND THEN EARNESTLY 'TRYING' TO 'FIX' IT ...FOR GOD SEES OUR SINCERE EFFORTS. AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET CREDIT FOR, INDEED...OUR 'TRYING'. SO THEN...GOD HELP THE PERSON THAT FEELS THEY ARE ...PERFECT AND NEED NO CORRECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE 'SUPREME' AND 'NEVER EVER' MAKES MISTAKES. GOD HELP HIM, IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MY LORD, THE DAMAGE SUCH A ONE CAN DO TO THEMSELVES AND ...THE WORLD...IS NOTHING LESS THAN HORRIFIC! THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Fallibilities of Human Judgement... (Poetry) - 5/25/2026 12:26:57 PM
A clean and clear meditations on the inner architecture of judgment — how much of what we call “reason” is really shaped by the unseen aspects of our personal experience, fear, and longing. From personal history to the spread of imagination, showing that growth is never a straight ascent but a constant balancing of light and shadow. The closing vision — confronting our true selves — gives the poem a sound sense of gravity. A powerful reflection on humility, perception, and the lifelong work of becoming honest with oneself.
The Fallibilities of Human Judgement... (Poetry) - 5/25/2026 10:54:44 AM
As I read, one thing continued to run through my mind. You write about acceptance of differences, the opening of the mind to new opportunities. I love that attitude.
Still, over half of the population, perhaps, believes the rigid notion that we are born man or woman. Even when science has proven, beyond a doubt, that there is a spectrum of sexuality that involves, perhaps, one third of our population. Some of them come under strong criticism to the point of hatred. It starts with bullying in school and may and with death as one enters adulthood.
Why are we so cruel and misunderstanding? I have always been curious and accepting. I'm a heterosexual male with no interest in strange sexual practices. But I allow those who want to do them, as long as they don't do any harm to others. Just let them live and let live. Why do we feel obligated to try to change them or even eliminate them in various ways that are not fair?
Ron
So Let's Talk... (Poetry) - 5/18/2026 8:26:35 AM
Attitude is stronger than information. Setting the stage for the discord that we find. But you pose many questions that could be discussed without rancor.
I often found face-to-face discussions with others to be very pleasant. But I get so little chance these days. My best bet is with Zoom with others with spinal cord injury. The subjects range greatly, but politically we all tend to be on the same wavelength.
Ron
So Let's Talk... (Poetry) - 5/18/2026 7:34:56 AM
What strikes me most here is the way your questions open doors rather than close them. The poem feels like an invitation to step out of our private certainties and into a shared search—one where wonder, doubt, and insight all have a place at the table. The movement from the intimate (“tell me of inspiration…”) to the cosmic (“can perfection exist in an imperfect world…”) gives the piece a broad, more universal horizon, as if conversation itself becomes a path toward clarity. The final gesture—discovering together what can never be known alone—beautifully captures the heart of dialogue. Such a thoughtful, thought-pprovoking poem.
So Let's Talk... (Poetry) - 5/17/2026 5:52:55 PM
ANYTIME THE 'NECESSITY' OF 'CONVERSING' IS ACCENTUATED BY GOD HIMSELF IN HIS WORD, I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT THAT WITHOUT IT ...HARMONY(AT LEAST 'TRYING')...CANNOT EVER BE ATTAINED.
"...COME LET US REASON TOGETHER..." IS WHAT HE SAID, AMEN. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
So Let's Talk... (Poetry) - 5/17/2026 4:50:26 PM
This is great. Maybe not good for speed dating. However, if you and I were in a coffee shop we would be there for days in discussion. I’d say yes to Tell me,
Is it possible to think
Without language…
. And No to this ,
Tell me, is it true
That suffering is
necessary for growth
I would elaborate with out using AI, lol
MM
Forgive Yourself... (Poetry) - 5/17/2026 4:43:06 PM
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM AND I DO AGREE. IT IS VERY SAD WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T KNOW JESUS AS THIS IS WHERE 'FORGIVENESS OF SELF' BEGINS. ONE MUST BE ABLE TO EMBRACE 'HIS' FORGIVENESS FOR OUR TREASPASSES THROUGH THE MERCY AND GRACE OF GOD, WHICH IS ROOTED IN HIS LOVE FOR US. I HAVE FOUND TO ACHIEVE THIS WE MUST NEVER FORGET...GOD 'ALLOWS' EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN OUR LIVES. THEREFORE THERE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS...A LESSON THAT IS LEARNED IN OUR EXPERIENCES. THUS, TO COMPLETELY FORGET OUR DARK ROADS WOULD BE A GREAT MISTAKE. FOR IT IS FROM OUR ERRORS, ESPECIALLY THE GRIEVOUS ONES, THAT WE LEARN HOW TO EXTEND FORGIVENESS AND LOVE TO OTHERS. THAT OLD CLICHE; 'BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I' MUST ALWAYS BE APPLIED WHEN LOOKING AT OTHERS, BUT IT WON'T BE 'IF' WE TOTALLY FORGET WHERE WE'VE COME FROM. SO THEN, FORGIVE YOURSELF, YES... REPENT AND DISCARD THE CLOAK OF 'GUILT' AND WALK IN GOD'S FORGIVENESS, BUT DO NOT 'FORGET' . USE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH TO HELP OTHERS. BE SLOWER TO JUDGE AND TO SCORN OTHERS. BECAUSE WE SHOULD REMEMBER, ALWAYS...THERE IS A VERY THIN LINE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN. ENJOYED, RICHARD, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH....HIS+INSPIRATIONS
A Misguided Endeavor... (Poetry) - 5/17/2026 3:33:29 PM
MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-CHRIST...I AM REMINDED BY THIS POST THAT, "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THEM THAT LOVE GOD, AND ARE 'CALLED' ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE". AND THIS IS THE LESSONS WE LEARN WHEN 'HE' ALLOWS US TO WANDER DOWN 'DISTORTED' ROADS; WE INDEED SURVIVE AND COME THROUGH...SEEING 'HIM' CLEARER, AMEN. ENJOYED AND THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
So Let's Talk... (Poetry) - 5/17/2026 2:06:13 PM
Perfect pic for starters. Your last phrase sums it up with a subtle nudge to us all to try communicating without a mirror. Perhaps we're living through a period of humanity that is a primer for robotic machines talking to no one, only reacting to their sophisticated algorythymic so-called life. Maybe I'm wrong, but we, unlike your giraffes, are trying ver hard to eliminate the interplay of words and body language our species as enjoyed for a very long time. Let us hope more girafic minds find they need not a mirror to:
"Tell me (too) why so often
Some ply themselves fruitlessly
For those who applaud imitation
But dismiss the real thing…". Loved the gradual nudging you used.
Forgive Yourself... (Poetry) - 5/10/2026 9:09:26 AM
Well, my focus waned and I lost the review you asked me to adjust. But, suffice it to say, your poem had a lasting effect, as I found my self thinking of the many wonderfully constructed lines of your poem and my keyboard started to invite some results. Thus, I wrote "A Merciful Sensorial Symphony" inspired by your words. Many thanks, Richard. When one comes across a piece like yours, there's little another poet can do but feel grateful and attempt to ground the essence of the experience. Peace.
Forgive Yourself... (Poetry) - 5/9/2026 1:27:34 PM
Richard, this piece exhibits a quiet, painful clarity. The dialogue you craft feels almost confessional—two voices circling the same wound, one urging release, the other clinging to regret as if it were deserved punishment. The image of regrets turned to stone and placed on shelves is powerful; it captures how easily we deal with our own burdens. And that final line, the refusal to believe in freedom, lands with heartbreaking honesty. A beautifully distilled reminder that self‑forgiveness is often the hardest forgiveness of all.
Forgive Yourself... (Poetry) - 5/9/2026 12:10:10 PM
I think the best way to begin overcoming regrets is to recognize that they are holding us back and to forgive ourselves for what we did, intentional or not.
I have easily let go of missed steps all my life. I can relate them now with pride rather than regret. For I learned much from every one.
Ron
A Misguided Endeavor... (Poetry) - 5/7/2026 10:48:32 AM
Hi Richard,
This is amazing. Well expressed, your experience.
Thanks for sharing.
Ann
A Misguided Endeavor... (Poetry) - 5/3/2026 8:45:05 AM
I know little Buddhism. Except that I noticed that people who practice seem to be rather gentle, especially with the environment.
Regardless of what religious bandwagon we hop onto, for the most part, among the hierarchy of those highly structured religions, there are those that take advantage of both the human aspect and especially, the money.
Why it is so much better not to follow and believe.
Ron
Authenticity’s Credo... (Poetry) - 5/2/2026 11:50:35 AM
A vigorous and passionately argued piece, Richard. What stands out most is the way you frame authenticity not as posture but as a lived discipline — something earned through experience and the daily work of paying attention. The imagery of lighthouses, mountain breezes, echoes, and rare inspirations gives the poem a kind of moral landscape to guide the reader. Whether one agrees with every stance or not, the commitment to honest, hard-won creation comes through unmistakably.
A Misguided Endeavor... (Poetry) - 5/2/2026 11:48:28 AM
A striking and deeply felt journey. The poem moves with vivid stages—from early devotion to the stark twilight of disillusionment—each rendered with strong imagery and emotional honesty. What lingers most for me is the sense of hard-earned ability to discern things and the compassion a person can still hold for those who remain entangled. A powerful reflection on seeking, losing, and finally seeing.
Fierce Determination... (Poetry) - 4/22/2026 2:11:02 AM
WE, OF OURSELVES, COULD NEVER STAND AGAINT SUCH PERSECUTION BUT...GOD DID NOT LEAVE US A 'LOVE LETTER' FOR NAUGHT. THUS, WE MUST BE 'DETERMINED' TO REMEMBER HIS WORDS...'HERE A LITTLE, THERE A LITTLE'. IN YOUR PHOTO...THE ONE BEING ATTACKED LOOKS JUST LIKE THOSE WHO ARE ATTACKING. BUT DON'T FORGET, '...OUR WEAPONS ARE NOT LIKE THEIRS. OUR WEAPONS ARE NOT CARNAL BUT SPIRITUAL TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS'. RECALL, HE SAID...'THEY HATED ME, AND THEY WILL HATE YOU TOO', SO... NO NEGATIVITY SHOULD COME AS A SURPRISE. ALSO...'KEEP YOUR MIND ON ME, I WILL GIVE YOU PEACE...A PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING'. AND...'YOUR BATTLES BELONG TO ME...BE STILL'. BUT ABOVE ALL DO NOT FORGET...'WITHOUT FAITH...WE CANNOT DO THIS', MEANING...WE CAN ONLY WAIT ON GOD...'THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US TO DO ALL THINGS'. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Your Boneyard... (Poetry) - 4/22/2026 1:44:40 AM
INDEED, THOUGH THAT BONEYARD MAY BE WAIST DEEP, FILLED WITH THE DECAY OF ACCUMULATED DISCOURAGEMENT AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE, GOD CAN AND WILL GUIDE, BRINGING TO FRUITION ALL HE HAS MANDATED SHOULD BE...IF...WE TRUST HIM AND BELIEVE, AMEN. INSPIRATIONAL AND THANK YOU, RICHARD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Authenticity’s Credo... (Poetry) - 4/22/2026 1:12:02 AM
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS SHARING, RICHARD. MY GOD...! CAN WE PLEASE PERMIT THE 'SPIRIT OF OUR LIVING CREATOR' TO DO IT'S WORK! HOW DARE WE DEPEND UPON THE MECHANICALS OF TECHNOLOGY TO DO WHAT ONLY GOD HIMSELF CAN AND WILL DO...IF...WE DEPEND UPON AND TRUST HIM AS WE SHOULD? DID...AI...FORM AND SHAPE US? DID...AI...GIVE US 'FIRST BREATH'? DID...AI...EONS AGO, CALL US TO DO A WORK IN 'FIELDS', NEAR AND FAR, THOSE WE WILL NEVER EVEN 'KNOW' WE HAVE TOUCHED? FIELDS THAT WERE MEANT TO 'INSPIRE' AND 'PRICK' CONSCIENCES AND HEARTS WITH THE WILL OF GOD? TO BE 'AUTHENTIC' IS TO BE 'REAL, HONEST AND FILLED WITH A PASSION THAT ONLY COMES FROM OUR GOD-INSTILLED GIFTS! THROUGH IT ALL, BY THE MAGNIFICENT HAND OF OUR ONE AND TRUE GOD...I WILL PRESS-ON IN THIS JOURNEY. A JOURNEY THAT 'HE', WHO 'OVERSHADOWED' AND 'ENDUED' ME FROM THE WOMB, MANDATED. AND FOR THE 'LETTER, AND 'STROKE' OF EACH AND EVERY ENDOWMENT, THAT HE DID ESTABLISH AND DEEM...SHOULD RESIDE AND COME FORTH... MY PRAISE, GLORY AND HONOR WILL RING FOREVER! SUCH ACCOLADES WILL NEVER GO TO...AI...! BUT TO MY FATHER, SUSTAINER AND KEEPER...ALMIGHTY GOD, ALONE...IN THE NAME OF JESUS! AMEN AND AMEN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Authenticity’s Credo... (Poetry) - 4/19/2026 12:57:57 PM
Wonderful! Oh so sad but true.
