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[Tathagata]

yes, i agree. they are both very pretty.

careful to keep them whiskers to yourself though, Boston.

<--- for the little lady . . . you get a handshake and a Guinness.


here's one for you too, Virginia.

She likes to pull the whiskers
so I keep them short
: )

well st paddys is a week away,Shane is in town for 4 nights, no harm in starting a little early

a pint and a handshake back
and keep an eye on our new pitcher this year

 

[Tathagata]

Keep it up and I will kick you in the ass too, Monkey-Man.

my evil plan worked again

 

[PatCarrington]

. . . With TRM, I can not claim this <grin How can you trust a man who brags about running from the IRS and the Sheriff's dept. And jumps in with sarcasm any time some one wants to debate, then practices deception with his name change . . .

there was only one person who couldn't tell that i was TheRainMan.

you.

that's probably 'cuz buzzards have such small heads.

 

[TheRainMan]

She likes to pull the whiskers
so I keep them short
: )

well st paddys is a week away,Shane is in town for 4 nights, no harm in starting a little early

a pint and a handshake back
and keep an eye on our new pitcher this year

she is too gorgeous for words.

Shane is up in New York too . . . sold out, of course, before i got a sniff.

if you got tickets, i DON'T want to know.

i saw him pitch the other day. pretty fine . . . and he looks like a kid . . . trouble for the Evil Empire, perhaps?

really good to be reading your writing again, Tim.

 

[Sara Crewe]

I love how guys mix granddaughters, concerts, St. Patrick's Day, baseball, facial hair and poetry all in a short conversation. It's just too cute.

 

[TheRainMan]

I love how guys mix granddaughters, concerts, St. Patrick's Day, baseball, facial hair and poetry all in a short conversation. It's just too cute.

we also get our X'mas shopping done in no time flat.

it's called "efficiency."

 

[champagne1982]

we also get our X'mas shopping done in no time flat.

it's called "efficiency."

Pffft! It's called doing all your shopping the last hour before the stores close on the 24th.

 

[WickedEve]

yes, i agree. they are both very pretty.

careful to keep them whiskers to yourself though, Boston.

<--- for the little lady . . . you get a handshake and a Guinness.


here's one for you too, Virginia.

No handshake or guinness? Though, I don't drink, but I have been known to shake... or twitch. Okay, I'll just take the rose.

By the way, saw the cover for the new book and it is the perfect choice. Great photo to work with when you need to place text. I would have chosen it too, but my photo was more interesting.

 

[Tathagata]

she is too gorgeous for words.

Shane is up in New York too . . . sold out, of course, before i got a sniff.

if you got tickets, i DON'T want to know.

i saw him pitch the other day. pretty fine . . . and he looks like a kid . . . trouble for the Evil Empire, perhaps?

really good to be reading your writing again, Tim.

She really is all love, as you know, little girls have you wrapped from day 1
truly a blessing for me in so many ways

The only place here i could get/afford tickets would have been a " general admission" I am far to old to be in the midst of a " pogues" general admission crowd


the guy threw 130 pitches in a side session and said
" thats normal for me"
I think ole george is still pacing over this one


Thanks Pat
I always loved the 30/30 , although some morning i sit there cursing, I still have poems from last year that i tinker with.

Your stuff, if i may say, has gotten simpler and more straight forward, without losing any of the visual-ness that always marked your work.
That's a hard thing to do, you do it well.

 

[TheRainMan]

Pffft! It's called doing all your shopping the last hour before the stores close on the 24th.

good point.

 

[Tathagata]

I love how guys mix granddaughters, concerts, St. Patrick's Day, baseball, facial hair and poetry all in a short conversation. It's just too cute.

I sense penis envy

 

[Sara Crewe]

I sense penis envy

Is that what you call it when someone is approaching the family jewels with a large butcher knife?

 

[Sara Crewe]

we also get our X'mas shopping done in no time flat.

it's called "efficiency."

It doesn't count as 'your' Christmas shopping if your main role is purse-holding and nodding your head.

 

[champagne1982]

Is that what you call it when someone is approaching the family jewels with a large butcher knife?

