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OK, my fingers are now numb;I'll rest a while and absorb some more of this wonderful work here. For now, I'd like to say:

Kevin, "Last Night" took my breath away

heart Song, "simple" was simply wonderful

ZoE, "*TaBs*" really moved me

Marla, sooo many great ones to name, I may have to title them myself! Ha Ha! But, I really loved your 14 word Sept. pick alot!

I am thrilled to have found this site. Happy writing everyone! Angel

I'm new to this asking for help then but I need help. I met this guy and I really like him. I think he likes me too but I'm not sure. We are pretty cool friends, but I know that we both want something more. The other day he kissed me and now I can't get him out of my mind. The problem is I'm not sure what he wants from me. I've been hurt alot and it's hard for me to trust guys in general. He never tells me how he feels so I am like completely confused now. I like him alot and I trust him(which doesn't happen alot). Should I tell him how I feel or should I wait for him to make the first move? Thanks for listening.

Many Mck,

None of us are "new" in asking for help;however, we often are at receiving it. Stop worrying about what might be taken from you and concentrate on what you have to give...then you shall receive plenty!

Angel

Many Mck,

I would be very careful and proceed cautiously, the key word is proceed. I wouldn't make any great leaps, I would very subtly lead him toward the inclination of my feelings, What do you want, do you want to be just friends or go for door number 3. Don't be afraid to talk it over. I want to live each day to the fullest, make all my dreams become reality, make dreams want for reality. If there's one thing that I don't ever want to do is look back on my life and say "I wish I had" If I want it, I'm going to do everything I can to achieve it! I am going to reach for the brass ring, how about you?!

No matter what happens life goes on and time takes care of everything, you may not even have to make the decision. But if you do, I hope it is the right one. Good Luck!

Hey Angel,

Where is eveyone? You look over here and I'll look over there!!

Well, I finally finished up the October Issue. It went pretty well, all in all, despite being a day or two late and my house's LAN going up and down like a yo-yo.

Hope you all enjoy-- and don't place to much signifigance in what poems I thought would look good on the front page and which ones take their place in Heart-on-Sleeve corner-- too misquote Hitchhiker's Guide, "Vell, I'm just zis guy, you know?"

heart Song,

I don't know! Perhaps they have just been waiting for the new Oct. picks......ther're here everyone! CONCRATULATIONS,
heart Song, on "Simple" I knew it had that little bit of extra flair to make the list.Keep the feelings flowing!

Angel

Kirk, You did well!

Congratulations Shadygirl and ZoE and eveyone else who made the front page!!! Alot of Great work from everyone this month, (as usual) .

Thanks Kirk!

Angel,

I think you're right! Thank you so much for your gracious comments. I missed seeing you on the front page, but I know it won't be long. Your poems are great. Your on my front cover!! Come on then, lets write some more!! Have a ball. See ya!

Marla,

Where are you???????????

heart Song,

Thanks for putting me on your "cover". You're on mine too.
I am pleased to be able to offer my works to such a diverse
forum as HeartBlender in order to reach those that can appreciate my classical charm untouched.I appreciate yours
as well.I'll remain in the throw of yesteryear with EMILY
(I just Love Her) and be happily content in warming a few hearts like my own. Proud to be a Blenderite!
Angel

thank you so much Angel for your compliments. i really love your work so your compliments are happily received.

HeArTsOnG,
i just wanted to publicly congratulate you on making the front page but i am going to e mail you anyone. i'm sorry i haven't been around as much as i would've liked to be but i'm trying to prepare for Dezire's 2nd birthday party on the 4th of October.i thought i'd try and make it special since it's her 2nd birthday. i'm broke but i managed to(although i'm in debt on my credit card) buy her some nice clothes and toys.
--------------------------ZoE

Jeanmarie

I LOVED "One Day At A Time". I mean, I really loved it, it painted such a clear picture, yet left room for imagination. I really couldn't stop reading, just to see how it ended.

Great work!

Shady :-)

Did I really say... HeartBlender?
I meant LoveBlender...please excuse.
Angel

Well, I don't know about you folks, but Heart Blender is an apt name for what being in love is like! Certainly no Freudian slip, eh?

BTW, we're still out here, trying to cull material for another month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-k

heart Song,

You are amazing, you have such a great attitude, and I thought I was optimistic!!!

Congrats on making the cover, you too ZoE!!

Shady :-)

Misti ~

I really enjoyed Lost Chance ... thank you for posting once again.

heart Song,

I am back, I can't wait to catch up on everyone's submissions. I feel so out of touch :-( I don't really have anything to submit, can you believe that. I guess for once I was actually so happy I didn't write. So much for my writing in happy times :-) Oh well,I will e-mail you tonight, I have that one poem I want you to read, but I am not sure if I want to submit it or not, we'll see.

Angel,

Since I have been gone these last couple of weeks I haven't read your work yet, but I know heart Song is impressed and we generally agree so I'm sure to love it. I can't wait to read all the submissions you and everyone else has submitted. Thank for your compliment on my work I really didn't submit much this past month but the months before I was on a rampage. Anyway, take care.

Everyone else, I am so glad to be back!!!! I missed this place and reading all of your work and funny conversations. Talk to you all soon.

Marla

to re-rail the previous train of thought...

Kirk, an organ smoothie? Point well taken, oh wise one. Thanks for pointing me back to the tracks... And *thank you*, sir, for your efforts in the keeping of this little corner of the Web. Never leave (a) home(page) without it (ok, ok, so my homepage is ESPN - have to give that testosterone its run of the day, you know...). I digress yet again :-/. But the thanks are sincere and heart felt.

And Angel, thanks for the kind words! Keep the poems, coming as well!

-k

Kirk, I LOVED your ramble this month, you really nailed a lot of those relationships. I had the simple AND complicated
relationship (at the same time! Wow, there's something to mess you the hell up) a year ago, and I'm still feeling a little messed up and affected. Anyway, thanks-
Jennifer

Kirk,
Thanks so much for posting several of my poems to the magazine in the past several months. I'm working on getting published on actual paper, and the fact that someone at least sort-of likes my work is greatly appreciated.

Katie
www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/2931

heart Song,

I absolutely LOVED "That Night" I kept reading it trying to decide what my favorite line was, but I loved them all. The whole poem flowed together just wonderful, what else do I say. Once again, as always, your poem moved me. I think I am going to submit that poem after all, but I am still going to e-mail you. I have the internet up and running on my computer but it's long distance so I jumped on my dad's and am going to town. I intend to read all the submissions from September I missed. Anyway, I will e-mail you at home. Talk to you soon!

Kevin,

Fill Me was wonderful, I enjoyed it and I can relate! :-(

Marla

...a "Human Organ Smoothie"? Hmmph...sounds like a poem to me! Any takers?

Angel

Angel,

Well I just read all of your work as I was catching up on the new submissions from the past couple of weeks. I have to say there were two that really caught my eye. The first was in this months new submissions... "There Comes a Time" It says a lot, the problem is most people never realize when that time has come. The second was from last months submissions, "Fonder Ponder" all I can say is I agree and although absence may make the heart grow fonder at first, the fondness from and of the absence quickly fades. In otherwards, absence sucks!!! Anyhow, keep submitting so we can all enjoy your work. Oh and beware, this site can be addictive.

Marla

Misti Velvet Rainwater...

Loved every submission so far -- every single one.

Thanks /megs

Marla,
Thanks for the praise and advice.I saw your postings.I'm looking forward to reading them. Angel

Oh! God, please help me stop laughing...Kevin, you're a riot...and soooo talented. That was fast, quick-witted and smooth! EVERYONE, read Kevin's "human organ smoothie", it's romantic too! Uhmm, by the way,can I accept a little credit? After all, I sorta sparked Kirk's creativeness that inturn sparked yours! Right?

Angel

My Gosh!! I've been trying to talk to everyone all week
long to no avail and then, the one night I am away you all
have a party without me!

Marla,

I tried to e-mail you from work but couldn't get out!
Shoot! You can get me at home at Superstarmnw@webtv.net

Marla,

I left your e-mail address at work, what was it again?

God Marla, I love it when you write. It's like your heart is the canvas.

Angel,

if you notice I did attribute the credit for the idea to Kirk, and for the inspiration to you! With me, you have to be careful what you ask for ;-)... I rolled around on the floor for a bit after reading what was said, and then *poof* - I guess you caught me on a particularly creative (and madcap) day (last week is a good one to have ENDED!)... Thanks for the inspiration!!!!

heart Song,

RE: Ask Me

now THAT'S poetry!

-k

Marla,

I agree! "absence sucks"...it's torturous. And I still
have not found "the time", perhaps I've quit looking.
I have found this site to be addictive but it goes so well
with my coffee. I'm glad you enjoyed...

Hi! heart Song

Angel

Is it just me or are we back in last months forum? I can't get into any new submissions this morning.

Shadygirl, I have to be optimistic. I believe in fate sorta, but mostly I believe life is what you make it. I believe in making my own happiness, I know to many people who sit around just waiting for things to happen while life passes them by:
Some never find the mountain, they except the hill.
Some never find the fountain,but drink the overspill.
Some never find the sunshine, they'll take a ray of light.
some never really see, taking granted they have sight.
some will except food, when they could have the feast.
Some can have it all, but are blind and take the least.
Some will take a breath of air, when they could have the sky.
Some will look up longingly, when they could so easily fly.
Some will not make dreams come true hoping they'll come without them trying, then wonder what life was about the moment they lay there dying.
But you can have your dreams,
Sometimes they're not as far as they seem.
You can make yours become reality.
So don't give up.
Reach for the sky.
Climb the mountain.
Learn to Fly!

And that's that! Yeah I know sometimes it's not simple or easy, if it was would it be worth it?


Angel,

I think you deserve some credit for that heart blender smoothie stuff. I don't know if I could write it or not.
See ya!!

Oh great! When I went exited out of here and went back to the home page it said October! I think it's a conspiracy!

I've been reading...sooo well:

Zoe, "Nothing Fake Lasts Forever",such drama!

Marla, "another untitled", any crassness forgiven...Good!

Gwen, "Drifters", very descriptive!

Kevin, "Fill Me", "this name", sighhhhhh!

heart Song, "Ask Me", Kevin's right!

Angel

I can't forget "Erase Me" and thank and congratulate
shadygirl for it!

Angel

Angel,

I love EMILY too!! I, myself, tend to learn toward old verse, it seems to be part of my soul. But, I do try to enter into the 20th century as well. I absolutely adored "If Then" Loved it!!

Matt,

"away from you" has great feeling! I really love! Verrry good...


Kevin,

Thanks!

ShAdYgiRl,
thanks! congratulations to you too. i love your poetry as always!

Angel,
Thanks for the compliments! i love your poetry,it's very moving. I've always been a "drama queen"."Nothing fake lasts forever was one of those poems with a strange theme,maybe a strange side of romance but i figured it would fit on this site and maybe someone would like it. i look forward to reading more of your great work.
------------------------ZoE

heart Song,

You can e-mail me at Taking_Leave@yahoo.com I really did intend to write you at home last night, but it was one of those nights. I promise I will e-mail you shortly!!! I am going to check the new submissions it sounds like there's some good stuff at least according to the comments. Talk to you later.

Marla

heart Song,

Ditto on everyone's comments about "Ask Me" it's simple while saying at all.

"He" I definintly have been there I could relate, it was very moving.

Angel,

"If Then" loved it!

Marla

heart Song,

Yes, I know, I can always spot a Dickinson fan.

Diversity: Me to the left,ZoE to the right and you and Marla somewhere in between, I love us all! That's what makes this site so grand.

Thanks for remarks on "If Then" I love to tell tales in the most fun ways...but, they always seem to have to rhyme...I don't know why! I really haven't a care...I'm not stuck,just comfortable here.

"He" did that to me, once, too!

Shaq,

I really liked "Love from the Heart" but please never give up on love, it's like my little verse last month... "Love is often too painful to repeat twice, but worth repeating a thousand times" Anyway, when fate, destiny or your own helping hand bring that one true love into your life, you will know, and at that point all pain from the past will be erased. Anyhow, never give up hope, if it's meant to be it will be...

Marla

We all do make a great team!! We should write a poem together!! Who's going to start? I love this site, I love us all too!

Wow do I recommend "night without armor" by Jewel Kilcher, not just for romantic poetry (even though there is alot of good romantic stuff), but for love of all poetry .... there's tragedy, comedy and alot of romance... Read it.

That is all.
Life.

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!

D E Z I R E

HeArTsOnG and AnGeL,
god, i love you guys! thanks so much for wishing Dezire a happy birthday.....i told her and she said "thank you" in her little cutie baby voice so i just wanted to tell you. Now at age two my mom's tellin' me to start on pottytraining,i'm scared,i think i'm gonna go buy some pampers pullups and a baby potty! wish me luck.....
I THINK WRITING A POEM TOGETHER IS A GREAT IDEA AND I THINK WHEN WE'RE DONE WE SHOULD SUBMIT IT! WHO'S IN? WANNA EXCHANGE E MAIL ADRESSES? HERE'S MINE: ruby.star@snet.net
---------------*hugs* ZoE

kirk,
hey,thanks for picking my poem for the front page! what made you decide to pick it? just wondering....
*thanks*
-----------------------ZoE

ZoE,

Slow day huh, wonder what everybodys doing? See ya later.

heart Song,

I got your e-mail(s) and I sent you one, maybe two back, I can't remember. Anyhow, it is quiet around here, almost deserted. Probably a lot of people access through school, who knows. Anyhow, take care and I will talk to you soon.

Marla

(p.s. e-mail me at work tommorow if you get a chance)

Romeo,

I found your work to be refreshingly sweet and romantic.

ZoE, heartSong,

Count me in (no1angel@surfsouth.com)


Angel

Hey everyone,

It was a long weekend, so I didn't get to say hi. I bought a kitten...yikes!

Thank you so much Angel for your comments about Erase Me. :-)

What'd I miss? ;-)

Shady

Good Morning World it's me!!!!!

EVERYONE:I"M UNEASY ABOUT CENSORSHIP SO,
I"LL JUST CHILL MY SHOULDER!

heartSong,

"untitled", Now, that's romantic!
Angel

Shaq,

I agree with Marla,you can't give up on love... It ranks
right on up there with breathing and eating. I enjoyed
your heartwrenching piece. Keep writing!

Angel

Thanks! Kirk, my sentiments exactly!

Kirk,

I also loved " Fill Me" ! (That's a comment, not a statement)

Angel,

I don't get it about the censorship and cold shoulders,
"Im Blonde". Glad your in.

Shady,

You got a kitty huh! What'd you name it? You missed alot! have you caught up yet? I just did this morning. See ya!

Marla,

I am not just saying this, I mean it! "You" made my heart cry!! I don't know how you guy make those smiley and sad faces, I just found out what they were yesterday!! I've been wondering what they were. Again "I'm blonde"
If I knew how to make one I would make one at the end of my statement about my heart crying, cause it did! I'll be glad when you guys are together for good! I what you mean though, no matter how much your used to him being away, one night just wipes all that hard work out!! See Ya

heart Song

heart Song,

Wasn't sure if you were wanting to tell me (the author) of 'Fill me' that you liked it... Or perhaps you were directing the comment to the erstwhile keeper of the blender! in that case, my apologies. But thanks just the same... btw, I love your work...

kevin

heart Song,

No I haven't been able to read yet, and it just keeps getting longer and longer, yikes!!! Anything in particular I should be aware of?

My kitty, aw he's so cute. I named him Gabriel, he's a silvery grey color, with bright yellow and green eyes. He's really beautiful. I'm a dog person, so this is new to me, and I'm having trouble getting used to claws and sharp teeth, and pouncing and chasing after invisible mice, but he can be so darn cuddley, I just love him already!

I can't believe how much great work has already been submitted and its only the 5th!!! Aye carumba, good luck on November's issue Kirk!! :-)

Happy Monday!
Shadygirl

heartSong,

meant?...oh nothing,just that((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
"I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"WHAT?"...a lot of something on the submission page.
Sorry, but that 'diversity' stuff just flew out the
window along with 'that' submission. Go Look! Maybe
I'm oldfashioned(I think not),maybe I'm opinionated
(could be), but I feel as if that 'artist' took love
from us and painted a blatantly, ugly face, and in doing
so, mocked us all. I hope you, Zoe, marla, kevin and the
others don't hate me for this, but those are my true
feelings: Even I can run to the edge of the gorge,but
I've sense not to jump in...not without a bungee cord!
Hope I'm still in.
I'll brace for the backlash!

Angel

Angel,

I'm confused, but if you are saying you didn't approve of that submission, than you have my go ahead. I made it through the first five or so lines and I was out of there. It was pure trash, and if they would like to write that way to each other than fine, but it was ugly and disgusting, not romantic or loving at all. Surely there are better ways to express your wanting than by being blantant and explicit. As I always say when I get on my rampages, I am not trying to offend anyone, I am merely expressing my own thoughts, and I am not claiming to be right or wrong, just sharing my personal beliefs.

Marla

I can't believe I did that!! The comment was to you! Sorry! I'm glad you like my stuff too! Forgive me?

Angel,

Your addressing the smut, right, I get it now and I'm with you. There's a time and place for eveything, I didn't finish it, I think the less said the better.

heart Song

Angle ~

I'm behind you all the way on this one. Seems to me that the above un-mentioned piece lacks what the blender is all about "The Blender of Love is a forum for Romance"

With a very open mind ... and re-reading the work ... I for one can not find any romance in it. Love...lust...bonding (as in each relating to what the other wants, needs).. but "romance" .. nope, not there.

Could be wrong.

Marla,

DITTO! It was very upsetting for me;however, I'll
put it to rest now.

heartSong,

You're right, the less said the better.

How's the weather where you're at?

Crickett,

Nope. You're not wrong!

Angel

Angel-

I support free expression, but I'm with you 100 percent on this one. Only I got down about twice a far as Marla did (you know how it is for this half of the species with testosterone and all...). there are PLENTY of usenet 'erotica' groups for this sort of thing. That's my 2 cents...

-k

Kevin, Kevin, kevin, Kevin, Kevin,

I can't believe I did it twice, first the wrong name and then no name! All I can say is that it is definately MONDAY!!!
I'm going to say it all over again. I absolutely loved "Fill Me". Now, can you find it in your heart to forgive me?!?

Angel,

Looks like rain here in Corinth, Mississippi! I hope not, RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS ALWAYS GET ME DOWN.

I'm getting the blues! I don't like cold weather! I want to feel the sun on my face, the warm breeze through my hair. I want to wear shorts and sunglasses and sandles!

The only time I love Rainy days are when your home cuddled in bed with the one you love. All...day...long....
um now that sounds nice. I can dream can't I?!

heartSong,

Whew, it's awfully hot here in Southwest, Georgia. I'm glad
the rain is gone though. I believe cotton and peanut prices
are going to skyrocket....I soooo love cotton and peanuts.
Ha! Ha! Just trying to keep with the "love theme" here.
You can have the shorts and sunglasses. I'll trade mine
for a cool breeze.

Angel

Kevin, your 2 cents was well spent.

How's the weather down/up your way?

Angel

heart Song? Angel?

What is this smut everyone is talking about? :-( I feel so left out...;-(

Please share, I want to get back into the 'loop'...:-)

Shadygirl

ShadyGirl,

Since no one has answered your question yet, I'll clue you in, it is a submission on the new submissions page. It's hard to miss, since Kirk has put his explicit warning label on the front of it :-) It just didn't seem appropriate for the site, we were all a little offended. Nothing too important though, we've dealt and moved on ;-)

Marla

ps congrats on the kitten

Angel,

"Love Is" ... how utterly true! I loved it!

Marla

No offense. But over the past 2 months these postings have gotten way to trivial and off the beaten path. Many have absolutely nothing to do with romance, poetry or the Love Blender. It's getting painful to have to scroll through pages upon pages personal messages searching for those postings that some real value to offer. So I've submitted this plea to ask a few of you to save the one-to-one personal messages about the weather, daily activities, vacation updates, etc, etc.......for e-mail. I really like the Love Blender and its Blender Board and would remind its participants to try to add value and stick to romance and poetry topics.

NOW....having purged that rant. I offer this for folks to respond to:

Fantasies and imagination are wonderful, but the unpredictable, unrehearsed real life can be moving and inspiring. So share with us, please: What is the most romantic thing that was ever said to you?

Inspire-

your point is well taken. That is one reason I publish one of my many e-mail addresses (besides the fact that I adore receiving e-mail). The banter has indeed strayed off the path a bit, and although I personally do not mind it, I do submit to you that the weather is not a fit subject for this forum... I appreciate your opinion, *to a point* ;-), so I will pick up the gauntlet you have thrown down.

The most romantic thing the One has ever said to me -
absolutely nothing.

(The language of love cannot always conform to words written or spoken. That's why there is an art as well as a craft to writing poetry! And why it takes on another powerful dimension when spoken by its creator... to its muse)

The most romantic thing ever communicated to me is contained in a gentle touch, a passionate kiss, a look from eyes filled with the seemingly fathomless depth of her love for me... The feeling of *wow! did I have something to do with that?* after these things are communicated. That *is* (not past tense) the most romantic... And exists in the moment...

Next?

-k

Inspired

hum.... about the weather. I guess my response to Angels polite question was not romantic enough for you. I guess I'll have to get more creative.

As for your question: One rainy day in the middle of a usually hot july, as me and my lover lay tangled in the covers sideways, he gently said to me. I love this kind of weather!

Thanks for your support, Angel. Guess I've gotta stop submitting these "works-in-progress." Still trying to figure out why my quotes & apostrophes didn't convert.



And to Many Mck. (if your question is sincere)...

Three simple words: Trust your heart. (After all, your mind will betray you at almost every turn.) :-}

I'm sorry, the "weather" question was simply a diversion
from a very hot topic...meant to be a funny. no offense in
intended,none taken.

Angel

Thanks Marla!

In response to 'inspire's' query, the most romantic
words ever spoken to me were said the morning after:
"Would you like one lump or two?"

Angel

heartSong,

"one lazy day in the middle of June..." was beautiful.

I respond:

His kiss was like a cool winter breeze after a long hot
summer: A welcome shiver!

Hmmm...most romantic thing ever said...?

Ummm...well, there is a long story behind it, but, I'd had a really bad ex, so when I was with the guy who will always be known as 'the love of my life', he waited so long, so patiently for me to be ready for each step, and after our first kiss, which took literally 2 weeks, he whispered "I've waited for that for so long." and kissed my forehead. (I'd known him since we were in daipers)
Reminiscing...Mmmm...torturous memories, so sweet:-)

Ugh, anyways...thank you Marla, for answering about the smut, I started reading it, and couldn't get past the 5th line, it wasn't even good poetry to back up the nasty content. Oh well, to each his own...and the kitty's doing just fine:-)

How's everyone today?

Shady Lady

Is everyone in love today?
I really don't have much to say,
'cept, is everyone in love today?;-)

ZoE, ShadyGirl,
I e-mailed both of you, but they returned?

heart song & angel


Thank you two so much for responding to my problem. I took your advice heartsong and I found out that he likes me too.
We have decided to take it slow and see what happens. I had told him how I felt and that I want to be with him. He asked me why I didn't tell him sooner because he feels the same way. We have our first date friday night. Thank you two so much.



Oh and angel.....I never ask for help unless I really need it.

Wish me luck on my date. I'll let you two know how it went. Thanks again. Bye for now.

Question on the chat board:
Do people think maybe I should set up multiple Blender Boards, one for chat, one for discussions on works? I'm not sure if I'd archive both of them every month, since I do have a finite amount of disk space here. But I have been trying to figure out how to deal with the ever-increasing size of the monthly Blender Board.

As for "What I'll Do To You"-- I don't know. Char/Boo has submitted stuff of borderline Blenderness before. Lust can be a very important part of Romance, but it's not handled particularly well here, just rhymes and body parts. (Long time Blender readers know my prejudices about poetry with forced rhymes...) Also it's a long piece. Supposedly its length is justified by it being a "call and response", a significant form of black expression, but (thinking back to my African American Lit. classes) I'm not sure if this really qualifies, since the two voices have the same role.

Anyway.

I'm driving from Boston to Ohio with Mo to go to my grandmother's birthday this weekend, so I hope the Blender can run itself for a few days ;-)

--Kirk

Kirk,

I hope you have a good trip, drive carefully. You may not get this before you get back but here is my response: It would be nice to have a chat room if possible, but if not, the way it is now is fine with me.

Mandy McK,

Congratulations! I hope things workout for the two of you! Good luck on your date Friday!

Shadygirl & Angel,

My e-mail address is Superstarmnw@webtv.net. Hope to here some of your ideas. Talk to you later!

My e-mail address is ed4u@hotmail.com, if that doesn't work, ediehl@mailcity.com is more reliable.

Kirk,
I think any way you work it out, it is great to be able to chat with people who have similar interests, I'm addicted to checking the Board now. :-) Have a great trip!

Everyone, I just donated blood for the first time...:-) Feeling a little spacey, so don't mind me. Heehee...

Toodle-loo!
Shady

Kirk,

Yes, I think that would be nice, if possible. Some great
ideas can come out of casual conversation...........
........Kevin's "human organ smoothie" for instance.Ha! Ha!
No, really I thought it was very good. I only laugh at the
title and the source.You know what I mean.

Angel


Mandy McK-Happy for ya!

heartSong,
I'll e-mail you later,just saw your new sub.Gotta go read it.
Angel

AnGeL,
didn't get your mail...wanna try my other adress? it's: speshulpk@hotmail.com

Inspire,
I'd have to agree that things have gotten rather trivial and unromantic,sorta like and old married couple's relationship. LoVEbLeNdEr kiddies, let's go on our second honeymoon and start the inspiration thing again!

kirk,
Hope you have a great trip! CHATROOM IS A GREAT GREAT GREAT IDEA! DID I SAY GREAT?
--------------------------ZoE

et tu ZoE,

I resent those remarks!

Angel,

I loved "love Is" especially, Music to live by.

Misti,

Oh my...I always read your work, and you always amaze me, just want to congratulate you on "Bright Invite"...it gave me butterflies...


Shady

Misti,

I agree with shadygirl on "Bright Invite".I also enjoyed
"Watercolor", they were both very beautiful.

Angel

ZoE,

Don't rule romance out for "old married couples".Famillarity
can be passionate and pleasing.

Angel

Romantic things said...

She was asleep on the couch,
I neeled next to her,
watched her for awhile,
and whispered to myself...

..."Words will never be enough."

One of the most romantic things that I ever ever heard pass between two lips to me: a *sigh* while she caressed my temple...she thought I was alseep.

That was the last night we ever spent together.

Where is everyone today?

Romeo, romeo...

I really liked Requited alot. :-)

Shady Lady

I appreciate the compliments on my submissions. It pleases
me to know that I have an appreciative audience. I've been
visiting The Virtual Fridge quite a bit since I came upon it
two weeks ago, but The Blender remains my favorite website.
Thank ya'll for the compliments.

I'm just sitting back watching the world go around, how about you?

Let's try that again.

Shady Lady,

I'm just sitting back watching the world go around, how about you?

heart song,

Haha! I looked at the first message, from "Shady Lady" and I was like 'I didn't write that!'...oh boy, am I burnt out.

