From: terry<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Thank you  folks. The quality of the posts in October was just super. <BR>
And a special thanks to Megs, Gala, Michael, Jack, Sarah, and Ali. Your comments lift my spirits. And Sarah? I had a wonderful time with the Halloween bumps, and your writing is exquisite. you pushed me to improve in many ways. Thanks, and yes, we need to do it again sometime....maybe even Valentine's Day...lol<BR>
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t.
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From: Zero #1<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

guppy~~~ He was great wasn't he?? A true inspiration in my life as a weirdo lol!<BR>
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Another Guessing that it doesn't matter~~~ A VERY VERY<BR>
VERY fond favorite of mine!!!! I have read them all repeatedly many times over and find each new time a more thrilling experience than before! Glad you liked!<BR>
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Sincerley,<BR>
Zero
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

another guessing that it doesn't matter---(hope i got the incarnation of your name correct)...thanks for the take on the unconditional thing...i know what you are saying...unconditional love does exist between parents and children and siblings and even friends...i just think it's based on that type of relationship, which may or may not exist with a spouse or lover...unconditional love in a sense is platonic...if it transfers over to the purely romantic side i think it's renamed obsession..."i will love you no matter what" is distinctly different from "i will be in love with you no matter what"...stalkers probably have a really good grasp on the latter...and honestly, it scares the crap out of me<BR>
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gup
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From: Riggs<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

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Meaning no disrepsect or offence to Jerah White, i must say that putting words together simply because they rhyme does not make for good poetry. By and large the poetry on this site is remarkable. A string of cringe-worthy cliches and images from famous songs does not cut it. I'm sure that most people would agree that puddles of sickly sweet syrup are best left to Bryan Adams....
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

zero #1---tolkien had an uncanny ability to paint incredibly detailed pictures with words...granted, he never did it using less than 1000...ha...creating an entire world and all of it's denizens from imagination...and doing it better than most non-fiction authors could hope to...not even mentioning the plots and themes(many of which parallel the world wars...there's a popular theory that the lord of the rings was a veiled commentary on world war two and the race to develop "the bomb")...tolkien is one guy whom i learn something different from each time i read his stuff...and he's still underrated...<BR>
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gup
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From: jackryhme<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Guppy<BR>
        yes i understand and you raise some very good points.    a spouse is a lover, a best of all friend, a sister / brother, a father /mother a child all rolled into one   all this and so much more   a far more complex relation ship   but instead of i love u no matter what or i will be in love with u no matter what,   what if it was jus  i love you . now this leaves one open for some pretty intense pain should it fail  but should u be in a relationship if u expect it to fail?              <BR>
                                              jack
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

(pushing her chair back noisily, and standing)<BR>
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hear hear riggs.... well said
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

just as a side note..."bryanadams" is the sound that i usually make during projectile vomit sessions...
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

they are filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy here in NZ at the moment...... my dad drives trucks for the film crew, it'll be as stunning as the last Peter Jackson movie--- which I loved.<BR>
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dee
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From: Smiling Kat<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Zero---  Thank you for Forever Feelings.  I don't know if it's possible, but in expressing yourself, you've expressed my feelings as well.  This is definitely the best one yet, and it conveys the most feeling.  I know I haven't written for a while, but I'll have something for you soon.  And I, also, will love you, and you alone, with all my heart.  Thank you so much!!  You don't even know how much you mean to me.  I LOVE YOU!!
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

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Hey Gup---<BR>
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         I understand the question about us spoiled monsters...well fed, we can afford to worry about dumb stuff like "soul mates". But societally, we have a ton of weird stuff....they've built load of homes in my area----5 bedrooms, cathedral ceiling---going for upward of 600K. The driveways have three cars in them....but only two people live there. No kids. In most cases, the size of your home has nothing to do with the size of your family...and poorest are stacked like cordwood...only the towns can pass laws that say no more than two to a bedroom. So what do you do if you have a two bedroom house, and three kids? <BR>
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Don't know if you ever did Siddarthra---Hesse? But is sometimes useful to remember that Buddha came from priveledge...<BR>
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Yes Gup dear...I am spoiled.....self indulgent...but love is the only luxury I can afford dear. I have a life chock full of gottas----gotta work, gotta take care of my family,<BR>
gotta cook, gotta clean (no housekeeper here)gotta take of of everything...so forgive me if I gotta dream as well.<BR>
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                                           Gala<BR>

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From: B.K.<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Darn it you all, I just blew the last line on The Lost Art of Hand Fans and Eye Flirting. Any suggestions for this one??? Thinking hard here...LOL 
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Ali~ I loved 'Almost'. It had such a mixture of bittersweet emotions. Very good.<BR>
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t.
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

BK~ 'The Lost Art...'..that was very very sensual in that eye flirty way. Wow are you good with words,,,whew,...<BR>
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t.
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From: B.K. <BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Well I try Terry, but Darlin, you are the one with the words that melt off the page. The one that's so very hard to keep up with. Bumping with you is the best! lol lol I will shut up before I get us both in trouble...HA<BR>
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bk 
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

ok -- this is not romantic -- but it might be a useful tool for the poetic inclined, so I'm gonna say it any ways.....<BR>
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I downloaded a few new things to play with last night -- one of which was a freeware program called 'SpellTools'... it is damn good.<BR>
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On this computer I don't use microsoft if I can help it, and that means I don't have the word dictionaries to spell check my email (or anything else for that matter) ... SpellTools is a little floating palette which you can choose to have turned on in almost any program you are using. (even Netscape and DreamWeaver).... you then have the ability to check your spelling within the program you have running.... ie -- I can highlight the text in the 'comments box' when I am done typing and check the spelling right there.<BR>
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Wonderful huh? Its the most useful program (as a bad speller) I have ever owned...... and its free.....<BR>
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Check it out -- its worth the 10mins of download time!<BR>
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dee<BR>

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From: terry<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

laurel~ Welcome back!!! Your writing has been missed...and 'Lamplight' is a really good, if very sad read. Thank you.<BR>
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t.
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From: B.K. (again)<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Well Darn, must write sticky note that says "Always Read New Submissions Before Hitting Comment Form" Just read 'those grey eyes' Terry and wow, I gotta scrub floors now and my wild imagaination will be plotting...lol lol<BR>
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Ali: 'Almost,' sometimes its hard to admit things like that, very good one<BR>
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Laurel: 'Lamplight' I could see and feel it. Thanks. Long Distance romance can create some beautiful poetry. Write some more. 
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From: Kay Doucette         [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

Hi,<BR>
I have been surfing the net to procure information on author?poet, Dean Walley and I came acroos your site which is really wonderful.<BR>
I am a bit encouraged by the poem because I note that it is dated May, 1998. I wasn't even sure if Dean Walley were still alive.<BR>
I was wondering where you found the poem - if if was in a book which you have, could you please send me the title and publisher's name and address.<BR>
Also, if anyone reading this message has any pertinent information, I would love to hear from you.<BR>
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Thank you and keep up the wonderful work you are doing with your site.<BR>
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Kay Doucette
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From: it dosent matter<BR>
Date: 4 November 2000<P>

shhhh  every one quiet... every one composed.... fer kirk is busy tryin decide all thats naughty  and  heh all thats nice .. the new blender is on it's way i say, the new blender it's on it's way....  come to me my bemish boy the new blender is on its way  heyy.....<BR>
       drum roll.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.
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