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01-11-2019, 12:52 PM
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Reading through Poetizer, I have noticed a lot of motifs that appear regularly:
the moon
stars
labyrinth/maze
dreams
mean girls
mean boys
Nature
mirror
outer darkness
inner darkness
cries
Maybe these constitute something of the essence of poetry in the popular mind. Thoughts?
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01-11-2019, 01:42 PM
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Actually, Sam, that's not a bad poem.
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01-11-2019, 03:49 PM
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Oh well, Sam, I imagine a lot of them are teenagers. Better than snap-chatting pictures of their genitals to each other, surely.
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01-11-2019, 04:21 PM
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Location: Halcott, New York
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Surely
The moon.
Stars.
Labyrinth. Maze.
Dreams
Mean girls,
mean boys.
Nature. Mirror.
Outer darkness,
inner darkness.
Cries.
Better than snap-chatting pictures
of your genitals
to each other.
Surely.
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01-11-2019, 04:32 PM
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I just finished writing several grant applications for programs to promote the arts. None of the proposed projects included sneering at the work of beginners. Dang.
Oh, well, maybe next year.
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01-11-2019, 05:42 PM
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Some beginners should become begunners.
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01-11-2019, 06:02 PM
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Some beginners shouldn't.
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01-11-2019, 06:12 PM
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01-12-2019, 01:54 AM
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It was on Eratosphere that I learned the term "sandbox". If we are to direct beginners thither, such places are clearly necessary for them to play safely.
Safely.
The lucky ones might even get a Nemo to show them the value of what they find in the sand (even the catshit).
Surely?
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Last edited by Ann Drysdale; 01-12-2019 at 03:04 AM.
Reason: punctuation.
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01-12-2019, 09:52 AM
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Thank you for reminding me Ann and Julie that when I mock someone I am saying a great deal more about myself than I am about the person whom I mock. I am not only reminded, but abashed.
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