I'm doing fine, thanks, heart Song. I replied to your e-mail did it work? Hotmail can be such a pain in the toosh sometimes...

Shady

Hello everyone.


So what's going on today?


I am like so nervous about firday night i feel like something bad is going to happen. but i'm sure i'll be fine.

Today is the 2 year anniversery(sorry....mispell) of the death of my first love. My crush asked me what was wrong i just couldn't tell him. Well, when he died i had written a poem. I don't know how to summit any poems so I thought I would just put it on here.


I Love You
Love is priecious, love is kind.
Love is true and also blind.
Love came upon me and it hit me with a punch.
I didn't realized I love you so much.
It was under a tree where we met
A day and time I will never forget.
It was in the rain when we first kissed
A time and day I truely miss.
But someone torn us apart
When they put a bullet through your heart.
In the hospital, I was there when you died
All I did for months was cried.
I asked God why he took you.
He answered His will is always true.
I know your in heaven smiling down at me.
I wish you are here so we could be.
You were my first true love.
I knew it was a love from above.
But now I must go on.
Even though I know you are gone.
But always remember I love you.
And I remember the day you said, I love you too.


This poem was dedicated to Brian C. McCoy, may he rest in peace and in my heart forever.


Well....I have to go. Bye everyone.

TK.....who is this woman you keep talking about.
You seem like a very romantic guy. Whoever this woman is, she is lucky to have a guy like you.

Stay sweet. Bye for now.

Go to internet start or other browser, type in loveblender...hit go! click on the submission link.
Put in favorites like I did!

I know, I felt silly having done that, but it happens! When did you e-mail me? Today? If you e-mail me at Superstarmnw@webtv.com I won't get it until I get home, during the day you can try me at MsMelissaC@Yahoo.com Marla hooked me up with that! Try me again!

Mandy,

That is tooo sad! I'm sorry about your first love, I hope it works out with you and your crush! See ya.

heart Song~

I loved "Walk between the Raindrops". . . it really hit home for me. I appreciate your style.

kates

Mandy,
I know I could never know the pain you must have felt about your first love but i will say that it is tragic and your poem is beautiful and expressive. I'm sure your first love is smiling in heaven at the beautiful poem you wrote for him.

HeArTsOnG and AnGeL,
I withdraw my statements, my comment was made as a simple analogy of the pain in the butt of scrawling down! i'm sorry...i know marraiges can be very fullfilling....i'm sorry,i hate offending people! *boo hoo*
------------------------------ZoE

Kevin,

There, I did it, I wrote your name, proud of me?

Kate,

Thank you so much, you're the only one to comment on it so I thought it wasn't any good and wasn't going to submit that style anymore, but now I might. Thanks again.


Zoe,

Forgiven

ZoE,
All forgotten. Have you thought of a start for our poem yet?

heartSong,

Got your E-mail

Angel

Since all the banter has been cut down, I find this board a lot more interesting don't you?! Much better. yea I guess informality is the best thing for the board.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I second heartsong!!!

Now, not to offend Inspiration or anyone who agreed with her/him, I am curious...

Where is everyone from and how old are you? We talk back and forth and read each others work all of the time so I thought it would be interesting to know at least what State everyone is in if not the city.

As for me, I am twenty and live in Houston, Texas but will be moving to Fayetteville, North Carolina in three weeks.

Next

Angel,

I loveD that TREE! You are so very creative!!! BEAUTIFUL!


ZoE,

"Sweet 16" So much life lived so young! Very good.

Marla,
Everyone,

I'm 36,I live in Southwest Georgia, I'm married and have a
six year-old daughter named Brandi. My husband,Mac, just
got back from Houston. He's been traveling back and forth
to the VA medical clinic for evaluation for a heart
transplant there...Houston has the best heart facility
the VA has to offer. I've just been passing time writing,
it helps alot.

Angel

heartSong,

Thanks for your lovely remarks about "The tree of Love"
I really did that one for all my fellow blenderites....
we all know that Kirk shuns rhymes..Ha! Ha!

ZoE,

You are a very mature 16, Dezire can be proud!

Angel

Angel,

I have to agree with Heartsong about your last poem, I really enjoyed it and the "actual tree" was the perfect finishing touch. So, Atlanta, Georgia the good 'ol South, my husband is from a little town outside there Dallas, Georgia. Anyhow, I hope everything works out for your husband, but you are right the medical facilities in Houston are some of the best, and they are known for their miracles and such. If you ever need someone just to listen to you, I am here. Keep up your writing, it is definintly a cure-all for the soul. I will keep you and your husband in my thoughts and prayers.

Marla

Marla,

THANKS!

Angel

Mine too Angel.

Hey all, I was wondering where everyone was:-)

I'm 21, from Long Island. I work full time at a university on the island, clerical work. Nothing exciting, but its a fun place to work, the people are great. I also have a second job at night, painting faces on dolls. I was an art major, and am going back to school full time (good bye social life) in spring for Psychology. I live alone, and just got a kitten who is terrorizing me. LOL...

That's about it...I'm glad everyone wants to get to know everyone.

Almost Friday!

Shady

most of you guys already know my story but since were doing that whole get ta know ya thingy....here goes:
my real name is ZoE
i live in New York City
i'm 16
i live with my boyfriend,Matt and my daughter Dezire who was 2 yrs. old on October 4th!
i work two jobs. one as a secretary and one at a clothing store called "diesel". i drtopped out of high school. i think i'll probably go back next year but i have to support my daughter and me on my own so i gotta work.
WHO'S GONNA START THE POEM? I GOT AN IDEA,LET'S EACH WRITE A FIRST LINE AND THEN DECIDE WHICH ONE WE'LL USE! I GOTTA THINK OF MINE!
----------------lUv U gUyS::: ZoE

HeArTsOnG,
by the way,thanks for your compliments on *SwEeT16*. it's a true story 'bout the love of my life Matt.
----------------*hugs* ZoE

Hello everyone.


Well seeing how we are on the get to know you mark. I'm 16 years old. I live in Dallas,TX. I am a junior in high school. I play basketball, tennis, and I run track for my school. I am in my church choir. My father is a preacher. And I love to write poems. And I have a 1 1/2 year old boy named Isaih

ZoE,

I know what it is like being 16 and having a child. I commend you for your hard work and I hope everything works out for you. Do go back to school. Even though you have a child, don't give up on your and her future. The more education you have, the better you will do to support you and her.

Well, Bye for now. See all of you guys later.

I feel like I'm going to confession, except for I'm not Catholic.
ok here goes...
I'm 33 years old
I'm seperated
I have two children
Matthew-16
Jessica-7
two stepchildren
Candace-15
Tiffany-14
I have 2 jobs, I am a Grant Coordinator for a Housing Authority and I moonlight at the Drive-In.
My name is Melissa Jo
I drive like a maniac.

Zoe,

I figured "Sweet 16 was true, Mandy and you have alot in common. Start the poem!!!

Angel,

Your welcome on the TREE, do somemore! I haven't heard from you since I made that private confession to you. Was it really that Bad?

Shady

Thank the God Lord Above that it is almost FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kevin,

Well, ya gonna go for it?

Marla,

I'm smelly! Thanks a lot!!!!

hmmmmmm ... here's some info from the "back row"

I'm 45 years YOUNG
marrying my bestest friend in all the land next month
writing a children's book (about a lil girl and her bestest friend, who happens to be a bug)
born in ME, lived in CO, TN, and now OH
don't write prose ...BUT BUT BUT love to read 'em

thanks y'all for sharing your souls

Mandy,
You a teenage mom too? thanks for the advice. I am planning on going back to highschool but i'm going to wait until i have the time 'cause it's hard when my boyfriend and my two year old need lots of attention and i get home at 7:30 PM most nights so I want to give my daughter lots of attention and take her shopping after work!

HeArTsOnG,
co writing a poem is a tough one but here's a few first lines you can pick from:
a)we shined like copper even when my stars were shattered after you left,i could regret it but i was happy,you were happiness
b)everything has a slip side,sometimes we are ourselves
sometimes it feels like you are someone else hiding under your skin

you pick or add your own....you too mandy!
-----------------------ZoE

here's a poem i found,i wrote it in desperation...guess i just wanted some feedback from my blender friends:

i flicked my cigarette
drawing with chalk on the sidewalk
my teeth chattered
we had no heat
oh my baby
oh my baby
i promised things would be better
i promise no more bread and water rainy nights
we'll buy a pretty house
we'll live in the country
he knocks on my half open door
i wonder why he didn't just come in
i half smile at his pretty face
he asks if i want to go somewhere
i ask where
he says nowhere
i think i'd go anywhere with that beautiful boy

Help Marla is missing in action.


Zoe,

Kevin wrote me and he want to be part of the poem
so far that i know the line up is like this:

Me
you
Marla
Kevin
Angel
Shadygirl

Anyone else is welcome So come on ya lets write some words!

heartSong,

It took me a while to figure out what you were talking
about,but I finally got it. I think your little pastime
goes well with writing poetry,they can both be soul
purging. Wow! This has been one hectic day. I've got to get
Brandi to bed...catch ya later.And Thank You very much
for caring.

Angel

Kevin,

THANKS to you too!
Angel

Shadygirl,

Congratulations on the kitty: I couldn't help but drift into another world at the mention of a kitty...it sparked
memories of one I had long ago. He would climb on my back
and purr in my ear...then,proceed to massage the nape of my neck and shoulder blades with his motor running...His hot breath warming my ear.......................and he never
seemed to tire of this...Ahhhhh...if men could be this
attentive! How 'bout it blenderites and viewers?

Angel

heart Song,

I AM HERE, IT'S JUST THURSDAY NBC NIGHT. You know the lineup, Friends, ..... ER so now that it is ten and everything is over I'm back. What did you mean smelly, e-mail me and let me know, you lost me on that one. Anyhow, what do I know I am just a lowley (spelling?) specialist anyway. Did I tell you that? Not to get off the romantic topic or anything. Well, it's cool to find out about everyone, their age, etc... Now we really know who we are talking to. :-) I am glad!!! Anyway, Sean's and I got in this whole discussion about poetry tonight I will have to e-mail you and tell you about it. He thinks I am an addict (for this site) I'll admit it, I am. At least he thinks it's cute, you know whatever makes me happy.

TO EVERYONE...

FOR OUR GROUP POEM... I think it should be less about romance (I know off the beaten path :-) and more about our friendship. I like ZoE's line -

"everything has a slip side,sometimes we are ourselves"

and I don't know, let's see, take this line and we can play with it and try and come up with a good second line...

but without each other to lean on we find our hearts locked out

I don't know, just an idea take it from there :-)

Marla

Crickett,

Congratulations on the upcoming marriage and the book...
sounds like something my little girl would read: she loves
bugs because her little boyfriend loves bugs...humph...
and *I like stock car racing* Go figure!

Angel

ZoE,

The last two lines of your poem "wrote in desperation"
Summed young love up very well. Love can be deceiving,but
it feels sooooo good! BEAUTIFUL!
Angel

Mandy,

Your poem was very tender and sweet. I'm sorry for your
lose. You seem to be levelheaded for such a young mom.
Good luck in all your ventures.

my line no. 3 for our collaborative effort here:

'for it is often only a friend who can be a heart's locksmith'


-k

heartSong,

There is love on the banks of the muddy Mississippi, I heard!

Angel

Alright here it goes so far...

Everything has a slip side, sometimes we are ourselves
But without each other to lean on we find our hearts locked out
For it is often only a friend who can be a heart's locksmith

Next???

I don't know what you all are talking about, a collaborative poem? But it sounds like fun, so here is #4:

Everything has a slip side, sometimes we are ourselves
But without each other to lean on we find our hearts locked out
For it is often only a friend who can be a heart's locksmith,
"Gently turning the knob, and oiling creeky painful hinges."


How's that? I don't want to ruin your poem...eeek!! ;-)

Happy Friday everyone!!
Shady Lady

in response to above, at least you did not assault us with foul language. thanks, at least, for that.

perhaps you might consider the consequences of thinking such behavior is acceptable (this applies whether or not you think i take your posting seriously)... there are certain standards of behavior in a civilized community such as this one, and often the power of fantasy should be kept locked away in one's mind. particularly incestuous fantasy...

"When I cut those words, they would bleed!"

I love that Kevin, very nice. :-)

Shady

TO: Mobius & Stinky

You are both sick, and on behalf of most of the people on this site, please take your fantasies elsewhere. We really don't operate in this fashion on this site, we are a little less blatant and respectful. Please have a little more respect for us.

Thank you!

Hey to all of the real Blender Lovers...

Call it a hunch, but I think responding in any way to Stinky or Mobius is of no use, so I think the best bet is to just ignore them, because obviously they are writing this stuff for one reason, for our reaction, so, let's just not give it to them. K?

The Shadiest of 'em all...LOL...

Ok, here's my line if the last line is still:
gently turn the knob and oiling creeky painful hinges

A soothing balm to the heart and soul, a friend comformed to be, just for me the master key.

I agree ShadyGirl, I got a little ahead of myself :-(

Oh well, live and learn.

Marla

Here it goes!

shady, hope you don't mind. I kinda went around your line.

"everything has a slip side, sometimes we ourselves, but
without each other to lean on, we find our hearts locked
out.
For it is often only a friend who can be a hearts locksmith
and only a friend who is offered the key.'Gently turning the knob and oiling the creeky, painful hinges,' with the
patient tenderness needed to ease that pain.

continue.....

Angel

My name is Misti Velvet Rainwater, believe it or not. I'm
thinking of changing it to Foggi Satin Precipitation. But
really. I'm a quarter Cherokee, so that explains the last
name. My mom liked the name Misti and I'm named Velvet after
my aunt who never lived because she was a stillbirth.
I am 25 years old and am proud to be a 4th generation
Texan. I've lived briefly in South Carolina (basic training)
and Oklahoma (Job Corps). Currently I'm attending SWTSU in
San Marcos but will transfer in May. My major is elementary
education. Tonight I'm going to Sixth Street (major party
zone) in Austin to find Josh, my soldier boy.

Oh, I just realized. Today is John Lennon's birthday.
He's one of my favorites. He was a genius and a true
humanitarian. I hope to someday find a love like the love
he shared with Yoko.

Hey Raven. Good work. I liked Eternal Love. The Ramblings and hell that each inflicts on others and ourselves. True. Email me if you get a chance.
Snow
§ Live and Love §

Oh Marla hun, I didn't mean anything by that, not directing it at you. Sorry if I sounded a bit condescending...

Wow, learning about everyone, I am genuinely surprised by everyone's ages and where abouts.

Geez, I just cannot wait to get out of here, go home and relax, I am beat.

Shady

ShadyGirl,

Don't worry I didn't take any offense, and I didn't even think about that being directed at me, but you were right, I just got on a little rampage, hit submit, then realized like you said, it was egging them on, so they got my goat, but not really. Anyway, don't worry, I am not that easily offended, not by people I like.

Marla

Aw, Marla...so sweet! :-)

Shady

heart Song,

I loved "The Beakon" another one to chalk down.

ShadyGirl,

"The End" God the emotions are running all through that poem. I loved it but the last lines were the best. It was a picturesque poem, I could see the whole scene played out in my mind while I was reading. So tragic, but it truly was beautiful!!! My favorite of yours yet.

Marla

heY HeArTsOnG,KeViN,MaNdY,MaRlA,and ShAdY,
here's the next line i wrote....
it is a true friend who knows the remedy for a broken heart,who can sew the holes that lost love can make.

what do you guys think?
-----------------------ZoE

HeY FrIeNdS,
i'm home early from work....taking Dezire out to buy clothes at Gap kids! i love those clothes on her! i'm sure i'll be broke by the time i get outta there. then Matt and I are gonna stay in with Dez and watch pocahantas for the tenth million time! good news,after many troubles,Dez finally peed in the real toilet (we put up a step ladder). Matt and I were clapping like lunatics 'cause after taking her off her diapers there had been pee all over the house! we're on the road to potty training sucess!
--------------------------ZoE

Congratulations!! That is so cute, about the potty...hehe.

You are in NYC, right? I am going into Manhattan tomorrow, for that medeival festival way uptown.

everything has a slip side, sometimes we ourselves, but
without each other to lean on, we find our hearts locked
out.
For it is often only a friend who can be a hearts locksmith
and only a friend who is offered the key. Gently turning the knob and oiling the creeky, painful hinges, with the
patient tenderness needed to ease that pain.
It is a true friend who knows the remedy for a broken heart,who can sew the holes that lost love can make.

I think this is what we have so far everyone!!

Marla,

Thank you so much, about "The End", it's true, of course, and it's been tormenting me all day...oh well, time heals.

Happy you like my work, it means alot. :-)


Shadygirl

Sorry, the beginning of that last comment was aimed at ZoE.

Shady

ShAdYlAdY,
thanx! yes, i do live in Manhatten! I heard about the festival but Dezire wouldn't be too thrilled to go with me and i have no sitter! i'm freakin' out lately 'cause i just learned that my baby could get electricuted if i don't put safety guards on the plugs!now, i'm gonna have to run out and figure out how i can get some!kool poem though,so far!
-----------------------ZoE

Kevin,

"the language of love" great!!

Zoe,

Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shady,

"The End" was the living end! Great!

Angel,

Hello there!

Have a great week-end everyone!!!

I was in love once. A few kumquats and a box of baking soda cleared that right up. Although you may need to add some epsom salt and a glass of Tang(tm) if it's really bad.

Zoe,

I liked the last line you added, very good :-) Have fun watching movies with your two true loves tonight.

Marla

heartSong,

Like Marla, I thought the "Beacon" was magnificent!

Angel

Everything has a slip side; sometimes we are ourselves.
But without each other to lean on, we find our hearts locked
out.

For it is often only a friend who can be a heart's locksmith, and only a friend who is offered the key.

Gently turning the knob and oiling the creeky, painful hinges, with the patient tenderness needed to ease that pain.

It is a true friend who knows the remedy for a broken heart, who can sew the holes that lost love can make.

So please don't mind if I begin to mend your wounded heart again. After all, it is my duty to you…
My friend, my "lifer."

MaRlA,
thanxs! i like the new line you wrote too. Our poem has so much diversity from the minds of each person who added their 2 cents! i love it! i'm glad we are talking now,because out of everyone in our little "poetry group"(I hate to be cliquey)we are the only two who hadn't been having an on going conversation. You seem like a fun,interesting person,(not to mention a great poet whom i greatly respect)so yeah...kool! hmmm....movie night wasn't the funnest being that it was pocahantas....Dezire's favorite video but being with my two loves was good. It was so funny watchin' Dez get up and say "i'm goin' pee pee in the big potty" next thing i gotta teach her is not to publicly announce those sort of things!
-----------------------------ZoE

Good day to everyone, I think that our poem is coming along beautifully. I just thought that I would voice it!
Angel

heartSong,
Your words are just that!

Kevin,
A true Romeo!

Good Morning everyone!!!

Marla

Good Morning everyone!!!

Marla

GOOD MORNING GUYS!i love our poem too AnGeL!tell brandi i said hi!hmmm....MArLa what's up? better get in to action....uh,gotta go grocery shopping today...i am so lazy,all we've been doing this morning is watching saturday morning cartoons.Matt's taking me shopping today,leavin' Dez with Matt's friend....my first parental day off this week. well,keep our poem goin'!oh yeah,i'm goin' out to eat tonight with my friends....uh,yippy! i love weekends!
---------------------ZoE

Good mornin', Marla!
Angel

Here's another,

"Just leave your heart in my hands, and I will gently draw out the daggers that threaten to consume you...then I will take care in kneading back the spirit of love that was stole"

Angel

Marla,

Good Morning Everyone, or good afternoon, I slept late. It's a beautiful day outside, how did your dinner date go. My night went great. I wonder how Mandys date went, I'll have to ask her. Well, hope you have a great day! :-)


Mandy,

So, how did the first date go? Hope everything went good! Hows your son? Is he doing anything particularly cute? Let us know all about it! :-)


Shadygirl,

Hows the artwork going, the muriel in your kitchen going well? I wish I could see it. :-)

Zoe,

Hows Dez, I'm so proud of you, great job, just don't rush it and don't get upset when things don't go how you think they should, she'll get it. How's it working out with Matt? :-)


Kirk,

Are you back? We have missed you. Hope the trip went smoothly. :-)

I am issuing an all points bulletin for Kevin Urenda, he is missing in action! Has anyone heard him since yesterday morning?

Kevin,

Where are you? My life is not the same without your magical words that enlighten my heart. :-(

Everyone have a great day and always smile!


LoTs Of LoVe :-)

heart Song

heartSong,
Hi! I got your email and you may be right. I'll talk to ya later.

shadygirl,
I think that is awesome that you are painting a mural in your kitchen. I've been wanting to do one in Brandi's playroom, but haven't had the nerve. I guess I'll give it a go though. The worst thing that can happen is I may have to re-paint!

heartSong,
I think Kevin is busy with his poetic series(check it out!)

Way To Go, DEZIRE!
ANGEL

Hi heart Song, Angel, ZoE and crew...

I got an e-mail from Kevin, I didn't open in until late last night, so I am not sure when he sent it but it had to of been after 5pm. I'm not sure where he's been since then heart.

Hope everyone's weekends are going great. I had some friends over last night, just a little drinking, and I was so tired, I went to bed at midnight!! While everyone was still there...hehe...some 21 year old I've turned out to be. :-) But, I got up fairly early, did some cleaning, and then me and kitty watched a movie, I am getting used to him, finally.

I have not even started the mural yet heart Song. I have to buy molding for the edging, so I need $$$, something very scarce this time of year with all of the birthdays and then Christmas (24 friends birthdays between now and Xmas...that's a big ouch on the bank account). But I have not even decided on the scenery yet. OK, maybe you guys can help. These are my intentions...I want to by molding, like the kind that is around the rest of the windows in my kitchen and put it up around the mural. I want to uy real curtains too...And I am going to either paint or somehow fake pillows to give it a real picture window feeling. Now the prolem is with the landscape. I can't decide if I want a Manhattan cityscape, or a very rural country side, maybe some cows...LOL...or have it blend, like country one side, and fade to city, or day to night, or autumn to summer...something a little more artistic...hmmm...I have no idea...or I haver too many ideas!! What do you guys think?

heart Song, I loved "The Beakon"...:-)

Shadygirl

HeArTsOnG and AnGeL,
thanks! it's about 12:00PM now,i just got home from dinner with the girls and the love blender addict i am,first thing i hit the computer to check and scroll for new comments. when i walked in our apartment i saw Dez curled up with Matt on the sofa with the t.v. still on(both of them were sleeping) it was so cute. i just love guys that love kids(especially mine)!well,i'm sleepy so i better go to bad! night night guys! LoTsA lUv....PoEtEsSeS
------------------------------ZoE

Hi all... My goodness, I had *no* idea I'd be missed!

<blushing BEET red>

You guys...

I am SOOOOO sorry, heart Song. I had begun an e-mail message for you (i like to process them before sending them, so they are *just so*), but intervening parental duties... you know (besides, I am a soccer coach of my daughter's team on the side...). Please accept my most humble apologies, I was M.I.A. (missing in Albuquerque - lol). Trying to finish a lot of e-mail that I have to catch up on. Will do so. In the mean time, know that my little peanut brain is cooking up plenty more...

*thanks for noticing me!*

-k

This message is for a very special boy out there... his name is Doc and I met him in a chat room. Somehow, someway, he has found his way to the very core of my spirit. And although we have never met in person (and may never will) I will always go to bed at night and wake up in the morning knowing that you are my one and only soulmate.

If you ever need me, just look inside your heart. I'll always be there for you.

Love, hugs and kisses,

E

Hey Elvis, <H1>Fuck you.</H1>

Goodnight Everyone!!!

My my comments are getting exciting aren't they??? Oh well, I'm much to tired to think, and I miss my love :-(

heart Song,

My friend Candace and I went to dinner tonight, we gorged ourselves so I would say it was a successful night. Be thinking about Sean this week for me, he makes his first HALO (free fall) jump Tuesday, 13,000 feet, YIKES!!! Anyway, needless to say he's nervous enough to make me nervous. Oh well.

Shadygirl,

You are painting a mural in your apt. lucky, I wish I was artistic, rather that I could draw. I am making Christmas stockings for Sean, Rallen (my German Shepherd [really my daughter] and I, but that's about as far as I dare venture. Oh well!

Zoe,

Don't worry about your daughter announcing her need to pee, I know a lot of grownups, in my office especially, who feel the need to announce every bathroom break they make.

Oh well, okay, I truly am going to bed this time, I can barely even think.

Talk to you all tommorow.

Marla

PS I e-mailed you back heart Song, hope this helps :-)

Marla

Thanks for the compliment on "Requited," Shadygirl. Hiya to Angel, ZoE, Marla & heart Song (love all your poetry). Glad to see the Blenderites are giving the cold shoulder to the antagonists.

Take care, fellow romantics. :O)

MaRlA,
he he, we need to get my daughter a job wherever you work. i hope it's just excitement from learning to pee in a real toilet and she'll get over it.
RoMeO,
thanks!wassup? tell me your story,i think your the only person on here i don't know about! ps. i never got a chance to tell you this but your poetry is very deep and intricate and i think it's always a paralell to what you think it's going to be about! keep up intrigueing work!
----------------------ZoE

mornin' to everyone!Just a little off track i have a comment:yesterday i took Dezire out a toys r us and i saw a mother with her (i think) 3 year old child. the mother was swearing and screaming at the child(i'm not sure what it was about but it had to be something trivial)and i felt very embarassed for today's mothers. although i'm a teenage mom who would often be stereotyped as a bad mother(although i know i am not) i have never yelled at my daughter. i know she is too young to understand why i'd be yelling so i don't bother and i know i never will. i just wanted to see if you guys have any insight...is this commen behavior? it really disturbed me.
On a more pleasant note,i'm goin' to take Dezire to barnes and noble today and buy some books!
sHaDy,
'bout your mural,i love art. definately go with the countryscape....i live in the city,it can get terribly sad to look at after a while!
-----------------I LuV yOu GuYs.....ZoE

Goodmornin',everyone. I've been busy reading the prose page....lots of good stuff over there. I liked the cute planetary one by Kirk,it was very sweet. I also liked the Giovanni one(not quite sure I have the name right,but I don't want to go back and look ,and by doing so,lose what I've written so far)I'm still reading, but those two were worth mentioning.....go check them out!

Hi! Kevin,
My major was Biology,belive it or not! Very interesting major;however, not quite me(wrong choice)I did manage an AA degree though. I am thinking about going back to school(AT MY AGE) and possibly major in Journalism,creative writing or computer science. What do you think?

Good mornin' heartSong,Marla,ZoE,shadyGirl

Hi! Romeo,
Glad to know you're still with us.

Kirk, are you back yet!

Hey everyone, kind of checking in late today.

Hi Angel, heart Song, ZoE, Kevin, Marla, Romeo and crew (I'm sorry if I left anyone out, I'm getting tired)

I agree with you ZoE. I am not a mother, and I feel I have no place to pass any judgment on other parents (even though I'm about to do just that) but it really bothers me when I see parents who do not know how to handle their children. Either there are not enough rules, and the kids are running rampid, or parents forget that children are children, and not just tiny people. I think what you said, about the fact that you do not yell at dezire because she is too young to understand, is great. You are doing a great job. Parenthood takes so much courage, I'm not sure I'd be any good at it anyways. As for my mural...I still am not sure. I really want a night sky, I love the moon. Mmmm...I'd love a permanant view of a crescent moon and stars, and then over the country side. :-) (Although I could never get sick of the city) ...Not like I can't change it if I get bored of it, I guess...right?