Ann Marquette
Authenticity’s Credo... (Poetry) - 4/18/2026 2:08:28 PM
Fakers have been with us almost forever. They may be found in hieroglyphs or stupendous cave drawings of animals that never existed but the artist thought would appear if he/she drew them in ocher…hence, come the dragons…a flying lizard with a breath so foul, it's like fire. Nothing could be faker…but honored throughout the world of literature and art.
I think the word is originality. It's original, if it came from the writer, and not from another source, used, but not given credit – not noted or cited..
I applied Wikipedia. Especially their steadfast checking of all of the facts before they post them on any given topic. We need to support them when all of these AI databases will claim to have all of the answers that Wikipedia provided before…better than the best in Encyclopedias before that.
Ron
Authenticity’s Credo... (Poetry) - 4/18/2026 11:53:23 AM
For me, there's much to ponder. After writing novels, screenplays and poems for the past 25 years, I still think of myself as a student in writing. Meanwhile, at my job of proofing and editing audio books for the past 18 years, I am dismayed at the number of books obviously written by mechanical digital means, rather than the mind of a writer. Especially in the genre of Mystery and Crime. To many to mention, to often we have to disqualify. I've also heard from the remaining few connections I maintain in Hollywood that the screenplay is really taking a beating from AI obviousness. So, as we plug along as students, we can only try to improve and try different approaches to come forth with hopefully some original thinking. Enjoyed the read. Thank you for posting.
Your Boneyard... (Poetry) - 4/7/2026 12:23:39 PM
Haven't done an acrostic for a long time, but you are a master with this one. Some great advice we also should follow. Becoming an original above all others requires a lot of effort and exceptional luck.
I'm interested in the source of your image. It may be famous. It looks like van Gogh, but I'm not an art connoisseur, so I don't know whose work it is.
Ron
Your Boneyard... (Poetry) - 4/4/2026 11:09:39 AM
A interesting acrostic that moves from hurt toward possibility. I like how you guide the reader past the ‘repositories of miseries’ into a space where originality and hope can surface again. A quiet but meaningful encouragement.
Your Boneyard... (Poetry) - 4/3/2026 9:12:20 AM
Very astute and wise observation put into free verse for all to read and hopefully point themselves in your premise's direction. I, for one, understand your thoughts well, having maintained a positive attitude through all the personal and object disappoinments I've created largely by myself. To know personally that "good things happen unexpectedly" is of particular note for me, as I've been able to convert the hurts of life into the realization that the pleasures can, and often do, happen unexpectedly. I've spent the past 5 years massaging that thought and it works. Many thanks for your perseptive understanding in this poem of wisdom.
Your Boneyard... (Poetry) - 4/2/2026 11:43:56 AM
Love this Richard. Got my membership back so I can view and reply now.
Fierce Determination... (Poetry) - 3/23/2026 7:38:09 AM
Yes, a very forceful argument against those who hate. Hate really has no place in a peaceful society.
Censorship is a form of hate. Rigid moral values are a form of hate. Walls are a form of hate. We have to stop them before it's too late.
Ron
Fierce Determination... (Poetry) - 3/22/2026 3:56:02 PM
A powerful piece, Richard. You capture the corrosive edge of social hostility with sharp, rhythmic precision. The repeated “notice how” gives the poem a relentless momentum, mirroring the very behaviors you’re exposing. Strong, uncompromising writing.
Fierce Determination... (Poetry) - 3/21/2026 10:59:48 AM
There is a wide swath you've covered here that should arrest consciousness in some, while only embolding the "thorns" of your poem further into their illusions. As I've written about often, there are many ways to express love, often with such simplicity that eludes far too many lost beings still trying to find a path. Thank you for bringing this cancerous malady to the surface with stark poetic framing.
The Red-Tail and the Man.... (Poetry) - 3/16/2026 3:00:35 PM
WHAT MAGNIFICENT WORK, MY FRIEND! INDEED TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH WHEREBY ONE COMES TO THE GREAT REVEALATION...THAT OUR HARDEST, MOST SEVERLY TAXING ROADS ARE INDEED THE...VERY ROADS...WHICH 'STRIP' US OF ALL THOSE THINGS THAT JUST DON'T MATTER, LEADING US TO THAT BLESSED, ETERNAL REWARD OF...HOME! THIS IS A KEEPER! SUCH A FINE, STRONG AND INSPIRING WORK! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Let Poetry Be... (Poetry) - 3/16/2026 2:41:42 PM
I AGREE RICHARD, AS... EACH POET'S CALLING, THAT IS PURPOSE...IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS UNDERSTOOD AS EACH POET'S 'BIRTHPLACE', MEANING...THE PLACE FROM WHENCE CAME 'INCLINATION' TO PEN 'FEELINGS' IS VASTLY VARIED. THUS, A INDIVIDUAL BECOMES A POET WHEN ONE SURRENDERS TO THEIR INNER VOICE...THEIR MUSE... WHEREBY 'WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT... 'INSPIRATIONS' ...THAT WERE ONCE PERSONAL AND MEANT ONLY AS ENLIGHTENMENT FOR THEMSELVES BECOMES INSPIRATIONS FOR OTHERS...OR NOT? I SAY THIS, HOLDING FAST TO THE FACT THAT A HUNDRED PEOPLE COULD READ THE SAME POEM, YET EACH COULD COME AWAY WITH A DIFFERENT APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUALITIES AND WHO THEY ARE, ETC. KEEPING THIS IN MIND, A POET...THOUGH DULY WOULD LAVISH THE ROYALTIES OF IT IN EVERY WAY... DOES NOT WRITE FOR FAME. THEY CANNOT. LEAST WORDS BECOME TAINTED WITH WHAT OTHERS WANT TO HEAR, RATHER THAN WHAT THEIR 'MUSE' WANTS OTHERS TO HEAR. SO THEN, THOUGH...A POET MAY FIGHT WITH A PARTICULAR STYLE, OR PLACEMENT OF WORDS, NUMBER OF LINES, RHYME ETC....THE 'CORE', THAT IS A POEM'S BASIC MESSAGE, BELONGS TO A HIGHER SOURCE. AND IT IS 'HE'...WHO BRINGS HIS MESSAGE FORTH FOR HIS PURPOSE. THUS, AGAIN I SAY THAT, FOR ME; WE, AS POETS, ARE MERELY... 'INSTRUMENTS' BEING USED BY 'GOD' TO DO 'HIS' WILL. ENJOYED IMMENSELY, RICHARD, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Red-Tail and the Man.... (Poetry) - 3/7/2026 11:31:21 AM
For those of us, like you, who have spent a great deal of their lives observing the behavior of other people, this poetic disertation of wealth's simplicity for those seeking truth, not the next way to win something at the expense of everyone's humanness. I also found this piece compelling in another way; the allowance of Nature to be not only something to enjoy and feel with our sentient ability, but seek out those aspects of Nature that often are stumbled upon for the very desperite need to connect... connect with something besides the glory of self as your poem so adroitly lays bare for us to consider. Also, Richard, you have penned a truly valuable wake up call for those unfortunately still trapped in the same way your man on the beach starts the poem. Last, I especially connected with the hawk. Ever since I made my first featrue with a trained eagle as a major element of the film, I've been intrigued with the wings that can take us to places in our psychic we hadn't considered before... just as you hawk did. So much to conjure over and re-read for reinforcment of what similar path some of us are also on... that lifting ourselves out of the stuckedness of tinsel values. Thank you for posting. Always a pleasure to read your thoughts.
The Red-Tail and the Man.... (Poetry) - 3/7/2026 6:52:46 AM
A powerful and beautifully structured allegory, Richard. The dialogue between the man and the Red‑Tail carries spiritual weight, and the journey from ambition to humility has clarity and grace. The ending, with its hard‑won wisdom, feels both ancient and deeply human. A resonant and memorable piece.
The Red-Tail and the Man.... (Poetry) - 3/5/2026 1:13:04 PM
I can see that you put considerable effort into writing this long journey to finding out what is really worth seeking. The journey is far more important than the end.
I also sensed that there was some similarity with the Red Tailed Hawk and the Raven of another poet of another time.
Ron
Let Poetry Be... (Poetry) - 2/23/2026 11:07:16 AM
The many aspects of poetry revealed. With admonition for some types of poetry declared. Like banal rhyming poetry.
Poetry cannot be perfect, only expressed. If a poem strikes the reader in a way that the reader wants to share with others, the poem may have a long life. The popular success of a poem is the number of reads. But for some, simply writing a poem to relieve one's mind that no one reads except the writer, is not only legitimate, but the best of poems.
Ron
Let Poetry Be... (Poetry) - 2/22/2026 8:17:59 AM
For me, every poet defines poetry in the writing of a poem: every reader defines poetry by reading the poem and making it live again, a moveable feast in the eyes of the poet and readers of poems.
