Why do you NOT reply to the Poetry Threads?

[RetroLounge]

Just wondering. Used to get 20, 30, 40 replies sometimes.

now, lucky to get just one or two.

So, what's up with that?

:shrug:

RL

[ulysses]

1. I forget to look for them.

When are they up?

edit: he said, then realized that there was one just above this one in the lounge...:dunce:

[miss_american_pie]

2. ...

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

3. YOU have no excuse anymore...

:hide:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

5. A suggestion?

Ahem

[DS1]

4. Poetry just doesn't do much for me

I've tried. I'd prefer a very short story. So, I don't click the threads anymore, the logic being that yet another view without a comment is worse than one less view. That's how I feel about my threads anyway.

Nothing personal.

[RetroLounge]

76. Well, that cool too...

Anyone who can make me fall off my chair laughing at the DU'er magazine cover is okay!

:hi:

RL

[arcadian]

6. Some people like poetry, some people like 14th century French tapestries.

I don't like either.

[RetroLounge]

49. Fair enough...

:hi:

RL

[arcadian]

85. I don't know.

I could learn to like poetry. I like Pushkin. And I guess I like Shakespeare, but the reason I like Shakespeare is for the mystery that surrounds him and I like that time period. And to tell you the truth I don't think I've ever seen a French tapestry. I was just being a smart ass. :P :hi:

[Guava Jelly]

7. I always check out your poetry thread.

If not to at least try to determine the theme of the poem.
I confess that I don't always read them, but I try to comment when I do and if the poem speaks to me.
You could maybe try to mix it up with more humorous poems? or hell throw a rhyming one in there. Comedy sells.
Maybe pick one day a week.:shrug: "The (insert your name) midweek fun/ slacker poem ?"
Shit the last thread I started got 3 replies(2 of them from me). It's pretty rough out there these days..:eyes: :dunce:

[miss_american_pie]

8. Pretty please

post the gif for me? I could use a smile...

[Guava Jelly]

9. Anything for you my friend

:loveya:
:yoiks:

[miss_american_pie]

11. OMG!

Thank you.

:loveya:

[Guava Jelly]

12. I'm learning how to drive one.

Though I can't quite work the break pedal yet. :dunce:
Anytime

[miss_american_pie]

13. Keep practicing

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

17. You are so dead to me...

and here I have so many new pictures, too...

RL

[Guava Jelly]

19. Oh no worries.

I'll get those after the ummmmm "accident" :yoiks::D

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. I don't read them every night...

...but I'm glad that you and Blue Iris are doing this public service. Art saves lives.

[RetroLounge]

48. Thank you...

I love her poem threads...

:hi:

RL

[crimsonblue]

14. I'm dead inside....

[RetroLounge]

23. I don't think that was a choice...

:hug:

RL

[hobbit709]

15. "A poet who reads his verse in public

may have other equally unsavory habits"-R.A.H.

[RetroLounge]

50. hee

:rofl:

:hi:

RL

[YankeyMCC]

16. I always check it out when I see it

more often than not I just don't feel like I can make any sort of adequate response
:shrug:

[RetroLounge]

18. Adequate is subjective.

Just say hi, wave hello, so I know people are out there...

:hi:

RL

[Xipe Totec]

20. The fable of the Bear the Monkey and the Pig

A bear who barely earned
a living with his dancing
a two step was rehearsing
and rehearsing poorly

Wanting to seem worldly,
the bear asked a monkey
to render an opinion
the sage monkey replied
you dance very poorly


I think, the bear replied,
you do me a disfavor
have I no grace in dancing?
have I no rhythm at all?

A pig who watched the dance
said, Bravo! Well Done!
I've never seen such dancing
nor will I see it ever again!

Hearing this, the bear
added up the pros and cons
and with a modest bow,
had to exclaim thus:

When the monkey disapproved,
I had my doubts
but now that the pig praises,
my dance must really suck


Moral: Nothing is more damaging to reputation, than praise from idiots.



So don't ask me, I'm just a pig....




:hide:

[zanne]

21. The Lounge does not lend itself to deep thought.

That's an understatement! :bounce:

[RetroLounge]

45. I think it really does.

The lounge is a thinly diguised hiding place for lots of deep thought.

:hi:

RL

[PVnRT]

72. Bewbs?

[zanne]

22. Let's try this short poem by Sheenagh Pugh

Sometimes things don't go, after all
from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel
faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail.
Sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.