Kevin, NICE to see ya back!!! Did you get my e-mail? Or should I say my book? LOL...:-)

Hiya heart Song, how are you!

Marla, Hi hun...you don't have to be artistic to be creative. Creativity keeps the heart and mind young, right? That's what I think...I've been getting made fun of, because I am already making my little things for Xmas too...:-) I am making an angel for my tree...it is my first very own Xmas tree, so all my silly little friends are going to come over and help me make ornaments one night...God help my kitchen!! I love that stuff...so much fun. :-) I love making a mess...hehe...

Ugh, I should get going, I'm having company tonight...and I still have a towel wrapped around my head...not too sexy ;-)

Talk to you all tomorrow...back to Monday...;-P

shady :-)

Kevin,

I just read If, oh my...

LOVED IT!! LOVED IT!!!


"If I thought the sky should be red
You would help me paint it." - what a perfect image...

You truly are perfectly corny...Tell your wife she owes you a few more...

Shady Lady

Hey Shady,

How about a seascape,they're always so romantic to me. The foaming waves and distant skies always soothes my soul.

Angel

heartSong,

Where are you at today my fine friend?
Angel

Hey everyone...

I am just checking in really quick, I have a horrid headache. Is tommorow really Monday, YUCK!!! Oh well. Not that any of you care but I went to the grocery store to buy Sean a few things for a quick care package since he will be defying death the next few weeks, and when I packaged everything up, it took three boxes (you know the ones the xerox paper comes in at the office) I think all of the guys up there are going to think I'm nuts. Oh well, they will know who to see when they get hungry right? Anyhow, I am going to glance over the new submissions page and I am crashing. Talk to you all tommorow.

Marla

Kevin,

I just wanted to say that i really liked your poem "If." Like Shady said It made an image.

All the Blenderites,

I'm not a full time "commenter" but i am here everyday. And from all the work i have seen here submitted by all you guys i just have to say:

"They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well your poetry is a thousand pictures. Each one of them is a picture of your love and all you have to give."

Hope to read more!

-- Jenna

This place has become a podium for nutcases. Why...just last night, I was talking to my friend Hobart about it. He doesn't talk much since he's a hand puppet, but I know he always agrees with me. And we think this place has become a podium for nutcases. You people need help.

"If" you hadn't submitted this poem I'd be disapointed.
"If" you were not so sappy, maybe I would never have known you.
"If" you were not my friend then my life would be a little colorless.
"If" not for Kirk, we never would have met! (any of us)
"If" You hadn't of written this poem, I wish I had.
"If" I could hug you I would!

Thanks Kevin!:-)

Wow, what a week-end.

Marla,

I wish you hadn't told me about Sean jumping,:-( :-( :-( I'm scared now! I will be with you Tuesday night! I don't have to work tomorrow thanks to Columbus! Everything seems to be going great around here! When I'm home I have to fight for Web time!

Angel,

I went to see "What Dreams May Come" you said you saw it didn't you? It was one of the most romantic movies I have ever seen! I loved it, I didn't want to leave the theatre! Hope your weekend was as good as mine!

Shady,

Go see the movie I just wrote Angel about, then paint your muriel! 12:00, some 21 year old you are! He he!


Romeo,

Your welcome, you have great talent, welcome aboard.

Kevin,

you stinker!

Kirk,

Oh Keeper of the Blender, We are doing our best to survive without you, but it's getting harder everyday. Come back soon!

ZoE,

I am not ashamed to say I hate to see anyone screaming at thier kids! I am not a screams! I take action! A calm stern look on my face tells my kids all they need to know and more! If I see anyone in public screaming at thier kids then believe me, they are going to know that my attention is on them and they'll be getting the look!!! A parent that screams and yells is a parent that is fighting a losing battle, and does not have control of any situation! Says Me!! Anyway, I know you are not a yeller, Right :-( (the look) Just because a person is a parent doesn't necessarily mean they are a good parent! Kids are a gift, no matter if you meant to have them or not! God doen't make mistakes, and kids grow up so fast! Value them and respect them enough to give them the right kind of disapline! :-)

I hope everyone had a great week-end! ~Smile~ heart Song

HeArTsOnG and ShAdYlAdY,
thanks for the support,i needed it to see if i needed a reality check(if i'm too leaneant a parent) but yeah....you guys are on the same line as me,i think yelling does nothing but damage to kids! i wish i could give Dez "the look" when she's doing the "wrong thing" but she's got my soft spot and i give in to her! ShAdY,yeah you can always change the mural if you get tired of it,try a silver moon and gold stars with a navy blue background. it will be beautiful! hEaRtSoNg, i look up to you. you are an excellent mommmy. i'm so glad i can come to you for mommy advice!
--------------------------ZoE

HeY gUyS(my little bunch of poets and poetesess),
tonight i'm going to my boyfriend,Matt's show. He plays bass guitar in a punk/ska band. He's the funniest thing. eek...i'm thinking of getting a tattoo. i'm not sure though...i already have my bellybutton and eyebrow piereced. i have a weakness for pierecings.my boyfriend wants me to get his name on my hip,i'm scared...i love him and all but that hurts,it's permanent and not all relationships last forever...i'm debating! any ideas guys....
-------------------------ZoE

ZoE,

Are you nuts! I have my ear pierced at the top on the cartlidge, (ok I know everyone is shocked and you can close your mouth now!) My step daughter wanted hers done and she only needed one so I couldn't let the other go to waste now could I!! Ok, ok, i wanted it done, I admit it! ok are you happy now! I think the belly button is ok too! I don't like the eyebrow thing, sorry, I believe femaninity is sexy and that is not feminine in my book, but if it works for you! Alright, here's my opinion on the tatoo, If it's what YOU want then do it! Something small, something sutly beautiful, but sorry, not his name!! i repeat, NOT HIS NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (No offense Matt) And put it someplace where it's only visable when you want it to be, not all the time. like on your lower back, so you can see it when you were a bikini or hip huggers and a shorty top! That sounds fair doen't it?! I thought so. or on your ankle or shoulder blade. And yes it will hurt, awfully,

(not that I really know this, I do not have a tatoo, this comment is for blender readers, not Zoe)

it will be so painful you might pass out, and you might get gangreen (mzsplld) and then all sorts of terrible things will happen, and if the needles not clean you could get some terrible disease or Aids. Please if you won't do this for me do it for your daughter Stop the insanity! Please don't disfigure Dezire's mother!!!!

ZoE,

don't do a name tatoo (unless you choose your sweet child!). I am not a great tatoo/piercing lover, I personally much prefer the natural female form... BUT I confess an attraction to tasteful navel piercing (but nothing above the shoulders except the ears)... Seems mysterious and dangerous, and I like to experience my danger vicariously (rather than personally) thank you very much!

heart Song,

<another BIG TIME blush>

I still am not enamored of my sappier poems (I wrote a few last summer during a fit of maudlin self-absorption, but my stuff from 20 years ago is FAR worse), but I'm pleased you actually liked it!

(signed, the STINKER! *LOL*)

Shady,

you say you wrote a book, but you actually asked for one. Currently working on the next chapter... Coming soon to an e-mail server near you!

what a week! what a weekend...

-K

Hi everyone!

Angel,

That is such a great idea! I never even considered the sea!! Wow...that is really great...you just made my decision that much harder...;-) Hehe...That sounds so nice...:-) Maybe a sunset...hmmm...

heart Song,

I saw What Dreams May Come, wasn't it amazing? It was so original, like nothing I've ever seen, and the amount of thought and creativity that went into it...oh, I loved it too. And oh shush!! I feel silly enough falling asleep by midnight Friday as it is...;-) hehe...I'm quitting my night time job today, 15 hour days got to be too much, and my poor new kitty is home alone too much, its cruel.

ZoE,

Hun, I don't see anything wrong with tattooing and piercings, but when a guy wants you to have his name permenantly on your skin...well...atleast wait until you are sure the relationship is as permenant as the tattoo will be. Just stick with something simple, you can always add his name later...right? My friend is a tattooist, and although I still have not gotten one, I've heard (from girls, I don't trust guys judgment of pain) it feels like an annoying bug, like a mosquito that you want to itch and shoo away, but the closer the bone is to the skin, the more it hurts, and lower back is the worst, aside from your head. I agree with heart Song, totally, stick to someplace that you can show it off only when you want to. And make sure it is somewhere that will not grow, like, not on your belly or something that could gain weight with a child or something, otherwise it'll never go back to its original look, after its stretched. That's all I know about tattooing. :-)

Kevin,

Can't wait to hear the next chapter! :-)


Happy Monday everyone (trying to hide the sarcasm...:-)

Shady Lady

Hey Guys--

I'm back from the trip. Met up with some old friends, went to my grandmother's 80th birthday party... Mo was a true trooper through out, between 4 days of 6 hour drives and meeting a ton of new people, she held up very very well.

Anyway, the Blender board is getting a little weird, and it looks as if I'm going to have to start exerting more editorial control than usual. I'm not sure why it's been messed with like this, I hope it wasn't my announcement that I was going to be out of town. Anyway, over the next few days I'm going to be clearing it out a bit.

I just realized that there's another option, besides "another blender board for conversation", and that's
some kind of real time chat, probably using a java client. I'll have to look into setting something like that up, though I have many demands on my freetime nowadays :-/

Anyway, catch you all later.
Kirk

ShAdY and HeArTsOnG and KeViN,
thanks a billion for your advice. i think i'm nuts to have even considered matt's name on me anywhere,even my butt where no one will see it. you all have clearly showed me that that idea was crazy as anything.hmmm...i did get my bellbutton pierced after Dezire was born so it wouldn't stretch and make me look deformed or sumthin'! well,i'm thinking about getting something symbolic like the african sign for fertility which is a symbol for women. it's very pretty. i would put it on my back i think!

Kirk,
i'm happy to have you back to banish the terribly volgur grafity that has scribbled our happy blender board! i'm happy everything went well on the trip. i guess i'm just plain happy your back,blender keeper! oh and ChAtRoOm....ChAtRoOm...yeah!
----------------------ZoE

Welcome back Kirk! :-)

ZoE,

That sounds pretty, that was what I had wanted to do also, tattoo wise, when I got my guts up enough. I wanted to have a sign for a female with a crescent moon curled through it...on the inside of my ankle though...(of course a nice bony place...OUCH!) I love the look of tribals also.

Shady

Me again...

Susan,

Thank you for submitting "On Being Easy For Susan" by Keith, it was great. I really liked it alot...especially "coeur, core"...very clever...:-)

Shady

Jenna, I speak for all the Blenderites: Thank you for your kind words and appreciation of our work. It is people like you that inspire us!

heartSong, Well,uh,uh,well.....I don't know what you're talking about! I mean, about the movie you mentioned. Is it a new release? I don't stay on top of current movies and such....unless it's Rugrats or Pocohantas. Matter of fact, it's been so long since I've been to a movie that didn't have a G rating that I'd probably blush...Ha! Ha! But it really has been a long time.....I think I will do something about that.....I may just go see that movie you're talking about.

ZoE, They make lovely ,inexpensive ,REMOVABLE tatoos now that are enjoyed by many. You ,then, would have the option to change out the design and move it around to different locations.......there's more than one way to skin a cat! No offense to Shady!

Shadygirl, I'm glad you liked the idea of the seascape. Whatever you decide, I'm sure will turn out very romantic.....it's in your soul!

Hi! Kevin

heartSong, Oh!, I think I figured out how to use this scanner.....I'm getting wiser!

Hi! KIRK....Did I mention, I'm originally from Cinn.?

Hey, wher's crickett and Romeo?

Hey Marla!

Angel

Hey GuYs sHaDyLaDy,AnGeL,
I did have a henna tattoo on my tummy for about a month. it was fun,and it wasn't permanent. luckly Matt bought bit 'cause it was so expensive. I love tribal signs too,ShAdY.Today Dez's daycare is closed for Columbus day so i'm staying home with her. i took out some paints and let Dez draw on the living room wall. she's very artistic even at a young age so now we've got a mural....definately a conversation piece in our living room. i think Dez and i are gonna go chill for a while at Washington square park.uh,then i'll go back to bein' a love blender junkie!
------------------------ZoE

LoVeBlEnDeRfRiEnDs,
anyone who wants to talk to me should e mail me 'cause i've noticed that messages such as the last posted under my name was not written by me. someone was using my name. i don't like this and i don't want anyone to be confused by the person using my name to post incriminating messages so i guess for now i'll be signing off from the blender board but anyone who wants to can e mail me @ ruby.star@snet.net
-----------------ThE rEaL ZoE

AnGeL,
someone did the same thing to me. they were using my name on this site to post stupid messages like they did to you! e mail me!
------------------------ZoE(the real one)

Kirk,

Rest assured that we did all we could to not encourage these vulger smutmungers! We have been e-mailing each other and planning our strategies until you could return and take care of the problem! We thought the best thing to do was just to ignore them! Glad your back, glad the trip was good!

P.S. can you see the e-mail address of those guys?

Angel,

We know that wasn't you, not to worry.

Angel, Marla, Shady, Kevin,Zoe,

Hello everyone!

I am not leaving the board.....you guys know me well enough by now to distinguish me from that..that...thing!!

Angel

ZoE, I will email you though, but wish you would stay here!

Angel

Hey heartSong,

You there?

Angel

I'd be willing to subscribe to a private board!

Angel

We were wondering where some of the old folk are... Rita, Ruby, Carlos... We miss their work. If you're still out there, tell us you're still writing, living, loving.

And hi to this gang of folks. ;) It's good to see such enthusiasm and life.

z&j

Hey you guys!!

Look, this guy is a real jerk that's playing with us, but Angel is right, I think we've all been writing long enough to know the way each of us talk, and I have faith in Kirk to get rid of the trash...:-) Don't leave!! I like that we can connect as a group, as well as e-mail. I like that it is a group effort, like the poem.

*STUBBORNLY SCREAMS* "I AIN'T LEAVIN'!!!!!" ;-)

Shady 'thick-headed' Lady

Hey everyone!

It seems like ages since I have posted on here, I haven't checked any new submissions yet, I hope this ugh... on here hasn't scared anyone away from submitting. I am glad all of you guys decided to stay, I agree, I think we all know each other well enough to know whether or not comments were written by us. Take care, I am going to submit a couple of poems and check out all of yours.

Kirk,

I am so glad you are back save us from this smut, please!?!

Marla

ZoE,

Hey, I really liked "Passing you By" I would like to see more work like that submitted by you. Keep it up!!!

heart Song,

"Without My Consent", wow, I especially liked your line about your dreams and then acting them out... I don't remember exactly how it went but that whole stanza. I hope your heart isn't broken though.

Take care everyone.

Marla

>I am so glad you are back save us from this smut, please!?!

Smut?? Where the hell are you people from? The sixteenth century? This stuff is pretty tame compared to what gets on all of the other message boards! You people really need to get out more! And for God's sake, get a sense of humor! That's probably why you're getting this shit in the first place! Love is nothing without comedy!

Dear Random Loser and all other personalites (you know who you are)

The reason we all chose this message board is because we like the tameness of it, especially before you and your multiple personalities came along. If we wanted to see the "smut" and yes it is, we would visit those message boards you referred to. The thing is, a lot of the "smut" submitted was not comical at all. There were racist comments made, there were comments made about incest, spousal abuse, etc... Maybe to you these things are comical, however if they are I can only feel sympathy for you and your lack of values and morale. You and any other of our anonymous "sick" submitters really should re-evaluate yourselves, do you really want to present yourself to the world as trash? For if I am correct that is the basic opinion of you by all here. This whole thing has gotten way out of contol, it's bad enough the whole mess has been submitted time and time again, but now you and whoever else is choosing to submit things under our names, and it really is not to be tolerated. You obviously have some maturity problems and many others for that matter, to deal with please for your own sake wake up!!!

-Fellow Blenderites-

I'm sorry, I needed to vent though, and it's apparant ignoring these people isn't helping at all. I only hope Kirk can get rid of them, monitor them, or whatever. What's really pathetic is, they sit here and mock us, while they don't realize the jokes on them, because we don't give a shit, I'm just tired of scrolling down as I'm sure all of you are too.

Sorry for venting,

Marla

It's been such a long time since I've last been here.

Kirk, I think it's great how your "innovations" in the Blender have made things better without affecting the beauty of it.

As I looked through the poems, I saw some... actually, a lot of new people... I guess more and more people are fallin' in love... with love!

Anyway... things haven't changed... I still love erin's poetry... and heart Song... great stuff!

Uhmmm... actually, if it's okay with Kirk, I'd like to invite you guys to my site, which I've been working so hard on (one of the reasons I haven't been here in awhile). Most of my poems, ideas, and problems with love, being in love... out of love... being loved... not loved... etc. are there.

With respect to the Keeper's authority here, I'll wait for his permission before I post my URL... and of course, I'd like to know if anyone's interested first...

That's about it... thank you!

I'm still here. Just reading the great poetry and shaking my head at the certifiable folk. Great poetry from several Blenderites. Really loved the work from the Keiths and Marla, Shady & Zoe.
Sorry so retiscent lately. Guess it's part of my nature.
Take care.

Marla,

I give up on ignoring too...YOU GO GIRL!!!

shady

Good morning everyone,

I am glad you aren't mad at me, at least no one so far, good, I feel better, I was a little worried last night after I submitted that comment. Anyway, I have to run, but I will check back at lunch. Talk to you all later.

Marla

Zoe-"Passin You By" In my opinion one of your best works since "Lillie" . You go girl!

Kevin-Loved the Ramble and Pathos I.

On Being Easy For Susan was great!

Scott O-Resticense was very good!

Marla-As Always Untitled was great! Amazing how you write what's in my heart!

Mississippi Here I Come- Welcome!!! (Very Very Good!)

Fate & Destiny-very touching!

Jenna,

I was wondering about you, I know I have seen your work and it is good. Why don't you submit more? Thanks for the nice comment on the 11th, I've been so busy I haven't got to reply until now!

Z & J,

"The most famous couple on the Blender" it's good to hear from you also!

Lester,

Thank you very graciously!


Shady & Angel,

Hi there, I'm still here!

HeArTsOnG,
thanks! i think "passing you by" is kind of short but it says exactly what i was thinking so i got all my feelings out!
-----------------------ZoE

Angel~
Thanks for the compliment a long time ago! I just saw it today. ~Gwen

ZoE,

Your welcome!!!

Brandi,

I loved your poem Heartshine. you have great potential just like someone else I know!

Your Romeo wouldn't be by chance Leornardo Di Caprio would it? Jessica Loves him!!!

Love the poem! Write some more!!! :-)

"Wind-Ful Eyes"......beautifl!

Angel

Heart Song,

I have been here since almost the begining of this web page (goes to show how addicting it is) before 1997. I have submitted others but that was way back. I think my work has stepped up a level since then and as a conequence limited. My recent works were about my boyfriend, Mike, and now i am basically reevaluating (mispelled) stuff (parental and relationship problems) in my life. I do have other works and when i get the courage up I'll submit them, which should be soon because in class i have been getting a lot of positive feed back on them and it feels good to have a little ego booster. Until then, Keep writing!

Kevin,

In sensitive and Pathos I, you don't understand how much they hit home right now.

--Jenna

Hi, I am new to the blender..
I have some work I would love to submit, but mostly each poem has a painting attached... either one inspired by the other.. any chance of having both together on the page?
dee

BrAnDi,
i love your poem! you sound like such a cutie pie? you have a great mommy influence!
AnGeL,
good idea. when Dez is old enough i'll get her to submit a poem on here!
---------------------ZoE

thank you ,lovebbrandi

Dee,

I think that is such a cool idea, I don't know if it is possible, but I have the same situation...I have written things that just don't seem complete without the artwork to compliment them so I don't submit them.

shady

Heart Song--
i really liked your poem 'sorry'. sometimes enough is enough!

~erin

Misti-

as always your poetry is so powerful, and inspiring--keep it up! i visited the 'virtual fridge' and wrote a couple poems, its a cool site.

~erin

Isolde,

I loved "Branded"

Marla

ditto on "Branded", Loved it!

Angel

Ok--

Pretty soon I'm going to step up and A. clean up the Blender Board of the utterly non-romance related stuff and B. Put a password system in place for posting and comments, with identities protected. Eventually I might try to evolve that into an "author profile" like some other boards have, but for now I'll be happy with the passwords.

3 cheers for Kirk!!!

Hip hip Hooray!

;-)
(Thanks!)

shady

Kirk was kind enough to allow me to advertise on the Blender Board. For those who haven't read my works, most of them are on the Digests from a few months ago... anyway, they're all on my site... please, please take the time to visit... whatever.... uhmmm, whatever new poems I have will still be posted here anyway... thanks!

heart Song,

no... THANK YOU!

Kevin,

you are indeed a master in your own domain,
which is the heart. "Trinity" is forever ingraved in my heart. Thanks Peanut.

I also loved "haika"! alot!

Marla,

"The Proposal" That is just about the sweetest thing I've ever heard! How Romantic!

If you guys don't hear from me before Saturday, it's because I have to go out of town! Just letting you know just in case they rush me out of here!

Have a Wonderful Day Everyone!

I am not going to have to go out of town! I begged off. I couldn't stand to be away from everyone that long!

Shady girl:

Glad you liked One Day At A Time. It meant a lot to me while writing it. At the time, the person I was writing for and I were only friends. Since then, he's moved in and is the love of my life. Happy endings are possible.

Take care.

Jeanmarie.

Angel:

I hope you are ok.... with the stress of your husband's medical problem. I've always found writing helps me to sort out my feelings. From your poetry, it seems it's also cathartic for you.

Was just thinking about you...and wishing you all the best.

Jeanmarie.

Hi everyone.

I'm 36 and live in Northern VA. I am a single mom with a 3 and 5 year old boy. Separated from my husband of 15 years in 1997. It was very hard for me.... The Love Blender saved me at times.... gave me a forum to share my thoughts (Kirk, you were so kind to publish so many of my poems. Thank you). Reading everyone else's work over the last 18 months, and sharing my own thoughts.... it's been amazing. Thank you to everyone... who helped me to be able to feel again. After a year and a half, I have found love again... and vow to do it "better" this time. Everyone, keep writing!!!!!

TO: Shady Girl


I loved SOLO. I doubt you won't be "solo" for any longer than you wish to. Love springs when we least expect it.

HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I haven't been in for awhile. My son got sick and then I got sick and I'm having to work & go to school so basicly I'm saying is.....I've been busy.

ZoE,

How is everything going? How is the poem coming along? Is there anything i missed while I was gone?

Angel,

How are you girl?

heartsong,

Got anymore poems coming up?

Oh, my date was great. He picked me up 15 minutes EARLY. We went to so fancy italian resturant. After that we went to go see What Dreams Are Made Of. That movie is a "gotta see"
I think I cried too much. Anyways, after that we went to a park near my house to talk. He had me home at 11:00pm sharp. I had a really nice time and he like fell in love with my son.

Isaih is doing better now. I finally have him toilet trained & he's walking. He can hold a conversation now too.


Anyways, I gotta go. BuBYe

Mandy a.k.a Smilee:-}

Jeannemarie,

Thank you very much for your kind words and thoughts. Mac will be going back out to Houston in a week or so for temp. lazer surgery...we are still hoping for the transplant list.
Yes, writing is my therapy. I try not to write too sad of poems now...I guess that may come later.again, thank you!

Angel

Hello Mandy, glad your back!

MaNdY,
it's good to have you back! a lot has happened with the crude remarks on our blender board but other than that our poem hasn't furthered.
KeViN,
I loved the "haiku". i especially like the last line. you are so talented and you certainly don't waste your gift.

Isodal,
I liked branded!

Hello Blenderites!! Happy Thursday!

Jeanmarie,

Thank you so much for your comment on Solo. :-) Glad to see so many people getting personal and involved on the Board! :-)

Hi ZoE, heart Song, Kevin, Marla, Romeo, crickett, Angel, Brandi, Dee, ummmm...did I miss anyone? If so, I'm sorry, but the Blender family of poets and poetesses seems to grow significantly by the day!

Love,
shady

Good Thursday Morning Everyone!! I can't believe how this year has just flew by!

Mandy,

I'm glad your date went good. Any further plans? Maybe I will submit something today. How about you? Glad you and your son are doing better.

Angel,

Jessica started to write Brandi, but we could connect to the internet, must have been a busy night! I'm glad things are going well for you and yours! Mac is in our prayers! and yes, writing is very good therapy.

Jeanmarie,

Hi, I'm glad you found love again! Hope it works out for you. If it happens again to me, I'm going to do my best to make it work! Good luck!

Zoe,

Hey girl! Whats up? How's the writing coming along, any masterpeices for us?


Shady,

Where is my recipe?! Just kidding! I really like all your work! That didn't cost you anything! See ya.

Kevin,

Your lost again, I'm going to go look for you! Your recent work is great! What a spree, but don't wear yourself out!


Eve,

Hi there! How are things going, still waiting to read some work!

Marla,

I know I've already said this but, your recent work is really good. It's like you've just reached a little deeper down inside yourself and brought out something spectacular! How is Sean? I guess his jumps all went well, everyday for how long?

Kirk,

Hi, sorry for rambling on like this! But, I think it's almost all poetry related, right?


Have a great day everyone!!! Love ya!

I'm so sorry, there is so many to say hi too!

Jenna-Hi! How are you?

Lester-How you doing.

Erin,

I have been waiting to see some submissions from you. Hows your day going?

Brandi,

I can't wait to read another of your poems.

Angel,

Thanks for the original copy, I saved it and printed it out! It is precious!

heart Song,

I am sooooo sorry!!!! I completely forgot like the dingbat I am...I'm sorry, I'll try to get it out to you tonight, but I have to run home and then run back out, lord knows when I'll get home. My brother is taking an art history class, and the teacher seems to be getting my brother really into it, which is great for me, I have someone to check out museums with now, but I told him I have to meet this guy, so I am going to his class with him tonight, and then a bunch of us are going to see Strangeland, that Dee Schneider movie, which I heard is absolutely disgusting and gory. I'm scared to death, I'll be sitting up tonight unable to sleep...welcoming my psycho cat to sleep at the foot of my bed...hehe...

What a wuss I am! :-)

shady

You are so funny!

Here is a lits of ways to ward off phyco cats:

(1) Wear a necklace of dogs around your neck.
(2) Make the sound of a car vroommmmm...
(3) Shake a bottle of Cat shampoo at him...


Good luck!

Good afternoon everybody, I still haven't checked out the new submissions, I am heading that way now. It sounds like there is some great stuff on there.

Marla

I really enjoyed the stories and tales I had a good feeling for most of them and some of them was touching. I would like to read more of them when some of the stories come in.

Okay, I just read all of the new submission, I've been a bit behind and haven't been reading all of them. Here it goes, my list of comments as I read...

Scott,

"Retiscence"
I really liked it, too many times, people think they have to talk to be understood, but so much can be said in silence.

