Re: Drowning by kat_boost	14-Aug-02/5:35 AM
This is bollocks of the worst possible kind. STOP. WRITING. TEENAGE. ANGST. POETRY. THAT. IS. EXACTLY THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER TEENAGE ANGST POETRY EVER WRITTEN. IT DOES NOT INTEREST ANYONE. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME AND ALSO THE TIME OF ANYONE WHO READS YOUR POEM. I'M SURE YOUR EMOTIONS ARE HEARTFELT AND REAL AND TRUE. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEM WORTHY OF POETRY. YOU ARE NOT UNIQUE. YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL. THE SOONER YOU CEASE LABOURING UNDER THAT MISCONCEPTION THE SOONER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE STOMACHABLE POETRY.
Re: The Sea by Tarquin De La Bog	14-Aug-02/5:30 AM
Did you hear that, guys?! yoda's apprentice isn't going to vote for this poem! That's how bad it is!! Golly gosh!
Re: of the bad hard drive by david	14-Aug-02/4:12 AM
What do you mean, "smacks of Tron?" It's practically an explicit reference to 2001. Isn't it?
Re: I LOVE YOUR HATE AND RIDICULE by http://janglingjack	14-Aug-02/4:10 AM
Can you not see that -=Dark_Angel=-'s comment on your other poeme was the apex of irony?
Re: silence of the sky by david	13-Aug-02/10:12 PM
'We' are fans of David Hume, I think.
Re: Nude Limbo by forestchild7	13-Aug-02/8:27 PM
The first two lines of this are genius. Actually the whole thing could be genius if only you had made the pleasure of nudity more sinister and unthinkable.
Re: NIGHTMILK SUNBLOOD by horus8	13-Aug-02/8:25 PM
Anyone can make up a story and tell themselves it has meaning.
Re: NIGHTMILK SUNBLOOD by horus8	13-Aug-02/12:34 PM
Would someone who came all over this poeme tell me what they thought was good about it? I thought the "flow" of the words was "good", but if there is a non-literal message to be found then I haven't found it. Unless it's "what has the world come to; it used to be magical and special but now it's not."
Re: Walls by razorgrin	13-Aug-02/12:25 PM
Come on guys! Don't fight! Spend your time basking in the glory of the lord Jesu instead!
Re: Day of Reckoning by Lenore	13-Aug-02/12:08 PM
Your idea of what 'd.a.' likes is so wildly inaccurate that even Poetie probably has a better idea. The fact is I have hardly said anything about what I like. Does this mean I don't like anything? Of course not. I could give a long list of what I like, but I think that gushing about one's interests and/or 'passions' is one of the most odious things a human being can do. Let's just say that, if what you just said is an accurate representation of your opinion, then what you think I like is almost nothing like what I like. I do not go overboard on praise. Perhaps I go overboard on criticism. You go overboard on praise. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that constantly feigning orgasm over poemes doesn't prove anything about your ability to appreciate poetry. Especially in your case, since 90% of the time you're fucked out of your brain and find everything either awful or divine. The trick is to get over your own sense of deliberately-self-induced 'child-like wonder'. I may write a book on all the bullshit I have in my brain just to get it out of the way. The central theme will be something to do with people's incessant clinging on to 'seeing the world like a child' and constantly telling themselves things are wonderful and special and magical. That is why people clap when a cripple wins a race. They want to live in a world in which things end up like in children's books. It makes them feel safe and happy. Part of this illusion is approving of everything that initially seems good, or even better than average. This is a child's misapprehension. To write poetry about musty book shops is trite. It may evoke nostalgic feelings of childhood wonder, but then what doesn't? It doesn't make the poem any good. It is trite to write poetry about: sunny days, lost love, the futility of existence, etc, etc. Anything that evokes a sense of nostalgia for childhood is probably a bad poem, simply because the author concentrated on creating a vague longing rather than any actual message. This is good if done properly; however, even though it is usually not done properly, people still clamour about how beautiful it is. Your teachers have probably told you to make it 'real' when you write. How can you make poetry real? By saying the thing you want to say in the most genuine way you can; you should try to be as accurate as possible. Part of being accurate is shedding your set of cosy habits, among which are: the habit of believing your own hype, the habit of clinging on to good first impressions, the habit of believing that rush-of-pleasure-checmical-in-brain = beautiful and right and good and special and wonderful and childlike and a daisy being picked by a three year old in a sun hat who gives it to her mother and they drive to a pool party and laugh and then someone throws a brick at the child's head. I doubt anyone's still reading, but the real point I want to make is this: don't let the desire for good poetry let you believe that bad poetry is good.