The Tutelage of Threadbare Visions... (Poetry) - 2/15/2026 12:01:57 AM
CERTAINLY, THE NEGATIVITIES OF 'FAKENESS' AND 'ARROGANCE', WHICH IS COMPLETELY VOID OF HEAVEN'S 'WISDOM'...WILL NEVER LEAD TO ONE FULLY EMBRACING AN APPRECIATION FOR 'AUTHENTICITY'. FOR, THERE WILL BE AN INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE OR EMBRACE THE UNIQUE RICHNESS OF THIS MARVELOUS 'QUILT'...OF WHICH WE 'ALL' ARE A PART. A 'QUILT' THAT MAGNIFIES THE BEAUTY OF EACH FABRIC AND EACH STITCH...THAT HOLDS 'US' TOGETHER. FINE WORK, MY FRIEND...THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
It Occurred to Me... (Poetry) - 2/14/2026 11:33:24 PM
INDEED, 'HE' SPEAKS TO US, RICHARD, IN SO MANY WAYS! FOR, THE KNARLED AND TWISTED APPEARANCE OF 'PERSEVERING TREES'...GIVES CREDENCE TO THE FACT THAT 'RUGGED ENDURING STRENGTH'... DOES GLEAM...SHOWING THE 'BEAUTY' OF NATURE'S 'NATURAL LOVE'. I LOVE THE PHOTO, THAT FOR ME, SAYS...'STILL STANDING AND PRESSING ON'! WONDERFUL SHARING, THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
It Occurred to Me... (Poetry) - 2/10/2026 1:05:45 PM
Beautifully structured with the edging of thoughts rewarding us with a layered look into the heart of the powm. The tree was a perfect pic. I was particually moved by:Truth fills and reaches
Past one’s heartache and sorrow
To restore the soul
.
And to help delay
The shoreline from receding,
And minds from dying.
Much to embrace and re-read often. Thanks for posting.
It Occurred to Me... (Poetry) - 2/10/2026 8:51:51 AM
(The image wasn't posted when I read the poem and made my comment)
Perhaps it was a wild animal staring at you. Wondering whether you were going to be a friend or a foe.
Or perhaps, it was your love stopping for a moment on the trail and staring at you. Once again, you realizing how much she cares.
Little Boy, our resident squirrel, always stops and takes a look at me as though asking permission if he can come and eat our nuts and seeds we have placed out for him in the birds.
And more and more, she stops for a moment, stares intently at me and then runs over to give me a kiss. Letting me know, that more and more, her love deepens with each day.
Ron
The Tutelage of Threadbare Visions... (Poetry) - 2/2/2026 2:34:53 PM
You are being quite depressing in this state of human affairs.
It's as though there are no good and helpful people left in your sphere. Perhaps it's true. But there's always a way to turn what seems to be bad in a positive direction.
Ron
The Tutelage of Threadbare Visions... (Poetry) - 2/1/2026 12:03:56 PM
Well said and especially poignant. Fortunately, your operative word for me is "judgment". To be confronted with a word, phrase or policy that I might be unfamillar with or find difficult to fully comprehend, well, that's what I thrive on. And no, there isn't an judgement on my part. Expressing a rational arguable position is just part of thinking... I know, few delve into that process, opting instead for an abbreviated few letters to make their "judgement" known. This piece is a powerful message that fortifies people like me, but will cause another two fingers of liquied for others. Keep thinking, Richard. It's the one thing that can't be taken away from us, save certain maladies of aging. Namaste, dear poet.
The Fugitive Facets of Being (Faith) (Poetry) - 1/31/2026 5:24:23 PM
Lesson: To thine own soul, be true to the Creator Who is The Source of All Truth.
This poem puts systemic dissonance on pause my Friend.
Majestic.
The Fugitive Facets of Being (Faith) (Poetry) - 1/28/2026 9:58:41 PM
INDEED...THE KEY...TO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM, REGARDLESS OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES COMES FROM THE SAME SOURCE, THE ONE AND ONLY SUPPLIER OF 'LIGHT' GOD ALMIGHTY! WE(HIGH, LOW, GREAT AND SMALL)UNDERSTAND THIS, NOT THROUGH INTELLECT BUT THROUGH...FAITH/BELIEF... IN OUR 'SUPPLIER'...JESUS! PRESSING-ON, AMEN. MY DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Meyers Creek Beach... (Poetry) - 1/28/2026 9:35:45 PM
AND, AGAIN I SAY: ISN'T OUR MARVELOUS GOD, JUST AWESOME!?! INDEED, RUN-ON, MY FRIEND....THE 'RACE' HAS JUST BEGUN, AMEN! TONS OF WISHES TO YOU BOTH FOR MORE AND MORE VICTORIES. THANKS FOR SHARING, RICHARD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Wakening (New Years Morning, 2026) (Poetry) - 1/28/2026 9:28:08 PM
ISN'T GOD JUST AWESOME?! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AWAKENING; TO LIVE AND LET LIVE! FROM DREAMLAND TO REALITY....AMEN! WONDERFUL, RICHARD, THANKS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH... HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Meyers Creek Beach... (Poetry) - 1/19/2026 2:31:11 PM
Very emotional. I can see why Michelle responded the way she did to the death of some poor creature the gulls were fighting over. Bringing a remembrance of a best friend who died of cancer, yet somehow, she has conquered it. At least, for now.
I know the joy…the tearful joy, of one who has overcome death so many, many years ago.
Ron
Meyers Creek Beach... (Poetry) - 1/18/2026 6:45:51 AM
Very evocative, Richard. While I am not a conventionally religious person, spiritual beliefs completely aside, you've certainly brought out the beauty and healing qualities of communions with nature (as Meyer's Creek Beach) such as this. I am quite familiar with that splendid stretch of South Oregon Coast, having spent considerable time at Gold Beach and vicinity, and apart from conveying a sense of healing natural beauty, it is easy to experience the catharsis that abounds there in something as unstructured and essential as a walk on the beach there. Since I am unfamiliar with your personal affairs, I can't say much about the central subject of this paean to your wife and partner, but I can certainly relate to the deeply integral need all of us have to reassociate with the perfect interaction of oceans and land that Meyers Beach offers all of us. As Odin thoughtfully put it already: "Well done, Richard. May (both of) your coming days be many and satisfying!"
Meyers Creek Beach... (Poetry) - 1/18/2026 4:29:17 AM
Oh, how many of us approach the subject of love and devotion and attempt to find the words that won't suggest a Hallmark card. You, my friend and poet, have penned a reflection and dedication to love, your wife, and multiple samples of earth's ever giving Nature of love. Splendid choice of eye and ear notices on this beach of memory and continued relevance. In a world so racked with hate and misinformation, this was a welcome break. Your inner being stood out in reverence and respect together with the poet's carefully worded passion for life. Well done, Richard, Very happy for you and your wife. May your days be many.
Wakening (New Years Morning, 2026) (Poetry) - 1/4/2026 9:45:02 AM
You captured a great deal of your mind's meanderings while waking up. In a vocabulary that astounds me with its breadth of expression.
Priests' misgivings? I've never been a Catholic and have no idea.
Brought back a fond memory of transporting a church group to ski at Dodge Ridge in 1966 and staying overnight in a beautiful cabin in Brett Harte.
Ron
Wakening (New Years Morning, 2026) (Poetry) - 1/1/2026 8:25:07 AM
Your ending to this piece was priceless. The build from those first stirrings to the reality of "coffee" time explored so convincingly a process that (many,I suppose) ignore or perhaps don't experience at all. I've hunted through many poet's work to find this kind of thinking, i.e., posing the cause and effect of Rem sleep's awakening thoughts. I have found but a handful of attempts that even come close to this gem. Well done, Richard. Clever, informative and provocative. Thanks for posting.
A Grief-stricken Young Mother... (Poetry) - 12/22/2025 1:29:26 PM
This portrait was as clear as a 1080 pixel photograph. With such keen observation of what was going on, not only from the image but from the mind of the woman in grief.
Very well done, indeed.
Ron
We the People... (Poetry) - 12/22/2025 12:44:06 AM
I LOVE THE ACCOMPANYING PHOTO. IT SAYS SO VERY MUCH! THE YOUNG MAN WHO, FOR ME...REPRESENTS OUR BELOVED NATION...SEEMS TO BE WEEPING OVER IT'S PRESENT STATE. HIS HEART IS BROKEN AND HIS GRIEF IS GREAT AS OUR CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS ARE SHAMEFULLY, ATTACKED! WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE VETERANS IN WHEELCHAIRS AND THOSE LYING IN ARLINGTON ARE CONSIDERED; 'LOSERS'! AS 'AMERICA' HAS LOST IT'S ONCE HIGH ESTEEM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR SAFETY... FOR OUR COUNTRY. PRIDE, GREED, HATE AND THE LIKE... SHINES...AS OUR 'LEADERS' SCRAMBLE TO 'MAKE THEIR FESTERING NEGATIVITY WORK' REGARDLESS OF THE INNOCENT THAT ARE GRIEVOUSLY AFFECTED. SEEMS THEY HAVE NO FEAR OF GOD WHO SEES THEIR RANCID DEEDS. WE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT, INDEED, 'WE THE PEOPLE...' WILL RECOGNIZE THIS CALAMITY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN '2028'. BUT IN ANY CASE...WHAT WITH 'CERTAIN COUNTRIES' FLAUNTING THEIR 'CHEMICAL WARFARE' ABILITY...MAYBE, ALL WILL BE 'CHANGED FOREVER' BY THEN. YOU THINK? RICHARD, AS ALWAYS...YOU ARE ALWAYS ON 'Q'. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
A Grief-stricken Young Mother... (Poetry) - 12/21/2025 11:48:09 PM
BEING ABLE TO RELATE TO ANOTHER'S GRIEF...WITH THE ONLY CONNECTION BEING ONE'S ABILITY TO 'RELATE SYMPATHETICALLY' TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING'S PAIN...IS A TRIBUTE TO 'EMPATHY', WHICH SHOULD SPAN NOT ONLY ACROSS LANES BUT ...HOPEFULLY ACROSS THE WORLD. WELL DONE, RICHARD...THANK YOU FOR SHARING. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARS! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
We the People... (Poetry) - 12/14/2025 5:37:36 PM
Richard, it's been more than a while since I've logged in due to business and other personal matters. HOWEVER, I never miss noticing every time you post and tell myself: "One day I'm going to just stop what I'm doing to see what my loyal and consistent writing friend of many years is up to."
When I saw WE THE PEOPLE...OMG!!!
First, I learned what a "coving" was...and so glad that I did.
THEN the metaphorical brilliance of how you compared the mind with the house, and the soul with the behaviors that can attempt to hide the truth about what's actually a reality that so many refuse to address....my friend, all I can say is:
YOU NAILED THIS!!!! Blessings,
Returning to the Den sooner than most may realize with a couple of books on the front burner, ready to go.
So appreciative of your soul.
Blessings,
Cynth'ya (alias #ReedismXYZ)
We the People... (Poetry) - 12/13/2025 11:35:29 AM
Interesting and timely alert to all that yesterdays, be they good or bad days, are just that... yesterday. Too many, as you adroitly point out, carry the load of yesterday's baggage as some kind of heroic task, an honorariaum to themselves. You wrote with such simple words, yet within the context of your preface, the message couldn't be plainer and more obvious a need for all to consider. Well done. Thank you for posting, Richard.
We the People... (Poetry) - 12/12/2025 2:34:33 PM
Cleaning house is a very good way of putting it. Just changing the arrangement can reveal a lot. But we must be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Ron
A Struggling Mans Reasoning... (Poetry) - 12/1/2025 1:07:48 PM
That was beautifully written with great insight into what constitutes a struggling man. I don't read, but I find that most of the protagonists in movies that I watch tend to be struggling men. For great art seems to come from great struggle. I guess. The rest is boring.
Your best stanza…
"And being settled to dissemble his
neuroticism as being inconsequential,
he zips up his nonchalance like a jacket,
and then bolsters his pride, as if all the facets
of his being are as they should be..."
