XD *claps* okay, i admit Hank in Montana was funny... you salty son of a gun ;)

heh, i guess people like thinking before they sleep :P

I don't believe you have a Master's in Poetry from an accredited Poetry School.

re: "i am really sorry that you don't like to mentally work while you read poetry, or my poem" I, for my part, am really sorry that you don't like to mentally work while you write poetry, as it means we have another week of reading this sloppy hash before you vanish forever from our hallowed halls without so much as a leaving rant. And I'm not a self-deemed expert in poetry-writing or interpretation. I'm a society-deemed semi-expert in it, having recently received a Master's in Poetry from an accredited Poetry School.

wow! this is almost funny. i am sorry i don't understand all the words you throw around, but i am not sorry i don't understand where you are coming from. you don't know what else i have written, and who else has interpreted my works, and what poetry i have read. not that i care to tell you. i am really sorry that you don't like to mentally work while you read poetry, or my poem. i am sorry you like to be spoon-fed. and that you have such strict rules about what it should be, and are not free to have more than one idea about it. i would hate to go to a museum or a gallery with you! and thanks.. for the constructive criticism. i hope if you actually are a self-deemed expert in the realm of poetry-writing / interpretation (because there ALWAYS is interpretation, varied by reader, uncontrollable) that you come across alittle better to others ... in order to help them... anyway.

Oh dear. "the X are gilded in snow" means "the X are covered with snow, which resembles something covered with gold." That means you now have "the X are covered with gold, which resembles something covered with gold." Great!

"i leave a lot up to interpretation" is the buncombe dodge of an inveterate guffer. The only way you could say something like that and expect to keep even a shred of dignity would be to actually deliberately include a lot of things to be interpreted in your poem. And let's be up-front about this: it's as obvious as my own left buttock that you haven't. You've plopped down the first dozen words that occurred to you and told yourself you're being clever and ambiguous. Bow'ls. Hey, you wanna learn some new concepts? How about the interworking of different parts of a poem, maybe? Some consistency of imagery and/or metaphor? "i leave a lot up to interpretation." Bow'ls! say I. I get all flummoxed and constipated just trying to imagine where you learned to parrot such a useless phrase. Yes, a poet can leave a lot up to interpretation, and some very famous poets (i.e., W.C.Williams) made whole careers out of this sort of addleheaded guffing. But first you need to be a halfway decent poet, which means if you start your poem with an image like a roadmap, it has to go somewhere. Your "velvet" might work, if you gave more of a hint that the roadmap is worn down to vellum-softness by use - but you won't; you'll expect me to do all the associative work that you haven't done. And then I'll run into "nameless", "unpainted", and "a movie" right after that, none of them building on each other or even fitting very well with each other, and I'll reach the correct conclusion, as I have, that you have no idea what you're talking about. In short, _______. Hey, and thanks for not talking down to me about what poetry is and isn't in the future! Have a nice one!

A: I'm not "trying" to make myself seem better than you; I *know* I am. Just take a look at these glowing testimonials. "zodiac is totally ace" - Steve in Nebraska "Thar ain't none in these parts what shoots straighter and drinks harder'n that ol' dodger zodiac" - Hank in Montana "You're beautiful. You'll be a star" - Simon Cowell "You have the aura of election upon you" - Harold Bloom And I have many, many more. As far as "you obviously are lacking in many personal fields" goes, please explain. B: I'm apparently the only one who cares. *glows beatifically* C: What, indeed, would be the point? At any rate, you haven't posted anything on anyone's poems except your own and one each of dmzoacan's and Blindpoetry's. Why don't you give it a shot? D: You didn't hurt my feelings, you dimwit. That's not even close to what I said. E: Thanks.

well .. gilded can be taken many ways... i could say, the cracks in the sidewalk are gilded in snow... and it would be something totally different. even tho gilded usually refers to gold. but, ahhh well.

ha it's not supposed to make a ton of sense. i leave a lot up to interpretation. i like unpainted.

HAHAHAHAHA... omg, you are so funny! A: interesting how you get your kicks off of "trying" to make yourself seem better than others, even though you obviously are lacking in many personal fields B: you're the only person who repeatedly tries to find fault with me C: why haven't you posted anything bad about my newest poem "what's the point?" or does it leave you without possible "witty retort"? D: i seriously didn't think you'd take it that hard when i said you didn't pass the 4th grade... maybe it just took you more than one try... but at any rate, i'm sorry i hurt your feelings