Kevin,

Let's see...
"Pathos I"
Very visual, especially the last few lines, I could picture it as I was reading it. I love poems that paint mental images.
"Trinity = 3 Words"
Wonderful...
"Time as a Healer?"
Don't ever give up on love, not when you have so much to give.

Carmen,

I loved all three of your submissions
"Honesty"
Isn't that the truth, sometimes even though you want to know, you would give anything to trade it for a lie.
"Silence"
Good, I've been there!
"Novella"
Have you submitted this before, I thought I recognized it.

and last but not least

Isolde,

"Words"
It's amazing how much you can say with so little, I really like this almost as much as branded. Keep submitting!!!

Marla

heart Song,

I liked both of your last two submissions, but I especially
enjoyed "The Maker" it was heartbreaking though... but he didn't forget did he?

Marla

Hi. I've been reading this page for a while now, and it comes to me that there are other creative ways to express these emotions than by only poetry. I'm suggesting that you also include a column for music submissions along the same lines. I've written a few songs that don't really make sense just as lyrics, without the tones and melodies included.

Shady,

I did it again! I put your name where mine should have been, that was me! 4 ways to ward off phyco cat!

Marla,

No he didn't forget, but that doesn't mean he didn't try!
No he doesn't forget, he remembers every spring, but that comes later in the novel, I just haven't gotten that far yet! Thank you for your kind comments on my poety, I'm always glad to hear from you!

heart Song,

I really liked what you did with "Walk Between the Raindrops." Very creative. Good imagery. Touching emotion. I know you must have put a lot of work into it. I, for one, appreciate the meter and rhyme, and the work it takes to do it. For me it's a great struggle to get even a simple quatrain right with uniform meter, but very satisfying. But that's just me.

Best Regards,

James

James,

Thank you so much! I appreciate your attention, I think your probably the only one that noticed it was a tune.
I am very touched that you graced me with a response.
It wasn't hard though, it was pure inspiration!

:-) heart Song

hey guys...i have a suggestion. could we please stop using this as a forum for our own personal lives and keep the conversation to the task at hand...discussion and criticism of love, poetry, and romance? i really don't care if you just had corns removed or anything else like that. thanks.

no

Please remove one of the poems, NOW by lady D.I.E.H.A.R.D. Thank you! lady D

To A Concerned Blenderite,

I understand your concern, however if it hasn't occurred to you, a lot of the discussions this month have stemmed from an attempt to ignore the filth that is covering the comments page. We sort of all agreed via e-mail to write a lot, so as to fill up the page so to speak, and "cold shoulder" the trash that's been hanging around. We are all friends here though, so it's expected that comments will walk off the beaten path... But I really don't recall anyone talking about having a "corn" removed besides you. Sorry.

Marla

Just what is it you are looking for, concerned? We are continuously speaking of each others poems, Romantic ideas,love, heartache, prose reviews,favorite poets etc.
Oh! and life! That's a biggy! Without it, there would be NO romance. How can you be sooooooo one dimensional? Seems rather mundane to me! You cannot be a true romantic without experiencing a mixture of lifes' emotions.....perhaps you have not tasted life! You seem to want to set the rules for this forum,but do not wish to abide by them(corns?).

Truly signed,
Angel

ZoE, I will say again that I loved your poem "in desperation", why didn't you submit it? ***to Des.

Angel

heartSong, I've been away lately....too afraid to write to the forum.....'fraid i might say the wrong thing....I'm beginning to feel restrained, cramped.....not very romantic feelings. Anyway, I let it all hang out awhile ago and I will try to continue to be me...human...until there are some guidelines set by Kirk the BLENDER KEEPER. Loved your little piece about playing outside....romance can be soooooo playful and mind-consuming.

Angel

Isolde,
You have a GIFT! I'm looking forward to some more!

nice to see erin here too!

Angel

Hi shady, how's your mural coming along?

Angel

Oh! And I might add,I wasn't aware that romance was a task!

Angel

Why does everyone seem to feel it is their prerogative to tell the Blender what it should be discussing...I agree with Angel and Marla.

Angel, I started the mural!! Tah Dah!! Finally, I decided last night to just get a pencil and outline it, and then I colored in the basics with paint. It is a seascape, calm waters, at sunset. Should come out pretty good...I will take a picture and post it on my web site when I am done so you all can see it, ok? I'm just happy it is finally started!!! I had an audience, and they were all cracking Bob Ross jokes...:-P

Hi everyone, and happy friday!!

shady

only this:

real life is to be shared with friends. not just pieces of it. all of it. that is the 'couer' of the matter.

living=loving

Ok, Phase One of the reclaiming of the Blender Board is done.

The fact is I kind of like some of the off-topic writing that has appeared on the Blender Board; most of it is inventive and well written, with a kind of Dada-esque appeal. But it is off-topic, and does bug many of the regulars here. So I've decided to give this style of writing its own page for the time being. In honor of the Mobius Analcakes (most persistent of the writers) this page will be called the Analcakes Annals (for the time being.)
You can see it at http://www.loveblender.com/idiotboard.html

I'm working on a workable signin/password system to prevent identity stealing. It will be smart enough not to let anyone take another persons name, or even a name that looks like someone else's name (i.e. the same name but with extra whitespace.)

So I've tried to clean up the Board. Reports of further identity stealing should be sent to kisrael@alienbill.com.

Kirk

God Bless you Kirk!



Happy Friday Everyone!! I't's going to be a GLORIOUS Day!

I'm finally workin' on a new poem!... i've been "dry" for the longest time... tell me, has anyone ever been in that situation where they couldn't write... maybe for lack of inspiration or whatever... 'cause I sure haven't been able to write for the longest time!

heart SONG,

I'm doin' fine, and you?

Lester,

Hello, what can I say, life is most certainly too real lately! I'm here.

Where do we get our inspiration: That has come up many times here on the blender board, and most oft it has been the general concensous that heart break is one of the major contibuters of a writer. I find that true in my exsperiences, and it is sad to say because I want to be a writer and be happy. But I can be both and I can be neither! All I know is that sometimes my pen flows fluently and other times it lays idle between my fingers.

Hello!

Erin,
Thanks for the compliment. I like the poems you posted on
the Virtual Fridge. It really is a fun website.
Now, this is for anyone and everyone. I am going out on a
limb here 'cause I'm desperate. I've already e-mailed "Jenny
Jones" and "Sally Jesse Raphael"- that's how desperate I am!
I met this guy named Josh about a month ago in a club on
Sixth Street. We talked briefly and then he called me 3 times but never got ahold of me 'cause of my crazy schedule.
I finally met up with him again at the same club and we danced and hung out. I spent the night with him in his motel room because I was too drunk to drive home. We just kissed and talked and I fell asleep in his arms. When he turned away at about 4:30 that morning I felt like I needed to leave, for some reason. I wanted to leave him a note but I couldn't find a pen. Well, he hasn't called me since. He gave me his pager # but it doesn't work. I am desperately trying to find this guy because he is in the army and will leave for Bosnia in March. This is what I know about him:
1. His name is Josh.
2. He's a private stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, TX.
3. He's from Oregon.
4. His date of birth is 4/6/79.
5. His favorite t.v. show is "The X-Files".
I really don't care that I'm seven years older than this guy. He was the sweetest guy I have ever met. Could someone please tell me how to go about finding him? I've never been
in this situation before. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

I agree with Angel and Marla. What fuels good poets is their life experiences. If Dez wasn't born I wouldn't have written a lot of my poetry. I thinkthose people who feel the need to criticize the blender board which most of us are content with should relocate themselves to a site that focuses on writing poetry from non-life experiences and maybe a site based on "removing corns". Seems like a certain blender reader finds that topic enlightening.
--------------------------ZoE

AnGeL,
Thanks for the compliments on the poem i wrote in desperation. I wouldn't really want Dez to see it....i guess 'cause i'm self concious that Dez wouldn't respect me as a parent if she saw the rawness of it. Although it might be truthful i'm scared that i might go back to that time in my life which i certainly don't want to do. i'm so happy the way things are now. i have a beautiful daughter,a great boyfriend and a not too expensive apartment and job!

HeArTsOnG,
Miss ya...and our on going conversations! what happened? hmmm....how are your kids? Dez is 99.9% pottytrained with an occasional bed wetting! Matt is very busy with his band recording an album on their own label. I'm just chillin' using my spare time to write poems and well,i need to start submitting some!
-------------------------ZoE

i remember someone asking "what was the most romantic thing someone ever said to you?" in here. i was feeling really bummed 'cause i couldn't think of anything. I finally realized something Matt said to me that at the time i never really thought about but i just did. he said,"i never really knew what love was until i met you." i guess the fact that he moved in with me and takes care of my baby who's not even his is enough of a romantic thing!
I got a question now...."Can love hurt? if so,is it still love?"
----------------------ZoE

ZoE,

Your Kidding right!

Heck yea it hurts!

ZoE,

I know you knew the answer to that, You could not have written all of the poetry that you have without knowing that. Love is not one dimensional is it Zoe, it's like a diamond with many, many facets. You have had many experiences in your young life. But maybe you think like many people do, that you have never really experienced true love. Now we must define love.

Have a Grrrrreeeaaattt weekend everyone!!

Zoe,

In answer to your query, "Does love hurt, and if so is it love?" I say this: It is not love that hurts,but the lack of, or loss of love that is so painful. Love should always feel good!

Angel

I finally found time to catch up on my reading and gladly so. The sub. page is just bursting with the most beautiful words. Here , I have listed a few sub.that have special meaning for me:

"Novella" by Carmen
"In God's hands" by heartSong
"yes be strange" by erin
"Passing you by" by ZoE
"lesser of 2 evils" by MVR
"the language of love" by Kevin
"Fate & Destiny" by Marla
"Crimson" by Isolde
"Heartshine" by Brandi

and I'm still reading.....Whew!

Angel

ZoE,

love=life.

since all things in life seek balance, you cannot have the utter bliss and joy of love and deny that its unmentionable pain. Both spring from the selfsame passion. It is passion after all that inspires us all (and then some), isn't it? That is why the opposite of love is NOT hate, but indifference. Love is a lifelong lesson...

-K

HeArTsOnG,KeViN and AnGeL,
I finally got Dezire to bed after about 10 bedtime stories and 2 movies (Allison Wonderland and Mary Poppins). I miss Matt,he'll be home in about an hor. I'm trying to stay up to see him but i'm not sure i'll make it. I'm so sleepy.
I guess I already had my own opinion on the question I posed but I wanted to see what you guys thought. I guess I was always taught that not everything that's right feels good and not everything that's wrong doesn't. So I'm starting so see that life takes you on strange turns especially as far as love goes and I'm sure that's why I found Matt. I've had a lot of painful experiences related to love as I'm sure you all have had just as many but the most painful parts to me weren't to do with loving but losing. I guess it was just being spoiled,because love felt so good that when it was gone it was a slap in the face. I'm glad I have you guys as friends. I love all of you.
------------------------ZoE

Deli,

"A Strange Shade of Violet" WOW, I've been there before!!! I could feel that poem and I loved it. Have you submitted before? If not or if so, keep submitting!

Marla

heart Song,

I hope you had an okay Friday night, I will talk to you tommorow.

Good night everyone...

Marla

Thank for the compliment on "Retiscent," Marla. Sometimes I scribble inspiration to myself on a Post-it note, and sometimes I have to get completely esoteric to find the source. Glad that those certifiable ones finally have a place to vent, Kirk... :O)

Hope everyone is doing well with the curves Fate sent them this week. Take care and chat with you soon.

Romeo

your comments hit home (but not a home run - baseball analogy is rather appropriate!) for me. i would have to say that Fate has one helluva nasty curve ball. at least i put the ball in play!

it was a wildly creative week, but one i would rather store on disc that load back into memory... what i will share are the products of that tender anguish with everyone... i am happy to know that i'm not the only bugger who jots down poems on post-it notes!!!

-K

One thing though.

the poems that i have gifted to you are only yours...

:-)

-k

Hello there! Happy Saturday Everyone! It's a glorious day!

oh, and Kevin, (teacher catches you passing the note and reads it aloud to the whole class while you blush in utter despair) We will see!

Good morning everyone, I hope your Friday night inspired some work. Unfortunantly mine was too bland to inspire anything but sleep.

Marla

Isolde,

Once again, "Alpha & Omega" please keep submitting!!! I loved it, your writing is always simple and to the point but deep as hell.

Marla

Hey everyone!

ZoE,
Hmmm...ok, here's my view: yes love can hurt,a nd it can still be considered love. I disagree that love should not hurt, because sometimes it is that hurt that forces you to realize the love exists in the first place. Just because you lost a 'shared' love doesn't mean the love does not exist anymore, if love is there for only one person, and it kills that person, you can't say that that person is not in love. Hmmm...I just used the word love WAY too many times...:-) All I am saying is, for example, the love of my life (as I have given him the name) will always be the love of my life. Even though our 'shared' love was brief, and we hardly talk anymore, that love is no less real to me now than it was then, and it hasn't lost any of the hurt I felt then. It hurts like hell, so I would resent the thought of having to deny myself the simple realization that this is love, just because my feelings are no longer returned. That seems unfair. I think the fact that I love him is a good quality. Makes me all the more human. As does the pain, and the struggle. It sucks, but I like knowing I am still alive sometimes too...whew...where did all THAT come from? (I saw him last night...)

Anyways, Misti, I wish I could help. Who cares about age differences? Just another barrier people place on themselves. If it is ameant to be, a way will present itself if you keep looking, don't worry...spoken like a true believer of fate. :-)

Kevin, Loved your baseball analogy...alot! :-) I like to think I have as good a grip on that ball as I can too...as good a grip as fate will allow I suppose, sinc everyone drops the ball once in a while.

Marla, my friday night inspried sleep fr all day today...:-) I had a great night, and now a foggy hangover...but well worth the lack of concentration...plus I have to clkean today anyway, my favorite form of stress relief...LOL...you can alwayst tell if life is going great for me, I have a pile of laundry the size of Mt. Everest...:-)

Well, should get going...want to wallpaper my bathroom...still haven't gotten to it!

Have a great Saturday everyone!
Love,
shady:-)

ShAdY,
thanks for your imput. I love to get insight from you as you see life in a way that I don't considering where I am in my life! you are great!
As far as my day has gone is Matt is home with Dez while I decided to get my nails done(a rare occasion for me). I have always bitten my nails so I decided to treat myself and when I got home Matt was making fun of me saying I look like a cocktail waitress with my fake nails.Then Dez says "Mommy,you look funny with those nails." Tonight Matt and I are going out to the "Roxy". It's funny,I haven't been out for the longest time.Hope you guys are having a fun weekend! I wanna hear from KeViN,HeArTsOnG,MaRlA,and eVeRyOnE eLsE!
-----------------------ZoE

I really liked this web site. This is the first time I have seen it. I really liked the rumble regarding romance.

Keep up the good work!!!!!

Hope everyone had a great Saturday night! I did!

ok, since you people still don't get it, here's the point i was trying to explain earlier: have you ever heard of private email? i don't care what kind of day you've had, ok? i don't care that you went to work, came home, and went to bed. woo hoo (twirling finger in the air sarcastically). sorry if the offenders don't agree with me here, but if you'd look at the blender board 6 months or so ago, you'd see that the comments were pretty much about the work that appeared in the submissions page. i'd like to see a return to that. i know the next few days, you're all going to send snide responses, suggesting i get a life...that's your view. let me share mine, ok? i've been a visitor/contributor to this page for over a year, and i'm a little concerned about it's direction. think about the purpose of the blender...please.

i realize that some of you won't hear what i'm saying, and that's fine. i don't expect to change any of you. what i AM asking as that you consider what other people want to read for a change. if it's pertinent to one or two people, please, for our sakes, send it in email.

Concerned,

Feel blessed you have nothing more to be concerned with.

Angel

To whom it may Concern

that's why I moved my butt to the back of the room and only pass notes in class now (among other reasons). Please understand that the people who inhabit this community are the ones who make it what it is (present tense). I actually DO care what is going on in their lives. I enjoy reading the blender board in any form, if it is the only way that I can keep up with some of my newly-found friends. I am greatful that I can and do carry on a correspondence with some of them, and it has deepened my perspective of the pieces of themselves they share over on the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner. And THEN some.

I 'get' your peeve here. I respect your opinion, your right to express said opinion, etc., since I endeavor to be a courteous netizen, and am also a concerned blenderite (in my own quiet way). Besides, my quest in life (my tilt at the windmill, a doomed battle to be sure) is to spread a little civilization (courtesy, respect, affirmation, and love) in every corner of my little world. I also want to write good poetry, but the process itself is so individual and private, that I don't really know how one describes/critiques/advises with regard to it. I have done a bit of that, only when asked, and have taken individualized comments into the aforementioned correspondence. But the thing is this - life, at least what we accept as reality, is all about perception. I was told once that love is like manure. For it to do its work, it had to be spread all around, not piled up in one place. I look at the slices of life I see on the blender board as love being spread around (because love = life). When perceived in that way, what seems at first trivial becomes a little more precious.

But then, that is just my opinion...

-K

Thanks,Callie!

Angel

Conversation,like four-play,eases you into the crux of the matter!

enough said

Angel

CoNcErNeD,
Although I am pretty bias in this situation, I see in your book I am a guilty offender(this has become simular to a prison or what I know of one based on "LA LAW")I'd have to say in the beginning I shared your opinion but if you take the time to meet some of the diverse poets/poetesses on here you might be interested in "how their day was".I don't mean to sound snide and I do respect your good taste in poetry(this site)but I think you need to not take yourself so serously and kind of let these things slide a bit,because in situations like this sometimes it's better to just not worry about it(how long does it take to scroll down a page?). I'm glad,though that you feel free to share your opinions on here as it is an open forum where both negative and positive comments can be shared!
-thanks
-------------------------ZoE

OK, I hope I gave everyone a good laugh:-)

fore-play!

Angel

ZoE,
I just loved "Chipped" I can tell by your writings that you have lived much in such a short time....Don't despair!

Angel

G'mornin' everyone...happy sunday.

ZoE,
Thanks, I'm glad you liked my POV. I know, we are so close in age, and at such different points in our lives, and I have so much respect for you, for the fact that you had Dezire, at such a young age, and have done so well to care for her and show her your love. I can't have children, so, alot of times, likes when we were talking about how some parents don't care well for their kids, it really hits home, because I know kids are something I am going to miss out on terribly.

Previously Concerned,
I understand what you are saying, but, you have to understand our side as well. You've only written on the Board twice, each of us write daily to eachother, the Blender has become part of our daily schedule, so you can't not expect a bit of our personal life to bleed into the blender each day, and once a little does, more follows. We are all open here, we express our truest most bare emotions, so it's safe to say we feel basically comfortable sharing other things with eachother as well, and sometimes it is nice to not talk about heart ache with those people you trust your emotions with. Make sense? I like all of my new friends on the board, and we do e-mail eachother, but, many of our comments are directed to EVERYONE, or most of the blenderites, so instead of sending out 30 e-mails, we can share the message. I hope you can try to see our point as well. I'm sorry if our comments aggravate you, but we do also read all of the submissions, and make sure to comment on them as well, we support eachothers work. It comes down to...if I am going to write a piece on my tortured broekn heart, and I'm going to let people read it, I'd like to be able to discuss why my heart is broken as well, with friends. That's what we have here. Wish you'd join us, instead of putting our friendships down. It really is a great place.

Hey everyone else! heart Song, how's life, glad to hear your saturday was great. I was afraid to hear of your broken heart hun. Happy it worked out! :-)

Hi Angel, Romeo, Marla, and everyone I just missed.

I had a great night, my father's band played last night, so we went to see them, that was alot of fun. One of these nights, I want to get up there and do a song (That's when I grow some *****) hehe...and then we came back to my place and met up with some friends...tonight I have to entertain at my apartment. Ugh...but I FINISHED MY WALLPAPER!! All by myself (and you can tell...;-P )hehe...

Talk soon!
shady :-)

KEVIN!!

I'm so sorry hun, I forgot you...HI!

Hope you are having a great sunday!
shady :-)

I agree with everyone's comments, especially ShadyGirl!

To a Concerned Blenderite:

I am sorry you feel this way about us, but if you would take the time to know us, you might find you actually like us, and you might even find you care about our lives and what inspires, breaks us and makes us write. I don't know who you are so I don't know your work, but if you can't see that everything we write back and forth is a part of us and what makes our work unique and special then you obviously do not write out of inspiration. Give us some slack please, and realize that the blender is not what it was a year ago, because now it consists of a group of friends who lean on each other in times of need and celebrate in times of joy. Isn't that what writing is all about? Why would we share our innermost thoughts and feeling with a bunch of strangers who we only know by a nickname? Don't you want to know who you expose your heart and soul to? That's the point here, we grow together and we learn together. Sorry!!!

Marla

P.S.

No offense but if you were going to throw fits about the comments on the page, wouldn't it have been a little more appropriate to gripe about the smut and filth the last couple of weeks then about our conversations?

Also, who are you, or do you submit your work as a concerned blenderite as well? You know, we would be a little more apt to understand you if you weren't hiding under some fictious nickname!

Marla

Kevin,

I loved "Friday Night"! I'm glad you submitted it for everyone to enjoy. I myself need a net! :-)

Truly,

heart Song

Angel,

Haven't read all of your new submissions, but I took a moment to read "Care..." You are so wicked... Loved it! Thanks for suprising me and thanks for the giggle! You seem to be a very caring person, I know Mac probably thinks that too ;-) heart Song

Kevin,

I loved "Friday Night"! I'm glad you submitted it for everyone to enjoy. I myself need a net! :-)

Truly,

heart Song

Angel,

Haven't read all of your new submissions, but I took a moment to read "Care..." You are so wicked... Loved it! Thanks for suprising me and thanks for the giggle! You seem to be a very caring person, I know Mac probably thinks that too ;-) heart Song

Kevin,

I loved "Friday Night"! I'm glad you submitted it for
everyone to enjoy. I myself need a net! :-)

Truly,

heart Song

Angel,

Haven't read all of your new submissions, but I took a
moment to read "Care..." You are so wicked... Loved it!
Thanks for suprising me and thanks for the giggle! You
seem to be a very caring person, I know Mac probably thinks
that too ;-) heart Song

All I can say in my defense is that my cousin plyed me with wine coolers last night! heheheheh! Sorry about the triple comment submission. I must have really meant it! I was trying to comment on Concerns remarks to us! I hit a wrong Key and was trying to back up and went to far! So this part of the conversation might be submitted twice as well! All my friends and blender companions have already said it all, so all I can say is Ditto"! but I especially want to say Ditto to Angels Foreplay scenerio! I like foreplay, I'm all for it!

I would also like to say that since I have found the Blender of Love that my life has been richer because of the friends I have found here. My days are a brighter, I have more to look forward too everyday. I have a busy life. but the friends that I have made here are worth the time that I take out of my busy schedule! They are more important to me than even my nextdoor neighbors! A bigger part of my life and now a part of who I am! They are here for me and I am here for them, that's what makes this place so special to me!

with a smile and hug to everyone! Even a smile to you "Concerned" for giving me an opening to express these feelings to all my friends. Thanks

heart Song

Kirk,
Thanks for allowing me to Share Umbra's angel with everyone, I have more to share, maybe later.

Shady
I'd love to see your artworks too... email me.

dee

ShAdY,
I know it may be hard knowing you can't have children but if and when you are ready,adoption is an option. So many children need good homes.I'm sure you'd make a great mom and open up your heart to a child you might adopt.
Angel,
Thanks for your compliments on "chipped". It was a 3 liner but I think it said exactly what was on my mind at the time. I was crying for hours at the table when I wrote it and when I found this little crumpled napkin with smudged writing from my tears I had to submit it. It's funny how love has so many sides like a diamond:sadness,passon,lust,jelousy and in my opinion even hate,you can't hate someone unless you once loved or cared for them. I loved your sexist humor. Men are great but they deserve to be made fun of.I love to hear from you my friend.

KeVin,
Come to the front of the class and talk to me!
HeaRtSoNg,
Haven't seen any of your work recently. Hope your workin' on a masterpiece!
MaRlA,
How are you? where are you?
Better but Dez to bed it's past 8:30PM!
---------------------------ZoE

ZoE,

I'm here! :-)

Everyone else,

Hello as well!

Marla

Misti,

About your soldier boy, do you know his last name. When Sean and I first met, he was in transit between San Antonio and Key West, but I knew just enough about him to call everyone on base and track him down. If you know what he does and his last name, all you have to do is call the base operator and tell her you are looking for this group and go from there. You'd be surprised how helpful guys on a base can be. I called over thirty different numbers but I finally got an Instructor of Sean's who was nice enough to run across the base and ask him to call me. Drastic measure do work, we're married now.

Marla

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZoE,

I wish I could just sit down and write! Everything has been so hectic lately, I'm glad to hear from you that everything in your life seems to be going well! Jessica stayed at her Grandparents house Saturday night and she called me today wants to stay the night again. I miss my little rugrat! But, I gotta learn to let go! Maybe I should think about having another baby huh? LOL Well, back to work as usual tomorrow! Yuk! I'm going to try to get in the mood to write. Till then sis, :-) heart Song

here it is, folks. i'm the concerned blenderite, ok? i used the ficticious name in here because i didn't want people to go back & read my stuff & say "it sucks, you suck, go away."

one comment (for marla, i believe) my poetry IS inspired by emotion...i write it for z. i don't need anybody else to understand it or want to understand me to read it. maybe somebody can identify with it. if so, that's great...but i'm not going to hold their hand while they try to understand me. that's not my point. in essence, the things i submit here are love notes. sometimes i write them at work. sometimes i write them when z's out of town. they're snippets of our life, mostly for either of us to read and enjoy, completely independent of anyone else's input. if i had a crummy day, it's sure going to show in my poetry...i won't have to tell you i was in a bad mood at the time. ;) (end poetry soapbox)

my concern about the content on the blender board isn't personal against anybody, ok? what i'm trying to introduce people to is the idea that we CAN actually write better poetry by collaboratively offering criticism/praise. take a look at spyder's empire (www.spydersempire.com). look at the comments people offer for the poems...THAT'S what i'm talking about. yes, i know if i wanted that kind of input, i could post over there instead. the truth is, i don't want to. the blender was the first poetry page i found & the last one i want to find. what i don't want to see happen is the blender becoming a chat board/chat room type thing where anything goes. if you'd notice, the blender board was a lot "cleaner" when personal lives weren't involved. there weren't character attacks (ala TK & others personal soap operas) when personal lives were on display. yes, the friendly banter is better than the attacks...but shouting louder than another to drown them out never works, it just makes more noise.

if i'm coming off as a jerk, i apologize. i've been away from z for 2 weeks and will be for another 2, and i'm a wee bit crabby. ;)

j

j,

You are not completly misunderstood here,but I sense we may be. We are offering our "banter" as a base for our comments...without some sort of kinship, praise and or corrective criticism would not be so effective....I mean remarks from a friend are more easily taken and alot more welcome! Anyway, I for one am trying to meet you half way,no corn talk. And I hope you can tolerate us enough to stay on board. Looks like you needed a good vent,hope Z comes back soon.