Ron
According as His Work Shall Be… (Poetry) - 11/22/2025 6:49:00 PM
A RESOUNDING WORK, MY FRIEND! INDEED, ALL WE WILL EVER NEED...ALL THE WORLD WILL EVER SEARCH FOR IS FOUND IN JESUS! I SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BUT THEN...THIS APPLIES TO THE ECHELON OF ALL THE CORPORATE WORLDS AND GOVERNMENTS. ALL THINGS ARE IN 'HIS HANDS' ENTIRELY....! NO MAN...CAN CHANGE THIS! NO MAN IS GREATER OR MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD! THE 'BEAUTY' OF TRUE PEACE COMES FROM 'KNOWING' THIS. 'KNOWING' ALL THINGS WILL BE AS HE HAS MANDATED THEM TO BE. THE BIBLE COMMANDS THAT OUR TONGUES CONFESS HIM, THUS... BY FAITH, AS WE CONTINUE TO PRAY...WE CLING TO HIM WHO HAS ALREADY MAPPED AND, IS IN CHARGE OF ALL OUR TOMORROWS. WHAT COMES AS A 'SURPRISE' TO US, 'HE KNEW' EONS AGO! OH THE BEAUTY THAT IS FOUND IN...FEARING AND TRUSTING...'THE LOVE' THAT ALMIGHTY GOD HAS FOR US! SUCH A FINE INSPIRING WORK, RICHARD...THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SHARING! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
According as His Work Shall Be… (Poetry) - 11/12/2025 10:48:09 AM
Faithful true and honesty.
Written in a mystics style showing the way to a better place.
The Power of Two Together... (Poetry) - 10/2/2025 6:57:48 PM
TOTALLY UNKNOWN TO ANY MAN ARE THE COMPONENTS OF 'HIS' ORCHESTRATED...GLUE...WHICH BINDS... TWO TOGETHER. BUT EVEN MORE PROFOUND, IS THAT IT INVARIABLY ADHERES 'THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN 'HIM'...TO HIM. WHAT IS KNOWN, THOUGH...IS THAT COME HELL OR HIGH WATERS THEY DO 'REMAIN'...TOGETHER. AMEN. I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT GOD'S WORK...NEVER GROWS OLD, BUT IS ALWAYS 'RIGHT ON TIME', AS THIS MARVELOUS SHARING SUBSTANTIATES. THANK YOU RICHARD, CONTINUED STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE TO YOU AND MICHELE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
In The Valley Of Pearl Mountains... (Poetry) - 9/13/2025 5:42:18 PM
TO BECOME ONE...WITH NATURE. TO ALLOW THE THOUGHTS OF IT TO 'METAPHORICALLY' OVERTAKE US AND ENTER IN...WHEREBY, WE BECOME ONE WITH IT AND THUS...NO LONGER ARE WE OBSERVING BUT, INTENTIONALLY... ABSORBING IT AS THE LUSCIOUS GIFT THAT IT IS...WHILE EXPRESSING, SO ARTISTICALLY, THE TRUE INTENT, INDEED... 'THE VERY REASON' FOR IT'S CREATION....TO 'INSPIRE'. A MARVELOUS WORK, SO ENJOYED!!! LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
among the draymen and dicers ... (Poetry) - 9/13/2025 5:11:22 PM
INDEED. AND...AS WE CONTINUE TO 'MOVE' AND 'HAUL' OUR RESPECTIVE 'LOADS' FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, HOPEFULLY, EVENTUALLY...WE ENTER INTO THAT PLACE OF 'LIGHT'. WHERE PHYICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTINALLY AND SPIRITUALLY...'WE SEE' THAT THE LABOR OF 'EVERY MILE' ...HAS A GOOD PURPOSE. FOR, THOUGH WE MAY HAVE HAD TO DICE AND SEVER SOME THINGS, IN THE END...'WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD...' INDEED. THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
With You … Without You (Poetry) - 6/8/2025 11:28:05 AM
As your poem so thoroughly expresses, you and your wife have a bond that seems to weather any disturbances that might come your way. It suggests a relationship that has disapline, love, faith, and tenacity. I wish you both many more years of love and caring for eachother.
With You … Without You (Poetry) - 6/2/2025 3:14:19 PM
Well said. With brevity, humility, thankfulness. and kindness. Your mairrage is safe. =smiles=
As if by Magic... (Poetry) - 5/31/2025 3:16:07 AM
What a lovely ending that was, while I am enchanted and a child once more!
With You … Without You (Poetry) - 5/11/2025 3:10:54 PM
WROUGHT BY THE HAND OF ALMIGHTY GOD...LOVE...IS THE 'MIRACULOUS' WHICH STRENGTHENS OUR FAITH ENABLING ONE TO STAND THROUGH EVERY STRUGGLE LIFE PRESENTS. WHEN, GOD BLESSES ONE TO SHARE THIS AWESOME THING OF...LOVE...WITH SOMEONE, IT IS A PURE LINE OF GOLD WHICH WE CAN ONLY HONOR AND CONTINUALLY PRAISE HIM FOR. A FINE TRIBUTE TO MICHELE, INDEED, MY FRIEND. AND WE THANK HIM, IN ADVANCE...FOR THE GIFT OF HIS HEALING, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
With You … Without You (Poetry) - 5/6/2025 11:28:41 AM
I'm glad that your father-in-law was a strong influence in your life and brought Michelle to you. An interesting politic way of expressing it.
Beh's father liked me enough to let her come to me and asked me to help him translate some poems from prisoners of the vietcong in the north into English. He was the father of 16 children. Ten of whom lived beyond childbirth and eight of whom came with him to the United States to start over. A noble, learned man.
Ron
With You … Without You (Poetry) - 4/30/2025 11:33:33 AM
Very sweet-so fortunate to have such love!
With You … Without You (Poetry) - 4/30/2025 10:02:19 AM
I once wrote a poem with the exact same title: "With You, Without You", developed under a familiar, if not similar situation, with similar sentiments. This is beautifully done and rings as a bell of sincerity and gratitude. Fine work.
Aut Vincere Aut Mori … (Poetry) - 4/27/2025 3:48:24 PM
INDEED, THERE ARE THOSE WHO PERSIST IN IGNORING THE PURE OBVIOUS BUT THE CHOICE IS, JUST AS YOU PRESENT IT... QUITE SIMPLY; PERSEVERE AND LIVE OR DIE. THERE ARE NOT THREE ROADS TO CHOOSE FROM...EITHER WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE ...OR...ETERNAL DAMNATION. AND AS YOU ALSO INDICATED; THE CHARACTERS FOR THE FINAL ACT OF THIS 'EARTH'S PLAY' ARE TAKING THEIR PLACES. YES, WE KNOW THEM NOW, AND AS WE SEE THE REMAINING PROPHECIES BEING FULFILLED...WE EMBRACE THE FACT THAT ARE SO CLOSE TO THIS PLANET'S END, BUT OUR...FOREVER NEW... BEGINNING. THANK YOU, HERALD... FOR THIS FINE 'END TIME' WARNING, WHICH I WILL KEEP. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Aut Vincere Aut Mori … (Poetry) - 4/21/2025 12:05:46 PM
Your poem carries with it a profound intensity that is unmistakable, highlighting the spiritual struggle that is now taking place during these highly charged times, where the forces of corruption and discontent clash with the enduring the timeless truths that have always existed and served humanity down thru the ages. Powerful stuff.
Basking in its Own Light... (Poetry) - 3/26/2025 9:53:51 PM
I ENJOYED THIS, RICHARD AND THE PHOTO IS ABSOLUTEY... PERFECT! FOR, 'DECEPTION' IS INDEED AN 'ART'...INFLUENCED AND CONTROLLED BY THE ENEMY OF GOD, WHO DIRECTS THE WILLING INSTRUMENT HOW TO PAINT WITH COLORS THAT REFLECTS AND SHINES ON THEMSELVES. GREAT WORK, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+ INSPIRATIONS.
Tibetan Secrets... (Poetry) - 3/26/2025 7:33:21 PM
RICHARD, OF COURSE...I GOOGLED IT! MY GOODNESS, IT SOUNDS SO GOOD! I MADE A NOTE TO MYSELF, SO I MIGHT READ IT OR...SEE IF I CAN FIND THE MOVIE ON-LINE SOMEWHERE, FIRST STOP 'YOU TUBE'. THANKS LOADS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL DESCRIPTIVE AND FINE SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+ INSPIRATIONS.
Tibetan Secrets... (Poetry) - 3/21/2025 10:42:51 AM
Book sounds very interesting!
Tibetan Secrets... (Poetry) - 3/20/2025 2:11:28 PM
I have never read the book but I've seen both the early (1930s black and white?) and the later 1973 movie of the story. There was a haunting melody in the movie that I can only remember a couple of lines from and have been unable to find by simple searching.
Ron
Basking in its Own Light... (Poetry) - 3/12/2025 2:24:11 PM
I love the knife and fork digestion here. I feel like anything we listen to gives me indigestion these days!
Basking in its Own Light... (Poetry) - 3/12/2025 1:06:55 PM
I like the metaphor of using a knife and fork for discernment. Personally, I've seen many people do it while examining their food, but I never have.
It is obvious you have a great grass of literature and the ways that authors write. Your vocabulary is surpassed by none.
Congratulations on your new book.
Ron
Basking in its Own Light... (Poetry) - 3/10/2025 10:56:52 AM
Very perceptive and insightful, so salient for our times, especially in the world of politics where vast multitudes are deceived on a daily basis.
Basking in its Own Light... (Poetry) - 3/10/2025 6:32:42 AM
An intelligent and wise expose of deception, in the life and with the pen. Well written, Richard.
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 2/22/2025 9:23:16 PM
DEAR RICHARD...THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM LEAVING REVIEWS SINCE THE VERY FIRST DAYS OF JANUARY SO...I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT YOUR ILLNESS AT ALL! BUT AS I AM WRITING THE THOUGHT CAME...'YOU'RE NOT THE 'MASTER PHYSICIAN' YOU DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW'. THUS, I AM ELATED THAT GOD, WHO NEVER LEFT YOUR SIDE STOOD GUARD AND BROUGHT YOU THROUGH! LIKE YOU, I AM TERRIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PHYSICIANS THAT HE USED TO HEAL YOU, MY FRIEND, AND I AM PRAISEING ALMIGHTY GOD FOR GUIDING THEM IN DOING HIS PERFECT WILL IN YOUR LIFE. AND YES...THROUGH EVERY KIND OF TRIAL, WHEN WE PUT OUR UTMOST FAITH IN HIM ...HE BRINGS US THROUGH ON A HIGHER PLANE. I PRAY, IN JESUS NAME, THAT YOU GO FORTH IN THE CONTINUED HEALING STRENGTH AND POWER OF YOUR FAITH AND LOVE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, WHICH I CAN TELL BY YOUR WORDS HAS GROWN IMMEASURABLY! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+ INSPIRATIONS.
For Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health… (Poetry) - 2/22/2025 8:27:56 PM
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND MICHELE, RICHARD. MAY THE GOOD LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND KEEP YOU BOTH...SO MUCH IN LOVE! A FINE WORK, COMING...AS ALWAYS, FROM THE HEART OF A VERY GRATEFUL AND GIFTED SERVANT OF GOD. THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
For Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health… (Poetry) - 2/10/2025 1:21:00 PM
When one partner has to be the caregiver of another it certainly does cause stress in a relationship. Mine has been stressed a lot because my needs seem to increase almost daily. And she feels like she is the only one who can deal with them making it doubly hard.
I'm having three dozen roses sent to her just before Valentine's Day, hopefully to ease your mind that I really love what she does for me so seamlessly every day.
