The Blender Board

Hello August...

Angel

i have been trying to get a hold of John Lorenz aka j1orenz
it does not seem to be working.. please can you help me try to get a hold of him i would really like to talk/write to him thanks


*Aryan Weight*

<grin>
gosh.. I am feeling inspired... gonna be a good month I can tell!!! (did three more working drawings over the weekend)

looloo.... I agree with you about other people planting seeds, I often use other peoples images or words as insperation for my paintings... its really informal about here... everyone bounces ideas and themes off each other.. don't be shy about joining in.

Kev and Crys... surely its not MY turn to email again???
<cheeky grin>

and Gupster... you killed me with "lipstick backlash"

and I am sorry, but I forgot who wrote it.. but I liked windchimes... I could hear the haunting noise... nice.
(I read new submissions this morning and it derserved a comment.. but I lost my wee piece of paper.)

deevaa girl = hyped ... only 50 sleeps to go!!

Aryan: I tried the email address you left with one of your
earlier poems.



Write me at the following email address:
jlorenz@saber.net

Be sure the "j" is little or lower case.

Try that. Sorry I'm so hard to find.

John L

Deevaa! Great sub: "your mouth".....Wow!

Jlor

sorry, sorry, sorry! 3 times is just two too much! Forgive me? My proofreader is out to lunch....

Yes it's me again. So I guess Deeva has another "aka" new name now...POEM QUEEN :-)
What do you guys usually talk about? And what's this thing with someone needing info to travel? Deeva? Your not from the US right? If not are you coming up here to live or something?

Coko-

The Poetry Deevaa is a Kiwi-chick from New Zealand.
She is coming here "on holiday."

*waving, running from said Kiwi-chick ou the door*

<laughing uproariously>

-k

young Lady In Blue> I love all your submissions. I love the simplicity yet stark and hazy images of your work. Please continue submitting....
-ZoE :)

I submitted a poem in june but it seems I can not find it.
It was not offensive.
Title: Happening
By:Angel
Contact me via e-mail at rtg619@yahoo.com

<pouts-@-Kev>
Hey! quit telling tales!!! ... What am **I** gonna say to Coko now?? (check your mail box!!)

Coko-
<silly giggle> dis deevaa is a kiwi-chick from New Zealand. I am hitting the USA in Sept on holiday. Whoooohooooooo.... (ok calming down now)... and what do we talk about... well... abit of poetry... ummm... and stuff ... hehe... I seem to talk a whole heap and most of it is about nothing.

Looloo -
'but I'm mostly German' <giggling> real funny girl!! I knew there was something that I miss about going out!!

Young lady in blue -
I loved 'it simply read' and 'vending machine' ... nice nice nice.

gupster-
'olive oyl' and 'luck of the draw' yeah... they are ok... <grin> but 'I already know' its rocking.
(looking forward to dinner btw... LOL... yeah right!)

hmmm.... is that enough from me? must be... all my fruit-bix are gone and my coffee cup is empty!!

dee

angel~Your poem, "Happening", is in the heart on a sleeve corner under LOVE FOUND...

Angel

hehe.. I just submitted a poem, and emailed it to an American friend awhile ago... and he emailed back with "lift???"

<grin> so for anyone that may be confused ...lift = elevator.

sheesh!

dee

The Digest's a-comin'. I have a good excuse yesterday- for some reason the power flickers on, then off- Mo's computer comes up fine but mine just sits there and beeps, its system board fried. Luckily, it's on one year on-site warranty.

So I've been doing Blender stuff after hours at work. I've read through all the poems, and made the front page pick commentary, but I still need to do a bit more editorial commentrary.

Not sure if it'll all get done tonight (Mo's computer and I don't always get along to well.) but it should show up sometime tomorrow.

Dee~"DANGER!!!".......LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angel

Angel... just wait till ya see the drawing that goes with it.. hehe.

dee

DEE!!!!!!!!
DANGER- you go girl, that was great,and it seems nobody had to write on the wall for you,(they do for me)~smile~ still can't read the signs well~much less heed them~smile~

hey your allmost here(still checking on a free- bee for you !
have a good one1
Just Me

Dee~One word.........W O W! ! !

Angel

(hoping Kirk doesn't mind)

Here is my drawing for Danger!! with my poem and Kevs added... anyone else wanna add to it?

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/6442/drawings.html

as soon as the new blender is out I will take the phone-IVs off the Heart on my sleeve corner and add them also!

thanks for all the nice comments.

dee

Hello all
looks like I am one of the first ones here

Congrats, Kirk!
May the Blender last two more years, then two more, then two more, then... Good job on a rushed schedule, as usual.

Dee-
Kirk did pick the poem of yours I loved most, knowing you as I do.

To the Gupster-
Here's hoping that many more of your interesting works make it to the front page. Congratulations!

Erica-
Having played some chess in my youth I did appreciate your selection to the front page as well. But not nearly as I enjoyed the things you did there with ink...

To the rest of us-
The majority of the poems I read in July were incredibly diverse and (in too many cases to count) wonderfully evocative. I have been submitting poetry here for almost a year now, and both the volume and the overall quality of what I read here IMPELS me to return every day. It is humbling to continue to see the quality of the work submitted here. To us, my friends! May the inkwells of our inspiration never run dry!
<raising coffee cup in toast>

-k

Congratulations to all cover picks.
Dee~I just knew that one would hit! :-)
d~loved both of those when I first read them.
Guppy~I'd have put ALL of yours on the cover...lol
Erica~loved messenger too
Jlor~well done

Lisa~I was extremly happy to see yours there...maybe cause you are my niece and you didn't think you could make the front cover *smile* Boy, I can't wait to tell you !!!

And everyone else, a wonderful job!

Angel

BTW Kirk,

one comment regarding your Ramble...
When you are involved in a lifelong love, there is a natural ebb and flow to that relationship. There are little epiphanies, if you TRULY love one another, that cause that nervous tingle you felt that moment you realized that you WERE in love. Certainly there ought to be a growth to the depth and strength of this kind of relationship, but the deepening of roots never has to mean that a fiery passion will always cool over time. Tending to the growth of those roots requires that you stir the embers of that passion as often as possible, lest a romance become "just" a friendship (although a lifetime companion ought to be your best friend in most ways). It is a delicate balance to maintain, that of passion and companionship. Maintaining that balance is what keeps a relationship fresh, though. For within the context of lifelong, there will inevitably come moments of unrequited love. This is a by-product of stirring those embers into a flame. It is also an indication of being completely vulnerable to the person you love more than life itself. Your lover is only human after all, and all of us have our "moments." Make the most of each and every moment...

-k

Congratualtions to everyone who made the front page picks!
They were all great!

-Jenna-

*trying to catch a flight home at the airport*

Dee-I'll be home in a day or so and will write to catch you up on my travels.

-Congrats to the front page picks, all great works and all worthy of mention. Great job Kirk!

-Crystevin

I would like to see more photographs. I think a section where people can post photos with some short comments would be nice.


I love the collection of stories and poems you have.

OMG! I am having the BEST morning!!!! (other than a button falling off my shirt... but hey!)

I got into work and checked my email and found an email there from someone from www.thewax.com to say he had checked my site cause I had applied for a linking button... and he wanted to write to say he loved my paintings!! I LOVE the wax... (hehe.. ok so it isn't that exciting... but I am HYPED!)

AND a front page pick!! <trying hard to calm down>

<cartwheels across the room, then flip flops back>

ummm... Guppy.. congrats... three picks! wow!

Kev and Angel.... thanks!

(hehe.. I feel like Cuba Gooding Jr... and I haven't had a coffee yet!)

dee

Dee

Just don't cut your hair like Cuba Gooding Jr., ok?

-k

<laughing profusely>

Krystyna, I have a 'family page' for our Blenderite friends...I will send you an invite.

Dee, ummmmm, who is Cuba (whoever) Jr.??? I'm dumb.

Angel

<giggling> OK Kev.. no haircuts like Cuba!!

although.... <lost in thought>

Angel... Cuba is the guy who won an Oscar (I think) for Jerry McGuire (damn.. spell check on isle one please! ... the movie famous for Tom Cruise and the "show me the money!" line.) He ran up onto the stage and went OFF he was so happy.. it was really funny. I thought he was gonna do a back flip!

dee

Guppy-
"Ink Gland"- absolutely wonderful!!!!! i adore all of your work, but this one really struck me...keep it up! :)

DEE~ Ohhhhhhhhhh, that explains it...I rarely watch tv or movies ( I don't know who/what Jerry Mcguire is either) But I do know who Tom Cruise is...saw TOP GUN...lol

Guppy~"Ink Gland", was so VIVID!!!


