Re: a comment on Blessings by amanda_dcosta	17-Jun-06/12:02 AM
Thanks Dovina.... it's good to see you back.
Re: a comment on Blessings by amanda_dcosta	16-Jun-06/11:58 PM
Alchemy........ ??? ( and Balence?... or do you mean balance) Hmmmmm.. I never expected you to start off this way... anyhow, for the follows. I presume you read the contents of the links you enclosed. And first of all, all their nonsense about existence coming into being through evolution and about the Big Bang and stuff.... it's also in the Scriptures. Depends on how one looks at it. Genesis has it that God made different things on different days. (The order of creation according to scripture is the same as the order in evolution.) Evolution states that all things were created over thousands of years at a time. And the Bible also claims that its over a long long period of time. Check this out. 2 Peter 3:8 "With the Lord, a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day". Think about it. What ever one sees as one day (in creation) could perhaps be a period of thousand years. And we do not know what method God used to create things..... He could possibly have used the process of evolution. Who knows? And P.S..... I was expecting you to critique my poem. :-)
Re: a comment on Blessings by amanda_dcosta	16-Jun-06/11:41 PM
Thank you Ranger... This is most encouraging. I appreciate it.
Re: a comment on Won’t Somebody Be My Friend by amanda_dcosta	9-Jun-06/9:56 PM
Thank you Imp for your response..... Was wondering if you had read it at all. As for the bottle....I was merely suggesting a possibility based on the normal trend that's present in today's world. If it has offended you, then.... I'm sorry. But no harm meant. And about taking note of people... well, that's a very hard thing to do. There was a time when I used to meet a poor old woman who used to sit by the church gate and beg. I was broke then, and I used to tell her that I couldn't help her by giving her anything. And she used to get offended. Ans slowly I began to talk to her frequently. The best part was that I couldn't understand her language (we have umpteen languages in India) and she couldn't understand mine. It was more like sign language from my part. But this bent up old lady would wait for me to come there freuently and start pouring out all that she kept in her heart to share with me. She used to be so ecstatic by the end of each session that I got used to enjoying it too. And finally if I'd give her any money she'd take and give it to another beggarwoman near by. This used to confuse me quite a lot, and in time I began to realize that it was friendship she sought. This is just an example of what I've been trying to explain. Feel the needs of others. It's not that you don't have anything to give. And for them to help themselves.... if we who are educated and have an advantage start in life can't make ends meet, how can they who are deprived of almost everything in life except their life help themselves. Think about it.
Re: Herencia Latina by Ranger	6-Jun-06/10:30 AM
Ranger, this is wonderful. A riddle poem, I must say. If it wasn't for Imp's insight I was getting quite distracted by Dovina's ideas, wondering what in the world could you be so precisely explaining. Am not familiar with viole, is it to do with a shade of violet? Am clueless.
Re: a comment on Nomads by amanda_dcosta	6-Jun-06/10:15 AM
Wow, Thanks Cadacus. I never thought you'd give anything over a 6 or a 7, seriously. And thanks for taking the time to read my previously posted poems. I'm curious, what made you read them?
Re: a comment on A Schizophrenic by amanda_dcosta	6-Jun-06/10:11 AM
Cadacus, Thank you. This piece is still in the process of editing. I see what you mean, and similar opinions have also been shared, so I accept this graciously. Thank you.
Re: a comment on Won’t Somebody Be My Friend by amanda_dcosta	3-Jun-06/10:40 AM
Imp, every life has it's share of self-pitying plea. I presume that if your life were the same as his, you too would be singing the same song. Only your way of singing it would probably be with the bottle.... one for the road.... one to drown your sorrows, etc.Thank God for small mercies. The story he related is not because he has no whereto turn to, or nothing else to do, but it's related so that you will feel the needs of others, especially of those alone. Not having material wealth is one thing, but having a feeling of lonliness with no one to share your suffering is an agony in itself. You ask, what 'did' he leave behind? I tell you he left us an awareness that there are people who need people like you and me to take note of them, not for our full pockets, but perhaps a look, a word of cheer, a smile.
Re: a comment on Won’t Somebody Be My Friend by amanda_dcosta	3-Jun-06/10:31 AM
Thanks Ranger. I must agree that it's a bit lengthy, but I wanted to put in all the details of the story. May be a few edits could portray it better.
Re: a comment on Won’t Somebody Be My Friend by amanda_dcosta	3-Jun-06/10:29 AM
Cadacus, this is the pitiful story of a 'beggarman' I came across way back in 2001. To some extent it's true. And I must say it's supposed to convey his state of mind, that of a depressed, self-pitying mind. Infact, what has been his inspiration other than the life of hunger, drudgery and lonliness?
Re: I WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT! by mindsigns	2-Jun-06/6:03 AM
P.S. I think this could go as lyrics
Re: I WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT! by mindsigns	2-Jun-06/6:02 AM
Which President do you want to be.... George Bush? Think again buddy, you might really be inviting a 'kick me kick me'. Other than that,... I like it.
Re: Farm animals by INTRANSIT	2-Jun-06/5:57 AM
Huh?
Re: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by oneglove	2-Jun-06/5:54 AM
I bet you know this one... "I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden along with the sunshine you're gonna need a little rain sometime." (Song--Rose Garden by Linda Anderson, or so)
Re: FM.PM by oneglove	2-Jun-06/5:48 AM
Not too bad. It's pretty simple and I think goes along common time. I tried putting a tune to it and must say that it passes for a song though, if following precise rhythms, it doesn't fit in. I think I could give you a -7- safetly.
Re: Everything That You've Ever Wanted by drnick	29-May-06/5:25 AM
drnick, I came upon this accidentally, and was quite `happy I did. This is pretty good giving a very Utopian feeling. You, capturing the mood in words, need commending. Good job.
Re: Godproof Hat by Dovina	29-May-06/5:21 AM
Dovina, Frankly, this reminds me to a similar piece posted on poemranker before. I don't know if it's yours or if its an edit of a previous piece, but it looks too familiar. It has an amusing tone to it, but not too impressive.
Re: Seizures by Sunny	18-May-06/11:04 AM
I am colorblind, so I will wait for the tulips..... what has colorblind to look forward to in tulips, definitely not the varying hues? I'm sorry, I might have got it wrong, but I haven't yet got the jist of this poem. I might be reading this with a different view, so pls don't take this personally. And may be a bit of punctuations could do , as in, "are the apparitions". Period. Line 8.
Re: Goa by amanda_dcosta	17-May-06/7:03 PM
I hope this edition will prove itself more favorable than the original post. Read on and enjoy!
Re: a comment on 72 virgins (but the bitches ain't fun) by ALChemy	17-May-06/12:54 PM
It's not about the vulgarity of the poem that put me off... it was more like it gave me an impression of Jim Carrey who I totally and wholeheartedly hate. More like a transferrence of feeling.