Re: Cupid Missed Two Junkies (slightly clearer, rambling draft) by Ranger	Dovina 70.38.78.229	16-May-06/1:27 PM
It’s much clearer now; I believe I get the gist of at least part of it. I like the use of Cupid to stand in for agape love - that's a nice analogy. "Arrow" is a bit confusing. You probably refer to Zeno’s arrow, a paradox where motion is rest. If so, then I think that’s too distant an allusion to expect even above average readers to get. The wrist nearly tearing is good because most people would say "hand tearing" which is probably not historically right. Consistency of the apple tree metaphor: Crimson spheres are imaginable, but emerald-colored apples are not, at least to me. I see other things going on here besides crucifixion. I’d like to see them all tie together somehow. Surely, you wish to show how these things are related.
Re: a comment on George and Samson by Edna Sweetlove	Edna Sweetlove 85.210.184.228	16-May-06/12:39 PM
What have bob jum and jim bob (who- or whatever they may be) got to do with my beautiful poem?
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	16-May-06/12:38 PM
Welcome back. But only when you're on my side.
Re: Supposition Now by MacFrantic	Edna Sweetlove 85.210.184.228	16-May-06/12:37 PM
Pretentious I feel. Tryst is mis-spelled too.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	16-May-06/12:36 PM
Regarding punctuation: In many of my poems, I do not put commas and periods at the ends of lines, where, grammatically speaking, they should be. I want the reader to pause at the end of each line. I think it makes the poem look better on paper.
Re: Always by freakything	Edna Sweetlove 85.210.184.228	16-May-06/12:36 PM
Quite nicely worded but more like prose broken up into arbitrary lines. Over-punctuated, I feel, with an excess of commas.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	16-May-06/12:36 PM
Frankly, I only saw that I was acting like Seuss after Alchemy mentioned it. I found a stack of his books at a garage sale, a fairly complete set, and can’t seem to get past the third grade mentality of liking them.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	16-May-06/12:35 PM
We are both lovers of Seuss, and lovers of vacation, apparently. You must just have returned from some horrible dive into depravity, otherwise you would have explained your absence. Such explanations are expected of any reputable ranker. I, striving for some degree of honor, hereby advise everyone that on 5/25 I will depart this prestigious site in favor of two months of bicycling in Canada, and will check in here only occasionally. But I can’t be too harsh, having just received a flattering 10. For that I thank you and return a little Seuss: “Just say what you want. You want pickles on trees? Want to swing through the air on a flying trapeze? Just say what you want, and whatever you say, you’ll get on Octember the First.”
Re: a comment on A Snap Shot by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.44	16-May-06/12:16 PM
I'll send a couple of them to your e.mail add.
Re: a comment on A Snap Shot by amanda_dcosta	Niphredil 132.69.238.35	16-May-06/11:24 AM
Do you have an online gallery, I wonder? I'd be interested in seeing your work :-) and how it works with the poetry you write.
Re: a comment on To Brittany by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.44	16-May-06/10:26 AM
Thank you Paul. I really appreciate the time you take to read my poems.
Re: a comment on To Brittany by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.44	16-May-06/10:25 AM
Thank you.
Re: a comment on A Snap Shot by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.44	16-May-06/9:53 AM
Niphredil, thankyou. The setting is actually from my painting. The boat was either way stationary (as in the picture), and time stood still is to indicate that I could view the picture for all the time in the world without expecting it to change. Thought I'd give you an insight ino what started it all. Altogether, my poem's better than my painting. More like expressing it in words, what I couldn't achieve through paint.
Re: a comment on A Snap Shot by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.44	16-May-06/9:46 AM
Thankyou. It's nice to know my work is appreciated.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	ALChemy 71.75.176.68	16-May-06/7:20 AM
No one can emulate him in my mind. No one else would spend months limited to using only a 3rd grade vocabulary to write such perfectly unforgetable poetry.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	Ranger 62.252.32.15	16-May-06/6:58 AM
The Dr. is an enduring legend, anyone who can emulate him deserves fair recognition.
Re: a comment on George and Samson by Edna Sweetlove	Ranger 62.252.32.15	16-May-06/6:55 AM
A fair point, although after poemranker I will always feel that Jim Bob is just a second-rate offering to Bobjim.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	ALChemy 71.75.176.68	16-May-06/6:44 AM
or "she" in quotations.
Re: a comment on The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	ALChemy 71.75.176.68	16-May-06/6:41 AM
Admit it, you're just mad 'cause she only let her father get to first base.
Re: The Prodigal Daughter by Dovina	ALChemy 71.75.176.68	16-May-06/6:38 AM
There's a slight Dr. Suess quality in your rhythm that intentional or not is freekin' ingenious.