From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=296">mandylynn</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

hey harem, i just wanted to tell you that i loved your poem, Spots on a Leopard. it gave me chills becuase it really hit home. especially the line<BR>
"He cries about his lot in life<BR>
Wonders why he feels alone<BR>
His plea for your sweet sympathy<BR>
His constant moaning drone"<BR>
i just wanted to tell you that you have an amazing talent, though im sure youve heard it before! thank you <BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

sweetness~ 'Angel' was a very good poem...very well written...it nearly broke my heart...<BR>
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Love and hope, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

TJ ~ How 'bout 'real clever'?  ;-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To mandylynn ~<BR>
I am so happy, that the words I wrote, helped you in some way.... <BR>
The thing that I love most about writing, is helping people....<BR>
Being a Virgo (sun)/Pisces (moon), and born on a full moon, I love the role of serving.... and helping others...<BR>
I really do.<BR>
<BR>
If any of my experiences, can in any way help or be of value to another, than I am ECSTATIC !!!<BR>
Ok... so I am a nut....<BR>
<BR>
I have been caught mowing my neighbors yards.... pruning their trees, washing their cars, etc....<BR>
It's fun being strange !!!<BR>
*giggle<BR>
Too much coffee this morning .....<BR>
Got to blame it on something.....<BR>
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Anyways.... thank you so much for your gracious comments !!<BR>
<BR>
*Sigh<BR>
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~Harem~<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To TJHolland ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.06.05.17.30133">Make It Real Baby</a>  is soo cool !!!<BR>
You have really shown real wit here !!!<BR>
I love it !!!   *wink  <BR>
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To Asian-Ize ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.06.10.12.29073">Chocolate Dream</a> was Wonderful !!!<BR>
I too have a weakness for dark men....<BR>
dark hair.... dark eyes  (they say opposites attract)...<BR>
Thanks for sharing this exciting poem !<BR>
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To BK ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.06.09.45.12925">BK's Hog Wild Harley Ride</a> was GREAT !!!!<BR>
I felt like I was riding the Harley too...<BR>
I love Harleys !!!<BR>
I bought one for my first husband's birthday, one year.<BR>
Metallic blue, with matching helmets !!!<BR>
After riding all day, and all night.... it felt like someone had beaten me in the crotch with a baseball bat...<BR>
OUCH !!!  but hurts soo good !!! and so much fun !!!<BR>
<BR>
You really captured the thrill of riding here !!!<BR>
BRAVO !!!<BR>
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To Ali ~<BR>
Congratulations on making the Front Page Pick !!!<BR>
YOU GO GIRL !!!<BR>
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To Madison ~<BR>
I have often wanted to comment on your work, as it is so well written, but I was under the impression that you are already an estabished author....<BR>
And me commenting on your works, would be like me putting my two cents on Edgar Allen Poe, or Emily Dickenson....<BR>
So in humble admiration, I can only say -<BR>
I love to read your stuff !!!<BR>
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To sweetness ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.05.18.02.21736">Monster</a> was refreshingly playful !!!<BR>
and left sooo much for the imagination to romp in .....<BR>
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To Unchained ~<BR>
I really liked  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.03.18.09.23459">The Unobserved Diner</a> .<BR>
It showed lots of feeling in a cozy sort of way...<BR>
And you expressed so much.... in so few words !!!<BR>
Something which I really admire in writing.....<BR>
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To all the Front Page Picks ~<BR>
Congratulations !!!<BR>
Wonderful Reading   -<BR>
Poetically Succeeding !!!<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