Angel

Kevin~"Parodoxically Yours", was very sweet.

Angel

Congratulations Jenna!!!!!

MElissa

kirk,
blender is good reading, keep it up
!!!!!

I've decided to tweak the front page a bit (expect a number of tweaks to the site as I slowly move it from server A to server B.) I got rid of that "Top Sites" banner, and moved "New Submissions" and "Blender Board" to places of greater prominence- hopefully I'm not confusing anyone too much. I'm toying with fiddling with the arrangement of past issues, maybe into something like

1997	1998	1999
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Any comments on that?

Also, check out the new look of the Blend-O-Matic, with new quotes as well.

Kirk... you did good... I like the 'new subs' button in its new place... (although I had to look hard to find it.. I was looking in the old place)

The table for the months would make things alot clearer to read and to find... but personally I like the look of the other style better... (or at least border=0 in the code...) but thats just me... you know how artists can be sometimes.

Kev.. read between the lines is sweet...

Gupster... I like all your stuff.. damn you!

I have something odd to ask.. (hehe again!).
I was chatting to a friend of mine last night, and he mentioned a song called 'the dance' by Garth Brooks... now.... see Garth isn't big here... and I have never heard it... does anyone know the lyrics... I hear it is meant to be very romantic.. could someone post them for me?

thanks...

dee

<looking at two people at the blender whom I care very much for>

Listen here... NoOneImportant and un-important too...
You are both VERY important people who I care deeply for... I hope you BOTH know that I am here for you if you should care to email me...

(((hugs))) please be careful of each others hearts.

dee

*home and severely jet lagged*

Dee- *smoooooch* hey girly girl..*W* love your stuff..

Kirk-Love the new look for the blendomatic..great quotes!

*gonna try to read some subs before i drop dead on the couch and sleep for 18 hours..

-crystevin

*through sleepy eyes*

Dee- "Danger" i love this one..very creative! send me the link for the pic..*S*

Kirk-"at the airport" love the hammer.

Young blue-"Cigarette flirt". Cute! great layout.

*passes out on the keyboard*

-crystevin

deevaa, kev, gupp: hope y'all don't mind my goin' with the theme... check the new subs.

aj... cause I don't mind... loved your piece.. can I add it to my site too?

Crys... I will email it to ya too... but here goes http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/6442/drawings.html

if anyone else wants to do a danger theme.. check out the picture on the page I just posted and I will add it...

(Kirk, I do hope you don't mind... is this all ok?)

dee

deevaa,

love your site! i would be honored to have my danger poem added to it!

dee--
"Our lives are better left to chance.
I could've missed the pain,
But I'd have had to miss the dance."
--Garth Brooks
That's from the Blend-O-Matic, actually, and is probably from that song. And you need to learn to web search sister!
A one minute search turned up

http://www.fastdesign.com/music/thedance.htm

and what were you checking if it was ok? Links are fine, as long as it's not a stranger posting obvious spam adlinks. Also, I have no problem with embedded img's, when appropriate - especially since it doesn't use webserver space...

oh Kirk... I was being a lazy bum, I know I COULD have done a search... I was hoping to turn up some closet Garth Brook fan in the house.. hehe.

I was checking that it was ok to suggest a 'theme' as has happened in the past few weeks, and then take poems from here and posting them on my site with the pictures I do... I probally should have checked with you first.

(and btw aj yours has been added now too)

dee

what happened to the board?

deeva -

Kirk's right, those are the lines to the refrain of "the dance", and the verses are just as sweet.

"Looking back on the memory of
that dance we shared
'neath the stars above,
for a moment, all the world was right,
how could I have known
you'd ever say goodbye"
(refrain)
"Holding you, I held everything.
For a moment wasn't I the king.
If I'd only known how the king would fall
who's to say. . . I might have changed it all."
(refrain again)

to all - I haven't been submitting or commenting much lately, but I am here and reading! I wish everyone happy times.

kate

Kirk-

if you fiddle with the arrangement of the past issues as you indicate, prhaps it would be better to move the links to an entirely new page. I would advise against both that, and putting in the "table"-like arrangement. There is elegance in the simplicity of the way you have changed it now (it is actually easier to find the lnks everyone uses - the board and new submissions...)

my two pesos, for whatever they're worth...

-k

kevin-
(o snitcher of my initial ;-)

The old archives are taking a bit too screen real estate.
Maybe if I switched to 3 letter abbreviations, but kept the rest the same?

kirk-

(I was born with it first! Sorry!)

I think that would work well. Try it just to see what it looks like.

-k

heya all...
TrickyMind... ????? I liked alot... I have felt those feelings!

and Angel and Just me I liked both your danger themes... can I add them to the page?? please?

I have a lonely heart at the moment... silly huh? when I have so many good friends to fill it?
My star sign for tomorrow says... "Find someone to share your deep desires with. It's time you stopped keeping a lid on all those emotions. You could meet someone who shares your fantasies. An exciting time is likely to follow if you give in to temptation."

If only they knew how much I wanted to do that! LOL.... dream dream dream.

dee

Dee
You know you can ~your The QUEEN remember~smile
well your not the only one feeling the way you do
my heart has been heavy for days!
Thank God for friends and email~smile
took a look at you painting ( LOVED IT )
Im on my way to SAN JOSE
keep smiling its great for the face!!!!!!


HI EVERY ONE!!! KEEP WRITING

Just Me

Galadrial:

Liked "willpower". I couldn't have expressed those exact same feelings any better. Sounds like we're in the same boat.

I got an email today saying About.com's drawing and sketching site (http://drawsketch.about.com) will be featuring MY gallery as a front page link from August 15th-30th.

OMG OMG OMG!!!! I didn't submit my site to these people, I hadn't even been to their site!!! deevaa = hyped!

This means anyone from the blender with poetry or artwork on my site are being featured too! <gulp>

<smiles> I guess this means I best hurry up and clean up my site!

oh... do you think I am excited?

dee

<trying to chase the poetry deevaa as she flip flops about>

HEY!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT's OUR deevaa!

-k

Dee
you go girl~ show them your stuff~
happy for you !


WILL POWER~ UH WOW ~I KNOW THAT ONE RIGHT NOW MYSELF~
(you been reading my mail) ~smile~ great job!

WELL IM OFF for some fun!
JUST ME!

Jills> loved your newest poem although at this hour I neglected to find out the name of it however, this line:"I think I might be able to fade in to you right now" reminded me of Mazzy Star's song "Fade in To you". Great poem :)
-ZoE

Did you receive the submission by Gabe Cotton?

M.V.R.- All the new ones are great! Really powerful, I'm glad to see your work here again.

-Jenna-

Misti... I am so happy for you! LOL... I read only three of your new batch... but my eyes have all misted over, I have to go do something else before I can face more.

ha! I am so damn jealous!

dee

MvR> Loved "Wide Awake" :) good to see you..i was thinkin' of you...
-ZoE

HIYA MISTI!...Great new subs...I owe you some mail...<Darting eyes back and forth and shuffling foot it the dirt> Sorry...I have no excuse other than I am GEmini...*SMILE* I will be glad when you get another email established (I'm net-spoilt) Great pics of you and Bryan too...can I put them on the family page? See ya!

Angel

Go Misti! Loved the new stuff. Submit more....!!! -Manet

Angel: Love does not come and go so easily
Kevin: Almost
Misty: Eager Overachiever

A lot of good ones, but above three I didn't see Angel
and Kevin mentioned for their really nice pieces recently: some of my favorites for being really "heart on sleeve".
Misty and Zoe, liked your subs too.

kirk!

Redesign looks good!
You were right, it does look less crowded on the entry page...

-k (a.k.a. "Snitch")

OH, and BY THE WAY
(since no one else seems to have taken note)

The Blend-O-Matic is a lot nicer as well. Good work, Kirk!

-k

Pleasantly Anonymous:Are You Sure?
So sweet. Whoever you wrote that for is one lucky person.

Thanks! I appreciate the comment, but actually I'm the lucky one!

Hello, everyone. I know it's been a while. I've been busy - I just loved college and I'm not sure where I'm going to live, but now I have to go to the library to get on the internet. So, I'll try to check out the blender as often as I can, but this is the first time I've convinced myself to make the walk.
Thank you for featuring me on the front page, and thank you Kevin and Angel for commenting on my work.
I'll try to read some subs at some point.
Erica

Sorry, guys. DOn't know where my brain went. I just left college. The whole point is that I did not love it.

