Dear Anonymous

[Safe_Bet]

Just wanted to post a little thank you note for the "0" bombs.

The reason I want to thank you is for giving Manu more test samples on the software he is working on to block the ISPs of trolls like you that post low scores just for the sake of being an asshole. Just in case you aren't familiar with Manu he is the Head Chief Muckity-Muck Computer Guru for Lit. I'm sure that your score and comments will please him to no end because they stand out so well.

For example two of the poems that I still have in the Top List, both of which you commented on (obviously you missed the third ) have other comments like this:

Cant Rape the Willing
by Safe_Bet ©

0% Huh?
06/30/09 by Anonymous in USA
This is erotic poetry? Apparently erotic means different things to different people.

100% Nice!
06/17/09 by LadynStFreknBed
You're such a strong person and it shines through in this poem!As timmhmm says, "Fuck 'em!" I need to save this one to favorites and use it in my anger therapy. (learning to get angry-- not anger management)

100% lovely
03/01/09 by Naturemithya
I just plain love your style: the true strength really rests within ones mind. congrats.

100% Fuck em!
09/23/08 by lorencino
Heh, this is great. Your defiance is beautiful.

100% ~
08/20/08 by UnderYourSpell
Hang on in there girl you're better than any one of your 'rapists'

100% "Cant Rape the Willing"
08/19/08 by Jamison
No, you can't, Grrr!

100% ~
08/19/08 by WickedEve
Your hate isn't prepared for me,
when I wrap what I now call family
around your pitiful frame and hump back at you.

I like what you did with your anger in this poem. Many emotional poems seem out of control. This one certainly isn't. Good way to express yourself.


Sonnet to My Neverborn Babes
by Safe_Bet ©

0% but were you
06/23/09 by Anonymous
ever even pregnant is the REAL question

100% these sentiments must be spoken
09/08/08 by unpredictablebijou
and you have done so, very well and in a heartbreakingly accurate way. Thank you.

100% ~
09/08/08 by UnderYourSpell
I have rated you but I can't comment my feelings go too deeply

100% I get it..
09/06/08 by eroticepiphany
I relate,I wish I didn't but I do.

100% ~
09/05/08 by sassynyc
this made me want to go straight for the kleenex.

100% ~
09/04/08 by WickedEve
Mentioned on new poems review thread. Very sad sonnet.


Now ya see, Anon old buddy, not only did you make it WAY easy for Manu to nuke your trollish little ass, but you made it uber easy for me to ignore your comments. You see how the other people signed their names? These are ALL people whose poetry I respect and to whose comments I give credence. Yours are just bird shit laying on the bottom of the cage.... you know, kind of annoying and needs cleaning out every once in a while... but not worth paying attention to for more than the minute or two it took to type this.

Oh.... and have a nice day while you are still able to sign on to the site.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

.........................

 

[Epmd607]

I've never left anon comments on your poems, or any others I can think of. But I'm pretty sure I did give you the lowest score for your ninja poem, the score that says "I hated this" because I really didn't like it at all. Then again I may have given you a 3, because I remember giving some people threes yesterday. Either way, it's possible for different people to give you low scores based on the actual work you submit and not on how they feel about you as an internet entity. Usually I leave a message on why I didn't like something, but with you I wouldn't because you'd just say, "Oh, that's just him, he doesn't like me, it has nothing to do with the poem."

If you've only gotten one negative anon comment on every other poem you might count yourself lucky. I can get three or four neg anon messages for a submission, including emails, that usually have nothing to do with the poem. I'm sure you've never went to my stories and poems after we've had our little talks and hit me with a couple ones or twos? But people have, based on my interaction with them here, goodbye H's, top lists. I guess if Manu wanted to he could get rid of the 1's, since that's what people complain about. But I imagine a few of them have started giving out 2's in the same way they used to hand out 1's.

 

[DeepAsleep]

Personally, I'd say you're too interested in having smoke blown up your ass. People can leave negative comments - people are free not to like your poems. People, in fact, will not like your poems. It's part of the game. Learn to deal with it, or when you start submitting, you're going to have a hell of a time. If you take someone's negative opinion as a personal attack, it's often construed as a lack of maturity on your part. Given that the negative responses on your poems were mild to the point of, "Why bother even writing that?" I shudder to think how you'll react if someone genuinely critiques your work. Get over it. You have more poems to write.