A people sometimes will step back from war
elect an honest man, decide they care
enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor.
Some men become what they were born for.

Sometimes our best intentions do not go
amiss: sometimes we do as we meant to.
The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow
that seemed hard frozen; may it happen for you.

[stuntcat]

24. I'm afraid

I'm scared of sounding dumb, I read a lot at DU that I won't comment on because I'm scared of making people mad or looking idiotic.
Also I understand poetry a lot better when it's read out loud, I have reading problems.
I read the poems sometimes though!

[RetroLounge]

25. Thanks!

Just drop in and say thanks and hi so I know you're out there reading...

:hi:

RL

[stuntcat]

28. totally totally!

:headbang: and I can't go wrong with thanks and Hi! :hi:

I'm jealous of poets. Also I'm too scared to try writing. My grandmother was a Poet though, with a capital P :D

There was a story on the news today about troubled kids being rescued from juvie and taught to write poetry. And it seemed so simple for them and they felt good about it and were proud to read their work. They were brave.

[Swede]

26. I onced asked on one of your threads,what kind of poem it was.

You were rude and snarky and told me to come back when I learned what poetry was. :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

27. Oh, hell no I didn't...

unless you can give me a link and then I will apologize for such assholery...

:shrug:

RL

[Swede]

31. You did do it,but I realize you may have been in a crappy mood.

Don't have to apologize,if someone snarks the odd time,it's no big deal. I didn't bookmark it,but let's start fresh. Next poem thread,I will check it out. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

38. Deal.

:hi:

RL

[txwhitedove]

29. I read your poetry whenever passing through the Lounge. It seems

this quiet shadow does not merit an answer when I do reply.

[RetroLounge]

40. All merit a reply...

I will do better with replies...

:hi:

RL

[malta blue]

30. I read them for the most part, but I usually don't post a

reply because I don't really have anything iteresting to say most of the time.

I completely appreciate them - and missed them when you took a break.

I miss the Shakespeare thought of the day too.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

39. "Shakespeare thought of the day too"

Yeah, I miss those too...

:hi:

RL

[kentauros]

32. I simply don't like peotry.

It's difficult to read and "get" it as well as get into the flow. Some songs I like, but then the music is helping to keep it flowing.

Give me normal paragraphs, sentences, narrative and dialogue anyday!

[RetroLounge]

52. Fair enough. It's not for everybody...

:hi:

RL

[kentauros]

56. Danke

Schoen
:
)

(smileys don't work in poetry.)

[Richardo]

60. That's the deal for me as well

Well said! :pals:

[kentauros]

71. Thanks, fellow Houstonian

:D

[Danger Mouse]

33. I can't read.

:cry:

[Wetzelbill]

34. I miss a lot of them nowadays

[RetroLounge]

51. Hey, good to see you!

:hi:

RL

[XemaSab]

35. I often read them, but today's poem about the perineum?

Sorry, I have nothing to say to that. :P

[RetroLounge]

46. Hee...

:hi:

RL

[NMDemDist2]

36. you know I love ya man but...

seems like when I do click the poetry threads they are so depressing and sad.

I don't like sad, I chose to be happy today.

so that's why I don't usually click on them, therefore do not respond to them.

PM me when it's a happy/content poem and I'll be sure to read and comment

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

42. What can be happier than the perineum? (today's poem)

:hide:

:hi:

RL

[NMDemDist2]

47. well, are feathers involved?

ooops

:blush:

:yoiks:

[Gormy Cuss]

55. ..

:rofl:

Love ya, AzDem!

[NMDemDist2]

69. ...

back atcha Gorm

:hi:

edit to add, OMG, reply #69


:rofl:

[leeroysphitz]

37. I don't care much for poetry but if you posted a dirty limerick thread...

I'd be all OVER that.

[RetroLounge]

43. There once was a man from Nantucket...

:hi:

RL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

41. I used to read them and post in them. I quit it. The End.

[RetroLounge]

44. Okay then...

:shrug:

RL

[bridgit]

53. I did once, some e.e. cummings...but you ignored my post, so...

that was that

[RetroLounge]

54. My apologies...

please come back!

:hi:

RL

[bridgit]

57. Mmmm, yeah well...

OK!! :bounce: Am I easy er'what, don't answer that :hi: :hi: :hi:

[Richardo]

58. I can't read poetry

Really. If it's more than two Ogden Nash stanzas I glaze over. I've tried and tried. If I come to poetry or even song lyrics in a novel I'm reading, I usually just hydroplane right over them.

