From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=50">MichaelT()</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Kev ~ you were missed. <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.05.26.18.01.466">building</a> -- I really enjoy that song by Louis Armstrong.<BR>
Kirk ~ You might get a kick out of this link about internet personals. http://www.waytoopersonal.com/
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Well, I screwed up didn't I? Sorry, 'me aka niki' about crediting Ali with your fine poem. And it IS fine!<BR>
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Thanks, Ali, for pointing out my error. I am TOO damn busy, I guess. <BR>
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Loving the work here on The Blender. Keep it comin' y'all!!<BR>
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TJ
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=16">kevin urenda</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Dee----<BR>
(((BLUSHING with embarrassment)))<BR>
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Michael - <BR>
Thank you for the kind words<BR>
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k
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

To SinneD ~<BR>
"BREAK / Unbreak.... reminds me of Griggs writing... <BR>
And I think this one is going to be a Front Page Pick....<BR>
I just got this feeling..... It reminds me of Griggs comparison of how people chase love they way that bugs chase after light.... Your comparison of glass figurines hanging on the thread of love... swinging back and forth, knowing how easily they break, but doing it anyway.... for the sake of the ecstatic feeling of swinging.. A brilliant comparison and very unique... You really make a person think about what they do for love.. and the feeling it gives and how easily we get our hearts broken, but how we somehow patch them enough, to try it over again.... Magnificent Comparison.... I love it.... I really do....<BR>
BRAVO ! ! ! ! !  Going back to read it again.... *Sigh<BR>
  ~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Where does one start.... they are all so good....<BR>
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To Kevin Urenda ~   "Not Far Enough" - wanting understanding to read between the lines - How Realistic.. Wether prose or poetry, words written in a letter, words over the phone or even in person... There is so much that can or cannot be read between the lines.... even the inflexion or tone in which they are said, whispered or shouted... can make a difference in their meaning.... And how it can drive one crazy, in trying to understand..... and possibly avoid jumping to conclusions... BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ! ! !<BR>
also<BR>
"Taking Notes" - Reflectively Romantic ~  ! ! !<BR>
I love your way of putting things...<BR>
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To Deevaa ~ <BR>
  "Abandoned"  PASSION PAINTED WITH WORDS ! ! !  My favorite part was the part about the waves, rock and sand colliding and the sensual salt of flesh - and love with abandoned - the ultimate ! ! ! WOW -  You paint with words as well as you paint with a brush... <BR>
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To Wistful - <BR>
"GUARDED" - Delightful to read - Smooth and flowing....<BR>
But the thoughts are what really got me.... Please don't slam that Fortress Door - put a huge rock against it, to hold it open.... don't let the past hurts - cause you to close it too easily.....  *Sigh...   GRAPHICALLY WRITTEN.<BR>
Thanks. ! ! !
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

To Tanqueray Cowboy ~<BR>
Wow... you are good.... "Touch This" - So Simplistically Simple... yet so Complex.... Again - Saying so much with so little.  I am impressed ! ! !  You continue to impress...<BR>
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To ~*truelies*~<BR>
"Empty Verse" - is not empty at all, but chuck packed full of meaning and feeling... It appears you lose writing ability when you lose love... For me it is the opposite...I write best when I am alone, and have no one in my life...Then I can't stop.... But to each his own... The variety of nature attests to the billiance of difference...<BR>
I thought it was so neat the way the last word in each grouping rhymed... giving me a soothing feeling...<BR>
ELEGANTLY WRITTEN ! ! !<BR>
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To Terry39 ~<BR>
"I Dreamed" -  What a 'dreamy' poem.... and so romantic too...  Thanks.<BR>
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  ~Harem~  <BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

To B.K. Sweetbeene ~ <BR>
"Souls Surrender" - are we talking STEAMY or what... Ouch !!<BR>
(means, I really like it)... You know... Like hurts so good... *Giggle... All kidding aside, you paint your feelings SO VIVIDLY here... "If you merely whisper my name <BR>
I will be there with you....The taste of our surrender<BR>
Lingering now, and for all eternity." Oh my God, it just doesn't get any better than that....  WONDERFUL ! ! !<BR>
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To SinneD ~ <BR>
 "GONE" ,  You have outdone yourself again.. You are a Fine Craftsman of Words -  The Sterling of all Silvers,  the Corinthian Fineness of all Leathers.... This one gave me aching feelings, sadness, yearnings - deep deep inside...<BR>
Only an artist can create such from words - You exceed and succeed in forcing others to feel your innermost pulsations with just the use of words..... EXCELLENT ! ! !  Except that you ruined my day.... I am feeling achingly sad, and just a few minutes ago... I was all hyper bubbly and happy.... DAMN YOU'RE GOOD ! ! !<BR>
 ~Harem~
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

sinneD~ I love your new submissions...they're very good...=)<BR>
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Love and lilacs, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

