Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/6:19 PM
At least he admits it!
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/6:16 PM
That's his opinion. Mine is that I may consider reasons for our existence beyond our own minds, beyond psychology.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/6:11 PM
I grant you permission to ask. But I see no reason to omit his opoinions.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/6:02 PM
I did not abuse Occam, I simply mean something different, when I ask, "why are we here?"
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/5:51 PM
I want the poem to march along with the pounding waves, but I don't want it to rhyme. I think rhyming could give it a sing-song sound, not in keeping with a battle. Thanks for the comment though.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/5:41 PM
Now that zodiac has stepped aside, allow me to take up the question, “Why are we here?” which I have asked many times. My childhood answer was simple – because God put us here for His pleasure. Occam says my childhood answer is simple and satisfying, but that it may not be true in view of other answers that science may someday provide. If that is true, there may be no reason for our being here other than the result of nature, however that comes to be known. For me to ask why I am here is like a chicken asking why it is in a cage, provided with all it needs until its timely death. That answer is in the mind of intelligence the chicken cannot comprehend. Likewise, if we are here for a reason, it is beyond our ability to understand, unless our maker decides to tell.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	9-Apr-06/3:22 PM
Guess I missed that one. See my comment there.
Re: A Fool's Errand by ALChemy	9-Apr-06/3:21 PM
"Bleed . . . for levity" is funny in the way that laughing at myself is funny. And the search for information about God is rather like a donkey chasing a carrot. Good.
Re: a comment on James The Dashing Pirate(Rewrite) by Luzr	8-Apr-06/4:59 PM
Maybe that's why he calls me an idiot, having slid a notch from moron status.
Re: a comment on Or Outward by MacFrantic	8-Apr-06/4:54 PM
Your poem has 84 hits! With all those people reading it, nobody left a comment? I believe you, but I think it's sad. Those 84 people had some opoinion, even if it was as bland as mine. Unless, of course, someone is twiddling the hit counter at some student union. This is not a bad poem. It shows that you thought about something and put effort into the presentation. I said it was vague, not because you use that word in the poem, but because I really cannot figure out what you are saying. What is dispationate red, for example? How does a bell sound outward? Does not the sound of all bells move outward? How is this bell different? What do the fragile storms represent, and how do they eclipse someone's head? Do the storms speak his/her name?
Re: Random Design by thepinkbunnyofdoom	8-Apr-06/12:03 PM
Some good lines and some good images. But it lacks the cohesiveness that a compelling poem needs. Specifics are mostly lacking, which makes it sound second-hand.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	8-Apr-06/11:58 AM
Obviousdly, you're not considering my benefit. If you were the self-centered one (looked to your own betterment) you would not associate with idiots. Rather, you'd find reasonably intelligent people from whom you might glean an insight or two.
Re: James The Dashing Pirate(Rewrite) by Luzr	8-Apr-06/11:52 AM
Some good descriptive language. But to make it compelling it needs a stting and specific story or event, otherwise it kind of sies there without life.
Re: Or Outward by MacFrantic	8-Apr-06/11:49 AM
I'd personally prefer that when you edit a poem, you do not delete the comments. This falls flat for me. Too vague.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	8-Apr-06/11:43 AM
I am idotic. Therefore, there is no point in discussing anything with me that an idiot cannot understand. How logical are you for trying?
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	8-Apr-06/8:31 AM
Is that your own wording for that frustrating aspect of God? If so, Bravo! Or, more appropriatly, Hee Haw! Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up.” When the disciples asked him why he speaks to the masses mostly in parables, he said, "The secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear.” Understanding God is not a simplistic thing, as zodiac implies. I wish it were.
Re: A Salute to Vile by MacFrantic	7-Apr-06/3:40 PM
Maybe I'm not getting this (and I think the funky spacing contributes to that) but I see a diatribe against the poluters of a river, and know you might not mean that at all. I'll hold off voting for now.
Re: a comment on Good old days by amanda_dcosta	7-Apr-06/3:17 PM
A better and more concise saying of all that's been said, I cannot imagine.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	7-Apr-06/3:13 PM
Nicely copied, and excellently pasted. For whatever reason, I cannot imagine.
Re: Buried by Enkidu	6-Apr-06/1:57 PM
It lacks an authentic or vivid setting and tries to compensate for that shortcoming by using empty words. Consider a quick poem: The day I lay me down to sleep Never again to wake I hope to see no loved ones weep With heavy hearts that break For I will be in heaven’s land And sit with God above A servant at His hand Receiving all His love There’s nothing wrong with my idea. I want to comfort loved ones so they do not grieve, but rather celebrate. But my poem lacks vision – what heaven might look like, for example, or how a soul feels there. There is no real setting given other than symbolic words.