Angel

Blenderites,

I'd like to hear some more answers to ZoE's seemingly simple question "Does love hurt,and if so, is it love?"
Not such an easy question to answer after all. I have really thought a lot about it the last few days and am
still not totally convinced my answer is right(doubt);
however, I would like to add that maybe it is doubt, fear,
jealousy etc. that hurts, not exactly the true emotion of
love........set me straight guys!

?Angel

heartsong,

So glad I suprised ya! I do have a light side. You're welcome for the ~giggle~.

Angel

Kevin,

On your latest sub: Great analogy,true here too......just keep throwing it out there it's bound to stick!

Angel

Dee,

Sure I'd love to send you some examples of my artwork, I will do it sometime today, I have a crazy day ahead of me, but it will be done. I am going to send a pic of myself to you, heart Song, also, I didn't forget you.

Ok now, sorry Concerned, but I have a question to ask everyone that has nothing to do with love poetry, but real life. First a little back ground. My brother, he is my only realy family. I mean, my parents are around, but I was never close to them. I have an apartment that is attached to my old house, and I usually see them once a week, and that is for friday night dinner. OK, so, my brother has been through some bad stuff, he has almost been killed about 5 times, bu different things, he was hit by a drunk driver, and now has a permanent limp and back probs, he was hit in the head, accidentally with a golf club and almost lost him there, because he had a depressed fracture in his skull...you can see the splinter in Xrays only so close to his brain, he was mugged at gunpoint, etc etc etc, either way, the point is he has a severe emotional problem, fear of death. He sees a shrink about it. So when a problem arises in life, it takes his breath away. Now, all of our friends, the original crew have now officially gone away, as of last week, the last moved into Manhattan, not far, but far ewnough that we'll only see him once or twice a month instead of 3-4 times a week. So he has been really really depressed, and today is his birthday. He thinks everyone forgot it, but his girlfriend and I planned a big party to surprise him tonight, all last minute yesterday. We invited all of the old crew, he will be so surprised. Now, here's the problem, my parents are telling me that everyone has to be out by midnight, because it's a weeknight, and they will not be inconvenienced. They didn't even buy him a cake for god sake. His present was an oil change or something for his car that he needed, which is all well and good, i understand that money is tight, so if he needs something, that's his gift, but I always believe in making a big deal over someone's birthday, the whole king for a day thig. Ya know? Well, I had asked them for their permission, if they would mind putting up with the noise for one night. Basically, they minded. And last night they said that I had to close all my windows and keep everyone quiet after midnight (how old am I?) and now she e-mails me this morning (how motherly) and tells me they have to be gone by midnight. Half of them don't get out of work until 10:30!! So, I don't know what to do. I am to the point that I am going to completely ignore my parents wishes and ust let the party go, for his sake, and then deal with their anger tomorrow. My mother told me I need to grow up, which is probably true, but, well, what do you think? Am I really wrong honestly? I cant' see how I am the one being selfish here. I know I asked them t put up with it tonight and maybe miss an extra 2 hours of sleep...but...I don't understand why they won't make that sacrifice. Am I asking too much? Honestly?

ZoE,

Thank you for what you said about adoption, I know that that is what I would do, what it would ocme down too...but, of course, I am sure you know it is different going through the whole process...my 3 closest girlfriends are pregnant, and it is so amazing, seeing their bellies move and get all lumpy...hehe...I'm sorry I'll never experience that. But yes, adoption is something I would definitely consider.

Thank for your imput on the situaion you guys, I am so stressed out about this.

love,
shady

Oh! Shady,

Thats a toughy, but being a mother,homeowner and lover of
peace and quiet, I would have to lean more towards appeasing
your parents on this one! It is very comendable that you
want to make your brothers DAY a special one. Try this:
Start the party at your house(remain the designated driver)
then, when time starts running out head to a club or other
previously picked place to continue the fun! Just a suggestion:-)Oh! and H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!!!!!!!!!
Shady's brother :-) HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

Angel

Good Monday Morning Everyone!!

Wow, there is so much to address and I really don't know which way to go this morning. I guess it's just too early in the morning and week for me!

I think we should all chill out on the issue of banter on the board, Kirk has already started solving this problem and I think he'll work it out. And if he only get this far I think that fine. Most of the banter was for one reason and now that a new page has been added that problem should be worked out, now that is on the rambling banter, not for anything else, I still plain to converse freely with my fellow blenderites. If this offends anyone, sorry!

I have already commented on Zoe's question. My answer still hold true. Sometimes my love is so over powering that there is actual physical pain, my chest get so tight that I feel as though I can't breath!

Shady,

That's a hard one! I want to say ignore your parents, they are wrong for not caring more for your brother and what you are trying to do for him! But I don't want you to get in a lot of trouble! If you think it will just blow over, then I would say go for it, but if they're actually so cold as to call the police on you or kick you out of your apartment, then I would think twice about it. Maybe you could have the party somewhere else.

Thanks you guys.

I figured I'd try one last time, the voice of reason. I wrote her back a very calm e-mail explaining why his girlfriend and I wanted to do this so bad, and trying to bring to light the fact that he is so depressed, and why, but she has not written back yet. I am still pissed as hell, but if begging for it means he won't find out about all these roadblocks, so be it. Who needs pride anyways...;-)

I'm not sure what she'd do, heart, she's pretty pissed, and on a power trip, so I wouldn't put it passed her right now, which is why I want to try to iron out the kinks, before she blows them all out of proportion...

I thank you guys alot, but, I guess, if they are going to be stubborn about it, I'll have to fake tired-ness and kick everyone out. I know Angel, I'd tried to come up with some where else to go as well, but my brother is only turning 20, so clubs and everything are out of the question, the only option is a coffee house open late in town, but what fun is that? :-) Especially since we'd be a crowd of about 15 people. Oh wells, a solution always presents itself, even if it is not the one I was looking for. Hopefully she'll allow it a little later.

Thanks a third time, sorry to go off like that this morning. :-)

Ah, it's monday, kind have to expect a day like today...hehe...:-)

ShAdY,
Dezire was an unplanned pregnancy although she was the best suprize I ever had. Pregnancy is a mixture of crabbiness,hapiness,thrill, and boxes and boxes of chocolate icecream but in a word is great. Honestly I think adopting is a great thing and I think you'd be a great mom. I really wouldn't say it if I didn't truely beleive it and when you are ready I think having your own child will be very fulfilling.

HeArTsOnG,
HeY hEy HeY girl! I agree with you about loving this page. This really is basicly the only page and I love it! I'm so glad I found it. The people on here have all truely become friends! It's no doubt a part of my life and I get so excited checking my messages on here everyday! hmmm....maybe I'm just being honest or maybe I'm just a dork.

mArLA,
HEY HEY HEY!

KeV,
i MISS YOU!
---------------------*HUGS* EVERYONE...ZoE

Hey ZoE, Maybe we're just honestly dorks! LOL!

I am already onto Tuesday and you guys are only battling with Monday!

Shady - it was my birthday too.. and all I wanted was everyone to make a fuss... but no-one did, and of course now I am dissapointed - I hope that you made a big fuss of your brother and made his day special...

Isolde - (oh I hope I spelt that right)
Words and Plato... *grins* I loved them.

deevaa

To all those here at the Blender:

I stumbled across the Blender about 10 days ago, and have greatly enjoyed reading everyone's heartfelt prose and poetry. I was so moved by what all of you were writing that it inspired me to start writing again, and I have submitted some of these new creations.

I just realized today that there was a "comment" page (Duh - guess I'm not very observant). I read most of the comments here, and I really appreciate the feedback many of you have given on my submissions. Thanks especially to Marla, Angel, Zoe and Kevin for their kind words and encouragement.

And last but not least, my sincere thanks to Kirk, for giving us a place to share our hearts, and take sustenance from the hearts of others....

Isolde

HeArTsOnG,
your right! I can't wait for Dezire to start calling me a dork.Luckly,she's not old enough to think that moims aren't cool and I pray that won't happen.Hey,I'm only 17!
ShAdY,
I have an idea as far as your party goes just incase your mom doesn't accept your request.(i know what it's like,i've never been preticularly close with my mom)maybe you could rent out a dance hall or some other place you could hold the party. Since your on Long island,I once went to a party there that was rented out of the "American Legion". You might try that or some other place you know of. Tell HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHADY'S BRO!

Dez is buggin' lazy mommy to make dinner and I keep putting it off and askin' Matt of all people to do it.(Matt can't even make 1 minute rice)who am I kiddin'?
----------------------ZoE

Kirk-

I was thinking about submitting the pertinent sections of Plato's Dialogues (The Speech of Aristophanes) that relate to his description of the true nature of love and why we search so hard for our soul mates. I find this work to be particularly moving (as evidenced by the fact that I wrote a poem about it, which I have submitted).

However, it is a fairly long prose piece by an established author, and I'm not sure if that fits within your submission guidelines. Also, I'm not sure whether or not others would find this piece interesting or relevant.

I have gone through and excerpted only the relevant bits, but it is still at least a couple of pages long. So I'm hoping for some guidance from you. Shall I submit this piece or not?

Thanks-
Isolde

Dear J:

Do you really think we would go back and look at your stuff and tell you it sucks? We're not that mean you know! I understand where you are coming from, but you need to see where we are coming from as well! As for your poetry I am glad it is inspired, I would hate to think that you were writing when you weren't. So I am appeased on that note. I don't think any of us see you as coming off as a jerk, but trust me I know what being away from the one you love is like and what it can do to your moods. I guess we have just sort of become a family here, I really enjoy reading everyone's comments, whether or not they are poetry related or even directed at me. I don't want to see some war or anything stupid like that break out, hopefully we can all come to some sort of understanding. Talk to all of you later.

Marla

GOTCHA heartsong,shadygirl,

Guess I forgot my own words:

Mind Reasoning Heart's Existence

I am the Wise one, the one that knows
The one that abides high above you
Who, I suppose, has some worth too
Thou I not know
The value gained: sweet pain of love,
I suppose!

Angel

Guess my mind was in la la land!
YES! ZoE,love can hurt!

Seriously, Kev. Stop with the Isolde crap.

"Haiku-Woman?" You're a Flamenco dancer in Seattle who's into Renaissance fairs and Plato's Dialogue? C'mon...

Like "pithy" could possibly be used twice in a conversation. You must not realize that your e-mail style is quite distinctive. (Shakes head in disgust.)

Have to call your bluff, Haiku-Man. It's the only way to end this cheap facade.

:-|

yeah, i suspected as much.

there is actually nothing distinctive about me, truth be told.

except truth and sincerity. they used to count for something in this world...

:p---

Romeo(if you really are Romeo),

I don't think it matters who Isolde really is........
He is a welcome addition to this page!

Angel

There's not enough sarcasm in the musical score.

Clearly participating in this forum was a HUGE mistake on my part.

I feel like I have been VIOLATED. I fail to understand why Romeo would want to say hurtful and untrue things about me, or why he would choose to broadcast personal details about me, but he has, so I will set the record straight before I leave...

Yes, Romeo, I am a flamenco dancer, I do live in Seattle, and I do study Medieval and Renaissance history and music. Yes, I have read Plato's Dialogues. Except for the Plato part, you read all this on my profile, which you apparently looked up at Yahoo based on my name, after I sent you a private e-mail complimenting your poem "Mixed Signals".
Until yesterday, I did not realize there was a "comment" board, or I would simply have posted my comment here instead of e-mailing you. And yes, I did use the word "pithy" ONCE, in my e-mail to you. I said that "I found your intro line about "Balancing the scales of passion and wisdom" to be quite pithy."

While my e-mail style may be quite distinctive, I have only sent e-mail to two people from this forum, you and Kevin (whose work I had also admired). Interesting, then, that you would reference Kevin in your stinging pillory of me. Coincidence?

And I am a woman. Not that that should make any difference in whether or not you like my poetry.

Perhaps you were looking for a quick pickup and you didn't care for my response? I e-mailed you complimenting your WORK, and you responded by saying that I was intriguing and you'd like to "chat" with me. To which I responded that I was willing to discuss poetry. Is that what this is about?

Also, why do you ask Kevin to "stop with the Isolde crap". What Isolde crap? Can you be more specific?

Finally, I find it interesting that between 2:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., the posts from Mobius, Romeo, Kevin and Samuel Goldwyn all appeared. Another, coincidence perhaps?

I don't need mind games. I thought I had found a group of like minded poets and writers, but it would appear I was mistaken...

Good luck to those who are sincere-
Isolde

to whom it may concern-

egg has been thrown at someone i have just met. some of it has ended up on MY face... i am unhappy at this situation, and will stop holding my hand up in class for a while. i have been sent to the principal's office for a whipping for poorly chosen words to the person i just met. she has been driven out of class, but I hope she stays in school... i am hereby making public apology to Isolde for any hurts i have mistakenly inflicted. chalk it up to testosterone poisoning... my posting above (the one w/o the address) was really me, btw... but this is it for a while...

sulking in the back of the class for now...

-K

or she.........Isolde, I hope you do not stop submitting
because of the cruel things said by some cruel individual.
Your poetry is beautiful, as is Kevins', that may be the
reason for the confusion.......or could it be jealosy?

Angel

I for one would not let one bad egg spoil the whole bunch!

There is only one Romeo, whoever they may be!
He is new here too. I don't know where he gets off starting such nonsense! Romeo, maybe you feel a little too at home, is that how you percieve us? We are not a bunch of trouble makers! If I offend anyone in this statement I am truly sorry. If you are here to start trouble, let me for one say I have enough all ready! So no thanks!

Sorry, I mean on rotten apple!!!!!!!!

I think things have gotten out of hand and this statement is basicly directed at a few individuals who have disrupted the fun free postings of the blender board. This room is meant for disscussion and fun and somehow some people have mistakinging it as something else. I refuse to depart from my favorite comment board no matter how many seems have ripped,i know they can be sewn back together. GUYS,FIX THINGS SO WE CAN GO BACK TO BEING HAPPY FRIENDS!

Isolde,

Please don't leave, I really enjoyed your work. And about your timing, I agree there could be some coincidence somewhere in a few of those names. For the most part we are pretty like minded and we all enjoy this site and the friendships we have made here. Like everyone else has said, don't let one bad experience stop you.

This whole thing is ridiculous,

and Romeo stop picking fights, good god!!!

Marla

Hey everyone,

ZoE,
I figured, since you had been so young, that Dez had been a surprise. Thank youfor what you say, I hope I do make a good mother. :-) Someday.

Dee,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I'd have made a big deal for you (or about as big a deal as you can get online...LOL) if I'd known it was yours too...then again, it's never too late...hehe...

***HEY EVERYONE*** lets sing happy birthday to Dee!!! :-)

Thanks for your suggestions everyone...basically it came down to stretching a little each way. She was not going to give what-so-ever. I am still not talking to her. Not that's she's made the effort either believe me. So I had everyone over, and a few had to leave around midnight anyways, so I just let everyone else stay, since the crowd thinned...and we just continued on...I closed my windows so it wasn't too noisy, turned the stereo off. Blah blah blah...my brother really enjoyed himself, which is all that really matters in the long run in the first place. Right?

Kevin,
Don't put yourself down boy! We all love you in here...you are hardly a 'plain' person...*winks*

I must have missed something, because one second everyone is talking nicely and then the next thing I know I'm reading about rotten eggs...come on you guys...let's be buds...Can't we all just get along?

love,
shady :-)

Shady...
Once again thank-you for your words. I am still looking forward to seeing your art.

Isolde... like you I am new here... please don't be put off submitting your work. I for one really enjoy your stuff.

Kevin... The man who knew too much... wow it touched me.

I have a web page that I share my art and some others poetry.. not all romantic, but if anyone is interested in seeing it, email me.

BTW... I think the Blender is fantastic.

deevaa

Happy Birthday DEEvA!!!

And Happy Birthday to your brother Shady!

So, Kevin,

Whats up Wordmaster?

Marla,

hello there!

Shadygirl,

Tried to e-mail you again to no avail. Just wanted to know how your brothers party went......and to let you know that my main concern was in him having a nice party.........It wouldn't have been too much fun if there had been a huge conflict over it. I'm glad it worked out. Your brother is lucky to have such a caring sister.

Angel

Hello everyone,

glad to see most are still vocal. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. A better day tomorrow!

Angel

Oh, did I say welcome,deeva!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Deeva and Shady's brother!
Happy Birthday to you!

*Sorry guys, i just had to do it!

--Jenna

*blushes*
Thank-you all of you...
Isolde - you in particular...

Dear Shady, Zoe, heartsong....

In love, it hurts to hurt the one you love...Rennie

Rennie,

We only thought to look on the side, you on the other hand were on the outside looking in.
I have learned a valuable lesson tonight. Thank you very much for your insight.

Respectfully,

heart Song

After reading through the last few months of the Blender, I've come to two conclusions:

1) Some of the writing is quite good. (Isolde, Kevin, j, kudos to you)
2) While the poetry is good, the comment board is quite lacking. I'm sorry to have to say that as an objective party, I find no merit in a majority of the posts here.

I don't know what I was expecting, but while you all have a "family" here, it seems to me that perhaps some of you should find a chat room with which to communicate your daily woes, angsts, joys, what not. Perhaps Kirk will accomodate your needs.

At any rate, who amongst you all have read Elizabeth Barrett Browning? I truly admire her work, especially among them her poem, "How do I love Thee," one of her more famous. I saw that z liked her work as well. z, I will email you and would love to hear your opinions and if you know of any good links.

Just 2cents from an outsider looking in.

Best regards,
Jackie

So far I have mostly been a lurker here, and have not posted anything yet, but I agree with Jackie that it would be nice if there could be an separate location for the less directly poetry-related comments and exchanges.

I have been reluctant to say anything, since those of you who want to keep all the personal comments here are quite vocal about it, and I am a newcomer who hasn't had the nerve to actually submit a poem.

When I scroll up through all the posts, it seems that the number of people who are participating in the daily hellos number 10 or less. Since most e-mail programs have a *group* function, couldn't you folks who enjoy sharing the details of your lives just send the same thing you are posting as an e-mail to your *group*? Or maybe Kirk can add the Chat feature. Or maybe there can be two Blender Boards, one for those who would like to discuss poetry and prose and one for those who wish to discuss their daily activities. Then people could post & read one or both of the boards.

I know this will make a lot of you mad, and now I'll probably never have the nerve to post a poem here, but at least I said what I really felt. Sorry if it makes some of you mad.

Briana

Jackie(j),

Who has NOT heard of Elizabeth Barrett Browning!

Angel

Briana(Jackie),

Good day to you too!

Angel

Disenchanted ones,

If you guys are really so disturbed by what is being said on the blender board, why don't you contribute something
more worthwhile. I've been waiting for these sparks of
intellectual jargon for a while now! Also I am not trying
to be snippity, but I believe we are all getting tired of
defending our use of the board. The BOARD as defined on the
homepage is for : latest comments and conversation. I
believe that we are using it properly in that we are ,both,
commenting and conversing!

Angel

I apologize if I offended the Blenderites with my recent comments. If you had seen the e-mails in the actual context that they were sent, you might understand my disgust.



I work the swing-shift in the publishing industry, which means that I don't get home until 2 or 3 a.m. most nights. It's the only time that I have the opportunity to add my works, so please don't hold my weird schedule against me.



I'm just sick of playing those spurious "reindeer games."



:-{

Scott

Hey everone!

Dee,
Hope ur B-day was nice. :-) I will send you some of my artwork. It is scanned in really big, unforunately, I have to fix that, but you'll get the main idea. :-) Thanks for the interest. :-) I'm flattered.

Angel,
I'm glad you addressed the 'new' annoyed Board readers, I am getting a little cranky defending this too. Whenever ed4u@hotmail.com doesn't work, try ediehl@mailcity.com, ok? Thanks!

heart Song,
I lost your e-mail address, yikes!! Please e-mail me back so I can send you my pic.

Rennie,
It should hurt to hurt the one you love. On some level it starts to become just hurting yourself. The 'two halves making a whole' theory...mmmm...I love the idea of soul mates. :-)

Happy Hump Day everyone.

*passing a note in class* (You still lurking Kev?:-)

I feel like a broken record! How is it that all the new comers and others can read our dailey comments and not read the reasoning behind it! We have all explained it often enough!

To scroll down the Crap!

How many times do I have to say, Give it a rest! Kirk is dealing with the problems, can you not give him a little time! I'm sure he is a busy man and has a Life! After all he gives us this place out of the kindness of his heart.

So give it a rest! We are all dealing with the situation the best way we can for now!

BTW

Hello Everyone, Happy Wednesday!

Romeo,

I doubt it.

angel: i am NOT jackie. i know our names start with the same letter, but i believe our style is a little different.

z: happy birthday, sweetheart.

just as an aside...i know that most of you are now thinking that the "new" people complaining are me. you're wrong. i already said i was the concerned blenderite, i left it at that. i'm not putting any more of my energy into redirecting the focus of this board, as it appears to be fruitless. if i may have spurred another into commenting about it, great...but it's not me talking to myself.

this is the last post of mine regarding this issue. i suggest in the future if anybody else (god forbid) complains you direct your comments to that person and not off-handedly towards me. i'm here to read (and occasionally) post poetry. that's all.

OK OK OK....everyone is getting their feathers ruffled in here...come on you guys...let's play nice.

j,
Hun, I think everyone is just a little touchy because people who do not frequent the Blender as much as many of us do, seem to be throwing suggestions at Kirk left and right. That is not fair either, as heart Song said.

Look, with out permission, I am going to speak for all of the regulars in here that have come to mean a great deal to me...we like eachother, everyone. It's that simple. This web site that Kirk has created has brought us all together under a similar interest, we are all obsessed romantics. Happily. I assume that many of you who do not regularly participate in our conversations are also in love with love. Why else would you be here? I for one would love it if everyone got as involved as my new friends do, I love it that they check in regularly, that they read EVERY single submission. How many of you that have been yelling at us can say that you do the same? We do not just meet here to BS on un-poetry-related topics. We do comment on the work we read as well, but we also depend on eachother for more now, other than just the simple "Oh I liked your poem". Not to mention, poetry means so much more, and is filled with so much more dimension when you have a background on the poem. I mean, if ZoE (sorry to use you as an example girl :-) writes a poem now, I can picture Matt with Dez asleep on the couch...hehe...or Dez running around showing off her new toilet ways...that makes the poetry mean that much more to me, affects me that much more. That's why we love poetry right? For that feeling? It isn't about hearing who likes it or not, or who's is best, it's all about sharing yourself in the first place. Giving someone else the feeling you are experiencing.

Whew, I hope that all came out alright.

That's it. Ever hear the expression "If ya can't beat 'em, join 'em?"...:-) I know I'd love it.

Forgive me.It just looked like a duck!

I'd like to share a couple of my favorite poems with all my
friends:

You cannot put a fire out
a thing that can ignite,can go itself,
without a fan upon the slowest night.

You cannot fold a flood
and put it in a drawer
because the winds will find it out
and tell your cedar floor

Emily Dickinson

and:

For each ecstatic instant
we must an anguish pay
in keen and quivering ratio
to the ectasy
For each beloved hour
sharp pittances of years--
bitter contested farthings
and coffers heaped with tears!

Emily Dickinson

Marla and Zoe,
Thanks for responding to my last comment, I appreciate it.
Last Friday night I met one of Josh's buddies on Sixth Street and I gave him a message scrawled on a napkin to give to Josh. He still hasn't called but I'm hoping that he will.
Now I have a new dilemma. Out of the blue, my ex from two years back called me up and said he wants to get back together with me. This guy caused me so much heartache. He knocked me up and then basically abandoned me. I survived my pregnancy on welfare and placed my daughter for adoption. But because he said the right things on the phone, I went over to his apartment and showed him pictures of our daughter. While we watched the video of her birth, I finally fell apart and had to leave the room. He showed no emotion whatsoever. He apologized but his words didn't mean much to me. He wants to date but I don't love him and don't think I'll ever be able to again. But I'm lonely and could use some companionship. My mom and sister are definitely opposed to me having any kind of relationship with this guy. My finer instincts tell me to stay away. In the back of my mind I will always resent him. Because of him, I am without my daughter, who I love more than life itself. She'll be two in December and the pain is still fresh. Her adoptive parents have been kind enough to let me spend time with her and they have sent many videos and pictures. But the pain will always be there.
For those of you who believe that the sole purpose of this board is to engage in intellectual discourse over the submissions, I used to agree with you. Obviously, my feelings have changed. I appreciate this board for what it is...a free forum for Blenderites. It would be a bit dry without the personal input. This isn't a college literature course.

Hey all, me again...I was able to take lunch today, so what better way to spend it than eating my sandwich over some poetry, and catching up on the new submissions...I am so far behind, so please, don't be mad that I am backtracking so far, but these are so great!! I can't wait to finish the rest and get caught up!

Romeo, I loved what you submitted by Scoot, "Shooting The Moon". I love the moon, so any reference to it in poetry or otherwise somehow always sparks my attention even more so...

Kevin - Time as a Healer...loved it. :-)

Isolde - Branded...ditto.

Carmen - I apologize for not remembering whether I have ever read anything of yours before, but, I assure you I will be keeping my eye out...I really liked "honesty", "Silence" and "Novella" especially. Great job.

ZoE - behind the china closet...mmm...I really liked it alot!

I want to leave work early just to finish! Great job everyone...I enjoyed reading each of them so much.

Hope everyone's having a great Wednesday.


shady :-)

Angel-- I was sorry to see such a condescending remark from you. I had hoped that I would find others who enjoyed the Portugee's work and if there were some who HAVEN'T read her poetry, then I would be glad to share a site or two. If anyone is interested, let me know.

And no, whoever j is, I am not he. I admire his work because it seems so grounded in reality. His writing to z says in the simplest of terms that he adores her. And his feelings come through without frills and thrills. What he says to z speaks to my heart as well.

Regards,
Jackie

Misti,

I know your comment was not directed to me, but I have to say, girl, are you crazy hun? Please don't do that, don't go back to a relationship that you are openly aware of has no emotional tie. A body does not cure loneliness, maybe it does for a short while, but in the end you have to know that the outcome will be far more emotionally draining than fulfilling. I know we never really address eachother all that much, but I always read your poetry, and...I just, I'd hate to see you get any more hurt. Let it go, for yourself. You've come this far, you can make it until the right person comes along. No point tryin' squeeze OJ from rotten tomatoes...(something stupid my grandmother used to say that now makes sense...hehe)

Stand strong girl.
shady

ShadyGirl,

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!! I think you summed it up perfectly I couldn't have said it, much less thought it better myself.

Misti,

I hope your soldier boy calls, good luck! I remember what it was like trying to find Sean after we met, yuck!!! As for your ex, stay far, far away!!! If he could sit there and watch the birth of your child without any emotion tell him to leave you alone. You may be lonely, but not too lonely that you would need him. Please don't even talk to him, talk to us if you get bored, we will get you through. :-) By the way, I'm glad you decided to join us as a friend instead of an enemy. I hope there are no bad feelings. Glad to have you as a friend.

Marla

PS

To everyone here who objects our friendship, you're wasting as much comment space griping as we are commenting so give it a rest.

You're right, not quite myself lately....I'm through speaking to all antagonists....they just bring out something in me I don't like!

Forgive me
fellow blenderites

Angel

Angel,

Forgive you? You're an ANGEL! You are heaven sent in my heart!

