From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

gala---no worries...<BR>
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slug---thanks much for the thoughts...i think that poetry is sometimes exaggerated very much on purpose by the author...sort of a clarity mechanism...so there is little room for misinterpretation by the reader...and i think it's a good tool for writing if it's used well...i'm not exactly sure how to illustrate what i mean...i guess maybe like a caricature artist...a good caricature is exaggerated, but you still recognize the person...a bad caricature would be something like a gigantic nose on a stick figure...the artist knows it's w.c. fields...you think it's groucho marx, and wonder where the moustache is...your friend thinks it's a nasal spray advertisement...and the artist is touchy and gets upset at the fact that his art is misunderstood...what could he really expect, though?<BR>
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gup
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From: BK<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

I just saw something about e-mail that said people were getting fired for content as the reader was not seeing the inflections or taking the words the way the person sending them meant them right. That there were all kinds of office fights etc...LOL Now take that a step further with poetry. I see different inflections and so does eveyone else in whats read into poems.. Maybe future e-mails and pages like this will let you hear the person read the message/poem to you as well as let you read it yourself..That would be so awesome. 
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

(dashing in for a quick kudo)<BR>
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Kirk- <BR>
another masterful issue...<BR>
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ditto all the congrats by Gala, slug, and B.K.!<BR>
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B.K.-<BR>
At last I found another way to the front page!<BR>
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&lt;G&gt;  seriously...  to everyone who submitted poetry that was NOT selected for the front page, and yet was still top-shelf work...  Congratulations to YOU too...  keep writing everyone - we lift each other up with what we do here.<BR>
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(dashes off)<BR>
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k<BR>

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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

OK, I changed the authorship to B.K...
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From: BK<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

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Thanks Kirk:<BR>
    I knew I could count on you! <BR>
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BK
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From: bk again<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

Kirk: You know I love the steamy sensual stuff, lol, but I wrote the cute one this time...lol 'Where Kisses Go', belongs to me. 
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From: s.o.@yahoo.com<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

koolbluez ~<BR>
re: "we're comfortable" - <BR>
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do you think so little of your s.o. having an outlet for her<BR>
creativity (as i'll bet you have many) that you are reduced to really believing that she is 'fantasizing with internet friends' and 'flirting with poets'? writers get daily inspiration from those all around them - every poem does not reflect the writers life directly. how can you encourage her to write and yet read into her writing things that bring out such jealousy and insecurity? and as far as old loves? she may have had many, but you're the only one she is trying to hold on to.<BR>
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From: Tomekaweeka@yahoo.com<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

Love comes from your heart.<BR>
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Love is a four letter word that is very hard to say.<BR>
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But there's someone special I lOVE VERY MUCH<BR>
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if there's someone you love you need to go after that person.
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

Ali~  'Fallen Angel'..wow that was a captivating read. Thanks!<BR>
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Sarah~ Yes, life rocks! and so do you.......lol.<BR>
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t.
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From: Jenna Holland (poetic_angel@gurlmail.com)<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

Congrats to all the front page picks.... all of them well deserving of the honor!<BR>
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-Jenna-
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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

And lest anyone think I'm biased (well, I am, but that's another story), I didn't realize that the work by BK was by BK at the time, so I really scratched my head when she was getting congrats on the Blender Board.  (And I guess BK doesn't stand for "Blender-Keeper" ;-) <BR>
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I can't say I totally ignore authorship when I'm selecting the front page picks, but it's pretty close, mostly when it comes down to the final cut, if someone already has a definte "yes" or two, then any "maybe"s are likely to just move on to the blender board. That's about it.<BR>
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From: B.K.<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

Well, I have been called BB King, Burger King and now Blender Keeper..LOL LOL. I started out as B.K.Beene and in fear one of my parents might read this I dropped the Beene and just made it B.K. LOL That's what I get for trying to hide out right? lol Hi Mom, Hi Dad!
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From: twinky (meese42@lycos.com)<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

 *blushing furiously*<BR>
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 My name was mentioned by B.K.?<BR>
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 Wow.<BR>
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 I don't write nearly that well.<BR>
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 ...but I'll keep it up all the same. :o)
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From: BK<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

Twinky: You got front page November issue girl, thats great! I am just as new as you are to this...LOL<BR>
Fun isn't it!<BR>
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bk
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From: twinky (meese42@lycos.com)<BR>
Date: 6 November 2000<P>

 Girl?<BR>
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 :-P<BR>
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 It's okay. I *am* kinda underweight. :o)<BR>
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 Thanks for the compliment. I wasn't sure if I'd ever make it again; this makes me glad I came back. :o) <BR>
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 That doesn't read quite right. I left for... other reasons... and came back because I wrote some lyrics that reminded me of here, in a roundabout way. Been a while... 
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