replying on Clerihews (here you go, Nicholas Jones!) by Yardbird
5 Nov 2002, 12:05 PM
This poem must be one of those Brit things; ich verstehe das nicht. Poemchancre.
on The Funnyman by Christof
2 Nov 2002, 9:49 AM
Haven't given a 9 in awhile. Reminds me of the line "squeezing out sparks" by Graham Parker. After reading this, I'm going to finally rent "Lenny" with Dustin Hoffman playing the role of the comedic genius Lenny Bruce.
on cool hand luke by royalflesh
31 Oct 2002, 10:29 PM
I like it; check your typos. Rolling Stone mag did a fascinatingly strange article on Hemingway and his very troubled son; I believe it was the August issue. My favorite line here is "and it is so much more....than destroyed". Keep fleshing, royally.
on Another Tragic Love Poem by greym0on
30 Oct 2002, 1:06 PM
Very strong, emotionally evocative. In stanza two, it reads awkwardly to end a line with "within" and start the next one with "in". Minor quibbles. "I'm sorry, is all that you can say..." --name that artist.
replying on Her Name Is Stella by Tascobar
30 Oct 2002, 12:02 PM
The sugars in the honey and cherry extract ferment out; leaving only a hint of their flavour to comingle with the hops and malt.
replying on Her Name Is Stella by Tascobar
30 Oct 2002, 8:02 AM
GW, I'm bottling my latest, orange blossom honey/cherry ale, tonight.
replying on Her Name Is Stella by Tascobar
30 Oct 2002, 7:56 AM
Brando screams "Stella" in A Streetcar Named Desire".
replying on In the Quiet of the Night a Tree Gently Shakes by Nicholas Jones
30 Oct 2002, 7:55 AM
Zzin, are you suggesting Nick should change it to "sleeps..."?
on In the Quiet of the Night a Tree Gently Shakes by Nicholas Jones
30 Oct 2002, 7:48 AM
"light growing, streetlights ending"? Good haiku.
on Her Name Is Stella by Tascobar
30 Oct 2002, 7:45 AM
I like Stella Artois, good beer. But, methinks Sierra Nevada Big Foot barleywine would cause a row and a ruction to begin.
on Second Attempt at Haiku by loneshadow29
28 Oct 2002, 8:29 AM
I like it, lnshdw; for my son's 20th b'day in August, I filled the cake with trick candles; he blew till he was blue in the face-hilarious.
What do you think, should the two sniper suspects' candles meet their end by being put to death in VA, or should MD try them?
What do you think, should the two sniper suspects' candles meet their end by being put to death in VA, or should MD try them?
replying on A love of the midlands by ==Doylum
21 Oct 2002, 1:39 PM
Thanks, and Dylm, do consider a holiday to our own picturesque Trenton, New Jersey; send a postcard, won't you?
replying on Unadorned by w~* ATHENA *~w
21 Oct 2002, 1:33 PM
I like some of this poem--makes me want to reread it; and, GW, if you'd stuck with it, she mentions your husband.
on Plucking hearts and banjo by horus8
21 Oct 2002, 1:24 PM
This is one of my favourite H8 rambles; I like the wordplay and the line breaks. Tops are "left footed wind-up nut-kick" and "star blackened druids".
on A love of the midlands by ==Doylum
21 Oct 2002, 1:12 PM
What's telford, a town? If so, capitalize it. Should I change my holiday plans for Iceland and go to Telford, instead?
on nothing could by nentwined
21 Oct 2002, 11:58 AM
Had to think about this one. Sounds like 220 volt on that shock.
on One liners for the ladies by INTRANSIT
20 Oct 2002, 7:34 PM
Sweet stuff; I'm reminded of Rob Roy, from the movie, before all that dang 'have at you' and such.