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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 9:18:00 PM
    Uh?

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 3:19:00 PM
    Chris, I'm new... don't mean to complain, but poetry is about the art of expression. If one is in the throes of love gone wrong, that is what one thinks about and writes about. If one hates..write about hate...I have never believed in popular poetry..but I do believe one should communicate, but not to please, but to enlighten..call me old fashioned...or elitist...but would rather be an ee cummings than Rod McKuen.

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 2:50:00 PM
    Chris, you penned such wisdom in this blog. Much appreciated. Hugs, Gail

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 2:09:00 PM
    Let's just show off our tanka skills anyway. Whoopee!...Give ourselves a good pat on the back for being such clever (at least we are trying to be) poets! (Who really cares about the rest, anyway?) -- Excellent blog as always, my Love...Thank you for highlighting a few pressing issues in other parts of the world too...I'll be grabbing a kleenex on my way out...

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    Ueri Avatar Christine Ueri Date: 10/5/2012 2:12:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    That was my whine...
  1. Date: 10/5/2012 2:03:00 PM
    Wait a minute... excuse me... I need to go cry... Happy Thanksgiving!

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 8:31:00 AM
    Congrats to Ruben who got the three parts of a tanka, in Japanese, no less.

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 7:57:00 AM
    Excellent blog Chris!

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 7:27:00 AM
    and happy thanksgiving!

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 7:25:00 AM
    hahaha, what a way to put it in perspective, Chris. Don't worry. I'm not gonna whine about the backclicking anymore. I always adjust. It's just so FUN to whine from time to time!!!

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 7:05:00 AM
    You Rock Chris !!!! Love, Carol XXXX

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 5:52:00 AM
    Chris, no whining here....wonderful sentiments to remind others of wasting precious time and energy over poetry ethics while other more significant and life-shattering events happen all over the globe!! Nice reminder!...Just read and reread your blog on punctuation...or not to punctuate!! Love it, man! Nice work! Peace to u and your writing sword!! Een Nae ~ gwendolen

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  1. Date: 10/5/2012 5:18:00 AM
    I'm Catholic....therefore, I am guilty of the above and anything else anybody might think up.....the good news is....I just forgave myself.....whew! better already! honestly ....gotta work harder on tanka......I'm an 8th. grade dropout.....educationally challenged.....yimbo

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  1. Date: 10/4/2012 9:29:00 PM
    Chris I tried with a tanka please do advise me Ruben you too, see if it's to form..I tried. The online diffinition are very weak or illusive.

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  1. Date: 10/4/2012 8:12:00 PM
    Kaminoku Shimonoku Kakekotoba

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    O. Avatar Ruben O. Date: 10/5/2012 8:59:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    You were close, Tim! : )
    Ryerson Avatar Tim Ryerson Date: 10/4/2012 9:35:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Okay!! I admit it! I'm a language illiterate!
    Ryerson Avatar Tim Ryerson Date: 10/4/2012 9:28:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Or Japanese, maybe??
    O. Avatar Ruben O. Date: 10/4/2012 9:25:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    : ( Now...Im crying! : D
    Ryerson Avatar Tim Ryerson Date: 10/4/2012 9:07:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Awesome, Joann!...May I assume this is Native American language? (Or am I wrong?)...My great-grandfather was half-Cherokee...my great-grandmother always dressed like an Indian maiden...she always had a braided pig-tail, etc....I remember her sitting calmly and placidly in her chair...never speaking unless spoken to...but when she spoke?...believe me, everyone listened!...
    O. Avatar Ruben O. Date: 10/4/2012 8:24:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    KAMINOKU (The upper verse of a tanka...it usually shows a scene or event). SHIMONOKU(The lower or second verse in a tanka...it shows either a shift in time, or a internal image from within the poet). KAKEKOTOBA (The bridging word or words which connect a shift in time or place between images...creating the super imposing of images).
  1. Date: 10/4/2012 8:11:00 PM
    You always offer the otherside...thank you for that. Like this blog post Chris......

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  1. Date: 10/4/2012 7:45:00 PM
    Chris - I posted a comment that I deleted because some my good friends here on the soup may have taken offense...my point was that the greatest racial injustice committed by the settlers was against Native Americans...they were conned and then robbed by the white boys...I'm sure I'm just repeating facts that everyone already knows but am commenting nonetheless...Okay, that's all...

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    Grisetti Avatar Joann Grisetti Date: 10/5/2012 8:32:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    I agree with you that it was a terrible thing. I believe disease killed more people than weapons.
  1. Date: 10/4/2012 7:25:00 PM
    Happy Thanksgiving Chris. I am sorry you are so angry about people whining, I just take it as concerns about changes and no big deal, however I am naive and maybe I don't know the full scoop. I however know lots about HIV in Africa, unrest in the middle east, and I am truly grateful for Canada and my friends at Poetry Soup. I truly hope you find some peace this weekend and enjoy the blessings we have. While I hate what is happening elsewhere, I do what I can to help here and while I don't condone all actions you've outlined above, I try to make a difference and make what I can, better. take care, Blessings to you Chris. Lee

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  1. Date: 10/4/2012 6:17:00 PM
    Yup yup can I vote for you???

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    Guzzi Avatar Debbie Guzzi Date: 10/4/2012 6:18:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    soup mail

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Date Posted: 11/28/2012 11:46:00 PM
Well, I saw another Santa Claus poem on the 'New Poems' list, so....
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Q: Why doesn't Santa have any children of his own?
Date Posted: 11/26/2012 10:58:00 AM
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Punctuation In Poetry: "To Punctuate, or not to punctuate; that is the question!"
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Forced Rhyme Is A Poetic Crime
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Random Thoughts (re-post)
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