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8/2/2016 12:51:04 PM
Feedback on 'Curtains, Blinds and Drapes' please	Windows like store dummies beg to be dressed To adorn the dawn and put husk on dusk To black-out the snoops peering outside To make the inside snug and cosy till morn. But how should windows be cloistered and shrouded? Curtains are fine, but fiddly to hang, by fuddling handy persons, all-thumbs, no-fingers on hands But when curtains are drawn open, Act 1 begins, lights are up with actors poised like statues, then the music starts. You have to clap when curtains are drawn, oft times there's five or seven curtain calls before you can leave. Blinds are simply offensive. You have to poke the eye out of windows each night; Sold from vans emblazoned with "The Blindman". Sorry, that's far too offensive for me. Drapes treat windows with sashes to draw bottoms aside and up, but remain undecided and annoyingly: Half Open, Half shut, wavering. They hang about, slovenly lulling lazily to floor. They never open enough to see the sky and let all the light shine in. Options all gone, look to your eyes in the mirror How are they closed snuggled up at night? With eyelids exterior, like lips to mouth close. So the perfect solution for windows to dress, is shutters and awnings fitted outside like eyelids and lips. They stop the outside creeping in, not the inside creeping out. They leave the windows inside undressed, naked, denuded and nice. edited by janderson99 on 8/2/2016 edited by janderson99 on 8/2/2016
9/3/2016 7:05:43 PM
Comments Turned off	All my comments have been turned off with the message: Poet has turned off commenting. I have nominated "yes" to commenting in my profile - yet it is turned off I did not do this. How do I reverse this? edited by janderson99 on 9/3/2016 edited by janderson99 on 9/3/2016
9/4/2016 1:55:44 AM
Comments Turned off	I found that for some reason I was blocked from making comments on my own poems. Weird!!! When I deleted the block all the comments reappeared. All fixed!!
5/11/2017 11:11:02 PM
What Noise Annoys	I request reviews of this poem What Noise Annoys Buoy noise annoys an oyster in bed Grandma hates Galahs screeching overhead My dog can't stand vacuum cleaner whirl Kids hate the noise of nails on chalkboard swirl Annoyance of noise builds to crescendo Repeating over again with echo Noise repeats twice or thrice can be ignored But after that grinds and grates in discord What annoys are people that hum away, Those that drum on table with fingers stray What truly annoys is repetition Dripping away gouging a submission. -------------------------------------------- edited by janderson99 on 5/11/2017 edited by janderson99 on 5/11/2017
8/1/2017 6:23:04 PM
Reading Poetry Online -Where	It is strange that it is hard to read poetry online - simply and easily. Most website are designed for members to submit and archive their stuff. This includes PoetrySoup which it is hard to navigate to simply read poems - despite the blurb. This especially applies for reading using mobile devices. There is twitter and the various major sites such as AllPoetry and PoemHunter. But they are not really reader friendly!!! Anyway I have developed a new site to explore the possibilities for short poems online with comments and images, with simple navigation form various forms. You can see it here poems.poemsnap.com Cheers!
8/6/2017 12:27:40 AM
Pandemonium, On Fire	Pan-Pan, the demons have jumped, Ship on fire, smoke engulfing. It's Demonium here! But, we're coping for now. Hoping in hell we can beat fire back to pan. ---------------------------- Help please to make this better! edited by janderson99 on 8/6/2017 edited by janderson99 on 8/6/2017
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