I want to let everyone know how wonderful I think everything here is. Thank you, I relly needed this today.

my head is full of words 2 nite,iam sad again and i can write all nite! i wanted some peace and a place 2 cry,iam alone again and wish i was high. this trip iam on has a winding road,i never know what the future can hold.i must be stronge and carry myself no one to hold iam left for delf! where are all the clowns and songs to cheer me up to pull me along.the people left and the lights are out and now i live alone in doubt

heya all...
ohhhhhh thankyou all the kind 'get better soon' emails....
You guys are just to KIND to me.

(but that doesn't mean you have to stop sending email... I LOVE email!!)

I miss cosette and sinneD.... guys I KNOW you both read here still... I wish I could convince you both to change your minds.... <pleading green eyes>

I ALSO miss the guppy who is spending time with mother nature for abit....

Crys... missed you... loved the latest work... glad your back.

anyways.... best do some catch up work...

Take care of your hearts...

dee

Riggs...
Wow... 'The observer' and 'Valnerability' When I first started reading them, it made me feel like I WANTED to be the object... and then as I got further into it... I felt GUILTY for being a female... guilty and ashamed... they are both very powerful pieces.

Thankyou for sharing them!

dee

Riggs-

Yes, all guys get that shit. At least those of us who make ourselves vulnerable to it. Comes with the territory. If you are never lovesick, how will you ever break into the kernal of understanding a woman's love? A woman's heart can be a deep ocean, and storms on the ocean can be quite nasty. Perspective, friend... It is NEVER easy. That said, keep this one FACT in mind:

If you love, you are 100 percent guaranteed to experience hurt. Once you accept that, you can use the knowledge of it to help you grow. That is one reason they are called growing PAINS...

-k

Kirk-
Would there be any place on this site (ie: would it be okay or a place for it) for someone to submit an erotic detailed fantasy?
-ajT

MeG. Loved your "ramblings"...only I wouldn't call them ramblings...it's more like your heart pouring out on paper :)

Somebody please shoot me.

Not only do I write poems putting myself out there and using my own name, but then I go and tell him where they're posted. <kicking self...hard>

I wanted to comment on the following:
Crystevin- No scruple
A.J.-three latest subs
Deevaa-Being Single and Sick
Meg-Rambling
Riggs-Vulnerability

I wanted comment on these among others of the latest subs.
You guys are very good. I'm in a dry spell right now but
I'm glad you're not. I really like the subs coming in this
month.

Looks like even I might have a new someone in my life. I
warned her but so far real strong new friends, and
who knows... I just don't want to let HER down.

Keep writing you guys.

hey all you guys and ladys
just got back and WOW all the new subs are great!!!
keep writing!
just me

Just a thank you for the kind words people...glad the Blender's in place when that itch to emote bubbles to the surface! Like the new stuff Kirk!

Hello everyone,

I am a new reader of this page and I think it is great! I have always appreciated poetry but was never a lover of it. This page was recommended by a friend and after reading some of your works I am compelled to comment on them. I did not see a single poem that I did not like and I would like to commemt on one writer especially, Deevaa. Deevaa your poems are fantastic! Beautiful, elegant and yet simple.
Keep up the great work! Thanks to all for letting me share.

<P>
<P>
Dear Kirk,

Once again, thanks for putting one of my verses on your Digest. I am still in a QUANDARY with this now. I have reached months of writing and deleting long letters...then I realized the quandary I was dealing with and only summed up the feeling with this short verse...that is usually how these verses come about with me. I still have no idea where this will go...that is the nature of love and romance for me...the extent that I will talk about it with anyone but my love.

I have enjoyed all the other entries to the LoveBlender...always do. What I like the most is the sense of community you have fostered here for all these sensitive poets. Thank you for that..........Rennie

hi all blenderites! i just wanted to comment on how beautiful you guys' poetry is. i sign onto the net late at night and just sit with a big cup o' joe reading and entering into all of these bits and pieces of your lives. this is a great site.

unit305
<blush> ohhh your too kind. There are many other note-worthy poets here... prehaps you could start submitting too.

dee

I have already gotten some e-mail (and one phone call from an old friend) asking me how do I make "small" or "short" verses. I have a work that is in progress (or regress) that may explain part of that. Several of the verses were posted on The LoveBlender/Blender of Love. I may spend many years putting a poem together.

http://members.tripod.com/~TruLeigh/albatross.html

I may change it often. I only want the feeling to come through to the reader most of the time...let the reader imagine the story. I hope this answers a question or two. We had some blessed rain here finally that knocked me off-line, so I promised to write an answer here.

And, Cinderella...please add your verses here. This is a wonderful, supportive community of poets and writers...one of the best I have ever seen....Rennie Lorca

anonymous101 what a breathtaking email you sent to OUR Deevaa - (I am right am I not?) please "take care of her heart" we are all watching out for her.

someone who cares

Dear passer by,

Thank you for your concern about OUR Deevaa. Her heart has always been my first priority.

Me to You

If girlfriends were flowers you would be the one i would pick

Hi everyone! I know it has been months...I am so busy that I have not even gotten to take a peek at anything new lately...:-( Hardly fair to all my poetic friends here who's work deserves as much attention as possible! I miss you all! Well, I just had to write though, because this morning, at the request of the gigglin' wigglin' deevaa :-) I checke dout some of the poetry of The Guppy's....and I just have to say, I loved it!!! What a beat! Rhythm baby! I couldn't help but wonder what music was flowing through ur mind when you were writing this, because they are so lyrical. (Ex-stacy in particular) I just had to give a blurb aboutit. :-)

Ugh...work beckons...:-P Sorry its been so long!

E me, I'd love to hear updates! :-)

Bethany M. Your poem 'Where do I go from here?' describes
exactly what is happening in my life right now with a lady
I've become romantically involved with in the last two weeks. Your poem is picture perfect in portaying your
patient, waiting love for a person who's never known it
in their dealings with the opposite sex. I can't believe
how sweet this lady is and like the man of whom you write, who's never experience a woman's true love, my lady friend has never (and she's a religious woman and doesn't lie)she's never had a man who would send her a poem, or flowers or wait for her instead of expecting her to do all the giving. You couldn't have seen more beautifully into someone's wounded heart than you did in this poem, and your own patient love is totally sweet, touching,sad and beautiful. What a true lady you are and what a well done
piece of writing this poem is, at least in my humble estimation. You described true love. This is happening to me
also as I write this.

This really connected with me.

*a few comments as i work my way back thru the subs*

Kev-
"Scars" hit home when i think of my own personal apathy until i see the scars and can work on being empathetic. for me, your poem inspires me to aspire to let scars be shared.

Zoe-
"Curves" and "dying bride" WOW! This is poetry from the heart and your candid reality rant style is natural and free flowing. Tis poetry like that that gets my blood flowing and my mind exercised. Good Job!

-Crystevin

oh my.... I don't comment in one day, come back and every-ones talking about me!!

passerby... ummm... thanks for the concern. (who are you?)

annoymous101... thanks for the concern.... (do I know you? ... lol)

Shady... glad you liked the guspster.. he is away with Mother nature at the moment.. but he should be back in the next few days... I miss that boy!

Crys and kev.. both your new subs!!!

dee (gotta get coffee)

Christevin> Thank you for your compliments...so flattering *blush blush*
-ZoE

Crystevin> (sorry I spelled your name wrong before)...I loved (Jimi and me or am I experienced. I think it was a little different from your usual style but very entrancing. Loved the Jimi Hendrix comparisons.\
-ZoE

Crystevin: I've liked all your subs: Friday Night Blues....
is one of my favorites to date

Kevin: Comparing Scars" As usual cuts to the
core of the idea with perfect imagery.

Anonymous: Conundrum; Maybe I'm stupid but your poem
is too believable. If whoever you wrote that about is thinking of it, please don't.

