Lord Steve's pretentious Own Zone

[Lord_Steve]

Aw, man. Great stuff. And I love seeing the working versions. I was reading an interview with a poet and she said she did 40 or more rewrites. Jesus. Of course, her poetry was wonderful, but I just just wonder, at that point, has one lost the passion that birthed the poem?? I mean, perhaps this is my transcendentalist side, but to me there is something about that spark that lit the fire in the beginning.

oh i absolutely agree, i think there is something sacred and sorcerous (if not necessarily "good") about the first draft of any poem and each draft abstracts itself farther from the original intent. sometimes you discover what a poem really should be with every re-write and sometimes you get more and more lost, mislead by the tyranny of your own cleverness.

I like the simpler version of your poem above, but I miss the biting winter words from the first version. They chilled me as I read it.

yeah that's the eternal trade-off! cleanliness versus passion. i agree that the second is a stronger poem but it's hard not to miss those luxurious, impractical, and decadent words that are ruthlessly slashed from the first draft of every one of my poems.

Nope. Nuh uh. Just a coupla guys drinking beer and talking poetry until football starts again.

*burps* yeah just a couple nohomo dudes downing some brews and waiting for the big game to start.

 

[Etoile]

Lord Steeeeeeeve where are you?!

 

[Loverskitten]

Lord Steeeeeeeve where are you?!

Yes, I have something for him, but it seemed he stopped messing with the GB and went soft, with the poetry and such

 

[Lord_Steve]

Lord Steeeeeeeve where are you?!

Yes, I have something for him, but it seemed he stopped messing with the GB and went soft, with the poetry and such

oh hey you guys!

yeah i had a good run on GB but then i got outrage fatigue and my philosophy is that as soon as i start Caring even just a lil' bit i walk away. i still pop in every now and again but ehhh.

i miss anything fun around here?

 

[gypsy*seer]

oh hey you guys!

i miss anything fun around here?

Well, as I sat on the commode of the house that S. takes care of, my simple thought, as I turned my head, was "I can see George Bush's summer home from here".

"Hi, Bar!"

(punctuate me at will - I've had a glass or three of wine!)

nighty night!

 

[Lord_Steve]

(punctuate me at will -

madam i would never

i am, you see, a gentleman

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

oh hey you guys!

yeah i had a good run on GB but then i got outrage fatigue and my philosophy is that as soon as i start Caring even just a lil' bit i walk away. i still pop in every now and again but ehhh.

i miss anything fun around here?

Just nonhomo-dude brew downing, dude. Yep.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

oh hey you guys!

yeah i had a good run on GB but then i got outrage fatigue and my philosophy is that as soon as i start Caring even just a lil' bit i walk away. i still pop in every now and again but ehhh.

i miss anything fun around here?

Lord Steve, for you n all yo haters...Good Morning!

*refreshes the snack table with a Keurig hot beverage machine with cuplets of coffees & teas so rare that I can't list them here for legal reasons, a obscene pile of warm glazed donuts, bagels pre-schmeared with cream cheese, and many many of those fruit basket bouquets of pineapple wedges & strawberry rosebuds.

 

[Lord_Steve]

Lord Steve, for you n all yo haters...Good Morning!

*refreshes the snack table with a Keurig hot beverage machine with cuplets of coffees & teas so rare that I can't list them here for legal reasons, a obscene pile of warm glazed donuts, bagels pre-schmeared with cream cheese, and many many of those fruit basket bouquets of pineapple wedges & strawberry rosebuds.

you spoil me in so many ways

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

you spoil me in so many ways

Well, brilliant perv-ayors of randomntacularawesomeness like you need to eat too.

 

[Etoile]

Can y'all imagine the fun Lord Steve would have had with BLoved, Princess*Whatsername, etc?