GregLanier's comments

I wish it was that good, Karl…’it’s a simple, country song.. Hopefully inspiring

“The Hollow Men”. Bravo! And thank you for what you do for this community.

Damn, Joe! We throw some choruses on those lines and people would be calling us “”Sir”! Wow…Broken Pieces is sweet! I can hear Chris Stapleton singing it, but I’d rather it’d be me. Let’s figure out how to work on this. more »

Dude, you are prolific. I’m trying to read thru all your works, but I keep coming back to, and re-reading, “Spiritual”. I personally don’t think it’s finished, but who am I to judge? I just know it grabbed me, and I really don’t know why, but there’s something there. Let it flow…and let it go. It truly is…spiritual. more »

I LOVE “Seaside that’s Mine Not Yours” Damn! Paints a portrait in my mind, my friend. Thank you for what you do!

Let’s work on “The Witch of Aberdeen”, bud. I can hear it already. Good stuff!

It’s ironic, Charlotte, that you and I both have poems called “Sometimes” and yours could be prologue to my inhibitions about posting it.

Michelle, I don’t mean to be vulgar, but “Very pleased to meet you” grabbed me by the nuts and twisted hard! Wow! Gem! You’ve got game, girl!

You! my dear. are a lyricist! Fading Moonlight is churning in my brain. It’s not finished, but I can play it and sing it already. GIVE ME MORE! You’re not Bernie Taupin, but I’m sure there’s some relation  more »

Tanya, read Vanity tonight. Loved it! For some reason makes me feel the same as when I read Paradise Lost. Are you a Fitzgerald descendant?

Molly…time to share

The Co-Existence…” is great. I can’t say I’ve fully absorbed it yet, but it harkens on themes between science and religion that I have often struggled with coexisting. I’m a son of a Pentecostal preacher in the Deep South that grew up to be a nuclear engineer. I’m sure you can appreciate the “co-existence” issues I feel when I go, on those rare occasions, home. Good job. more »

Mitch, see my comments on “Sentence”

This is good. It needs more! You’re opening up. The people that read our stuff have never lived it! They want to be in vogue because they are in the vicinity of those who’ve truly walked thru Hell, but don’t want the soot on their expensive clothes.

Fuck then! I’m not saying play to them. You’re playing to us…travelers just like you that express our pain thru words.

You’re tickling the tip of the iceberg here. Add more. Hell, we could make this a country song! more »

I think you’re on to something with “Nature…” Thomas. The line “
erect and strong, reach” is shockingly erotic in the middle of a sanguine soliloquy. You’ve got something there. It’s not ready for prime time, but you’re close. more »

Why won’t the writer write anymore, Zach?

Free Once Again has a lot of promise. Grabbed me! Polish it up and you’ve got a masterpiece.

Powerful!

Ruthie, A Drug Called Love has serious promise. Keep polishing. See my comment. Would love to collaborate.

Wow! You’ve got something here. Honestly, I don’t think you’ve finished polishing this gem, but it grabbed me from the first line.

Don’t stop polishing. You’re on to something here. Great stuff! more »

Wine Glass? Holy shit, bro! That’s visionary. I can’t express how VIVID that was to me. Jesus H! Wow! True soul, my brother.

Thanks, Dave. Bar Chatter is good! Needs a little more and I’d make it a song. Read your bio..,been there…let go of the life line, bud. You’re among friends that will save you before you drown. Give us the full measure…not just a couple of very creative lines. Inspire us with something spectacular. I know…that you know…you have it in you. more »

Thanks JhainDoh…keep reminding me of those good old gospel “spiritual”’s

Thanks Finding. I hope your pain will find a way to express itself in a positive way to help others.

You will find that us few, we precious few relative to the overall population, are all tortured souls. Very, very few wake up at 5 and say, “I want to be a poet!” We write because our tortured souls can’t NOT write about it. Some act…some sing…some write novels…some become politicians…but a few of us write poetry. You are among friends.

Trust me, I’ve been less uncomfortable baring my soul in an AA meeting. But I find…the more that I share…the more I find kindred spirits.

Share more. We will critic, but we will ALL applaud the effort. We all write stuff that’s iffy and expect the slings and arrows…but you will never be disrespected. Because you are part of a unique community of misfits that share a common bond with what we feel as God that no one who doesn’t have “it” will ever know. more »

I great stuff, bud. Spirituality has always been a motivator of me. My dad was a Pentecostal preacher in Atlanta. I’m white, but spent many a night in the pews of the black churches, feeling that tingling in my spine from the spiritual music.

This poem reminded me of something I heard. I’m not Jewish, but I’ve heard that the night before their highest holy day, they must first ask forgiveness for the people they have wronged AND those that have wronged them. The concept being that you can’t ask for forgiveness from sins unless you come clean, free of the saddles we all carry in some sort.

Great stuff. Keep writing. But better yet, keep inspiring! more »