From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Max-Rom, made a point of going to read your Reflections .. enjoyed the work and got visions of the tears. Good lyrical work ... will try to read more very soon .. thanks for sharing ..... Rennie<BR>
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Same to everyone posting at Blender .. reading is monumental but enjoyable task here . :)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=801">Bridget O</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Max Rom~ WOW! me a nice people?!?!?!? hmmm i hope i'm not turning soft!!!;)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

it doesn't matter ~ <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.08.21.23.51.2955">she</a> I really like this one a lot.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=717">zero love</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

kirk~~i read ur poem they seem nice to me u shouLd post them on the blender and let everybody else read them.<BR>
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ZeRo LoVe
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=23">Kirk</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Most of the romance related stuff has already been posted here, though not neccesarily lately.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=670">Jennifer</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Hey blender people! It's been so long since I've been here I thought I'd drop in to read some of the latest and post a few (hope you enjoy them). Congradulations to all the front board picks! They're all great.<BR>
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Jack~An extra special hello to you! How the heck have ya been ol' pal!?! I've missed seein' you around... ;)<BR>
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Jennifer
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Here's another of those cute little tests I found blogging around in xanga tonight.<BR>
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<a href="http://www.moviefone.com/features/feature.adp?id=1028059926,0&uid=5520#">http://www.moviefone.com/features/feature.adp?id=1028059926,0&uid=5520#</a><BR>
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This One is WHO IS YOUR LITERARY LOVER?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=909">leamas</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Hello all.  At the risk of sounding condescending and rude, which is not intended, I have a question: is this a forum for thoughtless poetry?  I can't understand how you folks can pump out so many poems about things that are mundain and repetitive to say the least.  I have read some spectacular pieces, but holy sweet mother, some of the others read like the ingredients on the back of a Pop Tarts box, and yet they are praised as if they are timeless classics.  I guess maybe I am not part of your community and the poems written are curbed to the members of your society.  Hopefully I did not offend anyone, I didn't intend to, that is why I didn't mention anyone piece.  Thanks for letting me be part of your forum.  It was swell.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=5">jackryhme</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

nah actually leamas or samael you meant to offend as many as you could and yes you are right in that this is a community and as in every community there are people even like you that hurt within so much they have a fervent desire to hurt others that have never done any wrong to them (pause to get more air) so post away your fine poetry that can put the rest to shame and please try at least to be original as in no plagiarizing k?  <BR>
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jack<BR>
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lol p.s. please feel free to use my stuff fer any comments you so wish cause i dont think i have enough respect fer ya fer your words to hurt 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=909">leamas</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

Seriously, I apologize for any pain that I caused you (jack).  It was not meant to be specific or pin-pointed.  I have just noticed that people do not venture out of the average, sorry, regular mold.  There tends to be a familiar flavor to everything written in this forum, and undue praise given.  There are not any comments about the poetry written, but to a select few authors.  Nothing mentioned about fabulous, thought provoking works, simply because they write above the obvious.  It is almost as though the art of poetry is erased in the name of seniority.  That is all I am saying.  When it comes to my poetry, I have to admit that I am a lost cause.  I can never pin down my thoughts long enough to type them down.  I sincerely apologize if I offended you or anyone else, yet I do not ask for forgiveness for what I said.  Thank you for being honest however----LEAMAS-and the name is not after a Biblical character.  It's from my favorite book.  I know My poetry blows, but I know and can acknowledge good works for what they are.  I am not fooled by pseudo-intellectuals.  No offense to those who apply.  By the way JACk, pray tell what did I plagiarize?  I could have sworn that was depressive realism at it's best.---LEAMAS!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=909">leamas</a><BR>
Date: 24 August 2002<P>

I believe you thought, through your decoding, that I was aiming for the inverted name "Samuel"-from the Bible-but inversely the two names are spelled differently, not to mention I think, contrary to god's opinion, that Samuel was a fool.  Lets not forget that I am agnostic and therefore Samuel is nonexistant.  I think there are some brilliant minds involved with this site, especially the founder, but unfortunately they have been blinded by normalcy and apathy (not the founder).  They need to break from their rut.  That is all.  However, I must remind myself that I am not an expert.--LEAMAS.
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