To Ali ~ <BR>
"STARE" - You have Captured a Feeling that everyone, everywhere has experienced at one time or another... Using just the right words and phrases.... Giving us a TINGLING and TENSE GUT feeling. The idea was Realistically REAL....<BR>
(The big question - do you pick it up or not ? ? ?). I loved the metaphor of a deer when the headlights hits him..<BR>
BRAVO... God I know that feeling.... you become almost paralyzed.... WONDERFULLY GREAT WRITING ! ! !<BR>
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To xoxo ~<BR>
"Simply Heartbroken" -  SIMPLY WONDERFUL! ! - A Treasure of Words....  You are so right ! ! !.... sometimes there just are not enough words, nor any right ones... to express how one feels....  this one was  AWESOME !<BR>
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To Wistful ~<BR>
"You Glow Brightly My Love",  WOW,  You have given free reign to our imaginations on this one.  It also has a wonderully lilting melody hidden within.  My cup of tea.<BR>
Euphorically Written ! ! !  I GRACEFULLY BOW .....!!!<BR>
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 The writing here on the blender continues to fascinate and amaze me....  I am so well fed here..... ALWAYS....<BR>
Thanks everyone<BR>
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 ~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=141">wistful</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

BK: Thank you for confirming my suspicion that this can be a daily addiction.  I think I need the loveblender like I need coffee!  <BR>
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Harem: What a warm and giving soul you are!  It's clear from your comments as much as from your work.  I marvel at the amount of incredible imagery you generate.  I can only aspire to such creativity.  And don't worry, I'm ever a hopeless (hopeful?) romantic; my heart only goes on holiday occasionally to rest up for the next foray.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Harem~ *Blushing*...thanks!  And it is paralyzing! I literally couldn't move...so, no, I didn't pick up the phone...If he calls again, maybe I will...who knows?<BR>
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Love and grins, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

You know, I can't just get all my comments down at once...I always forget someone! Arg!<BR>
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B.K.~ Thanks for your compliment on 'Stare'...=)<BR>
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love and wonder, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Wistful; It is so addictive that I sit here at times praying to mother nature to please not stike me dead for not heeding storm warnings...ha. I am way past coffee stage..ha ha.<BR>
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Harem; When ever my mother tells of my childhood, she mentions that every time she had to go before a teacher she was told what a wild imagination BK had..LOL But woman I bet your mother could beat my mother in those tales..HA I know for certain that I am still at the foot of the mountain of stories that I could tell.  You are way ahead of me already and your ability to rhyme is amazing. <BR>
  Thank you for all your kind words. I have been a crazy woman lately and not answered many who have made comments about my works. I always vow to do better and then get worse instead at times. I do love this place and all that write here are dear hearts that I will keep coming back to and read for as long as Kirk pays the fees..HA (Thanks Kirk)<BR>
By the way, I loved the dream cartoon of yours. I want to try that too. <BR>
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bk<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

To B.K. ~<BR>
So on top of being a wonderful writer, you are also psychic... Hmmmm... I am impressed... I can't believe that you knew about my childhood.... Yes, my mother was told by all my teachers, that I had an overactive imagination that used to get me into so much trouble.... My mother even took me to the doctors about it.... I used to scare her a lot with it.... She felt that I could not distinguish reality from fantasy.... and I had this uncanny ability to turn my fantasies into realities, by just thinking about them.... I did not even have to wish them.... It about drove her crazy.... not to mention my poor teachers.... I was sometimes accused of lying, when all I was doing was using my over-active imagination..... All my english teachers used to encourage me to become a writer.... and they told my mother that it would be such a waste, if I didn't.  I just started writing around a year ago.... and I love it...<BR>
I am driving myself, and my family and friends bezerk with it....  Oh well.... and I used to get in trouble for correcting my teachers and friends spelling, and grammer.... I don't do that anymore, even though I notice it,.... and now purposely misspell and leave out commas, etc.... because I want to be normal.... and leave the perfectionism thing alone.....   Thanks for the comments....  ~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=141">wistful</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

Wild~Flower: I'm so excited!  I've never been bumped before . . . feels good.  And such a sweet note of hope behind those veils.<BR>
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Hmmm . . . I must try a bump myself.  Are you ready, Harem?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

I'm ready.... Sock it to me ~  or should I say... bump it to me. ~ ~ *giggle
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=143">princesslove</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

I really enjoy what i see here<BR>
this is the truest form of art....now on the net<BR>
it's really inspirational:) <BR>
ciao
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=17">deevaa</a><BR>
Date: 28 May 2001<P>

SinneD -- you've been missed in my corner of the world. Welcome back handsome.<BR>
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<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.05.28.00.50.5996">gone</a>  was as beautiful as any I've seen. (((hugs)))
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