By these poems you share with Michelle you are doing the same thing.
Ron
For Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health… (Poetry) - 2/10/2025 9:12:04 AM
A lovely tribute to the sanctity of marriage from first-hand experience. The triolet form works well for these sentiments and the use of repetition mesmerizing. Fine work here.
For Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health… (Poetry) - 2/9/2025 8:33:00 PM
A very articulate reading, I truly like how you positioned your writings here. As I read each line and mentally understood each word I read I felt your love enduring.
I'll fight the wars again today seems to be a ritual of some kind or another. There doesn't seem to be much peace anymore so we have to find it any way we can. I appreciate the part about incorporating your lives with love along with it.
Enjoyed reading your treasure!
Hugs to you and yours,
Teresa
For Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health… (Poetry) - 2/9/2025 1:57:33 PM
Dearest precious Michele,
thank you my spiritual sister for your unwavering prayers, love, bright flame, patience, compassion and service to such a bright soul who helps so many people have wisdom, compassion, patience and love. Richard it is so amazing how the Lord is drawing and filling you with rivers of elevation, love, gratitude ever so near and nurturing your spirit to give testimony in times of wilderness, testing your strength, faith and "spunk".... Did I say spunk---- oh yes I did!!! Spirited one Richard you are spunky~~ Shine both of you- this is your golden era of journey's.
Always in my heart and prayers and gratitude for you both, Garett and your sweetest little ones who I pray you can spend more years with- Happiest glorious anniversary!!!!!
Agape in Christ,
~jo
For Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health… (Poetry) - 2/9/2025 10:53:12 AM
Dear Richard,
This is so beautiful and profound. God bless you and your wife, Michele for 24 years of marriage. Happy Anniversary.
ann
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 2/3/2025 12:33:02 PM
I offer my empathy for what happened to you in December. The heat of it seems to have entered into these authentic expressions of the tumult’s afterwards. Pain and fright catapult humans into profundity, which is present in these stanzas, especially stanza #4. That #4 is tremendous! ~~ djl. P.S. - thank you for providing me so many vocabulary words to look up….I really like that!
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 2/2/2025 8:47:57 AM
I hope you are getting stronger everyday. MM
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 2:21:57 PM
Oh my Heavenly Father- The enemy tried to take you BUT God stepped in! Hallelujah bro you are Ok...!!!! I'm so deeply grateful you are here alive Richard !!!!!!!!! I'm so thankful Almighty! So deeply sorry you've gone through this hell! You will be so much stronger, wiser than ever before, trust me! Life will be so much more beautiful, special and meaningful for you and your precious Michelle at your side will give you such strength! In time you will restore your physical health with lots of walks...Wow, I see and sense your soul, heart, mind and self I can tell you are soaring with wings of the eagle. I just got back from being in Nashville and was finally able to look at my email and before I opened it I had a vision with a bald eagle for the last few days and had the words I was musing to write later, then I opened this up!!! Bam!!! Also I have prayed long and hard for you both for your protection and safety away from the brush fires like in LA... You have been on my mind and prayers many days now hoping all is well and no dry brush in your county will attack any of you ad your neighbor's. Been so upset- the world's a mess but God is our sustainer, our provider, our healer. I'm so thankful your work on earth isn't finished yet that many need your wisdom, light, sober minded teachings and Christ love aura. Stay well my precious friend. You, Michelle, Garret and the boys are in my prayers. In Christ forever love agape, Jo
Isaiah 26:3-4
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 12:25:19 PM
Glad that you have come back from the brink. It's a wake up call for many men.
The bad news today announced a new approach to what they call, "Heart disease." While they blame smoking, the greatest cause is arterial congestion. Obesity and high blood pressure.
I have none of those, so I will suffer until a very old age when I die, perhaps in my 90s.
But for people with High blood pressure or the onset of diabetes, they can die almost anytime from a heart attack and that way not have to go through long periods of pain and misery before they die.
As my uncle at 102 called out, "Nurse, get me a bucket, I want to kick it! "
Ron
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 12:00:19 PM
We are but mortals, with all the ups and down that come with the human condition. A truly heart-felt and deeply wrought poem.
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 1/27/2025 11:31:31 AM
Richard, your poem touched me so deeply. I'm so sorry for what you suffered and thankful you are better. I certainly understand the depths you write of. Be well, My Friend. Parying for you always.
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Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 1/26/2025 7:08:05 PM
From the uttermost parts,
O eternal breath of life,
breathe on me
that I might
suspire,
as an Eagle
stirring its nest,
hovering over its young,
spreading forth its majestic wings
to carry each of them up to the high places,
for it is your breath (alone) O God that sustains me…
.
I have yet to read a more perfect prayer to our Lord, Richard, :)
Up to the High Places... (Poetry) - 1/26/2025 11:14:07 AM
Although there are differences in some our belief convictions, this poem speaks loudly of creation and its preservation. Your choice of words were spot on and the images conveyed encourangeing to anyone allowing trust in the power of creation. Your choice, for example, of the eagle and its many leveled values to our apprection of nature and the unselfish devotion to task, to parenting, to survival is outstanding.
Well done, Richard.
from Russia with words ... (Poetry) - 1/25/2025 10:48:00 PM
GREAT TANKAS AND Q's MY FRIEND...FILLED WITH APPLAUSE FOR A FINE POET, INDEED. THANKS FOR SHARING! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
The Shadow Voices Lied... (Poetry) - 1/25/2025 10:14:52 PM
YES, THE SHADOW VOICES ALWAYS DO LIE, BUT WE CAN ONLY SEE THIS WHEN WE STEP FROM THE SHADOWS INTO THE LIGHT OF ALMIGHTY GOD. UNTIL THEN....WE ARE DEAF, BLIND AND TOTALLY LOST. ON JUDGMENT DAY...EVERY ENCOUNTERED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AS OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR WILL BE OPENED BEFORE US...THERE WILL BE NO EXCUSES. I PRAY THAT KRYSTAL ACCEPTS HIM WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME...AMEN. ENJOYED, RICHARD, THANKS FOR SHARING.
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 1/1/2025 8:50:37 PM
IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING...ALL THIS WORLD THROWS AT US, THERE IS THE STRONG OVERCOMING EQUALIZER OF......FAMILY!!! AND WHETHER NEAR OR FAR, WE ARE MORE THAN GRATEFUL, INDEED, AMEN! THANKS FOR SHARING, RICHARD. AND A MARVELOUSLY BLESSED AND SAFE NEW YEARS TO YOU AND YOURS. BLESSINGS, LOVE, FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 1/1/2025 3:31:25 PM
Such beautiful heartfelt words…
and a lovely photo of your son and Grandsons…
Diana..🌿
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 12/26/2024 1:01:25 PM
You are so beautifully, profoundly blessed!!!!! I can just see your face light up as you see the amazement of these beautiful boys... God is so good and gracious!!!! Thank you so much for this tribute, Richard and for sharing this remarkably beautiful, sweet, precious and ethereal breathtaking portrait of your family...I say prayers often for you, Michelle, Garett and these angels.. We are deeply fortunate to be in this earth at a time when the Father's beautiful, stunning magnificant glory on earth and harvest of souls shines beautifully and the redemption of souls is bringing forth billions in the harvest, returning millions of prodigal sons and daughters and bringing in the new for love, redemption and renewal connection back to our heavenly Papa........ Your kids are so gorgeous and " all honor, praise and glory to the Father for His generously, love, graciousness, mercy and downright gift to the world!!!!!! And your boys are purchased, sanctified, justified by the blood of Christ- Amen!!. I see in Garret's spirit a very diverse mixture of beautiful bright flame light, humbleness, a fun Spirit he is, wonderment, excitement, proud Papa and courageous playful spirit. He is very sweet, trustworthy, honorable, a good generous friend and citizen, great son, thoughtful as a human being with a deep precious soul and your grand boys- like angels faces of divinity and warm love. I'm in awe every second of God's creation that gives us breath of Spirit that runs very deep in our lungs...Yes God is our breath... ...To wake up everyday is so valuable because we can make the world a better place and leave it as a legacy for others to benefit in many ways but to ripple the effect of harvest of souls is the greatest...I know your boys are covered in deep protective prayers, well wishes from many, including me- ....The wonderment of their presents of soul and Spirit on earth- It is a profound gift ....... We never should take one second of life for granted life no matter what our circumstances are. The gift of God through His son, salvation in Christ, and the gifts of others are worth more than any material thing we could ever possess . Remember the vision of hope and promise that as long as we are in Christ there is never any goodbyes for any of us...That gives me purpose of that eternal bond. ...
Much 2025 happy new years agape peace, well wishes, light, hope, finational blessing, protection and wonderment of the season to you, Michelle and your loved ones always
~ jo
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 12/13/2024 11:08:37 AM
Such a musical rendering of word play. There is so much to glean from your first few words of each stanza, asking us to avoid thinking we get it. We are entertained and taught much in these words of what much of life is about. Unfortunately, much of mankind is losing the ability, or interest, in earnestly pursuing these values. You've penned a wonderful summation of many emotions that are alive in both the text and subtext. May you always have this appreciation and gratitude, for embracing such thoughts allow so much to enter your being... and your reader's being.
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 12/11/2024 11:37:22 AM
A beautiful poem and a even more beautiful family. You are so wonderfully blessed, My Friend.
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 12/11/2024 11:29:33 AM
Pleasant thoughts all should read.
I'm glad that you are close to your grandsons. They can help carry on your legacy.
Ron
Familial Hearts and Friends... (Poetry) - 12/11/2024 9:55:07 AM
Beautiful, reflective and insightful haikus. Well done. Great pic as well.
The World was Catching Fire... (Poetry) - 12/8/2024 7:48:34 PM
INDEED, TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND, 'EVERY KNEE MUST BOW AND EVERY TONGUE MUST CONFESS'. WITHOUT THIS TOTAL SURRENDER TO ALMIGHTY GOD THE PRESENT COURSE WILL NOT CHANGE. GOD'S WORD IS TRUE. MY DAUGHTER AS A CHILD HAD A VISION OF THE WORLD BEING ON FIRE AND THERE WAS A WAR BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL GOING ON, WHEREBY GOD WAS ON ONE SIDE AND SATAN ON THE OTHER. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD A DREAM OF LOOKING THROUGH A WINDOW AND THE WHOLE WORLD WAS ON FIRE. WE MAY NOT WANT TO BUT WE MUST DO WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO....IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE SEND OUT THE 'ALARM' SO THAT 'WHOSOEVER WILL'...WILL BE ENLIGHTENED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. IF NOT NOW...THEN WHEN?!? ENJOYED AND THANK YOU MY DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+ INSPIRATIONS
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 12/8/2024 7:27:13 PM
YES, RICHARD...WE ARE EXPERIENCING A GLOBAL POLYCRISIS. BUT, NO NEED TO FEAR BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CONCERNS ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNSAVED, NEAR AND FAR....FOR THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE WORD OF GOD...THE PRESENT TIMES IS OF NO SUPRISE TO US. WE 'KNOW' HOW THE STORY ENDS. AMEN. ENJOYED THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 11/28/2024 9:10:04 AM
I told Jon Michael this morning, I long for peace in the world. There is chaos everywhere. I'm so thankful to know the Prince Of Peace who keeps our hearts and minds. We've not seen the final end yet.
