Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/10:08 AM
Don't worry I hardly ever hold a grudge.
Re: a comment on Love letter by zodiac	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/9:56 AM
Oh, I see it's an old post. I think I might see the hidden metaphor too.
Re: Love letter by zodiac	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/9:42 AM
I seem to hear this to the music of "Hey, hey Paula". I see the initial story but can't help but wonder if you haven't deeply hidden one your sly metaphors into the body of this poem. The last line is about the closest thing to a jingle I've ever seen you post. Which gives me the feeling that the dash out the door has happened more than once. That's all I got for you so far.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/9:10 AM
You cant blame me for being paranoid.
Re: A daisy chain for Nina by Caducus	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/9:10 AM
Sweet. You drew me in with the porno title. Like I said it's sweet but would be infinately more heartwrenching and complex if she had cheated on you with Stuart Barr and then committed suicide. If it's a true story than I apologize profusely.
Re: a comment on Haven by cyan9	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/9:03 AM
Not at all, there are many people who I respect but still question, my respect for your knowledge was lost earlier in the discourse and has been regained as we have moved on. When I find people on sites like this who I perceive as trying to be rude for the sake of it, I liken them to myself at 13, when I used to go to chat rooms and be rude for the sake of it (hence the "teenager" lines); I instantly lose respect, since this site is where people post poems where they pour out their hearts, and I believe it is not the place for unneccessary rudeness, rather for constructive criticism put in a considerate and well meaning way and balanced way. I am cynical to you because of the above, and being a poet, and likely an emotional person, you should know better.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/8:55 AM
Damn! I would have loved to hear his response to that.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/8:53 AM
No it's not about you. Egoboy.
Re: a comment on Haven by cyan9	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/8:47 AM
No it means you don't believe anyone but you knows what they're talking about. This you have validated time and time again. So why even bother to comment on anything of yours whatsoever let alone answer any of your cynical questions.
Re: a comment on Haven by cyan9	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/8:21 AM
No, not until after I submitted the response. I geuss you were suggesting that if you said you were a famous poet, that might carry more weight; even famous poets can be wrong, and I wouldn't be able to know whether you were one. If you believe zodiac, and if I trusted your opinion, then it could take it one step closer to validity. I do have ESP, but I'm afraid its on my car not in my head (oh dear, I get worse the older I get).
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	Dovina 209.247.222.87	17-Nov-05/8:17 AM
No, it's not about him! lol on the ovi.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/8:12 AM
Not me, mofo.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/8:11 AM
Sorry to be an Ass, but quantum registers now exist, and can contain vastly more information per q-bit using the spin upon different atoms.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/8:08 AM
I thought a certain person (who I will not name) was the inspiration for the computer metaphor. He has confessed his emotionlessness to some degree. If you start to read it in this way you can see how it made me go "Whoa! Wow!" Another word for egg is "ovi". Now take "ovi" out of "DoviNA".
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/8:07 AM
You have succeeded in your ambition and your work. I would say however that the female/male divide is better put as an emotional/intellectual divide. Although this is an extreme generalisation: Men I believe are as emotional as women, but wear it beneath the surface. Women I believe are as intellectual as men, but wear it beneath the surface. On the face of it, it appears that men are unemotional and women emotional, but I think mans concealed emotion appears through his intellect in the form of ideals/morals (hopefully), I believe womans concealed intellect appears through her emotions in the form of concern (hopefully).
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	Dovina 209.247.222.87	17-Nov-05/7:54 AM
The four attitudes represent the four proteins that make can be selected from in making DNA. A computer can select only from 1 and 0 for any one bit. DNA can select from four proteins for a “bit” of its code. It’s about love, I’m glad you noticed it. When we seduce him with charm (force charm on him), it’s really yielding to an innate fault that only finds compliment in his terse, computer-like brain. You’re not getting any eggs out of me. This whole thing about sex is where she keeps hers and he gives his, remember.
Re: a comment on Haven by cyan9	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/7:49 AM
I take it the John Updike remark didn't sink in. I've had enough conversations with Zodiac to safely say that most likely all the education and publications he's claimed are true. Maybe you're right though and maybe you have ESP.
Re: a comment on Submission by Dovina	Dovina 209.247.222.87	17-Nov-05/7:42 AM
I have usually sacrificed flow for novelty or for saying more precisely what I want to say. I may be more of a storywriter than a poet. In this case, I tried for the terse atmosphere of computers, which struck me as man-like. I tried to compare that with the more feminine nature of programmers, by comparison. Thanks for your comment.
Re: Submission by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.101.159	17-Nov-05/7:37 AM
Is it just for him or all of us hardware men? You carried that metaphor all the way through like a tightrope walker. Do the 4 attitudes have different screen names? If so dare I ask for their names so I can read their poetry too. Call me a silly romantic but I really can't help but think of it as a love poem. You inspired another little poem out of me: It came to me one cold winters day to take the egg out of Dovina and make DNA. It may just be because think I actually get all of this one that I feel giddy enough to give you -10-.
Re: a comment on Haven by cyan9	cyan9 217.40.63.105	17-Nov-05/7:24 AM
What is wrong with ambiguity? ambiguity can lead you down multiple paths from one sentance (I see no fault in that). Goth/Dark is where I have come from, and am leaving since it no longer reflects my emotions most of the time (and is also somewhat childish). And grammerlessness (deliberate), well that is a bit of a fault, so suggestions rather than complaints would be welcome.