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Final Comment (Free verse) by dougsoderstrom
Dear Readers: This shall be my final comment on the website: www.poemranker.com. When I first heard about this website on Yahoo (The day it was highlighted as a really neat opportunity for those who wanted to have a chance to share their poetic efforts with others) I was delighted. Since that time, it has become increasingly clear, at least to me anyway, that this is no place for one who might want to receive serious feedback to be. The feedback that one receives doesn't seem to be related, in any way, to the poetic merits of one's writing. So often, it seems, their responses are nothing more than a sordid and demented attempt to hurt others. Except for a few rather looney attempts to wright something crazy, most of what I have written represented an honest attempt to do my best as a poet. And some of my poems were, I feel, perhaps rather decent. But regardless of what I wrote (regardless of how good or poor it might have been) there were those on this website who seemed to do their best to degrade my, as well as others, efforts. The website was, and still is, a really good idea. But unless those, who have done their dead-level best to destroy the potential value of this website, choose to go somwhere else, it is my opinion that this website will have little, if any value, for those of us who would like to share our poetic efforts with other mature individuals who seem to care. I shall continue to write poetry, however good or poor it just might be, but it will no longer appear on this website. Thank you for taking the time to hear me out, and the very best to those of you who have an honest desire to write, as well as to share, your well-intented comments with others. Your Friend, Doug Soderstrom, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology e-mail: dougsod@wcjc.cc.tx.us P.S. And for those of you who choose to respond to my comments in an unkind, and perhaps even immature and thoughtless manner, have at it----- -but please do remember this one last thing: "Do unto others as you would like for them to do unto you."

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Arithmetic Mean: 4.571429
Weighted score: 4.8847394
Overall Rank: 9929
Posted: May 26, 2003 1:19 PM PDT; Last modified: May 26, 2003 1:19 PM PDT
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[n/a] deleted user @ 68.82.229.248 | 26-May-03/2:58 PM | Reply
I cant say anything more than this...i completly agree and i do wish that people would give actual helpful comments instead of degrading people on their thoughts
[n/a] horus8 @ 24.126.113.154 > deleted user | 27-May-03/10:28 AM | Reply
I have an idea, enroll in advanced creative writing course as most driven writers would, and shut the fuck up. Did it ever occut to you that 'poets' write poetry not hold the hands of the hopelessly unimaginative, because, if we did on this sight that would leave us with zero time to work on our material?
[0] wCUNTw @ 195.157.153.253 | 27-May-03/4:31 AM | Reply
TOP EIGHT THINGS THAT I FIND REALLY ANNOYING

1. RELENTLESS SELF-PROMOTION
2. SELF-IMPORTANCE
3. LACK OF IRONY
4. SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
5. LACK OF A SENSE OF HUMOUR
6. OVER-SENSITIVITY
7. MISPLACED BELIEF IN ONE'S OWN INTELLIGENCE
8. RELENTLESS GOD-BOTHERING
[n/a] Christof @ 217.44.71.83 > wCUNTw | 27-May-03/5:54 AM | Reply
I can't stand it when people leave 'caps lock' on. Makes 'em sound like they're shouting.
[0] wCUNTw @ 195.157.153.253 > Christof | 27-May-03/6:39 AM | Reply
I AM SHOUTING.

I AM SHOUTING AT THE WORLD.

I AM SHOUTING AT THE LITTLE CHILDREN.

I AM SHOUTING AT THE OLD WOMEN.

I AM SHOUTING AT THE FLOWERS.
[n/a] Christof @ 217.44.71.83 > wCUNTw | 27-May-03/9:15 AM | Reply
OK. You big shouty person! But my ears bleed after too much shouting, don't you care? Don't you? Damn the flowers, I couldn't give a dingo's kidney for them.
[n/a] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 > wCUNTw | 27-May-03/8:11 AM | Reply
ha! relentless god-bothering. very nice.
[n/a] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 | 27-May-03/8:10 AM | Reply
professor soderstrom,

what makes you a friend to all? many here have not treated you as one. in fact, they have treated you as an enemy. so, why?
[n/a] wFraser Allonby Q.C.w @ 195.157.153.253 > <~> | 27-May-03/8:30 AM | Reply
Don't pander to the man's vanity. Note that on 24 October 2002 "Professor" Soderstrom wrote: "In fact, I am, not a prof, but, just a regular community college Instructor of Psychology doing my best to learn how to become a, hopefully, fairly decent writer and, perhaps even, poet."
[n/a] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 > wFraser Allonby Q.C.w | 27-May-03/9:01 AM | Reply
i am not pandering. i am merely pointing out that he claims to be a friend just as he claims to be a professor. he is, in fact, neither.

i also suspect that the above treatise will not be his final comment on poemranker.com.

what say you?
[0] wCUNTw @ 195.157.153.253 > <~> | 27-May-03/9:11 AM | Reply
Who care's what Fraser Allonby says. He's clearly an idiot.
[n/a] horus8 @ 24.126.113.154 | 27-May-03/10:31 AM | Reply
I don't recall asking you to teach me how to shrink heads dr. Besides, imagination is impossible to teach to people that mow their lawn wearing hush puppies and zinca on their noses. By the way God's dead haven't the Jews that run the head shrinking pill popping industry explained that to you yet?
[5] bondjedi @ 216.163.73.66 | 28-May-03/12:47 AM | Reply
That's it, blame the critics for your own failings. This screed sounds like Richard Nixon in '62 when he lost the Governor's race. "You won't have Dougie Soderstrom to kick around anymore!" Like Nixon, you too I fear shall return.
[n/a] dmzoacan @ 68.14.26.239 | 28-May-03/6:45 PM | Reply
Keeping the golden rule in mind, I would just like to say GOODBYE TO ALL MY ONLINE FRIENDS FOREVER!!!! *BLAM*
[n/a] Nicholas Jones @ 137.44.1.200 | 20-Jun-03/6:50 AM | Reply
Don't go, Doug. We need more people like you on this site who take things seriously, not less. And your George Bush limericks were excellent.
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