Harem~ Thanks! I was so excited...and surprised...=)I nearly fell right off of my chair!<BR>
<BR>
And, as to what you said to Mandylynn...I think that it's great that you like to help people...I am much the same...Helping people always makes me feel like I've really done something good...<BR>
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As always, my dear, your poetry continues to be amazing...heartfelt, powerful...Just plain amazing...Keep it up!!!<BR>
<BR>
Love and lavender, Ali
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To Chris Lake ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.05.22.15.27660">Summer on the Bayou</a> was ecologically beautiful !!!<BR>
You captured the excitement of being in love within Nature's Scenic panorama...  The taboo of making love somewhere other than one's bedroom.... The virgin excitement of established love, still waiting to be tapped...<BR>
BRAVO !!!<BR>
<BR>
I am So glad that you and Misti are back writing on the blender !!!  I can feel the warmth and glow once more...<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To Laura Ahlfeld ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.05.09.35.8903">Cantaloup Summer</a> INTENSELY BEAUTIFUL !!!<BR>
I think every girl's first love is either her father or grandfather!!!<BR>
You are so lucky to have such a wonderful relationship with your grandfather.  I envy you !!!<BR>
Your writing here, has captured the innocence of love when it first blossoms in the bud of youth, later becoming a strong beautiful flower with a fragrance that recalls memories engraved forever in the heart !!!<BR>
Your words gave refreshing feelings to my soul - <BR>
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Thank you for sharing !!!<BR>
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~Harem~<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To scqueen ~<BR>
I am AWE STRUCK with  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.07.26.17.08.17702">Spirits Blue</a> !!!!<BR>
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This is a finely crafted piece of art....<BR>
<BR>
A canvas painted with words, that only the mind can see...<BR>
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Feelings that can only be felt with the fingers of the heart....<BR>
<BR>
I have read it over and over and enjoyed it more each time..<BR>
<BR>
I can feel and see, each and every carefully chosen word and phrase that you have written.  Descriptive words of a very talented lady !!!<BR>
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I especially liked the part where one is reminded, how all the elements of nature, so thickly surrounding the sea and the shore, have been enjoyed and absorbed by hundreds of lovers over the years....<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

Harem ~ Flattery will get you everywhere :-)<BR>
<BR>
I'm glad you got out of this one what I felt writing it. I spent a lot of time in the low country of SC growing up. There were many ghost stories about Pawley's Island and relatives used to torment me with them, knowing I was the scaredy cat of the bunch. The Grey Man, who supposedly came to warn you when a hurricane was approaching, a young girl who was killed by a carriage, and wandered the streets at night looking for her lost lover, etc. I think those stories always stuck with me, and their 'subjects' were part of the area for me. I have always felt that the seashore is haunted, and while some things scare me there, most are somehow comforting. Thanks for getting that!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To Deevaa~ <BR>
<BR>
  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.08.06.17.58.2247">Warring words.</a> <BR>
<BR>
Sharing these thoughts with us, takes great courage...<BR>
<BR>
I have walked the same shores before... <BR>
<BR>
I ache for you....<BR>
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and for me....<BR>
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and for all those who have walked this path....<BR>
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or will....<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

To Galadrial ~<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2001.07.31.19.46.10385">From Where I'll Be</a> Incredibly Poignant !!!<BR>
<BR>
I can identify with these words you wrote :<BR>
  <BR>
"And maybe I'll be  alone,<BR>
but that's when you're supposed to be lonely.<BR>
Not when you're lying next to a body,<BR>
and praying that you won't touch<BR>
instead of hoping that you will."<BR>
<BR>
I was so much more lonely when I was married, than I am now.. I often found myself clinging to my side of the bed, for fear that he might touch me....<BR>
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Thank you for sharing !!!<BR>
<BR>
Your writing is uniquely elegant, wether you write happy or sad thoughts....<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=67">Smiling Kat</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

Congratulations to all of the front page picks.  I'm truly honored to find my name among all of yours.  Keep up the incredible, awesome work!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=12">Tanqueray Cowboy</a><BR>
Date: 6 August 2001<P>

Hey all,<BR>
Congratulations to all the Front Pagers!  I'm surprised to find myself among them... I am honored and, as always, in superb company.<BR>
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July WAS a pretty good month... it's good to hear those voices that have been silent for a while.<BR>
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From what I've seen so far, August may surpass July --<BR>
Echo's "Ant Farm,"  Unchained's "Crucible," and Deevaa's "Warring Words" just for starters.  I'm amazed at all the deep introspection going on.<BR>
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tc<BR>
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