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Log of 1/26/00 IA Slam

JagerQn: hi Bard, you still do Poetry slam on Wednesdays?
ASYLM Bard: hello hello jager, yes we do
JagerQn: k, just wondering... I'm probably going to sit this one out and head to bed
ASYLM Bard: jsut waiiting for the ususal crowd to show up
ASYLM Bard: looks like everyone beat you to bed----
JagerQn: have a good night though :)
JagerQn: lol really
ASYLM Bard: probably tuckered out from shoveling snow. night.
JagerQn: yeah well I'm in AL so no snow here but it's cold as anything
ASYLM Bard: I"m su4re you think it is---here in Iowa it's getting to ten below tonight.
ASYLM Bard: hello sitax.
JagerQn: it's actually supposed to snow either tonite or tomorrow nite
JagerQn: ooh, you win lol
ASYLM Bard: welcome to slam country.
SiTaX1980: hi bard
JagerQn: hello Si
SiTaX1980: slam country?
SiTaX1980: hi jager
ASYLM Bard: competive poetry.
ASYLM Bard: erthangl hellow!
JagerQn: it's only going to be 20 tonight here but the wind is howling
ASYLM Bard: very long time no see.
ERTHANGL1: hey John!
ASYLM Bard: tha't IS strange for Al.
SiTaX1980: its giong to be 16 here tonight
ERTHANGL1: I know...been tired...the holidays ..
JagerQn: yeah, we snow once every 2 years usually lol
ASYLM Bard: whoa----
ASYLM Bard: actually ten below isn't too odd for this time of year here.
JagerQn: the only time I've ever had a white Christmas was with my family in CT
ASYLM Bard: I've been out doing things like bike riding at -24
JagerQn: hah! not me
ASYLM Bard: gotta tget your strength back, ERth. you got my play to go to in march.
JagerQn: it's called get from point a to point b asap
JagerQn: have a good night you all and take care, nice chatting with you
ERTHANGL1: I am trying John..just cant take the cold -- so I stay in.
ERTHANGL1: it is boooooorrrrring..
JagerQn: tell Stormy I says hola if ya don't mind
JagerQn: oh yeah, and Tigr too
ASYLM Bard: sure is, erth. and the cold is a strain to anyone. Will do , jager.
ASYLM Bard: I WONT be here next weeek, though---going to another lecture in Chicago
JagerQn: bye all :)
ASYLM Bard: this time with Susan Sontag.
ERTHANGL1: oh really? What's the lecture about?
ASYLM Bard: ah, there's elline.
EileenH415: helllo
CKnight504: whats up
ASYLM Bard: and hellow, knigh.
ASYLM Bard: donno erthagnel. probably whatevershe's written lately.
ASYLM Bard: I'ts too much to hope she'd talk on photography
ASYLM Bard: I actually have not read any of her novels but have read her non fiction
EileenH415: hello erth
EileenH415: whhom are we talking about
ERTHANGL1: hey Eileen*
CKnight504: so... whats going on in here
ASYLM Bard: well, knight we'd cosider doing a poetry slam if I"d get some volunteerres
CKnight504: poetry slam?
ASYLM Bard: hang on, kinght, this macro will explain everything.
ASYLM Bard: SO YOU WANNA SLAM, EH? HERES THE HOUSE *RULES*
CKnight504: oh no, another macro
ASYLM Bard: You need three or four good poems to slam with... four if
ASYLM Bard: we have only two folks up against each other, three if
ASYLM Bard: there are more than two.
ASYLM Bard: Some of us have day jobs, and we need to get this done
ASYLM Bard: before midnight!!
ASYLM Bard: You will be told by the room Honcho, (usually da one
ASYLM Bard: runnin’ da rules ) what order the
ASYLM Bard: slam is going in and
ASYLM Bard: when its your turn. You’ll have three minutes
ASYLM Bard: to get your poem online...---------
ASYLM Bard: obviously, this would be a great time to make use of one
ASYLM Bard: of the macro programs (like this one ) that allows
ASYLM Bard: fast uploading. You can get one off of AOL for nothing!