Zoe-
Thank you for the comments, i know inevitably i have some sort of style, although i try not to follow a pattern. :) "blues" was an intoxication inspired jam and although perhaps diff from the "norm" of my writing styles, i think still manages to have my signature stamped on it. One of the reasons i liked your recent angst filled works so much is because in my youth, i attended a writers workshop and was continually feeling rejected, ridiculed and foolish as the "established" writers kept telling me of my short stories, "it's been done, it lacks originality". Finally on the last day, instead of writing some trivial short story, i submitted two poems, "wallflower" and "ravings of a lunatic" which were greeted by contempt and disgust from all but one old guy who looked at me and said.."you are a natural poet, you just need some refining". I replied, "yeah, sure i am, i'll believe it when i see it published". 3 months later, this old guy (a senior editor for "Mother Jones" magazine as it turned out), sent me a check for 35 dollars and published "wallflower"..so with all the history aside, i say to you Zoe, "you're a natural".

Jlor-
Thank you also for the comments.

-Crystevin

Ok it has been quite some time since I was last here so I want to update you on a few things that have been happening in my life. Some of you may remember Henrietta my extra large companion, well henrietta developed anorexia and is now a mere portion of her fomer self. Unfortunatly her breasts also lost a considerable amount of weight wich makes her just another everyday person. I decided to break it off with Henrietta and put my efforts into a meaningfull relationship with Shlowetha the dwarf I met while rummaging through a goodwill box behind K-mart. It turns out Shlowetha has a dark side she likes to use her small stature to gain access to movies as a child so she can save a few dollars.
I am afraid I can not live with the thought that she is taking food from the mouths of the children of the theater owners and I don't know what to do. I really get along with Shlowetha and she only eats half as much as my dog so I can afford to take her to dinner unlike Henrietta who would eat the tablecloth if there was broth spilled on it.
One thought was to make her a pair of fake wooden legs so she would be too tall to fake her age but after I installed the legs on her she looked like a cross between a stork and a pygmie head hunter. This was scaring the children in my neighborhood so I had to remove the legs and use them as posts to hang bird feeders from.
You people have been so helpfull to me in the past I am hoping you have a solution to my decietfull dwarf problem.
I will await your wisdom so that I may patch things up with my tiny lover thank you in advance your friend MOBIUS ANALCAKES

Hey everyone, I'm new here but I've submitted a few poems. Please let me know what you think! I love reading all your entries!!

Beth

Thank you so much for your comments jlor.....i hope i can make Donovan see what i love him for. If you all go back to jan feb or march of 99 he submitted poems about his ex that was before this. It hurt him so much that now he doesn't want to accept my love

Beth

Crystevin> thank you :) i didn't know my work was very good, just considered it self expression (he he)....do you mind me asking how old you are? :)
-ZoE

Sorry about the mis-spelled 'ecstasy' (not extasy) in the
poem submitted that was for SinneD and Cosette.In the Spanish, when I was translating, it is spelled with
"x" and I missed it, didn't correct it. (Red face)

Mobius: What was your name "spamcakes?"

I'm sitting here at 1:14 am
It's like coming home.
I hate it when I'm gone so long,
you kind of feel ashamed, and come dragging in with your head hanging down, you know?!
The blender is my home.
I've missed it, I've missed my friends.


heart Song

Zoe-
I'm 37.

-Crystevin

Crystevin> ok, I'm 18....guess it's hardly the time to bring up my life story huh?

Zoe-
You're justing starting out, you don't have a life story yet..*wink* it only gets harder..LOL

-Crystevin

Heart Song,

All the new ones are great, it's noce to have you back, we missed you just as much.

-Jenna-

another week closer to my trip!!!!!
OMG!!

Rennie Lorca --
'Eclipse' and 'Soulmate Team' I loved, loved loved!
Eclipse was ... <sigh> ....beyond words.

Heartsong --
Welcome back <wink>
'I love you' was AMAZINGLY yummy!

ajTong --
'A moment of clarity' ... once again... <sigh>

deevaa = in bliss.

dee

I haven't checked in in a while I've been kinda busy.
Thanks for you comments Deeva, I'm glad you enjoyed them, I wen through a stage where I tried not to write stuff like that so often anymore, cos it's pretty wrenching. But recently I've sorta been through somethings, that have made me start again. It helps to know that someone appreciates them. Oh an Kevin, thanks for letting me know that other guys sometimes feel the same. Loved you comment about if you love then you are guaranteed hurt. So damn true. Thanks buddy.

Dear mr or mrs elor excuse me if I spelled that wrong I was not paying attention to your name. Which brings me to my point. My last name is ANALCAKES spam is not a material I would ever consider making a cake from it is more like a sandwich material. If you have already made a cake from spam and you enjoyed it then I apoligize, to each his own I always say and I would never think of depriving you your culinary adventures.
Hope you had a wonderfull weekend
Your friend MOBIUS "ANALCAKES" not spamcakes,not that there is anything wrong with that.

Thank you so much for picking my poem for the front page.And I especially want to thank my guardian Angel for giving me courage to do it and believing in me I love you.And I really want to thank Kirk for his fine taste in poetry.One more thank you to Cossette for her early comments.Thanks.

Heartsong> I missed you so much! Glad to see you back.

Crystevin> I can say, I have quite a facimilie of a lifestory. I have a crazy 3 year old daughter, a fiancee' (the date is the 31st of August)and a more hectic life than most 18 year olds I know (not to be self-rightious.Can I hear your life (can I say....) story?
-ZoE

Thank you for all the wonderful comments everyone! <blushing>

deevaa- the funpark poem- oh my goodness! I think we must have had a mind-meld! I wrote a poem very similar to that this weekend! (except mine had some anger in it) Anyway, I just wanted to share that.

-aj

Note: The word, BOOMBLASTIC in my "Connection", was taken from one of Misti's poems a while back (I just loved that word) and I wanted to give credit to her for that. Wouldn't want to plagarize. Thanks for the word Misti :-)

Angel

*SMILING REALLY BIG* HEART, you're back!!!!!
Loved all your new subs. (((HUGS)))

Lisa~ 'Guardian angel', awwww shucks...jeepers, Im blushing.
:-)

Angel

Happy Monday,

Yes, there is such a thing!!

Thanks guys, it's good to be back! Very good.

Guppy, I loved all three, but especially "bright?"


Deeva, I saw you at "the fun park" Did you see me riding the same train???? Loved it!!

Angel, "Connection" was great as usual!

Oh deevaa...bless you...thank you for your comments on ECLIPSE. I have been so drawn to going out and looking at the moon - cool, alone, waiting for some event to change it.

I had just gotten a chance to visit your wonderful site, and had you on my mind when I found your comment on the board. You inspire.

The lines in SOULMATE TEAM are my captain's words. He is a true romantic. I am a fortunate woman.......Rennie

Zoe-
I don't share personal information for personal reasons..(nothing personal against you), if you care to know something specific, you can email me and i'll be happy to respond.

-Crystevin

Firstly....

Anonymous --
'Missed connection' this piece was as powerful as 'conundrum'... do you need to talk? my email is posted if you'd like to make contact. I maybe just a stranger on the same bus, but my heart feels your hurt and I am willing to share your load.

Riggs --
I can understand why you don't (or even can't) write like that often... your probably like me when it comes to poetry, if your not feeling the emotions you can't write about it... so once again thankyou for sharing such raw emotion.

ajTong --
Your fun park ride... did you post it? I don't recall reading it... but I would LOVE too.

Jenna --
'Next time'!!!!!!!! You go girl!

Rennie --
gosh girl... I loved 'ECLIPSE' so much I told 4 people they had to visit the site just to read your stuff... (ask the guppy if you need proof!).

Angel --
hehehe... you reminded me of something... there is a song called "Mr Bombastic" (shaggy ... rrrraaa!) I meet my husband to it... "He's my Mr Bombastic.. my Mr Lover lover..." <giggling> gotta love that song... shaggy's voice makes funny things happen to me....

heart Song --
Was that you throwing popcorn at the back of my head????

<wiggles>

dee

Deevaa-

Nah. I didn't post it here. I couldn't. For various reasons. Maybe I'll email it to you instead.

aj -- please do!!!

deevaa@paradise.net.nz

HI EVERYONE... i miss you all and thanks to all who missed us!!!! we've been busy but we always make daily visits. and we love all the new ones...
thanks Crys, ZoE, Jlor and Deevaa for commenting on my "young lady in blue" submissions...
congratulations on the front page picks as well...
welcome back to shady too.... and i have belated comments.........i love your "brian speaks"

and Kirk,
we love the new Blend-o-Matic too! simple yet very easy to use. but i think there is a missing quote, i think it is indexed with #1.....
the front page is also good. the most visited parts of the blender being on the prominent area now.... great!
and thanks for making the NewMatic viewer with resizable frames. i have one comment on it. when i clicked on one submission, it brought out the piece i chose, of course, but clicking on "Back to the Heart on the Sleeve Corner" will take out the non-frame version side by side with the framed one. and from there i could navigate the Blender with the NewMatic viewer on the side. i really dont know what you intend with that, but i guess i did have more time to click every blender part when i wasnt writing.... hehehe

i miss submitting, i miss reading sinneD poems.... but we are here to stay.... maybe next month we'll have more time to write..... thanks for your emails......

