From: Elizabeth<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

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Dear Illbleed,<BR>
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     Your poems were very though provoking. Metaphow and<BR>
imagery along with irony if heart piercing! Keep up the<BR>
great work. It's also very theraputic for the soul!<BR>
<BR>
Elizabeth G.
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From: Kirk, Blender-Keeper<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Well, my troubles ain't so bad in that I just secured the loveblender.com domain name for 9 years. ('Course I still gotta shell out for the server space, but you know.)<BR>
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From: Warrior Poet<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Riggs~ Sorry...dashed that off in the middle of something else, then it was the weekend....you know... Anyway my thanks to Dylan Thomas for ALL his inspiration.
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From: Harem<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

To Kirk (the blender keeper)<BR>
I am sure you are already aware of what you have here. But, I want to share my thoughts anyway.  The loveblender is probably the most exciting thing in my life right now, and has been filling an ever present void.  I had good and valid reasons to leave the blender, but the therapeutic effect that writing and submitting to the world via the blender is somehow overriding my reasons to leave. Not only to be able to write, but to relieve myself of past and present romantic haunts, throwing them onto the worlds back, appears to rid me of all the pains and sorrows completely. Also being able to sharing the joys and thrills of loves present and past, here on the blender, makes the joy so much greater so intense. Being able to receive feedback, and share with other writers is as great a thrill as the submissions page.  I believe you have something here more therapeutic than anything science, medicine, or counseling has to offer. I know I am very new here, but I feel very owing to the love blender, to the writers, and to you.  Sorry about your loss of job.  I know that there is little I can do to help, but if I can, just say the word...<BR>
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Thanks Again.... Kirk....<BR>
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.......
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From: Harem<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

To Dark Angel ~<BR>
Glad to see that you have gotten out of the danger.  Even though I don't know how, or why, or what, or when, or where, and I am on the outside looking in.... If there is anything I can do to help in anyway... consider it done.<BR>
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~ Harem ~  
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From: Jovica Skobalj         /           [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

  Ti Si Ta 					<BR>
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Samo tebe zelim da dodirujem,<BR>
Ti si sve sto trebam ja.<BR>
Moju ljubav cuvam za tebe,<BR>
Jer,ti si za mene ta.<BR>
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Samo sa tobom mogu srecu da nadjem ja,<BR>
Ti unosis radost u srce, u tebi je ljubav sva.<BR>
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Samo uz tebe srecan sam znaj,<BR>
Jedina si koju volim. Jedina, ti si ta.<BR>
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Ta koju zelim srcem celim, Ta koju volim,<BR>
Za koju se molim, i zelim zauvek<BR>
Da ljubim je ja.<BR>
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Pruzi mi ruku, jer ja ne mogu <BR>
Kroz ovaj zivot dalje sam,<BR>
Bez tebe tu je moj kraj,<BR>
Samo tebe voleti mogu<BR>
I samo uz tebe ziveti znaj.<BR>
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Samo sa tobom mogu<BR>
Srecu da nadjem ja.<BR>
Ti jedina si koju volim.<BR>
Jedina, ti si ta.<BR>
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From: Ali<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Dark Angel~ So glad to have you back...you have been sorely missed...my thoughts are still with you, friend...=)<BR>
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TornToPieces~ 'Kaleidoscope' was brillant...it stuck a chord somewhere deep inside my heart...made me think of the past, my past...it reminded me of someone...anyway, it was wonderfull...thank you for sharing it!<BR>
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Love and stardust, Ali
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From: Ali(once again...)<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Zero #1~ 'Inside of Black and White' was very good...I enjoyed it very much...glad to see you back around, again...=)<BR>
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Love and sunsets, Ali
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From: Ali( yet again...)<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Gala~ 'The Healing That Is Touch'...it was beautiful...=)<BR>
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Harem~ I'm happy that you aren't leaving! Yay! <BR>
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Love and shooting stars, Ali
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From: deevaa ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

OK, I've got a core idea, anyone want to help pad it out a little.<BR>
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Kirk and Mo are getting married in July (I think?).<BR>
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I'm working on a painting, under Kirks instructions it will be blue.... so what else can we do from here?  I think we should have some sort of blender celebration.... maybe something like, I dunno, poetry/prose dedicated to palm-pilot love, or geek boy meets geeks girl, or..... starbucks lovers, or....   I don't want to say weddings, or marriage, Kirk and Mo are unique people, we need something unique to do them justice..... anyone got any good ideas?<BR>
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take care of your hearts,<BR>
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dee<BR>
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Gala, posting 'Lovers at the airport' and then telling me not to read it just wasn't fair!! You KNEW I'd read it, and you KNEW you'd make me cry, and you KNEW I'd remember letting Argyle walk through the customs gate........ ahh... he was smelling of 'obsession' from the duty free counter, and we both had tears in our eyes, and we both kept whispering not to cry..... I made it out as far as the car before the tears spilt over.<BR>
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Chris, I enjoyed 'this morning'... beautiful flow.<BR>
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..... umm.... the poem was 'tilt' ... the author, I can't recall the name, but I thought it was Misti undercover... freebird? Maybe.<BR>
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I loved the  fractured-ness (new word?) of the images, like a montage. Nice.<BR>
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Echolocation, its taken me some time to build up the courage to triolet, ... and your two attempts made me bury mine again! *grin* <BR>
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Take care of your hearts,<BR>
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dee
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From: iLLbLeEd<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Elizabeth..thanks for all the positive feedback.  I've been reading from the love blender for well over a year now.  I've always meant to submit my own material but always shy away from letting others read.  I guess i hold it has my own personal way of venting and keeping myself sane.  Especially now since i moved across the country to be with my boyfriend...transferred colleges..etc.  Only to find out that he cheated on me and "doesn't love me anymore"  sucks..oh well...i'm coping..everyone has sob stories..but i'd like to say that even though y ou don't know me..i've come to love reading material here..especially from the regulars.  At times it's like reading an insight into your own emotions and mind..so much it often brings me to tears.  It's as though just by reading someone else's thoughts you can feel their frustration, longing, anger, and love.  Soooo, to everyone who writes here, thanks so much for helping me live vicariously through your emotions, and often helping me to deal with my own personal demons.  Have a great and beautiful day!
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

(TOSSING TISSUE BOX AT DEE's HEAD)<BR>
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I Told you not to read it, and if i hadn't, you'd have strangled me...<BR>

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From: Chris<BR>
Date: 26 March 2001<P>

Thanks, Dee... Actually, Misti wants me to tell everyone that she isn't behind any of the recent submissions. She feels quite strongly about taking an extended leave of absence from the Blender. I disagree with her, but, hey, no one argues with Misti.
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