Re: The empty room by INTRANSIT	3-Sep-03/12:24 AM
Doesn't sound like something Jesus would do. Must have been a bad day. Even the greatest philanthropists have their moments of self-doubt.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-03/9:51 AM
This reminds me of another story: There is fruit stand in Barcelona along La Rambla where a peculiar boy sells the strangest fruit. The boy has his own garden and works most of the week tending to it. Occassionally he goes to market to offer his produce for money and appreciation. Now some of this fruit is just plain bizarre. Some of it looks bizarre but is actually quite tasty. Some looks normal but tastes quite foul. All in all, he had over a dozen varieties ranging in flavor, appearance, nourishment, and method of consumption - for surely one removes the peel from a banana, but not a strawberry. The boy has recently developed a new type of fruit that is strange looking and very difficult to get into, but the fruit is large and the flesh )once reached) enough nourishment for several meals. But the boy forgets that the market is a large place filled with other vendors and more familiar fare why should they stop at his stall and even bother trying to deal with his peculiar fruit? Of course the locals don't stop. And it makes the boy slightly sad to be so good at creating the fruit and so mediocre at presenting and selling it ------ Incidentally I think you misunderstood the wiseman's words. He said that the concept of 'I' was an illusion, not reality. It was also reality when he got up from under his tree, rubbed his head, and gave you a good old fashioned atomic wedgie.
regarding some deleted poem...	3-Sep-03/12:10 PM
heh.
Re: Curiously here by philthegreek	3-Sep-03/12:12 PM
i enjoyed "old and grey/ came the day"
Re: none by tadpole	3-Sep-03/12:19 PM
congratulate, but nice
Re: Who are the best poets on poemranker? (A list by me) by Jeremi B. Handrinos	4-Oct-03/2:13 PM
(nod)
Re: Therapy by http://bandgeek	10-Oct-03/2:45 PM
Therapist or orchidess? (...three more inches of flattop to rock my world harder... funny)
Re: Turncoat by poetandknowit	14-Oct-03/12:03 AM
Something fierce. And the single rhyme in this - fate/wait - well played, that bit. (I must confess to be ignorant of the background - saudi arabia? egypt?)
regarding some deleted poem...	16-Oct-03/10:35 AM
I like the ideas behind your poems. I wish the search was working bacause I'm trying to find a poem someone wrote about Brighton Beach. The contrast between this and that poem about (somewhat) similar places is interesting.
regarding some deleted poem...	20-Oct-03/6:59 PM
Poetry now in hatterscope harevision! (Nice images) A late harvest or a harvest too soon? (I always peg you on your titles, but it's because I like where you're coming from)
Re: glimpses by nentwined	21-Oct-03/10:15 PM
I like this poem in conjunction with "sitting on a cliff's edge". The fused energy feels similar somehow. Interesting. Like two people watching the same play from different angles.
Re: Evel Knievel's last bananna split    by horus8	21-Oct-03/10:27 PM
Poetry is, at its best, a 'golden section' exposed. You're pretty close to winning a bronzed chambered nautilus for this one.
regarding some deleted poem...	21-Oct-03/10:41 PM
Nice to imagine. Thank you. The originality of the metaphors actually disrupts the flow slightly on the first couple reads, but after a couple reads I don't think the metaphors are anything but nice. I think what may be a small issue is their pronounciation and how their sounds fit into the poem: e.g. buried-alive hands is a very nice descriptor but a little front loaded to mediate the spreading transmogrification.
regarding some deleted poem...	22-Oct-03/9:56 AM
O portugese parece pintado fina com espanhol. É isto um o nascimento honesto ou um dispositivo? Schließen Sie nie die Übersetzung ein.
regarding some deleted poem...	22-Oct-03/8:59 PM
Really (really) dig the last two stanzas. The rest may be worth a look to really set up the kicker you've got at the end.
Re: Homecoming by http://mulberryfairy	23-Oct-03/11:31 PM
Pigs, Natty Light, and RJ. Sweet baby Jesus, I'm having a seizures from all the repressed memories you've unleashed!
Re: First Snow by http://mulberryfairy	23-Oct-03/11:38 PM
Yeah you like the snow now, but you'll soon have had your fill. And we of California will be left with our eternal comfort - deprived of the joy of difference. Maybe after not too long you'll wish you could cart it all out here for all of us to enjoy (until it melts)?
Re: rainfall saga 7 by Bill Z Bub	23-Oct-03/11:58 PM
Gonna need help Bill. smile 1, lure 1 , fingers 2, thundering 3, rain 5, at last 8 (intentional golden section? 1,1,2,3,5,8) but that's all I got.
Re: Backyard by <~>	24-Oct-03/12:01 AM
Few things with a more solid aura than weather worn oak and iron.
regarding some deleted poem...	24-Oct-03/4:05 PM
I hope that when you read this aloud to yourself you smile inside.