replying on The Bus by Dovina
2 Dec 2005, 12:27 PM
In the final throws of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe," God finally gives the answer: "Sorry to have bothered you" It's not exactly the same plot, but I'm asking some of the same questions.
replying on Due Consideration by Dovina
2 Dec 2005, 12:05 PM
You say that Dovina's Emotion is masculine? How could you?
on For my unborn by Caducus
2 Dec 2005, 11:59 AM
In heaven SLEEP my children.
on Calenders, Painters and the Boy who imagined Everything by avery
2 Dec 2005, 11:54 AM
A few suggestions: Use different styles if you want, but not within the same poem. Try for consistency of rhythm, like the rhythm you start with, for example. And try not to mix styles of language, like using "doth" (doeth)in a modedrn English poem. And try not use semicolons so much. And don't give up.
replying on A Modern Woman by Dovina
2 Dec 2005, 11:44 AM
I do leave holes in my arguments, sometimes on purpose, to give zodiac or Dark Angel room to maneuver, but more often due to carelessness or ignorance. I find it flattering when all they can fault is spelling, grammar, or some trivial mistake.
I don’t consider myself a Scrooge, but please accept a Scrooge’s gift:
You can, within an hour’s time
come at me with a hug
and dis me for offensive Silent Night
as if each thing I say
were independent of the whole
For that I thank you
and expect no more
than for each contrivance
that I write
to stand upon its own
I don’t consider myself a Scrooge, but please accept a Scrooge’s gift:
You can, within an hour’s time
come at me with a hug
and dis me for offensive Silent Night
as if each thing I say
were independent of the whole
For that I thank you
and expect no more
than for each contrivance
that I write
to stand upon its own
on Light within darkness by Caducus
2 Dec 2005, 10:13 AM
Could be a Christmas card, a kind of sad beauty.
Jesus LIES buried.
Jesus LIES buried.
on Searching by celticskatermatt1
2 Dec 2005, 10:08 AM
Either you're trying to be funny or this is full of mistakes.
replying on A Modern Woman by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 8:51 PM
Agreed.
replying on Silent Night by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 8:49 PM
Mine is surly takling about subjects related to the bible, but I don't think it's blasphemous because it doesn't berate God.
replying on A Modern Woman by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 8:45 PM
No, no. That's not what I meant by my admittedly cumbersome sentence. I meant that I don't search for information on a person or a subject and analyze everything that I can get my hands on unless I really want to discover the truth on that subject. It seemed to me that you were doing a lot of research on the origins of the gospels and I wondered why.
replying on A Modern Woman by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 5:33 PM
Yes, but I do not seek out everything I find out about you and study it, trying to decide which items are the most credible.
replying on Silent Night by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 5:29 PM
I intended it to be offensive. The original words are offensively trite, and need a shaking like a lot of "sacred" add-ons do. I find it interesting that if Silent Night came out today as a new song, it would probably be shrugged off as something to make fun of.
I agree with zodiac, and if you stay here very long you'll know that's rare.
You've don it again - put virtue lower than sin, at least to some. It seems a strange line at the end of a love poem.
Too many words in many of the lines for my taste. But overall it's good.
You've don it again - put virtue lower than sin, at least to some. It seems a strange line at the end of a love poem.
Too many words in many of the lines for my taste. But overall it's good.
replying on Silent Night by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 2:07 PM
I don't know if wilco is an atheist, but he seemed offended. See his comment below. I think I've offended darn near everyone with this, on this Thursday, thanks to Thor.
replying on Silent Night by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 2:00 PM
I have objected purposelessly. Apology accepted. Is there some other way to object? There truly is, as you have so often said, something I am not getting.
replying on A Modern Woman by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 1:53 PM
The gospel of Luke carries the most detail of the four, and is often considered the most reliable, except perhaps for Mark. Luke also probably wrote the book of Acts.
There is disagreement on Mark's age during Jesus' later years. In any case, whoever wrote the book of Mark probably wrote from hearsay.
May I ask why you have studied the criticism of bible texts?
There is disagreement on Mark's age during Jesus' later years. In any case, whoever wrote the book of Mark probably wrote from hearsay.
May I ask why you have studied the criticism of bible texts?
replying on Divorcing Tennessee by Dovina
1 Dec 2005, 1:41 PM
I think you said I did a you three years ago. I don’t know about that, but I did a me 1.5 years ago. Today, I’d either call it a prose poem or make it less verbose with better meter.
on Virtue and Sin by dooley
30 Nov 2005, 9:15 PM
I presume all the quotes are from the 8-page poem. They seem scattered as shown. But the kicker is "Virtue for women is lower than sin . . .Virtue is a trait few women can see." Do you really mean that?