From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1684">Blessed23</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

aparajita - a new position? what will you be doing now? Dallas hey? are you excited?  pardon my ignorance but where were you living before?  is the hectic time almost passed?<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1684">Blessed23</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

B.K. no problem. and really? i would be interested to read some of these. care to give me you aliases? if not i'll live, but i would like to read if i could.<BR>
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Ali- it amazes me that you are unsure of anything you write. everything i've read to date has been rather wonderful.  i wouldn't second guess anything if i was you.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2002<P>

Periwinkle Blues, about <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2002.04.12.09.39.26725">Help Evergency!</a><BR>
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Marsh, here's one I just found digging thru..ha At first I thought it was a misspell, but it's not. There are others and I'm still digging ha (I'll share a few) I just put Neon Screams on the page, that is another. <BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1540">hairdiva</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

Ali, thanks for your words.  All from you are treasured!  jwb, OHMYGOD you make me laugh with your request for help.  I happen to be perio- or pre-menopausal, so all I can say is buckle up.  I won't be able to take HRT because my body has never allowed synthetic hormones.  So, my young husband is in for a ride, for sure.  I've dealt with women deeply entrenched, and honestly, wanted to pour buckets of estrogen on them or inject them into a hidden IV or some such thing.  That was before the medical industry warned against HRT.  The one thing I can say is (and this is something I have ALWAYS said about all things)  exercise helps enormously.  Cardio, lots of it.  Endorphins as hormone replacement therapy.  It's the last thing you feel like doing most of the time, but if she can get herself into the daily habit, you will see a calmer, happier woman.  Believe me.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1540">hairdiva</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

Ali, about <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2008.01.25.15.04.8037">imagine the wreckage</a>: To say this piece is beautiful is nowhere near moot. I've also been told that line about being the smartest girl he's ever known, and I too wondered, somewhat pessimistically, to what standard I was being measured.  I love this piece, Ali, and feel it to the bone.  Extremely well done.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1540">hairdiva</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

Just an aside here, but you guys make me laugh.  Aren't poets supposed to be all dark and morose?  Comedians as poets?  Love!!   
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1540">hairdiva</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2007<P>

Dirk Wittenborn, about <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2007.12.18.09.55.25270">from "Fierce People"</a>: So, I just got around to reading this, Kirk.  Leaves a lot to the imagination, which is perfect.  Love that last line!!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1840">Baby Rose</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

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ty bk you are super sweet...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1840">Baby Rose</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

<BR>
 I have tried for days but for some reason have been unsuccessful in logging into anything but the message board so I am going to do something a little unorthodox and post my new submission here for everyone to read, I sincerely hope that no one minds but I have no clue as to what the technical problem is...<BR>
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   Black Pearl<BR>
     by Baby Rose<BR>
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   I try to drink deeply<BR>
  from the darkest recesses of my mind,<BR>
  where ebony rests like nightshade<BR>
  dripping through the blood of <BR>
 bitter wine.<BR>
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  I try to dwell there <BR>
  to remember the light<BR>
  bursting like dawn upon a burial <BR>
  shroud,<BR>
 and the coldness of frosted marble<BR>
  when warm skin falls like a blanket <BR>
 upon it...<BR>
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  This was our love,<BR>
  something strange and rare,<BR>
  a black pearl in a sea of drifting<BR>
  snow,<BR>
  a dove in a garden of dying roses...<BR>
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  And you have left an everlasting scar,<BR>
 beneath a wound that will someday<BR>
  heal....
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=8">Ali</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

Marshall~<BR>
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You are very kind.  Thank you very much for your lovely compliments.  I am flattered by your praise.  :)<BR>
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Aparajita~<BR>
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I am deeply touched; it always a great compliment when someone can relate, emotionally, to a poem.  In that same vein, I think you could use a hug...((((HUGS)))) *smile*<BR>
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CJ~<BR>
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You are so sweet.  Thank you for what you said.  I am so glad that you liked that piece; I respect your opinion and appreciate your kind words. You've made me smile.  *smile*  See? :)<BR>
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As for poets being dark and morose...we are also witty and sarcastic.  It goes well with all the coffee. *grin*<BR>
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Baby Rose~<BR>
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Have you tried emailing Kirk?  I had the same problem yesterday, but he fixed something, and it was okay for me.  I love the new piece, btw.  It's always so lovely to read you.<BR>
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Jim~<BR>
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CJ gave you great advice--endorphins have been proven to work wonders.  Also, there's several natural vitamins that have been rumored to make a difference, but I can't remember what they are.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 26 January 2008<P>

hiya marsh... yep, dallas. i'm transferring there for work. currently in AR. yes!! i am excited beyond description. and, no, the hectic time is no where near passed yet. i wish the move was already over with.<BR>
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ali, thanks sweetie. i did need hugs. muchly appreciated.<BR>
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blenderites, i keep hearing the distant voice of misti quoting 'texas is a stupid state' and have heard it since accepting the offer. missing misti.
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