<{Baba^Yaga}>21 Jun 2003

Not precisely, but upon further review of your poetry i came to the abrupt conclusion that you were born to be a poet, and I just wanted to let you know that I've studied your work to improve my own. Because poetry is everything to me. Like the way you cinch it up at the end nice and undeniable, leaving the reader breathless and smitten, I just love that, you're great at that, and how you build and release and connect dots most are completely oblivious too, by merging symbolism with fact and folklore and love and longing and mundane routines and life. I just wanted to let you know that I'm not (oblivious), and I think you're an extraordinarilly gifted writer. Now, back to me. lol. I wrote a sestina today, the first on poemranker. It was like bench pressing a lead bellied midget with no thyroid, but I believe I nailed it. I only lost a foot digit and my pants. Also I wanted to thank you for your direct criticism and sharp feedback. I know most believe me to be heartless and cruel with my critiques, but I'm just sick, of belonging and loving an art form that leaves the artist in between the weekend poets and the greats. I want people to know that I live to write poetry first, and worry about feelings and smashed toes later. I mean, well, I paid my dues i can perform poetic surgery now and it just freaks me out to see weekend poets trying to perform a double bypass with a cracked ash tray and a billess hat. They're fucking everywhere. I'm buried under an ocean of them, and I just wish that they'd get off the pot or shit. I don't want to die an unknown prostitute. I want to belong to something. You know what I mean? Anyway, thanks for listening Christof you're a poet that i look up to, and I consider you as one of the best.