Help! The whole situation that I wrote about in my poem "Where do I go from here?" has gotten crazy. I don't know if I should still wait for him. i've thought about telling him that i'd go away...but that would only really be to see if he'd realize that he wanted a relationship. I don't know what else to do!!

Beth

Crystal
Your poem for Mike was one of the most touching I've read in a while. I know what you feel about keeping useless things just as reminders, not being able to let them go. I'm sort of doing the same at the moment. You've inspired me to submit again. Keep writing.

Dream Angel -
very touching words
both poems

Dream Angel -
very beautiful

Dear Sweet Beth,
My best advice to your situation is this... You must always keep in focus what you need and what you are feeling. Know yourself and be your own best friend. He needs to do the same and get to a point where he is secure once again. Until you are both at that point there is the possibility of merely filling eachothers wounds and not really seeing one another. The healthiest relationships are ones that start with each person on solid footing of knowing themselves completely, what they need, and what they want. I hope that helps.
-aj

heya all...

Riggs... your words rock... please post more!!!

Gupster... welcome back... the two new ones.... your back on the money honey!!

and.... I have FINALLY posted the phone-IV's on the page with the painting.... check it out.... http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/6442/ then hit the link called "bits and pieces" and let me know if anyone thinks theirs is wrong or missing... or if there is something dumb I have done...
Also I would love it if you signed the new guestbook... ugly link yes I know.. but I am working on that!!!

and I have been featured on the front page of http://drawsketch.about.com/ ... I am a little disapointed because they have only featured one page rather than my home page, and they named my link with the wrong thing... (boy am I picky or what??) I have emailed them about that... and stuck a homepage link at the bottom of the page they have featured... so I hope that people use that.

anyways... coffee coffee coffeeeeeeeeeeeee

take care of your hearts.

dee

jlor.... 'you've got male' ... wow... sorry... (((hugs)))

dee

Jlor,
Oh man! Sounds like we're both still falling down the same road. Email me please if you wanna talk......i'd be glad to help and maybe i could learn something myself!

Lots of hugs,
Beth

Aj,
Thank you so much for your support........i need all that i can get! It is much appreciated

Beth

Deevaa: The "Traveller's Wish" was meant in all seriousness
please do not misunderstand it in any was as possible
sarcasm. It is not and I don't want any possiblity of
misinterpretation. The wishes in it are quite sincere.
I find your tenderness and openness really and truly
touching and am amazed at your courage in sharing it on
the Blender for all of us. Please don't be embarrassed
by praise if it is genuine and deserved.

Zoe - Collage, one word "WOW"

Sympathi - "Burn" Love the ending.

Jenna - I love your style.

Guppy - "Crescendo"

*smile*

heart

O.K. I can't stand it. I have to tell you I used name
'Giovanni'. Deevaa, after my recent fiasco I (and I
know other Blenderites do too) want to watch over
you and make sure you don't get hurt. You are special
and nobody's going to be allowed to do it. Don't know
what your past experience is travelling over here, but
all of us States side want only the best for you while
here if you come.
Sorry about the typo in the next to last lines. It seems
no matter how careful I try to be, at least one or two
escape notice.

Jlor

I know I've been on here too much lately. It's one of
those needy times for me, and I appreciate your patience.

Crystevin~ Baby Needs... What a TRUE and touching poem
and true about a lot of us. Even boys, whether old or young,need this too, if many of them would stop being mean. Too bad there's such hell to pay for needing something so sweet... Too bad...It can't be simpler.
These poems being put in here by you, A.j, ZoE, Angel,
Bethany, Guppy and others (I know I missed a lot)are hitting home to me...I love reading, feeling them..so personal, so true.... Thank you and the other people who've been submitting this month. I guess Kevin was right: if
you're going to love expect to be hurt...Janis Joplin used
to ask "Why does all have to be so hard?"

<blushing> jlor... what a sweet, sweet thing! I am almost speechless....
I brought a journal for my trip yesterday, and your wish will be the first thing I add to it. Thankyou for such a beautiful gesture, I am stunned.

I have never been to the USA before, in fact this trip will be my first time outside of New Zealand. I will be first flying into Narita airport in Tokyo, where I will stay with my son and husband for a week before leaving the two of them behind to travel across the USA in 17 days... I am literally going coast to coast... LA, San Jose, Columbus - Ohio, Pittsburgh - PA, and finally NYC.

<smiles>

dee

PS -- oh and gupster, if your dancing today... may I join you?

Great site! It's so good to know that somebody shares your feelings on love, but has the words to express them!

Vampie: Great new poems. Your teeth are very incisive
and I already have two bite marks in my neck from
these really nice poems you're writing.

Vampie: Great new poems. Your teeth are very incisive
and I already have two bite marks in my neck from
these really nice poems you're writing.

Oops: Didn't know it sent this message twice. While I'm
here, will add that I really do like Vampire's new poems
for their simplicity, sincerity and nice images.

Thanks for the compliments Heartsong and Jlor :)
-ZoE

HeArTSoNg>Loved the 50s quality of "August Nights"

Tamer: Very nice. In fact excellent. Is English your
second language? If so, even more incredible and
especially at your age; I hope she finds you.

me- lying your answer I think would be yes
loved it (thought that one myself once)
HI every one your all doing great!!!!!
so many new ones you all write to fast ~smile~trying to keep up!
Dee- have a great trip~I will too~~smile~ like jlor stated be safe out there!
JUST ME

Seigh Hu....it was my pleasure. Sorry about the teeth marks. Didnt mean to bite so hard.

Vampire

Maggie Mink.....I guess she was just a little too late.
It just goes to show, never take it for granted cuz it
just might slip thru your fingers like the sand.

Vamp: I was playing on the vampire theme, teeth marks poetically describe your incisive kind of writing getting through to the core of feeling in love with her. If she slipped through your fingers, I'm sorry about that. Know
what that's like.

Deeva.
Testing or trusting was brilliant. So simple but it cuts deep. I knew exactly what that feels like. I'm glad you like my stuff, I'll keep submitting stuff if I write something good.

Thanks Vampire, but a cheat never understands why someone would leave him. He is still asking what happened to them many years later. So slipping thru fingers is like her finally letting those lines he had roll right off of her. She knows the mistake it would be to see him even now when he tries coming back into her life. The old lines sound good, excite us, but we know better. Sometimes we learn from our mistakes, our old heartaches.....Maggie

Zoe, I can't believe you caught that, I can't believe that I conveyed it and you caught it, but you did!! (smiles)
Your good!!!

heart

poems and qouts about love.love towards my husband.how can i keep my husband happy?

<grin> Cosette..... I LOVED 'Dirt' I am pleased to see you submit once again.... I have something for you.... <sloppy TK kisses>


Riggs --
If I only submitted poetry I thought was any good I would just never submit!!! I would LOVE to read more of your stuff... if you you don't want to submit it, maybe you could email a few pieces, I would really like that.

and jlor I am so pleased you posted 'A travellers wish' for me... cause now, not only do I have a sweet thought pasted into the front of my new trip journal but a new friend. <
grin>


Take good care of your hearts.

dee

PS I don't leave NZ until the 18th of Sept... I just am so excited its all I can think about.... <giggling>

Heartsong> No, your good. You conveyed it with a great skill that you have :)
-ZoE

Server Problems--

New submits aren't working. If you look closely, the new submissions page has been cut off. I think it's because of a physical disk filling up at my webhosts' . I think possibly a few days worth of submission descriptions (not the works thesmelves) have been lost, and to get those later works back I'll have to reconstruct the file by hand. Yuck.

And what have your hosts done to make it up to you???

Rack 'em Frack 'em

Anyway, I got the page working again. There may be just a few links on that page that got lost, I'll do some more research later, but for now work beckons...

heart Song & Deevaa- Thanks for the compliments on my poems.

The Guppy-
While the server was down I never got to tell you that I really enjoyed "Passive View."

-Jenna-

I saw those lights coming down the road, oh how I hated those flashing lights, but this was time, when I hoped to God, that they could save me tonight.