I generally feel that it's more constructive to get negative criticism than positive - sure, sure, reinforcement, blahblah, but I'd say growing a thick skin and taking a negative comment on a poem, right now, as a challenge for the future is going to be better for your writing, in the long run.

I try to continually ask myself whether or not I prefer to be remembered, or liked. I almost always go with the former - it leads to more interesting and honest writing.

Anyway. You're making an emotional impact: This is the point. That it's not positive is proof that you'll never please everyone -- BUT, you've moved someone to the point where they have to say something. In its way, that's a win. Take it as a challenge to write a better poem. You can always write a better poem, the question is, will you dare yourself to? It's too easy to get sucked into thinking you're a good writer, just because people have praised you. Don't think you're a good writer. Think that you want to become a great writer.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

It's true that not everyone is going to like everything that I write and nor do I expect it but leaving a nasty personal remark isn't on. Questioning someones pregnancy when they've just miscarried is something I wouldn't do it so I expect the same manners in others

 

[vrosej10]

I rarely criticise, except in a creative way. I am open to the same kind of criticism myself. In fact I welcome it. A while ago I was hit with an extremely offensive and similar comment suggesting that I was plagarising a story I had never even heard of, let alone read and they suggested I should have been jailed. I moderated my own submissions and deleted it.

 

[Imaginary_friend]

Just wanted to post a little thank you note for the "0" bombs.

The reason I want to thank you is for giving Manu more test samples on the software he is working on to block the ISPs of trolls like you that post low scores just for the sake of being an asshole. Just in case you aren't familiar with Manu he is the Head Chief Muckity-Muck Computer Guru for Lit. I'm sure that your score and comments will please him to no end because they stand out so well.

For example two of the poems that I still have in the Top List, both of which you commented on (obviously you missed the third ) have other comments like this:

Cant Rape the Willing
by Safe_Bet ©

0% Huh?
06/30/09 by Anonymous in USA
This is erotic poetry? Apparently erotic means different things to different people.

100% Nice!
06/17/09 by LadynStFreknBed
You're such a strong person and it shines through in this poem!As timmhmm says, "Fuck 'em!" I need to save this one to favorites and use it in my anger therapy. (learning to get angry-- not anger management)

100% lovely
03/01/09 by Naturemithya
I just plain love your style: the true strength really rests within ones mind. congrats.

100% Fuck em!
09/23/08 by lorencino
Heh, this is great. Your defiance is beautiful.

100% ~
08/20/08 by UnderYourSpell
Hang on in there girl you're better than any one of your 'rapists'

100% "Cant Rape the Willing"
08/19/08 by Jamison
No, you can't, Grrr!

100% ~
08/19/08 by WickedEve
Your hate isn't prepared for me,
when I wrap what I now call family
around your pitiful frame and hump back at you.

I like what you did with your anger in this poem. Many emotional poems seem out of control. This one certainly isn't. Good way to express yourself.


Sonnet to My Neverborn Babes
by Safe_Bet ©

0% but were you
06/23/09 by Anonymous
ever even pregnant is the REAL question

100% these sentiments must be spoken
09/08/08 by unpredictablebijou
and you have done so, very well and in a heartbreakingly accurate way. Thank you.

100% ~
09/08/08 by UnderYourSpell
I have rated you but I can't comment my feelings go too deeply

100% I get it..
09/06/08 by eroticepiphany
I relate,I wish I didn't but I do.

100% ~
09/05/08 by sassynyc
this made me want to go straight for the kleenex.

100% ~
09/04/08 by WickedEve
Mentioned on new poems review thread. Very sad sonnet.


Now ya see, Anon old buddy, not only did you make it WAY easy for Manu to nuke your trollish little ass, but you made it uber easy for me to ignore your comments. You see how the other people signed their names? These are ALL people whose poetry I respect and to whose comments I give credence. Yours are just bird shit laying on the bottom of the cage.... you know, kind of annoying and needs cleaning out every once in a while... but not worth paying attention to for more than the minute or two it took to type this.

Oh.... and have a nice day while you are still able to sign on to the site.

Hello DA, good to see you around these parts and imparting your wisdom.

Betty, do you realize that just about everyone on this site has been trolled at one time or another? You have accused various people and I have seen some of the ones you accused had left kind and considerate comments on some of your poems before and after you accused them.


