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Blog Posted:4/13/2014 8:14:00 PM

OH-MY-GOD! Thank you SO much for commenting on my comment on your poem that I commented on and you commented back on your poem that I commented on and I'm getting somewhat confused at this point. You have no IDEA how much I am honored and will forever be in your debt and how can I ever repay you (You take personal checks?)
But if it's not too much to ask (and I realize that your time is valuable) could you PLEASE possibly: COMMENT ON ONE OF MY FREEKIN POEMS??? I don't care if you like my poetry or not...I took the time to read through YOUR poem carefully, make sure I understood it and then tried to offer some kind of coherent comment on said poem that I commented on that you didn't comment on my poem and here I go again one mo time
Also, if all you have to say in return is 'nice', 'enjoyed', etc. PU-LEEZE don't bother

Okay that's it...

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Louise
Holley

Date: 4/17/2014 5:17:00 PM

Tim I comment on Poems that I can relate to. I believe in sincerity. I am not good at wording myself as you can probably tell. I have social phobia and so I never know what to write on comments only to tell them how good it is and to make them feel valued. You tend to get views and comments Others get completely ignored and some of those poems are pure gems. I have never given to receive I wasn't raised that way. If I don't get comments or views because I don't give back then so be it.That wont stop me from commenting even if all I say is nice or this is good some people need to be valued heard and noticed I read peoples current work because that is their frame of mind now. Just a thought.

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 4/14/2014 4:04:00 PM

tim, this is incisive and funny.. okay, can i say, " i like!"..lol..:) hugggs. willl soupie you soon

Anne-Lise
Andresen

Date: 4/14/2014 1:10:00 PM

- Sorry ..... but I have to laugh :)) - I do not write 100% correct English ................. but ........ oh no ... is this a joke, Tim .... (( ? )) - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Jan
Allison

Date: 4/14/2014 12:23:00 PM

Hi Tim Ive just posted on andreas blog - cant agree with you more - nothing more disheartening than spending time commenting and getting nothing in return. Have only been here since February and seen the amount of comments I receive go down - hey ho won't stop me writing - in fact am collaborating and working more with incredible poets so we get two bites of the cherry as the poems are posted twice. Hugs Jan xx

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 4/14/2014 11:53:00 AM

LOL, you confused me with the whole, thank you for commenting on my comment. --- I don't mind if someone, stopped by and left a hello, half the time, no one gets my poetry. H3ll sometimes, I don't get my own poetry. :)... But, that reply button has to go. Andrea's blog expresses much about the reply button. That takes from all of us. I know many don't care about it, or will not admit to it. The reply button's a thief. LOL ;)

Aiyah Torres
Date: 4/14/2014 3:41:00 PM

sorry.. it's a blog! ..lol... commenting on a comment commented to your blog.. _Aiyah :O)

Aiyah Torres
Date: 4/14/2014 3:40:00 PM

Here I go... Commenting on a comment commented on your poem, Tim,,,, he he... things have changed a lot!! .. comments on one's comment... isn't it fun?!! lololol... Hi PD!! ..hello ANNE LISE!!! :O))

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2014 1:12:00 PM

- Agree : the reply button has to go !!!!

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 4/14/2014 11:45:00 AM

:) Tim, some comments on here are all for show. I love how some indicate, to be better than others. LOL, I THINK NOT! The poetry soup is not as awesome as it was before 2013. Everything has gone sour. Now, it's all about groups, like it or not. I can't believe everyone is worried, about how poets comment one another. What is it to he or she, how we decide to offer support, to the new poets, or contest winners. Your 500 character comment, does not mean you read and fully understood the poem. Your praises and rant, aren't better than a smile some left behind. Sorry I have no time for kissing ass. "Constructive criticism" -Them days are over, and charred, all due to the ones who act as if they are better than the rest of us. I can't even call it envy anymore. It's the rude way of seeing thing. I've been discouraged for over a year. All I have time for, is my true poetry friends, and my contest. Every now and then I will find a day, and return comments to he or she who continue to offer support. Another thing, I'm not gonna give in to all the one's who hate seeing us leave a copy paste when welcoming the new poets. $h!ttt-ersss, if it wasn't for us, more than 3 dozen new poets, would not even receive a welcome hand to the soup. So split, splat, to all the HoTW. :) Love your blog by the way. XOX~ LINDA

Tim
Ryerson

Date: 4/14/2014 3:53:00 AM

One mo time then I'll shut my pie-hole (Not much into pie anyway) I sometimes comment on contest winners in which I have either won or placed in and freely admit it is nothing more than an ego thing...

