Return of the H's 1999-2009

[Maria2394]

We're not the lazy ones, there are hundreds of people reading our poems and not voting. How irritating is it to have 1000 views and 10 votes? Does that mean only ten people read the whole poem? Anyway, I'm asking anyone that reads this to go find five poems that deserve fives and vote for them, past or present. Then return here and mention one of the poems. Only five, shouldn't take more than twenty minutes(go through the poets you already know if you want and find that missing H gem.) There are dozens of us who vote anyway, so we should be able to return a couple of H's through shear(?) will.

Also, somehow my poem is at the top of that absurd voting list, could someone please knock it down? You can give it a one but it'd be nicer if you didn't.

Also, also, I'm going to disappear again from the board, mostly because I don't think I've written better in the last few months, whereas my interests here have been arguing like this is a scifi messageboard from the 90's. Hopefully, in a year or two those less desirables will have gone and my favorites from the past will still be around. I'll still read your poems, because I do like poems. Unmasked Poet, I'm sorry if I had any part in your getting sent back underground.

dude,getting wired up about votes is a HUGE waste of time. Even when you have let's say, ten legitimate votes, they get washed.

I have one poem, that had 6 comments, and 6 votes, all were signed, and voila, vote wash and along with it, votes by people on this board who never trolled anyone in their lives. I gave up, you will be happier if you do too. Maybe....persistence pays off for some folks.

 

[annaswirls]

Are people leaving over this? Pity. Hope they come back. I cannot even read through the anger and disrespect. It is embarrassing.

I think that if people do not want to read or comment on new poems, that is fine, just do not expect others to read and comment on yours.

I personally miss the days when people actually read each others work and cared enough to comment-- even if just a silly note.

Voting has nothing to do with it. I only started missing votes when the comments started to dry up, because even though it is just a number, it is at least validation that someone out there is actually looking over my words.

Egotistical? I shouldn't care if a single soul reads. I should do it for myself, right?

It is not as much a matter of attention as it is a feeling of community. Being in it together. Some people seem to be in it just for themselves. To each his own, but it does not make for a strong or effective community.

I know I have not read nor commented in a little while, I have been busy in other areas of my life. And neither have I posted poems.

My general rule of community spirit: When I do not have time to read other people's poetry, I do not submit any of my poems. Why expect others to read my work when I am not going to return the courtesy? To put my poems out there for other people to read when I know I will not be able to read theirs feels very shallow, uneven and unsatisfying to me. So I wait until I have time.

Just me.

Just now.

I might change next week.

I am like that.

Open.

 

[annaswirls]

Thanks for your aadult voice d'maas.

is that like a grown up aardvark?

sorry that was a baad joke.

 

[annaswirls]

Woke up in the middle of the night with the feeling I had been very preachy and sanctimonious, my apologies. I receive more feedback than is coming to me, then and now, and I should be grateful and quiet.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I prefer you noisy actually ........

 

[Angeline]

Woke up in the middle of the night with the feeling I had been very preachy and sanctimonious, my apologies. I receive more feedback than is coming to me, then and now, and I should be grateful and quiet.

No you were fine. Everyone think darkmaas sounds like a grown up aardvark.

 

[darkmaas]

No you were fine. Everyone think darkmaas sounds like a grown up aardvark.

I resemble that remark. Best I could find was a noisy anteater. However I did learn:

"Did you know? An aardvark's tongue can be up to 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) long" - National Geographic

Now 30.5 cm is just slightly shorter than ... er ... oh never mind.

We return you to your regular flame-throwing thread.


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[Angeline]

I resemble that remark. Best I could find was a noisy anteater. However I did learn:



Now 30.5 cm is just slightly shorter than ... er ... oh never mind.

We return you to your regular flame-throwing thread.


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Allan Sherman wrote a song called The Laarge Daark Aardvark. That's a lotta a's all schmooshed together, don't you think?

(Anyway I think it's much more insulting to call someone a childish aardvark. Or maybe an aadolescent one.)

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I resemble that remark. Best I could find was a noisy anteater. However I did learn:



Now 30.5 cm is just slightly shorter than ... er ... oh never mind.

We return you to your regular flame-throwing thread.


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Only slightly ? !! my oh my !

 

[twelveoone]

the aye of the bladder