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Blog Posted:3/22/2018 9:24:00 AM

Hi Everyone, I'm still suffering from writer's block and not to mention those darn ads. It is so hard to comment and post a new poem with those darn ads popping up all over the place. They really need to fix this issue. I wanted to comment on an poem and got so frustrated over the ad popping up in the midst of my comment. I apologize Jan and Nina for not commenting on your fine collab (congratulations on getting the poem of day ) but I just got so frustrated. With the writer's block and the ad issue I'm not a happy camper. Have a nice day everyone:-) Alexis

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Alexis
Y.

Date: 3/25/2018 9:44:00 PM

Hi Everyone, Thanks for your input. I will try some of the things you all have suggested. I really appreciate that you all have commented on my blog:-) Alexis

Caren
Krutsinger

Date: 3/25/2018 8:07:00 AM

I do not know if this will help, but when an ad pops up I say "Oh, good, something colorful and fun!" then I am able to ignore it completely, having already addressed it as a happy thing in my head. This technique has let me successfully not see a multitude of ads.

Caycay
Jennings

Date: 3/24/2018 11:24:00 AM

Connie Marcum Wong has reported the same issue with ads to Soup and is also very frustrated. She uses a Kendall - is that what you use? Any way, Soup assured me just this morning that they are working on the issue. Stay tuned, Alexis. I had issues with disappearing info that were eventually remedied so I'm trying to remain confident about the ad-deal, too. I know it must be very frustrating and I regret you, Connie and probably others are going thru such an ordeal in a place where you are suppose to be enjoying yourself. Chin up ... CayCay

Fj
Thomas

Date: 3/22/2018 3:41:00 PM

After reading Jan's comment I went to settings and there is an option to hide ads and I selected it but it has NOT stop the ads.

Fj Thomas
Date: 3/22/2018 5:44:00 PM

Yes those are infuriating. I'm on my mobile device and the hide ads option is not working.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/22/2018 3:53:00 PM

My son put an ad blocker onto my PC and i get no adverts on it but when i use my tablet its a darn nuisance and the ads are infuriating especially the one that appears directly underneath a poem and prevents comments being made:-( hugs jan xx

Fj
Thomas

Date: 3/22/2018 3:37:00 PM

Same here. Many think the only way the site makes money is from memberships but that's obviously not the case with the overwhelming amount of poorly placed ads.

Eve
Roper

Date: 3/22/2018 3:09:00 PM

Hello Alexis, I too have been having the problem and very upsetting ... I have communicated with team Soup They guided me to Manage My Profile Settings; then go to show/ hide display ads... and that is still not working.... the adds remind me of a hidden popup like a vires they have no closing button and if they do they still won’t close.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr…..

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 3/22/2018 3:01:00 PM

alexis, Connie Wong is having this same problem. You should find others like her and approach Soup all together about it. I really wish they could control it . I am fortunate not to have this problem. I believe it has to do with the server or system you are using and I think all systems should not have to be affected by this! Hmmm, I see Jan has advice for lifetime members about this. I will have to ask Connie if she has tried what Jan is talking about!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/22/2018 7:38:00 PM

I had a tablet and threw it away. I hated it

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/22/2018 7:37:00 PM

that is why I think it depends on the device one is using!!

Tim
Smith

Date: 3/22/2018 1:36:00 PM

Same here. I can get through two or three comments before the ads take over. I'm very disappointed.

Jan
Allison

Date: 3/22/2018 12:15:00 PM

Copied from the membership features... "Hide/Show Display Advertising on PoetrySoup. Want to stop seeing ads? Become a Lifetime Premium member and control the display of ads." this is one of the features of lifetime membership Alexis - you are a lifetime member and CAN block the ads, ask TPS how to do it!

Fj Thomas
Date: 3/22/2018 3:38:00 PM

I've never known that to be an option with any type of membership Jan. But I'll surely look.

