From: Riggs<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Now there goes an intelligent chap...
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From: Toklas<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

deevaa, Galadrial...<BR>
thank you for submitting to the gallery. Your work is the FEATURE COLLABORATION for the gallery opening. It is excellent work!  <BR>
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dee, congrats on your recent success! your work is very good indeed.  <BR>
here is URL- gallery is now open. <BR>
Collaboration Gallery<BR>
http://home.talkcity.com/EaselSt/artcitygalleria/welcome_to_our_collabortions_gal.htm<BR>
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Main Gallery:<BR>
http://home.talkcity.com/EaselSt/artcitygalleria/Default.htm<BR>
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toke
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From: Paul B<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Thank you Dee.  Gala liked that one too.  Funny how the ones I do I don't appreciate others do.  But I do thank you.<BR>
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Riggs - you crack me up!
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From: Zero #1<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Jenna~~~ "No Simple Answer" caught my eye immediately. I think I've asked myself that a million times,,,only to be eluded every time by that one answer. Hmm...maybe that's what living is all about?? <BR>
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Terry~~~ "A Moment of Shakespear" was beautiful. It actually had me somewhere else for a moment. Completely captivating in every way, it actually had me anticipating the end. I loved it!!!!!!!!!! KEEP IT UP!! YAAAA!!!!! =)
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From: The Frosted One<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

hey everyone! <BR>
well everyone's new subs look great! :)<BR>
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***Zero #1*** An Ode to Bestfriendship is wonderful. It is a feeling that is perfectly explained in your creation. It is beautiful! (thanks for the chat Friday night it helped alot).<BR>
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***Mandy*** Someday I'll Stay was a great peice. I feel like that all the time. It is great to find someone who knows how to explain it in a poem. :)<BR>
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***Terry*** A Moment of Shakesphere is awesome! WOW... is all I can say.<BR>
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everyone keep up the good work! :)<BR>
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always<BR>
The Frosted One<BR>

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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Thank you Kev, for agreeing with me......you are a dear friend and one I cherish greatly.<BR>
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Riggs--as seldom as you comment, you never fail to make me smile...lovely comment, that last one.<BR>
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Kiwi--'My Prince'..very nice luv.."and there I will remain until death or a stronger force removes me"..a love so strong is indeed hard to find, and for some, harder to hold.<BR>
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Angel--you 'Love Dmon' reminds me of my man in the closet...eerie how so many people who have never met will sometimes feel the same things..<BR>
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Terry--You leave me in awe with your words, and I have to agree with Zero that your 'Shakespeare' took me to a place I had never visited.  Beautiful, and I love it.  Thanks hun, for sharing that with us!<BR>
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Jenna--'No simple answer' indeed.  I can't even count the times I have asked the same!<BR>
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Deeva & Chris W. -- I think you are both amazing, and your works compliment each other gracefully.  Keep them coming, apart or separate, as I love every one of them!<BR>
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That's it from me, lovebugs!  I hear the sun calling my name, and I have no inspiration for writing right now anyway, so I guess I will answer NAture and revel in her beauty for a bit!<BR>
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later lovebugs!  ~nikki
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

so anyway...i go out of town for a few days and come back to find myself as part of some argument here...i'm not at all sure what was said to start all of this...the original comment is already off the board...at least i think it is...i'm assuming that somebody didn't like something i wrote...somebody please clue me in on what was said<BR>
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From: Michael (howdy)<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Nikki rules. <BR>
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Guppy ~ speaking from experience as a fool who got upset with you for no reason, it's the fool's fault. Some dude (not me) doesn't like your poetry and he criticized it and blessed Kevin. Someone's trying to pull people's strings. We all get tugged it seems. 
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Welcome back Guppy... anxious for your new subs.<BR>
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Gala~ "craving for sweets"...oooh i got a sweet tooth too:)<BR>
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Debra~"3 on the yellow"...WOW what a message!<BR>
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Maria~ "Bliss"...the ending was captivating:)<BR>
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Jenna~ "No Simple Answer"...i love the short ones with oomph!:)<BR>
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Im reading slowly and backward and upside down and sideways and with prejudice and without prejudice and as fast as i can and still be able to savor it all...I will catch up...i will...i will i say... *SMILE*
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

michael--thanks...hope things are going better for you btw...i never thought you were a fool...and i for sure never meant to hurt your feelings or piss you off with anything i wrote...i write what i want to write...my takes on things aren't always what other people like...they aren't even always what i like...that's just how it is...i do criticize ideas, but i try my best not to criticize individuals...especially people i don't know outside of what they write...<BR>
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kevin deserves all the praise he receives...he's a very talented writer...and he's also very supportive of other people's writing...we are lucky that he submits here<BR>
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starr---could you please re-post your new email addy???<BR>
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bye now,<BR>
gup
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Kiwi~"Teardrops and Sunshine" was a very moving and nicely rhyming piece. I hope you enjoyed your summer, back to school soon, huh? :)
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Nikki~"Looking" was a wonderful piece, had a nice flow and vivid message..oh, and keep looking, he's out there:)
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Sarah~"Saving Love" has got to be one of the most profound poems i have read this month and i encourage all here to read it...it impressed me that much...thank you , sarah for writing that.
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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Angel--thanks for your comment on 'Looking'...I just read 'Love softens the edges' and the line "love soothes the scorch of sun, from bared shoulders lifted to the sky" makes me wish that the guy you said I would find was here to soothe my sunburned butt...:)  Great poem!<BR>
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Gup--nice to see you back, and thanks for posting that song...actually, I had never heard of the band until my brother made me listen to them...so you brought back a great memory for me...and the lyrics are great too!<BR>
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Mili--I like the last two lines of "sweet note..."...it's a turn around thought, wonering if what is real is in fact illusion, and vice versa...well put.<BR>
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Angel--I have to comment again.....and should have put them together, but I have this thing about scrolling...'Oceanics' is awesome...of course, I have always loved the ocean since I was tiny, and to compare it to love, or even love lost brings it that much closer to me.  You wow me, hun!<BR>
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keep up the great writing, everyone, and keep your fingers crossed that inspiration might find me....~nikki
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From: Jessie - [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

I would like to compliment on "Sand Angel" I thought it was gorgeous.
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Terry~"Casting My Heart at Night" was beautifully written with much optimism:)<BR>
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Thank you Terry, Nikki and Jessie for all of your encouraging comments.
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From: Jenna Holland ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 30 July 2000<P>

Nikki, Zero, & Angel-  Thanks for the kind words on "No Simple Answer."  Does anyone have "Happy" answer to that question, because I am in desperate need of one?<BR>
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-Jenna-
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