OK...an update from the wild and wacky world of chrisandmisti. Well, we still love each other (kinda sorta--when we're not thinking murderous thoughts). Ha ha. Just kidding. Not really. I've turned her on to Ed Abbey. She's giddy now. I'm trying to settle her down for bed. She's been bad tonight. I may have to spank her.
Tomorrow...new day, new start! We're gonna do a lot of things. I'm too tired to mention them all right now. I'm exhausted, actually--mentally, physically, spiritually, etc., et al.
****Chris doesn't like me anymore. He is starting to hate me. Ah, well. This can't be helped. Tomorrow we're gonna go to the drive-in if it doesn't rain. Last time I went to a drive-in I had these little things called illusions.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ha. G'night.
:))))Misti
hey guys - I've been reading you're work for the past couple of months, and over the past couple of days decided to start posting. it took a while, and i managed to pick the three least cool of my stack of thousands - hopefully they'll get better -but i figure rejection and/or ridicule is easier when i KNOW it sucks.
i appreciate all the happy/positive comments about what is up.
and by the way -- if i singled out all the poetry i like, and the poets themselves, there'd be no room left on the site and we'd all be out of a place to post our expressions. so know this: you are all talented, beautiful people with a gift that not everyone has. trust me - i have a minor in literary studies. ok. enough rambling. i'll leave room for other people to ramble.
Slug
hey guys - I've been reading you're work for the past couple of months, and over the past couple of days decided to start posting. it took a while, and i managed to pick the three least cool of my stack of thousands - hopefully they'll get better -but i figure rejection and/or ridicule is easier when i KNOW it sucks.
i appreciate all the happy/positive comments about what is up.
and by the way -- if i singled out all the poetry i like, and the poets themselves, there'd be no room left on the site and we'd all be out of a place to post our expressions. so know this: you are all talented, beautiful people with a gift that not everyone has. trust me - i have a minor in literary studies. ok. enough rambling. i'll leave room for other people to ramble.
Slug
ps - i have no idea why that's up there twice.
deeva -- you're poem about beauty - i feel your pain. (and as added unsolicited information - Sleeping Beauty is, by far, the best fairy tale EVER written.)
Slug~ If you consider these your 'lesser' attempts, then by all means keep posting. 'Words on Pages' was delightful (even though I caught just a slight taste of a dark undertone). I look forward to reading more...
t.
Misti, Frosted 1 ~ thanks for your words of encouragement.
Dee ~ I like "Beauty sleeps". Sleep well.
Doc ~ are you a counting crows fan?
Kev ~ "the dig". Forward Momentum. I like that.
Chris ~ "dishes". Yeah. <cue the 70's funk - Bonk Chika Wah-wow>
slug ~ "Your arms" has a specific ring and rhythm I like. I don't understand "push me pull you", but I like it.
terry ~ "where does she go" - Isn't it enough that she's with you when she's awake? I don't know if I'd feel the same in that situation though.
misti/chris ~ "Too soon for Tuscon" - I thought you guys were going to Austin? Too late for Taco bell is a scary thought. =)
guppy ~ "Zen and the art of panic attacks" - what if a blank fortune means you get to write your own? Other people get stuck with premade ones....
heather ~ "Song of thanks". Thank you. My grandpa is close. He's only got maybe half a year, a year left.
Zoe ~ "Spine shake" I hope you keep feeling brand new and alive.
Zero ~ "The beautiful her" - I feel some of that.
you guys! that so made my morning (even if i am a loser for checking the poetry/board five hours later- what can i say - insomnia abounds.) i'm so flattered!
ps - the push-me-pull-you is an animal from the original (and better) Dr. Doolittle. it was a camel looking thing with two heads and no tail that was constantly either standing still or going in two different directions. if that helps with the imagery :-)
Oh Guppy
finally someone has had the courage to post some Dylan and show us how far we all have to go.
Gala-- while less dramatically sexy and more oblique than "dishes", I've had thoughts similar to Dee's observations about laundry....
http://www.loveblender.com/prose/laundry.html
aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG
i am so damn frustrated!!!!!!
(as if y'all haven't been able to tell by my entirely angst ridden poetry) huzzah!
but i just wanted to comment on stuff
deeva.........your beauty sleeps, absolutely stinkin rocks the casbah baby! gorgeous piece o poetry, has that sensuality in it that you feel in yourself, but wonder waht others are afraid......and deeva if i were a manny man i'd spread you out on a triscuit and eat ya up!
there were others far numerous......ummm.....oh yeah......
chris w!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your sexy lil g string you!!! that was won-der-fully erotic and makes me want a nice lil substitute in the leeward side of my mountain.
i'm not making sense this morning, don't mind me.
guppy, i never liked fortune cookies, they were just fun to set on a table and smash cause they crumble so nicely into big chunks, their bland stale cookies that even a dog wouldn't eat.
damn i'm bitter.
terry i love that one you wrote, ummm umm that love one???? the one where you love and stumble over the words, i can't think of it, but you know what i'm talking about........
and slug-o-matic! i like your push and pull, had that reality bites sense to it that we all love to have in our lives on that daily basis!
hi i'm angst ridden and having major writer blockage here, so oh well, my poems are gonna be crappy but it helps to write them at least, some sort oh therapy. cause suddenly ex girlfriend decided wants ex boyfriend back through ex boyfriend was with other girl and seemingly happy and boyfriend thought he and her deserved a second chance at their psychotic love that was self destructive to begin with, yeah self destruction.
the effervescent
sarah
Thanks MiChAeL :)
ChRiS W.- You have no idea how good your compliments make me feel. What particular poem did you like?
