A Simple Query
Who are you?16 total reviews
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Hello, Tom,
Excellent entry for the Who Are You? contest. I am like you and I have a few friends too. But I have to be me. I think honesty is Paramount. Good luck in the contest.
Gypsy hugs
reply by the author on 06-Oct-2022
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Hello, Tom,
Excellent entry for the Who Are You? contest. I am like you and I have a few friends too. But I have to be me. I think honesty is Paramount. Good luck in the contest.
Gypsy hugs
Comment Written 06-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 06-Oct-2022
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Rsvp ? nevermind ? 🙈👀
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LoL (*<>*)
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On this we do agree. May fair winds be at our backs.
Comment from evilynne
Well, that's good. We are all are who we are, and we gladly accept you as you are. Your poem is an interesting take on this. Best of luck in the contest. Evi
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2022
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Well, that's good. We are all are who we are, and we gladly accept you as you are. Your poem is an interesting take on this. Best of luck in the contest. Evi
Comment Written 03-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2022
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Maybe ? I would with electric shock treatment. Maybe. Thanks for the review.
Comment from BermyBye50
Tom,
This is an intriguing and insightful entry in the Who Are You? contest. It begs the question "Be careful what you ask for." You are you and that is all who you can be. Thanks for sharing the insight.
All the best in the contest,
Eugene
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2022
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Tom,
This is an intriguing and insightful entry in the Who Are You? contest. It begs the question "Be careful what you ask for." You are you and that is all who you can be. Thanks for sharing the insight.
All the best in the contest,
Eugene
Comment Written 01-Oct-2022
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2022
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Thanks. May all be well with you and yours.
Comment from Thomas Blanks
"...I depart, I ask," (Looks like an extra space here before "ask")
This was an interesting poem, but I wasn't sure if this was the boy in the phot speaking or not.
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2022
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"...I depart, I ask," (Looks like an extra space here before "ask")
This was an interesting poem, but I wasn't sure if this was the boy in the phot speaking or not.
Comment Written 28-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2022
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No, the boy's picture was a face that look queried. It fit the text. Be well. T.B.
Comment from Ric Myworld
Needing a macadamia crust to protect the soft and mushy middle tells the truth about many. But we softer than most, mustn't forget to never show weakness. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2022
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Needing a macadamia crust to protect the soft and mushy middle tells the truth about many. But we softer than most, mustn't forget to never show weakness. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 28-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2022
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So, it's ok 2b tough to crack (understand)?
Comment from Wendy G
I like your freshness and originality. Yes, be yourself, and be true to yourself, and if others can't accept you, it may well be their loss. Thoughtful, and very honest. Well done!
Wendy
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2022
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I like your freshness and originality. Yes, be yourself, and be true to yourself, and if others can't accept you, it may well be their loss. Thoughtful, and very honest. Well done!
Wendy
Comment Written 28-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2022
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Well, even if I wanted to, how would someone at my age go about being something else. I am like a WRY loaf of bread with seeds. Thank you.
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Lol. Yes, you are quite unique, as are we all, and that diversity is great.
Wendy
Comment from pome lover
well. Mr.Tom, I would guess that most people have been taught to tell the truth. However, there are truths and there are truths; meaning different people see things differently, believe in things differently. ex: Dems and Repubs. Each thinks the other is wrong. So, my response to you is, if your "truth" is hurtful to me, personally, no, I wouldn't like it nor think well of you for saying it. And I certainly wouldn't deliberately say something to hurt you.
Now, an argument over something important is different. Both sides can say their piece WITHOUT INSULTING the other person. Biden and Trump, both could use a dose of tact.
To me, and I think to most people, the person who can prove his point by his intelligence and knowlege of facts, instead of just his opinion, is the person of reason, an admirable person.
For instance, Biden calling Republicans the biggest threat to our Democracy, was absolutely inexcusable and he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with saying it - especially in his address to the nation. But their game has always been to blame others for their shortcomings and actions.
So, I guess my question to you for your question in your last stanza, is,
are there any circumstances in which you would hold your tongue if what you felt like saying would hurt another's feelings even if you knew you were right?
And I am NOT talking about all this "feelings" stuff they're teaching our military, etc.
Sorry this is so longwinded. I just wondered, since you asked.
Katharine
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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well. Mr.Tom, I would guess that most people have been taught to tell the truth. However, there are truths and there are truths; meaning different people see things differently, believe in things differently. ex: Dems and Repubs. Each thinks the other is wrong. So, my response to you is, if your "truth" is hurtful to me, personally, no, I wouldn't like it nor think well of you for saying it. And I certainly wouldn't deliberately say something to hurt you.
Now, an argument over something important is different. Both sides can say their piece WITHOUT INSULTING the other person. Biden and Trump, both could use a dose of tact.
