Not having you

[~greg]

I think rubbish.

funny, i think you do too.

I will comment further when I have some time and C2's permission.

"C2" being not the popular name for the turn-key on ward-C2,
but rather short [sic] for "Critic2".


When any more help is required of me here,
i'll be in the bathroom reading Robert Herrick's complete works.

[mickey_one]

I think rubbish.

funny, i think you do too.

I will comment further when I have some time and C2's permission.

"C2" being not the popular name for the turn-key on ward-C2,
but rather short [sic] for "Critic2".


When any more help is required of me here,
i'll be in the bathroom reading Robert Herrick's complete works.

get out the bathroom now and teach me how to smallify my photo of Geoffrey on the enigma thread.

[tink]

not many people like you ~greg, that is what I heard. They say you are boring with your links to this and that. you are boring.

~greg.

Ii laughed and laughed when I heard this.

[Diane]

Tink said:

Who asked you to stick your nose in. The truth is often unkind, that does not make it untrue. They are my opinions. Youhave a right to your opinions, me to mine. Some will think that this womans poems are good, others will think rubbish. I think rubbish.

Hi Tink. Have a nice evening.

Diane

[tink]

thankyou I am going out.

tink

[Voo]

What a shock to log on this evening and have a stranger's hand coming out of the computer and slapping my unsuspecting face. For a moment, I thought to delete everything I had posted thus far and never return but then I thought, no, I didn't deserve that. That was a bully being a bully and hurting people for no reason. What a terrible thing to find on a forum dedicated to the lovely, sweet and insightful artistry of a poet and great human being.
I'm sorry you find me and my poems foolish and rubbish. Perhaps you should read them all again. Especially the Shadowling poem. Especially the line that reads: But I don't think it's fair to judge someone you've never seen.
Again, I refuse to get involved in a forum war with people I don't know and who don't know me. I was merely trying to get aquainted and get to know people on an individual basis. And to be known, if only a little, by those that read my poetry and understand what I'm actually saying. What a cold, cruel world we live in and how easy it is to break the heart of a poet, far easier than the hearts of humans that throw words around like daggers and do not care what damage they inflict. It is because of those people that poets like myself must write........... and ultimately, must forgive and so I do. Peace

[Diane]

Voo, don't be too concerned by the words of someone you don't know and who doesn't know you. Just carry on posting your lovely poetry here and adding more beauty to the forum.

Good wishes,

Diane

[Voo]

Thanks but I'm thinking I'd better leave here while my soul is still intact. I am too fragile and vulnerable to engage in defense of my poetic "children". I would never judge another's poetry whether I understood it or liked it or related to it or not. Poetry is my life's blood and the air I breathe and I understand what it means to put your soul down on paper. What I don't understand is how some human beings can be so icy cold in their hearts. A fellow poet once told me that those people come from "the planets farthermost from the sun".
I'm beginning to understand what he meant.
Perhaps I should invest in a supply of bullet proof vests......for my protection........... and stop wearing my heart upon my sleeve.
But then, I wouldn't be a poet, would I? I'd be a typist.

[Geoffrey]

Voo wrote:
>Geoffrey: I liked the verse but did not understand it.
>My contribution:
>Not having you
>Is like the death of Spring
>And winter living forever.
>
>I surmise that you did not write the verse yourself and that the writer was expressing the joy of the end of a relationship???? That's my take on it. What's yours? And yes, sometimes less is more in poetry and all else except for money.........

Dear Voo,
Thank you; I thought that was excellent. You are right, 'Not Having You' is not my work. - it comes from a book I recently read. My take on it? Well, like you I am not sure. Analysing an artiste's work is like being given a piece of charcoal and asked to unravel the sketches tangled inside. I believe that it does, as you mention, suggest evidence of a relationship - and probably one of sexual longing. I hope you are able to stay here, at least for a while more. Some people are unpleasant, but it's often only a dark overcoat. Give it a little longer, and continue to spray this unsavoury den with the fresh air of rhyme and verse, if you are kind. You are very good.
Geoffrey