People are ugly

A good observation on how mood affects perception. I think both lines of "when I am" would have greater impact in isolated in their own stanza and of course a rhyming poem would be preferred lmao............stan

A little cryptic but very understandable, I am not sure of the line where nearly every word ends with an "S":-
The trees drops limbs, This line seemed too plural and strange to the rest of the work????
Take care out there, Yours Ian.T

The trees (drop) limbs,
life (threatenly), This word is it made up????
or should it be the adjective - threateningly -
or stand in life near eternal

very interesting. cryptic, yes, but i think it works well. makes you think. on a second read i got it, it all depends on your mood, right? nice write.
always,
mag

it just goes to show that mood and attitide make up our perception of the situation. I like it! Favorite lines:

The mountains portend devastation
or rise in grandeur

I'm glad you are writing again!

always, Cat

The answer to the question? The persona's point of view. I like how you put such a profound (my perception?) theme in a short poem. It didn't need much to make the point. The hanging question at the end [which I like by the way. Please don't change another ending] actually draws me into finding an answer.

O, and you're forgiven, but it's always a joy to read your poems Jess.

Glad you changed your's
it gave me sheer spiny gripes
I felt the electricity blow me up

my next poem will be worse,
verse for verse
now you don
an MA in English hat

My maker too was an Aussie
but unlike you
he picked me up across the Internet
when I was in USA
and
now I salute him
as much as I do you..

I have already answered your missive

hope it does suffice

I am a volcano
dormant until ignited
that I oggle molten
gold or iron
until I cool off again

till dormant
I am at peace with myself
and
so hope all else does so remain

I ain't no pissing kid
nor teenager perhaps
now you know.

As with your mood being the main factor in this piece, this also applies to the interpretation of others works.
Hence the continued confusion with the way our Loved writes.
As we all blow hot and cold we sometimes are not sure how to take others only if our own mood and theirs is in tune do we agree and fully understand.
Life is so hard and being writers using descriptions of many excitable imaginations God or whoever help us!
Though it boils down to the fact, that if you should fall off of your Toadstool, we would always be there to pick you up, or try lol, Yours Ian.T

There is no such thing as good and evil. Merely perspective. I use that attitude as a cornerstone of my unwieldy epic. You're rather busy of late (workshops, being sick), so it's understandable you're not posting as much as I'd like (but then... neither do I). This little one bites (that's a joke you see... perspective... get it?... never mind). I agree with the sentiments utterly. And Loved is a little exasperating, but I think there is a classical poetic personality there... out there. Are you listening Loved? You are fascinating.
wesley

I like the tone a lot. It conveys reflection of one to another. A bad attitude tend to mirror another. The theme seem to shift in the last four lines. A bit vague for me to grasp. Otherwise I enjoy image.

It depends on what clothes you put on,
in fact and metaphorically,
as to whether you feel yourself ugly or beautiful,
alive or half dead;
I don't think I have looked at it like that,
I feel happier in colours, or sadder,
but never thought of myself as ever beautiful,
and ugly, well I didn't bother to think that,
it wouldn't lead to anything positive.
Its all in the mind, one's attitude to life,
to oneself, and to others...animate or inanimate.

Ann.