Mostly, if my posts attract comments, they are from names I “know”. My Graham Greene quote yesterday attracted quite a cryptic comment, with an obviously religious flavour, from somebody I had never even encountered before. I don’t know whether the quote upset this blogger but I thought about it overnight, and it prompted this little ditty today:
A strange encounter the other day,
A comment on a post, not sure what to say,
A quote by the author Graham Grene,
A nice, short quote on a religious theme.
Greene compared heresy to freedom of thought,
From such a wordsmith, a quotation well-wrought.
Ah yes, said the comment, God gives us free will,
A clear implication, designed to instill.
Not sure how to answer, I simply said Hi.
Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you stopped by.
But I thought to mysewlf that it’s all well and good,
As long as they know other trees in the wood.
For respect cuts ways, let us not misconstrue,
If you want my respect, you’ll respect my view too.
My will is my own, it’s straightforward and easy,
No gods and no masters, hope you don’t feel uneasy.
Mister Bump 
You’re such a master with words!
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says you, who does all of this in a foreign language! I successfully wrote a poem in French, but really childish stuff, dogs and cats etc.
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Like my poems in English 🙂 People underestimate the difficulty of writing a poem. I surely like to read yours! And thank you for the compliment 🙂
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My plan is to write 100 good poems, then to self-publish them on Kindle. But, I have only found 2 or 3 so far which are any good!
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That is such a good plan! 2 or 3 till now, you can practice on your blog and exercise that writing muscle!
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Yeah, that’s my plan. With Kindle, they take a high percentage but there is no initial cost (except preparing the content). They can even print hardcopies, if someone wanted to order it in paperback.
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That sounds really good. Thumbs up!
As long as the shipping isn’t out of whack for the paperback, it’s all good 😂
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Bear in mind, there’s no reason why any of us couldn’t do this, in fact I know some who have! I must admit I’m uncomfortable with Amazon, though. I might look at some others
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What an awesome goal. I would read your words.
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I just kinda think, why not? What’s the worst that can happen?
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But I should add, I haven’t actually done anything about it!
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In due time.
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Well said!!
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Welk said Pete
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I’m familiar with the blogger who commented on your post with the Graham Greene quote. She tends to leave comments on my posts having anything to do with religion, spirituality, or God. We’ve had several interesting exchanges and ultimately we agreed to respectfully disagree. But I’m glad she left her “cryptic” comment on your post because it prompted you to write this delightful poem.
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I hope they come back, there might be lots of common ground, irrespective of religion. I did look at their blog but I think the posts tended to be more overtly religious and I felt out of my comfort zone.
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