Re: hidden by the indign	27-Mar-04/9:54 AM
"While sex is a wonderful, God-given gift, it can be abused like a drug to medicate pain from past rejection, abuse and other wounds. Today, many people find themselves locked in addictive cycles with pornography, masturbation, illicit sex, online affairs, fetishes, phone sex or other sexual activities. If you think you are addicted or know someone who is, this site may be helpful to you."
Re: a comment on Colors Collide by Blindpoetry	26-Mar-04/8:08 PM
No, you weren't accused of being racist. I accused my own comment of being racist, along with several properties of the visible spectrum and matter, tried myself in absentia, and then forgot about the whole boring business. Concerning "This place worries more about there religion and color and *place something you guys usually argue about*, more than the damn poetry," I would suggest checking my profile page, where you'll see I've voted/commented on more poems than almost any current user. Then I'd suggest inserting 'affordable beard materials for a homemade black Jesus' for *...* and seeing if you can write a poem more worth worrying about. Have a good night. And great poem, by the way. You're really coming along!
Re: a comment on Misplaced Life by Richard	26-Mar-04/8:14 AM
Check out the "Are You a Sex Addict" screening at http://www.sexhelp.com/sast.cfm for more fun!
Re: a comment on Misplaced Life by Richard	26-Mar-04/8:13 AM
There's more. "I have been masturbating for as long as I can remember. My neighbor introduced me to pornography and homosexual behavior at the age of ten. Some of the things I struggled with were: frequent masturbation, occasional pornography binges, buying magazines, watching the modeling channel, late night cable porn, internet porn, homosexual activity, bestiality, kissing, petting, etc." I find the whole thing intriguing and amazingly circular. Q: Why is pornography-viewing an addiction, when, say, breathing or fun aren't considered addictions? A: Because we're plagued with guilt while doing it and because we're led by pornography into more deviant, repressed modes of self-expression. Q: So what's the solution? A: Subscribe to a moral code which makes you feel guilty about your furtive, ever-more-deviant attempts at gratification. Q: Wait, isn't that all just backwards, impossible, and ass-stupid? A: Trust in the mercy of a loving Jesus, my child. And so on...
Re: a comment on Misplaced Life by Richard	26-Mar-04/7:04 AM
11/17/3 "Thank you for your site though it has come too late for me. Before I was saved I was taught at school and in the Army Cadets that masturbation was a perfectly natural thing to do and that in fact, if you did not masturbate then there was something wrong with you. I became addicted to sex and when I was saved, the power of this sin was broken. Two years later I relapsed when the Lord withdrew the presence of His Holy Spirit from me. My appetite for sex and masturbation became monstrous and unparalleled to anyone's sexual appetite. One day, after many years of tribulation and truly sick of it all I cried out to God and He immediately broke its power over my life. Since then the Lord has helped me to master myself and my sins and I have met a wonderful German woman who has now become my fiancée. We are due to get married in August of next year. It seems that you are right though! The only way to break the back of such a sin whilst one is a seeker is to truly turn to God in repentance and ask Him for Salvation. My problems were aggravated because I have suffered from severe depression for most of my life and most of my impulses were too strong to be resisted and would not work regardless of the many struggles of faith that I had. For God to answer me He knew that He would have to deliver a mighty blow to my depression - which He did. I am still recovering! May the Lord bless you all and may we see each other in Glory!" [http://www.porn-free.org/] [http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Pornography_Addiction/]
Re: Misplaced Life by Richard	26-Mar-04/6:11 AM
"Dear Prudie, I am self-employed and work at home. To my shame, and occasional self-loathing, I check out free pornography sites from time to time. (I have never gone further and actually paid to see more.) The other day I came across a porn scene featuring a female actress who, I swear, looks just like one of my cousins. Because the film clip is so brief, I can't be sure this person is my cousin. I'm not sure what my obligations are in this case. This cousin has been through some rough times recently (divorce, custody battle), and I would hate to think she felt she had to resort to porn to make ends meet. Our family has the resources to help her out. To verify her identity, or disprove it (I hope), I would have to pay $5 for a temporary membership. I've never wanted to do this for all kinds of reasons. The most practical of the problems: The charge would pop up on my credit card statement, which, in turn, would be spotted by my wife. What should I do? (And I also worry that I have a minor addiction to porn.) —Dilemma From My DSL"
Re: Style / Ffordd by Nicholas Jones	26-Mar-04/5:16 AM
Samuel Beckett dijo que escribir en francés le dio la opportunidad de escribir sin estilo. Pues, no sé mucho del francés, entonces tendré que usar otra lengua segunda para probar su teoría. A ver, no hay mucho estilo allí: Mucho menos que 'Esperando a Godot'
Re: a comment on Colors Collide by Blindpoetry	25-Mar-04/8:26 PM
You're too late. A balanced combination of all colors of light is white. A balanced combination of all pigments is black. Vice versa for their absence. Is that racist? Oh, yes, definitely.
Re: a comment on how i love by elizabethann	25-Mar-04/3:00 PM
re "Still, it's nice. A humble poet is not to be taken lightly": Do you have any idea what you're talking about? A humble poet is absolutely the first thing to be taken lightly, followed closely by stop-signs, 'deep thoughts and other abstractions', and dire predictions of global climate change.
Re: a comment on Reunion by syrusstone	25-Mar-04/2:49 PM
It's tongue. Not tounge. Tounge sounds like a lounge in town. I never go into town.
Re: Misplaced Life by Richard	25-Mar-04/6:35 AM
Some verbs would have been nice.
Re: I'm Alive! by sonawrote	25-Mar-04/6:34 AM
My favorite part was when you kinda summarized all your previous points at the end. That really drew it all together for me.
Re: Reunion by syrusstone	25-Mar-04/6:32 AM
Tongue. Tongue, tongue, tongue.
Re: a comment on Dreams by Tiffany	24-Mar-04/10:06 AM
For referring to the board-game 'Othello' as 'popular': bow'ls.
Re: a comment on Edd by Bobjim	24-Mar-04/9:56 AM
You commented on it - here (http://www.poemranker.com/poem-details.jsp?id=67473).
Re: Edd by Bobjim	24-Mar-04/9:30 AM
For a second I thought this was a repost of ?-Dave Mysterious-?'s enchanting poem "EGG", which I believe you are familiar with. Sadly, it wasn't.
Re: a comment on Poetry in action by Bobjim	24-Mar-04/9:22 AM
I have a degree in Spanish Literature. Ask Shuushin.
Re: a comment on Dreams by Tiffany	24-Mar-04/8:41 AM
Then let's wrap this up, shall we? "Vermillion (ie, lip pigmentation) height norms vary in different ethnicities; for example, African-American males and females have 13.3 and 13.6 mm upper lip and 13.2 and 13.8 mm lower lip, respectively. North American Caucasian vermilion height norms of upper and lower lip for males and females are 8.0 and 8.7 mm and 9.3 and 9.4 mm, respectively. Consider ethnic variations of anthropometric norms when planning reduction surgery (Farkas, 1981)." qtd at <http://www.emedicine.com/plastic/topic66.htm>.
Re: thaw by JakeBike	24-Mar-04/6:07 AM
-1 for welling, tumefying.
Re: a comment on Dreams by Tiffany	24-Mar-04/5:49 AM
That said, I would call this one a sonnet. Have a nice one!