Re: a comment on In Answer To Your Question by Dovina	28-Jan-05/10:47 AM
Interesting! A line drawn in the Poemranker sand. A supposition about marriage labeled as “woman.” Do you mean that a woman is incapable of commitment to the degree presented in the poem, and a man is? Perhaps you think only a man is that strong or that foolish. Maybe you mean that what I am really saying is that I want this kind of commitment from the man I marry, and that no woman can expect that. You understand the supposition of the narrator, that he or she is not promising, but thinking about promises. When we say, “til death do us part” and “for better or worse,” how different is that from the promises considered in the poem? No, I think your line is drawn in less sensible sand. They usually are when living is at stake. I’m guessing that some of my lines have dredged up a woman’s meanness. For that I apologize on behalf of the sex for all the times we have demanded promises from our men, when it’s not his promises that make us happy, but his surprises. Please return here at the Dear Dovina column as often as you wish.
Re: Devil, Devil, Hear Me Pray by PsydewaysTears	27-Jan-05/11:58 AM
Anything with suicide in it deserves a zero, but because of Verse 4 and the first half of Verse 6, you get a 7.
Re: a comment on #28 by Lifeboatman	26-Jan-05/10:48 AM
Your green nesting box lies with my red one (shurely no pun could be intended) so you must be responding to me. I can't understand many things, some of them I call zodiacian, even Dovinian.
Re: Memphis Skyline by wilco	26-Jan-05/10:35 AM
I like a good song and hate to complain in the middle of a hill-billy gittin-back-tagether tune, but if you remember all this in Verse 1, why don't you remember any of it in Verse 3? An' ain't it presumptious of y'all askin' her ta cancel her New Years plans and all. You'uns stay with us, hear. It ain't all that bad.
Re: a comment on Memphis Skyline by wilco	26-Jan-05/10:29 AM
All three of you are drunk and seeing double.
Re: a comment on Feudal Conflict by Dovina	26-Jan-05/10:17 AM
Thanks, J. You would not want to tangle with her. The best advice I can offer is buy her expensive gifts and treat her like a lady.
Re: Lonely People by april fool	25-Jan-05/10:57 AM
Wish I were schizophrenic. Sounds like fun. Seem better, though, to make it personal, not pitting it inside their heads, but talk about how it is inside the head of a schizophrenic.
Re: a comment on Feudal Conflict by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:47 AM
Thanks for the explanation. Some good points there. The caps are inconsistant, and I might make them all caps in keeping with Feudal tradition. I'll take a hard look at the rest. thanks.
Re: Ode 2 2Pac by PodPoet	25-Jan-05/10:32 AM
I, too, know nothing of the rap scene. But you've shown it to me here and it makes sense. I'll listen closer next time I hear it.
Re: a comment on UFO by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:22 AM
This is not logical, Dan, so unlike you. If they count in base 6 then our Area 59 would be Area 135. But then, I suppose they can have an Area 54 it they want to. Sorry if I offend a cherished belief.
Re: a comment on Feudal Conflict by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:14 AM
Not a bad title. She is a bit feisty.
Re: a comment on Feudal Conflict by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:13 AM
I'd like to hear what "word-heavy" means to you here. You must realize that I wanted to keep the chess images flowing and certain words are needed for that.
Re: a comment on Feudal Conflict by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:11 AM
I am afraid you are bored, because it is about chess. It is also about a relationship I don't know what you mean by "the look" or why that would make you scared.
Re: a comment on Feudal Conflict by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:09 AM
I was afraid someone would take the word "queen" in this way. Must it be you, O friend Brutus? You see, chess is a very old game, mayby oder even than the "queens" you speak of, though I doubt it, Greeks being as they were and all.
Re: a comment on A Better God by Dovina	25-Jan-05/10:04 AM
I like "deem" but zodiac will dislike it for that reason and impute his dislike to something quite literary or enstooling.
Re: Birth by Caducus	24-Jan-05/3:51 PM
Wow, there's several ways to take this. What man, after knowing the warm squeeze of a woman's womb would desire anything more. Well, being a man you can return.
Re: a comment on UFO by Dovina	24-Jan-05/3:46 PM
Do they have an Area 59?
Re: a comment on UFO by Dovina	24-Jan-05/3:44 PM
No, I did not hear that, but I want a Print-A-Good-Man machine. The kind out there on the street all come with too many self-inflicted faults.
Re: a comment on #28 by Lifeboatman	23-Jan-05/5:29 PM
No, but it has that Shakespeare sonnet feel.
Re: Poetry translation(M. Tsvetayeva) by Olya	22-Jan-05/1:44 PM
Some very strange language this. Too many lines don't make sense.