ASYLM Bard: The room Honcho and two cohorts will score the poems
ASYLM Bard: between 0 (blah!) and 20 points (Absojehosophatinlutely
ASYLM Bard: incredible!!)
ASYLM Bard: The scores are strictly secret and kept that way. We do
ASYLM Bard: apologize but, weve decided not to be in the ego-building
ASYLM Bard: or busting business.
ASYLM Bard: We ask that members do not chat while a poem is being
ASYLM Bard: sent to the chat room. While the poems are being scored,
ASYLM Bard: the room will be open to chat and comment... ........
ASYLM Bard: The one with the most points at the end of the rounds is
ASYLM Bard: DA WINNA!.
ASYLM Bard: --end
CKnight504: ok
ASYLM Bard: and tha'ts how it's done
CKnight504: I wish I had more then one poem on disk now
CKnight504: I couldn't get any poems on here in three minutes
CKnight504: sounds fun though
ASYLM Bard: well, maybe next week or so, knight. 3
CKnight504: I dunno
TigrMchine: howdy room
ERTHANGL1: hey Tigr
TigrMchine: howdy sit
TigrMchine: this is the part where the rest of the room is supposed tp greet us
SiTaX1980: oh, hi tigr
TigrMchine: howdy Zip ;)
EileenH415: hello Tigr:)
TigrMchine: not you sit lol
ASYLM Bard: ah tigr. hello.
SiTaX1980: whatever
ASYLM Bard: can't IM you for some reason
TigrMchine: tsk tsk bard gotta be faster on the draw than that :P
ASYLM Bard: ms. zippie, hello after long absense.
ASYLM Bard: We need folks that wanna share poetry tonight.
EileenH415: hhheey Mrs Z
ERTHANGL1: Hey Jan*
ASYLM Bard: ostenibly, on TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY!!
ERTHANGL1: I dont have any poems about Superman John
ASYLM Bard: but I'm easy. you can do just about anything.
Mrs Zippie: Hello Tigr, Everyone. : )
Mrs Zippie: good to see you all.
ASYLM Bard: i was a;ctually in a political mood
ASYLM Bard: thanks to the caucus, erth.
TigrMchine: howdy dee
WordsByDee: HowDee Tigr :)
ASYLM Bard: hee and dee, hello
ERTHANGL1: ARGH...I am sick of the Caucus and politics John
Mrs Zippie: Hey Dee : )
ERTHANGL1: enuf already
WordsByDee: Hi Jan :)
ERTHANGL1: Hey Dee , Hi
EileenH415: hooizzhee ,, i love that name
WordsByDee: Bard ...Erthangl...hi
ASYLM Bard: awwww, where's your Amuuurrrrrican spirit erth. ?
Mrs Zippie: Dee and I are a team
Mrs Zippie: ZipahDee Doo Dah
ERTHANGL1: Oh I vote..but we have been inundated with this stuff..
WordsByDee: lol Jan
ERTHANGL1: they are all crooks anyhow..and if they arent, just put em in office and they will be.
ASYLM Bard: ms. zippie, you just out punned me.
TigrMchine: wb sit
Mrs Zippie: : x
TigrMchine: howdy hoo
Mrs Zippie: sorry
SiTaX1980: hi
Mrs Zippie: I'll go to my corner now
Mrs Zippie: lol
ASYLM Bard: don't be sorry----it's an achievement.
ASYLM Bard: I try not to be pun-nacious about it.
CKnight504: thats bad... really bad
ASYLM Bard: ioh, by the way-----Anny slammers out there??
EileenH415: ahem..... raising hand ....
EileenH415: mmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ASYLM Bard: ther's one.
