Comments byricha, 1021–1040 back, including replies. Only comments on poems

one of the best 'winge about settle' poems. There should be an award
'we must learn to love one another AND die'

and

'i will not go down under the ground/cos somebody tells me that deaths comin round'

just a couple of quotes with reference to this transcription
bipolar disorder tends to work in cycles. If someone changes moods so quickly as that I suggest it is the cocaine not the bipolar.

Nice though. Westerners are so precious with their illnesses
on Poetic Soup [revised] by SupremeDreamer 5 Jul 2003, 3:34 AM
Insightful and communicative
the tone of the poem seemed so benign as well. I didn't get it until the end

clever
on Untitled #13 by david 4 Jul 2003, 1:36 PM
reads well.

heavily influenced by biblical imagery I think

painful in nature/ubiquitous in effect is a nice play on words

nice simple words to build a picture, not too tied to loaded terms
on Lycanthropes and L-dopamine by horus8 4 Jul 2003, 8:27 AM
irreverent, funny role reversal

do you mean L-DOPA in the title?
the drug given to people with parkinsons that made them all schizophrenic
on Fall Of The Heartlands by Mr Pig 4 Jul 2003, 8:24 AM
fine selection of language, the traditional with the new

the final line is good about the sword through the ventricles of a heartland. Streams as veins. I think the pneumatic part is mixing metaphors though.

this is definitely one of your best
on Misgivings by Topaz Servias 4 Jul 2003, 8:19 AM
this needs a bit more of you in it, the lack of originality detracts from the feeling you want to get across.

what I do like about this is the rhythm and sonority, even though you don't appear to be explicitly rhyming your words.
on Mirror to Mirror by Roisin 3 Jul 2003, 9:45 AM
reads well
the title mirror mirror is a bit overused

good ending structure, perhaps the words a bit cliched

other than that good, I like your use of modern language
on Its Blue by aurora 3 Jul 2003, 9:33 AM
a tad meaningless

nice poetic style though
on Orbiting Venus by scitz 3 Jul 2003, 6:54 AM
nice poem

not entirely unpornographic though
on The Artists Creation by Kitch 3 Jul 2003, 6:53 AM
nothing he feels/ addict to a needle? what about withdrawal

like the hyena analogy
let us for a moment
pretend we were poets
I knew horus8 and jeremy b were the same but bachus?
bachus was a shit to me the other day none of the others were

glad you didn't mention me i'm kind of sensitive

yours richard

ps i have these thoughts sometimes too
on walking by Dangzter 3 Jul 2003, 6:26 AM
senseless addiction of america is a bit politicised and lacks subtelty.

other than that this has a good musical rhythm, i like it
replying on Poetic Soup [revised] by SupremeDreamer 2 Jul 2003, 8:03 AM
i meant a bit corny, a bit out of place
replying on STIGMA / MUSEHEART by JoyLuck 1 Jul 2003, 1:14 PM
i kind of meant stigmata to do with the burning red to black. The kind of violent language, the tight skin
on STIGMA / MUSEHEART by JoyLuck 1 Jul 2003, 11:08 AM
stigma an interesting word to use.

i think of stigmata which draws a link with the first verse somehow in its explicitness.
on Poetic Soup [revised] by SupremeDreamer 1 Jul 2003, 11:03 AM
the computer feel is a bit corner.

other than that it sets itself an ambition and answers it, well reasoned.

cooking for food is an interesting link, Plath used to do lots of baking before writing.