Welcome to the latsest and greatest incarnation of the poetry conference

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Glad to be here.  Anybody feel like explaining what this is all about for any
newcomers who drop in?

This conference is for all of us budding poets to post poetry for public 
appreciation and also for critiqueing.  As all the world knows, a poem 
is never really finished, just abandoned.

In other words, this conference is the perfect place to post your poetry 
so that you can get other poet's opinions on them before you decide to 
"abandon" them.

So, no matter whether your poetry is great or not-so-great, post your 
new poetry here by typing "enter" at the "OK:" prompt, or by clicking 
the "enter" button in backtalk.

Does that about cover it you guys?

Commies are Red,
PC's are Blue,
i've updated "po_etry",
so it points here for you!

<i runs away before they can heat up the tar> 

<tee-hee>

        Couldn't resist being that number 5 is a favorite of mine.

I might suggest that we all introduce ourselves here as well (just for
kicks, and so new comers may feel a little more comfortable posting if
they know a little about their audience)

My name is Joe Parish, I've been on grex for a good long time now (not
near as long as some, but longer than others (ok, so about 4 or 5 years
now)) and I've been posting to the poetry conf since..ohhh, somewhere
around item 80 or 90 of the first conf.

I live in St. Joseph MI, which, if you were curious, is exit 27 by way
of I-94 and if you have no idea what that means, well, it's in southwest
michigan, right on lake michigan. 

Oh Kay.  I'm Josh Leckrone, I'm a high school senior this year (class of
1999), and will be attending Kendall College of Art and Design next year. 
I've been posting almost as long as I've been grexing, which is to say, since
around Item 113 of the last Poetry conf.  About a year and a half.  
        I attend community high school in Ann Arbor, MI.

I'm Dan.  I'm a Community High senior, headed for the U of Chicago.  I've been
grexing since middle school sometime.  This is one of the main conferences
I hang ou;t in, actually, but you wouldn't guess from seeing how little I post
 :)
My other main interest besides poetry is music, but I guess that's a whole
'nother conference....

John's my monicker. My day job is teaching computer science. I've had
periods where I'm inspired to write poetry, interspersed with longer
periods where I'm not. When inspired, I post stuff here.

Think Small 

Why am I told to try and think big
when I am only small?
You can talk about forever
but you won't last that long at all.

We try to make big conversation,
we imagine worth in complexities
but I love it when you talk about nothing;
I love it when we're all that there is.

I'd rather make noise in the moment
and walk away baggage free.
I'd rather pretend it was simple
and spend my energy on being me. 

Hi 
I am allida :)
I was a student in the theatre school of depaul university until november...
that is in chicago.  i still live in chicago but don' go to depaul. i am
planning on starting outas a junior transfer student at the school of the art
institue of chicago in the fall... yay dan.. come to my city :) anyway... i
am from ann arbor originally and have been grexing about two years... i
graduated from huron high school in 1996 uh yeah

Okay... hi.  I'm Jessi.  I've been hanging around here since about 1995. 
Right now I'm a music and theater design student at Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, TN, though only for a year and a little bit more.  

Hi, I'm Erinn (the famous "missing" poetry fairwitness).  I'm proud to say
that I'm an Interlochen Arts Academy graduate (that's where I found grex
with Jessi and the other IAA grexers on that auspicious day in Oct.,
1995,) and a Florida State University drop out.  Currently looking for
work and on a wild goose chase for spiritual enlightenment, I spend too
little time writing and even less posting these days.  *sigh* (Though once
upon a time I was probably posting almost as much as Jenna (she was
poetry's 2nd fw, for the uninformed).)

oh, and Jessi-rar:  I miss you. )'=

I'm Jonathan.  I'm a 3rd year senior at CWU (I've been to a couple of 
schools), and will be switching back to a major in music education after 
having been an Elementary Ed major.  For those of you who are still 
wondering, I was in music for a semester at a junior college, then I got 
an A.A., and then I was in Environmental Studies at a private college 
for a year and a half.

I love all the arts although music is my primary focus right now.  I've 
long loved to write poetry and this conference has been a great output 
although I've had a dry spell of inspiration lately.