Misti,

I kinda of had a bad taste in my mouth from what happened awhile back. But, if we could put that aside, I would be glad to know you as a friend and fellow blenderite. So here's to fresh starts! Don't go back with that &^%$#@$^%$!!!! That's as nice as I could put it!

Kevin,

I know you're back there somewhere! I for one MISS YOU!!!!


Marla, Shady, Zoe, -Hi guys!!!

I made it over the Hump!!!

I just sent THREE og the SAME poem "A Million Times". Can you please REMOVE the first two, and the make the last one the POSTED one, using this URL: <http://www.loveblender.com/heart/new/million.html>

Thanks. Sorry for the confusion, it was my first posting. It won't happen again.

Sincerely,

Greg McIntyre
Fullerton, CA
greg@grc.com

Angel,

Apologize for what? Sarcasm from a "sweetheart" is always welcome. It's good to see you put some fire into those comments :-) A new and yes different but good side.

Marla

heart Song,

"Under Sleeps Willow" wow, I really liked, no loved that one. I could picture you too, laying there holding the pillow and your dreams close to your heart. Damn girl!!!

Isolde,

I am glad to see you are back, I was hoping you would stay!

Gregg,

We all do it, even though we should be used to it now so don't feel bad, we do it with comments too (multiple postings). By the way, welcome aboard and I hope you don't mind our "scattered conversations".

Marla

PS

For those who don't have my e-mail address:

Taking_Leave@yahoo.com

Catch ya'll later.

First: I am not *Jackie* or *j* or anyone else

Why do some of you think that more than one person can't have the same opinion without it being some kind of sneaky conspiracy? Why can't I have an opinion? And voice it here without being criticized?

Someone commented that this board was for comments & conversation, but I guess they meant only CERTAIN comments and conversation. It appears that any comments that express a different view, no matter how politely worded, are not welcome.

Jackie's post seemed polite to me. And since I had similar feelings, I decided to add my two cents worth. And I thought I was polite and respectful about it. But all the responsive comments seemed quite harsh to me. I guess only comments that agree with those of the core group are welcome. Sorry. My mistake.

Some of you seem to think that anyone who disagrees with your point of view about the *personal* posts on the board is *objecting to your friendship*. I can only speak for me, and for me that is not true. I would never object to friendship. I think it is great that you guys are good friends, that you support each other. When did I say I objected to your friendship?

Someone said *you're wasting as much comment space griping as we are commenting so give it a rest.* I don't understand why our comments are unworthy and should be stopped, but anything the core group wants to post is valabale and good. Why are the comments of others not welcome? Is this board for everyone, or only for a small group of you?

And I really don't think those who posted recently are griping. The posts were polite (I thought). When did they cross the line from reasonable comment to griping?

I knew I shouldn't have posted my opinion in the first place. I knew I would get attacked. Oh well. I give up. Too black and white it seems. No room for diverse opinions. No room for compromise.

You seem to have beaten all those who would dare to have an opinion different than yours into submission. Bravo.

Briana

DeEva,
I know i'm late but....HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!
ShAdY,
Thanks for the compliments on my poem! i always love your work!

MiStY,
As a mommy,(I'm 16)after my boyfriend got me pregnant he left. guess he couldn't take the responsibility. As you can see I'm never partial to men who don't take responsibility for their kids.(i was too lazy to chase him for child support but i know i could've)I guess my best advice would be to follow your heart and while your at. it must be hard not having your baby.(my daughter,Dez is close in age to yours)GoOd Luck!

hey HeArTsOnG,
thanks for the e mail! miss ya....drop me a line...i'm jelous,i want a personal message!
--------------------------ZoE

Hey, I hope you do not think this too forward.
I am new to the blender board, and all this stuff that is going on here is completely above my head.. (I don't even want to understand it.) but I wanted to say...

Romeo...
I wanted to say how much I enjoy your poetry, 'Mixed Signals' for one 'Static Cling' is another
both of them... I truely loved... and the poetry you have submitted by others... 'no.. I don't cry' made my heart bleed.

also,

Isolde... your stuff is great...
Please don't be put of sharing your work, (and the work of others)

Shady.. your art is beauiful..

Please.. if anyone can suggest to me how to make my poem 'the dancer' better.. please do..

Thanks

deevaa

ZoE,

Sorry darling! We are a mess aren't we. You and me just hanging out, living life to the fullest everyday, trying to make sinse of it in our poetry, trying to figure out how to make it through each day and knowing we can because there is someone at home who loves us, who adores us. Oh what joy a smile from a little curtain climber can give after a long day at work! Just for you ZoE

~heart Song~

Marla,

Thank you for your kind comments on my poem, but next time don't hold back, don't be afraid to express yourself, tell me how you really feel! LOL just kidding! Thanks again Marla.

hEaRtSoNg,
ThAnKs! i was feeling neglected....your daily e mails always make me smile though! I can't beleive that not everyone wants to know about our exciting lives j/k !Well, i've missed you my friend! i am so sleepy and Matt really wants to go out to a movie tonight so i don't want to dissapoint him but i know i'm gonna fall asleep during it!
------------------------ZoE

rEnNiE,
You are right. Hurting someone you love is terrible hurt. I know from experience.I'm glad you saw reminded us of the flipside of my question. Sounss kind of like that book "through the looking glass" i liked that book when i was little! (don't know where that came from)
HeArTsoNg,
I loved the poem "willow" i think it was. it really reminded me of a song i used to hear when i was little(i forget what it was called) but that is a great thing,because it almost makes me feel like a kid again in the grass up to my waist.(i don't know,i'm getting corney)! great poem though!
RoMeO,
I really liked the poem you submitted by(i forget who the original author was) but it was a great selection.It was short but that was what made it so deep!(you had to read it a second time to feel the impact of it)
-------------------------ZoE

Ok everyone, I just have to share this with EVERYONE!!


DEE's ARTWORK is unbelievable!!! Dee you have to share the page with everyone!! BEAUTIFUL!!! MAGNIFIQUE!! BRAVA!!!

No kidding!! I really loved it!


Ok, the word is out...hehe...;-) I've done my part:-)

shady lady

A thought for deevaa,
(First a disclaimer) I don't claim to be an expert on poetry, so I hope this is still valuable to you. Your words are very eloquent. In 'the dancer', I feel the rhythm that you're expressing. Also, I see in your metaphor that you're weaving a sense of transformation, creating a fluid motion that comes from the input of sensations, and sensuality. Perhaps you might express more of the transformation in your metaphor, more weaving on how your dream becomes 'the dance'.

Let me know how your work evolves, I hope you find my comment of value.

And to Mobius--Perhaps a different room? Again, the disclaimer, I'm not an expert but I too would be distressed at seeing rodents floating in jars.

Briana,
Care to review a poem you like in the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner? Of course, you don't have to, but I'm sure your review will be positive and constructive. Thank you for acknowledging that I was polite. I think we can assume the 'non-expert' disclaimer. I'd be interesting in seeing some peer reviews in the comment board. Anyone else, feel free as well.

Regards,
Jackie

Misti--
I've read your work and I wanted to say that you really nail it home. I admire few writers and you are one of the few that can use words and turn them into a spectrum of joy, pain, indifference, bitterness, sensuality and more. I intend on visiting that virtual fridge that you mentioned.

Good luck in your quest for Josh. With regard to the other, my first thought was to say 'don't even waste an iota of brainpower' on him. But on thinking about it, he must've meant something to you once, or else this situation wouldn't be an issue. Perhaps it might give you peace to give him a piece of your mind. Not as a confrontation but as a closing of a door. I'm not a strong person, but strength comes if I want, and choose, to look forward and not behind.

Regards,
Jackie

Misti ~

Been there ... done that ... try this!

"keep your face to the sunshine and you can't see the shawdos"

: )

"looks around for the Blender Board Typo Book .. and writes shadow 100 times"

: )

Heart Song

Under Sleeps Willow .. a 9 from the judge in the back row!

z

Rest .... lemme see ... why YES, can it be? ... another 9!

Seriously, you both have different styles, but it's very easy to become a part of your words.

thank you for sharing
Crickettt

crickettt,

my thanks, but that 9 belongs to the other part of me, j. ;) he is my heart and the author of "rest". and i simply cannot believe he told the world not only that i snore but that i snore like a freight train. lol... his love notes on the little snippets of our life... it's these little things that make me fall in love with him all over again.

making every second count,
z

~Kev~

The "First Sonnet"...tears filled my eyes when
I read it...Kev..you 'texturized'! (felt every word!)
The sonnet touch me deeply ...thxs for sharin' :)
Your 'inner self'....:)
~smile~

A few things.. first... Shady is exaggerating... like big time...

second.. Jackie... thanks for the thoughts...

third.. what is the URL for the Virtual Fridge.. it sounds like a great site.. I wanna visit!

dee

Jeanmarie,

Are you also J. Morgan? I'm enjoying reading through this site and I saw that your 'One Day at a Time,' as well as some of your other works, were also posted in the June 1997 Heart-on-Sleeve Corner. I agree with Kirk that you have a flair for detail in your poetry as well as your other works as J. Morgan. Very descriptive work, I like it.

My, am I a prolific commenter or what?

Best regards,
Jackie

Just to clear the air... I don't think any of us our trying to be really bitchy, it's just that we have been getting jumped at from all sides lately so we all are a little touchy. We've been dealing with complaints and smut so it has not been the best of months on the comments page. I can't speak for everyone but I think it's pretty safe to say we are not trying to make enemies and we always welcome new friends. The timing was just rotten, that's all. Anyway, there's my two cents and a little left over...

Marla

Deeva,

I liked "The Dancer" just as it was. I have always found if I go back and try and change my work, I lose the emotions the poetry was written with. Don't change a thing, it was deep and descriptive it needs nothing else.

:-)

Marla

~Hi everyone~

Glad to have found the time to come to my favorite
place. I was feelin' home sick. I've been as the kids say
'mad' busy! ;)... Just need to say thxs to all for the great work!!

Hey Tru........... nice to see you are still there!!
Was wondering about you!!

Mist~
you continue to Misti-fy me!! Love your work!! truly!! :)

Heartsong, Shady, z & j (u 2 r great).. love all of it!!
Angel...u 2!

Wishing I had more time to catch up! It's 11:44pm. Wishin' there was a way to just print the entire new sub's page!!

I just finished revising a paper for school...yawn....:)
Time to go....nite all! be well!!

~~OH~~~~~~~

~Isolde~ "The Mathmatics of Plato"
>>> :) <<<<<< enjoyed it! <quantum> excellent idea!


~Kev!...<whew> ...still reflecting off of 1st sonnet.
Loved 'The Man Who Knew to Much"

