regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/4:16 AM
In answer to your long-ago queston... I think the lines that make her sound needy begin 'She'll cry uncle...' to '...brutal charms'. Uncles conjure up an idea of warmth, confort, affectiotion, which is sublimated in this poem to the woman's desire for something harder and more animal - but the avuncular overtone is still there. There's an emotional as well as a sexual neediness here. But I wouldn't change it - that kind of need is part of sex. This is damn sexy stuff, m'dear.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/4:34 AM
God, my typing, sorry....
Re: Another Window by nightii	3-Sep-02/5:23 AM
I agree, this is pleasingly sardonic.
Re: Diminishing by <~>	3-Sep-02/6:46 AM
I don't know how I missed this one before - it doesn't contain your best lines, but the design is ingenious
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/7:01 AM
I like the implication of a back story to this
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/7:06 AM
I don't really understand what's going on here, this is too allusive. But your phrasing is good (it is in Donna's Eyes too).
Re: Evensong by Nicholas Jones	3-Sep-02/7:12 AM
I don't agree with your conclusion. Of course we have an alternative - we don't have to belive in god or the Trinity if it seems untrue. But I believe it is true to you and your poem makes this clear. Some of it sounds like cut-up prose ('And the hymns/were disappointingly insipid.' - I don't catch any rhythm there) but the opening is very atmospheric - probably the best bit of the poem. This is a very interesting poem, plenty to think about.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/7:14 AM
That is lovely,what a paradise and how selfless it sounds.
Re: School (a sonnet) by Nicholas Jones	3-Sep-02/7:20 AM
But I take it you learnt sonnet structure at school - so it wasn't all pointless then was it? Again, I can't agree with your conclusion, and I think this is melodramatic at the end and no half as interesting as 'Evensong'.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/7:40 AM
OK I'm learning here - I've never heard of this game or a nuggie! I thought it was something much more psychosexual than it actually is! (What's a nuggie?)
Re: She Thinks Of Men Waiting by Christof	3-Sep-02/7:51 AM
Thanks Vulcan that means a lot. And best wishes to you!
Re: The Stifling Moment by vulcan	3-Sep-02/7:53 AM
You yourself have written a mean dmamn pice of poetry here. You can hear that hush.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/7:58 AM
I recognise the nuggie but we have no word for it in England. Nuggie is pretty damn fine, actually. I also see how this particular game crosses over into the sexual play in your poem - there's another level there of instinctive child-like behaviour underlying adult behaviour. I think this is becoming my favourite poem of yours. And did you mean to finish on a comma?
Re: The Stifling Moment by vulcan	3-Sep-02/7:59 AM
And sorry for 'dmamn' - I meant 'damn'. This is great anyway.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/8:03 AM
This is very appealing and witty. I like it!
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/8:04 AM
Well, maybe it is my mood. It's a hot day over here today and it tends to overheat me a little... But alas, just going home tonight.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/8:19 AM
Why thank you Anais Nin!
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/8:31 AM
Yes - in the manner of Colette's husband I shall hawk your erotic wares around my slathering friends. They made a fortune, you know.
Re: The Hand of God by Christof	3-Sep-02/8:41 AM
It's good to be an island of Englishness, although I think I miss out on a lot of references. It's an education. Glad you liked the poem.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-02/8:47 AM
all I can say is, when I looked at it, the cloud was straight and bony looking - tiny little knobbles like vertebrae connected by thinner links - it looked like a spine. A cast of a spine, maybe. I suppose support is one of the ideas, though, you're right there.