-ZoE
ZoE:
"Thrill Of The Chase" was awesome! Been there...makes ya nuts, doesn't it??? I can relate all too well, especially:
"lips cracking and chapped with lack of patience"
So very well written~
Dawn
it's funny that every few months i send a message to the board saying "i'm back!" but i'm never really back at all. i try really hard to read the board, but i'm just so crazy busy at work that i can't keep up. so this time, i'm not saying "i'm back!"... i'm just saying that i'm still out there, reading and admiring, and sometimes posting (as i just did)...
fireworks (my new one) is a little different for me.. disjointed on purpose and silly on purpose.. but i really really love it.. comments are MUCH appreciated.. email works best.. devon@dev0n.com :)
- d
oh.. another comment.. i'm coming up fast on my 3 year blender anniversary..
i think the blender has been the only real constant in the last 3 years of my life.. other than my family. even my hair color has changed several times.
i'm gonna get all mushy here if i keep this up... just wanted to say thanks to everyone for inspiring me to keep writing. :)
- d
zoe: are you going to make me pick just one i liked!? well, no can do...but my favorites this month have been "turn the key," "adam's rib," and "spine shake." but not a poem of yours slips by without my reading it. you are an excellent poet with a well-defined style that rises higha above the "love-dove" type stuff.
RAPUNZEL was the best fairy tale ever written.
...she was craving rampion from the WITCH's garden so he brought it to her, risking his life!
...he heard her singing and he risked his life to climb her tower!
...he was blinded by the thorns and she healed him with her tears!
(sigh)
Slug!
Props for *Push-Me-Pull-You*! My grandmother used to read me that story. Still haven't seen the movie. Don't plan on it, either.
hey Misti
1: thank you - i enjoy that poem, too. it's the first one that i put up that i actually like of mine.
2: i read, without fail, everything you post. it's all marvelous.
and 3: (not that i want to get into it) but that little girl let herself stay up in that tower year in and year out - she cut off her hair to run away but only after that prince boy told her to. Sleeping Beauty was, in herself, a very strong woman. she just had a real bummer of a birthday present - and they guy that she met in the woods (how many princesses would just strike up a conversation in the woods with a perfect stranger?) made it through killer bushes and slew a dragon for her. then he kissed her and woke her up and they lived happily ever after. if that's not great, then what is?
but if you're really in for strong women, might i suggest "The Ordinary Princess" by M.M. Kaye (who also wrote the far pavilions) it's my favorite modern fairy tale (modern as in it was written in the 80s i believe - and not hundreds of years ago by twisted little men)
and now i'm finished rambling and off to work on a poem that's just not wanting to work with me.
have a nice day!
ps: ZOE - the poems you posted after mine are choice. mind if i quote you? (you will get credit, don't worry)
deevaa - such passion...i feel your pain... :-)
Slug -- (wink) stop feeling my pain, its feeling kinda kinky.
(and its not pain, I'm just sick of being the lonely artist girl in a far-away land)
wasn't the push-me-pull-you a llama? ...in the movie it was a llama with two head ends and no tail end, not that I've seen the movie but if I had of I'd have a good excuse in that I've got a 3yr old child... in the books (illustrated by the author) it looked abit more horse like... with a big head, and hailed from a tropical island.
and what the hell is a triscuit (not even my spell check likes it), and why does d write such great poetry but only visit the blender every 4mths or so, and why does Terry's poem suit my painting more than my poem does when I painted it, and why did Sarah capture such a great freaking rhythm in 'open palm' that I wanted to read it out load at my desk?
dee
why???
Slug: "Emotional Heroin" will stay in my head for a while...
Everyone writes so well, I'm getting addicted (no pun intended, slug) to this site.
Take Care~
Dawn
Hey...where'd Tooter Collins go? That young man had potential.
"leave it unpressed
depress depress
llama taboot taboot"---ah phish lyrics...gotta love em
thanks for the recent comments people...me=being shushie quiet lately with comments and emails and all that stuff
riggs---i'm a big dylan fan...it's kinda sad that many people don't even credit him for his lyrics/poetry because they are turned off by his voice...the man has so much insight, emotion, and humor...and such a powerful command of words
anybody interested in reading some dylan stuff should head to:
http://www.slopbucket.com/bob/tbob/index.html
it's got everything
later,
gup
I need your help!!!!!!!!!!!
http://members.theglobe.com/sullengirl25/love
I'll love you all for this!
slug,
your poems remind me of poems written to me once upon a time by the love of my life. I smiled and sighed after I read them- thank you
Dear Slug,
Your poem "Emotional heroin" captures the true essence
of what herion addiction is all about. I have a son
addicted and it is the rockiest ride a parent or spouse
or girlfriend can ever have the misfortune to experience!
"Heroin is the curse on our society and it's ruination"
The message is clear, "Stay away from drugs" Everything
in moderation is the key "Let's all get high on poetry
instead". Again, thanks for the great poem, Slug!"
To all you great poets!
Sorry guy's. I'm a new poet on this site. Learning the
ropes. Please forgive me. Didn't mean to hog the space!
Love all or your poems. Keep up the great writing!