Comment from l.raven

Excellent

Hi Jay, your poem touched my heart my
sweet friend...

in God's time we will all be in Heaven...
we will be with our loved ones passed...

for now...you have an amazing talent for
writing sweet guy...and were glad your here
with us...

I love your poem...so very touching...and very well written...love Linda xxoo

 Comment Written 14-May-2022

Comment from Debi Pick Marquette

Excellent

Dearest Jay, as I was reading this poem last night, I felt compelled to write a poem for you that may easier explain how this one touched me. You are a remarkable poet and I am proud to be one of your peers, as I admire your writing so. This poem was beautifully written, but made me somewhat sad, and that is why I felt destined to honor you in a short poem that I hope you are ok sharing with others who are also friends and great fans of yours. Bless you friend for all the joy that you share on this platform, and I wish you more years of dazzling us with your wisdom and beautiful poetry. Debi

 Comment Written 13-May-2022

Comment from Bill Schott

Exceptional

This poem, Those Final Years, grips me and reminds me that life is best when lived in packs. Getting out ahead may find us alone with no one trailing. I hope there is more art than truth in your work here, jaybird.

 Comment Written 13-May-2022

Comment from dmt1967

Excellent

I like the fact there is no picture as the poem is powerful and to add a picture might take something away from the words. I enjoyed reading this poem. Thank you for sharing and take care.

 Comment Written 13-May-2022

Comment from Beri Bee

Excellent

What a wonderfully written poem full of aching wisdom! It is the long look back, the forging forward alone. It doesn't come to everyone but to many. The poet offers comfort in their clear voice of experience and willingness to face what's ahead. Thanks! Great poem!

 Comment Written 13-May-2022

Comment from Val Crisson

Excellent

WOW, do I get this, as I am seventy four. Such a beautifully written sonnet on growing old - " my words and deeds left unread" Well they certainly weren't in beautiful piece. Very thought provoking.

 Comment Written 13-May-2022

Comment from Sandra Nelms-Ludwig

Excellent

I typically enjoy free verse more, but this rhyming poem is well-written.
I enjoyed reading it. I hope to read other poems you have posted on this site. You are 98 and write better than some much younger. Keep on writing. Blessings to you.

 Comment Written 13-May-2022

Comment from Carol Hillebrenner

Excellent

This is a beautiful poem and one I certainly understand as I've passed my 3/4 of a century and was never expected to survive childhood. The road gets steeper every day as those in our lives go on ahead of us, but I know I'll see them all again. God's blessings on you. You might want to use an apostrophe in There(')s no one . . .

 Comment Written 12-May-2022

Comment from Aussie

Exceptional

God bless you dear friend. Take all the knowledge with you, everything you have learnt over the years. Then you can sit on God's golden shore and see your wife and meet your family once more. Death is only a transition to real life. "There is no death tho' eyes grow dim, there is no death when I think on Him." You are loved. K xx

 Comment Written 12-May-2022

Comment from dragonpoet

Excellent

Jay,
This is a good Shakespearean sonnet about the love you have for your wife and friends and how you know you will you see her again. Congratulations for the all time best status
Joan

 Comment Written 12-May-2022