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J.Staniforth

  • Narrative Poetry Re: Pheonix Flame: Human Pain

    I found the repetition in this poem a bit offputting, for example Life emerges, The future promises, The pheonix emerges It takes some thinking about to get your head around ...

    Jan 13, 2008
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Dewdrops and a sunrise.

    This is my first post here, so obviously I'm not exactly in tune with the usual forum etiquette that pervades through most of the message boards I've visited before online. ...

    Jan 13, 2008


I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good... then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness.
— Leo Tolstoy