Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Balances Comments

Rating: 4.3

In life
one is always
balancing
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Rose Marie Juan-austin 23 December 2024

A very discerning poem so beautifully expressed. Timeless!

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Tonia Nadeau 17 March 2024

I'm watching the new HBO documentary on Nikki. I'm woman with the spiritual color of PURPLE which understands that life is in the blood that flows through the course. The physical color of GREY who

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Tonia Nadeau 17 March 2024

I'm so inspired by Nikki. I grew up with balancing an abusive mother and submissive father, with abusive ex husband

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 March 2024

A very fascinating immortal poem, so many times read, still worth to be visited, a precious poem to keep.5 Stars and TFS

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 March 2024

On 22 July 2022, and on 31 January 2024 and today chosen again as The Modern Poem of the Day, immortal poem, a very fascinanting poem. Heartiest Congratulations! , der Nikki!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 31 January 2024

Chosen on 22 July 2022, and today on 31 January 2024. My heartiest Congratulations! TFS.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 December 2023

COBGRATS being chosen by Poem Hunter and Team to be The Modern Poem Of The Day. Truly crystal clear cutest poem!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 December 2023

I cite your last part: The pleasure of loneliness against the pain of loving you, a very sad poem full of melancholy but also full of intelligent thoughts and finalized by a genius finale. I love your poem, dear Nikki, this is immortal poem.

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This poem published on July 19,2006 was selected POD on 23 July 2022. After 16 long years! Better late than never!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 31 January 2024

NOW/TODAY this poem is chosen again, so close after this has been chosen on 23 December 2023

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 23 December 2023

A very discerning poem so well expressed.

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Richard Wlodarski 23 July 2022

A belated Congrats on POD, Nikki! Very well deserved. A very chilling last stanza. Throughout my life, mine intuitive self had always felt loving relationships coming to an end. And like yourself, I had to prepare myself for the balancing act.

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Sandra Feldman 21 July 2022

So rich and deep yet simple. Says so much in the most enchanting, far reaching and delicate human way! Loved this.

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Bharati Nayak 21 July 2022

Congratulations for your poem being selected 'Poem of the Day ' !

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Bharati Nayak 21 July 2022

Yes, we encounter myriad cases in life when we have to balance between two opposite things.I have also posted a poem namely 'Balancing'.Would you like to read the poem?

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Nabakishore Dash 21 July 2022

Balance everywhere in life is highly desirable.CONGRATS.

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Florence 25 January 2022

this is true beuaty

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Bharati Nayak 18 July 2021

and i've begun (as a reaction to a feeling) to balance the pleasure of loneliness against the pain of loving you---Yes, life is all about balancing.

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Mahtab Bangalee 17 August 2020

(as a reaction to a feeling) to balance the pleasure of loneliness against the pain of loving you.........yes; excellent poem shared......pleasure to read this poem.....To balance the happiness, pleasure, satisfaction in this earthly life is depending on the self mind; self-pleasure-happiness-satisfaction can balance all together

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 17 August 2020

Pleasure against pain to be balanced perfectly, well scripted 10++

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Khairul Ahsan 17 August 2020

Yes, life is all about balancing. 'the pleasure of loneliness against the pain of loving you' - best three lines of an otherwise dull poem. I agree to Luis Estable's comment entirely.

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