Time out! I was against the war in Iraq. (Just go read my posts) but this Fuck the South is going too far.

Hi Makera. I just came across this post. And though I once told you "Fiddle Faddle" Midnight is so right, this is funny! It's hard to take a critic seriously after reading this poem.

O.K. Bee I have to apologize for this one. I goggled as Lizzytysh suggested and it seems George Bush didn't have anything to do with it. My apologies. It was a Muslum man living there in the Netherlands who objected to a film Theo had help produce. It was a gruesome murder.

I haven't heard of this Lizzytysh. Was Theo Van Gogh related to the artist? Who killed him? Was it a right-wing nut? Bush has got a lot to answer for.

Please everyone stop!

Oh no Lizzytysh. I said you and Critic2 were on the same "grand" scale. i.e. Grand Prize Winners! I confess I still don't really care for it. But that's just my opinion. To me your poem is just a description. My problem with modern poems is that you could take them and write them out in se...

Lizzytysh!

Hooray! Critic2 and Lizzytysh are equal poets. They are both on the same grand scale. Congratulations! To the both of you!

Who wrote "It Doesn't Matter Anymore?"

Thanks all. This poetry writing was a surprisingly fun thing to attempt. But I wouldn't want to make my living at it. I'd starve.

Thanks for the explanations Critic2. It makes sense about the pausing and the rhythm. Still not sure about the Heaven Trail.

I like VivaVinyl but there are a few lines that could use some help. sent Peggy-Sue on Heaven trail a centre-hole his Holy Grail but bad idea for this frail female And now she’s more dead than frail Big Johnny charged, no-bail What is a Heaven trail? Wouldn't it be better to say Heaven's trail? And ...

No. 5 This clunker is mine.

Hi Lizzytysh,

I will claim my poem if you will claim yours.

I will go to the Honorables now to do so.

Laurie, Lizzytysh, A question -- Do we have to claim our poem? Publically? I'd just as soon not announce myself as the author of my poem.

You had tough job Laurie. Especially while you were so sick. The poem that won was a good one. Though more of a "goofy" kind of poem. Not so crazy about the second grand prize one though. The best in my opinion is Brown Hotel. In fact I think it brilliant and the best of the lot. I can't w...