| From | Comment about poem or author | Response Country | Response Added |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Zahlaijah, wrote this after my husband died, and emotions in turbulaent state ... | Australia | 8/25/2009 9:49:08 PM |
| Zahlaijah Lozada | this is a very beautiful poem it feels as though all of you emotions are in this poem as if all the pain in your heart is on paper wonderful piece !!! | USA | 8/25/2009 4:33:50 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Sylvie, remember feeling very detached from world when Bern died ... still feel that way sometimes ... | Australia | 5/13/2009 1:51:57 AM |
| Sylvie | This is a beatifully written poem Lee.
These are the same raw emotions I felt when my husband went off to war. | Canada | 5/12/2009 8:56:44 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Joan for your kind response ... still hard to believe he's gone ... | Australia | 2/14/2009 5:24:36 AM |
| Joan Stanton | I am revisiting this one Lee. Your way with words paints a picture just like my paintbrushes do. You are a great poet Lee. Chin up. | USA | 2/13/2009 7:53:25 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Kanika, it seems feelings of grief take the colour from the world for quite a while ... | Australia | 2/13/2009 9:18:56 AM |
| Kanika Khanna | Amazing poem, Lee. Winters with my mother used to be great. This year its just all grey. | India | 12/22/2008 11:28:40 AM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks A. Sulaiman for your generous and eloquent comments ... this poem 'wrote itself' after my husband died ... | Australia | 11/18/2008 3:56:32 AM |
| A. Sulaiman | A very wonderful piece of art to read and feel. There is an intimate relationship between your emotion and nature in each line of this poem. You never imagine a separation of souls between lovers. This is why your emotions are tightly united 'not separated' with nature. Unity of souls and eternal life is the big question in your poem. Great Lee Emmett. So great indeed! | Lebanon | 11/17/2008 7:38:32 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Mohammed, was very raw when wrote this ... | Australia | 11/8/2008 1:34:01 AM |
| Mohammed Al-shormani | really great!! | Yemen | 11/7/2008 11:28:41 AM |
| really great!!
all the best | | 11/7/2008 11:28:06 AM |
| Lee | thanks Anon, wrote this soon after Bern died | | 10/15/2008 1:10:06 PM |
| I love the way you bring the leaves into this heartfelt poem | | 10/15/2008 7:21:40 AM |
| thanks for your kind response Ulysses ... will look out for your poems ... | | 9/12/2008 1:15:36 PM |
| Ulysses Cabance | I like the choice of words in this seasonal type of poem. Keep up the good work Lee. Keep in touch for more. Hope youll support my entries also for this upcoming judging. Feel free to post your comments also | Philippines | 9/12/2008 4:12:21 AM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Sammie, wrote this very soon after Bern died ... and the images and words just came 'out of nowhere' ... this 'emptiness' seems to be the source of some of my more 'inspired' poems ... | AUSTRALIA | 9/1/2008 11:08:21 PM |
| sammie bagley | a wonderful write, you took your time with word placement to make this excelent write | USA | 9/1/2008 8:10:26 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks for reading, Paul ... life's never the same when you lose your best mate ... people have been very kind ... | AUSTRALIA | 8/28/2008 5:00:10 AM |
| Paul Butters | A moving, sensuous poem in a sad sort of way. Excellent write. Best wishes. Paul. | UK | 8/27/2008 6:55:19 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Constantinos, my life lost a lot of colour when he died ... | AUSTRALIA | 8/21/2008 7:27:46 AM |
| Constantinos Grigoriadis | Very colorful.
Nice work ! | Greece | 8/21/2008 3:06:08 AM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Jack ... we have a mountain range in Australia called the Great Divide running down the east coast ... unconsciously used the imagery ... death seems to be the ultimate, irrevocable separation ... | AUSTRALIA | 8/10/2008 8:39:25 AM |
| Jack Hurley | i enjoyed this poem..very moving | USA | 8/9/2008 11:32:34 AM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Marie, wrote it a couple of months after Bern died ... just came with the sadness ... | AUSTRALIA | 7/20/2008 9:09:07 AM |
| Marie Smith | this poem is beautiful lee, it really touched me | UK | 7/19/2008 1:49:48 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Faton ... think said somewhere earlier that this poem wrote itself from deep within ... never believed for one moment that Bern would die, even though he was in the ICU for a few weeks, until the final meeting with medical people who confirmed all his organs were failing ... our son and daughter and I said good luck as he voluntarily was sedated to undergo tests on his lungs ... and never realised it would be his final words ... | AUSTRALIA | 7/15/2008 9:02:22 PM |
| faton ratkoceri - Kosova | ah so touching, i only came across this one today, it moved me, wonderful, thank you Lee :) | Kosova | 7/15/2008 2:50:34 PM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Melanie, written at the very lowest point of my life ... | AUSTRALIA | 6/22/2008 12:30:16 PM |
| Melanie Pering | Lee, I really feel this poem...the way you describe the scene I feel that I am there. This is absolutely one of my favorites.