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/14/2014 8:54:00 AM

Tim, I think it is difficult to go see lots of poems if one is not on that particular winners list. I have done it once in a while, but I think most people are going to be more interested in seeing winners of contests in which they too have won. It's only human! Also, it's easier for me to see winners of short form poetry contests, whether I won or not. I just love flying through cute little poems. Where the judges are very selective, like Charlotte, for example, I really enjoy seeing the longer poems. Saw some of superb quality in and other judges' also doing more free verse type contests here.

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/14/2014 4:28:00 AM

On second thought, after the above comment maybe some humble pie would be in order? (choke-gag) WELL! You didn't have to shove it down my THROAT did you?

Deb
Wilson

Date: 4/14/2014 12:18:00 AM

Hey Tim..just wanted you to know I have been sick for awhile now but I will be back to reading and commenting now that I'm feeling better!I know just how you feel...I always look foreward to comments on my poetry ...It's such a good feeling to know you are being read!

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/14/2014 2:46:00 AM

Thanks Deb and I'm glad you are feeling better...

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 4/13/2014 9:35:00 PM

hahaha!!!

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/13/2014 9:44:00 PM

KNEW you would indentify...

Barbara
Gorelick

Date: 4/13/2014 8:56:00 PM

;You are my hero..you have said it better than I ever could. And made it funny to boot. BG

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/13/2014 9:31:00 PM

Wrong Barbara. You are MY hero...

Skat
A

Date: 4/13/2014 8:49:00 PM

OH-MY-GOD! I love your blog. I don't know why, I'm laughing. I hardly ever, ever, reply to a comment left on mypoem. Tim, you know me, I stop by whenever I can. Even if it's 2 say, hey thanks for supporting my contest. You Rock, Tim.. I won't say more than that. I thank you for your random visits. Thank you for not being lazy and replying to the comments I leave when Viewing your poems. ~SKAT~

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/13/2014 9:47:00 PM

Shoulda said I GET LAZY...Ya'll sure don't

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/13/2014 9:29:00 PM

SKAT - I would Lmfao but I ain't got no 'a' to 'flo' anymore (been kicked too many times)

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/13/2014 9:22:00 PM

Yep SKAT, I get lazy too and don't comment as much as I should...I go through 'dry' spells when I don't write anything and don't even log on to PS...Now please tell your sis to take a look too...A little birdie told me that she has become somewhat frustrated lately. I admire you both for the hard work you put in...

Skat A
Date: 4/13/2014 9:15:00 PM

I'm true to my commenters if they are 2 me. It works, both ways. Sometimes, I run across poets I don't like at all. However, that does not stop me from leaving a small congrats, on a poets win, when they enter my contest or my friends contest list. Nowhere did my mom raise a daughters with ugly hearts. I agree with my sis, when she says, never show the same face others do. It leaves, dodo behind. Lmfao.

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 4/13/2014 8:31:00 PM

LOL well it is nice to get mail!!! ;) you try giving constructive criticism see how far you get ;)

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/13/2014 9:59:00 PM

You be da bes Sha!