It isn't fair, I'm only 16, I wasn't the one drinkng, it was he Mom, I swear to God, he just wasn't thinking.

But here I lay, it's getting colder now, the light is coming near, and there he stands, not giving a damn, wishing he had another beer.

Tell dad I love him, and always will, and on my tombstone, he may write, "Daddy's little girl lay here forever, and shining eternally is her everlasting light."

Jenna H. ~Wonderful new subs. I know what it's like to
have someone be mean who you thought liked you.

Dee~ Thank you for taking my 'traveller's wish' with you
It probably reflects sentiments of many on Blender
toward you: love + protection for our poet-lady
Also, I like having made a new friend too, i.e. you!

I have to catch up on the subs. Have been a bit ill, will
be better soon. Just browsing I see a lot of nice new
material, I'll get busy and read up.

Jlor- Mother confession. An awesome account and perception of the personal tragedy of online love affairs. This is always of interest to me for it has been a research project of mine for quite some time. This story, though for you is seemingly uniquely yours, is being repeated across the world and continues to grow at an alarming rate as it becomes an impactor of real-time relationships.

Angel- Weathered. What a sweet traditional and stylish poem. Great art form here. *smiles*

-crystevin

Jlor,
Wow! That was great! What a way to express yourself.....you are so poetic......I fully support you (as you know) in our endeavors. Write me back and lemme know how it's going. I haven't felt too inspired recently.

Beth

Poxa!Estou indignada por eesa pagina ser em espanhol e ingles!Ve se dao um jeito da pagina ser em portugues!!!

Priscila: Por que no aprendes ingles y dejas de quejarte
de que esta pagina este en ingles. Nadie
escribe aqui en espanol, esta pagina no tiene
contribuciones en ningun idioma extranjero.
Por lo tanto, no te quejes, crea tu propia pagina
en portugues.


Priscila: Why don't you learn English and stop complaining?
that this page is in English? Nobody writes here
in Spanish, this page doesn't have submissions
in any foreign language, so stop complaining and
create your own page in portuguese.

<grin> yeahhhhhaaaa...... Monday here... gotta love life huh?

Kitty --
I liked 'We two' very much... very nice mental picture.

Angel --
Feeling inspired huh?? You've got some great pieces flowing girl, 'Friendship or Love', 'Words' and my personal fav 'my star' ... <sigh>

jlor --
'Mother Confessor' Wow! powerful.

and Riggs --
'I'm going to lock away my heart' ... I LOVED the last stanza "I cannot keep it in my chest, The world would just confuse it, In it's shoebox it can rest, Cos now I'm scared to use it." I have a GREAT picture of your heart in a shoebox, with a wee cotton-wool bed... <smile> once again.. thankyou for sharing.

deevaa

You can go to http://www.eurochat.net for Portuguese and you can be directed to many sites by chatters there. I know that they will be glad to help you if you only ask.

I have many Spanish speaking visitors come to my websites and leave URLs where their poetry can be viewed...there are literally thousands of sites. LoveBlender is just a site that I like because I enjoy the community here, and the type of forum that Kirk provides....Rennie

Please forgive the frequent postings today.
I had to comment on Angel's recent submissions
"Willow" and "Friendship or Love" among her others
that she has been submitting. Angel, you are
doing things to my heart with these sweet and
nicely done poems. You couldn't have said it
with more simple elegance or more accuracy either.

Jlor

Jlor-
I didn't know you spoke spanish! Wow! That is so cool! Write me in spanish sometime

Hey, Kurk I just wanted to say "hello" and tell Mo that too, can't wait to see you next year at the Smith Family Picinic. Have a great year!!!!!!! I have no idea, what to say about this!!!!

Oh, yeah you were great at Capture the flag, J/K!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is a good website, eventhough I don't get it! See you next year!!!!!

i love poetry

I am trying to find the words to a sad love poem that is at least 20-30 years old.

It starts out "Have you ever loved somebody, and know they didn't care, did you ever feel like crying, but knew it wouldn't get you anywhere???" I am not sure these are exact but pretty close.

Does anyone out there have the words to the complete poem??
I would appreciate it.

Rennie: Thanks for the tip on where to find poetry in
portuguese. I wasn't helpful with my remarks
and you provided a solution. Thank you.

heya heya... its another truly beautiful morning in the harbour capital... blue sky, almost no wind... and I was thinking of poetry on my way into the city again...

It was Rigg's poetry that I was thinking of actually....
Yesterday I said on the board that I had this mental image of the heart in the shoebox on a little cotton wool bed, but today I was thinking.... cotton wool is kinda wrong for this picture... I don't think a man would go to the trouble of getting the cotton wool out and making a bed, (well out of the men *I* have dated)... most would throw the heart into the box and maybe throw some other stuff on top.... one or two might have made a little bed out of a dirty rugby sock, or a sweaty hockey jersey.... anyways... thats the way my mind works... abstract thoughts as I drive to work. <grinning and wondering why she just shared that>

back to the poetry hmmmm?

Kev --
I was moved as always by your latest two.

Cosette --
'Remote Control' .... ohhh god do I know that feeling!!

<dashing off to check her email>

dee

<cries out in anguish> I have no email!

you'll all be held responsible!!!!

dee
<giggling> thats deevaa@paradise.net.nz

Dee,

Sweet friend, I am deeply touched that you continue to be moved by my efforts in search of poetry. Although I have found a lot of what I think I used to be missing through the process itself, I am STILL struggling with it as an art. Thank you for your gracious comments.

And CHECK YOUR E!!!!!!!

I am ONLY responsible for... well... I guess I am IRresponsible!

*g*

-k

Jill... how could I have missed 'We happened' this morning.... its GREAT! Loved it!!

dee

what's easier to write about? fiction or reality?

Reality for sure. Oh and deeva the heart wasn't sitting on a goddam rugby sock for chrissakes. I hadn't thought of what it was on but a sock, Jesus Christ. And anyway it's so big I'd need one of Jonah Lomu's socks just to fit it on. It's swollen you see. Cos it's hurt. So the damn thing can stay away where it won't cause any trouble.

oh Riggs, I didn't mean any offense... I hope you don't think I was mocking you!! I really wasn't, I was driving to work and thinking about that last stanza of your poem, and... oh hell! Sorry if I upset you.

Please accept my appology.

dee.

PS.. and Jonah's socks may be big but I reakon they would be mights smelly... maybe you should re-think that! I have some cotton wool, a peace offering perhaps?

Dear jlorenz,

You were honest with Priscilla. Kirk has all he can handle with such a large site here just in English. I can understand Priscilla's frustration when she wants and needs romantic poetry. All I can do is point a possible direction that she may look for what she needs. You answered her instead of ignoring her...that is more than many people who are able can or will often do.

deevaa...I just scrolled back and noticed that you had more to say to me. Thank you so much for telling more people about my verses. I appreciate you for that more than I can say. I am still reading your verses with more interest now that I have been to your site. I have come to know you that way. I love to see the way you express yourself so honestly.

I enjoy so many verses and poems here. Many times it is hard for me to single any one out. I go back and read and see something new to a verse that I missed earlier, or find it has meaning for me where it did not apply to me the first time I read it. I love them all.

As always, thank you for the comments on my work.......Rennie

Rennie,

Thank YOU for continuing to grace us with your poetic presence...

-k

Rennie <blush> thankyou!

And reality vs fiction ..... reality all the way.

Riggs, I have a picture for you, if you'd be willing to email me, I will send it to you, if not I will scan and upload it when I get a chance and post the address here... my peace offering.

dee

Thank you Crystevin, jlor and Dee for your lovely comments about my recent submissions...I have been reading....and still am...I will comment shortly...pinky promise :-)

Angel

Where is Misti Velvet Rainwater?

<grin> spring is here... I saw a dafodil in the garden yesterday, even though Jack Frost had been out painting over night.

Cosette - I love what you do with words girl!!!!

and Angel... I have had conversations like that before, it brought a big grin to my face.

dee

I do know how to spell SYMPHONY...I do , I do , I do know how to spell it...<going off now to write symphony 50 times>

Angel

i just wanetd to say that cosette!!!! holy stinking cow did that jewelry box piece of your rock!!! i love how it just flowed with these incredibly simple poems yet when you strung them all together, they just put together this magnificient piece that just tuoched anyone who has ever given a piece of themself, you know what i mean ???? it was a very beautiful piece, and i'm glad that you let people read your work, i really look forward to reading more of yours!!!!!!

the gnome

I will honestly be the ten thousandth person to say this, I never imagined I would want to write poetry or sonnets or anything really. Of course you can predict where I'm going with this one. That is until I met my Annie. I just wanted to take a moment to thank Mr. Israel for starting a site where the common person can express himself, or herself, and hopefully through his or her expression, can assist others in their journey to find love. Thank you.