CKnight504: I don't have enough to slam with right now, but if you want I can share one
TooSweetMn: boo
TigrMchine: howdy too
ASYLM Bard: hold that idea, knight, we could use that.
CKnight504: umm... ok
Mrs Zippie: Hello Mntn. : )
ASYLM Bard: boo to you, too, sweet.
TooSweetMn: lol
TooSweetMn: brb
MntnPoet: Hi Zip...Angel.
ERTHANGL1: Hey David**
ERTHANGL1: John...I have some poems in my swiftkeys..
ERTHANGL1: but they arent about Politics
ERTHANGL1: NOT even close
ASYLM Bard: w3e'd love to hear them, erth.
CKnight504: my stuffs not politics either
ASYLM Bard: as I said, forget the damn theme. I just do that to make
ASYLM Bard: a different reminder each week.
SiTaX1980: lol
ASYLM Bard: keeps me from being boring or going nuts.
MntnPoet: Hello John..Long time.
ASYLM Bard: hello, mountian poet. yes it has been.
ASYLM Bard: I"ve missed your stuff.
MntnPoet: And I yours, old friend. How have you been?
ERTHANGL1: Okay..John...just for you...they arent real current but it will give me something to do
Bilbo1949: Good Evening Room Bilbo here
SiTaX1980: hi bilbo
ASYLM Bard: hello bilbo, thanks for comin' out from under the hill
Bilbo1949: SiTax Hello
ASYLM Bard: we got two slammers, so far, folks.
Bilbo1949: Bard E@venin to ya
TigrMchine: guess I better go change then brb
ASYLM Bard: mntn, I've been bathing myself in the flute songs of R. Carlos Nakai. Do you know his work
ASYLM Bard: yeah, tigr will oput on his asylm garb and will be kind
MntnPoet: Oh yes..I have several of his albums..
ASYLM Bard: enough to judge for us, since nun is gone for a while
ASYLM Bard: me too---a friend of mine got it right
ASYLM Bard: I played him a long song, and he saidÆ
ASYLM Bard: "Man! that guy is RIGHT THERE!"
ASYLM Bard: he sure is.
MntnPoet: He is..He was here in Denver last fall but I missed him.
ASYLM Bard: awwww. I saw Joy Harjo when she was here in the quad cities.
ASYLM Bard: it's where I first ran into erthangle.
ERTHANGL1:
MntnPoet: Angel and I go 'way back...
ERTHANGL1: It was my first local poetry win too John when Joy came here.
ERTHANGL1: Yeah..David and I are "Buds"
ASYLM Bard: good to know---that's right, erth.
ASYLM Bard: ah, the tigr one is on his way back
ASYLM Bard: and then we can get started.
ERTHANGL1: who is doing this tonight John?
ASYLM Tigr: howdy room 0:)
ASYLM Bard: dum de dum dum dum---
ERTHANGL1: Well..Tigr..hardly recognized you...LOL
ASYLM Bard: it's you and eileen, erth. \
ASYLM Tigr: heh
Mrs Zippie: hmmm, Angel Tigr
Mrs Zippie: lol
ASYLM Tigr: a 1 on 1 slam heh
ASYLM Tigr: <<< angelic
ERTHANGL1: So I need four poems?
ASYLM Bard: unless I can tempt mntnpoet into sharing his word-hoard with us.
ASYLM Bard: or mrs zippie, for that matter.
MntnPoet: LOL..Arm-twister.
EileenH415: yeah whats up mtn
ERTHANGL1: Oh Geez...he's too good for me..!!
EileenH415: you can read ,,, ive seen you
Mrs Zippie: any topic?
ASYLM Tigr: howdy sky ;)
Skyscage: howdy tig
ASYLM Tigr: welcome to the poetry SLAM!
ERTHANGL1: He has some great poetry, but I didnt know he could read!
MntnPoet: OK..I'll play.
ASYLM Tigr: well I would hope he could read..how else could he write?
ASYLM Bard: any topic.
