Sunday, July 26, 2009

An Insistent Knocking Comments

Rating: 4.8

Life, said the old poet
is an insistent knocking
on doors that won't open
into houses
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Percy Dovetonsils
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* Sunprincess * 30 May 2014

.............a marvelous poem.....and congratulations on member poem of the day...enjoyed...

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Nathan Coppedge 30 May 2014

An admirable poem. Thank you. And I invite anyone to visit my poems on this site (link on my profile) . Abstract, urban idealism.

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Jasbir Chatterjee 30 May 2014

I liked this poem very much...in the end, I guess, everyone becomes homeless and the feeling of being at home is only a short-lived illusion...

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Gajanan Mishra 30 May 2014

looking for a new house, I like it, thanks.

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Smoky Hoss 31 October 2013

Be careful he doesn't run you over on his way out...

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Leslie Philibert 30 May 2013

Great! all the comments fit, one of the best poems on this site

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Howard Leek 30 May 2013

Made me really think, enjoyed the poem especially as you can read however many times and not get bored of thought. cheers

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Babatunde Aremu 30 May 2013

Very philosophical and nice. Life is transient

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Captain Cur 30 May 2013

Loved the poem. I believe doors were made to keep us in, not out.

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Virtually flawless stanzaic structure & cadence highlights and fuels this fine display of contemporary free verse. Close-out line speaks volumes & delivers with poetic power...~FjR~

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Patti Masterman 17 February 2012

I have found that one of the hardest lessons- not that I ever felt myself to be superior, no my inclination ran in the opposite direction from superiority- but the older I grow the more I must admit, we're all much the same, in every way that counts.

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Martin O'Neill 17 February 2012

I have read this through several times. It delights each time. Percy - I like reading your work.

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Stephen Stirk 26 July 2009

Much truth in here I feel Best Steve

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