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Blog Posted:11/28/2022 8:42:00 AM

Dear Poetry Soup admin......recently there have been ads inserted in the poetry comments secton of the poems section. Is this another intrusion into the pleasure of reading and commenting on the poetry of other members or something slipped in under cover of darkness.

I, for one, find it quite annoying while scrolling through the comments left on poems to have a commercial/ad jump out at me. Any one else experienceing this??

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Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 11/29/2022 10:31:00 AM

Yes, it happens sometimes. and yes, it's annoying!

Constance
La France

Date: 11/29/2022 5:29:00 AM

John, I have not seen them to the degree you describe, but, perhaps that is because I have an AD Blocker. However, I agree with you that "on our poems" is no place for ADS to take over. This same issue happened in the past also, some may recall. Hope Administration will do something about it, blessings

Terry
Flood

Date: 11/29/2022 2:41:00 AM

Tell me about it, John. I’m not only getting ads… but full screen ads, I can’t read around them and I can’t scroll past them. I do wonder whether Soup has been handed a sack of greenbacks to allow this or if it’s all to do with cookies on my own device. Either way, as you say, it’s ‘quite’ annoying. Terry

L Milton
Hankins

Date: 11/28/2022 12:40:00 PM

Hmmm...this is very interesting, John, although it has not happened to me. And, I might add, I'd be very aggravated if it did. I do have an ad-blocker installed on my computer, so that may account for my good fortune in this regard.

Darlene
De Beaulieu

Date: 11/28/2022 11:36:00 AM

Hello John, Why is this happening? Do we need ads in our comments box? I do noticed this either. Ads should not be in the comments box. Enjoy your day my friend.

Heidi
Sands

Date: 11/28/2022 10:28:00 AM

Yes, this is happening to me too. It also interferes with commenting. Thank you for mentioning it :)

Gary
Radice

Date: 11/28/2022 10:00:00 AM

Hi John. Yes, I've experienced ads between comments but only intermittently. What I have found equally frustrating is that sometimes I'm not able to complete my comments for another Souper's poem due to a full page advert suddenly appearing in the same space - This only happens strangely enough when I use my mobile phone. Due to these occurrences - and (I guess) because I'm a premium member - I found out that you can block adverts from the membership page which I have somewhat reluctantly done; reluctantly so because I'm aware sites like this need the revenue. To date this has proved effective. Cheers - Gary

My Past Blog Posts


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AN INFINITE NUMBR OF MONKEYS Date Posted: 12/10/2024 12:10:00 PM
ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT Date Posted: 10/5/2024 6:56:00 AM
It's Half Past September Date Posted: 9/16/2024 1:20:00 PM
Stirring the soup Date Posted: 8/16/2024 4:38:00 AM
FINALLY FINALIZED....There is a darkness Date Posted: 4/22/2024 2:07:00 PM
HI-POO SENRYU CONTEST FLUSHED... Date Posted: 10/30/2023 4:50:00 AM
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What was I thinking contest finalized Date Posted: 9/27/2023 5:15:00 AM
ALERT!!! HE JUST COMMENTED ON HIS OWN POEM!!!! Date Posted: 9/19/2023 6:49:00 AM
Don't Fight it - Write it contest results Date Posted: 6/25/2023 11:58:00 AM
HITHER AND ANON Date Posted: 6/14/2023 5:33:00 AM
COMPLIANT POEMOLOGY Date Posted: 4/12/2023 6:37:00 AM
To Comment or Respond to Same Date Posted: 1/23/2023 7:52:00 PM
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PAPER AIRPLANES CONTEST Date Posted: 9/14/2022 5:51:00 AM
SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW.......FORGOTTEN CONTEST Date Posted: 6/8/2022 5:22:00 AM
DEAR INHABITANTS Date Posted: 4/21/2022 5:06:00 PM
ALAS, ALACK AND BALDERDASH Date Posted: 3/18/2022 6:40:00 AM
DAY BREAK Date Posted: 2/16/2022 4:57:00 AM

