poemranker ::20 most recent comments by Dovina (3621-3640) and replies

Comments byDovina, 3621–3640 back, including replies. Only comments on poems

replying on Math Poem 3 by Dovina 4 Jan 2005, 8:24 AM
Logic is math; math logic.
replying on Poetic Profit by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 8:16 PM
How about, "He loved her so much he forgot to vote"?
on human by Crakyamuni 3 Jan 2005, 6:29 PM
Don't get it.
on Darkness In Disguise by Stacy Stewart 3 Jan 2005, 4:36 PM
Could do without Verse 5, otherwise pretty good. Sounds like Satin talking.
on The Widow Bird by Bhaskaryya 3 Jan 2005, 4:21 PM
A little over the top for a bird, doncha think? A young oak is not colossal. An allegory maybe.
replying on My Wife by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 4:03 PM

(i) A beat B and got as fish as a reward.
(ii) A, 1; B, a fish.
Have I oversimplified? Yes they are different. But the fish is present as reward in (i) or score in (ii).
replying on My Wife by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 3:17 PM
Perhaps so, maybe you mean it so, maybe not. I think not, otherwise a crab would do. The fish is often a reward for a trained seal.
on Point Blank by jroday 3 Jan 2005, 2:17 PM
To answer your first question: I did. I sang them because I was taught, and I still think my parents were right to teach them. They said their world was going to the dogs, and it wasn't near as bad as mine in regard to the moral issues they and you are complaining about. Still I sing Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men, because it's right and they were right and you are right if you don't lose faith. UNTIL THEN.
replying on My Wife by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 2:07 PM
I don't think it's sexist.
replying on Math Poem 2 by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 2:05 PM
Couldn’t resist. I must knuckle down and become less cheesy.
replying on Mosul by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 2:02 PM
Wow! I thought that was as good as it gets. Thanks
replying on Math Poem 3 by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 2:00 PM
It is a very simple example of math indeed, but that’s the point. If he touted something he could not fully believe, then he would always have a question behind his words, the nagging uncertainty. He had no doubt in his belief and could preach with confidence.
replying on Math Poem 3 by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 1:59 PM
It’s one of the more dangerous things to say, but zodiac is right.
replying on Math Poem 3 by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 1:59 PM
That’s no excuse! Stand in the corner until it’s done.
replying on Math Poem 3 by Dovina 3 Jan 2005, 1:58 PM
Thanks, and that’s a better way to write the equation, given a stiffly text-only format.
replying on 38 Lines by auscot 1 Jan 2005, 2:08 PM
Tsunami was good. Twin Forks was good. Why go here when you've got better stuff?
on No More Autumn Poems (Edit) by Sasha 1 Jan 2005, 1:54 PM
After feeding the tree all summer, we put on this little show of color, then die. Long live Autumn! Good poem, but I want to be serenaded.
on Spilling Out Sideways by PsydewaysTears 1 Jan 2005, 1:49 PM
Understand the crooked maze. And not a bad use of words that rhyme with it.
on 38 Lines by auscot 1 Jan 2005, 1:44 PM
So what? If you have writers block, just say so.
on An Ode To An Angel by Bhaskaryya 1 Jan 2005, 1:42 PM
"strived for more than what was mine" Good line, and I say that because I have done that.

"lucky few to have seen a miracle" Yes, and it's so easy to see afterward.

Your explanitory notes at beginning and end only detract. The poem stands on its own.