"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18
With Tales yet Untold... (Poetry) - 11/20/2024 6:28:14 PM
Hello there! Good to be visiting and reading a fine piece! Take care mm
United We Stand - Divided We Fall... (Poetry) - 11/16/2024 1:28:10 AM
OUR LAND, THIS PLANET AND EVERYTHING ON IT THAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS...IS ON ITS WAY OUT. FOR OUR PRESENT WORLD LEADERS ARE EVEN NOW... TAKING SLY GLANCES AND SENDING VERY CLEAR THREATS WITH REGARDS TO THEIR CHEMICAL WEAPONS...AND IT WILL HAPPEN SOON THAT THE END WILL COME. HOWEVER I SEE WHAT YOU SEE...TOO, RICHARD. BUT ON A MUCH GREATER SCALE I THINK. ONE BLESSED AND HOLY NATION, FULL OF OVERCOMERS FROM EVERY TRIBE AND CORNER OF THE EARTH...LIVING PEACEFULLY AND ETERNALLY IN THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF ALMIGHTY GOD, INDEED...TOGETHER, FOREVER! THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
United We Stand - Divided We Fall... (Poetry) - 11/10/2024 8:31:59 AM
Yes, revealing the past reveals a lot about where we are today. In many ways we are a "sleeping giant," like we were before the war. Or, a country cheering on gangsters who occupied the news robbing and killing while most of the country violated an unfavorable prohibition until it was repealed finally after many years of debauchery it caused.
Based on the stock market last week. It is evident that all of the millions that the billionaires spent on the election has been returned to them already.
So greed has been rewarded for those willing to lend a drop in the bucket of their wealth to the election and its hateful ads about candidates that just weren't true but wishfully thought by those who felt abused for one reason or another. Mostly their growing debt from credit card use and buying more than they really needed. Pleasurable pursuits.
Ron
United We Stand - Divided We Fall... (Poetry) - 11/9/2024 4:07:41 PM
“AMERICA, AMERICA,
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law…” its all about admitting our short comings and striving to excel, if only every American would understand the value of Honesty hard work, and altruism. Think of our President's of old and how their standards were so much higher for themselves and others. What a far cry from the past, we need to wake up ! thanks for your patriotic loyalty and honesty
United We Stand - Divided We Fall... (Poetry) - 11/5/2024 2:36:04 AM
Wise words at a time when we need them, especially today, Election Day. Let us see what results we have chosen for ourselves.
United We Stand - Divided We Fall... (Poetry) - 11/3/2024 11:15:29 AM
Wow- incredible insight....How deeply full of emotion, thought provoking to understand she has changed drastically and isn't the same but as we look deep into the debris in the mirror she is transforming into a beautiful light among all the darkness...
and she must understand to be even brighter she must realign with God's ways- not ours-
Thank you deeply for your love for this great glorious land in which we have had mercy when we didn't deserve it....God loves, adores and weeps profoundly for America and there are I'm positive in heaven many love songs He sings along with His billions of angels all in harmony and love for America He sings and the angels pour out such love for the eagle- for He created "her".....Yet He brings again us low to come back to His arms of repentance and follow His ways through mercy for He loves His creation and children that much to take those excessive worldly things and bring the corner stone pillars back with end time news of salvation- to hold, to HUMBLE ourselves and pray for our loved ones tight, to hold Him and to hold America in deep prayer that she may return to Godly ways which I feel she will prophetically in time.....What a sober minded loving, timely tribute Richard... I think and deeply gather the images of the Normandy boys ( great tears stream down my face) who fought not just for us, for the world- I want their bravery in the lions den....I will be forever grateful for the suffering and abuse they suffered and gift they gave us...We must never have let them died in vein-
I weep so much for today's men barely can finationaly support themselves, are lost and seek manly alpha male guidance. They are deeply broken hearted.. We must encourage and pray for them... Let them know that we are ALL worthy...... I pray for the Normandy heroic boys- and hope they were believers and pray to see them on the other side at the great light banquet....We must never forget what the boys did- we must never forget the sufferings of those at Virginia shores who channeled God to declare her rightful place and covenant. We must not forget Valley Forge and later Abraham Lincoln freeing of the slaves ( for every man is equal in the sight of God) We MUST NEVER never forget Martin Luther King Jr and his vision no matter what and instill it when we can remember in our lives. We must remember the cross and how we are so loved by Christ. Imagine a God who was and is so meek, absolutely broken and in love with us, humble to be born among common farm animals in a filthy flea infested shack barn- this is how humble He is- a God who never shuns the undesirables, least of these. We must as a country remember and hold tight to the words that were written into law with sacrifice, blood and treasure that " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
The birth pains are here of God reversing this breach birth of what she was not suppose to be. She will be something so brand new for generations until YHWY returns.....Pray that the light get's brighter and darkness will dim.....Americans must be free before the world- free to earn a decent living, free to speak, free to be what she was suppose to be- in the the light, the hope, the candle for the world to see of hope that we must understand we all have needs and feelings, each one of us carrying a heavy load we may not know anything of- so we must be kind- no matter what happens until tribulations- America has been the "hammer" of the world- watching, policing by it's status hegemonic power. But she must go back to a humble, meek, populist of we the people country...She and her children have been the MOST generous of all humans on this planet and we deserve to be respected and live in a fair, safe condition....
The conditions I saw in several counties in North Carolina of bravery, sacrifice and love to those that lost everything in Helene made me so proud to be American and of my fellow country men brought me to sob so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is so much unconditional love for humanity in these beautiful people of America- purple mountain majesty and amber waves of grain !!!
America needs to take care of her humbled, devastated veterans that lay filthy, suicidal, broken and and hungry on the streets while others walk in and get everything they need free like it's owed to them at the troth- no way this is going to stand anymore!!!!!!!!!
But God says if my people will humble themselves, seek me and repent I will hear from heaven and WILL restore their lands--We must come back as what she was intended-
She needs to care for all her own and have a due process of immigration so it's fair to people who wait years. God raises countries and brings them low just as He does Kings. We are NOT a oligarchy democracy. We are a self governing country with laws for of and by the people...There's too many regulations, too much waste and NGO's, Wallstreet corruption, global outsourcing and threats that is putting us at risk of many things and to our sovereign way of freedom life.. She needs to let alpha men be REAL men in this nation freely....She needs free speech restored.....What we teach our children must not be part of their Mao's color revolution.....She needs a fair and not two tier judicial system. - I don't believe there should be a federal reserve handling the peoples money and must return to gold standard...We must return the peoples monetary system....I could go on and on but all I'm going to say is where there is liberty there is Christ consciousness.. We are going through massive transformation. This violence must stop because of political differences and foreigner entanglements. The founding fathers were deeply men of faith and wanted to be free of the crown. The elite are building a crown for themselves and it's backfiring ...!!!! It's going to be a recovery from their socialist policies and must reform their party back to the people...
However, that said- It's going to be a time for the greatest move of God- a great harvest for fishers of men and with those that walk with the seer Daniel anointing. We must realign ourselves with God's will and be strong as the waves are many, the anchor holds us however, the ships been battered but do we trust Him all the way like we should???
Our God is a jealous God and shares His glory with NO other. So He will let some go who have made their God the things of this temporally world- all of it- the pride of life- We must come and repent daily of there's anything not right in us for death can come at anytime.., come back to the beautiful great harvest truly- not out of ego but in truth and heart for what He's given us eternal life through Jesus.
Intercession will be intense. It's the MOST fantastic time to be alive ....And we get to see it all- we were chosen before the foundations of the earth and womb. Thank you deeply for your encouragement, sober minded words and patience with me.......Thank you for all your prayers too- Praying for you, Michelle, Garret and your little ones. God be with you all- Keep liberty burning brightly with our dependence upon Him...
~jo
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 10/20/2024 1:35:58 PM
The possibility is frightening. Yet, watching the prophecies and various revelations that have already happened, I know the only thing I can do is remain calm and peaceful, enjoy my friends and family, do my best each day, and remain faithful to God our Father.
God bless you Richard, and all humanity.
ann
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 10/20/2024 4:37:15 AM
The piece presents a gripping and unflinching portrayal of societal and political turmoil, vividly illustrating the consequences of unchecked power and deceit. Its visceral tone, evocative imagery, and intense language demand attention, inviting readers to confront the darker aspects of human nature and governance. Through its bold expression, the work serves as a powerful reflection on humanity’s moral descent and the potential repercussions of misguided actions. While it paints a bleak picture, it also implicitly calls for vigilance, truth, and integrity in the face of chaos. This evocative and cautionary narrative resonates deeply with those concerned about the fragility of peace and unity in a fractured world.
Have not been active for more than a decade. Presently surprised to find your review on my past.
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 10/19/2024 6:17:01 PM
We are going through a very, very birthing world shaking in everyway, be it environmental changes, ( floods, earth quakes communist threats, weapons' of destruction, ect...) anger, painful relationships, closing relationships, .....yet opening new community relationships, a time in struggles of finational survival for vulnerable, despaired working people and safety in "fight or flight"...
We must pray for all our enemies and forgive them for they know not what they do sometimes...
...The degree of light and dark of peoples hearts is showing. However we must guard our hearts and be very prayerful and discerned up!!
The Lord will tell us what our destiny is for this time through prayer and Holy Spirit.
We are placed here for a profound reason at this time of history . Our discernment is growing stronger everyday and Holy Spirit will give us more if we ask-
We disciples yearn for the very best for all creation and find it's way to His mercy and light...
It's a time where we want to mend souls and do profound healing and prayer work- to testify the good news because we are not ashamed of the gospel, so we may all be set free out of Satan's grip...It's a time we must forgive ourselves for past- truly forgive ourselves and others- A time we must live as a righteous soul- not self righteous-
My heart goes out deeply for all that are exploited, helpless, vulnerable and alone. Yet I know the Lord knows them personally, hears and loves them- so I take "deep" comfort with that and until I take my last breath - !!!
We must keep all the Bride in protective prayer like never before who the enemy accuses day and night- many have the veil still on them ( are lost sheep and have no real earth Shepherd ) who are especially vulnerable and need the blood of Christ over them and for others who find themselves trapped in darkness and painful despair... I need your prayers too- been crying very easily at the hearts of humanity and hurt of others and myself..
But I'm finding the greatest joy- the coming excitement happiness of the Harvest!!!!!!!!!!!! Because He is coming and ALIVE!!!
There is only good verses evil, light verses dark. One side wants to insanity, perversion, enmeshed into carnal bondage, control, hurtful humiliation, division, to devastate conquer, one that wants to think it's God, uses witchcraft power that passionately hates with every fiber of it's being- then there's the creative, truth of Christ YHWY free flowing, bright light, love, empathy, thoughtfulness, always bringing the best out in all people, creational life force, compassionate, one source that never gives up hope dreams of goodness, community of brethren, edification wisdom, big good fruit, always desires for the very best in and for all creation and sister, brother. One side desires our selfishness, destruction, our fears, unforgiveness, hopelessness, and profound corruption despair. I would rather be led in His calling for me than be limited for material and sinful comforts on my knees to a dark master. It pains me so profoundly to see & feel what I see but I know His glory is my only promise, direction and hope - for He is my true Papa. There He forgives, prays and ministers for us, thoughtfully waits for our return as He adores every inch of our spirits...We must pray like never before, minister to the needs of His creation with discernment...We must pray for greater mantles of discernment like never before, study His Word and I believe He will give us dreams, visions for the Bride. The Lord will make sure we get through this. If we stand in faith and then praise Him like never before after having stood He will hear and deliver us...Remember there is so much happiness- REALY big jubilee coming..