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7/6/2025	I hold them hostage	Free verse	feelings,
6/30/2025	City Heat	Free verse	city,night,summer,
6/29/2025	No gods need apply	Free verse	introspection,
6/26/2025	P H E W	Free verse	weather,
6/26/2025	Silence should not remain so	Free verse	silence,
6/20/2025	The Wind Chortled	Free verse	summer,wind,
6/19/2025	PROGRESS REPORT	Free verse	fun,silly,
6/18/2025	summer Haiku	Haiku	silence,
6/18/2025	LOST	Free verse	irony,
6/15/2025	I-phone-itis	Free verse	age,humor,
6/15/2025	HOWLING WILDERNESS	Free verse	growth,spiritual,
6/13/2025	10 steps to writing what you believe to be great poetry	List	fun,humor,
6/11/2025	I was crazy enough to give her a daisy	Free verse	flower,love,
6/6/2025	The Lunacy of Language	Free verse	language,words,
6/5/2025	An Osprey Circles	Free verse	beauty,fishing,
6/5/2025	Hope has left the building	Monoku	irony,
6/5/2025	Intrusive Thoughts	Free verse	words,writing,
5/30/2025	Rematch Tomorrow 8AM	Free verse	life,work,
5/27/2025	TAP OUT	I do not know?	humor,irony,
5/26/2025	AH MUSIC	Free verse	age,music,
5/14/2025	OH, NO---It's here	Rhyme	spring,
5/14/2025	She spoke to me yesterday	Free verse	america,freedom,
5/9/2025	Poetry Sucks	Rhyme	humor,poetry,poets,writin
5/8/2025	hush	Monoku	humor,irony,
5/8/2025	PIGEON POLLS	Rhyme	humor,
5/7/2025	The Shadows Lie	Free verse	sunshine,
5/6/2025	Requiem en terna	Senryu	faith,word play,
5/5/2025	ANYHOW	I do not know?	humor,rain,
5/5/2025	Horse Sense	Monoku	irony,
5/5/2025	I Gave Her a Dandelion	Free verse	beauty,character,love,
5/4/2025	TICK TALK	Free verse	time,
5/4/2025	Thank You For Your Service	Free verse	america,memorial day,sold
4/29/2025	KILL THE PARROT	Free verse	irony,
4/28/2025	Didn't feel like writin' today	Free verse	muse,writing,
4/25/2025	A Butterflys Lament	Free verse	beauty,strength,
4/24/2025	Age hasn't softened me	Free verse	truth,
4/23/2025	River Reverie	Free verse	nature,
4/22/2025	the space between words	Free verse	passion,poetry,writing,
4/22/2025	unattended innuendo	Monoku	humor,word play,
4/21/2025	Purple Dreams In Other Realms	Free verse	fantasy,
4/20/2025	I AM POETRY	Free verse	passion,poetry,words,
4/20/2025	The doorbell rings less	Free verse	age,life,time,
4/17/2025	I am	Questionku	introspection,
4/16/2025	The Eternal Question	Questionku	god,
4/15/2025	the poem I writ	Rhyme	poetry,silly,
4/12/2025	There's a dead horse in my bathtub	Prose	humor,
4/12/2025	Saturday	Free verse	rain,
4/11/2025	I used to know	Free verse	humor,kid,pets,
4/9/2025	Memento to the Moon	Monoku	beauty,moon,
4/9/2025	I do not have the time to write a tome	Rhyme	humor,poetry,writing,
4/7/2025	FLASHBACK	Monoku	memory,
4/6/2025	Alas, to write of love and loss and death	Sonnet	death,loss,love,writing,
4/6/2025	DAWN	Etheree	morning,
4/4/2025	OOPS	Limerick	irony,
4/4/2025	Alas, old blog	Free verse	fun,
4/3/2025	talked to a star one night	Free verse	loneliness,star,
4/3/2025	there I was	Free verse	mystery,
3/28/2025	Supercalifr---you know	Couplet	humor,
3/27/2025	Spring will devour the wind	Free verse	spring,wind,
3/25/2025	Life's Familiar touch	Free verse	age,life,memory,
3/25/2025	THINK THANK THUNK	Questionku	confusion,
3/25/2025	death dances	Free verse	death,
3/24/2025	Life's shadows	Monoku	angst,life,
3/22/2025	Point taken	Limerick	humor,ireland,
3/22/2025	Dark Sunrise	Rhyme	morning,
3/21/2025	just sayin	Monoku	humor,
3/21/2025	TITLE MANIA	Free verse	fun,poetry,writing,
3/20/2025	a wind whispers	Senryu	peace,
3/18/2025	Levity escapes me as the sun fades	Blank verse	beauty,night,sunset,
3/17/2025	RED HAT	Other	humor,political,
3/15/2025	POLY-TICKS	Limerick	humor,political,
3/14/2025	Let the Words of My Mouth	Verse	words,
3/13/2025	I fear the closets fuzzy things	Rhyme	fear,night,
3/12/2025	i sat to write of subtle things	Rhyme	longing,nature,spring,
3/12/2025	Allegedly Intelligent	Free verse	poetry,writing,
3/11/2025	Does love make a sound	Free verse	love,senses,
3/11/2025	Snippets of Life	Free verse	age,hair,men,
2/27/2025	Three Mouse-cat-eers	Rhyme	fun,
2/26/2025	Look What I Thaw	Free verse	spring,winter,
2/24/2025	PURPOSE	Monoku	word play,
2/21/2025	Clothes Call	Free verse	clothes,life,time,