[RetroLounge]

102. Ogden Nash The Zoo is one of my favorite books

:hi:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. My dear Retro...

Now, you know I normally do...

The last couple of days have been shall we say unusual...

I'll be outwardly "normal" tomorrow...

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

67. I know... and here's an extra few hugs...

:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:

RL

[ThomCat]

61. I often don't feel coherent or intelligent enough to comment anymore.

:(

When I'm buried under heavy meds and exhaustion I keep my opinions about poetry to myself.

[Richardo]

62. Meds and exhaustion may make you incoherent - but unintelligent? I think not.

Sorry you're having a rough go. :hug:

[ThomCat]

64. Thank you!

That's really nice to hear. :hug:

[Tektonik]

63. I don't enjoy poetry

:shrug:

[RetroLounge]

66. Fair enough. Not everyone does.

:hi:

RL

[Heidi]

65. DU moves very quickly, and poetry can take a while to digest.

I read every poetry thread and always make a mental note to return to the poem I've just read after I've thought about it a bit. Most times, though, life intervenes and I don't have time to get back to the thread with a reply.

I do, though, very much appreciate the time and heart you and BlueIris put into the poetry threads. You guys rock. :thumbsup:

[RetroLounge]

74. Thanks!

:hi:

Glad you stopped by...

RL

[annonymous]

68. I'm not into poetry

I feel like an idiot trying to comment on something I don't understand.

[RetroLounge]

73. Well, feel free to just say hi and wave...

No idiots here, no judgments, just poems...

:hi:

RL

[Gonzo Gardener]

70. Every time I have a moment to sit down and read a little DU...

your poem thread is one of the first posts I check out in the lounge, Retro. I seldom comment, but I will, at the very least, give ya a wave from now on!

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

75. Thanks!

And don't forget BlueIris' threads too!

:hi:

RL

[Gonzo Gardener]

79. Dare I say...

you, sir, have just reminded me of Obama imploring donors to pay off Clinton's campaign debt while he's out stumping.



Some of the things that roll across my internal LED sign should just NOT be posted... :blush:

:hide:

:yoiks:

[LSK]

77. I never understood poetry

[RetroLounge]

80. Keep reading. Or just drop in and say hi...

:hi:

RL

[graywarrior]

78. I read them all the time

I just don't reply because I am a self centered little bastard.

[RetroLounge]

81. We are two of a kind...

:loveya:

RL

[graywarrior]

82. That's poetry.

:loveya:

[hisownpetard]

115. ...but a HILARIOUS self-centered bastard, fer shur.

:bounce:

[zingaro]

83. I comment sometimes. Not always though.

Usually I comment on the ones that reach out and get me. I could comment on more but I usually assume that what I have to say isn't all that interesting. :)

[RetroLounge]

84. And I appreciate when you do

:hi:

RL

[KamaAina]

86. The last one I clicked on featured the word "perineum"

not even rhymed with "coliseum"! :P

Actually, I have been on a poetry kick of late, driven by this fine site by a former DUer:

http://poemsbeforebreakfast.blogspot.com

[RetroLounge]

88. Oh, that's a rhyme I don't want to ponder

:rofl:

Thanks for the link

:hi:

RL

[Starbucks Anarchist]

87. I'm not really a poetry fan in general.

Though it's nice that you post them.

[RetroLounge]

89. Thanks for dropping in...

How's the writing coming along?

:hi:

RL

[Starbucks Anarchist]

90. Very well, thanks.

Finished the second draft recently, and I hope to have the final product done by the end of the year. I'm debating whether to continue working on the new draft or doing that and working on the new book at the same time.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

91. Cool!

:applause:

RL

[mentalsolstice]

92. Just not into it

And it seems like therapy for the person who writes it, and I'm just not there to deal with another person's intense personal dramady in this particular format. I like to support my friends, but I like to do it in simple, straightforward language, not in verses and rhymes where I have to decode the meaning...

But that's just me, I like it straight up.

[RetroLounge]

94. Straight up?

Then you'll like today's poem...

Check it out with the youtube that i posted with it.

:hi:

RL

[otherlander]

93. I have a very literal mind.

[RetroLounge]

95. Good!

Nothing wrong with that.

:hi:

RL

[bertha katzenengel]

96. Sorry, RL. I don't read them.

:(

But if you ever do need a kitteh poem, I have a limerick for you.