Thank you deeply for your prayers, encouragement and inspiration...
Earth is getting ready for the greatest joy coming to this planet and the coming Lord's glory ~~~ Stay the course in strength and faith- >>>
Praying everyday for you, Michelle, Garett and your boys,
~ jo
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 10/19/2024 12:03:37 PM
You have described the current state of play on the world stage very well and I concur completely with what you are suggesting. Worrisome that the negativity, misinformation and lies that are now interwoven into the fabric of the body politic and is not going away and seems to b e here to stay, perpetuated even by the forces that AI might unpredictably might unleash. We are in for difficult times ahead. An excellent and timely write. Well done.
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 10/19/2024 10:29:11 AM
You sure have described the sense that many people have about world affairs now that we have almost instant reporting from both traditional sources, distorting sources, observations from individuals with video evidence from their cell phones and finally, AI fabrications that look real.
Unfortunately, your rant about things coming to biblical proportions, often predicted throughout history but never coming to pass, describes revealing underreported or even covered up history as despicable "woke" and even fairness in the form of governmental social benefits as being what is causing people to unilaterally grab their guns purchased for individual security and use them in anger on the highways, to kill spouses, and even go out and take out their anger on politicians they don't like.
It's not that we weren't in great danger back in the 20th century with the Axis trying to take over the world and then, the communist threat and Cold War with a nuclear standoff that is trying to come back in the 21st-century because, "if we make nuclear weapons we will use them," right?
Right now, in the name of self-defense, the Jewish people of Israel are systematically bringing a Holocaust of death to those who oppose them. It's as if they haven't learned that when you try to annihilate people, like Hitler did during World War II, you only make them stronger. Even the Jewish people in Israel who are socially minded are protesting against their autocratic government for what it's doing. T
If you see the most livable countries in the world where many Americans are now seeking out for a more friendly place to live, you will find they have lots of social benefits provided by the government and have no intentions of building large armies to save the world or even layers of police to "protect" the citizenry.
International House Hunters is a much more realistic view of the status of the world than the political news every day. And Homestead Rescue illustrates how hard it is for people who are trying to go out on their own without modern technology are fairing as they carve up the wilderness making it harder for the wilderness to sustain the rest of the world like it does without human intervention and misuse. I know you wouldn't want them fouling pristine wilderness for their own selfish purposes.
Ron
Polycrisis... (Poetry) - 10/18/2024 10:00:59 AM
You've penned a stark reminder that paying attention isn't enough. Paying attention to the honest voices would make a worthwhile contribution to the solution. But sincere voices are, as you so articulately outline in this piece, becoming more prone to the temptation to corrupt their voicings with misinformation as long as it adds to their "popularity." Leadership around the world is subscribing to this distortion, at best, and an absolute disease of the mind and heart at worst. Thanks for so eloquently bringing this observation to anyone who has the mind to read it... even reading is rapidly becoming an endangered tool in our dwindling roster of principles.
The Shadow Voices Lied... (Poetry) - 10/10/2024 7:06:01 AM
Your oceanic love for others is endless and huge. I pray that Krystal finds salvation and peace in our Lord and you'll embrace her in a million years.
Peace,
J
With Tales yet Untold... (Poetry) - 10/10/2024 7:01:53 AM
Really speaks deep in the deepest parts of the soul
~ j
The World was Catching Fire... (Poetry) - 10/10/2024 6:52:10 AM
Your heart is so open, caring and aware Richard, compassionate and a guiding light in these troubled times as this entire earth is showing it's depth of light or darkness, we must pray for the freeing and forgiveness of souls everywhere, must seek Him in every facet because He is the way, truth and life...We have a chance to minister, love, advocate and pray for the change we must have in the harvest....
Through this the chosen are destined to follow the path and calling the Father has assigned to us before the foundation of the earth, way before we were ever prophesied, way before anything He said He knew us and I know without a shadow of a doubt the gardeners are in position for the greatest revival of the harvest. With that I'm filled with peace and understanding that love is the greatest. We must strive to patch things up with God and others, for filling the law of love and we must understand some may not heal or accept us in this life- but we have made amends, even through prayer. Our strength is showing and love this hour of great crisis but only through turning to the cross will we have grace, forgiveness, answers, direction, peace, fulfillment and renewing of our value deep within made by our loving Father.
Sending lots of forever agape and prayers to you, Michelle, Garret and your boys as always,
~ J
The World was Catching Fire... (Poetry) - 9/30/2024 11:40:19 AM
Richard, God has given you the gifts of prophecy and wisdom. A heart grabbing and mind shaking poem. Well done. Keep telling the truth, though it seems dismal now there is light at the end of dismal days.
The World was Catching Fire... (Poetry) - 9/30/2024 11:06:09 AM
A pretty dismal outlook. Administrations have little to do with the way things are in regard to several of the issues that you have raised in your prose.
You mentioned briefly the weather that is probably our greatest threat right now. And you didn't mention overpopulation causing crowding, territorial disputes that the United States has little or no control over happening. Why we have so many refugees coming to our borders. Both economic and political reasons for their coming. Not to fill our population with criminal behavior that is manufactured by a few anecdotal incidences and not the facts.
The greatest problem in the United States is the division caused by misinformation created by people, not AI, because most of the population is undereducated and relies on social networks for their opinions of things, rather than the facts. So many of our issues do not have universal American understanding and direction, but are diametrically opposed through ideology and loyalty rather than the truth.
You apparently have forgotten how the very rich barons of this country created the Great Depression that spread around the entire world and divided our people until a despotic and ruthless leader emerged in Germany and threatened the entire world by joining forces with Japan in the axis of evil. All of our disagreements about communism and fascism, led by various groups in the country, suddenly galvanized and people young and old volunteered to serve against Hitler.
That will happen if China joins with Putin to take over the world or if the Muslim countries decide that they will and Christianity and Judaism by force. Corporations rule the economy worldwide and they pay no attention to sovereign boundaries. Everything must be regulated when it comes to business and politics. If not, evil will take over.
Ron
The World was Catching Fire... (Poetry) - 9/30/2024 3:31:32 AM
A fascinating prophecy of where AI, even now in its infant stages, may take us, places that we may not want to go. Well done, Richard.
The World was Catching Fire... (Poetry) - 9/29/2024 12:18:58 PM
Well done, Richard! I hope this line is right: "Wisdom still dictates that we understand the times by the signs, and what all the signs are pointing to…" Our future will blossom, or the mainspring will break from all the phony Hollywood acting. Amen X 110!
With Tales yet Untold... (Poetry) - 9/27/2024 2:44:08 PM
'...A POET PRAYS SOFTLY...' HE FOUND THE BALM, AMEN. A FINE WORK RICHARD, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
With Tales yet Untold... (Poetry) - 9/20/2024 9:15:18 AM
Fabulous, compelling, enchanting, haunting, melodic, a story with beginning, middle and end, skillfully bookended with men who sought maidens. I feel you to be the person in the picture, caption of which is a nugget in itself, Richard. “…moving beyond those things that hinder.”. I want to remember that clause . . every single day if I could. Thank you for this. ~~ djl
With Tales yet Untold... (Poetry) - 9/18/2024 12:22:00 PM
Such a sad tale. Well done Richard.
ann
Paper Bridges ... (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 1:16:01 AM
INDEED...LIFE. MOVING FROM WHAT ONCE WAS...TO WHAT IT IS...THEN FALLING BEAUTEOUSLY UPON A PIECE OF PAPER WITH FADING, UN-REGRETTED IMPRESSIONS OF HOW ...IT USED TO BE. DONE PERFECTLY, MY FRIEND AND ENJOYED. THANK YOU. LOVE,BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Kindred Spirits... (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 12:56:54 AM
WHAT A FANTASTIC, BENEVOLENT ODE...TO YOUR MANDATED BELOVED! GOD...DOING WHAT HE DOES, IN THE WAY THAT HE DOES IT, UNLIKE ANY OTHER COULD EVER HAVE DONE. WHEN YOU KNOW...YOU JUST KNOW. THE BEAUTY OF THIS WORK TAKES MY BREATH AWAY AND SUBSTANTIATES MY BELIEF IN...THE POWER OF LOVE! THANKS FOR SHARING, RICHARD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Sunlight BURSTING upon Darkened Fields… (Poetry) - 9/6/2024 12:48:14 AM
TOTALLY ENJOYED, RICHARD. A MARVELOUS PROSE WORK THAT PROVES; WHEN YOU HIT BOTTOM THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO BUT UP AND...SOMETIMES(NOT ALWAYS BUT SOMETIMES((-:)...MOMMA KNOWS BEST. THANKS, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Sunlight BURSTING upon Darkened Fields… (Poetry) - 9/1/2024 1:59:24 PM
Your portrayals shows deep sensitivity and insight into what it merans to be human. Well done.
Sunlight BURSTING upon Darkened Fields… (Poetry) - 8/31/2024 9:48:21 AM
A wonderful portrait. She seemed to I've been hemmed in by her parents, her friends and her husband. Thankfully, she found a way out through a very good friend counselor.
I love the simile used to describe her bursting into the light.
Ron
The Shadow Voices Lied... (Poetry) - 8/22/2024 1:49:06 PM
Yet, she has a lot of character, according to your astute appraisal of her persona and various quirks of behavior. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her situation that appears to go downward with every passing hot day.
In my life, I've come across many weird people and downright, crazies, but I don't believe I've crossed the path of the likes of Krystal. Thank you for revealing her to us. I hope she's still alive and doing better. But I don't think so.
Ron
The Shadow Voices Lied... (Poetry) - 8/22/2024 9:51:06 AM
Although this reads with a unique grasp of not only vocabulary but a keen eye on the psychology and paradoxical behavior that is indicative of bipolar's often self-destructive nature. I've taught and coached a number of actors and writers in Hollywood that would fit into many of your observances. It always surprises me when meeting or encountering a professional who has suffered deeply and seems to have not gleaned a lesson strong enough for the person to venture a change, or at least an attempt at a change. Yes, I've known more than one.
I particularly liked your last line as a quiet yet daunting surmise of the person: "painting her wet with sweat." This is a worthwhile read for your following, especially those who may see themselves with a strong identity. Yes, they are out here. Kudos for painting this extraordinary perceptional write.
Kindred Spirits... (Poetry) - 8/13/2024 9:28:01 AM
Richard, this touched me so deeply. My husband had to win my trust and I had to win his. Patiencee and kindness never fail. This is a brillant poem and a wonderful tribute to Michele. Beautiful, brought my tears.
Kindred Spirits... (Poetry) - 8/3/2024 9:28:13 AM
With love one of the most complex and illusive emotions we work with, this is truly a masterful thought process on what can and does work over the long haul. Your choice of characters here reminded me of a documentary clip I found showing a guy rescuing a baby elephant from the mud that the baby's family of several first trumpeting what sounded like dangerous sounds, then, they slowly plodded over to the baby, now on solid ground and two of the adults caressed the man's back with their trunks. As I said, it is a good choice to make your point about your long and successful marriage. Kudos.
Kindred Spirits... (Poetry) - 8/2/2024 8:46:09 AM
A beautifully executed and loving tribute to the pursuit and fulfillment of love. Well done.
Kindred Spirits... (Poetry) - 8/1/2024 3:56:18 PM
GLORY TO GOD!!!!!!!!
I'm so so deeply JOYED for you both!!!