Some people who get trolled publicly rant and rave then get over it but you brood and pout as if you are ten years old and some one drew a moustache on your favorite dolly. DA is correct in his assessment of you- you come across as very immature and I would add egocentric and selfish.

As huge as this site is, it seems odd that Manu would devote so much time to satisfy such a cry baby when so many others get trolled as well and never say a word, they just delete the hateful comment and move on. They get over it and they grow but you ruminate and whine. WHat they have that you lack is called class.

I feel really bad for you, that your life is so devoid of anything that this is all you have to occupy your time. Never mind that some people like your poetry but you rarely mention them and insist on focusing on the negative. Did you ever stop to consider how you must be making your good commenters feel?

Of course not as you desire to be worshiped and it shows in every post you make. If I was one of your fans, I would be hurt that my kind comments meant so little compared to the hateful ones that you enjoy focusing on and on and on.

Are there any therapists where ever you live cuz you need one, or maybe even two.

Good luck at ridding the world of people who find you petty and obnoxious. Don't you realize that when you give your ol buddy anon this much attention, he or she just revels in it? Live and learn,girlie.

*IF*

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I rarely criticise, except in a creative way. I am open to the same kind of criticism myself. In fact I welcome it. A while ago I was hit with an extremely offensive and similar comment suggesting that I was plagarising a story I had never even heard of, let alone read and they suggested I should have been jailed. I moderated my own submissions and deleted it.

I got kicked off a quiz site for plagarising an article well yes I did use it but I had written it in the first place so didn't consider the fact that I had to quote myself !

 

[DeepAsleep]

Hello DA, good to see you around these parts and imparting your wisdom.

Betty, do you realize that just about everyone on this site has been trolled at one time or another? You have accused various people and I have seen some of the ones you accused had left kind and considerate comments on some of your poems before and after you accused them.


Some people who get trolled publicly rant and rave then get over it but you brood and pout as if you are ten years old and some one drew a moustache on your favorite dolly. DA is correct in his assessment of you- you come across as very immature and I would add egocentric and selfish.

As huge as this site is, it seems odd that Manu would devote so much time to satisfy such a cry baby when so many others get trolled as well and never say a word, they just delete the hateful comment and move on. They get over it and they grow but you ruminate and whine. WHat they have that you lack is called class.

I feel really bad for you, that your life is so devoid of anything that this is all you have to occupy your time. Never mind that some people like your poetry but you rarely mention them and insist on focusing on the negative. Did you ever stop to consider how you must be making your good commenters feel?

Of course not as you desire to be worshiped and it shows in every post you make. If I was one of your fans, I would be hurt that my kind comments meant so little compared to the hateful ones that you enjoy focusing on and on and on.

Are there any therapists where ever you live cuz you need one, or maybe even two.

Good luck at ridding the world of people who find you petty and obnoxious. Don't you realize that when you give your ol buddy anon this much attention, he or she just revels in it? Live and learn,girlie.

*IF*

Hmm. See, this is just too much. I knew I should've cut the immature line. Knew it, knew it, knew it.


Living, Learning, Disgusted,
~DA

 

[normal jean]

Jeez

I hate to say it, but I know how S.B. feels, and I don't wanna EVER take sides on any situation in this forum anymore. But I have been trolled and recently, and it wasn't votes. I could care less about them but I leave that option on because people tend to leave a comment more often if they can vote too.

And for those who have accused me, well, if they feel the need to vent on my poetry, the option is there.. what happened though, someone, anon, went through and left comments directed , literally addressed, to me, on other peoples poems and on 4 of mine. That is nothing short of stalking in my opinion....

When I first came here, years ago, someone went through and one bombed everything I had posted and the "funny" thing about it was the poetry sucked. It deserved to be low voted. I tried to spend my time reading and learning instead of dwelling on the negative, but just a few weeks ago, I let someone, some anonymous, get to me, hurt me deeply, and it's not just one.... it can't be just one person.

When I first complained about the low votes, Champagne pointed out something to me that infuriated me at first then I thought about what she said and realized she was right. Sometimes a 1 vote is just as valid as any other score if the reader truly felt it was a "one" poem. As much as it sucks to see one of your poems with an average score of 1.87 that told me something--- that I had a lot to learn.