Jan
Allison

Date: 3/22/2018 12:12:00 PM

I have an ad block on my PC so the ads aren't a problem , but on my tablet it makes it into a nightmare and it is so frustrating to try and comment. I can't comment on a contest winning poem for Constance but can to all the other winners so there are issues on the site (I have reported this problem) . You are a lifetime member I think you can install an ad blocker. Hope you can add an ad blcok and get rid of your writer's block:-) hugs jan xx

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/13/2024	Grief	Triolet	grief,
4/9/2024	SLAM DUNK	Rhyme	how i feel,
4/7/2024	Blase' Life	Free verse	how i feel,
12/27/2023	Love And Kindness	Rhyme	how i feel,
10/16/2023	Scars	Quintilla	abuse,freedom,
10/15/2023	Great	Monoku	how i feel,
10/3/2023	House	Acrostic	homework,
10/2/2023	A Precious Gift	Free verse	how i feel,
10/2/2023	The Lovely Oak	Free verse	color,nature,
10/1/2023	Elixir	Etheree	love,
9/30/2023	Chadwick Boseman	Clerihew	celebrity,
9/30/2023	Sidney Poitier	Clerihew	celebrity,
9/30/2023	Graceful	Free verse	princess,
9/29/2023	Lucinda	Monorhyme	halloween,
9/24/2023	Alone	Rhyme	loneliness,
9/23/2023	Fading	Personification	words,
9/23/2023	Noise	Monoku	peace,
9/21/2023	Vampire	Pleiades	dark,
9/21/2023	Princess	Free verse	princess,
7/23/2023	Alone	Verse	loneliness,
7/22/2023	Moments	Rhyme	how i feel,time,
7/21/2023	Grateful	Free verse	appreciation,love,thanksg
6/4/2023	Fog	Monoku	perspective,
5/31/2023	Wtf	Free verse	nonsense,
5/30/2023	Like Lightning Speed	Free verse	life,
5/25/2023	Let Happiness Consume You	Free verse	happiness,life,
5/24/2023	Simply the Best	Clerihew	tribute,
5/23/2023	Acceptance	Monoku	love,
5/21/2023	Sherlock	Rhyme	friendship,
5/19/2023	Greatest Joy	Sonnet	children,family,love,
5/17/2023	Wait	Rhyme	humor,nonsense,
5/15/2023	Wanderer's Journey	Free verse	journey,life,
5/13/2023	Mother	Cinquain	children,love,mother,
5/12/2023	Look Out	Limerick	humor,
5/12/2023	Zestful	Rhyme	animal,uplifting,
5/8/2023	Mother Nature's Inhabitants Hs	Other	nature,
5/6/2023	My Best Friend	Couplet	best friend,husband,
5/4/2023	Youth	Villanelle	age,youth,
5/3/2023	Empty Nester	Free verse	child,i miss you,mother,p
4/29/2023	Snapshots	Rhyme	loneliness,
4/28/2023	Funkalicious	Limerick	humorous,
4/27/2023	Box	Free verse	courage,strength,
4/26/2023	I Let It Slip Away	Villanelle	lost,
4/24/2023	Unstoppable	Free verse	how i feel,
4/22/2023	Way	Triolet	love,marriage,
4/21/2023	If I Were Your Love	Rhyme	love,
4/20/2023	Abstract	Monoku	student,
4/20/2023	My Prayer	Free verse	faith,hope,how i feel,pra
4/19/2023	Voice	Free verse	relationship,violence,
4/16/2023	Unwritten	Free verse	how i feel,
4/14/2023	Stardust	Monoku	celebrity,
4/14/2023	Tomorrow	Rhyme	how i feel,
4/2/2023	A Fairy's Tale- Revised	Free verse	first love,friendship,mag
3/31/2023	No Longer In Despair	Rhyme	introspection,
3/27/2023	My Story Condensed	Free verse	change,childhood,
3/26/2023	Hourglass	Rhyme	life,time,
3/25/2023	Bantu	Other	metaphor,
3/25/2023	Thank You My Love	Rondeau Redouble	for him,i love you,
3/23/2023	The Loving Sound-Collab	Rhyme	nature,
2/11/2023	Emptiness	Rhyme	heartbreak,relationship,
2/4/2023	Rico	Limerick	friend,lost,
2/2/2023	Cat	Rhyme	cat,family,pets,
10/29/2022	I Chose To Run But Had I Stayed Things Would Have Been Like	Free verse	how i feel,
10/28/2022	Tell It Like It Is	Free verse	how i feel,
10/26/2022	Time	Monoku	time,
10/25/2022	Caught Off Guard	Rhyme	halloween,
10/25/2022	Natures Touch	Dizain	nature,
10/24/2022	The List	Rhyme	adventure,
10/8/2022	Our Special Day	Sonnet	anniversary,
10/6/2022	A Warlock Named Sam	Monorhyme	fun,
10/3/2022	The Charade That Never Ends	Triolet	how i feel,
9/27/2022	Heaven Bound Flight	Rhyme	tribute,
9/22/2022	Does It Reach My Eyes	Sonnet	how i feel,
8/20/2022	Strolling Through the Meadow	Triolet	nature,
8/18/2022	Amid a Few Bad Apples	Rhyme	appreciation,poetry,words
8/17/2022	Words	Monoku	words,
8/15/2022	Quiver	Triolet	best friend,for him,love,
8/11/2022	Angel	Sonnet	best friend,love,
8/10/2022	Farewell My Friend	Sonnet	friendship,grief,missing
8/4/2022	I Like Your Sound	Free verse	how i feel,
7/15/2022	Turn Down the Volume	Monoku	how i feel,
7/10/2022	War	Monoku	peace,
6/19/2022	I Miss You	Triolet	fathers day,i miss you,lo
6/12/2022	Oh Why	Triolet	evil,
6/9/2022	My Wish For the World Is	Free verse	hope,how i feel,world,
6/7/2022	Schmidt Aka Screech	Limerick	humorous,
6/6/2022	Fathoms Touch	Monoku	first love,
6/6/2022	Family Isnt Just Biological	Rhyme	family,
6/5/2022	My Heart Aches	Triolet	how i feel,
6/5/2022	Bankrupt	Monoku	how i feel,
6/4/2022	Rib-Eye Steaks On the Pit	Epulaeryu	food,
6/1/2022	Without Question	Monoku	love,
5/31/2022	Another Way	Free verse	abortion,child,violence,
5/25/2022	Riff Raff	Rhyme	community,
5/23/2022	Silence	Monoku	silence,
5/21/2022	Hey Mr Or Ms Bully	Triolet	anti bullying,bullying,
5/19/2022	Creative Nook	Pantoum	books,imagination,words,
5/16/2022	What Facinates Me	Free verse	appreciation,
5/12/2022	A Tortured Mind	Crystalline	heartbreak,
5/11/2022	Perspective	Monoku	perspective,

