poemranker ::Dial Tone by cuddlytiger17

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Free verse № 101626

Dial Tone

Member since 2004 · Posted 12 May 2004 · 23 comments

After years of being verbally abused I begin to feel that I’ve been used Sitting here all alone I listen to the dial tone.

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23 comments

[9] Sasha 12-May-04/2:38 PM Reply
This is a lot better! Is this an old one or a new one?
[n/a] cuddlytiger17 › Sasha 12-May-04/3:38 PM Reply
Thank you, it makes me feel at least a little better to have won your approval lol. :p This one is older than the other ones i have posted on here. None of them are "new" as in i just wrote them the day i posted them, but they're fairly recent. Can i ask what makes this one so different from the others? Why you like this one a lot more than any of the other ones I've posted?
[9] Sasha › cuddlytiger17 12-May-04/4:45 PM Reply
Easy to answer: Less cliché, more original
[7] wilco 12-May-04/3:34 PM Reply
This is better than the last one of yours that I read. I think you just need to expand your vocabulary a little bit and you'll be okay.
[7] wilco › wilco 12-May-04/3:37 PM Reply
See below for an example.
[10] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 12-May-04/3:36 PM Reply
Dialysis Tone

After years of being renally refused*
I wish my kidney'd been transfused**
Fil'tring here all alone
I listen to the dialysis tone

lol

* refused a kidney transplant
** by which is meant, transplanted
[n/a] cuddlytiger17 › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 12-May-04/3:40 PM Reply
Umm i dont think an expanded vocabulary would make my poems more suitable for you. More like a demented twist involving shit or some other sick subject you seem to be enthralled with...
[10] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › cuddlytiger17 12-May-04/3:42 PM Reply
Please don't swear on poemeranker.
[n/a] zodiac › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 12-May-04/6:14 PM Reply
You confounded clod! -=Dark_Angel=- can't get wings of shame. He practically invented them. And incidentally, just in case you've forgotten, you're the interloper here, not him or any of the rest of us. Please, do sit down. You're bound to only further embarass yourself.
[7] wilco › cuddlytiger17 12-May-04/3:52 PM Reply
An expanded vocabulary would not help with making -=Dark_Angel=- like your poetry but it would improve it. I'm not saying that you have to memorize the dictionary. Simply read more poetry to dicover new words and how to use them correctly.
[n/a] cuddlytiger17 › wilco 12-May-04/5:53 PM Reply
Yes i know, i agree with you nowhereman. I've been working on trying to do so. Thanks for contructive criticism...
[7] wilco › cuddlytiger17 12-May-04/6:00 PM Reply
You're very welcome and if you read any of mine (and, of course, I would encourage you to do so), please don't take them as examples of genuinely good poetry.
[n/a] cuddlytiger17 › wilco 12-May-04/6:11 PM Reply
I have read some of urs lol...
[7] wilco › cuddlytiger17 12-May-04/6:15 PM Reply
Oh..I wasn't aware..gracias, then.
[n/a] cuddlytiger17 › wilco 12-May-04/6:25 PM Reply
de nada senor.
[9] Sasha › cuddlytiger17 12-May-04/6:11 PM Reply
I'd suggest the poetry of John F. Nims as a way to increase your vocabulary and cerebral space.
[n/a] zodiac › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 12-May-04/6:10 PM Reply
No, just a little overexcited at finally being able to Hold Forth on Topics of Public Interest in Polite After-Dinner Discourse. And more than a little late for his bedtime, which has made him grouchy and prone to Faux Pas, the Subtle Markings of Inexperience.
[9] Sasha › zodiac 12-May-04/8:01 PM Reply
Ouch

I felt that all the way over here.

Actually I'm just underslept, but I don't think I'm grouchy.

zodiac, I'm insanely curious about something: You praise my translation of Ne me Quitte Pas but subsequently and inexplicably refer to me as inexperienced. Why?
[9] sliver 12-May-04/6:02 PM Reply
Perhaps you just got tired of being an enabler? Good job.
[9] INTRANSIT 12-May-04/6:05 PM Reply
Suggestion:

Listening to the phone's monotone.
[n/a] thepinkbunnyofdoom 21-May-04/11:35 PM Reply
hmmm...

seems a little lacking of... Something... Like substance, not so much depth more... purpose or drive, but I'm looking for a better word...

Damn it.

Someone able to help me figure what this lacks?

No vote for now.
[10] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › thepinkbunnyofdoom 22-May-04/4:50 AM Reply
It lacks excellence.
[n/a] cuddlytiger17 › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-May-04/7:37 PM Reply
If it lacks excellence then why'd u give it a ten? (Not saying that its excellent, bc i dont really agree with that, but apparently u liked it to an extent...)