SB, I have read how you feel about certain people on here and they are some of the brightest people I know on the internet or anywhere. You just don't like their tone or attitude or ways of phrasing things and when you push them away because you have a personality problem with them, you deprive yourself of what you may have learned from them. That doesn't mean that Senna is wrong, or 1201, or even me.... I am not stupid, I have worked hard on my poetry here and I see you work hard too.


If you can see past the idiocy ignore it, like 1201 has told me on many occasions and just write. Fretting about it, threatening and raising hell in general does nothing but bring discord to the forum and drives people away that could teach us all something new.

I hope the troll leaves you alone, and everyone else too. I did want to mention one thing, well, its a question,

with all the hell about the ONE Bomber, why is no one screaming about the 5 bomber?

sorta makes ya think, at least it tells me what the real motivation is when people fuss about getting voted low. As for comments, go to the feedback portal and look at Maria2394..see how many comments I left before I stopped using that name.....

Your poetry has progressed since you have been here, but look at Annie, she doesnt raise hell and she works her ass off and her poetry has just exploded in a most wonderful way.

I believe that you have the same talent inside you, but you lack the will or the focus or something. Hell, I lack it too, I am a lazy friggin writer, NOT saying you are though, that was a ref as to why I haven't written much lately.

I wish you nothing but the best, SB, whether you believe it or not. Relax, think calm beautiful thoughts, realize that there are assholes everywhere and you cant control them and shit, why let them get you all worked up? I let it happen to me and I was just plain miserable and I wont gove anon that power over me ever again.

pax vobiscum-

julie

 

[Epmd607]

I rarely criticise, except in a creative way. I am open to the same kind of criticism myself. In fact I welcome it. A while ago I was hit with an extremely offensive and similar comment suggesting that I was plagarising a story I had never even heard of, let alone read and they suggested I should have been jailed. I moderated my own submissions and deleted it.

I would've kept that sort of comment as a badge of honor, what poem was it for?

...
I think imaginary_friend just took the opportunity to be mean, I wasn't trying to talk down to you. Imaginary_friend is just some one-note alt, no variety, just nastiness. Why use another name just to be a dick when you can be nice and a dick all under your regular name? To think it's probably someone I like too...

also, safest of betties: "Get over yourself dude."

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Is this the regular monthly boo-hoo about low voting/anon comments/no comments/no votes/every body hates me/I hate every body?

Get over it, this site offers you the opportunity to learn and improve. If you choose to concentrate on one or two feeble minded cowardly unconstructive critics that's your perogative, for every one of them there are a dozen positive attitudes.

I don't think there's a single member here who hasn't had negative responses to their work, take what you need and throw the rest out.

 

[Safe_Bet]

I rarely criticise, except in a creative way. I am open to the same kind of criticism myself. In fact I welcome it. A while ago I was hit with an extremely offensive and similar comment suggesting that I was plagarising a story I had never even heard of, let alone read and they suggested I should have been jailed. I moderated my own submissions and deleted it.

Thank you for that. If I receive comments that I can use to improve my poetry I appreciate them.

I've never left anon comments on your poems, or any others I can think of. But I'm pretty sure I did give you the lowest score for your ninja poem, the score that says "I hated this" because I really didn't like it at all. Then again I may have given you a 3, because I remember giving some people threes yesterday. Either way, it's possible for different people to give you low scores based on the actual work you submit and not on how they feel about you as an internet entity. Usually I leave a message on why I didn't like something, but with you I wouldn't because you'd just say, "Oh, that's just him, he doesn't like me, it has nothing to do with the poem."

If you've only gotten one negative anon comment on every other poem you might count yourself lucky. I can get three or four neg anon messages for a submission, including emails, that usually have nothing to do with the poem. I'm sure you've never went to my stories and poems after we've had our little talks and hit me with a couple ones or twos? But people have, based on my interaction with them here, goodbye H's, top lists. I guess if Manu wanted to he could get rid of the 1's, since that's what people complain about. But I imagine a few of them have started giving out 2's in the same way they used to hand out 1's.

Hahahaha! With your "I'm better than Yeats"-like ego I almost consider that a complement. People have every right in the world to vote on my poems. A lot of them DO suck. The thing is that if you are "proficient" enough to slam a poem with a "0" then you should be proficient enough to leave a constructive comment. It just strikes me odd that they decided to vote low scores AND leave inane comments on the ones that are on the top list.