My Photos

Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Slow Walking Talker	Rhyme	adventure,baptism,beautif
- Love Letter -	Shape	first love,funny,
Touch Me Touch Me I Wanna Feel Your Body	Light Verse	baby,happy,imagination,in
My Solace, a Poet's Thoughts On Poetry	Free verse	imagery,metaphor,poetry,
Removed For Publication	Limerick	addiction,humorous,
Finding Happiness In Everyday Pleasures	Rhyme	happiness,joy,
To Take Each Day As It Comes	Light Verse	character,encouraging,gro
True Love Ways	Free verse	love,
But This Day Is Mine	Carpe Diem	celebration,happiness,lif
Dream Fragments - Lune	Verse	color,life,
Where Birds Cannot Fly	Rhyme	christian,heaven,hope,
Curves	Senryu	beautiful,image,woman,
Toro	Rhyme	dog,
Be Mindful When You Write	Sonnet	poetry,poets,writing,
I See You In My Dreams	Rhyme	dream,imagination,
You'Re the Light	I do not know?	emotions,imagery,love,
Life Is Fine	Carpe Diem	beautiful,life,
Big Girls Do Cry	Free verse	courage,freedom,growth,mo
Your Ocean	Free verse	introspection,
An Autumn Portrait of Beauty	Rhyme	allegory,beauty,earth,god
Never, Always, Sometimes	Acrostic	beautiful,dedication,devo
To Pray On Your Flesh	Romanticism	love,
Excuses: a Feminine Experience	Couplet	abuse,horror,irony,pain,p
I Will Not Break	Rhyme	truth,
Souperstarstruck	Haibun	life,poetry,thank you,
Broken People	Free verse	people,
We Are Brothers Ii	Free verse	cute,immigration,love,pea
She By the Sea	Light Verse	angst,beauty,conflict,dea
The Library of Trust and Hope	Light Verse	analogy,garden,growth,hap
Love Sleeps, Never Dies	Light Verse	angel,beauty,child,hope,s
Tribute To a Brother	Free verse	appreciation,tribute,
Leaf	Sonnet	memory,nature,
On the Bottom Shelf	Rhyme	angst,conflict,fear,growt
Where Your Eyes Shine I Want To Lie Down	Free verse	love,
Old King Troll For Alexis Y	Rhyme	betrayal,nursery rhyme,
Seen This Movie Before	Lyric	love,relationship,romance
Like Zephyr Breeze	Free verse	feelings,
Moment of Truth	Dramatic Verse	perspective,philosophy,tr
Poetry Was Her Best Lover- Not For Contest	Free verse	passion,poetry,
We Are Not So Different	Free verse	international,introspecti
My Strong Beautiful Black African Sister	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,inspirat
Eagle and the Dove	Epic	allegory,bird,hate,love,m
Love - An Explosive Rant	Dramatic Monologue	love,
We Are So Different	Free verse	arabic,child,forgiveness,
Man Apart	Free verse	introspection,muse,perspe
I Heard I Might Find a Poet Here Part 3	Epic	beauty,poetry,
The Same Color	Free verse	brother,love,sister,spiri
What Does Poetry Mean To You - Contest	Verse	life,
It Is Quiet Tonight	Free verse	death,grief,husband,lost
His Courage Rocked	Couplet	bullying,character,courag
Still Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise	Free verse	introspection,
Tribute To Poetry Soupers	Rhyme	poets,tribute,
Where Do We Belong	Lyric	goodbye,
Our Caves	Quatrain	heart,inspirational,
I Am Winter	Free verse	winter,
A Glutton For Your Poetry	Quatrain	love,poetry,
Just Chris	Rhyme	friendship,life,
The Park Bench	Free verse	art,beauty,inspirational,
