Re: Racism 2 by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.18.212	14-Jan-06/10:47 AM
I cannot fucking believe you're still doing this. Please, for once take the hint: YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MINORITIES. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ANY BLACK PEOPLE. EVERYTHING YOU WRITE ABOUT THEM COMES OFF SOUNDING INSANE.
Re: a comment on A Haiku by amanda_dcosta	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	14-Jan-06/5:09 AM
Yes and I can speak Chinese, see: "Ching chang wongtong longshlong." Just research Haikus on Google search and come to your own conclusion.
Re: Racism 2 by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	14-Jan-06/5:03 AM
This would be relevent in the 1960s or to people in their 60s. Besides, ethnic people aren't trying to end racism through being nice. They're just being nice. I do love the fact that I'm pretty much guaranteed a few fancy words whenever I read your poems.
Re: Flow by zodiac	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	14-Jan-06/3:25 AM
Hmmmm. Quite good. ;-)
Re: a comment on A Haiku by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	14-Jan-06/1:18 AM
is it? ;-)
Re: Racism 2 by Dovina	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	14-Jan-06/12:04 AM
Dovina, I hope you don't mind, but, personally I feel you haven't conveyed your matter very clearly. Somehow, I don't feel very impressed by it.
Re: A Haiku by amanda_dcosta	ecargo 172.137.66.171	13-Jan-06/10:16 PM
Or even six-eight-six (or some other variation) if done right. The syllable count is the least of it. Very few (not I) can do it well, though. Your name is fun to say.
Re: eat your dinner meats by calliope	ecargo 172.137.66.171	13-Jan-06/10:12 PM
"beef we don't need is still beef indeed" nailed it for me.
Re: a comment on levity kiss by skaskowski	skaskowski 70.225.165.248	13-Jan-06/10:05 PM
thank you.
Re: Sky All Around Me (goddess edit) by ecargo	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	13-Jan-06/9:33 PM
The idea's quite good though the presentation could have been a bit more connected. I liked it. Keep it up.
Re: A Haiku by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	13-Jan-06/9:28 PM
This might be way off. Criticism welcome. I'm trying to figure it out..... though haven't had a lot of time to think about it. With kids.........!
Re: angst of the saints by calliope	Dovina 69.175.32.104	13-Jan-06/12:51 PM
It seems the last line should be, "i'm just as surprised as you when i reply."
Re: levity kiss by skaskowski	Dovina 69.175.32.104	13-Jan-06/12:49 PM
I'm glad you explained that. But why not just let the first line be: Leviticus, levity kiss. "singed with lipstick" is good.
Re: a comment on The Prayer Vendor by Enkidu	Dovina 69.175.32.104	13-Jan-06/11:49 AM
I see how that can be, but how many readers will even get through the unusual words in your large vocabulary to start thinking about an obsucre metaphor like that.
Re: Window Washer (midtown) by ecargo	Dental Panic 84.27.6.94	13-Jan-06/10:15 AM
Very nice poem.
Re: a comment on cat by Dental Panic	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	13-Jan-06/8:36 AM
I've read newspaper articles devoted to the "Religion is the major cause of war argument." It's certainly common enough to have crossed my path several times in television and print. What I meant by examples were entire countries or civilizations of atheists and how they compared with the religious ones. Aside from those two things I agree with you, especially with the part about greed being the major reason for most wars.
Re: a comment on cat by Dental Panic	ecargo 167.219.0.143	13-Jan-06/7:16 AM
Who says that? No atheist I know. I can't imagine anyone out of their teens claiming anything so broad and patently ridiculous. Greed underlies most "religious" conflicts--it's just the poor suckers fighting for the ideal, it always seems. If you got rid of man, there'd be no war; otherwise? Not likely. I didn't say anything here; I just noted what Einstein said. Sure it has merit. And there are plenty of examples of it in practice--do you think altruism is linked exclusively to religion? That's nonsense. So-called "religious" people (many of whom seem to think that declaring that they "believe in" God gives them some sort of automatic moral superiority) are no more likely to be moral, kind, good, giving, just, etc., than nonreligious people.
Re: Brogues are best by Stephen Robins	Caducus 172.213.134.2	13-Jan-06/6:51 AM
A similar style to Dark Angel and pretty amusing. Are you related?
Re: The funeral and the table by Caducus	Caducus 172.213.134.2	13-Jan-06/6:49 AM
Formerly another poem altogether. A change of style nad experimental for me here and suggestions (if any) most welcome.
Re: a comment on cat by Dental Panic	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	13-Jan-06/5:57 AM
And a better answer than Hawking's. His religious wife probably hid the penis inflator after that interview.