Re: a comment on A Soldier's Promise by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/9:42 PM
She's innocent and needs your protection. you'll work hard for her and keep her safe from reality. She'll have your babies. Your the White Knight (ok, the Cafe con Leche Knight) and she's the damsel in distress. She is the purpose of your life, sounds very romantic but in reality it's a recipe for disaster.
Re: a comment on A Soldier's Promise by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/9:32 PM
If she's that way now she probably always will be. I didn't think of innocence in that connotation. You're right it would spoil everything. The images you provide are just so classically machista. You live in a similar environment that I've struggled most my life to escape and then try to change. So I jumped on your ass. Keep fighting and listening.
Re: a comment on Trembling Worry by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/9:22 PM
the women in your poem are delegated the classic roles of either virgin(innocence) or whore. The men are either villians or heroes. She fullfills your fantasy of the perfect wife, why?
Re: a comment on A Soldier's Promise by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/9:16 PM
You worship her beauty and her innocence. That is objectifing. If she had lovers previous to you would that spoil everything? You specifically articulate your desire for her to have your children. What if she could not? What if she didn't want children? Would that change your feelings for her? Don't be afraid to let her mature and experience life. you workon finding out who you are, she works on finding out who she is and the all the while you offer each other a non-judgemental friendship.
Re: a comment on Dilemma of a Crip by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/9:08 PM
Nobody hates you, least of all me. It's very intense around here. But if you stick it out you'll learn a lot in a short space of time. You are already ahead of the game because you're opening up to dialogue.
Re: a comment on Trembling Worry by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/9:03 PM
Absolutely relevant. They colonized your indegenous peoples, stripped them of their culture and forced them to adopt their twisted patriarchal oppressive system. Just like they did here in the Americas. That's my point. Like it or not your belief system and gender philosophies are heavily tainted with their bullshit. Women don't need your protection. They need your unconditional love and friendship.
Re: a comment on Creativity. by Blue Magpie	9-Oct-02/8:56 PM
I think that's exactly what they do. Much like your website. I'm assuming you're passion is lending a hand so people can appreciate this brief existence a little bit more. Looking forward to seeing your more serious poetry.
Re: a comment on Trembling Worry by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/8:40 PM
think about it for a minute. What are the gender roles in your culture? My culture is Hispanic which is very similar to yours. Of course I'm generalizing but let's just say that more often then not women are constrained by our cultures to certain gender specific roles. the standards and expectations set up for men and women are very different. Everything from virginity to hierarchy. Your poem mirrors that. I sure your intentions are good, but you have to open yourself up to being the kind of partner who will help a person find themselves not play house
Re: why? by little_angel_maria	9-Oct-02/8:32 PM
I just want to let you know I'm very proud of you for being able to share what happened to you. You should contact www.rainn.org. they'd love to hear from you. Get all the support you need. I know exactly what you're going through.
Re: a comment on Trembling Worry by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/8:27 PM
I asumed you were Filipino. Clits and fucking are best when mature.
Re: Ode to my childhood by nopal	9-Oct-02/8:20 PM
I rather like the first stanza, then it loses it's momentum.
Re: Confused by planetdicko	9-Oct-02/7:55 PM
the rhyme scheme of the last stanza has some merit. I suggest you take a writing class. Also find what you love and read it til it falls apart.
Re: You Can by Dariana	9-Oct-02/6:50 PM
I dare you to "walk across a rainbow" . One more example of the most overly written about theme for a poem. Not the worst I've seen, but just as uninteresting and shallow. I thought we weren't suppose to go into the light?
Re: Hit & Run by horus8	9-Oct-02/6:44 PM
Typo S5, L2.
Re: The right one by dngrules	9-Oct-02/2:31 PM
Start by living in the space between past and future. Sorry to disappoint but there are countless people out there who could make you happy. It's just a matter of wanting to sustain the illusion. You're poem is bogged down with repetitive language and a lack of creativity.
Re: a comment on Trembling Worry by Ninoy_Instigator	9-Oct-02/2:09 PM
If you are referring to me as 'girl' you couldn't be more wrong. I am a woman to the full extent of what the word implies, and dare I say more man then you at this moment in time. I couldn't possibly hate a juvenile machista like you. Your revelatory remark about not expressing yourself to girls, marks you as the ego-maniacal, oppressive, controlling husband/father your culture breeds. I am latina and well versed in the pitfalls of parternalistic societies. Joanna would do better to fuck everyone of those assholes, just to learn what really gives her pleasure, Which I'm sure you are throughly incapable of doing. Ever licked a clit? She should go to university and make her own life. Thus avoiding enslavement and boredom by marriage to your kind.
Re: ITS A SHAMBLES by lukehanney	9-Oct-02/10:36 AM
Personally, I've never liked inversions. I'd much rather sacrifice the rhyme. I'm a big sports fan. Baseball, followed closely by what is known here as soccer. It a bitch not to score. the inversion kills this for me. I want you to tell me more about the play.
Re: Creativity. by Blue Magpie	9-Oct-02/9:49 AM
Your poems are not grand but they are effective. "My self a little happiness..." is very dear to my heart. A sweet and humble philosophy. By the way, youe website is beautiful my son and I browsed through a little last night, he will definitely be benefiting from it. It's very pretty. I will make a point to use the search engine there.
Re: Return to Kadath by razorgrin	9-Oct-02/8:23 AM
Hey razorgrin! Posting soon? Hadn't read this, actually come to think of it I may have overlooked your poems. Love the word pickman. The 2nd couplet is my favorite, even though "moon-trees brew" seemed awkward, or maybe because.
Re: Ambiguous Love Poem For A Girl I Once Knew by poetandknowit	9-Oct-02/12:42 AM
Ambiguous Love Poem for a Girl I Never Knew.