Re: a comment on Translation by Dovina	3-Jul-04/3:43 PM
Yep, before "and" for sure, and I'll scratch the capital B in beside. Thanks, Shuushin.
Re: Time's End by Quarton	3-Jul-04/11:15 AM
After the beating you took on Recycled Stardust, I thought how good it is to read poetry about science-philosophy and how your efforts might improve. I mean this constructively: Time's End by Quarton On mountain's towering white crest, Winter’s hold weakens in warm spring winds, Tiny droplets freed from frigid grip, Meld in rills of pristine water, Gaining strength, Like visceral search for truth, Reflecting life's odyssey through time, Dancing splashes of clarity and meaning. But as rivers cease to run in Autumn, So too us, Slowly, aging waters recede, Current diminishes to a trickle and disappears. All traces gone, An arduous journey From creation to realization, to oblivion, Another cycle completed. Harbinger of spring's re-emergence The renewal of passage begun anew.
Re: a comment on Translation by Dovina	3-Jul-04/10:21 AM
Thanks for your suggestions. I will definitely consider them.
Re: What My Best Friend Doesn't Know by nicole081083	3-Jul-04/9:32 AM
Yes, it sounds sappy as you say, but what are friends for?
Re: Telegram for Mr. Prawne by DreamerSupreme	3-Jul-04/9:28 AM
Reminds me of an enprawning.
Re: Journey of a broken heart by donmiguel1960	3-Jul-04/9:26 AM
A lot of prose here, but not a lot of meaning. Could use a lot of shortening.
Re: The Passion of the Bellybutton by w~* ATHENA *~w	3-Jul-04/9:18 AM
I don't see why you would plagiarize something like this. Maybe it was something else you copied, can't say. Yeah, being pretty doesn't matter sometimes, but hey, it's a great quality if you've got it and can use it instead of some other stuff. Okay, I'm preaching.
Re: a comment on Recycled Stardust by Quarton	2-Jul-04/3:43 PM
Robert Frost brought us the elegant theory in his poem, SNOW, "Save us from being cornered by a woman." Consider yourself saved. He expounded on science in several poems without proposing new science.
Re: a comment on Recycled Stardust by Quarton	2-Jul-04/3:06 PM
Robert Frost
Re: a comment on Recycled Stardust by Quarton	2-Jul-04/2:25 PM
"To represent a (scientific) concept in a precise and cogent way," or to relate it to other aspects of life is the poetry of science. Much of science borders on mystical - string theory, quantum mechanics, evolution - and thus attracts metaphor and image. A poet who understands a scientific topic is not likely to make the science more vague, but rather enhance others' understanding of it. Furthermore, "to read things into scientific findings in the aesthetic and philosophical world," if done artfully, expands our understanding of both the scientific and the aesthetic. Poets can and do abuse science, but they often enhance it.
Re: blobby sums +-*/ by MR Blobby	2-Jul-04/1:06 PM
Answer 1: 77 Answer 2: 70
Re: a comment on Recycled Stardust by Quarton	2-Jul-04/12:52 PM
Science is a great poetic topic, almost as mysterious and wonderful as love. Good reply to Zodiac, I'm anxious to see his response.
Re: Shocks by Chasz Misleading	2-Jul-04/12:47 PM
Life is fatal.
Re: today the world is beauty by nentwined	2-Jul-04/11:23 AM
I've never quite felt this way. Either I feel happy to be an insignificant creature in a beautiful world, or I feel sad in a world that appears ugly. Maybe you mean awestruck at your littleness compared to Nature.
Re: a comment on Lady Bradbury’s Excursion by Dovina	2-Jul-04/10:53 AM
Stranger than -=Zamzara=-?
Re: Veracious Flames by Evening	1-Jul-04/8:49 PM
It's hard to comment on something so vague, but: Shadows can be anything I want Flames a hot breath Fragments of bliss Memories remain though Evidence fade The undone haunts again Opportunity lost I carry the heavy urn Spread ashes among the young, Growing trees
Re: a comment on Lady Bradbury’s Excursion by Dovina	1-Jul-04/7:48 PM
Oh, thank you so much.
Re: a comment on Lady Bradbury’s Excursion by Dovina	1-Jul-04/7:29 PM
Stranger than Antagon?
Re: a comment on Center Of The Universe by Dovina	1-Jul-04/5:06 PM
Could you not reach into the insect's mind, and see that my killing it ended all perception the insect had, however little, ended the universe as far as that insect was concerned. Of course it was only an insect, and nothing can be implied about turned tables, about life after death, about my ability to answer you after my death, or to even perceive you. Of course you could. And I knew a poet who would.
Re: a comment on Center Of The Universe by Dovina	1-Jul-04/4:13 PM
Yes, to some extent, sometimes, but that's not what the poem is about.