Re: a comment on Breakfast by Dhanesh M Kumar	Blue Magpie 212.205.251.83	10-Mar-06/9:03 AM
And how many Americans have been killed by other Americans, in America during the same time (including car "accidents"), perhaps these statistics aught to be always shown togther, just to help keep people informed of course. Not to mention the other countries. And lets not ask how many people have been murdered in Dafur during the same period.
Re: a comment on The Tale of Hominus Ominus by Blue Magpie	Blue Magpie 212.205.251.83	10-Mar-06/8:52 AM
Yeah, your probably right, it was 'all dried', and I think I had a brain typo when I took it out. Thanks for the comment and the 10.
Re: a comment on Breakfast by Dhanesh M Kumar	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Mar-06/8:22 AM
I thought I already told you who to hold accountable. It's Rumsfeld, he's the biggest factor. Don't believe me? See for yourself: http://www.wxii12.com/helenthomas/7615012/detail.html Bush wouldn't even go along with Rumsfeld's plan until he promised he'd take all the blame if it went wrong. Bush is just another talking head like all the previous presidents since Nixon, although Reagan had some brilliant moments scaring the hell out of Gorbachev.
Re: a comment on There by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Mar-06/7:48 AM
Turkey just made they're most expensive film to date about how American soldiers kidnap Turkish women and children, kill them and sell their organs to an American Jewish doctor. They also storm into a wedding and mercilessly kill all the men, women and children on the spot for apperently no reason, all in graphic detail. So I guess Turkey hunting season is about to begin. http://www.nysun.com/article/27250
Re: a comment on Breakfast by Dhanesh M Kumar	ecargo 167.219.88.140	10-Mar-06/7:29 AM
"Our own ecargo"--ah, how warm and cosy it makes me feel. "South Bend--it sounds like dahncing." DA, you know I adore you (I do), and I agree with you on a surprising number of points, but I think you're the one being idealistic (and neocon idealism I don't buy). How surprising. You're probably right that eventually Iraq was going to melt down into a bloody mess, but who's to say it would have been as bloody and messy as what we've precipitated? You seem to be among those who think that it's pointless to keep on about how we got there in the first place. I disagree. I'd like to see some accountability. I doubt I ever will, though. (American Idol is on, after all, and news has a *responsibility* to cover, endlessly, whichever pretty blond girl has gone missing lately.) I'm not particularly "anti-war" (in the knee-jerk sense), and, I hope, not "pious" about the opinions I hold--but I do have strong feelings about the way this war was sold, rubber stamped, and has been conducted ever since. I admit, I'm conflicted about our mideast misadventure. Now that we're there, I agree with you that we need to see it through, whatever it takes. I don't think that our "wreckless" (awesomely ironic typo) neocon cabal--the ones who made such gross errors in executing their little plan at every stage of this affair--are the ones to achieve those long-term goals, though. Mostly, though, I'm practical and endlessly cynical about politics, and I don't think we (and I mean the U.S. citizenry and our cowardly, ass-covering politicians and our counterparts among the so-called "coalition") have the long-term will or wherewithal to achieve the kind of long-term rebuilding and "democracy building" that you're talking about. I hope I'm wrong. As for the limp "ending," I think it was more of a sidestep. I only have so much energy. (Her nose, by the way.)
Re: a comment on Breakfast by Dhanesh M Kumar	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Mar-06/7:19 AM
It'd never happen but he does stand a great chance of becoming Governer of California.
Re: a comment on A Failed Proposition Under The Night Sky by Ranger	LilMsLadyPoet 152.163.100.10	10-Mar-06/7:05 AM
:) no problem...and good luck.
Re: a comment on Piano by Dovina	INTRANSIT 205.188.117.6	10-Mar-06/6:11 AM
A large stringy mouth like a whales baleen. That thought occured to me as well.
Re: The Tale of Hominus Ominus by Blue Magpie	INTRANSIT 205.188.117.10	10-Mar-06/6:03 AM
"til his tears were dried " I think is off a half beat. not really enough to worry about. Groooooovy ,man.
Re: a comment on Teaching Beetles To Swim by Bobjim	Bobjim 84.9.160.206	10-Mar-06/5:13 AM
Clearly my methods need not have been quite so perplexing and grim then.
Re: Teaching Beetles To Swim by Bobjim	Blue Magpie 212.205.251.37	10-Mar-06/5:08 AM
The last verse is a little surprising, because thousands of species of beetles already know how to swim, in fact many spend their whole lives swimming. Apart from this it was funny and well turned out.
Re: Last flight of a goose by Bobjim	Blue Magpie 212.205.251.37	10-Mar-06/5:03 AM
I would have said 'the goose' as this is more emphatic
Re: The great seven of Coloumbia the space ship by Dhanesh M Kumar	Ranger 62.252.32.15	10-Mar-06/3:45 AM
This is nice as a tribute, although grammatically it needs improvement. 'To siege' doesn't work - you can use siege as a verb, but it becomes 'besiege'. If you want it as a noun, put a comma after it "To siege, off beyond..." 'Up the fore' doesn't work either, I don't think. 'To the fore' would be fine though. Lines 4-6 I think I know what you mean but the wording is awkward. Also 'Colombia'. I think there are a couple of other corrections that need making, but I'll let someone else spot them. I really like the talk of seven seas/wonders/capes/sages, and 'the seven pearls of Colombia' is a great line. So is 'perhaps in pursuit of capes of ether'. Keep working at this one, it promises to be a really good poem!
Re: Goldmunds Slut Fiasco. by SupremeDreamer	matt door 65.32.138.73	9-Mar-06/8:11 PM
Not sure about this as a whole - but sure of it's power by degrees. Pretty cool snack!
Re: Homophobic Self-Help Poem. (For the men who drive a mustang) by SupremeDreamer	matt door 65.32.138.73	9-Mar-06/7:59 PM
I like this - most people won't get it - thinking it quite vulgar or invidious. This has a raw dark art to it that reads (and sounds) beautifully.
Re: You Sang To Me In A Cathedral Chamber by Ranger	matt door 65.32.138.73	9-Mar-06/7:03 PM
Very clever bit of prose here - I like it a lot. Could use just a few less words. "Top-hat velvet" and "soft-shoe shine", "where time is a circle" (and others) read (and sound) so well. Good job young poet! Please keep writing.
Re: Piano by Dovina	Dental Panic 84.27.6.94	9-Mar-06/6:56 PM
'Every line a steppingstone, good for climbing up and down. Boy, is climbing fun, she says, does it ever get you jazzed, fine-tuned and ready for chords' you almost had it there - shame the fifth line didn't make it. using monster/monstrous - too much. The word gets deflated. I think the story is okay but the ending is poor. As if you were through but the poem wasn't.
Re: Read me by mystic enoch	Dental Panic 84.27.6.94	9-Mar-06/6:30 PM
I disagree with Ranger. I think this is very strong, crude and pure. Just cut the part where you start about poetry. I read you. You got me. Who soothes my thumpin', bumpin' brain? Nobody
Re: a comment on Breakfast by Dhanesh M Kumar	Ranger 62.252.32.15	9-Mar-06/6:05 PM
Please run for Prime Minister. I'm not joking.
Re: _The Black Prince_ by Caducus	Dental Panic 84.27.6.94	9-Mar-06/5:51 PM
To me this is just a piece of pretentious crap. Jeering winds that whisper seppuku? Imagine how that sounds: like someone has knocked its front teeth out. sssseppuku... 'surrendering my flesh for lips that became my war cry.' Yeah, life's a bitch.