Re: the truth about poets by New Life Drug	4-Sep-02/8:44 PM
Will you duel, or are you a coward?
Re: I thought we were meant to be by trev086	4-Sep-02/8:41 PM
When I read this poeme, I wanted to clap. But instead I tugged into a bap. And while you may avert your eyes, you'll not taste finer than my Bap Surprise.
Re: Oh Well by RWAndersen	4-Sep-02/8:39 PM
THIS IS GREAT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Re: Coat hanger by april fool	4-Sep-02/8:39 PM
Personified furniture is the best thing ever. I have written a series of short, incomprehensible tales about a magical hat and shoe who live in an enchanted wardrobe and then meaninglessly attack people. I will keep them to myself, I think.
Re: Horatio by april fool	4-Sep-02/8:37 PM
Genius, even without the last line.
Re: Narrow Minded People by 4eyes	4-Sep-02/8:36 PM
Looking back angrily on someone disapproving of you and obsessing over it to the point where you diagnose them with an imaginary mental disorder is to "only see what was and not what is to be". I think you don't understand a lot of people yourself. Tell me this: Have any of the people you admired ever sat down and written a sniffly, indignant poem about mean people? By the way, spurning someone is the quickest way to get a free psychological assessment.
Re: Thorns by poetandknowit	4-Sep-02/1:41 PM
-= li9h+_4nG3L =- is clearly not me either. My feelings about him can be read in 'Five Limericks...'. -=??lilaznjen??=- also has wings, but I don't think you were talking about him. PS. If it wasn't already obvious, I fucking hate goths.
Re: Thorns by poetandknowit	4-Sep-02/11:53 AM
It utterly mystifies me every time someone confuses -=Dark_Angel=- for horus8 (e.g. Christof's intial misinterpretation of A Mused Mystery), or seems to think that -=Dark_Angel=- is yet another of the many accounts run by the same person as horus8, Bachus, <{Baba^Yaga}>, and so on. First of all the -=Dark_Angel=- account is older than all of those, so if they did belong to the same person, horus8 would be the light jibbering relief alter ego of -=Dark_Angel=-. But I don't expect the more recent comers to poemranker to study the 'date joined' column on the users list. What's more important is that there is hardly any similarity whatsoever between -=Dark_Angel=- and the other characters. Obviously in the minds of the 'serious' poets now dominating this site, they are all 'different' (from the serious poets) in some way, and that is enough to consign them to the same bin. But how are they different? horus8, Bachus et al are easily matched together. They're not so much alter egos, as alternate names chosen randomly at log in and used to spout the same meaningless, pseudo-mystical-offbeat-poetic, drug-addled (or drug-acted) nonsense. -=Dark_Angel=-, on the other hand, is surely characterised by naughty and irreverent poetic subjects, mock-archaic language, lack of tolerance for pretension and teeny tripe, and sometimes unfathomably heavy sarcasm, but also, when he does decide to argue something, for his clarity and logic. The only similarity is that horus8 uses many of -=Dark_Angel=-'s favourite terms, such as 'ASL', 'Jesu' and 'beak'; however, any cursory review of the comment history will reveal that not only is horus8 shamelessly imitating -=Dark_Angel=-'s original use of these words, but that in some cases he didn't realise what they actually meant (see for example his use of 'ASL'). -=Dark_Angel=- is in fact much more similar to Settle, waltfreakinwhitman and beakism (though these accounts have been inactive for a while now). Maybe horus8 et al are all run by a super-troll, carefully constructing their faux-stoned messages as well as running other, more rational accounts, but in that case, there's no reason -=Dark_Angel=- would be one of them. In fact, it's much more likely to be one such as god'swife. I think my rant here is finished. And so sayeth -=Dark_Angel=-. For alway.
Re: Ignored by PK	3-Sep-02/2:53 AM
"Somtimes I feel so un-alive / Like my presence does not survive"... If that doesn't sound 'forced' then I don't know what does. "un-alive"... genius! Anyway, this whole poeme is 'forced'. "I wish I could rewind the time / And turn myself into a chime"... WTF? A chime? You want to turn into a chime? So that people will stop ignoring you? That's a bit obscure, don't you think? Just because 'chime' rhymes with 'time'. It's beak. You beak. Jesu will be very displeased when he reads this. VERY DISPLEASED.
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/8:30 PM
And do you know what the best part is? Since this is your poeme, I know you're going to read this. But since you've just vowed never to look here again (and I trust a Scotsman would never lie), you're going to have to suffer in silence. Shame, that. Nighty-night!
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/8:27 PM
Pfff. You said I was a Muslim. I'm not. If that's not clarification enough for you, 's not my problem.
