Re: a comment on Rooster Rape by Dovina	20-Sep-07/2:26 PM
heavens, I don't think so!
Re: a comment on Rooster Rape by Dovina	19-Sep-07/4:08 PM
How could you extract a dignified remark from context and shove it into pr anals?
Re: a comment on Between two Truths by Dovina	15-Sep-07/4:57 PM
Spoken like a hemorrhoidal Philistine who has just entered the temple of Dagon and found the granite arms of his god broken off and all he can think to do is get rid of that dammed Ark.
Re: a comment on Between two Truths by Dovina	14-Sep-07/2:12 PM
The book of I Samuel rings more like history than parable. I can’t imagine any theological value in these hemorrhoids. But it’s easy to imagine gut-wrenching laughter from Israelites when they received them. They must have at least grinned at the funny choice of shape for a gift of gold sent by those humiliated Philistines. And they must have grinned again at seeing their enemy recognize the fact that they, the Israelites, had won. Perhaps they also felt empathy, for they too had been humiliated in times past, akin to one who admits his mistake, an act of recognized imperfection in which the Lord is pleased.
Re: a comment on Between two Truths by Dovina	12-Sep-07/8:14 PM
I wish you would read the context of a verse before using it as basis for a sermon. The Lord did not demand a final act of spite from the Philistines. It was the priests of Dagon who suggested sending golden objects as gifts to appease the Israelites. I think it’s funny they chose hemorrhoids, but that’s part of a story, not the Gospel. And gold can be melted down. You can send it to me in any form you wish. Nice to find you reading the Word.
Re: a comment on The Dark Poet by Dovina	28-Aug-07/3:22 PM
I thought at first to hang the old adage on you: Think negatively, then anything positive that comes along seems like a miracle. But maybe you and the poet of whom I speak are realists instead and give realism to the rest of us optimists as a gift we can really use. Maybe there is more beauty in buried roots than we thought.
Re: daddy's little girl by imfine_really7	28-Aug-07/1:41 PM
The second half is better than the first. Tone down the self-pity in the first half.
Re: Show me the way by Joi	28-Aug-07/1:35 PM
Do you read Gerald Manley Hopkins? He's pretty Christian for a Jesuit. But he elaborates in such detail it becomes finally obstacle, rather than assistance. I think you do the opposite, handing us generalities without much specific life-gouging. I'd rather see you "tossed" than hear you say you are tossed, and see these "free" things the Lord gives you.
Re: a comment on The Dark Poet by Dovina	28-Aug-07/1:25 PM
Sit right down, Love. I'll put on a kettle of tea and bring out some biscuits. Now how true is it you're in the dark as Ranger notes? And how is the light brighter for you and this poet of whom I was speaking. I'd love to hear your thoughts, but you and Ranger just sit here and chat awhile; I'll be right back.
Re: a comment on The Dark Poet by Dovina	27-Aug-07/4:32 PM
Step right in; let your hair down. You know my parlor is always open.
Re: Life by Joi	26-Aug-07/8:21 PM
It starts as description and ends as sermon. I think it would be more compelling to describe the feeling for those in need rather than telling us to do it, what it's like to soar through life rather than saying we should soar.
Re: Foreign film by richa	24-Aug-07/3:37 PM
Enjamb if you want to, but I think a period is needed after flickering. Perhaps a title about subject matter; I know it's a film, but does that really matter? I think the second verse is better than the first because of the nebulous fascist reference.
Re: Passive Birth Control by http://mulberryfairy	24-Aug-07/3:30 PM
You use some unusual words: devotement (devotion, perhaps); devout as a noun (but it works); redounded (a more common word might do better). Overall, it's a novel thing and therefore good.
Re: a comment on Church Propagation by Dovina	24-Aug-07/3:21 PM
Oh, but I listen to him; he makes some good points. Thanks for stopping by.
Re: a comment on Church Propagation by Dovina	24-Aug-07/3:20 PM
I am happy you are piqued and offended. It’s a sign of success. But why should it be because you are a Christian? Observe that as a church forgets the truth of the Gospel, it usually compensates with observances in fake religion which Jesus would have lashed out at, possibly with a whip. The religion of His day had degraded into a form which we can lump into the dirty word “piety.” “You can't know wisdom, but you can be it, at ease in your own life.” Tao Te Ching. As wisdom in the church wanes, compensation comes in cleverness and knowledge. I just observe these things happening; it is not a position statement as you seem to think. These degradations lead to arguments, which lead to stricter organization. If the situation degrades into strife and chaos, then a portion of the people leave and form another church. Thanks for your comment.
Re: Under the rain by Prince of Void	8-Aug-07/7:53 PM
One of your best.
Re: a comment on Another Date by Dovina	8-Aug-07/7:51 PM
Verse 1.
Re: Sadist by PoetryIsDead	4-Aug-07/10:13 AM
Good title for this.
Re: Mosaic by Caducus	4-Aug-07/10:12 AM
Do you really need two "holy"'s? The first verse is a riddle - 4 generations I think. The last two lines are great. Thanks for making me read Psalm 34 again.
Re: To a Grunting Man on the Train by Christof	4-Aug-07/10:07 AM
I am with you until the last three lines. The ending switches topic too much and is unclear.