ERTHANGL1: Oh sure..!!!!
ASYLM Bard: wha -HOO!
Mrs Zippie: can you handle 4?
ASYLM Tigr: it's nwa 3-way dance!
ASYLM Bard: now I"m seeing three slammers.
ERTHANGL1: This will be fun...!!!!!!
EileenH415: ok ,,,, seeeeeeeeee i did it :)
ASYLM Tigr: 4 way ???:::Swooon:::
ERTHANGL1: Yeah..WTG Eileen!!!!!
ASYLM Bard: four. oy vey.
ERTHANGL1: LOL
Mrs Zippie: I'll drop if you would rather not
ASYLM Bard: we'll handle it all right.
ERTHANGL1: That's half room..
EileenH415: stay zippie
ERTHANGL1: Oh no this will be fun Jan...
ASYLM Bard: NO NO don't. I"ve never seen enough of your work, zippie.
ERTHANGL1: !!
Mrs Zippie: how many pieces?
ASYLM Tigr: howdy moon ;)
HMoon67: Hiya Tigr
ERTHANGL1: Oh you are in for a treat John..
ASYLM Tigr: strap on your Iambic pentameter moon , it's the poetry SLAM!
EileenH415: east caost needs to go to bed before 3
Mrs Zippie: John you have seen nearly none of my work
ERTHANGL1: THe ZIP is a class act!
Mrs Zippie: lol
HMoon67: oh no
ASYLM Bard: three, zipoie.
HMoon67: I suck at poetry
Mrs Zippie: digging
ASYLM Bard: we';ll be done in an hour or so.
ERTHANGL1: we need three...? okay..
ASYLM Tigr: well you don't have to write it moon heh
ASYLM Bard: so, tigr, wanna give a little message before we start.
HMoon67: even reading it..
HMoon67: the only stuff I can understand is...dr suess
SiTaX1980: lol
HMoon67: cya
ASYLM Tigr: ~*~ We thank you for coming and watching our poets
ASYLM Tigr: compete, but we ask that you please don't chat while a
ASYLM Tigr: poet is sending a poem to the chatroom. Thank you! ;)
ASYLM Tigr: ~*~
ASYLM Bard: ok, ans since we have multiple slam winners here tonight,
ASYLM Tigr: howdy cheridah !
ASYLM Bard: let's let Erthangl start us off, if she's ready.
ASYLM Tigr: you've wandered into the poetry S_S_S_S_S_SSSSLAM
ERTHANGL1: ok ready?
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Erth! :)
ERTHANGL1: Permanent Record
ERTHANGL1: ,
ERTHANGL1: A song on the midnight air
ERTHANGL1: seeps into the pores of memory's
ERTHANGL1: cool, wet skin,
ERTHANGL1: Natalie Cole and gardenias
ERTHANGL1: and I can feel you
ERTHANGL1: tangled in my hair,
ERTHANGL1: draped around my neck,
ERTHANGL1: strong against my thighs,
Cwgrl Kat: Ah! I knew I would find you here Tigr!
ERTHANGL1: pleasure and long-ago passion,
ERTHANGL1: this brief moment
ERTHANGL1: poured so intently,
ERTHANGL1: the flood washed you away
ERTHANGL1: in a melody, adagio,
ERTHANGL1: the final note hung-up
ERTHANGL1: between the lines
ERTHANGL1: and spaces.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: copyright / judy lowe / aug. 1999
MntnPoet: Beautiful, Angel..I haven't seen that in a long time..
ASYLM Bard: wiw--er, wow.
GalAengus: lovely, Judy :)
ASYLM Tigr: howdy kodiak and Gal! :) you've doundthe peotry slam :)
ERTHANGL1: thanks gize...
EileenH415: that is beautiful judy
Tkodiak323: love dounding things
GalAengus: Hi David :)
ASYLM Bard: kinda whipped my wow, there.
