Comment from skye

Excellent

This fetid swamp I call my sty,
in dappled shadows here I lie,

This opening stanza caught me, and the remainder of the poem did not disappoint. You created a powerful image of gloom, of reliance on God, of faith, and of depression.
Excellent.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2015

Thanks Skye, your approval and first class comments, plus excellent rating, move me deeply, blessings, Roy

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

Wow, what a powerful opening to a six-star poem (and I have none to give). This fetid swamp I call my sty,
in dappled shadows here I lie.... this is brilliant, really sets the mood.

I suffer from chemical depression and have to be on meds evry day but once I take my pills, all is normal. Before I got the right meds, it was pure hell.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2015

Thanks for the great review and uplifting comments, I'm so glad you relate, Phyllis, blessings, my friend, Roy.

Comment from MissMerri

Excellent

An excellent expression of discouragement brought around to new hope. He is truly our hope and our light in a dark and dreary world. Thank you for sharing your truth with us. I cannot imagine life without Him. I always enjoy your musical lyrics and excellent rhymes, Roy. But more than that, I enjoy your straightforward presentation of a philosophy that makes perfect sense. You seem so "practical" and sensible in your approach to living. This is an excellent poem that illustrates perfectly all that I just said.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2015

Thanks Adonna, your approval and first class comments, they are so important to me, plus excellent rating,blessings, Roy.

Comment from Louise Michelle

Excellent

Hi Roy,

You did a good job exploring depression. I think if more young people were raised on strong faith, hope and positive parents, there would be less teen suicides. You said this so well with: I know in God my lion roared

Hugs,
Lou

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank you Lou, for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful. Yes we had an email today that a close friend's teenage granddaughter daughter committed suicide due to depression, blessings, Roy.

Comment from MsPetra

Excellent

Your poem is very well written. Your rhyme and meter were spot on.
I also liked that it had a deeper meaning.
There isn't anything I would change.
Please keep writing. I will be looking for more from you.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank Petra, for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful. Yes we had an email today that a close friend's teenage daughter committed suicide due to depression, blessings, Roy.

Comment from Pancho Kid

Excellent

Hi Roy
Some of your phrasing is on the nail when it comes to describing depression. 'That filtered image', for example, and in lines 5 and 6 you strongly evoke its insidious nature. I don't get depression, just temporarily pissed off, but I've spent a lot of time with people for whom it seems to be a recurring sickness....they're often the strongest and the best, but the black dog lays them low. The refusal to listen to 'whispered doom' is probably what saves non sufferers like you and me. Strong compassionate words as usual, and some thoughts for the faithless amongst us too.
Cheers Pancho Kid

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank you, for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful, blessings, Roy.

reply by Pancho Kid on 03-Jul-2015

As always R, you're welcome.
PANCHO

reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thanks

Comment from dmt1967

Excellent

The picture is like the clouds opening and gold pouring out. The poem matches the picture and both are very magical. I enjoyed reading this poem a lot and thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank you, for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful, blessings, Roy.

Comment from Brabazon

Excellent

Sir, the poems are often highly encrypted, but I don't like giving up on reading them. In the end, I still scrape the message.

This poem is about faith, believing what God can do through faith, because he knows you exist and remembers you need him. It rhymes with that song by Army Grant that says "... everywhere i go, i hear your voice clear and loud. everywhere i go, you are the light that i see ..."

I was captivated by the ease of the rhymes and the tone of solemness in the poem.

I had a beautiful evening reading this.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank you, for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful, blessings, Roy.

Comment from TamzinWhite

Excellent

Good imagery. It's interesting how easy it is to relate to walking in darkness... for that is precisely what we are doing... isn't it?

Thanks for sharing a faith promoting, inspirational piece of writing.

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank you Tamzin , for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful, blessings, Roy.

Comment from Dawn Munro

Excellent

It seems to me you've nailed it, Roy - there's an abundance of mocking and taunting and jeering, I think, and your poem says it so well - "that filtered image steals my sight"... Sadly, it's not just youth, but elderly too; a very real danger nearly impossible to overcome, sometimes even for the faithful...

 Comment Written 03-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thank you Dawn, for this wonderful review, most encouraging comments and exceptional rating, I am most grateful, blessings, Roy.

reply by Dawn Munro on 03-Jul-2015

Always a pleasure, Roy. :)

reply by the author on 03-Jul-2015

Thanks Dawn,