Award Winner!!!!! | USA | 6/22/2008 12:06:32 AM |
| Lee Emmett | thanks Faton ... there's lots of really fine writers here ... keep opening new posts ... you'll see lots! | AUSTRALIA | 6/14/2008 6:08:33 AM |
| Faton Ratkoceri | simply wonderful, i loved it, i am late here, i only read it today, ah i missed soo soo much :)
lee you are becoming my favourite writer here :)) | UK | 6/13/2008 3:12:34 PM |
| Lee | thanks Joan ... I'm sure you miss your partner too ... still haven't worked out what to do with myself ... writing is keeping me going in some strange way ... and making new poet-friends ... | AUS | 5/19/2008 4:29:56 AM |
| Joan Stanton | Lee,
You are a wonderful writer. This one really hit home and so did another you wrote. I lost mine to cancer, and though I miss him, I was glad for his sake that he would suffer no more. Lost a daughter the same way. You will be fine. | USA | 5/18/2008 5:38:28 PM |
| Lee | you might be thinking of Dione Warwick ... 'always something there to remind me ... I was born to love you ... and I will never be free ... you'll always be a part of me ... whoaa ...' or something like that ... believe you can google lyrics ... | AUS | 4/9/2008 10:40:57 AM |
| thelma | While reading this again Lee reminded me of lyrics in a song , "there is always something there to remind me" if that makes any sense to you. Can't remember the name of song, but the lyrics have special meaning, as does your wonderful poem, "Leaves" | australia | 4/9/2008 9:41:05 AM |
| Lee | Thanks kind Meriki ... having a few teary times myself at the moment ... take care of you!!! | AUS | 4/9/2008 9:17:53 AM |
| much love, Meriki * | Loved reading this again, & crying for you again beautiful Lee. | Australia | 4/8/2008 10:06:50 PM |
| Lee | thanks Jude for your kind response ... unimaginably sad to love and lose partner in life ... poem wrote itself ... | AUS | 2/15/2008 7:01:46 PM |
| jude | quite touching and sober, i like this val special. pls keep riding on this path of tender thoughts.. Thanks | NIGERIA | 2/15/2008 9:23:00 AM |
| Lee | Thanks Samed Olukoya, appreciate fellow poets' responses ... very raw when it 'wrote itself' after husband's death ... suppose believe we all have capacity to express love and pain, each in our own unique way ... | AUS | 2/12/2008 11:06:26 PM |
| Samed Olukoya | Wow!! this is a great poem and i so much appreciate your uniqueness as a writer. Just keep it up. | Nigeria | 2/11/2008 7:44:44 AM |
| Lee | Kierra, thank you for your kind responses ... it is very encouraging ... all the best | AUS | 1/31/2008 8:26:42 AM |
| kierra reed | love you 4 show lee emmett | monroe | 1/30/2008 3:35:23 PM |
| kierra reed | i love this peom and i want to have this peom thank you for this wonderful peom | monroe | 1/30/2008 3:33:50 PM |
| Lee | Thanks Thelma and Tancred, Poet-friends have really helped me through my most difficult year - very grateful for support and encouragement. All the best for 2008! | AUS | 1/6/2008 7:19:32 AM |
| tancred | "...they drop silently to hide
in the wasteland of leaves which other feet will crush with indifference."
I love this poem, Lee, and I love that line. It says a lot about how the world goes on around us, indifferent to our suffering. It reminds me a lot of the song lyrics 'why does the sun keep on shining/why does the sea rush to shore/don't they know it's the end of the world/it ended when you said goodbye" | malaysia | 1/3/2008 7:32:56 PM |
| thelma | Dear Lee
Such a beautiful heartwarming award winning top poem, of 2007
wishing you well for 2008. | australia | 1/3/2008 5:53:55 PM |
| Lee | Thanks for your kind comment, Ron. | AUS | 12/27/2007 7:02:41 AM |