MntnPoet: <*Gal*>
GalAengus: Jan* Eileen* TK*
Mrs Zippie: Beautiful work Judy
Mrs Zippie: Hey Nicki. : )
ERTHANGL1: Nicki..nice to see ya here...thanks Jan..
EileenH415: hhey gal
ASYLM Tigr: wb sit ;)
ASYLM Bard: now. to assuage my curiosity,
ASYLM Bard: let's see a Zippie poem
SiTaX1980: what do you mean, wb? ive been here
Mrs Zippie: ready
ASYLM Tigr: well that is for the next time you leave and come back heh :P
ASYLM Tigr: THe floor is now closed for Zippie! :)
SiTaX1980: well, thanx, i guess..
Mrs Zippie: YOU
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: You will be my twilight:
Mrs Zippie: holding dreams and words
Mrs Zippie: that I have swept aside
Mrs Zippie: and dared not keep within me
Mrs Zippie: or explore.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: And you will be
Mrs Zippie: the morning, bearing light not seen before,
Mrs Zippie: hushed quiet of an Autumn day,
Mrs Zippie: fire to warm the night away
Mrs Zippie: and so much more before this life
Mrs Zippie: has calmed to passing thoughts
Mrs Zippie: and winter's snow.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: end
ASYLM Bard: well, I donno about anyone else, but I'm impressed.
ERTHANGL1: invokes a contempletive mood Jan..wonderfully done
GalAengus: so --serene----
ASYLM Bard: the little bit of rhyme adds a good touch.
Mrs Zippie: thank you
MntnPoet: It's wonderful, Zip..Such a lulling piece but deep at the
MntnPoet: same time.
EileenH415: that is beautiful Mrs Z
Mrs Zippie: < checking turkey, brb
ASYLM Bard: turnkey at this time of night??
ASYLM Tigr: anytime is turkey time heh
ASYLM Bard: well, then let's have eileen do the thrid spot.
EileenH415: i am ready
ASYLM Tigr: The Floor is now closed for Eileen :)
EileenH415: forgive if this is old to some of you
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: The last corner of the toast
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Fingers shiny with age
EileenH415: crackled like the finish
EileenH415: on an ancient plate,
EileenH415: the kind you pass up at yard sales,
EileenH415: no matter how beautiful.
EileenH415: Long thin fingers
EileenH415: skin taut translucent
EileenH415: even a slight bump bleeds
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: I met a man,
EileenH415: a would-be lover,
EileenH415: who lied about his age.
EileenH415: He was old, the lover
EileenH415: I saw it in his hands
EileenH415: I felt it in his hands
EileenH415: He had the same delicate fingers
EileenH415: as my father.
EileenH415: "
EileenH415: The Teddy Bears Picnic
EileenH415: was in full swing on the radio
EileenH415: The lacy brown edges of eggs
EileenH415: fried in bacon grease
EileenH415: curled on my plate
EileenH415: Sunday morning paper and coffee
EileenH415: I always watched
EileenH415: the last corner of his toast,
EileenH415: with its delicate dab of jam
EileenH415: always strawberry
EileenH415: held aloft in tender hands.
EileenH415: Some days that prize was mine
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: end
ASYLM Bard: i remmber this one. it' always struck me as an excellent image.,
ERTHANGL1: Oh Eileen!! I like this. Such a wrap up into a surprise ending
The Queen Of Er: hmm
MntnPoet: Beautiful, Eileen..The comparison of the hand and plate is
MntnPoet: masterful..Beautifully rendered.
ASYLM Tigr: howdy Er ;) this is the poetry SLAM!
The Queen Of Er: Ohhh yeah!
ERTHANGL1: David says it all so much more eloqently!!
The Queen Of Er: hiya.. byeya
EileenH415: thank you all very much
GalAengus: very pretty, Eileen :) lovely, indeed. tender.
Mrs Zippie: what image in this
Mrs Zippie: wonderful
ASYLM Bard: whew---thanks for waiting
ASYLM Bard: dragging my bod out of IM hell.