I have just returned from a meeting which went incredibly well.. my new design for branding just past internal approval and now only has to be approved by the Minister!!

<giggles and cartwheels across the room>

ohhh should I read the new subs now?

dee

hey, i finally got the chance to visit the blender board, i want to mention the pieces that captured me but i lost my list, my desk is a mess right now, but here's what i remember at the moment

Dee, being sick and single....
gnome, one leg or two
Angel, i love weathered, willow tree and conversation
Kev, pot of gold, so sweet
Jill, king's county and we happened...
ZoE, collage
Crys, Baby needs...
kate, candle
Rennie, Eclipse
Jlor, Mother confessor
heart Song, that's that, in the heat of august...
Jenna, Your pleasure, how i used to relate to this one!

thanks for the compliments, Dee and gnome!

ill be back for more......

God, i miss sinneD

Artdog: Two good ones. Porchlight and Marie's Poem
SinneD: Alone is very touching and real.I relate so much.
I hope you are O.K. You and Cosette are the best.
Debra: I liked your submissionm, "Yes He Does"

Angel: I liked your last sub very much, as I like everything
you write.
Kevin: Ditto: your subs are always a pleasure to read.
Not enough room to mention all the ones I've read and a
lot I still have not done justice to.

Forgive me, one more comment I missed last time around.
Michael D. Hill- What nice poems for friends and loved ones
You really write well. Thanks for the
submissions.

hey debra, i really liked "yes he does"

hits alot of chords in me and then i screwed the whole damn relationship up......hey, hows that for good times on a friday night??????? the only poems that are really worth reading are the ones that somehow carry inalienable truths across in them............keep it up people, alot of you have gifts and you give more then words when you write those poems, its more of a sacrifice of yourself!

the gnome

art dog- "Porch Light" and "Marie's Poem" Amazing. You have a great style of write, one of my favorites actually, hope to see more of your work here at the blender!

Cosette- Thanks for the compliments!

-Jenna-

kevin urenda, Thank you so much for your gracious comment....:)

Cosette, Thank you for your mention of ECLIPSE...:)

Thanks to all who say they are enjoying all the verses. I am going back to read and re-read many verses. Coming to LoveBlender, I never get enough of the feeling that all you poets put into your work. I look at the verse, then the lines and their additional meanings to see the depth of each poet. Thank all of you for sharing your loves and heartbreaks...there is something to knowing that one is not alone...and it lifts onr's heart to see when someone else feels the wonderful feeling of falling in love. What you do for my heart and mind, as I read your works, makes all of you a good part of my life...thanks.........Rennie

Hello All,

I have (finally) digested well over a week's worth of poetry. I have cogitated on that as well as the m\comments I have noted during the last couple of days.

Rennie-

of course you are welcome...

As a side note (looks arouid the room), Rennie was one of the "regulars" when I first started visiting this oasis on the web a little over a year ago.

Looking back (after struggling to catch up with said week's worth of poetry!!!) I note that the poems submitted in August of last year (simply from those on the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner in the Sept. '98 issue) number a whopping 68. I just counted the poems ALREADY submitted in the new section of the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner as of this moment and count (ignoring duplicates and screw-ups like the one I made yesterday) 255 new works total. That makes the upcoming task of putting together the September Blender Digest a truly Herculean undertaking, by ANYone's reckoning. So thanks to you again, Kirk... (sidebar to The Blender-Keeper -- seems like only three months ago we were congratulating you on 500K kits to this wonderful site. Well, in case everyone ELSE has not noticed, we are fast approaching 600K! What a wonderful thing this is, the WEB we weave...)

On to more commments...

THANK YOU to

Cosette and Jlor (and to a silent Rennie!)...
I am humbled yet again that you all enjoy reading what I offer here.

The poets I have read recently who spoke to me include

Jlor-
thanks for sharing "Soul of Fire" by Maria Wapner... I always love the imagery of writing about WRITING, and this poem was particularly evocative.

ZoE-
You touch on a BIG TRUTH about those of us who write in this way in "hello" when you point out that "I write/what i/am scared/to say..." If I myself had NO fear, I would probably NEVER write poetry! And as my Dad always said, Never is a VERY long time.

Dee-
in "my heart at the fun park," you expose something that I was discussing a while back with someone else... Love is not NEEDING the Thrill, but rather WANTING it. And <sigh> yes, the "Sweet painful pleasure" of love, its very paradoxical qualities are what make it so wonderful to experience.

Angel-
I am very pleased to see a renewed depth in your work. If ONLY our "Words" could GRIP the way we wish our arms could... And yes, the line is a slender one indeed between "Friendship or Love?" Been there, DONE that. The answer, is that there IS no answer!

Crystevin-
I rather enjoyed the light-hearted quality of "Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes." I immediately thought of how much MY 'baby' LOVES shopping for them (shoes!).

Rennie-

"The Mystery of Faithful Love" was as short and even MORE sweet than its title. That the light went on in MY soul so long ago has STILL never burned out is what remains most mysterious to me...

Deb-
It is the style of "Elusive" that I adored, in that it is what was NOT said that spoke to me. And it seemed as if I was looking in a mirror when I read "The Child Within." Thank you for sharing!

gnomey-
Wow...
I have always (ALWAYS) adored the cute little way my sweetheart regulates her body heat by poking her foot/feet out from under the covers (she has such CUTE little feet). "One leg or two" sure spoke to me with the other end of one of my favorite images...

<scurries off to finish work week>

-k

Kevin, jlor, and gnome thank you for your encouragement.
I am new to this site and a little unsure of myself.
There is so much wonderful talent here, I feel humbled.
I enjoy the works of all of you very gifted people.
Thanks for sharing.
Deb

Art Dog .... Porch Light .... tis good.

*swats at a mosquitoe*

hi all-

(like i am here so often)... i just wanted to thank anyone who liked my offerings this month. i spared you all from the real depths of my current emotional rollercoaster, but if i know myself, it'll rear it's ugly head when i am all alone in my dorm next week...

well, this is one summer i wished had lasted longer. how have all your summers (or winters in dee's case) been? i want to hear some good stories and how they turned into the lovely lovely lovely new submissions!

I've been slacking...but now I am all caught up and ready to pour out my favorites, though I must say, most everything I read touched me in some way, but hear are some that touched me softly or SLAPPED me to my knees...lol...I love the extremes :-)
In no particular order:

Anonymous~"Missed Connection",the lonliness and despair overwhelmed me.

Jenna~ "Ready", Powerfull!

ajtong~"Nothing to Worry About", sigh..."Come on in , the water's fine", *smiles*

Lady Sage~"Best of Love",...cos Popeye's a sailor man, Toot Toot!

gnomey~"For now the Rain", Wow! What a trip you took me on!

Heartsong~"That's That!", sweet and matter of fact...and "Lover's Dance", Awwwww How charming :-) Loved it, Heart!

Sympathi~" Burn", you 'burned' me with that one...lol

The Guppy~ "Comparison", ahhhh, silence can be sweet...and necessary <sigh>...also "Lips" and "Crankdown"...The first was so sweet...I adored it...and I thought "Crankdown" had song qualities.

Crystevin~ "Baby Needs A New Pair of Shoes", Loved the way you built to the catchy ending.

Riggs~ "I'm going to lock my heart away",nicely done...loved the rythem.

Cosette~ Missed ya BTW..."Afternoons would be better", let them embers seal the juices, fire burns :-) Also Remote Control (moved me) ...and "Jewlery Box", ahhhhhhh...what can I say...

Hernandez~"Two", Loved the ending! So true!

Kevin~"4 ever and always" and "Ink", WOw gREAT works, Kevin
YOu captured alot in very few words with both of these...I was especially fond of "Ink"

Okay, I have done my duty...hehehe , and enjoyed every minute of it...I just looked and see some more after Kevin's purge...will have to read ore tomorrow :-)
Goodnight for now..................................

Angel

Thank you Kevin, Cosette an jlor for your kind remarks on my submissions.

Angel

Bless you, Kevin...thanks!

ArtDog......I want to see more, enjoyed the chat, too!