In the spirit of efficiency, I think it would be best if t'were a boning knife.

 

[Tathagata]

Is that what you call it when someone is approaching the family jewels with a large butcher knife?

No that's called " marriage"
then you have to bargain for their use on weekends
" Oh please honey, all the other guys are bringing their masculinity"



Nice to see you Ms Crewe

 

[Sara Crewe]

No that's called " marriage"
then you have to bargain for their use on weekends
" Oh please honey, all the other guys are bringing their masculinity"



Nice to see you Ms Crewe

Can you glue them back on for the weekend? I had no idea...

I could never use the knife anyway. I'm squeamish around spurting blood.


Good to see you, too, Tath.

 

[TheRainMan]

It doesn't count as 'your' Christmas shopping if your main role is purse-holding and nodding your head.

you forgot carrying the bags, afterward.

 

[Sara Crewe]

you forgot carrying the bags, afterward.

...and footing the bill.



Know what you forgot? To empty your mailbox.

 

[TheRainMan]

No handshake or guinness? Though, I don't drink, but I have been known to shake... or twitch. Okay, I'll just take the rose.

By the way, saw the cover for the new book and it is the perfect choice. Great photo to work with when you need to place text. I would have chosen it too, but my photo was more interesting.

a rose it is.

yes, your photo was more interesting . . . it was close, Virginia.

thanks so much for it.

i'd rather kiss your cheek (or elsewhere) than shake your hand . . . it's a guy thing.

 

[TheRainMan]

She really is all love, as you know, little girls have you wrapped from day 1
truly a blessing for me in so many ways

i know that, for sure.

they become one of the true joys of a man's life.

The only place here i could get/afford tickets would have been a " general admission" I am far to old to be in the midst of a " pogues" general admission crowd

lol . . . it would be worth it, though.

hey, he reunited with the Pogues, i hear . . . they made a mistake booting him, no matter what he had become . . . geniuses ain't like apples.

you just don't toss them away, without paying for it -- in sorrow, if nothing else.

the guy threw 130 pitches in a side session and said
" thats normal for me"
I think ole george is still pacing over this one

he looked special to me, and so happy in his work . . . just a kid havin' fun.

yes . . . George is using up some boot leather, i'm sure.

Thanks Pat
I always loved the 30/30 , although some morning i sit there cursing, I still have poems from last year that i tinker with.

Your stuff, if i may say, has gotten simpler and more straight forward, without losing any of the visual-ness that always marked your work.
That's a hard thing to do, you do it well.

best thread on the boards . . . it's a challenge, writing one every day. the thing i like best is that it MAKES me write a poem every day . . . good stuff.

yes, simpler . . . it's called practice. i think it takes a poet a long time, decades maybe, to find his/her voice, if they ever do.

it's a process . . .

and a love.

keep writing, brother. you have something important to say, especially with that angel in your arms.

 

[MyNecroticSnail]

well, I rarely had such lucky timing as I did yesterday, I was told of a comment by an anon; on a poem that had been out for days and when I went to read such comment I noted that the poem had a red H, as I opened the poem and read the comment from anon, there was a new comment by the snail expressing his dislike for what others seem to like and as I exited the poem, found that the red H was gone. He didn't read the poems before or after this poem... he targeted it for having a red H. You can defend his right if you like but it is still nothing more than a mean spirit to seek out removal of what others recieve and I can only assume it is driven from jealousy or nothing more than his twisted personality.

I read two, Ku Klux Grandpa because of the title, the other because it had an H
Let's see why it deserved one. And I disagreed with with the anon comment. If I was mean spirited I would have just zapped it with a low score.

Should I post MY scores?

trite
Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed.

Let's just say the equation of spring with feeling happy about it, is a poetic moment, not poetry. Show me the poetry, not a group grope of inane happiness.

What it looks like to me, is you want to be the fixer of low scores of tell tale trail fans, if you were honest you would tell your associates to attack me on the technical aspects of what I write and leave a name with the score.
What was the last one, two votes, score of 3.5, one comment and a 5, the other...

Here is a happy face because I'm a nice guy.