ASYLM Bard: now. MntnPoet, it's your turn
EileenH415: get your bady in here Bard
MntnPoet: OK..
MntnPoet: Guess I'm as realy as I get..
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Mtn :)
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: The Kami* of Hokkiado
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: * Spirits of the Shinto religion
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: Caged crickets sing staccato songs
MntnPoet: as night-wind rustles black bamboo,
MntnPoet: twisting light from paper lanterns
MntnPoet: into shapes of birds and devils born
MntnPoet: within the mind of each observer.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: Haiku drifting through scented air
MntnPoet: and eerie tones of samisen
MntnPoet: falling softly on chaos-hardened ears
MntnPoet: unfold the origami dragons of yesterday
MntnPoet: waiting inside tonight's dreams.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: At the edge of futon warmed sleep
MntnPoet: a scene returns behind closed lids ...
MntnPoet: Night sky viewed through a single tear
MntnPoet: captured in seventeen flawless syllables.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: End
ASYLM Bard: aw. it's like yo never left. what a visual feast.
Mrs Zippie: I love the assonance in this David.
GalAengus: That is simply beautiful, DAvid --my my my
MntnPoet: It was a beautiful place, Nicki..
ASYLM Bard: in the best of all possible worlds, we could meet somewhere so I could hear this
EileenH415: david ,, may i call you david .. what a lovely poem
GalAengus: yes, jan -- it ties it so wonderfully
Mrs Zippie: I love the feel of speaking this
ERTHANGL1: You are the best David.
MntnPoet: Please do Eileen..And thank you..All.
ASYLM Tigr: howdy wil! :)
Poetic Wil: what's up rap patrons???
ASYLM Bard: annnnnnnnnnnnd that ends round one.
ASYLM Bard: poetic, your font is so small this old man can't read it.
ASYLM Bard: but for now, le'ts have Eileen start us down the road to round two
ASYLM Tigr: the POOOOOOerty SLAM! wil heh
EileenH415: ok .. ready
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Eileen :)
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: They gang up
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: One sees the other
EileenH415: pile on, pile on.
EileenH415: Rejections mount
EileenH415: until taken out of context
EileenH415: nothing exists outside
EileenH415: this dark rain.
EileenH415: Parable and homily
EileenH415: bring more pain.
EileenH415: Washing me with
EileenH415: honey thick salve
EileenH415: doesn't heal.
EileenH415: It pulls me down more.
EileenH415: Let me lie on the bottom as
EileenH415: I drown in your
EileenH415: helpful hints
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: end
MntnPoet: Wow, Eileen..That one has a bite to it..Well stroked, Lady.
ASYLM Bard: boy does THAT ring true-----
Mrs Zippie: I love the humour in this : )
ASYLM Tigr: howdy hazy :)
ERTHANGL1: "Parable and Homily bring more pain."
ASYLM Tigr: or not
ERTHANGL1: good lines in that Eileen.
EileenH415: thank you for your comments ,,
ERTHANGL1: Like the way you wrap them up.!
ASYLM Bard: is this specifically about writing, eileen?
EileenH415: i kinda put this away awhile ago and resurrected it tonight
EileenH415: no kinda about when you are troubled it gets deeper and your husband patitudes you
EileenH415: or the poets plac on a good night
ASYLM Bard: oh. that kinda piing on.
ASYLM Bard: well, moving right along----
ERTHANGL1: if you look at it, it is multi-layered
ASYLM Bard: Mntpoet, I wanna hear another one from you.,
ERTHANGL1: could take on many meanings
MntnPoet: OK, John..I think I have another one somewhere.
ASYLM Bard: ahem, erth.
ASYLM Bard: sheesh.
ASYLM Tigr: lol
ASYLM Bard: <<<<< ASYLM Tigr: so bad when does the new issue of stirring hit the er...web
ASYLM Tigr: bard
ASYLM Bard: about one week from now, tigr
ASYLM Tigr: bard this is your chance for shameles self promotion :P
ASYLM Bard: i guess so, tgr.
