Re: a comment on Separation by Dovina	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/4:42 PM
if you come from an evangelical or fundamentalist background, the whole thing rings quite true. That hot-cold thing is an oft-quoted passage. And the whole bunch of them, they're just a pack of pharisees accusing everyone else of being sinners, absurd since Christ hung out with sinners and shat on the pharisees. Hey Dovina -- I grew up in the UPC. Yep, me. One grandfather, six uncles, a brother, and a brother-in-law were/are preachers. Church 3 times a week 'till I was 18. Memorized ENTIRE Romans & most of Acts when I was 15/16, went all the way to the finals on a bible quiz team. Would you have guessed it? lol
Re: Confusion by jroday	al-naafiysh 204.215.33.121	8-Feb-05/4:37 PM
I agree with Dovina on verse 4 since joining P.R., and reading some of the comments Mr.jroday you hit the hammer on the nail.
Re: a comment on Separation by Dovina	richa 81.178.239.228	8-Feb-05/4:20 PM
OK then. I read your poem, under what conditions should I accept it to be valid?
Re: a comment on Family Portrait by woodstock20000	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/4:17 PM
I'm sorry; don't mean to harass But I fear, to be truthful, alas This pome's for the birds And to scratch the last words Heck - you might as well just scratch your ass.
Re: Reverse Pschology by Mister Cakes	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/4:04 PM
Here's a pome that's naught more than an anagram Of a word with a y that's gone on the lam I assume you've some meaning In there for the gleaning But if none can construe it, who gives a damne?
Re: The Disease Of The Dancing Cats by Mister Cakes	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/3:50 PM
There's apparently cats who will dance When at dark they at last have the chance Blah blah blah yadda yadda For us to care, dude, you've gotta The conceit with some PO'TRY enhance.
Re: a comment on Winged Victory by REWellman	REWellman 69.63.40.81	8-Feb-05/3:41 PM
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/greek/winged_victory.jpg.html
Re: Paris 1941-63 by Mister Cakes	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/3:39 PM
He spent 22 years in a sock? Champs-Elysées with some French dude named Jacques? Unless "sock" is a metaphor, For the crucial part of a whore -- In which case Mister Cakes is a cock.
Re: SHOT by tisa7	tisa7 4.10.233.198	8-Feb-05/3:36 PM
thanx
Re: a comment on Separation by Dovina	Dovina 12.72.6.36	8-Feb-05/3:20 PM
Thank you for your prejudice. It’s so good to know forehand that anything I say about theology is worthless. You are so very encouraging. Therefore, my saying that the book of Revelation, speaking to the Leodiceans, says, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm–neither hot nor cold–I am about to spew you out of my mouth,” is misinformed. Also, the metaphor is utterly random and unrelated to the rest of the poem. And of course I am really too uninformed to decide about any hierarchy of religions. That’s why I didn’t claim any, and only your prejudice claims that I did. Again thank you for your wonderfully enlightening clarification.
Re: a comment on Ann & Dan & I by Goad	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/3:19 PM
Mr. Cakes didn't get what he thought, (and it seems doesn't like what I've wrought) Since he voted a three Which insult left me Disconcerted, distressed and distraught. Not.
Re: a comment on Ann & Dan & I by Goad	Goad 217.95.210.139	8-Feb-05/3:09 PM
no I hadn't! Thanks, that was great. I see that you saw this: http://www.poemranker.com/poem-details.jsp?id=113919 It made me cry.
Re: Separation by Dovina	richa 81.178.239.228	8-Feb-05/3:02 PM
I very much doubt you are an authoritative source on theology, so anything you write about religion per se is going to be misinformed and consequently valueless. The bit where you bring together the Lutherans and methodists and catholics and represent them as a kind of hierarchy is I guess interesting, but you go too far in your conclusions later on, and what the hell is all this about spewed from the mouth of god. The metaphor is utterly random and unrelated to the rest of the poem. I thought metaphors had to be built up.
Re: Family Portrait by woodstock20000	Dovina 12.72.33.52	8-Feb-05/2:25 PM
Very clear and direct. A good picture. I would scratch the last two lines to give the reader more to ponder, less to be told.
Re: The Tree by Joe-joe	Dovina 12.72.33.52	8-Feb-05/2:21 PM
This is your best by far! What's got into you?
Re: a comment on James The Dashing Pirate by thepinkbunnyofdoom	thepinkbunnyofdoom 192.200.134.115	8-Feb-05/2:01 PM
Rhyming it would steal from it content, and as you said, its all about the subtle highlights. The first line is just that. A hook. The golden heels. A lot is ment by that. A) Head/heels, a play on the classic head over heels. B) Heads become heels and his heels become gold. Two key words. Head, Gold. (He is a blond) C) Gold is something that is coveted. James is coveted. D) Lets not reveal all the mystery shall we? Later Daze <3 Jason
Re: IT All Starts With My Fears by tisa7	frdup717 64.12.116.67	8-Feb-05/1:41 PM
where did you learn how to write like that?
Re: SHOT by tisa7	frdup717 64.12.116.67	8-Feb-05/1:37 PM
not2shabby
Re: Family Portrait by woodstock20000	Crakyamuni 131.252.230.71	8-Feb-05/12:06 PM
An average but drowsy diary entry might be better recieved from your Grandmother. I like nostalgia, it places us in the present, but this is not a poem.
Re: Paris 1941-63 by Mister Cakes	Crakyamuni 131.252.230.71	8-Feb-05/12:03 PM
"Got more soul than a sock with a hole." Doom.