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zodiac on sad moments by rbooey 7 Jul 2005, 2:53 AM
Good luck to you. Personally, I imagine God being thoroughly Old Testament and all of us getting the fiery poker in the rump.
zodiac on A Wider Sky by elderking 7 Jul 2005, 2:52 AM
skies, not skys.
zodiac on Our Soldiers by Lenore 7 Jul 2005, 2:51 AM
"Their life’s the war’s ; sometimes their death is, too!" Yeah, that kind of follows logically, doesn't it? The rest is decent. Live from the desert. Over and out.
zodiac on The And women by INTRANSIT 7 Jul 2005, 2:47 AM
I still don't understand the "And" part. I love the title, but the connection is lacking.
zodiac replying on The Bastardization of Hypocrisy by Bluemonkey 7 Jul 2005, 2:30 AM
I'm with you. But maybe we're coming at it wrong. What's the bastard of hypocrisy? Well, depends on who's the father. Can we do tests? At a guess, I'd say the bastard of Hypocrisy (by Television, who's incidentally married to an aging stage actress) produces Bluemonkey, who hates them both and yet is hopeless heir to their various unique stupidities.
zodiac on Born and Fed by Dovina 7 Jul 2005, 2:24 AM
"concerns the calf / only for the fun of it," is bumpy. You don't (typically, in any English that's ever existed) concern something for something else in that sense. Unless by concerns you mean 'makes him concerned, worries', and mayhap you do. Anyway, it's kind of like saying "flapping my arms concerns me for feeling like a bird". Do you see what I'm saying? Otherwise, I enjoyed.
Bankrupt_Word_Clerk on Our Soldiers by Lenore 7 Jul 2005, 1:56 AM
their life's the war's. their life "is" the War's life? is that what it means?
Dental Panic replying on pop by Dental Panic 6 Jul 2005, 12:38 PM
Thanks. To me it's like stripping a thing until nothing but the thing itself is left, something like that.
Dental Panic replying on pop by Dental Panic 6 Jul 2005, 12:35 PM
If Frank leaves you in the dark, maybe you should try to find a door. Like 'The Day Lady Died', that's a beautiful poem.
Lenore on Crack baby by Caducus 6 Jul 2005, 10:04 AM
Fix line 2 and this is a 10.
Lenore on A Place by Celtic 6 Jul 2005, 9:54 AM
This poem could be great. I found it too simple. Perhaps if you gave us more a sense of its Magic. How does this place feel? We know the wind is always calm but how does it look? How does it smell? How is it lit? What time of day are we seeing it, In moonlight, starlight, sunshine? The descriptions are flat and matter of fact and because of this, the poem loses its Magic. I’d love to see this reworked. Paint it more vivid. Take us somewhere enchanted!
Bluemonkey replying on The Bastardization of Hypocrisy by Bluemonkey 6 Jul 2005, 9:06 AM
Hmmm...perhaps if I added some barnyard animals you would understand.
Lenore on Mother Earth by TLRufener 6 Jul 2005, 9:03 AM
Your poem leaves me with the sense that Mother Earth has no love for winter and that in fact she’s dead throughout the entire season. Is that what you intended?
Lenore on Because to Live I Must by TLRufener 6 Jul 2005, 8:49 AM
All the words melt together in an unappealing stew of a novice Witch’s brew.
Lenore on The And women by INTRANSIT 6 Jul 2005, 8:42 AM
"plying a fiddle." Interesting poem.
Bluemonkey on Crack baby by Caducus 6 Jul 2005, 8:30 AM
Ahh, drugs. super. Ever seen a crack baby? ghastly.
Bluemonkey on Mother Earth by TLRufener 6 Jul 2005, 8:26 AM
Lose everything but this: Mother Earth Has gone to sleep. Lamenting, the wind Wails and weeps.
Bluemonkey on A Place by Celtic 6 Jul 2005, 8:25 AM
Not big on Leprechauns and Pixies.
Bluemonkey on Our Soldiers by Lenore 6 Jul 2005, 8:22 AM
Actually, I think this isn't bad. Don't like the last line, but whatever.
Bluemonkey on Promise Me by Taco 6 Jul 2005, 8:19 AM
bleeech.