on some deleted poem
8 Nov 2002, 1:15 AM
And all this before coffee? I am envious. I like the 'rake', very physical.
on the ultimate battle by teacup
1 Nov 2002, 2:42 AM
Yes this is pretty funny. Pizza always provokes turf wars
on Hehehe by The Eskimo King
11 Nov 2002, 1:54 AM
Well Mr Eskimo King, thanks for your highly constructive comment on my poem. It would be nice to have some reason for your hefty disapproval. Especially when your own offering is a Purple Ronnie rip off. So come on Shakespeare, what was so bad about mine?
on Perversions by razorgrin
8 Nov 2002, 1:16 AM
The last one is the best - to combine fisting with petty theft is truly a gift.
on Necromantic Boo-boo by razorgrin
8 Nov 2002, 1:18 AM
You goddam voodoo types and your lack of foresight. Always check with your local augury reader first.
on some deleted poem
8 Nov 2002, 7:47 AM
This is really very good. I've just read your personal profile and you write poetry as you speak, but the sound of it. So you're a natural. And only 17! At this age I had only just got beyond rhyming 'cat' and 'mat'.
on some deleted poem
8 Nov 2002, 8:12 AM
I bet you're disappointed that since your dual identity became known Babbitt's poems have fallen out of favour. The public is a fickle creature. This is still tops, though. It is good to come back tothe old ones sometimes.
on some deleted poem
7 Nov 2002, 5:53 AM
They say that you get the heroes you deserve.How sad for Britain that we apparently deserve a air-headed, emotionally incontinent clothes-horse. I would have voted for Shakespeare if I thought the exercise had any meaning. Which I don't.
on some deleted poem
7 Nov 2002, 5:57 AM
You do love the word 'cup' don't you? Good luck in your search. I've given up mine for now, but I can see how you're drawn back.
I can see the Odysseus thing - allt he sailing and beacon images. I think i would finish after 'again, safe', although 'throwing my ribs/ at her feet' is good'. Perhaps hold that over for a separate poem entirely? It find this last stanza difficult because i appreciate why you want those emotions there, and it does complicate your homecoming in an interesting way, but I think your expression is just too fevered.
on Slept by Nicholas Jones
1 Nov 2002, 2:34 AM
This happens to me all the time. Guitly conscience or something. Anyway, I recognise a fellow sufferer.
on Never Alone at Night by Limness
1 Nov 2002, 8:05 AM
This really is a poem of the night, all the dark longings and questionings that we don't want to face in the daylight. The last stanza and the final line are very moving indeed. I love this.
on some deleted poem
30 Oct 2002, 7:53 AM
'I wasn't thinking of the fame', I think it should be. Is this to do with Jackie Kennedy?
on Another Tragic Love Poem by greym0on
30 Oct 2002, 7:41 AM
My first thought was, this is too long. By the end, I was right with you. This is devastatingly sad.
on I Didn't Know by Bonehiss
30 Oct 2002, 7:43 AM
Good non-cheesy rhymes, crisp rhythms, a snappy ending - good.
on Avetis by KilIluminati
1 Nov 2002, 2:47 AM
Is this translated from another language?
on St. Andrews University Marxist Society by Nicholas Jones
1 Nov 2002, 2:36 AM
Well, if you are going to hang out at St Andrews what do you expect? Oxford was much the same. This is very wry.