Re: portrait of powerlessness by digipoet	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/3:26 AM
Do you and LilMsLadyPoet know each other?
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	9-Jan-06/3:22 AM
Seriously, I didn't notice that. More like my absentmindedness. I wrote it, read it many times, checked for spelling and punctuation, and even looked out for caps now but failed to notice "Your". Ha, ha.... must agree I was as usual over-confident. :-)
Re: floss every day by digipoet	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/3:21 AM
I hope your being sarcastic. If you really think an orderly life is the answer than good luck with that. As sarcasm I like it.
Re: Sunlighting by ALChemy	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	9-Jan-06/3:17 AM
Beautiful! I am a nature lover, and am almost always impressed with themes dealing with nature. I do not stress much on punctuation, but on the idea conveyed by the poet. Imagination is one of the most effective tools in poetry coupled with what you are within, and your expression in this poem is very impressive. Full marks to you, and I'm still waiting for the Oh merry Fay - part II.
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/3:06 AM
More like on "Your".
Re: a comment on philosophy of a new age by crazyknight	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/2:59 AM
Five syllable line, seven syllable line and five syllable line Traditionally connecting to nature.
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	9-Jan-06/2:56 AM
You mean like New Year and Holy Spirit?
Re: a comment on Birmingham gardens by INTRANSIT	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/2:25 AM
Ice roads don't go over land. That's why you've got to be a little crazy to drive them. Although I'm not sure Juneau has any. It might be a little too warm for it in the south of Alaska. Still a southerner even in Alaska Zodiac.
Re: A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/1:38 AM
Nice flow. Too many caps though.
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/1:36 AM
That's what can happen if you over capitalize.
Re: a comment on What Matters by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/1:31 AM
Can't blame her. I wouldn't want to put my "nose" in front of a colon either.
Re: a comment on What Matters by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	9-Jan-06/12:42 AM
An artist rendering of your poem: http://www.mrpicassohead.com/canvas.html?id=9288240
Re: a comment on philosophy of a new age by crazyknight	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	8-Jan-06/11:23 PM
I am blank on haikus. Give me a start on what it is and what one looks for in a haiku. the only thing i noticed is that it has three lines. other than that what is it based on, or what is it that characterises a haiku? Fill me in.... would help me understand.... Thanks.
Re: a comment on A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	8-Jan-06/9:08 PM
Zodiac, thanks. and a happy new year to you. You still haven't reviewed my poem 'i love to see the sunrise'... was asking for your opinion on 'enjambment' which i tried to build it upon. the poem ain't great, but would love to note your construction opinion. Thanks.
Re: do i know you? by daggatolar	zodiac 209.193.18.233	8-Jan-06/8:32 PM
their. Good one.
Re: What Matters by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.18.233	8-Jan-06/8:31 PM
Put a colon after "nose" to make it a sentence. You're cute when you're smitten. Shallow, yes, but love is shallow.
Re: A New Year Prayer by amanda_dcosta	zodiac 209.193.18.233	8-Jan-06/8:30 PM
For a second I thought you said "For [our sinful] worldly strife and troubles, don't treat us kindly [Lord]." Like you were asking him to treat us unkindly. I'm glad you weren't. Happy New Year.
Re: floss every day by digipoet	zodiac 209.193.18.233	8-Jan-06/8:25 PM
Oddly, this is the 5th poem about flossing on poemranker. You'd think that's because we're so clever and 'wacky'.
Re: The Healing Species by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.18.233	8-Jan-06/8:15 PM
YOUR GIFT: Indwelling By Teresa Cader (republished without permission, natch.) In the crazy guest who saws off the chair legs, In the wind hissing beneath the door sweep, A tribe of mice squeezing through pocket doors, In the pants pockets where the evidence remains, Those filaments of wool in the moth-eaten rug, In the masquerade of motion that sets off the alarm, The alarm that arrives via airwaves at dinnertime, In the worm that opens e-mail, eats the address book, The virus propagating on the unsuspecting screen, In the cell that missed a loop of timing and purpose, The unpaid tax surfacing like a submarine, In the bloody stool and saliva, the mucus and membrane, Slits of sunlight discoloring blue curtains, In the broken gutter where ice dams pry up the roof, A crack in the skylight where mold sifts down, In the contractor hammering windmills on shingles, The carpenter bees burrowing barracks into the attic, In the funneling, the grating, the sagging, the gravitating— O icon of muck and filch; there is nothing you won't Divide, opening trap doors we forget to close.
Re: Construction Lot (edit) by zodiac	amanda_dcosta 203.145.159.37	8-Jan-06/7:22 PM
I liked it, I don't know why. As far as critisizing it, I wouldn't do you enough justice, though I think you could change a couple of words here there.