[RetroLounge]

99. can't go wrong with a kitteh poem

:hi:

RL

[bertha katzenengel]

103. well then, here ya go

I wrote this, so don't no one go stealin' it as their own. You hear me, lurkers?

A gray cat named Charley McNab
Took a trip to the Chesapeake by cab
He wound up in Waldorf
And lived on a small wharf
And spent his days fishing for crab.

(Yeah, I know, Waldorf is land-bound. Don't bug me with geographical details.)

[RetroLounge]

104. ...

:applause:

thanks!

RL

[blueraven95]

97. I always read them

but I haven't had the time/energy to come up with intelligent replies.

[RetroLounge]

100. intelligent replies not required!

Just say hi and wave....

:hi:

RL

[blueraven95]

108. I'll keep that in mind.

I tend to not like to say something unless I feel like I really have something to contribute (online anyway).

I'm also really opinionated, and I often feel like the internet is too limiting, and that I will inadvertently upset someone, so I'm really careful about how I word things. (I've rewritten this 3 times, as an example.)

:hi:

[Rhythm]

98. I always read them, though i may not always comment...

Living with a poet, and then spending a semester in a class with a prof who's readings were inspiring, i 'get' poetry a lot more than i had previously.

I may not always comment, but i do always read...

:hug: :hi:

[RetroLounge]

101. and that poet you live with is pretty damn good...

:hug:

Just drop in and say hi if you feel like it...

:hi:

RL

[Rhythm]

109. She is, isn't she... :-)

And i shall graciously accept your open invitation, kind sir.

:hi: :hug:

[Ysabel]

105. i like / love poetry...

for this poll however i chose "Robb is a dingbat Poet"...

- i just don't post much since i've got a slight bit of a case of internet burn-out...

p.s. post more poem stuff...! :D

[RetroLounge]

106. Will do!

Howdy neighbor!

:hi:

RL

[Ysabel]

107. hi... :)

[RetroLounge]

110. Haven't been over to Madison in a while...

Really like it there...

:hi:

RL

[Ysabel]

122. yep it's great here we love it...

and we live on willy street too which makes it even greater...

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

124. Oh, good street to live on...

Used to hang on Langdon back in the day when my friends from Chicago were doing their frat thing.

My ex- and her mom both lived on the west side back before we got married.

I like the East Wash area myself.

:hi:

RL

[Ysabel]

125. been here for 20 years and first lived just off langdon on the lake at a co-op...

then (and still) on willy street for the last 16 years in the same house (longest time ever in the same house) we rent tho and want to buy hopefully in the same neighborhood however bush has set us back quite a bit financially so it'll be awhile still before we're able to...

- i like east wash too... :)

[RetroLounge]

128. Yeah, after Owning for the past decade

I'm renting again...

Maybe someday I'll own a house again...

:hi:

RL

[Roon]

111. POEMS!?!?!

Little lad makes himself to be a poet......

[RetroLounge]

113. Well, I *am* a poet...

But i post other's poems instead...

:hi:

RL

p.s. What is that quote from?

p.p.s. Never mind, just remembered The Wall... :9

[Roon]

117. Cool, I was hoping that you got it and i didn't offend eom

[RetroLounge]

119. It's all good

:9

RL

[MilesColtrane]

112. Sturgeon's Law

(This is no comment on your particular artistic ability)

While there's a special joy in discovering a nugget of gold on my own, I've found that there is so much art, of all kinds, out there that I can spend the rest of my life appreciating works recommended by friends and critics I know.

The internet is a giant, unfiltered time-sucker that will eat your life if you're not careful.

[RetroLounge]

114. I don't post my poems

I post someone else's poem each morning...

:hi:

RL

[hisownpetard]

116. RL - Unless I'm crazy busy, I check out your poetry thread every day and usually

say 'hi.' Usually, poems that move me in some way get a comment, while the ones that leave me flat
don't.

Keep doing it, though. You never know when someone may read a poem that will change his/her life.

[RetroLounge]

121. I know you read them...

:hug:

RL

[rucky]

118. I can't type while I'm snapping my fingers. n/t

[RetroLounge]

120. nice

:rofl:

RL

[Deja Q]

123. I just read them, but if you wish me to respond...

[RetroLounge]

126. ...

:shrug:

RL

[RetroLounge]

127. Please Vote!

We CANNOT let Potry Sucks win!

RL