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/8:12 PM
Sorry, where was this incandescence of rage? I must have missed that. Pity. The whole 9/11 poeme debacle was the result of me pretending to be offended in a completely absurd way. I wanted to see a) if people would actually believe I was sincere, and b) if so, what would happen. Really. Obviously it worked too well. As for this "enigma" nonsense, I'm not trying to be enigmatic; but when people who've never met me start telling me what religion I have, what I do for fun, etc., it's only fair for me to tell them they've got it wrong, no? I'm not a Muslim. Jesus...one ironic comment containing the word 'Queen' and you're off wildly theorising and accusing. I'll remember to never touch your precious Freddy again.
Re: 9/11 by TheDevil	31-Aug-02/8:03 PM
Sigh. Will you *please* stop with the psychoanalysis? I'm sorry if you perceived that you're under my skin, but you're actually crap at that. anagram's much better. Now enough with the wry quips and onto the actual "discussion". My original interruption of you and razorgrin's lovein was supposed to relieve some tension. I thought I would do so by telling you you were full of shit so you'd be so busy thinking of quip-filled replies that you'd stop filling the comments section with that your-country's-naughtier argument. At least it worked, but now I have to deal with this. That's my position. I think I know yours by now. Let's drop it. Of course I'm the ugly child. But you're the ugly child that hates the other ugly children. I don't hate the other ugly children. but I don't exactly love them, because they're ugly. It's a metaphor. I'm not actually saying anything about ugly. Why did I "name" myself -=Dark_Angel=-? fucking hell. This has been a crowing triumph for so many people that I may as well get it out of the way. It was the single most cliched "nickname" I could think of. Do a search for "dark_angel" on google and you'll see what I mean. My comment about secret hand gestures was in reply to your comment about body language. We're arguing at ridiculous cross-purposes.
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/7:46 PM
Jesus Christ. You get better every time, anagram. Pretending? Who's pretending? Does everything have to be explained to you? And I'm not quite sure what insane idea you've got about my religion, but you've made comments about it twice in a row now. Perhaps you could tell me just what religion (and views on 'world order') it is I have. It'll be news to me. And while I'm hardly likely to pop up to Edinburgh, it so happens that I was in a "pub" last night. Fancy that! In a pub on Friday night! With other people! You and god'swife can be the president and treasurer of the 'predictable, hilarious assumptions about -=Dark)Angel=-'s life' club if you like. I wasn't doing a pub quiz, though. Does it still count?
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/7:35 PM
ha ha ha oh that's a classic
Re: 9/11 by TheDevil	31-Aug-02/7:30 PM
What the fuck do I know? What the fuck do you know? For someone who today wrote several hundred (if not thousand) words on the failings of someone he only knows from a few non-serious poemes, you're one to talk. "Simply a reaction." Yeah. Those multiple-comment, ad hominem but completely involuntary diatribes are a pain sometimes. You remind me of the ugly child who hates all the other ugly children because they're ugly. Let me just get your position straight: You know all about Shin-Bojangles, his life, his prose, etc., because that's "blatant", but nobody can discern anything about you, because what the fuck would they know and actually you meant something different because they couldn't see your secret hand gesture? Right. Simple. As simple as that. It was simply a reaction.
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/7:20 PM
I feel I must apologise to you as well, god'swife. The things I've done -- the things I've said -- they've been awful, haven't they? I hope your skirt has a place for me to cling to, because in your ever-surprising, constantly-challenging world I've truly found my raison d'etre. You bring a beauty and a joy to my life that I never thought could exist! Your courteous, frank, refreshing comments, your helpful criticism -- well what more could anyone want? And not only are you helpful and kind, but you're also a beautiful poet and a sensitive, wonderful mother! Just think - surprise your son with a lovely poem with your signature on it! My mother used to beat me with a meat fork. Perhaps that's why I've turned out to be such a sad, deprived, lonely child. All I ever wanted was some attention. I thought maybe I could get it by being mean and horrible, but it's much nicer when you're nice, isn't it? Beige. Beige. I see it... I see it all now.
Re: 9/11 by TheDevil	31-Aug-02/7:14 PM
Alright, alright -- I can see when I've been bested by a superior wit lol!! I thought you were a bit of a fanny, anagram, but I can tell you're really a solid geezer. Cheers and see you down the pub! Weeeeyyy!!!
Re: 9/11 by TheDevil	31-Aug-02/7:00 PM
Fuck yeah. You've got it sussed though, right anagram? Footie and Queen. And pub quizzes. Or maybe it's the proud, sentimental, concerned, people who you share your existence with. Who knows? I'm up at 3am. I'm special. You must be special as well.
Re: Here by anagram	31-Aug-02/6:54 PM
Don't flatter yourself. Vitriol is still vitriol even when it's being orally applied to a firm buttcheek.