Re: a comment on Sonata for Robin and Poet by Dovina	7-Nov-05/3:27 PM
Okay, if you'll fight the system and give a comment, here's your shin-kick: Truckers should get double-taxed because without them bridges could be half as strong.
Re: a comment on Sonata for Robin and Poet by Dovina	7-Nov-05/2:53 PM
Thank you.
Re: a comment on Sonata for Robin and Poet by Dovina	7-Nov-05/2:08 PM
"That's what us robins do." lol. It's the only poem I posted this week, which makes it the best. lol. And I don't find much poop in what you're saying.
Re: When Did You Walk Away? by TLRufener	7-Nov-05/2:05 PM
The question always has to be asked, when exactly did a separatiion of friends really happen? It's not when one of them walks away, but sometime before, maybe a long time before the other even suspected it. "When did you walk away?" is a good question.
Re: a comment on Sonata for Robin and Poet by Dovina	7-Nov-05/1:50 PM
The most logical interpretation is not always right, that's what I always say, and go on looking, to the frustration of nits and nit-pickers. Maybe the robin also ate some berries.
Re: a casting is rescued by ay deee	7-Nov-05/12:45 PM
Would be stronger with a few words scratched - carbonless, "is" in the title, becoming, invincibility.
Re: a comment on Steak and Satin by Dovina	7-Nov-05/7:16 AM
The hideous and groundless thing here is your insistance on dwelling in a side issue of no importance. What will happen when you wake up and realize?
Re: a comment on Posted Pelicans by Dovina	7-Nov-05/7:13 AM
You say that because you are looking at one small side issue of the arguement, ignoring 90% of what I said.
Re: a comment on Racism by Dovina	6-Nov-05/5:58 PM
Yes, you are right. How could I have been so deceptive as to cover my lack of integrity in veneer. Actually, I must admit prejudice toward Negroes. (And please notice my bending to the name you have chosen for their race, It’s a good name, but has come into disrepute in recent years.) My prejudice is in liking some of them a lot, and basing my affection partially on race. The cute black man at Trader Joe’s who gives me free samples is absolutely adorable in his curls and baby-like smile. And that bass singer doing Old Man River is so very manly and domineering. Then there’s the poet with enough smarts to make me feel inferior sometimes, which has led to my being genuinely attracted. Yes, I must stop tiptoeing and get right to the heart of my prejudices in the future.
Re: a comment on Posted Pelicans by Dovina	6-Nov-05/5:09 PM
Does this mean we're not fighting anymore?
Re: a comment on Posted Pelicans by Dovina	6-Nov-05/5:08 PM
Yeah, maybe some lines like: Beak inserted under bushy wing.
Re: Fading Memory by longships	6-Nov-05/5:05 PM
A somber tale, and if true, points to the death rate by car accident, 4%, compared to suicide, 1.4%, in the US. It's just that poetry seldom leads to car accidents.
Re: a comment on Racism by Dovina	6-Nov-05/6:35 AM
To answer such a question is as reasonable as answering whether Slimy Limeys are more ignorant on average than normals.
Re: a comment on Steak and Satin by Dovina	6-Nov-05/6:33 AM
Never.
Re: Posted Pelicans by Dovina	5-Nov-05/2:13 PM
Dear everyone who cares and doesn’t, Along the coast of LaLa Land, we sometimes watch sunset on Pacific Ocean’s horizon and a little later see coast-range peaks still glistening snow in post-sunset glow. Pelicans post themselves on posts in post-day and post wisdom like Post-It notes with cocked beaks — poor misdesigned birds. I wrote “calks,” a misspelling of “cocks,” in what Freud would have called “penis envy” which subconsciously prevented my using the loaded “cocks.” His theory supposedly explains the envy many women feel of men's status and career opportunities — as if such feelings required a theory, especially one with such a provocative and misleading name. It makes you think of those few women who want a penis so badly they'd consider surgery to obtain one. But penis envy was never meant that way by silly Freud. Anyway, I’ve changed it to “cocks” and wait patiently for interpretations. As for the off/on rhyming, well, I’m not as good as I once was. But once, I’m as good as I ever was, once upon a time — Wuntz. Now everybody sing along.
Re: Lunch with the Beast by D. $ Fontera	4-Nov-05/4:31 PM
Hey, I'm waiting for him to knock on the door, a date tonight. This is just the frame of mind setter I need. Thanks.
Re: a comment on Steak and Satin by Dovina	4-Nov-05/4:23 PM
Predictable,in line with the pattern. Thanks for the demonstration. Look, all I ask is that when we have a discussion, you stick somewhere near the opening topic. You usually pick up on some side issue, and get so stuck to it that you won't even listen to my suggestion that we get back on track. It's so easy to criticize on issues like wording and implications that your comments on them are hardly worthy of rebuttal. Anybody can find a little flaw and magnify it. The harder and more constructive thing is to stay with a topic.
Re: a comment on The Bed I Made by BrandonW	4-Nov-05/3:06 PM
Well, if you're insistant against a chorus, may I suggest a melody like Frederick Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major, op 9, no. 2. He wrote it while in love with Camile and after he had asked her father for her hand. Because Chopin had tuberculosis, the father would not consent.
Re: ~PROM MEANS 2 ME~ by T. Jonathron Remp	4-Nov-05/11:25 AM
Acrostic, not sestina.
Re: fumes by FreeFormFixation	4-Nov-05/11:22 AM
The three "my helpless"'s don't work very well.