To me, and I think to most people, the person who can prove his point by his intelligence and knowlege of facts, instead of just his opinion, is the person of reason, an admirable person.
For instance, Biden calling Republicans the biggest threat to our Democracy, was absolutely inexcusable and he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with saying it - especially in his address to the nation. But their game has always been to blame others for their shortcomings and actions.
So, I guess my question to you for your question in your last stanza, is,
are there any circumstances in which you would hold your tongue if what you felt like saying would hurt another's feelings even if you knew you were right?
And I am NOT talking about all this "feelings" stuff they're teaching our military, etc.
Sorry this is so longwinded. I just wondered, since you asked.
Katharine
Comment Written 27-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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I would never say something intentionally to harm another but unintentionally is another note for I much too often engage my lips, generally in response, before thinking what the outcome may be. I have never been in a heated argument or fisticuffs, perhaps for my physicality is imposing at 6'6 300 ++ lbs. idk. I simply let it fly, thinking what I say is more right than most.
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it probably is. :)
Comment from Sandra Nelms-Ludwig
Mr. Tom, somehow, I knew a poem about you would reveal the things you have written. You are an honest broker; you say your piece and then have your peace. The poem was presented clearly except in one area. I am unsure what you intended to say here} the path I walked apparently
calloused me insensitive (Are you saying the paths you traveled made you callous and that means others may think you are insensitive. Clarity is needed in that section. The rest is great!
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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Mr. Tom, somehow, I knew a poem about you would reveal the things you have written. You are an honest broker; you say your piece and then have your peace. The poem was presented clearly except in one area. I am unsure what you intended to say here} the path I walked apparently
calloused me insensitive (Are you saying the paths you traveled made you callous and that means others may think you are insensitive. Clarity is needed in that section. The rest is great!
Comment Written 27-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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Truth is as you defined in a sense for I rarely thought what others think. Maybe a comma after walked? Your thought?
Thanks for reading and commenting.
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It needs a bit more than a comma for clarity. This is what I would do.
the path I walked,
apparently calloused me
made me at times insensitive
Doing your line breaks like this and adding 4 words would make it clearer. It just a suggestion. I will not be hurt if you reject it. You are always welcome.
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I bantered it with myself and came to an in-between settling as "the path I walked apparently calloused my sensitivity,
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It's because you are tenacious! It is now clear. I like it! Not that you care if I do or not! LOL
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Tom, move the word ask next to the last line over one or two spaces.
Comment from karenina
"Worser worse is poetic license, leave it be."
Oh Tom, what a priceless author's comment! Demonstrating everything you said in your poem! You are not unkind, but you are uncompromising-
Do you see yourself as insensitive? Perhaps at first blush, I may have thought that... As I've read more and more of your work, I think you are selling yourself short!
Karenina
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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"Worser worse is poetic license, leave it be."
Oh Tom, what a priceless author's comment! Demonstrating everything you said in your poem! You are not unkind, but you are uncompromising-
Do you see yourself as insensitive? Perhaps at first blush, I may have thought that... As I've read more and more of your work, I think you are selling yourself short!
Karenina
Comment Written 27-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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Spot on, gal. I never mean to be insensitive but being Polish there is a genetic trait for kibitzing that naturally flows from me as a river to the sea, which may be deterred by a dam but as the pond fulls, the river always wins. Thanks for your comments.
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Polish? Really? I'm part German/Dutch and my dad was always kibitzing at every card game!
I Googled:
"Kibitzer, from the Yiddish kibitser, came to that language from the German word kiebitzen, meaning "to look on (at cards)." Kiebitzen may or may not be derived from a German word for " lapwing ," a type of bird noted for its shrill and raucous cry.
Kibitzer Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster"
It's Yiddish? But a Polish trait? I've known lots of kibitzers, of all nationalities!
I think it's been adopted by lot's and lots of us who like to put our two cents in!
(smile)
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Interesting!
Comment from Sally Law
This is a wonderful description of yourself, and unapologetically so. I enjoyed the question asked, and I would have to say it sits well with me. I am married to someone very much like you. It's worked well for 47 years.
Sending along my very best today as always in my best wishes for the upcoming contest, Sally :))
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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This is a wonderful description of yourself, and unapologetically so. I enjoyed the question asked, and I would have to say it sits well with me. I am married to someone very much like you. It's worked well for 47 years.
Sending along my very best today as always in my best wishes for the upcoming contest, Sally :))
Comment Written 27-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2022
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Then, I must say if your HE is like Me, you must be a sister-saint to my wife who has stood by my side for 43 years. I am hoping for a coattail affect as she approaches the pearly gate for I think not that I am a candidate for sainthood. :-o
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My husband says I am deeply loved. Whether I am as perfect as your wife is unlikely. :))
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