You're All Gonna Kill Me--Unplugged

[Jamie~poetshare.forumotion.com]

I just had to write a reply to a post
As oftentimes I am obliged,
It isn't much more than, say, ten lines, at most,
So, "Welcome!" I tearfully scribed.

I struggled to find something decent to say,
Encourage the writer for more,
But if I was honest about it, Oy Vey!
I'd usher them right out the door.

No rhythm, no rhyme, no essence sublime,
No beauty or wisdom within
Just oddly dropped wordings that don't quite keep time,
Like they did no more than begin.

I'd kindly advise them to start selling cars,
Or go back to school right at once,
Less time spent on poems than on avatars?
You come off looking like a dunce.

"I love how well you evoked that bright blue sky"
"Look forward to more of your work"
And most times I mean it, but then there's that guy--

berk.

(Sorry if this comes off as mean but I needed to vent.)

[Artemis]

Hugs dear Jamie ... why onearth should we want to kill you when you speak the truth? How many times could we all say this? You're home here baby, chill a minute and enjoy this haven.

Sit back dear friend and breathe a moment,
you're human after all.
There's only so much we can take, and do ...
you must rest before you fall ....

So demanding are they needy too
some selfish to the core.
They want our blood yet they give naught
except poetry that's often so poor.

We do our best, we work real hard
yet all we get is doom,
but we have our 'home' so take a breath
it's not all work and gloom

You're a trooper Jamie dear
you mean so much to us.
Don't let the blighters get you down
come here and leave the fuss. ('til you feel sane again)

Much love, hugs and a milky drink

Kerry xx

[gentlewind ~~(Serenity)]

I understand Jamie... No you do not sound mean either. I see where you are coming from. You shouldn't have to comment on every piece in here. Sometimes less said says a whole punch. I hope I am sounding right? I have had hard time sayng what I want to say fast and have it sound right. Sometimes my poetry doesn't sound right... I just do the best I can. You do the best .. we all just do what we can... Honestly sometimes I feel I should just find the door and leave... I hope I have not misread your post here... I think your new home here is grand and I find it peaceful....

[Jamie~poetshare.forumotion.com]

Apr 19, 2009 18:52:52 GMT -5 gentlewind ~~(Serenity) said:

I understand Jamie... No you do not sound mean either. I see where you are coming from. You shouldn't have to comment on every piece in here. Sometimes less said says a whole punch. I hope I am sounding right? I have had hard time sayng what I want to say fast and have it sound right. Sometimes my poetry doesn't sound right... I just do the best I can. You do the best .. we all just do what we can... Honestly sometimes I feel I should just find the door and leave... I hope I have not misread your post here... I think your new home here is grand and I find it peaceful....

lol thank you gentlewind but I wasn't talking about anything written here. We all write a few things now and then that aren't our best stuff. My poem here, for instance! lol No worries! And everyone is doing their part here and it's working very well so far, so I don't have to comment to every piece--which is the whole point of "here," I think. To pick and choose what we want.

[NewMan™]

there is always replies like.. Welcome member, your poetry is unique and I am glad I read it, I hope you don't stop writing because your work is going to just keep getting better.

wait, I didn't reply that to one of yours did I?



I always keep in mind "when I was their age I wrote some truly wonderful crap". I just didn't know it at the time. I was in the process of finding my "voice" and so are they. What they need is encouragement. That is our job over there, to be encouraging, not to help them become better writers because that I believe is something that will happen over time if they take poetry seriously and keep at it. So many find poetry as a "fad" and loose interest in it once they discover the poetry magazines are not going to start sending them thousand dollar checks for every poem they write.. At least they haven't sent me any yet..

EnJoyed and I do relate all too well.

Daniel

[Jamie~poetshare.forumotion.com]

I wrote a poem, what the heck,
Where's my thousand dollar check?

lol Don't we all wish.

Though I've been told I could probably make a killing writing greeting cards. Not quite sure that's a compliment, but there it is.

[Saffron]

We all know that guy, Jamester. While we are busy trying to motivate him and be kind, he is busy
telling us how special he is because he has been published in 5 languages, 18 magazines, and been awarded the Poetry.com Award of the Year. All for free or at a small charge to his credit card.

My saving grace was always saying "Don't stop writing'" instead of "Don't give up your day job."

Then there is the ever popular 'Heartfelt or Original." My absolute favorite in terms of "I have no idea what you just said or how it might remotely relate to poetry."

Breathe in. Breathe out. Have a cookie..

[Jamie~poetshare.forumotion.com]

Apr 20, 2009 0:02:17 GMT -5 Saffron said:

We all know that guy, Jamester. While we are busy trying to motivate him and be kind, he is busy
telling us how special he is because he has been published in 5 languages, 18 magazines, and been awarded the Poetry.com Award of the Year. All for free or at a small charge to his credit card.

My saving grace was always saying "Don't stop writing'" instead of "Don't give up your day job."

Then there is the ever popular 'Heartfelt or Original." My absolute favorite in terms of "I have no idea what you just said or how it might remotely relate to poetry."

Breathe in. Breathe out. Have a cookie..

lmao thanks LadyB.

[Ebonfire]

LOL!! - sometimes I just say, I can't because of what my true response would be.

Then I'm not quite in the same position as one who has to read everyone, and try to stay nice, but I still know what you're saying Jamie.


Ebonfire