2/19/2025	Listening to your eyes	Monoku	irony,
2/19/2025	And what of Poetry	Free verse	poetry,words,
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2/13/2025	The End of Day	Free verse	sunset,
2/12/2025	NEVER'S FOREVER'S	Rhyme	word play,
2/10/2025	As Day Fades	Free verse	moon,night,
2/8/2025	3PM, cold, windy, snow coming	Free verse	love,winter,
2/5/2025	The Abyss of Time's Canyon	Verse	life,memory,remember,
2/3/2025	The coxswain calls the cadence	Rhyme	life,
1/27/2025	Rumors abound	Limerick	humor,
1/25/2025	Of Promises	Sonnet	passion,
1/23/2025	Age and Circumstance	Free verse	age,life,time,
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1/13/2025	What God is This	Free verse	angst,death,god,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
She's Always Drawing Mermaids	Sonnet	sad,
Paradise Now	Free verse	religion,
Painting With Words	Couplet	poetry,writing,
A Friendly Goodbye	Free verse	beauty,
Roadmap	Rhyme	age,
Dark	Cinquain	dark,death,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
Death Becomes Art	Rhyme	death,depression,poetry,
And Still She Smiles	Free verse	depression,friendship,lov
'theatre of the Absurd'-Catoptric Corridors of Time	Rhyme	humanity,metaphor,solitud
Moonless Curse	Senryu	appreciation,hope,longing
Scurry Now a Panther Comes Your Way	Free verse	poetry,
Sacred Dwellers	Couplet	animal,native american,sp
Totems of the Mind	Free verse	history,muse,mystery,
Rise Up and Sing the Sun	Sonnet	day,
Courage	Free verse	courage,love,
In Praise of Anonymity	Free verse	poetry,
Resolutions	Rhyme	new year,
Understanding	Free verse	truth,
The Souls of Leaves	Rondeau	nature,
The Park Fountain	Free verse	light,moon,night,spiritua
God Was Wearing a Dress	Free verse	spiritual,
Lightning They Name Is Woman	Personification	sky,
Meditations On a Derelict Wharf	Free verse	age,hope,mystery,visionar
Your Name	Free verse	anxiety,childhood,fear,
All That I Have Taken In	Free verse	eve,nature,spiritual,suns
Seattle Streets	Free verse	age,old,
A Life Not Lived	Etheree	angst,anxiety,betrayal,co
The Mystery of Before	Free verse	birth,memory,morning,
The Poets Are Dead	Free verse	writing,
Prayers are Said	Elegy	funeral,grief,loss,love,
Tomorrow	Free verse	sunset,time,
Super Size	Rhyme	appreciation,happiness,
Wasted Things	Free verse	poetry,
On Rainy Afternoons	Free verse	child,sad,solitude,
How Much More God	Verse	childhood,memory,
I Am	Rhyme	evil,war,
Politicians, Preachers and Prophets	Free verse	imagination,love,poetry,
Narrow Margin	Dramatic Verse	analogy,how i feel,life,
If You Look	Rhyme	life,
Be Thoughtful of Others	Kyrielle	encouraging,inspirational
Whispers	Free verse	war,
The Noise of Pretence	Free verse	angst,silence,spoken word
Crack And Cranny	Rhyme	happiness,how i feel,life
A Little Caveman Reasoning	Free verse	poetry,
To Have Space	Free verse	childhood,god,growth,spir
Nameless	Rhyme	sad,
Untitled No 28	Free verse	angst,emotions,
Dew Kissed Dawn	Free verse	appreciation,light,mornin
A Poet's Prayer	Free verse	poetry,prayer,
Snowflakes	Free verse	analogy,life,perspective,
Death To The Poets	Rhyme	poets,war,
What is Black Beauty?	I do not know?	beauty,black african amer
Sanity at Last	Free verse	america,perspective,polit
I am a girl	Free verse	boy,gender,girl,teenage,
The Brutal Truth collaboration with Sandra Weiss	Rhyme	age,angst,
Ashes	Free verse	fire,nature,tree,
Where The River Cries	Couplet	metaphor,poetry,poets,riv
Small Fish	Free verse	fish,mirror,self,water,
How Pagans Came To Be	Free verse	religious,summer,
Enthusiasm	Villanelle	emotions,
Enthusiasm	Light Verse	devotion,writing,
All the President’s Men	Political Verse	america,corruption,politi
Melanin Melancholy	Free verse	silence,

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Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
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Maurice Yvonne	Canada	Read
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Dialectic Crisis	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Dale Gregory Cozart	United States	Read
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib	Canada	Read
Lin Lane	United States	Read