I'm so happy she kissed all those hurtful scar filled wounds away to make you stand proud, strong and fulfill your purpose which God called you to be a prophetic overseer, confident counselor, edifier, encourager for the Kingdom!!!!!
I saw her picture in your book even though she had the sunglasses on I knew she was a beautiful woman and just only for you!!! I can tell she truly makes you so happy!!! I'm so thankful she came by the Spirit of the Father to be your perfect soul mate to complete you !!! Praise God how He works mighty wonders !
I'm so thankful she came just at the right time too to help those wounds. What a gift she is with you two together! Yes women are the emotional life givers and we yearn deeply to help emotionally heal everyone... How deeply deeply precious! Yes I truly believe God sent you your earth angel back to you Richard!!! It's quite beautiful how He has given us so many gifts- the greatest is eternal salvation through His Son, such extraordinary are you two as I have been shown before. You are as matching stars side by side eternally ever complete, helping each other- both cannot live without each other as Paul and I are even though marriage takes much work, understanding, unconditional love, understanding, growth, maturity, ups and downs but worth it- because he is my everything!!!
You both become as Christ's perfect church union.... I'm so thankful she has helped you so deeply with anger. Father God had shown me other's were very, very humiliatingly cruel to you ( so deeply sorry ) when you were younger because of your tender heart and brightest beautiful flame rays, more, far more magnificant than others rays of other children. They were very deeply offended because light shines in darkness and darkness never comprehends it. But as you spent years in pain your years were never wasted because God was teaching you patience just as Jesus our beautiful sacrificial lamb was patient in His suffering, who never deserved what happened to Him but His love was far greater than any principality and dominion, far greater was your salvation, your key to liberty meant more to Him, lovingly took the bruising's, beatings, whips to say i love you FAR more than life itself, for I am your best friend because I have no greater love.. As I went through this cruelty too it made me far greater in compassionate, loving, understanding and deeply empathic to peoples emotions, thoughts, intensions and now have a heart to want to ease suffering and protect others...
Richard I look at those souls now who bullied us and see what a mess they are- may they humble themselves and find peace, forgiveness and a heart of flesh through Christ.. This is when we know we truly have that heart of Christ... Yes I saw that anger, abandonment in Paul too ( I think that is how we fell madly in love ) when I first met him I wasn't sure but Father told me to work with him and what i found in him was a deeply buried profoundly hurt soul and I tenderly, radiantly and powerfully loved it, treasured it yet gave it finally it's wings it needed like a bird in flight...This write about your marriage shows you both and especially you have come so deep full circle in Christ's love, harmony, peace, maturity, compassion, patience for other's to be all that God prophesied over you before He placed you in your Mom's womb. To God be all glory, honor and praise. May you two continue to grow in depths of peace, understanding and deep happiness forever..
God will be calling you to reach the broken, lost, prodigals with that new anointing you carry...God bless you Michelle & Richard's precious souls~
Always Sis, jo
Kindred Spirits... (Poetry) - 8/1/2024 12:38:29 PM
They wonderful way of describing your relationship with Michelle. The allegory fits very well.
Ron
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/22/2024 6:20:36 PM
As a man of God, understand your worth, recognize your value, and LOVE the person God created you to be.
Know you are deeply loved and never alone. Even in your darkest moments, believe there's purpose even in your pain. There is Strength in your struggles. Especially when you can’t understand it, trust in God's plan, for He works all things together for good.
Romans 8:28, 'And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose.'"
God is with you, iron sharpens iron, you are loved, not lost or alone, and God Himself is always working on you. So we should be encouraged.
Well done, Amen X 110!
You Were One of the Reasons Why… (Poetry) - 7/21/2024 12:35:06 PM
WONDERFUL, INSPIRING WORK. WHAT A FINE TRIBUTE. I HAVE NEVER KNOWN OR EVEN MET A PERSON LIKE EMILY, AND I HAVE TRAVELLED-BACK...SEARCHING. I WOULD THINK THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A PERSON, THE MEMORY OF WHOM ONE TENDS NEVER TO FORGET...FOR A GOOD REASON. BUT THEN I AM REMINDED...I WAS GIVEN WHAT I NEEDED AND IN THE PLACE OF A 'EMILY' IN MY LIFE, THERE WAS...IS...EVER WILL BE...YOU KNOW WHO. THERE'S THIS WONDERFUL CALM AND ASSURING SPIRIT THAT'S HOVERING RIGHT NOW AND FOR ME...'HE' IS THE REASON WHY.THANKS FOR SHARING, RICHARD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
Sophistry (the politician’s poetry) (Poetry) - 7/21/2024 11:52:12 AM
I SEE YOU POSTED THIS 6/26/24. WHAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE THEN... ALL I CAN SAY IS...WE HAVE A LARGE KETTLE OF FISH...AND THEY 'A-L-L' HAVE-UNFAVORABLE-AROMAS!!!! AND AT THIS POINT...THIS NATION WILL VOTE ACCORDING TO OUR FAITHFULNESS TO...SELECTED PARTIES, AND NOTHING ELSE! WHAT A SHAME, BUT THANK.. 'GOD', HE HOLDS OUR FUTURE AND...WE ARE ROLLING FAST TO 'THE END', FOR OUR ETERNAL 'TOMORROW' IS SPINNING TOWARDS US! I'LL MEET YOU 'OVER THERE' RICHARD, HALLELUJAH! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+ INSPIRATIONS
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/21/2024 11:29:22 AM
SEEING OURSELVES AS GOD SEES US, AMEN! FOR IN ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS...WE ARE AS 'FILTHY RAGS' BEFORE HIM. WE ARE SO QUICK TO SEE THE FAULTS OF OTHERS, BUT NOT OUR OWN. THIS IS WHY, THOUGH SOME MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE THEY NEED IT...BUT DAILY REPENTANCE IS NECESSARY. FOR WE SIN IN THOUGHT, WORD, ACTION AND DEED...ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY! SOMETIMES WE ARE AWARE HOWEVER, MOST TIMES...WE ARE NOT. GOD...WHO SEES OUR HEARTS 'KNOWS' THAT WE MAKE HUMAN MISTAKES AND THAT IS WHY HE MADE A WAY FOR US TO 'REPENT'. THIS IS WHY...NO ONE BUT HIM, WHO IS ENTIRELY SINLESS, COULD DO IT! HE LOVES US THAT MUCH! WHEN GOD WAS SPEAKING AND CALLING FOR REPENTANCE IN REVELATIONS...IT IS GOOD TO NOTE THAT HE WAS SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE OF 'SAVED' INDIVIDUALS, WHO THOUGHT THEY HAD IT 'ALL TOGETHER'. I ENJOYED THIS SHARING VERY MUCH, MY FRIEND, AS...ONLY BY 'HONESTLY' LOOKING AT...'THE PERSON IN THE MIRROR'...CAN WE REALLY 'SEE' OURSELVES. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS KEEPER, RICHARD...SO THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/17/2024 5:29:02 PM
I love this profound and fiery poem. I often look at myself in the same way,we seem to be our own enemy and our own rescuer rolled into one.
Once upon a time I could not rescue myself,thankfully God did that for me,thus my total belief that The Creator of us all is real.
I really LOVE the way you write and find your poetry very inspirational.
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/3/2024 3:21:43 AM
Looking into the mirror and seeing the true nature of oneself, perhaps the most difficult challenge we face as humans. So well described in this unexpected, revealing poem.
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/2/2024 6:55:49 PM
Your poetry is always so revealing and filled with poetic value Richard, it was good to read your poetry once again, Hope your keeping well. :)
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/2/2024 12:14:17 PM
We know these cons...We know these dogs going back to the thing that made them sick again and then come back trying to use and deceive..
Yes I have known and currently know someone like this and thank God He is helping me to iron sharpen iron in profound discernment, protection, wisdom and boundaries.. Especially to those who try to use witchcraft...It has to be VERY tough love with these people and I will have it no other way and they will NOT steal my joy or peace ! Yet I am being transformed greatly into greater depths of discovering more discernment for His Kingdom and my peace of mind safety. I truly believe discernment has kept me alive all these years, that gut, knowing about others actions, motives, thoughts and intensions just when they don't suspect you know !
This write is intense mirror indeed. Breaks my heart that those ones who never claim strength out of their shadows always succumb to this inner demon manifestation and claim weakness, then return as the dog!!!!. Breaks my heart that many are headed and are there in a place of eternal suffering, if they just would have humbled themselves and still can with breath. They still can use the weapons' of warfare through God that are mighty through ONLY Him to cast down imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God...
And it requires a repentance and a true turning- not the con they can be, especially towards God. He knows everything~~ I am only a candle reflecting what He has brought me through to help light the way- i am nothing without Him every second- that I bend the knee not once, not twice but daily! Breaks my heart how they refuse to see and get a hold of their own strengths. I knew long ago as I saw my mother's alcoholic life in a disastrous way i would NOT follow, but almost did in a different form BUT refused to die and pulled myself up, that I am stronger, better and blood purchased, then He met me half way.
Many will be drawn to the light, many will only want you to carry them however in some co-dependant way..Nope, not doing it- don't care how much they hate me. Spiritual battle between us and the forces must be discerned and battled daily with His blood...I will bare for others who try to turn, I will carry only if they are truly sold out as I was that mirrored dirty filthy wretch I rebelled against Him. They have a choice still to bend or reap the whirlwinds coming....Thank God until up until our last breath are we STILL redeemable only through His blood. Your a man who deeply cares about the salvation and love of creation Richard.. Keep shining your light, love and profound wisdom discernment as always..
Your writes are always to engage inner reflection and stirring great emotions for the reader for world change for His good!
Peace to you & Michelle,
~ d
Broken... (Poetry) - 7/2/2024 11:55:33 AM
WOW very profound, and well thought out!
We all need to look in the mirror and ask God to show us our true selves.
God bless you Richard.
Sophistry (the politician’s poetry) (Poetry) - 6/28/2024 12:01:17 AM
I must admit,I feel terrified to make a comment on this incredible
and passionate poem.The power in it, and of it,quite intimidates me.I feel sad that America is going through such a tumultuous time and that is bringing out a lot of angry-passion,the sort that only true poets can express with such strong punch,as your poem has done.
For this far away Australian Granny,I can only watch and read all of my favourite American poets, and through all your words try to learn about what is really happening in your Country.I do love your very good and passionate poem. I can even ignore the one word in it that I have always hated,forgive me but I have always connected it with snobbery Richard,that word is 'riffraff.'
I just wish you could find another word instead of that so I could think
it was 100% perfect.
Australia is ALWAYS in Americas corner guys and gals,(EVEN in the times when we would rather not be,) so please get it all straightened out for all of our sake🕊Love to you and All of the USA.
Sophistry (the politician’s poetry) (Poetry) - 6/26/2024 11:34:41 PM
Well said, Richard! I cannot watch the news because it's so biased and full of rhetoric crap. Open borders, taxes beyond belief, IRS rangers, downgrading our police force, allowing crime to destroy a business, no right or wrong lines to guide society, my way or the highway rules, drugs distributed freely to any town, crime rising with illegals in every hood, homeless population growing out of control, drug addiction skyrocketing, lack of leadership from the top down. What else is NEWS?
Sophistry (the politician’s poetry) (Poetry) - 6/26/2024 12:19:57 PM
In the Islamic traditions there is a saying that People (countries, nations) get the leaders they deserve. I hope this isn't true. I certainly hope that we don't deserve the choice we are now faced with.
