Its inspired by a friends painting he did for for his art exam, but I know what you mean.

by screaming in silence i meant i could be talking to someone face to face or enjoying a game of pool or flawlessly executing arpeggios on my guitar and no one would notice. i know it's unreasonable to ask to be heard by someone when i'm doing this but a few people actually do hear me. you're obviously not one of them ;)

Thanks KittyKitty. At least someone appreciates work that comes from the heart. And you're absolutely right -- poetry is all about interpretations. I hope you were able look beyond the words in this piece, and perhaps gain a deeper insight into its true meaning. I'd be really grateful if you could tell me what my poeme means to you. And remember: there isn't necessarily a single right, wrong or meaningful answer. They're all part of life's brown tapestry. -10-

1) If you insist on continuing this conversation, please use a numbered-list format like this one. Without lists, poemranker debates tend to take something like the following form: USER 1: [responds to all User 2's earlier comments in a semi-methodical fashion.] USER 2: [some completely unrelated nonsense.] USER 1: [responds to all User 2's comments in a semi-methodical fashion.] 2) And without numbered lists, how will we know who is winning? 3) I'm sorry you can't write intelligibly. Clearly, you've missed the memo defining language as a community's generally-agreed-upon system of signs used in a generally-agreed-upon order. That, or your colossal illiteracy made it useful only for making paper hats and/or pterodactyls out of. 4) Why on earth would you value the opinion of what we'll just call "the poetically illiterate" over that of "the 'poetically educated'"? Do you imagine that these illiterates buy, publish, or commonly read poetry? 5) Well, mister, I happen to believe that everyone isn't equally qualified to speak as an authority on every subject, and that I shouldn't regard the views of someone less experienced than myself in some matter as equal to my own views on the matter. If you can't accept my point-of-view then it's you, sir, that's shallow, clothes-minded, and I daresay bigoted - not I. 6) "which you obviously lack" doesn't make any sense. If you say "I'm sorry you don't understand" again, you are a stellar example of the proposition "buttocum ergo sum." 7) How have you come to the astonishingly bright conclusion that "poemranker... is worthless for true criticism," (whatever that means, anyway)? Was it from the one poem other than your own that you've commented/voted on? Was it a result of all the failed attempts at real poetickal discourse on your fellow users' posts which have marked your stay on our site? No, I suspect it was because only two people bothered to comment in any way substantively on your poems, both of whom failed to blindly praise the dribblings of your genius and frankly understated the hideousness of the misshapen illogic that clings to them like dinner-crumbs in an elderly's unkempt beard. 8) Maybe this will drive home the fundamental difference between your conception of a "useful" poetry site and mine: zodiac Total Votes: 2669 Total Comments: 1905 Has read ALL of SomeKindofPoet's posts. SomeKindofPoet Total Votes: 0 Total Comments: 12 Has read NONE of zodiac's. 9) Hey, godspeed! Why don't you give Poets2000.com a shot? Or Poetry.com? They LOVE people like you! 10) Thanks for playing.

You know what I really like this poem, you just have to read and understand it. You have to look beyond words and go deeper than that. You always have to think, what was the writer thinking at that moment what was the writer feeling. I think this is a magnificent peice I like your work dark_angel, keep up the magnificent work.

I obviously already told you what true criticism is, so telling me not to tell you is rather a waste of your words. If it didn't make any sense, I'm sorry you're unable to understand. And after having many others criticize on this piece of work, other than the "poetically educated," I find that it’s perfectly fine in the form it’s in. If it speaks to a common person, then it’s served it’s purpose...and I could frankly care less about any opinion from someone who decides to criticize with insults instead of true criticism...which you obviously lack. Poemranker, again, is worthless for true criticism...so I will go elsewhere (to your unbinding joy, no doubt). It was good for a moment, thinking that someone with an education focused on poetry could be useful, but instead they remain like the many others before them, pompous and without any useful commentary. -SKoP