Saddened by her blog this was written expressly for our Poet Destroyer - Kim Morrison's Blog

Hello Linda:

  I was very saddened by your blog this morning. You have been one of the most welcoming people up on Poetry Soup and you along with a select few are the reason I penned "One Souper's Simple Rhyme." As stated in my poem you are one of the special people up here, that gave "my once solitary voice the very best of all homes." You were one of the first people if not the first person to comment on the first poem I put up and you have no idea how much that meant to me. The welcoming presents of a few, like yourself, was the reason why I started feeling comfortable enough to put up more and more. I have poems up on the Soup now that have not seen the light of day since I wrote them fifteen or twenty years ago. "The Room" my first and only attempt at a sonnet was based on the notorious Bradley McGee child abuse case that occurred here in Florida years ago. If there had not been a Poet Destroyer and a few like you up here on the Soup, there is no way in the free world that I would write a blog and post it about myself, my minor accomplishments, or my writing process. I simply hate tooting my own horn and talking about myself in public period. Until I began putting stuff on the Soup and linking it to my Facebook page, people I have worked with for eleven years did not know I wrote poetry. The main reason why I am usually as uncomfortable as a cat trying to cover up crap on tin-roof talking about myself is as my deceased father always said; "The more people know about you the more they have to hurt you with later."
  However, with all that being said, I have, as time went on, noticed between the nice comments just how jealous these people who should know better can be. What is worse is Poetry Soup seems to appear to have a lot of cliques which is hurtful. I have noticed a lot of the same people commenting on my stuff all the time and I try to respond to each of them, but there a lot who just simply peruse your work and never leave a comment because you are not a part of their little group. I suppose they are checking out their competition, so to speak, but I am not here to compete with anybody. I am here because I enjoy reading and writing poetry and I wish to be associated with others that feel the same way. I have had my rejections, my vicious unhelpful critiques, and snobbish comments from people over the years, so there is nothing these silly jealous cliquish soupers could possibly conceive of that would shock me. I am still writing and will continue to do so because I love it and because it puts me in a place where my mind is not bothered by this kind of nonsense. You just need to know that some of us do love you for what you do and what you have done and I will always be one of them. You have a friend in me and one that will cheer you on each time you feel the need to tell those others where than can go.

Poetically Yours
Kim

James Marshall Goff Date: 6/4/2013 10:21:00 AM schneikoporoski.......can't help but encourage people who stand-up.....my personal stands tend to be political, trying to wake people up to impending "trans-human" hegemony....perps are plutocrats (shadow gov'ts) whewww.....sorry..... well done, Kim.....jimbo Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/4/2013 10:59:00 AM Thank You! Kim

Nato Calubiran Date: 6/4/2013 1:08:00 AM It's didn't seem sad to me since I'm depressed most of the time but I'm not sad just depressed. I think it's a start of something better. "I Think" that's specified. Login to Reply Nato Calubiran Date: 6/4/2013 7:58:00 PM i play computer games to relive depression somehow but then if i lose it. damn Nato Calubiran Date: 6/4/2013 7:58:00 PM *relieve James Marshall Goff Date: 6/4/2013 2:09:00 PM Nato....no need to be depressed! once....a....week......find as wild a forest area as you can....hike at least an hour.....study the plants and spot birds....bring ID books (Audubon's are good) slope the trails like a Deer....walk lightly.....you won't be aware of ANY negative emotions.....this will last you the rest of the week 'till you go again.....jimbo Kim Morrison Date: 6/4/2013 6:21:00 AM yep! Thanks for commenting.

Poet Destroyer A Date: 6/3/2013 11:02:00 PM PS.... I did not mean to sadden you with my blog. ~Amri Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/4/2013 6:23:00 AM Your blog seemed sad and angry to me. Kim

Poet Destroyer A Date: 6/3/2013 11:00:00 PM Hi Kim, i will send you soup mail in the morning. Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/4/2013 11:00:00 AM Ok!

Adeleke Adeite Date: 6/3/2013 4:46:00 PM I don't get this, when is everyone going to get matured and just let the poems flow. The universe does not revolve around a man and it won't stand still for any demigod. I hate coming back 'home' and seeing stuffs like this, if anyone habours hatred, it is to his own detriment. Enjoy life while it last, poetry is all about self expression and not self-depression. Let the poems flow and the prejudice flare. Oh, I see pd fanclub down the comment??? Enjoy. Login to Reply Nato Calubiran Date: 6/3/2013 10:46:00 PM sometimes expression is depression itself and they do rhyme. Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 5:33:00 PM Growing older doesn't guarantee you will grow smarter or more mature with age. Kim

Len Gasun Date: 6/3/2013 1:36:00 PM Thank you so much my dear friend Kim for your loving support to our very own dear friend and my very own dearest poet sis, Linda. All I can say is "She's really one of the "GREATEST ASSETS HERE" at soup, our second home. We love you so much my dearest sis Linda! Thank you my dear friend Kim, i love u as well & everybody here! love lots and hugs, Leonora Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 5:31:00 PM You and PD are very welcome! I knew she had a sister up here, but I did know who you were until now. Thank You for leaving a comment Leonora. Kim

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/3/2013 12:28:00 PM - Kim, thanks for your lovely supportive blog! - Love U!! / / Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 5:38:00 PM You like PD are one of people that made me feel welcome here. I can't figure out whether you posted the first comment on my the first piece I submitted or PD, but your comments meant just as much as hers because you were both there right away. Thank You Kim!

Colleen Bono Date: 6/3/2013 12:15:00 PM I am behind PD in full force.How dare some people try to ruin someone else's life just because they aren't happy with their own.Take care.Love PD's Backup! Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 5:40:00 PM Agreed! I sent this to her first, but then I thought this needed to be said publicly, so I posted it.

Suzanne Delaney Date: 6/3/2013 10:11:00 AM Nicely said Kim Linda we love you -no matter a User name. On another note, we cannot lose track of who we are because one of our poems gets N/ A'd in a poetry Contest. That was my first reaction but now, to me, the Contests are about the poems and not the poets and if you judge them based on whose poem it is and not the work itself then the standard of excellence will drop. Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 5:46:00 PM Absolutely! I never look up a poet when I am judging a contest and people should remove their names when they submit a piece to a contest because the less I feel I know the less likely my judgement will be tainted or slanted. Thanks Kim

Sandy Ivy D Date: 6/3/2013 9:44:00 AM Kim, hopefully she forgives me. I was selfish about 3 weeks ago after not placing in her contest. I deleted her off my favorite poet list, out of cruelty. A nice blog. SandyIvy Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 5:50:00 PM She has tossed a few of mine off in contests too, but I would never hold it against her and I do not believe she will hold it against you either. Thanks for commenting Kim!

Cyndi Macmillan Date: 6/3/2013 8:10:00 AM HOPE SHE HEARS YOU, KIM. Login to Reply Kim Morrison Date: 6/3/2013 8:23:00 AM I hope so too. This was a email I sent directly to her in two parts and before I posted it as a blog I took out the more colorful language that was in the original she received. Kim