Re: The Politics of Fashion by bondjedi	18-Sep-02/2:43 AM
Witty - 'Dawson's Creek' should always be flipped from.
Re: a comment on Hamptons by bondjedi	18-Sep-02/2:41 AM
But there's only 5 in the last line?
Re: Hamptons by bondjedi	18-Sep-02/2:40 AM
Sounds like my kind of girl
Re: a comment on Gone Away by Christof	18-Sep-02/1:25 AM
You and Brazen have convinced me - please vote again chaps!
Re: a comment on Like and Unlike by Christof	13-Sep-02/3:35 AM
Confusion in this case is good! I decided to subvert myself a bit. And 'tone' - I need a rhyme for 'xylophone' and it makes me think of a clinical description, which I like for this poem. I read thos one myself and thought 'this is a bit odd'.
Re: a comment on Like and Unlike by Christof	13-Sep-02/3:31 AM
'Dully' is an adverb - the unknown meets the unknown in a dully way. It's a good word aurally, but I admit it looks a bit peculiar on paper.(or screen). Also I know what you mean about moths, but I liked the implied fragility of the butterfly wing that for me the moth doesn't have. What an abstruse distinction to have to make. And we have some very mottled and drab butterflies in England.
Re: Full Fathom Five by vulcan	13-Sep-02/3:21 AM
I like your turning to literature for comfort and finding some salvation there. 'gray Elegy' also brings to mind Thomas Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard' - is this deliberate?
Re: We visited the gay men on the veranda by Frass	13-Sep-02/1:16 AM
This is funny - I especially like your last couple of lines.
Re: a comment on Gone Away by Christof	13-Sep-02/1:13 AM
If only!
Re: a comment on Gone Away by Christof	12-Sep-02/9:02 AM
Maybe we have a misunderstanding - someone else used the word portentous and I in my paranoia ran away with it and thought you were accusing me of all sorts. Many apologies.
Re: a comment on Like and Unlike by Christof	12-Sep-02/8:59 AM
I'm glad you liked it, but I think I realised it needed a bit more work. Soemthing wasn't quite working for me. I might put it up again next week - I'm glad you really liked it.
Re: a comment on Gone Away by Christof	12-Sep-02/8:57 AM
I'm sure I can work some in somewhere. Maybe a cuckoo clock?
Re: a comment on Gone Away by Christof	12-Sep-02/8:52 AM
Ta very much. I think 'calculation' sounds better in a stand-alone line. Don't know why, just the rhythm in my ears really. But I'm happy with this poem now, after much fiddling around. Thanks for your help with it.
Re: a comment on father Worked Nights by poetandknowit	12-Sep-02/8:31 AM
Well that's alright then. We part on civil terms, secure in the knowledge that birds and urbs will be duly notified and logged. Go well my friend.
Re: a comment on My cousin's baby sitter. by Bachus	12-Sep-02/8:28 AM
Why these beautiful compliments and eulogies, whatever have I done to deserve it? But what does Bachus have against the left-handed poem. All of mine are left-handed...maybe I've answered my own question
Re: a comment on lost by Katie	12-Sep-02/8:23 AM
Very wise advice Limness. Katie has years and years to get shackled to somebody - enjoy yourself while you can!
Re: a comment on Gone Away by Christof	12-Sep-02/8:10 AM
I hadn't thought of the fact that women usually outlive men. Hmm, I am suddenly cheered!
Re: a comment on father Worked Nights by poetandknowit	12-Sep-02/7:07 AM
Gee whiz you really know how to treat a guy
Re: a comment on father Worked Nights by poetandknowit	12-Sep-02/6:43 AM
Um, what happens if I refuse?
Re: Mean Matt was so mean, when a homeless guy asked him for change he gave him a -blank- by beakism	12-Sep-02/6:37 AM
I like poems that namecheck 'Blankety Blank'.