I am so happy to see the way this site continues to grow. What a treat to see the talent and how so many of the poets have also matured, changed, experimented here. It is also a powerful statement to what encouragement can do...Rennie

I've got to quite typing while asleep................

Angel

...or quit :-)

ajTong, I love your submission "Come on in, the water's fine". I just discovered it because Im new to this site and havent read everything yet. Feels like you got into my head somehow and took those words right out. Thanks for expressing that for me. That exact title was in my personal quote for a while. Its funny but I had a similar conversation with someone about this.
Debra@aol.com

Well all this stuff in here is abotu love but what about that pain that comes with it. I dont believe no one in here has expierenced love withouth pain. It doesnt happen that way. So i guess hwta iI owuld like to see is some stories about the pain and how to deal with it.
Thanks
Ashley

Ashley you jest! You obviously are not reading the same Blender I am reading. There are plenty of poems telling of the pain of love. Several are coming to mind now, but I would not want to take the fun of exploration from you. And If you are not satisfied with what this month's Blender has to offer on the topic, the archives here are slam full of agonizing heartache. But you do have to read.

Kevin,

You touch my heart.
Deb

errrm ... i wrote the "mandy" piece (obviously not the best, but i've got a sentimental value attached to it) that's in the general digest. any constructive comments?

Mirage~"Sweetest of thieves", was simply wonderful :-) I also liked "U have no idea"...very good.

Angel

Kevin~ "heart with a view", loved the sentiment...

Angel

Crystevin~ "Dying soul", awwwww crystevin *sniff*

PS: Here's one for you, Ashley...and like what was stated earlier there are plenty of heart-wrenching poems here at the Blender...welcome.


Angel

Rennie~ You always amaze me with your short, thought-provoking works...another example in, "Reasurance" :-)

Angel

YEAH, I'm all caught up...NA na Na na Na na <looking all around the room> HEY...wait a cotton-pickin' minute!!!!
DEE...WHERE ARE YOU???

Angel

Bless you, Angel. Thanks for the reassurance..:)

I am still returning, over and over; drawn to your beautiful verse called "Love In A Bottle"....Rennie

<waves to angel> heya girl.. I'm here... it's been chaos in my world for the last week or so... but I am here again.

crys - 'Dying soul' (((Hugs)))

Debs - 'Not happy' and 'honestly' great pieces.. thankyou for sharing.

Jlor - please email me...

Kev - I love it when you purge... 'pot of gold', 'Ink', Salve and my favourite of todays reading 'hush'.... <quiet smile>

Jenna - 'Stearing Enviously' god that happens to me to... argh!

H - 'one year'... wow... I am gonna use that piece.

Less than a month now!!! I can't wait for my holiday!

dee

HeY GuyS I gOt mArrIED!!!!! yay!!!! ThAnKs FoR THe ComPlImEnTS On mY POETrY KeViN AnD CoseTtE! *LuV**** :)
-ZoE

to everybody,

thank you all for your kindness and support in my attempts at writing...

life is...well...confusing the crap out of me right now...ha...and it's affecting my writing...i can write stuff...just not romance stuff...so...here is not the place for me right now...hopefully i'll be able to submit some decent work soon, but, until then, i must take a break...i still try to read what everyone has posted...so...everyone just know that your work is being read...so much of it is way good...better than i could hope to do myself...

live love,
gup

Kevin, all you submissions are great. I particularly liked the horror.
Mirage, u have no idea, it spoke to me.

My God, just flicking back over the months submissions, I looked at that piece from a bloke calling himself no name. WOW!!! Brother whoever you are, if you come back here, you should no that that was simply bloody fantastic. It ain't poetic, but its so damn true. But hey, some of them see the light occasionally. The good ones anyway.
I'm feeling inspired now thanks to that. Have to see what my twisted little mind can come up with huh? I can feel something good floating away back there somewhere.

ZOE, congratulations on your marriage. I wish you all the best.
Deb

ZOE, congratulations on your marriage. I wish you all the best.
Deb

Congratulations, Zoe *SMILE*...wishing you much hapiness...

Riggs:
Thank you for your comment on my poem, I'm sorry it's taken me solong to get back to you and this site. My mind's been cluttered with alot and I haven't felt like doing much reading or writing. I'm so lost.
Your poetry is great and I can relate to the way you feel. Feel free to e-mail me, if you want.:)

I lied. I thought that Mr No Name's little piece would provoke me to write something good. I dunno, what I came up with is pretty bloody ordinary. So much so that it's damn close to being not worthy of submission. So if you read this Mr No Name, I'm sorry that I didn't do your emotions justice.

ARRGGHHHH!!!
What happened to my submission. It came out as a block of text. Oh well it wasn't very good anyway. You'll all get the picture anyway.

Hello to everyone.
I discovered this site a couple of weeks ago, now i'm hooked. I want to Thank all you poetry lovers out there..
you've filled each day with pure magic .

Kevin ~~ your work touches my heart so much it hurts.
i simply love it. "absence does not make the heart grow fonder" was beautiful. I must have gone over it several times. it left me in a dreamy state...
I'm still dreaming :)

Riggs: I guess I can't find your email address, so,
I'll fess up to writing the piece submitted by "No Name"
titled "What's Wrong With This Picture?"

At the time I had just written an angry piece called
"Mother Confessor" and I was afraid to put my name
to this one, for fear ladies here on the site would think
I am a misogynistic man (disliker of women is what I mean)
after reading the "Confessor" piece. No, really, on the contrary, I asked this question in all innocence, actually seeking and wanting an answer, especially because of my own experience where this has happened to me a couple times.
I just want to know why in my case, guys who, except for
occasional outbursts of disappointment, on the whole really WANT and TRY to be nice guys, all too often are abandoned sooner or later only to find that the lady has found some mean man on the rebound (and this is not to say that all guys with a gal are mean, or that even most women who've
found the man of their desires have found a mean man. I guess in as many cases as not the generalization doesn't
necessarily work) but I've seen a good number where it
does hold true and I can't explain it.
If you ever want, email me at jlorenz@saber.net

There are so many good subs this month and it is the
last day of the month, so I may not list all the one's
I've managed to read and like a lot. I'm gratified to
see the new faces here on the blender and glad they feel
o.k. to submit their work too, much of it being quite nice
actually.

I did want to leave one quick comment for Dee regarding
one of her last, if not the last sub (I can't go back
to new subs without losing my comment screen here)in which
she said she's may be ready to date again. My comment, Dee,
is, somebody out there is going to be a lucky man, and
this ain't flattery. If you are ready, I hope you go for
it! It's actually a blast (when it doesn't hurt).

Angel, Dee

Thanks so much for your kind words. As always, my friends know where I am coming from, and I am happy to have touched you...

Deb
Thank you for responding to my writing as you have. While I write for myself first and foremost, it is deeply gratifying to know that what little glimpses of the truth I somehow discover can mean so much to those who read my words.

Mirage...
What can I say? Acknowledging what you have said with merely a ditto to the paragraph above cannot even begin to express what it means to read a comment such as the one you made. Comments such as yours make the act of sharing my writing worthwhile, almost noble. Such a notion to a humble poet is, well, poetic. Thank you... thank you.

-k

Art Dong- "Hurry Fall" .... wow! I'm glad to see that you are going to continue to post.

-Jenna-

Im sorry! That was supposed to be Art DOG ....

-Jenna-

Jlor --
Thankyou for your kind comment... I have finally gotten to the stage where I feel happy to be single, and I am confident about myself again.

I've been reading what both you and Riggs have said of the harshness of womens emotions... and its kinda hard not to take your comments personally... I know those arrows are not aimed at my heart, but it does make me more scared about feeling "ready" for a relationship. After all the last man that "fell" for me and said he'd wait until I was ready, turned around two weeks later and then told me he wasn't willing to wait... after all "I had too much baggage to be good at sex anyways" I will never forget those words. OUCH.

Riggs --
As I said above OUCH... "A Guy To Treat Them Right"... I feel the need to comment but... maybe I am too emotive...

I did a drawing for you, which I was going to email, but like Jlor said you've never posted it.... I will try to remember to email it home and upload it tonight, I will post the site on the blender for you.

Jenna --
"Curiosity" another OUCH

artdog--
"Hurry Fall" I really love the imagery you use.. and the way you use words... <smiles>

Well, I just heard back that we are not allowed to re-brand our organisation when we move... which means my proposal has been canned... I must say it is disappointing to get this far then have it swept into the trash.

Take care of your hearts.

dee

Thankyou all for the kind words.

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