PS: does anyone know how to submit to the ~Blend-o-matic?

~~~ :)

just one more thing....

the most romantic thing ever said to me....
"You are as alive as I imagined you'd be."

owwwww! still has the same effect..;) heh! heh!

night all ...

I wanted to sincerely thank all those who made supportive comments regarding my distressing situation yesterday. It was one of the more painful days of my life, and your kind words really made a difference.

I have also decided to take your sage advice, and stay here at the Blender. You guys were right, I shouldn't let the cruelty of one person drive me away.

As for my recent poetic submissions, thank you deevaa, Eve, Angel, Shady and Marla for your compliments. I really do appreciate feedback about my work, whether positive words or constructive criticism.

And thanks especially to Kevin:
Yesterday was confusing and painful, but we managed to sort it all out. Thank you for not giving up. I would consider myself fortunate to count you among my friends.

-Isolde

Since people are in a commenting moood, I thought I'd join in:

(Disclaimer - I am no expert, these are just my humble opinions)

deevaa -
I liked "the dancer" very much. The imagery was beautiful. I especially liked the rythmn of the "her words... her sighs..." portion. It flowed very nicely, and the placement of the words on the page seemed to visually echo that flow. And I loved the final line.

"j" -
The last stanza of "nada" was fabulous! So real. So romantic.

to myself -
In "Return to Peace", I should have used "head" in the final line instead of "back". It would have scanned better, and been more in keeping with a Shakespearean word choice.

Kevin -
"First Sonnet". What can I say? How could I not be moved? Thank you. I especially liked the line "My glass house shatter'd by stone's throw". I love the feel of that line in my mouth, the saying of it. Well done!

Just my two cents worth-
Isolde

Thanks for the compliments on my poems, Blenderites (Misti & others). Sorry to cause the rift (blunt truth was involved). I won't waste any more space on the Board. Have to say that many of the recent works are great, though.



Take care,

Scott

heartsing,

"under sleeps willow", you truly brought me into that one.

Angel

Eve, I loved "Labyrinth", so true of most!

Angel

heartsing,

"under sleeps willow", you truly brought me into that one.

Angel

Eve, I loved "Labyrinth", so true of most!

Angel

Shady,

While jauntily browsing the archive pages, I came upon "The
Pit", was I impressed! I love intense, lenghty, descriptive
works such as this one, but I generally haven't got the patience and or talent to create one. Just wanted to say
I really enjoyed it!

Angel

PS- what is your web link site again? I missed it

Misti-close the book! There's a new one written somewhere
out there,just for you!

Angel

Hello Marla,

I'm watching the sub. page!

Angel,
Thank you for your comment on The Pit...:-) I don't know if your interested, but, I have some work that is not necassarily 'love' related...not sweet love atleast, if you'd like to see it at my horrible unfinished web site http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/5775 ...again, keep in mind it is not the web site that you're looking at...LOL... eeek!! :-)

And Dee? Who r u trying to kid, I was not exaggerating! Your art is terrific. :-)


shady :-)

Good morning everyone! How's everyone doing today?

I finished reading all of the submissions this morning (time out from work, me so bad...;-) and boy do I have comments to make, you guys, these are really all so great!!! :-)

heart Song - "The Make" I really liked it alot.

Isolde - "Crimson" very clever :-)

Deli - "Strange Shade of Violet" I LOVED IT!! Deli, this was great, you read my mind completely...excavated that right from my own heart.

Kevin - "Friday Night" your sweetness always astounds me.

Umbra - "Wind Without" very lonely...I liked it.

ZoE - "Someone else's Star" hehe...I really liked this one ("Oh beware the green eyed monster...";-)

AHR - "And then it was over..." very original, I love seeing differents styles in the Blender...adds a little spice, changes the flavor...:-)

Peter - "Love Poem #9" very cute

j - "rest" I loved it, it was really endearing :-) Made me smile.

And last, but certainly not least:

Dee - "the dancer" I'm so happy to see something by you! It was really good! You need more faith in your talent hun, I mean your artwork is great, and you can write too! No need to be shy. :-)

Great stuff everyone, I really enjoyed it. :-)

Where is everyone anyways??


shady :-)

(incognito, so no one will mistake me for the guy supposed to be sulking in the back of the class, or for someone else... although one wonders why any person would hide behind some on-line persona.)

Those here who really know this kevin guy, know that he is real flesh and bone, and that he peels his heart off of his sleeve and send pieces of it through the e-mail... to his friends. Friendship is something precious, as is love. In fact, the love for friends is what makes true friendship a precious and rare commodity. He knows who his true friends are... Someone here caused him and another a great deal of emotional anguish and mental torture by a few hurtful comments... Whether these words were believed or not is of no real consequence. The fact that two separate human beings know how to use the word 'pithy' only means these persons each have a fair vocabulary - nothing more, nothing less. Words spoken OR TYPED in anger tend to take on a terrifying life of their own. Make no mistake, words are powerful things. Words are the only tools we use in settings such as this to relate to each other and paint such beautiful pictures of our private truths in this world and in life... So words, when poorly chosen, used to lash out in anger, or in some misunderstanding, or when used to wound intentionally can and do cause very real scars that oftentimes never heal... I have myself chosen a few quite poorly myself (as recently as Tuesday, in haste, as a matter of fact), so I am speaking from personal experience. Precious things (such as trust, love, friendship) that can often take a lifetime to build up can be destroyed with alarming speed. All it takes is a few words sometimes, spoken or typed without thinking clearly, more powerful than a thermonuclear device, and ground zero is the tender center of another's heart...

I hear that kevin can be overly sensitive, that is why he is presently sulking in the back of class... I have told him to get over himself, already even...

(taking off disguise, and trying to sneak back in the rear door)

Good morning heart Song, Angel, ShadyGirl, ZoE, Misti, Kevin, Isolde and anyone else I am forgetting.

Hope your day goes good, and get back to work all of you, what are you thinking checking this website during the middle of the work day. :-)

Marla

Marla, you silly girl...;-) OK, you caught me, I was sneaking a peek at the Blender during work, like always...I'm starting to wonder if I really deserve that upgrade. hehe...

to the 'person speaking for Kevin',
I sure wish he'd come back to the front of the class, I miss seein' him at the blackboard. ;-)

shady :-)

Ugh, I'm working OT tonight everyone...pity me...hehe...;-)

ShadyGirl,

"While You Eyed Me" and "Getting Greedy", wow, I really liked those. Especially the last stanza in "While you eyed me" about how he let her claim him. I love poems I can visualize, I could see that one especially. Glad to see some new submissions from you.

Marla

PS where did you say you went to college?

More comments! I'm just full of them today:

Eve,
I liked "Sinful Soulmate" (but then I'm a haiku fan). I'm impressed that you can get past the traditional syllabic count. Maybe it will inspire me to do the same (thus concentrating on content over form...I think I try too hard sometimes and lose the deeper meaning, the image).


Jennifer,
I thought "Pour Mon Amoureux" was well done. It is tough to write in another language, good for you for making the extra effort.


Shady,
"While You Eyed Me" - the phrase "I swim in memory" was beautiful, and that last line...what a punch!
Also, "Getting Greedy" - the phrase "the verbal path to my past brings me to my knees..." Wow. You really moved me.


-Isolde

Wow...thanks you guys...I am having a creative day, although I didn't think that those were all that great...I'm sure you'll see a few more from me today and the next few days...:-)

Thanks again...:-)

shady

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!


Ok, I know I haven't been on in awhile but, I work full time and go to school.


ZoE,

How is Dez? Isiah is doing good. I really do apologize for not coming on more. The guy I'm dating now is helping me alot with my studies by taking care of Isaiah while I study.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Isn't that sooooooo cute!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Anywayz, Hello to everyone that I don't know & to those that I do know.

Well, I have to get to work.

See ya.

Mandy. :-)

I really have to thank everyone for all the gracious comments from:

Marla
Zoe
Eve
Cricket
Angel
Shady

Gosh, you guys! I am really blessed to have such great and supportive friends! Thank you all for the wonderful comments, you always make me feel special! And when I'm down I can always come here and feel better! Thanks again!

Kevin, I see you! Welcome back!

Isolde,

Thanks for bringing our friend back!

MaNdY,
That's excellent. It's always great(as you probably know having a kid)to find a guy who likes your child and especially one who will take car of your baby when your all washed out. We are in simular situations as you are still in school and I dropped out but keep on track.I wish I'd never dropped out,because I'm hesitating to go back to schoool(i guess I feel dumb that I'm almost 17 and still a junior in high school.You go girl,keep up the good work!
ShAdY,
Thanks so much for the compliments on "Someone elses Star" I found that poem, i had written it about an ex boyfriend who cheated on me. *the little green eyed monster peeking
out*
HeArTsOnG,
no problem,keep up the creation of your excellent masterpieces!
---------------------*hugs*....ZoE

*laughs*
Shady, it seems you and I have more in common.. I am also guilty of reading the blender at work.. it is 10am Friday here.. I have my morning coffee... and here I am... LOL

Thanks everyone for the thoughts and praise of 'the dancer' I have decided not to change it.. maybe I can get Kirk to add the painting too.

I found the Virtual Fridge btw... too much fun I played for hours!
dee

Forgive me for not addressing ya'll individually but I am at the public library and there is a time constraint. The comments on my personal life and compliments on my poetry really mean a lot to me. I realize that I have created some controversy on this board in the past but I am glad that none of you hold that against me. I can't imagine "quitting" this website as it is like my second home. I love the community that has been established on the Board.
There is a paperback rack by the computer I'm on and I had to laugh when I spotted a Harlequin paperback entitled "In Praise of Younger Men" (I know that should be underlined)- I took it off the rack and read the back of the book. The main character in the book is in love with a younger man who is the same age as her brother. That is so strange 'cause Josh is the same age as my brother, Dustin!! Also, the protagonist's husband left her for another woman which is basically what happened to me in '96!!! Stranger still, I dreamed of Josh for the first time ever this morning. I'm kinda superstitious like that.
Jay (my ex) keeps calling and I'm still confused about it all. I know I should tell him no hard feelings, just leave me the hell alone. My family will never accept him. This makes it hard because my family is extremely close-knit. When he calls tonight I need to get real with him and tell him that it just won't work. He keeps pressing me to say,"I love you" but i can't. Those words mean too much to me. I've told him about Josh but he doesn't care. He just says that if Josh calls back I need to tell him I'm with somebody else. I don't think Josh will call but if he does, there's no way I'd reject him.
Anyway, thanks to all who have given me advice and support and I am glad that some of you enjoy my poems. Oh, one more thing- what does LOL mean??!!! I've seen that here and on the Virtual Fridge and I'm clueless!!!

Love si a vere gud thig
brANDI

I have just submitted another poem.. and already I want to take it back.. I re-aranged the stanzas just before I added it... now I think it was better before... *deevaa runs to hide*

PS - Misti, I guess I spend too much time in chat-rooms... LOL = Laugh Out Loud...

Deevaa,

I really enjoyed your poem from the virtual fridge!!!

Marla

My God! I want some of whatever Marla's been taking! Talk about prolific!

Marla,

I read your new submissions, and I am still reeling.... They were incredibly powerful. Very real. Obviously straight from your heart.

So much great stuff, I'll just mention a few choice bits that I found especially moving...

"Missing You" - about the words I love you being "lost in the essence of frequency".

"Everything" - the trilogy line, with "smile... kiss... love". Beautiful.

"My Sean" - very nostalgic, that form with the first letters of your beloved's name, a tradition dating back at least to the Middle Ages.

Thank you Marla, for sharing today. I too am very much in love, but separated by distance, so your submissions today touched me deeply.

-Isolde

Isolde,

Thank you for your compliments. I guess we have both been able to give each other something. I am sorry you have to be seperated from your love as well, no one knows exactly how hard it is until you are forced into the situation. I have been hording work on my computer for a week now and finally decided to do a mass submitting, no joke, tonight. So, now that I am out of new poems I will have to let the inspirations of the next few days roll through my mind and onto paper. Take care, goodnight everyone.

Marla

Isolde,

Your new submission "Falling" (I believe that was the name) I loved your perspective and am ashamed to say I never thought of it that way. You are right though, falling in love will make you feel like you can fly. In fact not even falling in, just being in...

Marla

I liked *Love Poem Number Nine* by Peter.

It was very romantic. Hopeful and full of promise.

Briana

Deeva,

"I gave you my heart...", I just loved it! And it not only
rhymed,but did so very well!

Angel

Isolde,

"Falling", How do you do it? I love your thought pattern!

Angel

Marla,

I'm not sure which one of your new sub. I enjoyed more, the
titles are a blur, intermingled with my tears. Thanks for
making me cry, I needed to so badly!

Angel

Hey everyone! HAPPY FRIDAY!! (And payday, for those of you lucky like me...:-)

Misti...LOL=Laughing Out Loud. :) You could never leave the Blender! What would the Blender be without Misti Velvet Rainwater???

How's everyone doin' today?


shady lady :-)

Me again...

Dee - I really liked "Alive" - great imagery

Marla - Boy were you busy!!! Must've been an emotional day for you hun. :-) "Missing you"...it was really very touching, I liked it best. :-)

Isolde - "Falling" ...how simple and true


shady:-)

Hey everyone!

Happy Friday! Have a great Day!

heartsong,

Thanks for the beautiful card. You are such a thoughtful person! And I did share it with a few friends, you too!

Angel

isolde: i thought i'd direct this to you since you mentioned haiku earlier. i've never tried writing it (until the two submissions this morning) but i've always felt that my writing style sometimes lends itself to the short form. i seem to like to write shorter sentences anyway. any suggestions or comments on the two i posted? i think i got the syllabic count down, but i'm finding it's really hard to paint the same picture i did before. it's really fun, though. i can do these things when i need a break at work. ;)

-j

j,

I really liked "Garden"...makes me want to be outside on this gorgeous day...

Everything is sunny and beautiful and Autumn-y in NY today...:-)

hi heart!
:-)

shady

Angel,

You are not supposed to cry!!! :-( As for the titles being a blur, don't worry, I titled them as I submitted them, so the titles don't mean much anyway, I would have to look up the poem to see what goes with which title. Pretty sad, pathetic, huh? Well, I am glad you enjoyed them.

Shadygirl,

God, if it was that emotional of a day, I'd have died... Actually I am really bad about writing a ton of poems over the course of a week or two or three and then slamming them all on the blender in one day. Call it the lazies if you will. Anyway, are you all checking this at work again? Shame, shame... but oh well, I am too.

Marla

Angel,

On "Exposed" HOW TRUE!!!!! I really loved it, I had to read it a couple of time, okay three, but once I got the rhythm in there, boom!!!

J,

On "Absence" talk about knowing that feeling all too well. You about summed my entire evening every single night, in those few lines. I really liked that, keep up the Haiku, I am enjoying it by everyone, probably because I am so wordy I could never master it.

Marla

Everyone else.....

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!

heart song--
your poem - "Under Sleep's Willow" was so...i can say like summer it was smooth and light and beautiful except for the rhymes but the rhyming words were hardly noticed in comparison to the rest of it

heart song--
your poem - "Under Sleep's Willow" was so...i can say like summer it was smooth and light and beautiful except for the rhymes but the rhyming words were hardly noticed in comparison to the rest of it

heart Song

Your poem "He" is a bunch of sentimental drival. I did however like Raindrops.

j-

In response to your questions on haiku:

I thought both of your haiku this morning were quite good. "Garden", in particular, used the traditional syllabic count AND incorporated "concrete" nature images (also a traditional Japanese element).

Since several people have asked about haiku, I will be presumptuous and post a brief explanation for those who are interested. I am not (by any stretch of the imagination) an expert on haiku, so take all this with a big grain of salt.

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.

There are many variations on the haiku theme, and numerous opinions about which "rules" should be followed (personally, I don't think there is one correct answer).

The most basic/traditional form is:
A short poem
17 syllables long
On three lines
Divided 5-7-5


Some traditional attributes are:
It should evoke an image

It should have a natural "break" or caesura at the end of either the first or second line

It should deal with concrete things (not emotions)

Nature imagery


Clearly I don't follow all of these "rules" in my haiku. And no one else has to either. Haiku are pretty flexible, although it sometimes helps to start with the traditional form until you get the "concept" down, then move on to more relaxed forms.


The "relaxed" form of haiku is:
A short poem
On three lines
Using as few words as possible


I looked and found a great haiku web site. There seems to be tons of great info there, if people are interested in more details (or a better explanation than I was able to give, LOL!):

http://www.faximum.com/aha.d/haiku.htm#comego


Hope this wasn't too boring.

-Isolde

hey everyone,

To all my Blender friends, I wrote you a poem. :-)

shady :-)

I love Emily,
I love rhymes,
I love kindness,
because it is hard to find!

Angel

Shady,

A big thanks from this friend! You can entrust your heartfelt words with me :-)

Angel

Marla,

I'm so glad you got it! "Exposed" does have a slight
punctuation problem. I noticed it soon after I submitted
it, but figured,what the heck, I'm amongst friends here!
They will let me slide....Ha, Ha, Ha! And for those who
are so pickity (my own word), well, let them pick,huh!
:-) ;-) I really appreciate encouraging remarks from
known and loved Blender Submitters! Those who understand
that I'm not trying to pass anymore finals, those who,
like Shadys' poem states, play tender with my hearts'
cries. Those who are a boost to my writing! I'll continue
to grow with such kind words as yours.

Angel

Thanks, Shadygirl. :)

Ya gotta love me!

Hi, My name is heart Song and I'm a dribbler.
I have to admit I have a dribbling problem and
(sob) I was dribbling a bit when I wrote "He"
LOL!

I love to dribble, I'm doing it now.

Thanks for noticing!

Kevin,

You are stealing my title, do you know how long it took for me to come up with that, I mean I must have racked my brain for a sixteenth of a second. Shame on you!!! Anyway, you definintly gave a new perspective to things, although I must say, it runs right along with the human organ smoothie :-) Wherever you get your creative but gory ideas I will never know, but they are enjoyable. BUT, I HAVE THE UNTITLED POEM TRADEMARKED, or at least you would think so. I just never ever titled my poems before this website, I'm still new at it, and my copies at home on my computer don't have titles because I always forget to go back and add them once I named them in the blender. Oh well, a project for a rainy day. I hope everyone had a good Friday night.

Marla

Catch fish with a gourd.
Quite preposterous, perhaps?
Shocks our minds awake...

(leaning over to whisper to marla, but loud enough for those sitting close by to hear)

PSSST! MARLA! Sorry for plagiarizing your title! But really, I gave you the credit! I try to title all my poems when I write them, and almost all of them come to life on a piece of paper before the computer screen. That title is the only one that made sense to me, it was so, well, MARLA! And although you did not say anything directly to me that inspired me with that idea, as Angel (a nod and a wink ;-) to Angel!) - sort of - had with 'human organ smoothie,' I have to say that I actually had to look up the word 'bulimic' in the dictionary to make sure it contained somewhere near the meaning I wanted it to. After reading your post to the Board yesterday, the idea 'binge---->purge' was the one that popped right into my head. Poetry for me is very much like binging on inspiration, and then purging myself of all the ideas that spring into my little mind. The gory part, although that word contains different meaning in my world than I think you meant it here, is that the inspiration we sometimes binge on is the self-torture we put ourselves through when we open our hearts to someone and they stick them in a blender (to reuse an old metaphor).

(now holding up his hand to speak in front of the class)

Hey Board readers, How 'bout this post, huh? I stuck with the "subject", right???

-K

ou .. ou .. ou ..!!! Raises hand hand in the next to the back row. I tried out this Haiku thing after waking up beside my love this morning. Life is good.

Isolde~~

Thx :), and thx's again for the info. Boring not! More of a challenge!! :) I have been unable to ~produce~ if you will a poem (till Labyrinth) I have been writing, but my emotions were coming as burst of words, short but meaning full, hard to explain. I was looking back at last months Blender and saw a couple of Haiku entries. Hmmm, I thought... maybe, just maybe :)...I compressed and played till I had 17 sy's.
And to tell you the truth! I loved it!! I dont know if I can pull off a traditional ? But it will be fun to try :)
Thxs again for info & site :)
ps.. loved Plato! and Raptured & Falling...:)

~~Angel~~

Just wanted to say thx's :)
In my poem... was trying not to say 'all men are like this'
More like.... trying to find the 'real' man within him.
Hm..that doesnt sound right, 'his essence', thats better!! :)
This man is very complex in nature, he gives alittle of himself, and from this I learn, but also find things he hadn't realized he gave. (hard to explain) Kind of like reading between the lines. :) I have known him for 1yr., and the 'Labyrinth' still so compelling...:) I wonder at times,
do I really want to 'solve' him or just enjoy the mystery!

~*j*~

I enjoyed the "Garden & Absence"
For a 1st & 2and try..<<whew>> watch out world here comes
j & some awesome Haiku! :)

Good morning!

AHR***

"And then it was over"
"scat, go chase yourself" :) loved it!! :)

hey Kev :)
just missed you... was late to class :)
Give me 2 and check your E :)

~~ Misti~~
I agree with the ladies! Think of it this way, when you step
in dog ****! You dont say oww that was fun, lets do it again! Your a good person and strong too! You deserve much better, keep the faith! :)

Good morning!

You did good Kev. You too Crickett!

Eve,
Ahhhhh shucks, I really enjoyed reading it that way! Ha, Ha!
No offense to Kevin.

Where are you, ZoE?

Good morning heartsong,Marla,Shady! :-)

Angel

About to dash off for the weekend, so checked out the latest submissions before departing. As usual, I am full of comments (or full of something - lol!):

Kevin,
"The Poor Are Blessed" - I really liked the "drive - trip - too short" metaphor.

Crickettt,
I thought your haiku "Listen" was excellent. I agree, haiku can be challenging, but rewarding. They make me really think about what I want to say, the "essence" of it, because so much is being compressed into such a small package.

heart Song,
"Empty" - the last 4 lines were so powerful. I actually had the image in my mind of that blank page filling with your words as you poured out your soul.


Thanks to everyone here for sharing their wonderful work and for inspiring me to write again. Have a great weekend, and I look forward to seeing all your new work when I return.

-Isolde

IsOdOlE,
Your haiku is excellent. I don't know how you do it but keep doing it. You inspired me to try it and I even looked up the definition for it. It's tricky. I submitted a few pieces of it. One I messed up on the syllable part of the last sentence and the "the" i added was unnecessary. After I read the tips you wrote to j,i think i'll try it again. Your haiku is so descript yet short i have a picture in my head of each and every haiku you submitted!
AnGeL,
I'm here,*Sleepy bear gets up from her bed and stretches out her arms*. Dez woke me up at 7:00 this moring....I'm soooo sleepy,she wanted breakfast. Then she woke Matt up by literally jumping on his head. She's acting very hyer today...think we'll hit the park,and see how she does at a children's play(she usually gets so bored at them and makes so much noise that we both get kicked out) Well I guess it's girls day.
KeViN,
*Raises her hand yet continuously calls out* *smiles* "KeViN,come out come out wherever you are....I miss you silly!"
HeArTsOng and MaRlA,
I miss you too,i love both of your recently submitted pieces....i'm such a goon for a good poem and a good cry!
--------------------------ZoE

heart Song,

You did it again, "Empty" wow, that one hurt. I feel for you, but you know that. Like I've said time and time again on this board, don't give up on love. Especially you, when you have so much to give!!! If you don't believe me, I am sure everyone on this board will agree, we all see your tender heart every time you write. Take care of it, for you! As for your other poems, "Pillow" it's amazing what a friend a pillow can be, and how much comfort it can bring when you lie in bed down and hopeless. As for "dear heart" I'm glad you are able to step back, see things as they are, and that you're not pretending to see them as they are not. Does that make sense? Oh well, take care, and again "Empty" was powerful.

Marla

Hey you guys,

crickett - I loved "autumn"...'nature's tapestry' very nice...:-)

heart Song - "Empty" was so nice...as always...:-)


shady :-)

Zoe,
my son woke me at 5am this morning.. also very hyper... maybe it is something in the air!!!

Shady,
I have added you art to my page.. will add the poetry soon.

Isolde,
Thanks for the tips on haiku... gonna try some right now...
*grins*

deevaa

PS... I am addicted to the virtual fridge now... and so are some of my work mates.. Friday afternoon... 4 of us where putzing about in there... LOL

Good Sunday Morning Everyone'

Thanks to everyone who commented on my poems, I'm glad they touched you. It's good to know that one may harvest from heartache and that the suffering is not in vain.

Now, for my comments!

Kevin-"Untitled" Leave them to Marla, hers arn't so graphic. The images that popped in my head may never go away!!! I did absolutely love "The poor ones are blessed?" Wordmaster, that you are.

Sympathi- "Ray of Light" was a fair peice. Keep working at it. Welcome to the blender.

Isolde-You are definatley the Haiku master! I have yet to try one! I adored "Rapture"! Brilliant feelings.

Shady-Thank you so much for our poem! I feel very fortunate to be counted your friend. "While The Stiches Heal" You can count on me. I also was inthralled by "Banshee" Good one for the Halloween month!

Angel- Your poems alway touch my heart and I especially loved "Exposed" you are a wonder and a breath of fresh air.

Marla,

Your words have always been wonderful and so close to home. Most times I feel that I don't have to write because you've done it for me. Your words are so full of real emotion and raw feeling. As I read your submission I am on a journey and I never know where I'm going next as I travel through your life. Your style is diffinetly changing, your waxing poetic my dear, it's a very nice addition to your already brilliant work. It's a gentle softness. You are a great friend and your heart is a rare beauty. :-)

Thank you I am glad that you are able to relate to my poems. I hope maybe they have helped cheer you up, though I doubt it since many were not too cheerful. I treasure your friendship as well, and am glad the blender brought our like minds and souls together. I truly hope you are feeling better today and all is going well with you. Take care!

Everyone else,

I was going to let ya'll sleep in this morning, but since heart Song insisted on waking you up....

Good Morning and Rise and Shine!!!!

Marla

to everyone:

Okay, maybe it is a little too early although I've been up for hours. That was from me, that last comment submitted by heart Song. You'll see my name signed at the bottom. I haven't done that in forever, but I think the last time I did it, I did it to heart Song as well. Oh well, c'est la vie! (That's life) Forgive me :-)

to heart Song

My mind must be on Sean what else can I say :-)

Marla

DeEvA,
probably! i'm exhausted! Luckly my boyfriend's watching my daughter today!last night was another all nighter,(my daughter Dez had one of her super earaches and Matt,my boyfriend was running to the drug store trying to get her amocicillan at 2 AM while I tried to stop her from crying) next morning she's a hyper crazy nut! i don't know how she bounces back so fast!
EvErYoNe ElSe,
*hugs*
----------------------------ZoE

Hey everyone!! Hope everyone enjoyed the extra hour of sleep! :-)

heart Song, thanks for your comments on The Banshee and While the Stitches Heal. :-)

Hope y'all have a great Sunday!

shady :-)

I've got to stop doing this! My guests think I'm a net-freak! And this is Sunday! Oh my, what have you guys done
to me? :-) ;-)

heartsong-"dear heart" beautifully written

Shadygirl-"seamstress" intimidated my attemting Haiku

Kevin-"Pain:it's not what you think" rhymes;-)
Honestly kev, you're going to need a transfussion
when this month is through!

(whispering in the back of the room, just a little too loudly)

PSSSST! ZoE! Big smiles for you... wish the heart were as resilient as a child, right?

heartSong
STOP! you're embarrassing me! <blush> See????
I will leave that title to Marla, though. With pictures as vivid as hers, who needs a title anyway? The truths she finds are astonishing, don't you think?

Marla
sorry, not trying to talk behend your back! But Song said what I thought already about your work... So dittos to what she said!

Angel,
you know, you may be right. I have lived a couple of lifetimes this month... But I have a great stockpile of poems. I know you like the rhyming ones... Thanks.

-K

Hey you guys,

Angel, thanks for your comment on Seamstress:-)

Hope everyone had a good weekend. :-)

shady

Kevin,

don't worry I know you are not trying to talk behind my back, and as for the title, for you I will make an exception :-)

Everyone else...
Where is heart Song today, she must be in hiding. Oh well I hope the rest of you had a good day, mine was relaxing. Can ya'll believe October is almost over? Crazy!!! Well everyone have a good Sunday night and rest up for the work/school week starting tommorow.

Marla

Kevin,

"Each snowflake is a Different Creation" I loved it, it actually reminded me of something I would write. Maybe the style, I don't know. Anyhow, I really did like it!!!

Angel,

"New Love" very creative my favorite line is ...
"to set the stage of newest love with props of utmost joy"

Both of you keep it up!

Marla

imissumichelle ~

Every Love .... really liked this one. Hope to see more of your work!

(whispering now to)
marla,

your poem "Love" is a wonderful kernal of truth. And a fantastic answer to that question...

-k(about to get sent to the principal's office for talking in class...)

Good Mornin' all my Blenderite friends and visitors! Rather
nippy here this morning! Guess I'll warm myself with beautiful words before I put on the coffee and grits:-)

Marla- thanks for your comments on "New Love" that was my
favorite line too! I just saw your new postings I'm looking
forward to reading them-see we have a few new submitters
also!

Crickett- Ditto on "Every Love" by imissumichelle-hope to
see more from him.

Mornin, heartSong,Kevin,Shady and Zoe:-)

Angel

Good Morning Everyone!! Sorry I went mia Sunday! I had a house full of people who wanted their turn on the web, and then when I went to get on it I guess the whole world was on it and I couldn't get through! And then there was Halloween Havoc! We had a big party (mostly teenagers) destroyed my livingroom (we always wrestle when we watch wrestling!) I know we are crazy, but I do believe in enjoying life to the fullest! It was a great day, except I missed all yous guys!

Today is beautiful here! I hope it is where you're at too!

Hugs to everyone!

Well, I've found Josh! I was pleasantly surprised (okay...ECSTATIC!!) when I checked my e-mail this morning and found an e-mail from Fort Hood. I had e-mailed the Powers That Be requesting information on Josh. All I had on him was his first name, date of birth, MOS, and where he was from. Well, this Mary chick sent me his name and address at Fort Hood!!!! So now I get to wrack my brain trying to write the perfect letter. Would it be overkill if i sent him a picture and a poem? When we talked that night (that sounds so weird, I know) I told him that I write a lot of poetry.
Anyway, I'm smilin'.

Good morning everyone.

Misti,
I am so happy for you! Congratulations! The way I see it, do what ever your heart feels is right, if you want to send him a picture and poem, do it!! The only way to know if he is the right one, is by completely being your total true self. I'm so happy you found him! Good Luck, be sure to keep us updated!! This is a great story for a romance novel...I just may bug you for details ;-)

ZoE, Marla, Kevin, heart Song, Angel, crickett, and everyone I missed...Welcome to Monday.

I am home from work for the next two days, my aunt passed away last night and my mom needs help with some things. No apologies, it is more a blessing, I think my family is more relieved than anything else, because it has been so long that we'd been expecting it.

Anyways, so I'll be checking in every so often. I've been reading the submissions, but haven't had time to comment, so I'm sorry, but they are all great work! As always! :-)

shady :-)

Ricky Williams is The Man!!!! Hook 'em Horns!!!!

Thanks, Shady! I feel kind of strange about writing Josh but mostly I'm excited. I'm old enough to know that my chances are slim but this is definitely a chance worth taking. Signs point to Yes!!!
I'm sorry to hear about your aunt but it sounds like her suffering is over. My uncle is dying of lung cancer. It amazes me how he has stayed so positive through all of this. We've always been very close because we like the same music and movies and have the same dark sense of humor. He took me to Las Vegas in '94 before i left for basic training and I am so glad I have those memories to cherish. Through all of this he has grown closer to God and I'm so grateful for that. It gives me comfort knowing that I'll see him again in a better world than this one.

SJ-
I just read "Cut the facade." and was impressed. I printed it out to add to my Blender collection. Keep submitting!

One more comment before I make the trek to my geography class. I just read one last new submission..."Mississippi Here I Come" by Marla. I love it!

Misti,

I say definintly send the poem and picture. Not to say the same things work in every situation, but your's & Josh's is very much like mine and Sean. It worked for me. GOOD LUCK and don't give up, my obsessiveness (is that a word) is what got us together and married. Sean just needed to know that I really did love him before he put his heart on the line, so I put mine out there and it paid off. GOOD LUCK AGAIN.

Marla

till time passes through my mind i'll always think of you

hi everyone
i know i like never submit comments, but i'm always here reading them, so today i decided i would:

misti-i'm so happy for you! i think you should definately send josh your pic and a poem, and i think you should give your ex a piece of your mind, let him know what you have gone thru the past few years.

ZoE-i really liked your poem 'empty summer', forever is too long to wait

shadygirl-i really like your stuff too, especially 'while you eye'd me', it reminds me of my ex.

anyways, i really enjoy reading about your guy's lives!

see ya

~erin

Hey all...
I just re-read my poem -The artist... it makes no sense without the painting or an explaination!!!
It is ment to be thoughts of an artist's model when they have fallen in love with the artist...
*rolls her eyes* damn... sounds real corny now...

deevaa

- yeah me again! LOL
Misti - TVF, you are so right it rocks... thanks for introducing me.

Marla - Love - Amen!

Kevin - your words get to me each and every time...

It is Tuesday here and Monday was a holiday.. so much work to do and si little motivation... maybe reading more poetry will help... (I can wish...)
dee

Erin, thank you so much. I hope you do submit some more often. :-)

Dee,

What was the address to your site again? I lost it...(eeek) :-(

Misti,
I'm sorry to hear about your uncle, but I'm happy to hear he has a positive attitude. My aunt was a very religious woman, which helped her through the end I believe also. As it is helping my mother. Ironically, I, the agnostic, am praying for both of them.

Go for it, with Josh. We've had enough proof today that life is short. What have you got to lose? And I don't want to hear anyone say 'your heart';-), because people who fall easily in love should feel blessed that they can be so willing to share their lives and love with others, with 'someone', without analyzing every little possibility.

heart Song,
Thanks for the link to that page, it was very sweet. :-)

Kev,

Where the heck have ya been? I haven't heard from you in a while, my hotmail inbox has been so empty and cold, it's getting dusty in there. ;-)

Hope everyone had a great day!! :-)))

Love,
shady

(speaking out of turn, out loud, because I don't know her that well)

Misti,

About "Island." I did see that poem over at the fridge (I checked it out yesterday for the first time, and found it to stifle my own creativity... if my pen stays in my shirt pocket, no poems come out of it... but even so, i found the concept to be intriguing, and some of the poetry to be quite good, especially yours). It does belong here. I 'get' that there is a great deal of lonely emptiness in false intimacy. This poem conveys this feeling to me very well.

Thanks for posting it here!

-K

p.s. - (whispering) pssssst. Shady! look down. I dropped the note to you on the floor... No, over there!

yep - not working again...

Kevin - I found that the Virtual Fridge was a great place to get ideas for poems... I tend to start stuff there and then finish it in my head and on paper... moving the words about... of course I am not as talented as misti or you... but.. well...
