From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1684">blessed23</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

Cryingshame58 - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.13.14.33.6991">Silence</a>  WHOA. WOW. HOT DIGGITY DAMN, that is some good stuff.... and "However, when I testify from my soft heart and injured soul<BR>
My hazy blues and purple passions force me out of control" from <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.13.16.04.21220">Paint me blue</a>  blew me away. great two lines....<BR>
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Darwin - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.13.15.30.16494">the light in your eyes</a>  is fantastic. poetry and a story at the same time. sounds like your quite lucky.<BR>
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B.K. - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.10.23.21.10122">Baby Please</a> i rather enjoyed this one.... but this: "You must first whisper to me<BR>
Gently sweep me <BR>
Plant kisses delicately<BR>
Run your fingertips over me<BR>
The tensions of the week" was plain astounding.<BR>
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Irongirl - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.13.20.20.28208">Kalyra</a> short and powerful. last half of it was delightful. rather true as well...<BR>
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jilly24ski - "and now<BR>
you are the answer<BR>
the problem to the question" from<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.14.18.35.21019">little girl</a> DAMN good line.<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1684">blessed23</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

cryingshame58 - thankyou and no problem. you should have more confidence in your work, it's truly amazing stuff...<BR>
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Starofdavid - Thankyou so much again. I'm glad you enjoyed it...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1684">blessed23</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

Kirk - Thanks for the pic! <BR>
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Star_of_david- <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.01.06.03.18.23417">Your Letters Break My Heart</a>  whoa. i don't know how i missed this one last month but i wish i didn't. HOLY BLOODY BLOOMING HELL, its absolutely amazing. thank god for kirks keen eye....<BR>
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aparajita - where have you been? haven't seen any submisions from you in a while, i do miss reading your work. when i see you on the submissions page i usually start dancing on the spot(okay not really but you get the point) hopefully ill be seein something soon????<BR>
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Congrats to everyone who made it to the front page. I enjoyed this issue quite a bit. i may call it my favourite thus far....
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

b23:  marsh... thanks!  you gave me my first smile for the day!!  i've been consumed with work.  any creative energies i've been feeling have been smothered or used up there.  soon i'll try to put these random thoughts on paper, my muse is in the background grumbling (quietly for now, but, i've got a feeling she won't be ignored for much longer).  thanks again!!  good to see you hanging around again!  take care of you and stay safe.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

b23: oh my goodness... i've just read and savored <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.15.05.06.28113">Lonely Nights With You</a> for about the 15th time in the space of 5 minutes!  this is pure genius.  simply.  i've often said it is better to be alone and lonely than with someone and lonely...  unmet expectations suck.  i just had this conversation with a good friend last evening and wake up this morning to your words speaking my thoughts...  and said so perfectly.<BR>
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"There are times<BR>
when I feel so alone<BR>
that I can no longer bare<BR>
to stand<BR>
(My Knees buckle<BR>
under the weight)"<BR>
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"I'm tired<BR>
of these nights of purel ust<BR>
(tired of tasting someones flesh<BR>
but denied the sweet scent<BR>
of their soul)"<BR>
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and... this:<BR>
"(There is no emotion of any worth<BR>
in these lonely nights I spend with you)"<BR>
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lady: <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.14.23.17.32536">Your addiction</a> now this is what i'm talking about...  i've missed your writing.  this is a classic example of all that you are capable of...  incredible piece.  <BR>
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arkguy:  good to see you around again!  you remind me of a man who says so little, but, when you do speak one needs to listen.  when you post (so rarely, wish it were more often) your posts never fail to make me think.  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.15.00.00.6712">session</a>...  i identified so much with this.  some memories remain so vivid, don't they?<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1103">ladyinwaiting</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

aparajita ~ thank you for the lovely comment...it is nice to write from the heart when the heart is in the right mood...<BR>
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arkguy ~ where have you been?  how are you?  Happy Birthday to you...i do miss chatting with you...nice work as always, you do have a way with words...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

Aparajita and Blessed23,<BR>
I appreciate your feedback more than you know...it has inspired me in countless ways...<BR>
Ladyinwaiting, so glad your heart inspired you to write here again...I can always relate to how you think and feel...<BR>
CS58
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1189">darwin</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

hey thanks folks!!! i need to catch up on my reading, i've been rather absent.  and i miss writing, haven't done nearly as much of it as I would like.  <BR>
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and i suppose i shall be writing soon, i'm feeling spring fever, even if it is only february. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=872">cryingshame58</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

Blessed23, <BR>
I have yearned for more, ached/felt the pain of being lonely "with" someone as you describe in your <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2006.02.15.05.06.28113">Lonely Nights With You</a> .  Your riveting line, "(tired of tasting someones flesh but denied the sweet scent of their soul)" is how i've felt(stamped across my heart) before, but i never could describe it as well as your own words...<BR>
CS58<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

lonesome:  very deserved front page pick...!! congrats!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1523">i'm just him</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

Cs58~ "Enchanted By Your Charms" brillant. Me Like.<BR>
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blessed23~ "she is" was beautiful i love your word play<BR>
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~i'm just him~<BR>
  tru story
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=35">Star of David</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

Blessed23,<BR>
Thank you... You are too kind, glad you liked :)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1103">ladyinwaiting</a><BR>
Date: 15 February 2006<P>

cryingshame ~ thank you too for the lovely comments...i have just been reading through your latest and as always you too have a wonderful way with words...i hope all is well with you...i am planning a 17th bd for my lovely daughter and planning a lovely wedding for my awesome son and daughter to be...time moves so quickly and you realize that as you watch your children enter adulthood...does that mean i am old?...i refuse to be old...i will continue to wear my slutty pj's (so i am told), dance to my own music where ever and when ever i wish...life is to short to not ejoy it...peace be with you and if my memory recalls correctly you have a birthday coming up...
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