BTW, if you are trying to accuse me of bombing YOU, I'm WAY disappointed. Based on our past interaction, you should know that when I think you are being a pompous asshole, I call you a pompous asshole. Even for one as "great" as you are, it takes hard work to write anything and slamming somebody's work with a low score and no corresponding comment is wrong. Period.

Personally, I'd say you're too interested in having smoke blown up your ass. People can leave negative comments - people are free not to like your poems. People, in fact, will not like your poems. It's part of the game. Learn to deal with it, or when you start submitting, you're going to have a hell of a time. If you take someone's negative opinion as a personal attack, it's often construed as a lack of maturity on your part. Given that the negative responses on your poems were mild to the point of, "Why bother even writing that?" I shudder to think how you'll react if someone genuinely critiques your work. Get over it. You have more poems to write.

I generally feel that it's more constructive to get negative criticism than positive - sure, sure, reinforcement, blahblah, but I'd say growing a thick skin and taking a negative comment on a poem, right now, as a challenge for the future is going to be better for your writing, in the long run.

I try to continually ask myself whether or not I prefer to be remembered, or liked. I almost always go with the former - it leads to more interesting and honest writing.

Anyway. You're making an emotional impact: This is the point. That it's not positive is proof that you'll never please everyone -- BUT, you've moved someone to the point where they have to say something. In its way, that's a win. Take it as a challenge to write a better poem. You can always write a better poem, the question is, will you dare yourself to? It's too easy to get sucked into thinking you're a good writer, just because people have praised you. Don't think you're a good writer. Think that you want to become a great writer.

Nope. I've been writing stories for years and I can live without the smoke, thank you. My skin right now isn't as thick as it use to be, granted, but we aren't talking about simple low scores or people who dislike a specifc poem. When I read comments that say things like "but were you ever even pregnant is the REAL question" that isn't smoke and it isn't constructive critisism. That is somebody who knows me and is trying to hurt me the worst way the know how.

Hello DA, good to see you around these parts and imparting your wisdom.

Betty, do you realize that just about everyone on this site has been trolled at one time or another? You have accused various people and I have seen some of the ones you accused had left kind and considerate comments on some of your poems before and after you accused them.


Some people who get trolled publicly rant and rave then get over it but you brood and pout as if you are ten years old and some one drew a moustache on your favorite dolly. DA is correct in his assessment of you- you come across as very immature and I would add egocentric and selfish.

As huge as this site is, it seems odd that Manu would devote so much time to satisfy such a cry baby when so many others get trolled as well and never say a word, they just delete the hateful comment and move on. They get over it and they grow but you ruminate and whine. WHat they have that you lack is called class.

I feel really bad for you, that your life is so devoid of anything that this is all you have to occupy your time. Never mind that some people like your poetry but you rarely mention them and insist on focusing on the negative. Did you ever stop to consider how you must be making your good commenters feel?

Of course not as you desire to be worshiped and it shows in every post you make. If I was one of your fans, I would be hurt that my kind comments meant so little compared to the hateful ones that you enjoy focusing on and on and on.

Are there any therapists where ever you live cuz you need one, or maybe even two.

Good luck at ridding the world of people who find you petty and obnoxious. Don't you realize that when you give your ol buddy anon this much attention, he or she just revels in it? Live and learn,girlie.

*IF*

Now, you are EXACTLY the type of asshole I'm talking about. Epmd607 and I don't particularly like each other, but he and I at least have a level of respect that "Usually" we say it to each others face. You on the other hand are just a trollish alt of some other person who is/was on this forum and you make obnoxious, snarky comments from behind your mask. Enjoy, bitch!

Is this the regular monthly boo-hoo about low voting/anon comments/no comments/no votes/every body hates me/I hate every body?

Get over it, this site offers you the opportunity to learn and improve. If you choose to concentrate on one or two feeble minded cowardly unconstructive critics that's your perogative, for every one of them there are a dozen positive attitudes.

I don't think there's a single member here who hasn't had negative responses to their work, take what you need and throw the rest out.

Consider this / them thrown.

 

[DeepAsleep]

Nope. I've been writing stories for years and I can live without the smoke, thank you. My skin right now isn't as thick as it use to be, granted, but we aren't talking about simple low scores or people who dislike a specifc poem. When I read comments that say things like "but were you ever even pregnant is the REAL question" that isn't smoke and it isn't constructive critisism. That is somebody who knows me and is trying to hurt me the worst way the know how.


