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Man in gown carrying a billboard in front of an industrial skyline. Billboard says, "The Meek don't want the Earth."

Excellent !!!

We're not all in the Asylum. Some of us are abroad in the world. Although I'm not abroad at the moment, but sitting quietly at home waiting for the swelling to go down on my pustules, which have now turned green and are starting to fester. Hey Ho and lackaday, off to the land of nightmares and empty reminiscences. Sleep can be very disturbing.

Dear George,

Why don't you chill out Moonlight and enjoy the show.

Let me explain once again that I am enjoying the show. I don't get upset reading these "poems."

You have forced your opinion on poetry on quite a few on this forum. It's your opinion and you are entitled to it but don't ram it down people's throats. It is becomming an obsession with you, don't click on the poetry page if it upsets you too much

Well, let see, I've only responded four times to the nearly 800 poems posted here. The first time was to you George, in which I confessed my reluctant capitulation to you. I believe I said you were "fantastic." I gave a tepid endorsement to Kush's effort. There was the "Leonard poem" in which I advised you to start over...the first three lines were salvageable the rest should have never seen the light of day. In this thread I complained of the faux Cohen "poem". Anyway, you look at it George, my critical forays here in the poetry section is half positive.

Heatherly asked me a question. I answered it. It wasn't the answer anybody wanted.

Do you really want to write better, George? Then you've got to start listening to someone other than BK or Lizzytysh.



M

Dear Lizzytysh,

I can always tell when you're having a meltdown...your last post had a plethora of emoticons.


M

Interesting that you will divert to saying anything, to avoid any kind of real, legitimate discussion, Moonlight. What increases the level of interest, in this particular instance, is that the alleged "meltdown" occurs after your previous assignment of "insane" status, predicated upon a very long post containing only two emoticons. Meltdowns precede.......certification.

Also, your powers of observation are quite lax. I rarely comment on Georges' poetry, anymore, and then ~ as always ~ only to comment on how it affects me, what I like about it, not how it's written, as in technique. Are you sure you're not Partisan/Heretic/p ?

Your ad-hominem techniques excel any other abilities you've demonstrated thus far.

~ just for you . Are we ... [find the missing emoticon] ?

~ Lizzytysh

Dear Lizzytysh,

Even the insane have meltdowns.

Tee-hee , Moonlight.....substance continues to elude you. How about some free, original thinking and input? Something with substance.
A response worth the click.

Even a foray into the use of emoticons [which I, personally, used to detest!]....try it, you may like it !

~ Lizzytysh

Hi all. I did like the poem and the efficiency of language used caused me to consider technique for better poetic writing. But fundamentally I liked it because it has heart. Not just cleverly executed from the head.

I have enjoyed much of the vigorous discussion but some of the thrust and parry has been a little tedious. Thanks to all participants for the dialogue.

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact its all dark.

Cheers, W.O.

Coffee Talk

Why do people always let their coffee get cold? Why at the office are all these half-filled coffee cups lying around that no one ever finishes?

They say they are coffee drinkers but the truth is they really do not like the taste of coffee.

Why is it that on this poetry site the threads hardly ever get out of double digits? On a forum that has over 600 registered members.

People really don't like the quality of these poems. The poetry section is the abandoned cup of coffee.

(Why are so many poetry readings held in coffee shops?)

Most of the poems get less than 25 hits. A lot of the hits they do get are the poets themselves reading their own poems again in admiration.

(I'm a narcissist too, so I shall return and read this post again.)



YDF

Make that over 700 registered members.


YDF

You got me crying now, freud




CYA

"In an essay the poet and classicist A.E.Housman confesses that he cannot define great poetry except in terms of the unsettling effect it has on him."

From Walter Arndt, in 'Pushkin and Heine,' a chapter from 'Alexander Pushkin: A Celebration of Russia's best-loved writer.' Edited by A.D.P.Briggs. Hazar Publishing, London, 1999. pp37.

That is how I like to enjoy poetry and is why I enjoy George's so much. It never leaves me with a feeling of boredom. Thanks George.

Thank you byron for your acolades, Young Mr Freud must never get unsettled.
To Moonlight, maybe i was a bit hard on you and i apologise.
None of us on the forum are professional poets or we would have published. Most of the members post for a bit of fun and sometimes we get it right. There are few hits on the poems but the nature of the postings do not open up a debate like other topics. However some of the poems do 'touch' other members, so they fufill a purpose.
We could debate all day, I would like to reiterate to Byron my gratitude for his warming words and ask other members to be tolerant of our postings.
Peace to the Board.......Georges

Dear George,


Peace upon your house, George. I never cease to be amazed at your generous spirit. I apologize too. I truly want to see you use that imagination of yours in a more disciplined way. In the future I will try not to be so exacting. Pax Poetas.


M

P.S. I still have very high standards.

Moonlight, you are a generous spirit as well. Thank you for accepting my apology and i will try to get to your standards sometime.
Best Regards.....Georges