*feeling everyone stearing at her as she speaks... blushing ... deevaa hides under her desk*

dee

Here's a twist on one of your categories that I am experienceing: Former lovers, now friends, have grown a lot in the interval, and are now doing the friends-to-romance thing.

I love you forever

Deevaa,

I loved "We meet...That was it" Are you still together and madly in love? I hope so! Your story doesn't sound too much different than mine. But you know what, I wouldn't have traded it for tradition and I won't now either. Fast and furious that's when you know it's real and true.

Marla

SJ,

I loved both of your submissions, they were so vivid and well written. Longer than most submissions but well worth the time to read them. I hope to see more from you. As for your broken heart, take care of it, and I'm sure you will find words here that will soothe your soul. Good luck!

Marla

Misti,
I say GO FOR IT! Or you may regret not.

Deeva,
Ya gotta quit second-guessing yourself, it's generally right
the first time! Accept your talent!

Shady,
My condolences on your aunts' passing.

Psst,Kevin- I'm over here!

Desire,
Don't keep mommy too busy...she's gotta write some more stuff!

heartSong,
I'm still here. And you will probably get sick of seeing me
here the next few days.......they will be long ones.

Marla,
I'm hearing great stuff about your work.......geesh, I got to find time to catch up...maybe tomorrow.

Blender-batty
Angel

Well, I guess I have finally caught up with the new submissions...except for SJ's, his were kind of lengthy so I will return to read them when I have a little more time:

bren, "Living and Loving", I just loved the surprise ending!

Kevin, "Never In Fasion", LOVED IT! CUTE, VERY CUTE! :-)

Marla, "And Your Day", Your writing is sooooo real, I can
feel the emotion in your words. And yes, love is,sometime,
the comfort of a shoulder to cry on.

Good Morning, HeartSong:-)

Angel

SJ,
OH, they were definately worth the time to read:"Cut The Facade" and "Just What does Keri know, Anyway?" I'm so
glad I took the time(But I DO read everything:-),and I
found myself wishing they were longer still.They were
both very realistic and sweetly emotional! Keep it up:-)

Angel

~Marla~

I truly find your work amazing...!!!
Your ability to capture emotions so deeply..a gift! Thanks for sharing... :)

I loved :

"Love"...~the ways he completes me are like no other can~...

"This Thing Called Love"...~look at me that way, the way that catches my breath and brings me to my knees~...

>>>> so very very true <<<<<

~SJ~

:) I really enjoy your writing!!!!!!! It's new, fresh, honest!!!!!! And Like Angel said, "found myself wishing it was longer!!!" Love the way you describe...everything!!

~Shady~

" Seamstress".......I LOVED IT!!!
~~~ mending me for you~~~~

~~~My sweet Kev~~~

~smilin~ thxs! But really she is your's as well as mine!
Remember..."texturize"...was a reflection of my thoughts off of yours!!!

hey Kev... I loved this line~ the blueness of your need~
Check your "E" I have something for you. Writen shortly after WE gave life (lol) to texture!

"Each Snowflake..." mmmm!! "Eyes are the window to the soul"
one of my favorite sayings!! And is so true! Also you use one of my favorite words..."reflections"...excellent piece!

~~ I know I was born to love you and to understand the meaning of each and every reflection I see~~
**Breath taking Kev** Bravo! Bravo!!!!!

*************KEV*****************************************

<<<<<<<<<< Congradulations!!! :) on Bittersweet!
....head way as a writer....
............... with your talent........its inevitable!!!:)

Eve-

STOP!!!!<blush>
You're embarrassing me!
Cant' you see that I'm trying to hide out here in the back row???
<BLUSH>

-K

Kev,
OH! I see the note, I got it, thanks! ;-)

Eve,
Thanks for your comment on Seamstress :-) It was my first attempt! :-)

To everyone else, good morning! Happy Tuesday! Hi to ZoE, Marla, Angel, Dee, heart Song, and everyone I just missed! Love ya! Miss ya! I'll be back for good in a while, I'm just trying to keep up, but I've been so busy these past two days.

Talk soon!
shady

Eve, Angel and Misti,

Thanks for the comments on "Cut the façade" and "What Does Keri Know, Anyway?". I have submitted quite a bit of poetry here in the past (under a different name) and just felt like excercising a different type of writing. I wasn't sure if it would be accepted here. Those two pieces were just testing the water so I'm glad I got confirmation that you enjoyed them. Both are based on actual conversations/events (of course the names have been changed to protect the "innocent"). Seems like real life is far more interesting than fiction, and believe me, I have plenty of material. :) So maybe I'll submit more.

~ SJ

It was great to come back after the long weekend and see so much wonderful poetry. What a treat. As usual, I am full of comments:

ZoE-
I liked all three of your haiku, but especially "Empty Summer" - quite a powerful image.

Kate-
"Sun" - loved the term "God-perhaps".

Shady-
"The Seamstress" - very poignant - I certainly had a strong image in my mind after reading it (which in my opinion makes it a successful haiku).

Angel-
"New Love" - great line "...to jar your love-locked door".

deevaa-
"We meet....that was it" - Very sweet and touching, hearing how you met your husband. I loved his words to you "So how does one apply?" Wow!

Kevin-
You have certainly been a busy boy lately, with so many great new poems. I especially liked:
"Change" - the line about "the solvent of happiness".
"The Color of Need" - touched me very deeply - I understand.
"Just Words..." - the image of the words coming out of the pen and staining the canvas of you.
"Never in Fashion" - what a wonderful metaphor. Very endearing...


Well, that's my more than two cents worth (but I figured since I've been gone for a few days, a little extra would be ok).

-Isolde

AnGeL,
Eek...you are such a sweetie pie! I've been working extra hours so i can get enough money for Christmas(i don't mean to sound like a goon)but i want this one to be special,because it's the first year Matt's lived with us and been really great with my daughter!I decided to make Dez a coloring book(i love to draw) and buy some other little things like crayons.Matt and I are going to put our money together to get Dez a huge trampoline,because she's always wanted one but that's a tough 'cause we live in the city.
IsOlDe,
Thank you so much for your compliments on my haiku. You are such a great haiku godess that your compliments mean a lot!
eRiN,
Thanks for the compliments on my poem! i want to hear more from you!!!!!!!!!!!!
HeArTsOnG,
I got my pager! What's your nicname for pager? Mines: KaNdYkOrNchik (DeZ gave me the idea while i was downloading it,because she managed to make cutie faces at me until i opened the candycorn for her to eat. I was saving it for halloween!)
----------------------ZoE

Thanks ZoE for your kind words (I've never been called a goddess before!). I've been having a tough day, and your words made me smile....

-Isolde

shhh.... don't tell anyone..
been slack at work over the last few days... hooked on the words here, now I am paying for it.. the work is piling up.. I have pages and pages of HTML to work on... *groans*

Angel, Marla.... thanks for the encouragement.. you are right I hate it when people I know have talent can't accept it... I should learn to have faith in what I can do... All that matters is that I am happy with it right?
(trying to stand tall and proud when all she wants to do is run away and hide)

Isolde - I agree with Zoe... when if comes to haiku.. you are the goddess.

Ade and I are still together and still happy.. although it is tough at times... he is in his final year of Commercial Law at University, and seems to always have his head in a book.. we are living of my income alone which is hard.

A completely of the subject question.. Ade is African and I am white.. our baby has completely insane hair... soft like cotton wool, mega masses of it and loose Afro curls... does anyone know how to tame it?
LOL I am desperate... it is so bad he gets his hands stuck in it when he rubs his head...
Email me if you can help.

dee

Isolde,

Thanks for the "Wild Ride"

Angel

IsOlDe,
I guess I think when someone truely deserves a compliment I give it and when I don't have anything particularly nice to say I keep my mouth shut.You are a guru to other attempted haiku writers and certainly you are a godess at your trade!I'm glad I made your day a little sunnier,because when I saw you had acknowledged my haiku attempts I was very happy that a hAiKu GoDeSs as you added you imput!:)
AnGeL,
*smiles* *whispers*(AnGeL where have you been,it's getting cold around here and I was thinking SnOwAnGeLs)
-----------------------ZoE

ErIn,
I loved retrospect!it's like hearing a song for the first time and wishing you could sing it as well!
---------------------------ZoE

ZoE,

I'm right here! Shocked ya didn't I? It's 12:30 and I'm
still up! I forgot how dark the night was! Yeah, it's cold
here too! I had to get up and warm myself with a few words.
I Caught your "Dove Eyed Boy" already, I really like the
youthfulness of your words...it takes me back to when love
was simple and pure!

Angel

(whispering to ZoE)

psssssssssssssssssssssssssssst!!!!!!!!

hey! ZoE! Wasn't that cool chatting a bit last night? I really meant what I said - I respect you a lot as a woman who knows what's important in this life. That you made these discoveries at such a young chronological age (you have already lived a few lifetimes in those years) makes you a genius in my book!

And that genius is reflected in your work here. I see so much growing going on... I can't wait to see what you write next! Thank you for sharing that with all of us.

-K

haven't been around for a few days, but thought some might enjoy a "lighter" haiku site. z and i found this one a while back and had a few good laughs.

http://www.coolwebsite.com/haikus.htm

take care,
j

Hello everyone. I have some very sad news for all of you today. Monday night Mandy and Isaih got in a car accident and both were killed almost instantly. I know Mandy came on here and had some friends here. So I felt that I needed to let ya'll know what had happened.

Your prayers for their family will be greatly apprieciated.


Again, I'm sorry to tell you this. God Bless You All!

This is the saddest news.

My prayers are with Mandy and Isaih's family.

There are just no words right now to express how I feel other than my heart is breaking.

Hey everyone,

I just read what Mandy's mother wrote. I did not know or speak to Mandy, but I offer my deepest sympathy, having lost a family member of my own only days ago.

I am back to work now, and trying to catch up on the submissions I missed. I submitted some before, and no doubt will again before the day is out, I had a very eventful last few days, and "the one" is back in my life again, although not the way I wish him to be...I'm getting greedy. :-) Either way, I have poetry sprouting out my tookis, you'll get what finds its way to paper...promise.

I missed everyone!

love,
shady :-)

Having just visited the Board now and reading the sad news, my heart, like Song's is breaking. There are no words that exist to salve such wounds as from a life being suddenly snatched from this world. All the trivialities in this life are instantly made into less than nothing at the hearing of such news. All I can offer is that we must all remember how precious and tenuous our existence is on this earth. Share all the love you can now, right now, because you just never know what is around the corner...

:-(````
all the world weeps when a treasure is lost...

-k

I am now caught up again...:-)


Dee - "the artist" I really liked it, very forward and subtle, at the same time.

Kev - "the color of need" - 'the blueness of your need' just beautiful. :-)

(Ooops, sent that last one by accident)

I am now caught up again...:-)


Dee - "the artist" I really liked it, very forward and subtle, at the same time.

Kev - "the color of need" - 'the blueness of your need' just beautiful. :-)
"Not Words, Just Containers" - I love the entire beginning, the first sentence.

Misti - "Guarded" - 'armoured against glossy disaster' I can always depend on you Misti to add the fullest dimension to your work by placing words together that no one else would think to. Glossy disaster, I LOVE it.

ZoE - "stars" - the last line, the way you ended it "I remember..." very powerful.

Erin - "retrospect" - Girl, you have got to e-mail me. We must chat, because every time you write, I feel like you wrote about me, I relate to everything you say, and the way you say it. E-mail me, if you like. :-)

Great work, again, everyone. I feel humbled...hehe...as always around here...:-)


shady :-)

When I read about Mandy and her son my heart broke instantly. So young,so sad. Mandy was a great poet and a secial,not to mention great mother. She will be missed greatly,here at the blender and anywhere else. My sympathy goes out to her family.
--------------------------ZoE

Hello everyone. I'm new here.

I read about Mandy. That is soo sad!!

But, let me tell you about myself. I'm 17 years old, I have a 2 year old daughter. Her name is Abigail. I have been married for 3 years and I still love my husband very much.
And I am expecting my 2nd child.

But, hope to talk to you all later.


Bye,
Jazz

ShAdY,
Thanks for your compliments on "stars".*hugs*
KeViN,
It was great talking to you on the pager. Thanks for your compliments *smile* but I think I'm just a regular person. Nothing extra ordinary. Your great though....can't wait to talk to you again.
AnGeL,
Thanks for your compliments on "dove eyed boy". I want to hear more from you! *hugs*
----------------------ZoE

To Mandys family and loved ones,
My heart is filled with saddness for the loss of a young family... I add more prayers and thoughts in tribute to Mandy she was talanted and gifted.

deevaa

My deepest sympathy to Mandy's parents. I hope and pray
you can find comfort in the knowledge of our lord who will
ease your pain.

Angel

Good Morning everyone.

Hope everyone is doing ok today.


shady :-)

(speaking out loud because the teacher caught me passing notes in class and told me to read it out loud...)

Shadygirl-

My goodness... I simply fell in love with your poem "Your Voice."

'...I await
the sounds of home
on your next breath'

That phrase took my breath away... I was told by someone else about a line I had written in an e-mail to her that she wished she had written that. I pay you the same heart-felt compliment, my not-so-shady friend. I wish I had written *that*...

-K

*snickering at Kevin, who now is standing in front of the blackboard holding his note*

*wink*

Thanks hun, that is so sweet :-)

Hope I didn't get ya in too much trouble! :-)

shady lady

Daily comment time....
(maybe I just like to hear myself talk...)

ZoE-
"Dove Eyed Boy" - the line "begging for my losses" was very powerful. Also, "I miss my childhood" - quite poignant in light of your situation. It moved me.


Shady-
"Replenish" - Absolutely not cheesy. It was great. Very vivid. As I have said before, that's my personal benchmark for haiku - to evoke an image, paint a picture with those few words, a picture so vivid that those reading the words can't help but conjure the image contained within. I think you did that.

-Isolde

Isolde,

Thank you very much for your comment on replenish. I feel like an imposter in 'haiku-land', I'm not sure if I've quite gotten the hang of it yet, then again, I am not familiar with any famous haiku work, ***anyone know of any poets that are famous for haiku work?*** I'd love to check that out.

Thank you Isolde :-)

shady

Hi everyone,

I just want to inform everyone that e-mails me using ed4u@hotmail.com...I will NOT be using that address anymore. I'm having a bit of a 'stalker' problem, and think it would be much easier to just 'reinvent' myself...hehe...

So you can now reach me at fading_shade@hotmail.com, if ya like. Same Bat-Time, same Bat-channel...;-)

Thank you guys!
Where is everyone today anyways?

shady

(whispering really softly so I don't get caught by the teacher!)

shady-

(pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst)

thanks 4 telling... i did e you @ your 'old' address today...

every body is busy busy! at least i am, and i like it... better than the alternative, right? then we couldn't pay our isp's bill... and post here...

(sinking into my chair 'cause the teacher is eyeballing me)

-K

Daily comment time....
(maybe I just like to hear myself talk...)

ZoE-
"Dove Eyed Boy" - the line "begging for my losses" was very powerful. Also, "I miss my childhood" - quite poignant in light of your situation. It moved me.


Shady-
"Replenish" - Absolutely not cheesy. It was great. Very vivid. As I have said before, that's my personal benchmark for haiku - to evoke an image, paint a picture with those few words, a picture so vivid that those reading the words can't help but conjure the image contained within. I think you did that.

-Isolde

James:

Yes, I believe I submitted "Go Ahead Help Yourself" on another poetry web page....about a year ago. Glad you liked it. Some days I am completely taken aback by the kindness of a stranger...sometimes it's the other way around. Take care.

KEVIN!

OUCH! Stop pulling my pig tails!!! (LOL...you're gonna get detention...meanie!)

Yes, I got your other e-mail, I will still check it a few more times, in case some one forgets my new address, but for the most part, that address is history. Thanks!

I'm having a silly day, hope everyone else is a fairly good spirits today!

shady

Daily comment time....
(maybe I just like to hear myself talk...)

ZoE-
"Dove Eyed Boy" - the line "begging for my losses" was very powerful. Also, "I miss my childhood" - quite poignant in light of your situation. It moved me.


Shady-
"Replenish" - Absolutely not cheesy. It was great. Very vivid. As I have said before, that's my personal benchmark for haiku - to evoke an image, paint a picture with those few words, a picture so vivid that those reading the words can't help but conjure the image contained within. I think you did that.

-Isolde

Jackie:

Yes, I am also J. Morgan, but go by Jeanmarie now. I found The Blender last year, when I was in the middle of a separation...and it helped me sort through my feelings so much. Didn't realize I'd resubmitted One Day at A Time. Thank you for your comments....it's nice to be appreciated...espcially today, 'cause it's "one of those days."

Hi everyone!

Daily comment time....
(maybe I just like to hear myself talk...)

ZoE-
"Dove Eyed Boy" - the line "begging for my losses" was very powerful. Also, "I miss my childhood" - quite poignant in light of your situation. It moved me.


Shady-
"Replenish" - Absolutely not cheesy. It was great. Very vivid. As I have said before, that's my personal benchmark for haiku - to evoke an image, paint a picture with those few words, a picture so vivid that those reading the words can't help but conjure the image contained within. I think you did that.

-Isolde

I just checked the comment board and saw that my comments from this morning are there four times. With other peoples comments in between. I don't get it. I only submitted my comments once....

Oh well, sorry, guys, if it was my fault. Or maybe I should put some "spin" on it and say "Yeah, I posted it four times because I really, really, really liked those particular poems..."

I can empathize with your stalker problem Shady, and I hope changing your address deters the jerk. Even if it is only electronic stalking, it can still be pretty creepy....

-Isolde

Tell me about it Isolde!! This guy, I have been e-mailing him on and off for like a year, just as silly little e-mails, not like I ever intended to meet him, he is twice my age!! He sent me his pic, and he looks like a child molestor, he is just too...too pushy, I guess. And he's been trying to get me to give him my number, and address and stuff, and hinting about 'our future' and stuff, and he won't listen, so it is really freaking me OUT!!!

Kinda like that new movie "strangeland"...yikes....

Well, I'm happy my poem was one that made you submit your comment four times!! LOL...:-)

Hi ZoE, heart Song, Marla, Dee, Angel, where are you all? I haven't heard from ya in so long!! :-(


shady

Jeanmarie,

I really liked "Numb", it was so sad. There is no loneliness quite like the one you feel when you are not really alone, but others seem out of reach, or something. I understand that completely. (Even if I can't explain it properly:-)

Chin up,
shady

*Out in the playground jumping up and down and waving her arms so that Shady can see her*

Shady.. I am here.. just waiting for insperation to strike me.. it is Friday after all...
I was here the other day and was going to say how much I liked "pleasantly painful" but got distracted...

Espiritable - I also enjoyed your work about the garden... *trying real hard to think of the works name...*

Kevin - All your stuff blows me away...

Well.. school is out for me for another week.. more likely than not I will come in over the weekend to play on the jungle gym.

Take care and play nice
dee

IsOlDe,
Thank you so much for your compliments on my poem. Your compliments always make me smile. I admire your talent in haiku which I don't have but you are truely my guru in attempts to write it!
AnGeL and ShAdY,
miss you! *smiles*
KeViN,
Can't wait to talk to you on pager again!
---------------------------ZoE

i am so bored today, so much homeowrk i should be doing, but instead i'm here!

isolde-i really liked the poem you wrote for mandy "too soon", it was a really nice tribute..
shady-i didn't think your haiku was cheesy either! it was good!
kate-i can totally relate to your poem "slap", i've been there

anyways, i hope everyone is having a good day!
(only 2 more days till halloween!)

~erin

Jeanmarie,

I LOVED, LOVED "Numb"

Marlaa

Mobius,

It's truly a shame Henrietta did not consume you, maybe she will have better luck next time.

Marla

PS using an improper capitalization is the worst of your grammatical problems. You really should concentrate a little harder on the writing skills. No offense of course, just a little advice from a friend.

Jeanmarie-

You painted a picture I have felt before... I delighted in seeing it framed in your light.

This line: "I am totally numb from feeling too much" touched me deeply.

Thank you for sharing.

-K

Isolde -
Oh my... "bliss" yes please...

I have seen on many kitchen walls and in many cook books

recipes for love, or a good marriage, or a happy home, and so on...

now, of course, that i am looking fir them, i can't find them?

can any one help?

it goes something like this...
1 cup love
1 dash of fun
3 pounds committment
or what ever
just something it this neighbor hood..
please,
thanx,
Jan

(moving up in class now - sorry to you guys in the back! - but only a couple chairs... it really unnerves the teacher when people start moving around, but then we all prefer the comfort of what predictability we can get out of this life)

Dee-

I forgot to give you a heart-felt thank you for the nice compliment. Sometimes poetry just comes so organically to me that even *I* am blown away by reading it sometimes. (Not often though.) Even so, I am happy, no make that *ecstatic*, that I have found a place where I can not only share these bits and pieces of my heart and soul with others, but have also made some wonderful friends... When I bought this computer over two years ago I never dreamt at its possibilities in either regard (but then I wasn't writing poetry then, either...). I never forget that there are real people out there all connected to this magical Web, nor that those who take in my words become electrons are real flesh and bone, heart, mind and soul. So thank you once again Dee... (and thank you all)

-K

heartsong~ I GOT IT ( i think) My yahoo pager ID is no1halo.
now help me use the darn thing~~~~~~~smile~~~~~~~~!

Angel

(whispering again, so as not to push my luck)

pssst. Deevaa! I guess I should have read the submissions b4 the last post! I too bow to Isolde as the goddess of haiku (winks ;-) to ZoE for that one!). (Well, at least the high priestess...) I personally found "brush" to be a wonderful metaphor, quite powerful (as in NOT weak) actually... I prefer yours much better than one I came up with the other day. Thanks for sharing!

(pretending to work now, because the teacher is staring at me again)

-K

...re-reads her submission description... good golly molly ... replaces "leaf's" with "leaves" .. and gets more coffee!

have a good day all : )

Why do I always find time for this? I come faithfully almost
as if it were my job to read and comment on your works! But,
a very pleasant job~~~I READ EVERYTHING~~!

Shady~shady~Shady!!! what can I say~ GREAT NEW SUBS.
"The Dance", I just love care-free poems!
"Starsweeper", 'help me sweep the sky tonight' Loved It
"Replenish", Ooooh! GO GIRL!

"My Garden" by Esprit, 'I want to fall into you', Great
line!

Jeanmarie~ "Numb", true emotion!

devaa~ "brush", good one!

J.J.M~ "Illusions", alot of feeling there!

Kate "Slap", I just loved the last line 'my smile
would hurt you worse than my hand', good!!

Hope~ "Romantic Devil", made me smile!!!

"Your Voice" Great, forgot who did it!

Angel

Thank the Good Lord up in Heaven that it is

FRIDAY!!!!

I'm a emerging from beneath a big pile of work! I am sorry that I haven't been my ususal chatty self and that I have neglected all my friends at the blender! I haven't had time to submit or read anything lately but I will try to catch up this weekend!

Love ya!

And have a Happy Halloween!

heart Song

I am sorry to hear about Mandy and her son. I'm always being reminded how fragile life is and I guess that's why I write so much poetry and take so many risks.
I sent Josh a card that had a photo of the Austin skyline at night on the cover. I enclosed a photo of me and this poem:
this ritual is perpetual
my weary heart
a sweet sacrifice

I created that poem on TVF awhile back. I'm glad that a few of you have gone to TVF and seen for yourselves how much fun it is.
I submitted a bunch of my poems to a magazine in Austin about a month ago and I got a rejection letter in the mail a few days ago. It hurt but I try to put things in perspective. Rejection is just part of it. I'll never stop putting my stuff "out there" because I believe in it.
I want to thank everyone who has commented on my submissions. My life is kind of chaotic right now but I always find comfort here. Hope you all have a safe and happy All Hallow's Eve.

Daily comment time.....
(I will strive to submit this only once...lol!)

Jeanmarie-
"Numb" - This poem struck me to the core. I found it so powerful that I am at a loss for words.

deevaa-
"Brush" - I liked it. The image was there for me, I could see it...

deevaa-
"Island Diva" - I am totally enchanted by this poem, not only the images and sentiments, but also the word smithing that went into it. First, I think it has a wonderful rhythm. Second, I like the way the words look on the page (I think it adds to the rhythmic feel). Third, I liked the "word play" with your names in stanzas 1 & 2 ("diva" and "prince")....very clever! Fourth, I loved the further word play with your son's name in the final stanza ("island prince") and the fact that the words were also a reflection of the real world "combination" that produced your beautiful child. Again, very clever use of words. I LOVED this poem!

I'm away for the weekend again, but I look forward to seeing everyone's new work when I return.

-Isolde

Zoe- I just read sUnDaY sChOol dReSs. I really admire all of your poems, but especially that one. You have a strong voice.

erin- I love *restraint*. It packes a punch. Very powerful!

There have been so many excellent submissions this past month. Kirk will have a tough time picking out just a few for the November cover.

Happy Samhain tomorrow, everyone......

Misti-
"Broken Rainbow" - I actually shivered when I read it, from the sheer power of those words. Like a slap. Incredibly real. Unswervingly honest. Visceral.

-Isolde

Wow... thank you Kevin and Isolde... *speechless*

To deevaa-

I have a confession to make....

I have stolen from you (or at least borrowed without asking). I had read your poem "Young Eros" yesterday, and that started me thinking about that whole Eros mythology thing and pretty soon these ideas and images were racing through my head. It was at this point that I composed "Bliss". If it hadn't been for your poem, and the ideas it started in my mind, I feel sure that "Bliss" would never have been born.

I guess that means that you are in part responsible for that poem, for the inspiration of it. It makes me think of pebbles being thrown into a tranquil pool... the first pebble starts a ripple, and when others see that ripple, it inspires them to throw their own pebble into the pool, which spreads out, joining with yet separate from the first ripple. And so it continues, until the pool is full of ripples, each distinct, with it's own center, but mingling at the edges to become something more than it was alone. A combination of the many, endlessly blending and merging, each pebble, each ripple solitary and unique, yet influencing the whole.

I haven't written poetry in so long, I had forgotten how powerful the experience can be. And I have never written poetry in an environment where such interaction and sharing with other poets occurred. I so appreciate the daily comments from my fellow poets, that chance to "see" how my work is perceived by others (in fact, I would welcome more "critiques" if there are things about my poems that people fail to grasp or think could be improved). This has been and continues to be an amazing experience for me.

My sincere thanks to everyone here at the Blender, for your inspiration, comments and support.

-Isolde

(wondering if she is feeling philosophical and deep or just dippily romantic.....but willing to hit the "send" button anyway)

I can be e-mailed at: isoldex@yahoo.com

MiStI,
Thanks for the compliments on "SuNdAy ScHoOl DrEsS". I think your an excellent poet too!What kind of music do you listen to? Do you like Tori Amos! Do yo have a yahoo pager?You should get one and join us!
EvErYoNe,
What music do you like? What music inspires you to write poetry? What music do you like to listen to when your heartbroken?
------------------------------ZoE

Hey everyone! I was not in my office at work today, so I missed you all, didn't get to check into the Blender once...:-(

But here I am now...:-)

Hi Dee! (Heidi? LOL) Thanks for your comment on Pleasantly Painful. :-)

ZoE - *smiles and hugs* right back at ya!

Erin - Thank you for not thinking my haiku was cheesy...hehe. ;-)

Angel~Angel - THANK YOU! LOL...hehe...thank you for your comments on my stuff. :-)

Happy Samhain to you to, Isolde. ;-) Enjoy it! :-)

Well, I have to get running...talk to all of you soon!

And so, the weekend begins!!!!

shady

(inching up closer to the front of the room, because he know the teacher will call on him soon for some expository writing)

I was struck by what Isolde said about inspiration. So very true, like ripples in the pool of our minds, or as fallow ground waiting to accept the seeds of inspiration.
I myself was 'inspired,' or the seeds of future poems were planted, by some of you here. Thank you for that

(stares directly at Angel! he remembers the Heart Blender!!!)
(peeks at Marla too ;-) )
(and gives a great big smile to Eve back there in the back row!)

As I have said before, poetry for me is a very organic process. Words just appear as visions sometimes. Other times, the pen will simply not move across the paper (I rarely compose poetry at the keyboard). But the seeds of ideas have to come from somewhere. I don't live in a vacuum, and certainly many of the best ideas come from the perspectives, hence the minds, of others. Since I try very hard to discern life from the perspectives of others in my daily life, this place has been a boon to me as a writer and a poet.

(p.s. to Misti - I really do like the Virtual Fridge... It is like a 'word toy,' for lack of a better descriptive term... However, I have been playing with the idea of *toying with other people's poems* though, rather than putting together any of my own there. I finally figured out how it's supposed to work, but my mind always gets ahead of trying to find the words on the lists... Guess I am just too impatient... Don't despair at rejection letters. Many is the writer who has a whole sheaf of them, and yet somehow still managed to get published... Keep plugging away!)

signed

-k

(hit the 'submit' button too soon! must already be thinking about friday night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Hello Everyone.

I would like to thank Deevaa and Angel for the nice compliments on my poem.
It's the first time I ever submitted a poem here or anywhere else.It's makes me very happy that you enjoyed it.

I haven't had a chance to read all the poems here.But I will,everyday I try to come by and read a few.

Heartsong .. Under Sleeps Willow .. I loved it.Very nice.

Jeanmarie.. Numb .. I understand that feeling.."being totally numb from feeling too much" very good poem.

Kevin .. Never in Fashion .. bought a smile to my face .. I always felt I wore
my heart on my forehead. I like how you said " It's all over me like a cheap suit."
Also The Color of Need .. beautiful ..I enjoyed it very much.

Angel .. A Kiss .. it was so perfect.

AHR .. And Then It Was Over .. very different..humorous yet real.I liked it.

Deevaa .. Island Diva .. " we worship out untamed hearts dance under the moon -whisper to the stars.celebrate our lives." very nice..I could feel the love in those
lines.. very pretty.

Everyone else .. I getting to them.. :) there is some really beautiful work here..I'm very happy I found the Love Blender.

erin: Thanks so much for commenting on "slap," it's one of my favorites and I'm glad to know someone relates. By the way, I liked "retrospect" Your use of punctuation was great!

kate

I just had to come back! Somehow I missed "Island Diva" by
deeva~A Gold One-indeed!

Angel

Good night and happy Halloween to all of my Blenderite
friends......I'm too dry to write,i've already read all, so
for now I'll just go to bed!

Angel

~Kev~

(movin up in the class eh...? Heh Heh! You know what this means dont you! You've just become a perfect target!! <wicked grin> Crumpling up note! Taking aim!!! ummmm...BAM!
Gotcha!! Right in the back of your head! LOL!) Snicker snicker!!! (pssst pssst...Kev...pick it up! Hurry Hurry! before YOU get caught!! LOL!) Go ahead peek, I'll distract the teacher! Rolling more paper balls heh heh!! Teasin!

Thanks for the compliment on poems sent! I will post the first soon...promise. The 2and was for fun! :)

Oh, by the way... I like it green too. I live on the southern tip of the Adirondck Mts. I have 10 acres of country freedom! New York isn't just city!! We have some beautiful mts. and farm land! Rip Van Winkle slept here! :) lol! Be good, I'll cya ya soon!

PS> I like sitting in the back. I can see and hear all!! :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!! ~~~:)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I'M GOING TRICK OR TREATING!

I'M GOING TO ROLL YARDS TONIGHT TOO!!

I MIGHT GET YOUR YARD!

WATCH OUT!

EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

MARLA,

I TRIED TO WRITE YOU AT YOUR NEW ADDRESS, DID YOU GET IT? I HAVE A PRIVATE CHATROOM SET UP IN GEOCITIES TALK CITY. I GAVE DIRECTIONS HOPE YOU FIND, BOOK MARK IT IF YOU DO.

GOODBYE OCTOBER IT'S BEEN REAL AND IT'S BEEN FUN!!

HEY, IT'S BEEN REAL FUN!

WITH HUGS FOR ALL!

~heart Song~

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!

shady

Goodbye October~

hearsong,whereare you???????????????????????????????????????

Angel

HELLO! November :-)

Fellow Blenderites,

Let's fill this chilly month with lots of warm words!

Angel

Isolde,
Thanks so much for the comments you made on Broken Rainbow. That poem was created from pure pain. Strangely enough, my best poems are usually created when I'm down and out. If I couldn't write, I don't know what I'd do!
Zoe,
Thanks for the compliments. I like all kinds of music. I like Janis Joplin, the Doors, Led Zepelin, the Eagles, the Beatles, Beethoven, Babes in Toyland, Hole, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Goo Goo Dolls, Elton John, the Sex Pistols, Prince, Queen, Pink Floyd, Cheap Trick, ELO, the Counting Crows, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and the old Van Halen (when David Lee Roth was the lead singer) and the Beach Boys and the old Chicago, just to name a few.
I don't like Tori Amos or Natalie Merchant or Alanis Morrisette or Jewel or any of those other Lilith Fair types. They just don't appeal to me, for some reason. I don't listen to music when I'm writing. Courtney Love is probably my greatest "teacher", though. I learned a lot from her "Live Through This" cd. I also admire Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and the songs Kurt Cobain wrote for "Nevermind".
My favorite songs that are on the radio are "Sex and Candy", "Semi-Charmed Life", and "Celebrity Skin". A few of my favorite all-time songs are "Eyes Without a Face", "Stairway to Heaven", "November Rain", "Rock Star", "Drain You", and "Head Like a Hole". Whenever I'm heartbroken, I like to listen to George Strait or Otis Redding or Boyz II Men.
Kevin,
Thanks for your kind words of support. I'll keep writing 'cause it's all I know! Writing keeps me sane, or sane enough to function, anyway.

I spent Halloween moving into a new apartment. See you all in November!

MiStI,
good choices in music although unlike you my favorite singer is Tori Amos. Although I really love Courtney Love. Not any of her new stuff,because it seems she began to sell out but I loved,"live through this"!great music not to mention her unreleased single,"he hit me(but it felt like a kiss)"!I really also like "Nine Inch Nails" and "Nirvana". I love Janis Joplin and Human Waste project,i vary! I'd say I mostly listen to angsty music when I'm upset(usually when i write my best poetry)!
-----------------------------ZoE

Oh my - Isolde, thankyou... if i in anyway inspired those beautiful words that form "bliss" I am so very honoured!!
(I don't think I have ever inspired anyone before...)

Kevin - thank you also for commenting on "brush"... again I am honoured that you like it.

Also, thankyou everyone who commented on "island diva" .. I actually started it on the Virtual Fridge, on Friday afternoon, when a power surge caused our network to crash.. I wrote down all I had written - just the few lines "pacific daughter, island diva" and some of the dancing part... when I got the word "diva" I wanted to write a poem celebrating my world... I wrote the rest of the poem on the bus on the way home from work.. and submitted it here quickly before I changed too much of it... I think I might do a painting to go with it.

Angel - I liked "Different Waves" particually the stanza about walking on the beach... I have often wondered how often that happens... looking at your lover and smiling.. trying to say all that they mean to you and receiving a warm loving smile back.. you think.. "wow" then realise that there smile means "I want you... "

*grins* well I guess that is about enough from me..
Play nice.
dee

Happy November Everyone!

Angel, I have answered all your e-mail, are you not getting it? I wrote you Yesterday. My daughter's Birthday is tomorrow. She told Brandi. I haven't submitted anything lately, I'm give out that's all! Winter is depressing me! I will try to get out of the rut ok!

I will be back to my old self soon hopefully!

Hello Everyone!
Marla
Angel
Zoe
Eve
Kevin
Shady
Kirk
Isolde

I'm still here you guys!

Later!

heart Song

To Kagney ~

schhhhh don't tell ANYONE ... but I'm almost 46 and I don't know what I want to be "when I grow up".

Keep writing .. anything .. everything .. and perhaps you'll discover what it is that you LIKE to do ... and let that be your starting point.

Someone once said to me "anything worth doing, is worth doing badly". We all had to start "somewhere".

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