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She Searches For Love (Other) by validus_vox
She walks the earth in search of truth With a few hopes in mind and a tune in her ears She sifts through people in search of gold Daily, it seems, someone new is breaking her hopes Bringing tears of pain… …and visions of escape from the haste Becoming a nomad, her roots seem to be lost Drifting through life …like a feather in the wind People come and go Leaving temporary memories But serving permanent scars This journey strengthens her mind And calluses her heart Maybe her mind isn’t naturally deficient But damaged by those who hurt her To her, I speak gently and calmly “This soul has good intentions… …let me see the real you” With a quirk little smirk she opens her arms With a tight hug she whispers in my ear… “Thank you for caring… …it is the best gift I have ever gotten” She steps back with such finesse And in her eye is a new glow One of a child getting a new toy In her step is a new spring And a heart refilled with hope

Up the ladder: The Secrets Of Men
Down the ladder: Surfer

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Arithmetic Mean: 6.571429
Weighted score: 5.422622
Overall Rank: 3063
Posted: April 24, 2004 12:20 PM PDT; Last modified: April 24, 2004 12:20 PM PDT
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[5] deleted user @ 68.66.196.168 | 24-Apr-04/2:45 PM | Reply
Something inconsistant about "Leaving temporary memories, but serving permanent scars"
A good story, but seems too wordy.
[n/a] validus_vox @ 24.159.211.14 > deleted user | 24-Apr-04/2:54 PM | Reply
yes, i know what you mean...it is a bit wordy...this topic would serve me better in a story, rather than a poem...thanks for the comment...peace

mike
[7] Shuushin @ 207.5.211.177 | 24-Apr-04/3:28 PM | Reply
Hey Mike - Give this a shot as a poem. I don't mean that in a sarcastic way.

Allow yourself half the lines, and a third the words.
[n/a] validus_vox @ 24.159.211.14 > Shuushin | 24-Apr-04/3:35 PM | Reply
so you want me to rewrite this, with those restrictions?
[7] Shuushin @ 207.5.211.177 > validus_vox | 24-Apr-04/3:42 PM | Reply
Sure, give it a shot. (you don't have to count, but you get the idea)

Make it so you have to pick and choose the "right" word, the most appropriate image. You should find yourself questioning yourself when you write down little words like a preposition, or an article.(btw, that was just an example - did I need the word "down"?)
[6] zodiac @ 67.240.211.244 | 24-Apr-04/4:12 PM | Reply
I find it fascinating that you posted this piece "She Searches for Love" almost simultaneously with "He Hunts for Meaning." The parallels in the titles, if nothing else, beg someone to do a good feminist deconstruction on them, the result of which will inevitably be that your Woman-Searching-for-Love is daft, weak, and better off carried on her quest for love, which she believes is truth - while your Man-Hunting (nb-Hunting is something substantially different from searching) for Meaning (not Love) is self-sufficient, undaunted by hardship, and worshipped by women, especially "his friend," the object-not-subject of his search, who is mainly "confused" by his grandoise pronouncements, none of which are particularly deep. Ergo, men=great, women=suck. Which is fine if you're only trying to describe one particularly weak woman who you happen to know, but personally I wouldn't let you take my daughter anywhere in that tint-windowed van of yours.
[6] zodiac @ 67.240.211.23 > zodiac | 24-Apr-04/4:53 PM | Reply
I don't mean any offense - really. But you have to be aware of that sort of thing. I'm pretty sure claiming ignorance doesn't go over too well with critics these days.
[n/a] validus_vox @ 24.159.211.14 > zodiac | 24-Apr-04/6:03 PM | Reply
so im a kidnapper now? and yes, they are supposed to be related together. and wow, i guess i suck or something man...i have never been hated that much for this piece...hmm, im sorry...i will take it off then
[n/a] validus_vox @ 24.159.211.14 > zodiac | 24-Apr-04/6:24 PM | Reply
and also...i think you are taking what i am trying to portray in the wrong manner. the story of the girl is based on a friend of mine, suffering from mental disorders that affect her greatly. i support when ever is needed and stay by her side through her suicidal tendencies to help stop her from doing something regretable.