Re: drowning in the bookstore by yarlgrenn	13-Aug-02/6:01 AM
This would be good if it was slightly less cliched. horus8, with every public ejaculation you have, you further reveal the limitations of your appreciation.
Re: Sansho-shima by spoink	13-Aug-02/5:56 AM
Yes. Yes...it's all falling into place. I think this poeme is quite good. However, no matter how many times I read it I still think it says 'break wind'. If it had been 'break wind', I probably would have fallen over and hurt myself in my delight. Just imagine...a fine afternoon, a date with one's best girl to break wind, and then she spoils it by telling you her troubles before the festivities can begin. The cheek!
Re: How could I ask for anything more? by DirtyKurtsGurl	13-Aug-02/5:54 AM
Is this poem about Kurt Cobain? GOD DAMN IT NIRVANA FANS HE'S DEAD AND HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND YOU AND YOUR EMOTIONS LIKE NOBODY ELSE EVER COULD.
Re: treehugging lollipop kid king by http://janglingjack	13-Aug-02/5:51 AM
I'm sorry to say that I did not break wind when I read this poeme. Your rude, childish nonsense is an affront to all the mature poetes here at http://www.poemranker.com.
Re: What to do, what to do! by itchiwitch	13-Aug-02/5:50 AM
HA HA HA FUCK YOU
Re: Death Alive by crims0ngh0st	13-Aug-02/5:47 AM
I have to say I don't know what the fuck this is about. If it's about zombies, good. If it's about vampires, bad. The last thing this site needs is a load of fucking teenage goths adding their poetry to the pot. Actually, I take that back. That would be really funny.
Re: The Girl Who Wasn't Me by psychedelic	13-Aug-02/5:45 AM
I think pete is an old man who lives in a blue shed on the outskirts of Utah and puts roadkill in vinegar for a hobby.
Re: Innsmouth by razorgrin	13-Aug-02/5:44 AM
Bachus is right. I got the 'omnibus' of the first three books of the Titus Crow series at a discount bookshop and it was the worst mangling of Lovecraft I have ever seen. Actually I have read the first four books of the Necroscope series. I don't even know why. They're so fucking crap it's not funny. I actually paid for them and everything. At least I don't read Dean Koontz. Who was it that was saying they read Dean Koontz in an airplane? He is the worst popular 'horror' fiction writer ever to exist (even worse than Anne Rice, which I suppose I should give him credit for). -=Dark_Angel=-'s horror recommendation of the week is Santa Steps Out by Robert Devereaux. It's not actually horror, although it's marketed as horror. However, it is one of the best books in that style ever (except for the last few chapters, which are too cosy).
Re: Day of Reckoning by Lenore	13-Aug-02/4:46 AM
a) I just did tell you what I really think. b) Your opinion of me is completely determined by the fact that I disagreed with horus8's over the top praise of your poem, so it's bull shit. People like you are what make the world such a frustrating place. You can't seem to make any distinction between whining and 'negative' comments in general. The world of opinions is divided up in two in your mind: 'whining' and 'positive comments'. Whining is what mean, bitter, unsatisfied people do, whereas positive comments are made by bright, smiling, cool, happy people. Presumably you would rather people just express nice, supportive thoughts and emotions, because then we would all feel good about ourselves! c) It's a sign of a great poet that he reacts to anti-praise of his poetry with an ad hominem attack.
Re: Day of Reckoning by Lenore	12-Aug-02/10:01 PM
I know it's tradition that when one of the 'real' poets on this site starts tossing off all over a poem, nobody else is allowed to say it's bad because otherwise they don't get it, but like what the fuck is so great about this one? It uses pseudo-olde language and vaguely rhymes and scans, and it expresses what I'm sure is a heart-felt emotion, but there's nothing worth mentioning in my opinion... this site is turning into poemwanker. first horus8 starts. then bachus, eager to be part of the 'let's go overboard being enthusiastic because then people will know we're real writers, we care about nothing but writing; that's our passion and we're of course completely unaware of the fact that we constantly go on about how it's our passion, because we're so absorbed in writing, and not the image, which is why we go on poemranker, not to get attention, but because some of the best poetry in the world is here' wagon, starts using sexual metaphor as a sort of coy but smug way of ladling out praise. Somewhere along the way usually 'razora' pipes up with her opinion, which will match horus8's. It's 10 times more insidious to tell people they're good when they're not to tell them they're crap when they're not.