Alan In my thinking, galahs are more like fools than simpletons. To see a flock in a tree with some birds hanging happily upside down having failed to find...
Carol Thanks for you kind remarks and suggestions. We have met before, some time ago, when I responded to a poem of yours entitled something like 'Touch me...
Dead Safe? Don't bet on it. I was recently asked by an author if it was safe to write about a living person in derogatory terms if, in a prologue, he (the...
Excellent points made here Wings. I knew that you really needed someones permission if you were going to write about a living person, however; I was unaware...
Dear Nigel, I know this forum is intended for critiques but having read your beautiful poem I cannot find anything to critique. I can only tell you that it...
Dear Ann, Even with place names,creeks, rivers etc.,you need to be a mite circumspect. For instance suppose I wrote; "Anybody with the misfortune to be born or...
Dear Ann, You do not always need permission to write about a living person. Check the books on the shelves which deal with public figures. Do you really...
Dear Wings...You bring up an excellent point! It seems that few religions are truly under attack in this era as much as Christianity and Judism are. We are...
I'm no expert, and you can sidestep anything I say when you know it's wrong. Like my point about the breathlessness. I find I sometimes critises someone else's...
Where is "LOVE" in this poem ??? A poem with no "love"?? You do not love anyone, anything?? Swinging between extremes but lacking "love"? HD ... tempest, ... ...
No objection as long as you use "red cross" with "red cracent", both for the same purpose, help poor and misfortunate, There is no need for the last sentence....
Awake at the Wheel louderARTS poetry Prize It is almost time for that nasty little deadline to creep up on you. Do you have your entry ready? Do you think you...
Dear Suzi, "Private individuals have more right to privacy than public figures" But how does one categorise a public figure versus a private inividual? I once...
Okay, I am not a professional...yet...but I know what I like and for the most part I enjoy the post here, but I try and save my comments for extremes or...
Suzianne: Thank you for that information and where I might obtain such. The book that I am writing it one of my life experiences..not necessarily about...
Haluk, First , thank you for taking the time to comment. Perhaps we see things from a different perspective. I don't actually use the word love; however, in my...
Haluk, Volcanoes are household equipment? Since you seem to want all of us to write about love, give us an example to follow. Lead the way, hit the trail,...
Dear Ann, Now we don't want your brain to explode, my dear! I thought you were trying to avoid that! Should I grab my pith helmet in case of flying gray...
Dearest Carol: I have to chuckle with you on a daily basis or have a dark cloud follow me into the twilight of sleepiness. I am not trying to say that my...
Where is "LOVE" in this poem ??? A poem with no "love"?? You do not love anyone, anything?? Swinging between extremes but lacking "love"? HD ... our work. In...
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Dear Wings...Dare I ask? Was it an irate husband? lol - Suzianne ... figures" ... just ... write ... a ... granted ... needed ... on ... asked ... rule ... ...
Dear Matt, Thank you for showing both sides of this excellent question. Perhaps the subject I write about in my poem "Gift" was too close for me to see what...
Dear Suzi It might well have been but certainly not because of any extra- marital activity on my part and it certainly wasn't a political party issue for I was...
Dear Suzi. Carol's one word:"Imagination" failed to trigger the imagination for a story line from most members, so perhaps we could try another. I maintain...
Dear Wings, She must have been a grand lady to capture your heart. Feisty too, I bet. Always, Carol wings081 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Dear Suzi It...