Re: a comment on Sunlighting by ALChemy	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	10-Jan-06/11:01 AM
Cut it out you two. I've had long discussions with both of you and I can say with a fair amount of certainty that both of you are good people who are plenty capable of caring for children and being open minded. Cyan9, I'm sure you're used to people misinterpreting your stuff as satanic or sadistic so just be patient. She's open minded enough to listen to your motive behind your poetry. Amanda, if I told you I listened to bands like "Tool" and read Clive Barker novels would you think anything less of me? I hope not. I know sometimes Cyan comes across a little harsh but he's a sensitive artist and sometimes his emotions get ahead of him. Give him a second chance to explain his motives behind his poetry. OK I did what I could. If you two still want to fight go ahead.
Re: the light of a truly bright day by digipoet	Dovina 69.175.32.104	10-Jan-06/10:58 AM
I agree. But a clever twist would be nice - maybe, A bright cloudy day, or somesuch.
Re: Tulip by richa	Dovina 69.175.32.104	10-Jan-06/10:52 AM
with neither a purse nor a name or with not a purse or a name
Re: I, Ann Boleyn by http://mulberryfairy	ecargo 167.219.0.143	10-Jan-06/10:43 AM
Always a crowd pleaser.
Re: Comment on Avian 'flu by Stephen Robins	ecargo 167.219.0.143	10-Jan-06/10:42 AM
Nice.
Re: Uncontrolled scribblings one luch break by Nicholas Jones	ecargo 167.219.0.143	10-Jan-06/10:40 AM
Wow--must be Olde Poemranker Players week here. Welcome back. I haven't been here in ages either (work? pique?), so know what you mean about starting again. I like "iron January" (usually it is anyway)--the rest is very drafty (as in first pass) and with some tweaking will probably reveal it's form. Neither fallacious nor pathetic. TAFKAHattersHare
Re: Oh Verrazano by Joe-joe	Dovina 69.175.32.104	10-Jan-06/10:37 AM
Maybe it should be "low wage" rather than "no wage." And maybe "fell from her" not "for her."
Re: a comment on Sunlighting by ALChemy	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	10-Jan-06/10:17 AM
Me niether, I'm just an uncle with an adoring niece and nephew. It's pure opinion coming out of me so yes, truthfully in my life there is nothing more important. When you discover and I'm sure you soon will how amazingly an adoring child can change the worst day of your life to one of the best days it think you too will love the idea that there's an angel out there who calls you uncle or even some day dad. With that said, it's not the only meaning of life and if you're never an uncle or father or whatever that's OK too. There are plenty of other reasons to love life.
Re: a comment on What Matters by Dovina	Dovina 69.175.32.104	10-Jan-06/10:16 AM
That's good! How do you find all this stuff?
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	10-Jan-06/10:00 AM
Har-har:)
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	10-Jan-06/10:00 AM
Appologies for the teener-poet remark. There's some really great teen poets here, you included but in general ALL CAPS is used to imply yelling or corporate names and lower-case is more for whispers and smallness. If you use it arbitrarily it can be disconcerting for the reader. I was over-exaggerating with the puking thing a bit.
Re: a comment on Uncontrolled scribblings one luch break by Nicholas Jones	Nicholas Jones 86.135.254.59	10-Jan-06/9:45 AM
I don't know what I've been doing, I just haven't written any poetry for a long time. Ceasing being a student and having to get a job in the big world wide was fairly traumatic. I scribbled this down in my lunch break in about ten minutes, deliberately without thinking about what I'm saying. So I've reproduced it without changing anything, keeping all the mistakes. As I say, I haven't written any poetry for a long time, and this seemed like a way of starting again. Oh, and I've actually misspelled 'lunch' in the title. Although actually I ate my lunch earlier at my desk while pretending to work.
Re: He Looks Great In Lycra by GAY AS FU*K	Caducus 172.214.77.230	10-Jan-06/9:33 AM
What a talent
Re: Untitled by http://mulberryfairy	<~> 167.206.181.179	10-Jan-06/9:30 AM
i like the dream litany. i don't understand how the nightmare protects you, though.
Re: The Dark Days of Aristotle by somemorepoetry	<~> 167.206.181.179	10-Jan-06/9:27 AM
please, explain what this means: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, he said Together with his long name and Cigarette brand. i don't understand why he would say his name and cigarette brand. or am i getting it all wrong?
Re: a comment on She Crab by http://mulberryfairy	<~> 167.206.181.179	10-Jan-06/9:24 AM
could be, but the language confuses me. call me a dolt. this part: "then sees her calm display" who see the calm siplay? the crab, the child?
Re: a comment on She Crab by http://mulberryfairy	zodiac 209.193.18.119	10-Jan-06/9:21 AM
The crab is "she", apparently.
Re: Pledge by http://mulberryfairy	<~> 167.206.181.179	10-Jan-06/9:19 AM
you made me laugh with this one. and you made me ask myself who i am, damn you.
Re: The copper man and Labrador by Caducus	Stephen Robins 84.13.39.68	10-Jan-06/9:15 AM
No poor person owns a golden labrador, the poem therefore has no resonance with anything I have ever experienced and I work in Mayfair for fucks sake. Complete rubbish, kindly change to a mongrel.
Re: She Crab by http://mulberryfairy	<~> 167.206.181.179	10-Jan-06/9:14 AM
"She flips suddenly, too soon, the child startles back " the child flips, or the crab flips? I can't tell if the crab is/was alive/dead, and i want to know. clarifying this will clarify all. i agree about the too, too solid flesh; i don't see it as solid at all. that being said, this is a great moment. you dropped us right into it.