Re: good-bye kansas city: meditation #2 by poetandknowit	17-Aug-02/3:08 PM
Dear Poetand knowit: Thanks for the help on my poem "Just Another Day." I really do appreciate the assisstance. If you continue to read my stuff-----all help will be appreciated. By the way, I really liked your piece, "good-bye kansas city:meditation #2. Also guess what-----I was born in Kansas City, MO in 1941-----and then grew up in Junction City, Kansas, 120 miles west of KC. Your Friend in Poetry, Doug PS I gave your poem a 9!!!
Re: The Messenger (The Unreplaceable And Greatly Missed Mr. Mercury) by anagram	17-Aug-02/3:17 PM
Anagram: I really enjoyed reading your Mr. Mecury piece-----reminds me of some fine people in my life as well. I gave it a 9! And thanks for the wonderful comment on my piece----"Work." The best to you, Doug.
Re: Valley of the Dolls by anagram	17-Aug-02/3:25 PM
Anagram: Thanks again for your comment concerning. Being a beginner poet (at least as far as publishing goes), I need all of the esteem building I can get. Your friend, Doug PS I wish that there were more seem to appreciate "how my mind works." Thanks again Doug By the way I gave this poem a 9. It sure does make a lot of sense-----and so many things do eventually come to an end. Learning how to let go is necessarily an important part of life. Not easy, but sometimes just simply necessary.
Re: Dirty Pops by Tarquin De La Bog	17-Aug-02/3:33 PM
Dear Tarquin: I appreciate your comment on my poem----"Work." Wasn't it someone "a few years ago" who indicated that we should learn how to love our enemies. Your friend, Doug
Re: Valley of the Dolls by anagram	19-Aug-02/8:50 AM
Anagram, Thanks for the kind words. I've modified "Just Another Day." What do you think? Doug
Re: A Passing Love by razorgrin	19-Aug-02/8:52 AM
Dear Razorgrin: Thanks for the compliment. Why copyright? Well, I don't know for sure-----It just seemed like the most prudent thing to do----? Doug
regarding some deleted poem...	19-Aug-02/8:55 AM
babbit11: I tried to make the appropriate changes based on your apt suggestions. Thanks. What do you think about the changes I made? Doug
Re: Why I want to kill Opie by Bachus	19-Aug-02/8:58 AM
Dear Bachus: Thanks for liking my poem "Just Another Day." I made a few changes. What do you think? Again thanks for your support. Doug Doug
regarding some deleted poem...	19-Aug-02/9:01 AM
Dear youngweirdo: Very crude------but I liked it! Quick and to the point. Good satire. I gave it an 8! Doug
Re: The War by Tarquin De La Bog	19-Aug-02/2:33 PM
Tarquin: Thanks for the suggestions. I guess that "Break fast" is fairly cool. I'll take a look at the middle section of the poem. Thanks, again-----Doug
Re: Why I want to kill Opie by Bachus	19-Aug-02/2:41 PM
Dear Bachus: I'm not sure what to do concerning "The Muslims." I would not do what good old "George" is planning to do. Personally, I think that Mr. Bush is losing his mind! Perhaps he should consult Mr. Reagen for some advice----It certainly couldn't hurt----given his present state of mind! Feel free to share your submission concerning all of this to me: dougsod@wcjc.cc.tx.us Doug
regarding some deleted poem...	22-Aug-02/9:43 AM
Dear Babbit11: A great job! It flows like a saddened river making its way down to a sea of melancholy and wine. I especially liked: "I share a smoke with myself and drink in some nameless bar overflowing with strangers I do not care to meet"------Absolutely wonderful! It reminds me of two weeks ago as my wife and I celebrated our son's 28th birhday in Houston. After dinner we went out to a neat little yuppie bar. There were two different fellows in a span of a two hour period who chose to(while standing)lean against this square wooden column and aimlessly (and quite clumsily) stare off into the space of a much younger crowd hoping for something to happen that they each quite obviously knew was impossible. I guess they were either new to town, divorced, or simply two men who either did not have, nor perhaps ever did have, the skills it takes to be sucessful at picking up "broads! in a bar. They each somehow dissapeared into the night! A good 10! Doug
regarding some deleted poem...	22-Aug-02/9:52 AM
Babbit11: You must be from Kansas? I'm from Junction City, Kansas wher I lived for the first 23 years. Wakeeney-----I know it. "when the last elements of light divide to find darkness"----Very nice indeed! I will put on my site my poem (Tranfiguration) If you would like, share with me what you think. Thanks, Doug I gave it a 9+
Re: Recent History by Nicholas Jones	16-Sep-02/10:22 AM
Dear Nicholas Jones: I really like your piece! I think that you very well summed up some of my own thoughts. Keep up the good work! Doug
Re: Tugboats by poetandknowit	18-Sep-02/1:44 PM
Dear poetandknowit: Absolutely wonderful! I gave it a nine. It flows like an existential river moving into the bowels of our being. Doug
Re: Hamptons by bondjedi	18-Sep-02/2:07 PM
Very nice!
regarding some deleted poem...	26-Sep-02/12:34 PM
There have been comments about the "Chinese" nature of the haiku------What is it that is so Chinese about the poem? Pi? booth 3? Please explain, because I don't get it. Thanks. Doug Soderstrom