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
11/29/2016	The Dance	Free verse	nostalgia,
10/11/2016	Perhaps	Monoku	sad,wife,
10/7/2016	Time Out	Light Verse	funny love,
10/5/2016	No Sounds of Any Kind Please, Even Silence	Lyric	funny,parody,
10/3/2016	But I Would Not Live Anywhere Else	Light Verse	home,political,
2/9/2016	Box of Chocolate Candy For My Little Poet Destroyer	Verse	dedication,friend,
2/6/2016	Looks Like Cupid Missed the Mark	Rhyme	valentines day,
1/14/2016	Pet Peave	Dodoitsu	life,pets,
1/10/2016	Einstein Was Right	Senryu	romance,science,
1/8/2016	Missing: Pieces of Me	Free verse	grief,son,
1/6/2016	Moon Over Mars	Haiku	moon,
1/1/2016	Giving Thanks For 2015	Acrostic	father,new year,
12/29/2015	My Seraphim	Free verse	angel,wife,
12/15/2015	Five Somewhat Kinky Lines Concerning Love	Epigram	funny love,
12/14/2015	On That Day	Free verse	christmas,
12/7/2015	An Opinion, Not a Judgement	Epigram	baby,family,
12/1/2015	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Rhyme	blue,christmas,
12/1/2015	For Christmas I Dream	Couplet	christmas,
11/17/2015	I See the Earth Move	Haiku	nature,sun,
11/17/2015	My Favorite Food For Thanksgiving	Verse	food,holiday,
11/17/2015	Someday,Sometime	Senryu	for her,
11/5/2015	Forbidden Rose	Free verse	flower,sensual,
10/25/2015	An Opinion, Not a Judgement	Verse	baby,
10/24/2015	For the Birds - a Tribute To Alfred Hitchcock	Verse	bird,horror,
10/19/2015	Kids Gotta Love Funny Doggie Footles	Footle	dog,funny,
10/14/2015	For Kim	Free verse	child,grief,loss,
10/5/2015	A Compilation of Fickle Foolish Footles	Footle	funny,
9/13/2015	A Tribute To a Major Appliance	Personification	funny,humorous,relationsh
9/12/2015	Infidel	Free verse	culture,war,
9/11/2015	The Door To Forever	Free verse	grief,son,
9/4/2015	I Stand Corrected	Senryu	funny,science,
8/24/2015	Bad Breath Blues - the Boss Is Always Right	Limerick	career,funny,
8/18/2015	Pink	Narrative	mom,scary,
8/17/2015	Beginnings	Free verse	innocence,sensual,
8/11/2015	February	Acrostic	birthday,
8/10/2015	Rubber Soul Memories	Verse	music,nostalgia,,western,
8/8/2015	Lazy-Man's Mexican Cuisine	Light Verse	food,
7/28/2015	Bottoms Up	Limerick	funny,
7/21/2015	Stars In Your Eyes	Senryu	stars,
7/21/2015	Widow Christmas - Get Low	Couplet	christmas,depression,holi
7/20/2015	You Can Call Me Sir But I Guess You'Re Gonna Have To Call Me -	Light Verse	funny,girl,
7/18/2015	Mother Pelican Bleeds	Senryu	patriotic,
7/9/2015	Relief Valve	Footle	food,funny,
7/7/2015	Lord of the Flies	Light Verse	angst,insect,
7/1/2015	After the Storm	Haiku	nature,
6/27/2015	You a Dead Man	Narrative	death,funny,
6/26/2015	Six Random and Rather Ridiculous Observations Concerning Love	Light Verse	funny love,
6/25/2015	Tribute To Jimi Hendrix	Narrative	music,planet,science,
6/23/2015	Forbidden Door	Free verse	dark,death,
6/22/2015	Famous Poets	Light Verse	poets,tribute,
6/19/2015	Garbage Truck	Limerick	funny,
6/18/2015	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	Monorhyme	cancer,inspirational,
6/16/2015	Handicapped	Free verse	loss,son,
6/14/2015	Doa	Prose Poetry	addiction,dark,drug,
6/8/2015	A Lot More Than My Ego Got Bruised	Footle	funny love,
6/8/2015	A 'Trip' To the Mall - Xxx	Limerick	funny,
6/3/2015	A Word To the Wise	I do not know?	nonsense,
6/1/2015	Sea Hag	Clerihew	funny,
5/23/2015	Living the Moment	Rhyme	life,
5/20/2015	The King and His Queen	Choka	music,tribute,
5/19/2015	Hey Babe, How Would You Like To See Me-	Limerick	friend,relationship,
5/11/2015	Just Who Do You Think I Am	Personification	bird,
5/8/2015	Gotcha - Part Ii	Light Verse	relationship,
5/2/2015	Suffer the Little Children	Verse	children,
5/1/2015	Gotcha	Light Verse	romance,
4/28/2015	On That Day - Christmas 2009	Free verse	christmas,grief,joy,
4/28/2015	H-W-R	Monorhyme	father,loss,old,
4/27/2015	Getting Burned By Burning Daylight	Light Verse	natural disasters,nature,
4/21/2015	A Letter From the Irs	Limerick	angst,humorous,
4/20/2015	Big Foot and I	Monoku	animal,funny,social,
3/9/2015	Concerning the Achievement of Life Goals - Keep It Simple	Haiku	funny,nature,
2/27/2015	Concerning the Preparation of Mexican Cuisine	Epigram	food,funny,
2/13/2015	The Fifties	List	nostalgia,
2/9/2015	Survivor	Quatrain	life,
2/9/2015	Grave-Side Service	Tanka	funeral,
1/30/2015	Incident On I-59	Narrative	life,
1/30/2015	Incident On I-59 Part Ii	Narrative	life,
1/30/2015	Incident On I-59 Part Iii	Narrative	life,
1/29/2015	Culinary Crises	Light Verse	angst,food,
1/24/2015	For Feelin' So Blue	Couplet	bereavement,wife,
1/12/2015	Camille	Personification	natural disasters,nature,
1/10/2015	Magic Beans	Footle	food,
1/6/2015	And All Is Forever New	Senryu	heaven,music,