.....You've been writing for years, and the most effective response in your repertoire is to throw a public hissy-fit?

Hhuh.

 

[Epmd607]

--"I'm better than Yeats"-like ego I almost consider that a complement. ...Even for one as "great" as you are, it takes hard work to write anything and slamming somebody's work with a low score and no corresponding comment is wrong. Period."--

I don't think you've ever actually commented on one of my poems, sweetness. I've voted both ways on your poems and not commented, sometimes a poem isn't worth a comment whether it's ok, crap, or great.

I wouldn't know where to start with your Ninja poem, I have nothing to say about it, other than I write crap sometimes and have to toss it. It's a poem about kids, which is nice, but as a poem it's just too throw-away. My ego has little to do with Yeats, I've some older poems posted that are fantastic and have some crap ones hanging around too.

Edit: Yep, I looked through my poems, you've never commented. Although, I did find a nice little hate note from SweetNpassion that I never saw before. I think she has a new poem up, I might as well return the favor.

Edit part 2: SweetNpassion has left us! Apparently I was the only one to take the time to comment on her poems.

Edit part 3: The board had a couple solid months of little bickering, there was the James and Corinna affair, too bad corinna left. It just so happens that XXPlorher and SJ have returned today too, so I guess it's fitting that there's silliness.

 

[butters]

Originally Posted by vrosej10
I rarely criticise, except in a creative way. I am open to the same kind of criticism myself. In fact I welcome it. A while ago I was hit with an extremely offensive and similar comment suggesting that I was plagarising a story I had never even heard of, let alone read and they suggested I should have been jailed. I moderated my own submissions and deleted it.

now that's a shame. If that ever happens again, may I suggest you ask them to link you to the piece in question, read it and decide for yourself whether or not your own could be seen as too derivative? Some people will just say any old rubbish, and sometimes even believe what they say!

 

[Epmd607]

I was mistaken above, I actually did comment on one of your poems anon, gave it a four.

Sappho's daughter
01/29/09 by Anonymous
Shouldn't it be Sapphic? I dunno.If you considered dropping a syllable or 3 in the first couple of lines it might read a little better, but good fun

This next one was actually a better poem, I gave it a 3 that day, I'd actually switch these ratings around, four for this one and three for the last.

eve ate no apple
03/27/09 by Epmd607
more likely a fig. Eve eating apples and lilith and juice running down her chin needs a bit more turn of word to make an interesting poem.

I also found what looks like a love note from Senna on one of yours. He's so obvious it's embarrassing.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I'll tell you what is disappointing when nobody bothers to vote at all!

 

[EroticOrogeny]

I got kicked off a quiz site for plagarising an article well yes I did use it but I had written it in the first place so didn't consider the fact that I had to quote myself !

I usually like to self-cite. If I was academic it'd help with citation index. There are some in my current submission. Its useful also if the different works are related.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

I'll tell you what is disappointing when nobody bothers to vote at all!

I know - I'm guilty of not commenting and voting sometimes. I usually only vote if I also comment. If you have just vote, w/o comment, you'll never get a response from me.

 

[normal jean]

I was mistaken above, I actually did comment on one of your poems anon, gave it a four.

Sappho's daughter
01/29/09 by Anonymous
Shouldn't it be Sapphic? I dunno.If you considered dropping a syllable or 3 in the first couple of lines it might read a little better, but good fun

This next one was actually a better poem, I gave it a 3 that day, I'd actually switch these ratings around, four for this one and three for the last.

eve ate no apple
03/27/09 by Epmd607
more likely a fig. Eve eating apples and lilith and juice running down her chin needs a bit more turn of word to make an interesting poem.

I also found what looks like a love note from Senna on one of yours. He's so obvious it's embarrassing.

Awwww, he is a good man and an excellent poet. But, and this is only opinion, but I do believe he tires of the drama at times and spends his good times writing. And, it is just possible that he hasn't found anything here that is up to his standards and reads poetry elsewhere.

I miss you, Senna, Jawa


julie aka maria2394 and Mia Moore, newly added alt, Lite Bulb

 

[bflagsst]

Awwww, he is a good man and an excellent poet. But, and this is only opinion, but I do believe he tires of the drama at times and spends his good times writing. And, it is just possible that he hasn't found anything here that is up to his standards and reads poetry elsewhere.

