Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	Dovina 69.175.32.104	20-Dec-05/11:10 AM
Lol from the bitten.
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	Dovina 69.175.32.104	20-Dec-05/11:09 AM
Yes, and as I said, it was an inspiratioin for this poem. Even if 99.9% of DNA is the same in all humans, the effect of slc24a5 seems great. As the article says, new strength for the arguement that race actually exists and is a worthy topic for debate is implied by this study. "For better or worse, the finding's most immediate impact may be an escalating debate about the meaning of race."
Re: Pledge by D. $ Fontera	crazyknight 202.56.231.116	20-Dec-05/10:07 AM
failure
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	zodiac 69.132.67.140	20-Dec-05/8:49 AM
Did you even READ my last gift?
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	zodiac 69.132.67.140	20-Dec-05/8:48 AM
If there's a debate on this one (and I sincerely hope there isn't), it's not going to be that one. Never again. to Dovina: I wouldn't recommend writing poems about racial stereotypes, especially since, racially speaking, you're the least experienced poemranker user since SupremeDreamer vanished into a cloud of his own guff.
Re: a comment on My kids by amanda_dcosta	zodiac 69.132.67.140	20-Dec-05/8:42 AM
I'm not the one to ask, but I'm good sometimes at pretending I'm the one. I'm seeing my wife this week for the first time in 5 months, but I'll be around next week.
Re: a comment on My kids by amanda_dcosta	zodiac 69.132.67.140	20-Dec-05/8:41 AM
I believe even the ordinary in your life is very exciting to you.
Re: a comment on Privacy by Dovina	zodiac 69.132.67.140	20-Dec-05/8:40 AM
No. I'm saying that is the thrust of this poem. I don't think it's a very sensible thrust, is all. I am truly happy to see you write about something other than God. OBVIOUS RESPONSE: This is about God. Challenge yourself to respond unobviously.
Re: a comment on Heaven Help Me by cyan9	cyan9 217.40.63.105	20-Dec-05/7:42 AM
It is the intodroduction to a book of poetry, from which most of the pieces that I post here are from, it is about receiving heavens help, but also not seeing it as well. Its an odd one, and people on allpoetry commented that it was good but needed work, but never told me what.
Re: a comment on Unbroken Horses by Caducus	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	20-Dec-05/7:19 AM
Not by the Grandmother's.
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	20-Dec-05/7:12 AM
And some people will just say you've lost them. Sorry, but when you put out such tempting bait you're gonna get a bite.:)
Re: a comment on philosophy of a new age by crazyknight	crazyknight 202.83.45.117	19-Dec-05/9:18 PM
theres nothing like right, theres nothing like wrong, all things are made, all things are one.
Re: a comment on Blah Blah by Blindpoetry	LilMsLadyPoet 207.69.137.6	19-Dec-05/7:43 PM
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Re: a comment on Bri's Room (not done) by Sunshine Conkey	LilMsLadyPoet 207.69.137.6	19-Dec-05/7:41 PM
Over-educated would not include teaching a man to fish. Over-educated or educated past his intelligence level is more like giving some idiot, with an IQ of 75 and an 18th century idealogy, the means, plans, and instruction/education to make nuclear reactors and warheads. He has no ability to grasp the responsibility or concequences inherent in such information. He will use it as a neanderthal would be expected to: with lack of planning, judgement and wisdom. He may be able to understand how to put one together and how to use it, but he can not grasp the analytical reasoning one should have in order to be entrusted with the use of such information. This would be a clear example of educating a man past his intelligence level. With the results being easy to guess.
Re: a comment on Bri's Room (not done) by Sunshine Conkey	LilMsLadyPoet 207.69.137.6	19-Dec-05/7:29 PM
I never said I was raised on welfare, only that my mother was on welfare while pursueing her masters. There is a difference. And I wrote, in loosely-poetic form the change I believe should be taken, from hand-out to hand-up, by those wishing to do so.
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	amanda_dcosta 202.83.45.117	19-Dec-05/6:37 PM
Take my word for how its worded. we are all the same. "RACE" is something superficial. Racism does exist, its man-made, to just differenciate us in general, so at a glance we know who's who or specifically what we want conveyed. Thats fine. But what I am trying to say is this. we are all the same..... irrespective of who we are. We are not cows, dogs, cats,..........etc. We are all humanbeings, and what happens to the so one will happen to the other. For you are dust and unto dust you shall return. Its Christmas. We are one.... and celebrate on common event that has changed our world forever. Lets not throw away our coats of differences, but merge it to sing in unison like your mixed Quartet......Lets sing Joy to the world............ for its Christmas. Merry Christmas one and all.
Re: philosophy of a new age by crazyknight	Dovina 69.175.32.104	19-Dec-05/5:27 PM
Hold onto the things you believe even though they've been proven wrong. In various times, all things are right or wrong. It's a messed-up philosophy, and it's not even haiku. Or maybe you’re getting at the eastern ideas of self: “The reason I have an enemy is because I have self. If I no longer had a self, I would no longer have an enemy.” Emptiness – the void inside the pot for which the pot was made. And if that’s a bit foreign, try this: “The father is his daughter’s son.” – a Christmas mystery to think about.
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	Dovina 69.175.32.104	19-Dec-05/4:57 PM
Diamonds fit nicely into a stocking, not bulky, always appropriate.
Re: a comment on Mixed Quartet by Dovina	Dovina 69.175.32.104	19-Dec-05/4:55 PM
Not really singable, though you could say that racial accord is like choral music, each part adding tonal qualities the others lack to produce mixed sound that's better than the sum of the parts.
Re: Your Words by TLRufener	Dovina 69.175.32.104	19-Dec-05/4:31 PM
Sounds like you have exaggerated what really happened by thinking about it in too much negativity. Would he really "laugh in my face To reinforce my every fear"?