I'm Julie, Jonathan's new wife of (as of today) two months and a little.
I'm also a student at CWU, currently studying as a theater arts major 
specializing in Design and Technical aspects.  I have been in school on 
and off before Jon and I were married.  I have been writing poetry since 
I graduated high school.

For those of you who are curious, Jon is five years or so younger than 
I.

I miss you too, Erinn-rar

O.K.   I'm trying to find something for the poetry2 login
screen....anyone have a suggestion?

You mean a poem.

How about something from Shakespeare?

        .... let us sit upon the cold ground and tell sad stories about the
death of kings .....

That's an interesting one.

That or one of his sonnets maybe.

How about this one?

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.  Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove;
Oh, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks uon tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
                    --Wm.  Shakespeare, 1609

Grr.  The word "uon" in the sixth line should be "upon"

happy birthday brighn

Oh, hey-- didn't know, Paul-- happy birthday :)

Yeah.  Kudos, Paul.  

hey, how about the second sonnet:

When fourty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
Thy youth's proud livery, so gaz'd on now,
Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:
Then being ask'd where all thy beauty lies,
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;
To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes,
Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.
How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use,
If thou couldst answer-- 'This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse--'
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
  This were to be the new-made when thou art old,
  And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.

thanks all. =}

        Happy boifday ya big galoot.

OKAY KIDS, THIS IS JUST ABOUT IT.. IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE 
ANYTHING FOR HATE, NOWS THE TIME TO DO IT.. I'D LIKE TO GET IT ATLEAST 
ALL TYPED OUT BY EARLY MAY SO I CAN GIVE IT TO JOE.. IF YOU WANT 
ANYTHING IN IT, SEND IT TO ME OR JOE SO I CAN GET THE MESSY PART OVER 
WITH..
        THANX FOR YOUR TIME..
             ZOE

email: rainyday13@hotmail.com
 if you're sending it here, please make the subject "hate stuff" or 
something to that effect, otherwise i will probably will look over it..

I know I've proabbly asked this question in the past, but I never claimed to
be anything more than an info seive, so her eI am asking again:  what kind
of stuff would be appropriate to submit for HATE?

I feel like I'm missing something here.  What's going on?

What's HATE?  If I may ask.

just about anything would be appropriate to submit for hate, most of the
pieces submitted thus far are all grrrrr angry, but they don't need to
be, they just have to be good :)

julie- go to:

http://members.aol.com/daeddog1/hate.html    that's the web version, and
the address is about to change to:

http://pages.hotbot.com/arts/joeparish/hate.html   but I'm done adding
the pictures to it yet, so it hasn't moved yet


and for anyone who's curious: zoe entered that because she sort of
co-piloting this issue with me

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O.K. Folks, I need a little help/advice

as it is,on Tues, May 4 I get to go back to the Heidleberg for the
semifinals thing, heres the problem, I already know what I"m going to
use first, but if I get to the second round I"m mildly stuck. I have 3
pieces that I can't really choose between, so I'd like your oppinions on
which I should use, the contenders are:

item:poetry2,498  "We run"
item:poetry3,8    "Terrified"
item:poetry3,75   "Click"


any input would be more than appreciated

FYI:  I'm ion Ann Arbor. (;  (er, in)

Hello.  I'm Greg, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan, with 
degrees in computer science and math.  I have been known to write poetry 
from time to time, but have never posted it.  Indeed, this is my first 
visit to this conference.  

Welcome aboard Greg...enjoy the scenery :)

Sarah's back!!!  =)

I'm Sarah, I'm majoring in English and English History (Arthurian through
1700's) at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.  I'm kicking myself for
not choosing UofM since 84% of my friends live in Ann Arbor (yes, that's an
accurate statistic).  I used to post, but I kept losing track since people
like Erinn and Jenna turn out poetry at an astounding rate.  ;-)

Hello again, Sarah... :)

I'm  Julie Pratt, recently married.  I'm majoring in Theatre Arts with a
Specialization in Design and Technology.  I've been writing poetry  since
highschool and I love my husband.

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