I'm a bit late to the party, but I wanted to say that I like how you mix nature and life in your poems. They have a gentle, relax feeling to them. I have lived in cities and in the country, but I have

I really like this one. That stanza of single-word lines is great. I generally try to follow grammar rules in my poetry, but I really ought to break them, like you did here, since it can have such a powerful

I did not say that I consider it the greatest sin. The Fall does have claim to the greatest tragedy in the spiritual sense - separation from God. "Greatest tragedy" here may be hyperbolic. I

Thanks! :)

Thanks! I hope that she enjoys it, though I think I like poetry more than she does. :D

Congratulations! And thanks!

I, too, am glad for @dbooster and his excellent haiku articles. I enjoy all of the haiku you have here, but that first one is truly excellent. It has the perfect twist for this day and age. It resonates

I really like this piece a lot. The feeling of loss is very clear. It is the kind of feeling that I get a lot when I read The Lord of the Rings.

Thanks for doing this! It was a tricky choice, since a couple of what I think are my better poems are not in my usual style (which should tell me something :D ). I will submit one of my alliterative pieces:

Here is my alliterative rendering: Peaceful pond Flying frog Poof!

For me, I always find it hard to write a short poem. Yours here says enough. I imagine more, but I think if you wrote more it would be hard not to make it tedious.

Thanks! Yeah, it may have been more realistic to have him NOT run to dinner. :D Maybe I am too fixated on food myself.

Thanks for the comment. Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I am glad it was surprising. I was not sure about the title. I wanted it to be meaningful without giving too much away.

Thanks! I appreciate it. :)

I feel like it must have been a much earlier version, because I didn't recall anything until the last stanza, which brought some memories of it back. :D That is a powerful ending.

Yeah, I understand. There are a number of things I disagree with him about (he was Catholic, I am Protestant, just for starters), but I really like how he used words and how he saw the world. Reading his

I like the quiet peacefulness of this. It really matches the topic of forgetfulness with its dreamy kind of feeling.

You tell a fun story here. I really like the opening stanza. I like the setting of it, and the end gives a bit to think about.

I really like this. You make the picture come alive. You breathe life into Arya.

I really enjoy what you do with haiku. You have picked some great ones and some great pictures to go along with them.