1/3/2015	Dachshund Footles	Footle	dog,
1/2/2015	The Wall	Free verse	insect,
12/31/2014	I Think, Therefore I Am and May Also -	Tanka	funny,
12/31/2014	Heaven Help Me	Tanka	funny,
12/31/2014	The City That Care Forgot	Choka	city,music,
12/29/2014	Gods of Winds	Free verse	natural disasters,nature,
12/28/2014	Baseball Card	Free verse	baseball,son,
12/28/2014	On That Night	Narrative	christmas,
12/25/2014	Santa's Little Helper	Limerick	christmas,
12/22/2014	A Letter To General Eisenhower	Narrative	war,
10/28/2014	Walking On Eggshells	Epigram	funny,philosophy,
10/27/2014	Seraphim	Free verse	wife,
10/13/2014	Wow,You Look Old For Your Age -	Senryu	age,nonsense,
10/9/2014	Plague	Narrative	africa,death,
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9/28/2014	The Color of Yellow	Light Verse	color,humorous,violence,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Sowing	Free verse	devotion,
A "brush" With Horror	Limerick	funny
The Ice Enchantress	Blank verse	fantasy,sea,seasons
Dearest	Rhyme	devotion,faith,mother,upl
He's Their Grandpa	Free verse	dedication,husband,
I Want Your Seeds	Free verse	adventure,funny,old,rain,
Causalities of War	Elegy	death,war,
Christmas Miracle In the Ghetto (Co-Written With John Moses Freeman)	Narrative	family,holiday,hope,uplif
Philidelphia	Free verse	heart,music,
A Boston Tea Party Prelude	Prose	husband,
Alliums Cloud My Heart	Lanterne	introspection
Sleeves of the Soul	Free verse	depression,imagination,
Hands	Free verse	anxiety,beautiful,beauty,
Into the Gloaming	Quatrain	sleep,
Tissue Box	Free verse	child,cry,daughter,grief,
A House On the Cliff's Edge	Ballad	allegory,art,beach,beauti
On the Rocks	Rhyme	humorous,
Summer's Snow	Free verse	lost love,love,
Beginnings and Endings	Narrative	baby,birth,death,mother,n
Butterflies	Rhyme	loss,love,
In Depth of Circumstance	Rhyme	dream,first love,love,rom
Thinking About Angels	Free verse	death,
Once a Goddess of Evening	Free verse	change,color,fantasy,worl
Cruising With the Sky	Light Verse	music,sky,
Vixen of the Mist	Verse	imagination,sea,
Written In the Sand	Heroic Couplet	analogy,introspection,pro
Sleepless Night	Dramatic Verse	anger,death,farewell,memo
Dust and Ash	Free verse	change,earth,environment,
Breaths and Fireglow	Free verse	inspirational,soulmate,
When Madness Rides On Moonlight	Sestina	god,life,
Indian Ink	Dramatic Verse	abuse,autumn,death,deep,f
Face To Face	Free verse	love,
Waterloo Bridge	Ekphrasis	art,beauty,
Another Man's Clothes	Free verse	introspection,
Crystal	Free verse	daughter,
Silver Haze	Free verse	beauty,dark,depression,ho
Little Glistening Salmon	Free verse	adventure,appreciation,be
Obsidian	Free verse	abuse,dark,mystery,
God's Kind of Poetry	Terza Rima	beauty,devotion,poetry,
Admittedly Aries	Rhyme	april,happiness,star,
Ice Breaker	Free verse	change,heart,love,metapho
Clarity	Free verse	introspection,loss,
Immortality	Free verse	family,
Men of Honor	Rhyme	courage,peace,soldier,
A Lovers Voyage	Free verse	love,paradise,
So Sweet Is Life	Light Verse	beautiful,
Engaging Thoughts	Free verse	boyfriend,lost love,love,
A Twisted Ploy	Rispetto	age,introspection,philoso
These Red Brick Walls	Rhyme	future,history,house,me,m
Eccentric Eyes	Sonnet	pain,
This, My Ink's Desire	Free verse	art,identity,
Yesterday's Pain Still Fresh	Free verse	dark,death,feelings,lost
My Greatest Gift	Rhyme	holiday,love,
Days	Free verse	animal,beauty,day,deep,gr
Mister Time	Free verse	day,time,
Quiet Attention	Free verse	childhood,devotion,family
Bite Me	Free verse	anger,anti bullying,
Resuscitation	Verse	kiss,love,romance,
Touch Me	Free verse	absence,confusion,imagina
Love In a Far Off Place	Free verse	lost love,memory,romance,
Walled In	Free verse	memory,men,
When a Woman Is Just a Woman	Free verse	absence,angst,confusion,l
You Know	Ode	emotions,friendship,happi
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 13	Epic	adventure,confusion,coura
We Push the Pen	Quatrain	poems,poetry,poets,senses
The Artist	Sonnet	art,
My First Five Poems	Rhyme	dark,fantasy,write,
Sand Dollar Dreams	Haibun	memory,nature,
The Essence of Rose	Personification	death,life,
We Are the Dead	Verse	dark,death,dream,grief,
Inheritance	Free verse	death,introspection,missi
A Mother's Envy and Pride	Free verse	art,child,love,metaphor,m
Butterfly Dreams	Free verse	appreciation,art,beauty,p
Deaf	Epic	imagination,
Raven's Sign	Couplet	sea,
Memory Rides the Rails	Rhyme	america,childhood,memory,
What a Wondorous Garden	Free verse	appreciation,beautiful,be
The Forest	Alliteration	art,imagination,passion,s
Waterfall Wishes On Stars With No Swings	Quatern	dream,love,
Love Is On the Way	Free verse	betrayal,childhood,confli
One Regret	Sonnet	introspection,life,