Names With Attachments	Pantoum	black african american,co
When a Man Loves a Woman - When a Woman Loves a Man	Sonnet	love,
Brush Away	Free verse	hurt,love,pain,relationsh
The Colour of My Heart	Lyric	color,encouraging,feeling
The Last Slice	Light Verse	food,fun,humor,humorous,
A Forever Kind of Love	Free verse	longing,love,passion,true
Fallen	Romanticism	beauty,love,romantic,
Courage In Love	Free verse	courage,deep,imagery,life
Forget Me Not and the Silver Prince	Rhyme	fantasy,friendship,happy,
Fj Thomas -A Walking Angel	Acrostic	angel,
Like a Moth To a Flame	Shape	abuse,appreciation,beauti
Lover of Lies	Dramatic Verse	bible,judgement,truth,wis
A Cathartic Weave of Three	Free verse	break up,celebration,devo
A New Day, a New World, a New Tomorrow	Free verse	lost,love,trust,
Rattle the Chain	Epic	america,anger,black afric
Never-Ending	Free verse	good morning,
She's Beautiful	Light Verse	beautiful,women,
Dance With My Words	Dramatic Monologue	dance,love,poetry,romance
Dance With Me	Rhyme	dance,love,moon,
Love Will Come To You	Lyric	introspection,longing,lov
Vulnerable	Free verse	angst,anxiety,life,psycho
Marred Beauty	Dramatic Monologue	love,relationship,sad,tru
Black and White - White and Black	Acrostic	peace,prejudice,
Someone Said, Hey Christopher	Rhyme	humor,life,love,
Rule the World	Acrostic	power,
We Became	Free verse	love,relationship,romanti
Inspired Muses	Sonnet	fun,muse,poetry,
Centrifuge	Rhyme	allusion,emotions,love,sc
Her Grand Display	Rhyme	good morning,
It Rained That Day	Romanticism	feelings,love,marriage,ra
Colors of Love	Rondeau	love,
Dr Martin Luther King Jr	Rhyme	death,i miss you,memory,
Immortality	Italian Sonnet	life,
We Worked Long Enough	Dramatic Verse	slavery,society,truth,wor
Girl With the Golden Smile	Lyric	love,smile,song,
The Unforgotten Brother	Elegy	brother,death,how i feel,
Hidden Treasures	Shape	art,
Twas the Site Before Christmas	Rhyme	christmas,friendship,fun,
Poet To Poet	Dramatic Monologue	introspection,perspective
Springtime Dawns	Free verse	good morning,
Marmalade Skies	Free verse	good morning,
Living a Dream	Free verse	love,relationship,romance

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Alexis Y.	United States	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Anne-Lise Andresen	Norway	Read
Arthur Vaso	Canada	Read
Paul Callus	Malta	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Laura Leiser	United States	Read
Kp Nunez	Philippines	Read
Darlene Gifford	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Justin Bordner	United States	Read
Casarah Nance	United States	Read
Demetrios Trifiatis	Greece	Read
Freddie Robinson Jr.	United States	Read
Chris Green	United States	Read
Victor Bett	Kenya	Read
Vladislav Raven	United Kingdom	Read
Ryan Lucas	United States	Read
Lyric Man	United States	Read
Mick Talbot	United Kingdom	Read
Bobby May	United States	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Arturo Michael	United States	Read
Harry Horsman	Australia	Read
Chuck Melugin	United States	Read
Richard Nnoli	Nigeria	Read
Supraja Kannan	India	Read
Roxanne Dubarry	United States	Read