Why Can't You Love Me?
Our young dog, Daisy, thinking of our previous dog, Harry.16 total reviews
Comment from dragonpoet
Hi Michael,
This sounds like using the dog's feelings as a metaphor for human feelings about someone wanting to be loved by someone like someone loves their first love. Living in the present and not in the past.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
reply by the author on 07-Jan-2023
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Hi Michael,
This sounds like using the dog's feelings as a metaphor for human feelings about someone wanting to be loved by someone like someone loves their first love. Living in the present and not in the past.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
Comment Written 06-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 07-Jan-2023
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Good to hear from you Joan and thank you for your thoughtful review. Wishing you all the best for 2023!
Michael
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You?re welcome and thank you.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
Comment from Joanne Gill-Maddick
This is a nicely written poem. It has a great flow and rhyme beautiful photo to compliment your words as well.we may get other pets but they cant replace what's lost.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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This is a nicely written poem. It has a great flow and rhyme beautiful photo to compliment your words as well.we may get other pets but they cant replace what's lost.
Comment Written 05-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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My thanks for your kind and thoughtful review. Greatly appreciated.
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Your welcome
Comment from Eternal Muse
This cuts very deep, and is known to many. Agony of knowing that someone dear to you will never love you the way she loved another. And living with this realization every day. Alas, there is nothing stronger than first love, and it never dies.
Great imagery, visuals and presentation. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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This cuts very deep, and is known to many. Agony of knowing that someone dear to you will never love you the way she loved another. And living with this realization every day. Alas, there is nothing stronger than first love, and it never dies.
Great imagery, visuals and presentation. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Comment Written 05-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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I'm very grateful for your kind and most thoughtful review. With best of wishes from Michael.
Comment from Thesis
Having gone through a similar time when our beloved dog Molly passed on, our daughters coerced us to get get a new puppy. It hits home, because I began to compare this little one to my Molly. Thankfully, this didn't last long, and now she has become an integral part of our family. I will never forget or stop loving Molly, but I appreciate our new puppy Charlie, for who she is.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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Having gone through a similar time when our beloved dog Molly passed on, our daughters coerced us to get get a new puppy. It hits home, because I began to compare this little one to my Molly. Thankfully, this didn't last long, and now she has become an integral part of our family. I will never forget or stop loving Molly, but I appreciate our new puppy Charlie, for who she is.
Comment Written 05-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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Thank you so much for your kind and generous review! I'd like to think that Daisy is not as emotionally starved as her poem suggests, though she does have to put up with Harry's photos on the wall. I believe your thoughts on this subject are very similar to mine.
Comment from Boogienights
This is a very emotional poem and it made me feel so sorry for the current pet being ignored. Truly it's probably not the case, but it's how she feels.... how sad. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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This is a very emotional poem and it made me feel so sorry for the current pet being ignored. Truly it's probably not the case, but it's how she feels.... how sad. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 04-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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My thanks for your kind and thoughtful review. I'd like to think that what you suspect is true, in as much as Daisy receives more love than her poem suggests!
Comment from Ginda Simpson
A man's best friend doing what comes naturally, offering his owner unconditional love. This is an endearing verse, well written with great rhyming and flow.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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A man's best friend doing what comes naturally, offering his owner unconditional love. This is an endearing verse, well written with great rhyming and flow.
Comment Written 04-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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My thanks for your kind and thoughtful review.
Comment from Sarah Das Gupta
A sad poem with an elegaic feel. The use of questioning is very effective as it seems to be both self-questioning and questioning of a partner. The regular meter and rhyme give a sense of entrapment, the impossibility of moving on.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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A sad poem with an elegaic feel. The use of questioning is very effective as it seems to be both self-questioning and questioning of a partner. The regular meter and rhyme give a sense of entrapment, the impossibility of moving on.
Comment Written 04-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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I am grateful for your kind and well considered review. With very best wishes from Michael.
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Happy New Year!
Comment from susand3022
What a heartbreaker, Michael.
I can feel the pain pouring off the poem. I can also say... been there, done that... a lot!
In the words of the immortals...
"He loves her, she loves him, he loves somebody else, you just can't win."
This thing they call love is a messy thing for sure. Sounds to me like the two in the poem are both settling. The one because he can't have what he really wants, the other because he really wants what's in front of him but it's being withheld. Just so sad.
I wish them both luck.
Susan :)
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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What a heartbreaker, Michael.
I can feel the pain pouring off the poem. I can also say... been there, done that... a lot!
In the words of the immortals...
"He loves her, she loves him, he loves somebody else, you just can't win."
This thing they call love is a messy thing for sure. Sounds to me like the two in the poem are both settling. The one because he can't have what he really wants, the other because he really wants what's in front of him but it's being withheld. Just so sad.
I wish them both luck.
Susan :)
Comment Written 04-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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Thank you Susan, for your kind and very well considered review. You'll be pleased to know that Daisy is probably not as emotionally starved as her poem suggests! Very best wishes to you from Michael.
Comment from Ric Myworld
Since I don't know the first thing about poetry, I read very little. But whenever I'm about to post a story outside my comfort zone, I turn to reading poetry for inspiration. And wow, this one really hits home. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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Since I don't know the first thing about poetry, I read very little. But whenever I'm about to post a story outside my comfort zone, I turn to reading poetry for inspiration. And wow, this one really hits home. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 04-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 06-Jan-2023
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My thanks for your kind and thoughtful review. I must admit to not being a great reader of poetry, but I do like to inflict it on others! All the best from MIchael.
Comment from Jim Wile
This is a beautiful, sad poem, Michael. You would never know it was about a dog's first love without the picture and the beginning blurb, as it could apply equally well to a woman's first love. Very well done with great rhyming and an interesting, consistent meter.
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2023
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This is a beautiful, sad poem, Michael. You would never know it was about a dog's first love without the picture and the beginning blurb, as it could apply equally well to a woman's first love. Very well done with great rhyming and an interesting, consistent meter.
Comment Written 04-Jan-2023
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2023
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Thank you Jim, for your thoughtful and kind review, which is greatly appreciated.