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Poet	Country
Carrie Richards	United States	Read
Moonbee Canady	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Brian Strand	United Kingdom	Read
Poet Destroyer A	United States	Read
Jayne Eggins	Australia	Read
Delysia Hendricks	South Africa	Read
Suzanne Delaney	United States	Read
Elizabeth Wesley	Canada	Read
Heather Ober	Canada	Read
Cyndi Macmillan	Canada	Read
Donna Jones	United States	Read
Donna Golden	United States	Read
Elaine George	Canada	Read
Charlotte Puddifoot	United Kingdom	Read
Laura Breidenthal	United States	Read
Sandra Adams	United States	Read
Rhonda Johnson-Saunders	United States	Read
Cherl Dunn	United States	Read
Debbie Guzzi	United States	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Kathryn Collins	United States	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Faye Gibson	United States	Read
Arlene Smith	United States	Read
Kabuteng P.Ink K.	Philippines	Read
Barbara Gorelick	United States	Read
Kim Van Breda	United States	Read
Charmaine Chircop	Malta	Read
Ilene Bauer	United States	Read
Monterey Sirak	United States	Read
Casarah Nance	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Deb Wilson	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Jaycee Cervenka	United States	Read
Kp Nunez	Philippines	Read
Pandita Sietesantos	United States	Read
Skat A	United States	Read
Lu Loo	United States	Read
Kelly Deschler	United States	Read
Aiyah Torres	Philippines	Read
Kim Rodrigues	United States	Read