now the story of the guy is about me. i feel my life is a waste, i shouldnt be here yet because i feel like no one understands me or what im trying to say. this is a perfect example, i think people take one thing i say and put it into a different context. im sorry you took it the way you did. at no time was i ever trying to portray the male as being stronger and the female. they support each other day in day out. i hope this explaination helps you understand better and never refer to me driving a fucking van, im not a soccer mom. nor am i a rapist or kidnapper, far from both. so please, dont take my words the wrong way, sorry for the confusion
[6] zodiac @ 67.240.59.29 > validus_vox | 24-Apr-04/6:43 PM | Reply
Who said anything about hating? Please pay attention: I said explicitly that if this poem is about a specific person then of course it's fine because if poetry should be allowed to do anything, that thing should be to faithfully depict real-life circumstances in an interesting or original fashion. Yes, I do believe that. However, if I attempted any kind of generalization out of these two poems, it would be that women in general are rather weak and flighty and men are strong and patronizing. This is something you should be aware of people doing when reading your poems, and possibly correct with something as simple as naming the woman in this poem "Sarah" or something, so that at worst we can only generalize that women named Sarah are weak and flighty, or at least have a better idea that you're speaking of a specific person you know and not commenting on the intelligence of all women. This has NOTHING TO DO with what you meant to say.

And I didn't say anything about you being a rapist or kidnapper. I suggested that if I had a teenaged daughter (which I don't) and you were a teenaged boy who drove a customized van, perhaps with flame decals around the hood, or a custom sound system and vibrating fold-out waterbed and blacklight (which you almost certainly don't), I wouldn't let you take her out for a date. Don't take it personally: I'm a very protective hypothetical father like that.
[n/a] validus_vox @ 24.159.211.14 > zodiac | 24-Apr-04/6:54 PM | Reply
i understand what you are trying to say in the manner that someone may look at this without the knowledge of the background and see the sexist image of it. but this, i think, is a problem with most people today. they read so much into everything and find something offensive in almost everything. i dont want the characters in these to have names, i think it allows the reader to feel themselves fit in the position much better.

and i made the remarks towards kidnappers and rapists because thats what i think of when i think of tinted window vans. no im semi confused, i see you dont want me to stereotype men and women, yet you stereotype a teenage male for driving a certain vehicle. hmmm, understandable for someone thats very protective. i myself am skepical of some of the people that drive the cars they do, in a way it is a self expression. i myself have a customized stereo in my car for the soul purpose that i love music and good sound. but now i understand what yer saying and i hope you can see what im saying. thanks for taking your time to read and respond to all this.
[6] zodiac @ 67.240.59.29 > validus_vox | 24-Apr-04/6:54 PM | Reply
And as far as 'taking what i am trying to portray in the wrong manner,' are you aware that you are following a 6,000 year-old tradition of men writing in a condescending fashion about women? Probably very few of those men were conscious of how they participated in and perpetuated a system that allowed for the wholesale repression of half the earth's population; they were just writing about girls they knew, just like you are. So what the hell sort of manner am I supposed to take something like this in? Now, I am the kind of person who right or wrong believes writers and other artists are obliged to be aware of that tradition and, by any of several means, avoid continuing it. I have suggested one way to avoid generalizing all women as man-worshipping dolts; there are many others. If you'd like, I can tell you about them.
[n/a] validus_vox @ 24.159.211.14 > zodiac | 24-Apr-04/6:57 PM | Reply
well, like i said i was not attempting to make them look like that

i have other pieces that reflect something different

i will post those so i dont look like a testosterone pumped, womanizaing male...because that is something i am far from being
[8] wilco @ 24.176.102.131 | 25-Apr-04/8:12 AM | Reply
I was going to give this a 7 until I read the comments and saw what it is about. For what it's worth, I think you should try the above suggestion and try rewriting it and trying to find the "right" words (I didn't get that it was a mentally ill girl until the comments). Still, it's not bad at all.
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