Poetry Contest

[Janine]

To holograph - this is really great since I feel this way very often, too often really. Nicely expressed in your quote - "When I’m under a great deal of stress my mind becomes a bag of noodles." Great analogy - all those noodles swimming around in ones head!

WELCOME - to all the new people expressing a desire to write a poem. Can't wait to see what you come up with. So far, I am on the sidelines observing and reading them - very enjoyable! Last contest was amazing and no wonder a winner could not be picked. I guess it was a tie. Well, that is fine, too. Everyone was a winner - how nice

Good points brought out on your critical reviews - holograph. Bye, the way, glad you don't really hate your life. No apologies necessary - everyone is busy with real life...not just virtual life, on this site.

Any luck finding a new photo - who's picking - is it you, Riesa? Anxious to see the next photo you post. I like your avatar.

[holograph]

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[mm, Janina, I have to do college applications, so I am completely out of it. Essays, essays, essays, and I don't know what the heck to write about. Life is an "empty Eucharist" sometimes, isn't it? ].

[Riesa]

Okay guys: after much deliberating and google image searching I decided on:



I'm looking for this empty mirror to be filled with honesty and heart when all is said and done, don't be shy, indulge your vanity! Every artist must create a self-portrait at some time or another, now's the chance to show the world, or at least the interested readers, yourself. "Know Thyself", urges Plato, (I think it was Plato, anyway.)

[Virgil]

What a fabulous idea. Too bad you can't participate yourself, Riesa. I would like to see what ou come up for yourself.

[Riesa]

I'll write my own version and give it to you for christmas.

[Taliesin]

How much time have we got?

[Riesa]

how about December 4th? that gives two weeks plus a weekend. That's not set in stone but we could begin to wrap it up around then. Is that enough time?

[Virgil]

The old rule Riesa was when we had enough 5-6 entries to have a reasonable quantity. I have to admit I'm terribly slow at this.

[Riesa]

well, it's flexible. we'll see how it goes.

[Laura11]

I'm trying to reply here, what's happening?

[Laura11]

I don't understand what's happening, I was replying in another discussion and unce submitted I find my reply here, in a different thred.
Astonishing. Could you help me?

[Laura11]

no maybe i'll just give it a few weeks

I'm very interested in this matter and I liked poem with the rhythm, I can't say the author now....

[Petrarch's Love]

Laura 11--What are you trying to reply to? Was it to a post earlier on this thread perhaps (a thread is made up of multiple pages)? I noticed you quoted from something Blondeatheart posted back in May and I thought perhaps you didn't understand that you can only post a response after the most recent post on a thread. If you hit the "post response" button under the post you quoted from blondeatheart on the first page of the thread then your response would logically end up here on the last page of the thread. If you want to make comments on earlier posts you can do so by quoting them. Incidently, I haven't seen Blondeatheart on the forums in a few months. I don't know where she's got to.

If you mean that you're on a completely different thread with a different topic then maybe you should try asking Logos or one of the other mods for help with the problem. Hope this helps.

By the way, welcome to the forums! I hope you enjoy it here.

[Laura11]

I'm very interested in this issue, go on please.

[Petrarch's Love]

Riesa--What an interesting idea. I'll have to give this one some introspective thought (either that or stand in front of the mirror and make faces for a few hours ).