Re: a comment on Indian Song by ALChemy	28-Nov-05/11:18 AM
Okay, done that. Draws a blank.
Re: a comment on Low by wilco	28-Nov-05/11:14 AM
A sad mans drinking song, not so experamental really. I guess you're looking for low votes, sorry, I hate to please.
Re: a comment on A Modern Woman by Dovina	28-Nov-05/10:59 AM
No, he’s saying that it’s not funny (i.e. sad) that no part of this conversation has any connection to his life and that all he sees in our talk is that men think women are pigs and women think men are pigs. It truly is sad. We must have the decency to provoke him no further on this sensitive issue.
Re: Colorbars by wilco	26-Nov-05/8:27 PM
"grey that’s been wearing down his soul" is good. No it's bad. Same for "kiss from old scars and lullabies."
Re: a comment on listen by elderking	26-Nov-05/8:22 PM
Okay, I'll take that little pipi trip I've been planning for the last hour.
Re: a comment on A Modern Woman by Dovina	26-Nov-05/8:19 PM
Colossal stupidity is one of those inane terms only someone desperate for a sleeping partner would think of and demonstrate by relating the two.
Re: a comment on A Modern Woman by Dovina	26-Nov-05/8:18 PM
You really wouldn't want to know what women are thinking, you'd be disgusted. It's the way dogs and cats coexist, except for that elusive bond.
Re: a comment on A Modern Woman by Dovina	26-Nov-05/8:15 PM
Sorry, I save that sort for you know who. Besides, this started with my appeal for more femininity in the workplace.
Re: listen by elderking	26-Nov-05/9:08 AM
It seems a complicasted way of saying she ignores you.
Re: a comment on A Modern Woman by Dovina	26-Nov-05/9:01 AM
50 years from now the thoughtds of women will have turned to younger men. I suggest using "you go girl" while "superior sex" still makes us giddy. Seriously, I think this topic could be made into something big. And male thoughts could help.
Re: a comment on One Second by TLRufener	25-Nov-05/1:49 PM
Even if all is lost in the Sea of Shamrock Deletion, I shall always remember the day you agreed with me.
Re: The mountain has come to Mohammed by ALChemy	25-Nov-05/11:40 AM
I like the Islamic references, but wish you'd leave Bin Laden out. Would be stronger I think just showing the attitudes. And prestidigitation adds nothing over magic. Some good images, but some are vague.
Re: a comment on Divorcing Tennessee by Dovina	25-Nov-05/11:34 AM
Fall's about ended there I imagine. Time for the morning diamonds, sparkling.
Re: a comment on Due Consideration by Dovina	25-Nov-05/11:30 AM
It's one of those coming-of-age stories where the protagonist finally realizes his nemisis woman has won his heart.
Re: a comment on A Modern Woman by Dovina	24-Nov-05/9:05 PM
Our grandmothers did those things, and some did them as well or better than modern women. But they were the special ones. I think the big change in the last twenty years is attitude. Maybe I didn’t say it well in the poem, but we can no longer rest in old expectations of frailty and excusable lack of integrity, but are expected to act professionally in our dress-for-success attire, and to work the project with constantly sensible demeanor. We like to say we accomplish this, but I’m asking whether success at it is too costly and whether a more feminine businesswoman is really more successful.
Re: O dear. by celticskatermatt1	24-Nov-05/11:52 AM
It's the way of emotion, and emotion gets it's way. After "Due Consideration" (see my poem by that title) we decide by the seat of our pants or by what feels right. You've said it well.
Re: a comment on Us Sinners by BrandonW	24-Nov-05/11:49 AM
I'll let it go then. But I think you've made some serious blunders.
Re: a comment on Due Consideration by Dovina	24-Nov-05/7:06 AM
Then all those outbursts of enflamatory exuberance were based solely in reason and only appeared that way to an unknowing observer. Few decisions are based on reason - Dovina
Re: a comment on Math Poem 4 by Dovina	23-Nov-05/11:22 AM
“Flapping around Alpha Beta” happens sometimes during the test of a mechanical pterodactyl. I don’t undertake only those tasks at which I believe I will shine. Such fear-based reticence would limit my fun. You do understand that we play a child’s game aimed at education. I risk encountering ridicule, and even welcome it sometimes, for the possibility of a shining insight. It’s hard to be sworn at or likened to all manner of disgusting things. But the way I see it, as long as sun glimmers from a pool of urine, I’ll endure the stench. Or as a lost friend once said, “Poemranker is a great resource. It is like a huge thrift shop or, even better, a gigantic landfill. If you don't mind getting dirty, there are many precious things to be found under some especially slimy, fecally covered toilet seat or unwashed, skidmarked underwear.” I’m getting all mushy and teary-eyed now. I hope at least one person reading this ramble has experienced courage not his or her own – realizes that this is an essay born in love. I plan to show it to him this evening and tell him that to feel loved is to feel worth more than the sum of my efforts, and that his brief words counteract an ocean of guff. Thanks for listening.
Re: The Rise of Dr Herbert Cyan by cyan9	23-Nov-05/7:40 AM
I take the good doctor as a creation of the character Marvyn Hyde. (You need to change the footnote.) It portrays for me the process of self reinvention, which I can relate to. Alchemy thought you were talking about drugs, and maybe you are.