I miss you, Senna, Jawa


julie aka maria2394 and Mia Moore, newly added alt, Lite Bulb

He's told us he hasn't written much in years when asked why all his poems were dated from the 80's and 90's. But I can't really comment on what he spends his time doing, and I doubt he tires of any type of drama since he usually only pops up when there's conflict to tell someone he's had past conflict with that they suck at life and should stop living. I guess my opinion would be he's a bad man and an okay, but never 'excellent' poet.

On the issue of comments and voting--I haven't let many comments lately because there's really not much good poetry happening over at New Poems. Its been weeks of maybe a handful of really solid poems, and not commenting on middling and terrible poems is easier than battling over the right to an opinion. I read SBets new poem and gave it a three, because I liked the sentimentality, if not the imagery and poetic kinda stuff.

 

[vrosej10]

I got kicked off a quiz site for plagarising an article well yes I did use it but I had written it in the first place so didn't consider the fact that I had to quote myself !

At my uni we are warned about plagarising ourselves. Last semester one of my compatriots got busted for the crime and got a very stern warning that the next time they did it, they'd get the boot. It is a bizarre but real phenomenon!


Regarding this argument, my question is why you would let someone get you down so much. Criticism happens. I always hope it happens to my work. It's useful. When it's not useful, when it's just nasty, it is not YOUR problem. It the person who wrote it. Don't internalise someone elses crap. If you do your gunna end up miserable. The world is full of knockers.

 

[normal jean]

He's told us he hasn't written much in years when asked why all his poems were dated from the 80's and 90's. But I can't really comment on what he spends his time doing, and I doubt he tires of any type of drama since he usually only pops up when there's conflict to tell someone he's had past conflict with that they suck at life and should stop living. I guess my opinion would be he's a bad man and an okay, but never 'excellent' poet.

On the issue of comments and voting--I haven't let many comments lately because there's really not much good poetry happening over at New Poems. Its been weeks of maybe a handful of really solid poems, and not commenting on middling and terrible poems is easier than battling over the right to an opinion. I read SBets new poem and gave it a three, because I liked the sentimentality, if not the imagery and poetic kinda stuff.

One never really knows what tires another, true? I get tired of this place and leave for months only to pop in and look for good new, newer poets. IF I had it my way, I would be so tired I would not have even the slightest desire to see what's brewing, as it is, I'm fucking stuck. The only upside to being stuck is the morphine and I lament the fact that quaaludes are no longer available for the times when hubby is here bitching at me. I gotta surprise for him if he keeps up his asshole behavior....

The "lite bulb" thing was a joke. I didn't even check to see if that alt was being used when I posted that, with my luck, I pissed someone off with that comment.

I find it very interesting and somewhat admirable that you admit to voting threes. I remember when.... never mind. You just keep on reading and voting. I like your honest, non ass-kissing comments. You know, some might compare thee to a Senna Jawa, though lacking that hug-able quality that only he possesses.

I do admit to wondering what tires people. I think about Senna a lot, and 1201. And WSO, and DuLaC, and Rusty Grail and Syndra Lee. So many wonderful poets. And I miss that friggin' adorable monkey that used to hang around. He is so talented, this place lost a huge talent when he "left" or whatever he did.

I didn't read SafeBet's poem and since you said it just merited a 3, I won't even bother, though I'm sure it's an okay poem.
I tell you who I think has been kicking ass lately is Sappho's Sister. That gal can write up a storm and I look with anticipation everyday at the new poems list, hoping she has something up.

have a greeeeat day. I am going to the river.

 

[normal jean]

Just wanted to post a little thank you note for the "0" bombs.

The reason I want to thank you is for giving Manu more test samples on the software he is working on to block the ISPs of trolls like you that post low scores just for the sake of being an asshole. Just in case you aren't familiar with Manu he is the Head Chief Muckity-Muck Computer Guru for Lit. I'm sure that your score and comments will please him to no end because they stand out so well.



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I will admit I don't know much about computers, but if and when Manu invents a logarithm, or whatever you call it, that can reason and determine human thought and intent, he will be a very wealthy man.

In case you don't know what I mean, lord knows I don't want you to take insult, but so far, computers can not reason on their own. They can analyze data and make certain determinations based on trends, but they have no emotions and cannot determine if a one vote was made with malice or was just voted that way because the person did not like the story or poem.

Good luck with yer troll fishing