Re: Schoolyard Walls by Joe-joe	Niphredil 132.68.1.29	4-Jan-06/8:53 AM
"stained glass", not "stain glass". Plus I don't care for the triple dashes ---; one is more than enough. Other than that, it's very nice.
Re: a comment on Nightfall by Niphredil	Niphredil 132.68.1.29	4-Jan-06/8:37 AM
Mu-ha-ha. cute!
Re: a comment on light [edited] by lmp	INTRANSIT 64.12.116.138	4-Jan-06/7:24 AM
You want her skin to usurp the morning which has usurped the rind, correct? I can see it. 17 syllables is not enough some times.
Re: a comment on You Have It Backwards by LilMsLadyPoet	lmp 141.154.134.3	4-Jan-06/7:20 AM
hey, there's a good candidate for the wealthy being intelligent. (please hear the heavy sarcasm)
Re: a comment on light [edited] by lmp	INTRANSIT 64.12.116.138	4-Jan-06/7:20 AM
You're seeing rockmage on the side, arent you?
Re: a comment on Construction Lot (edit) by zodiac	INTRANSIT 64.12.116.138	4-Jan-06/7:17 AM
I agree. "Now there's a fence" works but maybe a fresh brick wall and the elbow of a backhoe jutting above. Or a washing machine. All poems are better with one of those.
Re: a comment on You Have It Backwards by LilMsLadyPoet	lmp 141.154.134.3	4-Jan-06/7:17 AM
a beautiful vision. sadly, i don't think it would ever work. the ones getting a "hand up" would become pawns in the endgame between the ones giving the (yes) "handouts".
Re: a comment on You Have It Backwards by LilMsLadyPoet	lmp 141.154.134.3	4-Jan-06/7:15 AM
roger that, wilsco. seriously, responsible citizenship starts with responsibility to oneself and one's family. then, it may spread a bit at a time IF AND ONLY IF IT DOES NOT JEOPARDIZE ONE'S SELF AND FAMILY. the social worker/volunteer that runs around feeding and sheltering the "less fortunate" but spends no time with their own kids and wonders why little Billy grows up committing crimes and doing drugs is just substituting the problem from one individual to another. they are not doing anyone any favors. likewise, the people that are able to use "the system" to get by are not really getting a leg up on anyone except the working class folks that are paying the most (proportionately) into that very system. yeah the playing field gets levelled: the middle class people are sinking while the folks getting welfare are able to drive "pimped out" Lexuses. meanwhile, the so called "upper class" keep on getting wealthier and wealthier. i am sorry, but social responsibility, can kiss my backside. i saw the result of socialist society in post-wall east germany. not a pretty sight. and they all thought they were better off because they got a fat check from the "new government" that allowed them to buy brand new cars. no real change. the fact that the wall fell is testament to the inability for a truly socialist society to exist. it goes against human nature, i guess.
Re: a comment on Nightfall by Niphredil	INTRANSIT 64.12.116.138	4-Jan-06/7:04 AM
It's not for me. though it does cause me to have snickerous thoughts about -=Dark-Angel=-.
Re: You Have It Backwards by LilMsLadyPoet	lmp 141.154.134.3	4-Jan-06/6:59 AM
you use a lot of words to convey your premise, but if it is - as i suspect - a rant, that is forgivable. i also think that one point hidden in there is that a certain amount of wealth (somewhere between wealth and poverty, shall we say middle class?) allows for leisure time. it can be said that those with intelligence tend to spend their leisure time in some sort of artistic or inventive pursuit, thereby bearing the fruits of intelligence. the one who must constantly struggle (work several jobs to make ends meet, forage for food and shelter) will have very little spare time to bend their mind to "leisurely" pusuits. i agree that wealth does not beget intelligence. however, being of humble means myself, i do recognize that wealth does open many, many doors of opportunity to those who can pay for it. alternatively, as one who is neither minority nor immigrant nor poor nor female, i do see that in my country many who come here are offered more opportunity with fewer "strings attached" than i would ever be offered. does that mean they are more or less intelligent than i? more or less fortunate than i? or just more qualified to receive assistance than i because of many convoluted and - in my eyes - unjust principles that define our government. but to get back to your essay (?), i think it could benefit from more clearly constructed ideas and more succinct phrasing. in general, i do lean toward your side of the debate.
Re: a comment on light [edited] by lmp	lmp 141.154.134.3	4-Jan-06/6:39 AM
sigh... the glow of morning is upon (her) soft skin. the yellow rind (tinged pink) fades in comparison.
Re: a comment on The Forgetting by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	4-Jan-06/6:30 AM
By the way. I wrote a poem full of dictionaryless words.
Re: a comment on The Forgetting by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	4-Jan-06/6:27 AM
Paste-tounge is the phenomonon when you eat paste and you don't wash it down with a hardy glass of paint water and a film of paste dries on your tounge. Or it's when you're simply speachless. When you're stuck for words.
Re: a comment on Schoolyard Walls by Joe-joe	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	4-Jan-06/6:17 AM
Be careful not to do that too often though. It can ruin your credibility and then no one will take anything you say seriously. Just ask Dark Angel.
Re: a comment on when i met sky alone by Prince of Void	Prince of Void 81.91.128.27	4-Jan-06/6:12 AM
thanx for ur comment ..soon i will tell everyone why i have this style
Re: a comment on when i met sky alone by Prince of Void	Prince of Void 81.91.128.27	4-Jan-06/6:11 AM
You are right..i think this is a very good p.o.v to this poem ..i like this comment...soon i will tell everyone why i have this style ..
Re: a comment on Schoolyard Walls by Joe-joe	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	4-Jan-06/6:08 AM
I believe I've only seen it once so I'm not sure(which surprises me 'cause I'm a big Kubrick fan). I think Mason was in it but I'm not sure about Sellers(that might be Dr Strangelove). I was born in the early 70's but my parents watched a lot of old movies on TV while I was growing up. I'd just come off a big debate so I guess I was still a bit punchy with my comments. My apologies.
Re: a comment on Schoolyard Walls by Joe-joe	Joe-joe 170.28.4.4	4-Jan-06/5:50 AM
No. I told the dud that I was a professor at the prestigious New School for Social Research in NYC. I gave him clues about my identity and had him search for me in the NS website. All of this after he repeatedly accused me of being intellectually challenged. The irony of it all was quite amusing to me. He’s chomping at the bit as we speak.
Re: a comment on Schoolyard Walls by Joe-joe	Joe-joe 170.28.4.4	4-Jan-06/5:42 AM
Al, I'm only kidding too. The Humbert Humbert reference was actually pretty funny. Didn't Peter Sellers and James mason star in the film (Lolita, early to mid 60's)??? I think we're both showing our age here!!!
Re: a comment on Schoolyard Walls by Joe-joe	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	3-Jan-06/10:13 PM
No, none of them have got the best of me. On the contrary, they're working for me on the street corner in Brooklyn. That's how I know about you. You have to admit "Joe-Joe" "Humbert Humbert" quite a coincidence. Chill man I'm just kiddin'. I actually think this poem's pretty good. You can't be that nasty if you live in Brooklyn. Now The Bronx, well that's a whole different story.