Re: a comment on The secret press by zodiac	31-May-05/5:24 AM
I like it. I'm just still working out how to make it poetry.
Re: a comment on Distraction by zodiac	31-May-05/5:00 AM
Oh. I don't know what to tell you, then.
Re: a comment on Last Night by Roisin	30-May-05/5:00 AM
Is the pulmonary system a cycle? Is a circuit? If he said 'circuit' instead, would it work better? Nobody's pointing out the real problems with this poem, so here goes: 1) it uses 'it's' for 'its'; 2) it's about suicide. Discuss.
Re: a comment on Inspiration from absurdity by INTRANSIT	30-May-05/4:35 AM
I was on vacation with a weeklong bender. "Kinda cute in a sordid way" is kinda cute in a sordid way. But I bet if I met you in a bar, I'd stand a pretty good chance. Not that I want to, I'm just speaking hypothetically. PS-Saw a great poem about girlbees yesterday. Can't get it online, though. More to follow.
Re: a comment on The secret press by zodiac	30-May-05/4:08 AM
Beta is a name. The name of a good friend of mine from Mexico days, actually. I'd like to say I meant something by it, but the truth is at the time I just couldn't think of any Spanish girls' names not overused in poetry. In my defense, I did mean something by "agitator", "wringer", "mangle" and "banner". That's got to be worth something, considering.
Re: a comment on The secret press by zodiac	30-May-05/3:48 AM
Of course it's poetry. Consider the evidence: 1) The lines are much shorter than the space available. Sometimes, they're not even the same length. There are paragraph-breaks inserted at odd places. 2) "No" and "though" rhyme. "Agitator" and "Tlatelolco" almost do. 3) It's posted on a poetry website, with "Free Verse" written at the top. 4) People who come to poetry websites to read and vote on poetry are voting on it.
Re: a comment on Nesting Instinct of Women by Dovina	30-May-05/3:37 AM
Of course it should be 'infinite', only. I was thinking that even Dovina would balk at someone interpreting her poems as "the horrific squelchings of a thoroughly misguided", making the number of possible correct interpretations infinity-minus-one. I see now how wrong I was.
Re: Swoon by Dovina	27-May-05/2:29 AM
Except for the "while he includes you in a unique line of womanhood - sesible, respectful, fun" bit, this is the best you've ever written.
Re: a comment on Talia Eternal by Enkidu	27-May-05/2:27 AM
This is my favorite comment on poemranker lately.
Re: To Making Do by Dovina	27-May-05/2:27 AM
"exes".
Re: a comment on Mid Years by Dovina	27-May-05/2:24 AM
Well, I have to repeat: I'm in a stable, mindbogglingly pleasurable relationship and have been for years, while you, judging from your poems and comments, are not. I don't mean any offense; consider it in the line of advice.
Re: Making a Mark by andrew barnes	27-May-05/2:17 AM
There is no reason to believe some art from our time won't make it past the next epic disaster. Um, proto-human art DID survive the last ice age. Of course, most of that was just interestingly shaped rocks. I thought "stray nuclear warhead" was funny, though. Like it was just looking for the loo and got lost.
Re: a comment on Nesting Instinct of Women by Dovina	27-May-05/1:40 AM
Christ, I'm glad that's resolved. Is the following true? 1) -=Dark_Angel=-,P.I. believes there are a finite number of correct interpretations for a poem, i.e., the interpreter has gotten at an idea or meaning the author deliberately included. He probably thinks this because he's British. 2) Dovina believes there are a nearly infinite number of correct interpretations for a poem, as the author can have unwittingly (and/or through a practiced use of ambiguity) included a bunch of ideas which he or she wasn't aware of while writing. She probably thinks that because she lives in California. Not that any of this matters anyway, but it seems the conversation's stuck in that bog for at least one of you.
Re: a comment on Learning to Drive by jessicazee	18-May-05/4:14 AM
"caulking" and "caulked" are correct spellings, dummy.
Re: a comment on Nesting Instinct of Women by Dovina	18-May-05/4:10 AM
Not very well. Sorry again.
Re: a comment on Mid Years by Dovina	18-May-05/4:09 AM
Um, if I expressed my relationship in a noncerebral fashion, it would probably come out something like JUASDJnASJAWEUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmm. Forgive me for showing our readers a little more consideration. Besides, the cerebral stuff makes the noncerebral stuff possible. Bet after godknowshowmany relationships you still didn't know that.
Re: Forever by Dovina	17-May-05/6:12 AM
Do you really see a distinction between "Long live the king" and "May the king live forever"? What? I mean, I know you say one is what people who like the king shout, and the other is what people who love the king shout, but really. Maybe you need another traditional thing for shouting at people. Here are some Arabic ones: "God save you from the fire!" "May you never taste spicy food!" "God willing, you will shit oil!"
Re: Bookends by INTRANSIT	17-May-05/6:02 AM
"genious" is genius. I hope it was on purpose.
Re: a comment on Baggage (3rd ending) by INTRANSIT	17-May-05/5:57 AM
I think it's a simply wonderful word. Really.
Re: Baggage (3rd ending) by INTRANSIT	17-May-05/5:54 AM
'genes' should be 'jeans' or 'them'.