ASYLM Tigr: *blink*
ASYLM Tigr: wellllll?? lol
ASYLM Bard: http://thunder.prohosting.com/~stirring
ASYLM Bard: will get you the magazine
ASYLM Bard: that the Poetry Superhighway
ASYLM Bard: chose that the MOST INTERESTING NEW PUBLICATION
ASYLM Bard: of `1999
ASYLM Tigr: I don't beleive it I give him the opportunity nd he just stands there ::shaking head:::
ASYLM Bard: and with a supercharged editor a mere18 years old,
ASYLM Bard: who knows what the future will bring?
ASYLM Bard: get into Stirring!
GalAengus: Rick is a trip. lol. Poetry Superhighway is a great site.
Mrs Zippie: Congratulations. : )
ASYLM Bard: sorry, tigr, I'm mickle tired tongiht.
ASYLM Tigr: bard bard bard,..you need vitamins!
ASYLM Bard: i takes em, tigr. I need a new pancreas.
ASYLM Bard: mtn, are you ready??
MntnPoet: Yes.
ASYLM Bard: it's your shot
MntnPoet: Thank you.
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Mtn~~~~~~~~~~
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: The day that marks the terminus
MntnPoet: of all my paths and wanderings
MntnPoet: will begin with a sunrise as lovely
MntnPoet: as any that went before.
MntnPoet: Lovers will watch a softening sky
MntnPoet: not knowing they smile at me.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: An eagle will spread her wings,
MntnPoet: soaring above some far-back canyon
MntnPoet: not knowing I watch through other's eyes.
MntnPoet: Crystal springs will spill their notes
MntnPoet: to join a river's symphony
MntnPoet: that will soothe me in that sleep.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: Sun-shower smiles will break through tears
MntnPoet: on a cherished face as she remembers
MntnPoet: trails we walked together
MntnPoet: and she will not cry for me.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: End
ASYLM Bard: the eagles stop here during the jan-feb months. the river trees are full of bald eagles.
ASYLM Bard: just an astonishing sight.
MntnPoet: I bet it is magnificent.
ERTHANGL1: Oh David, you know how I feel about this piece.
ASYLM Tigr: howdy Stirrrrrrrrrrring ;)
ASYLM Bard: stirring!!!!
EileenH415: i cant even get the woords to say how good this is to me ,,,
ASYLM Bard: where you been, hot stuff?
StirringMag: Surviving. :)
Mrs Zippie: we have a wintering site to the East of us for Bald and Golden Eagles
ASYLM Bard: erth, how about doing the third slot this time
Mrs Zippie: David, what Judy said
ERTHANGL1: We have bald eagles here..and places designated to watch them.
MntnPoet: thank you, everyone.
ERTHANGL1: but they cant begin to fill this description..
GalAengus: Now I am redy for a trip West to fly fish! that was fantastic!
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Erth 0:)
ERTHANGL1: and David...she WILL cry for you..she will..!
ERTHANGL1: okay..
ERTHANGL1: i'm ready
ERTHANGL1: Vision
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: Allow me a crevice
ERTHANGL1: of your life where I pry
ERTHANGL1: the latch, steal paisley dreams
ERTHANGL1: when day finds you searching
ERTHANGL1: through blurred windows
ERTHANGL1: for truth.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: I pull up the sash
ERTHANGL1: on morning shadows;
ERTHANGL1: read Psalms, tea leaves,
ERTHANGL1: all the writings of Gibran;
ERTHANGL1: gather wind and rain
ERTHANGL1: to clean your vision;
ERTHANGL1: then lift the weight
ERTHANGL1: of your empty sight,
ERTHANGL1: gather it gently in my palms
ERTHANGL1: and offer it to the gods
ERTHANGL1: in atonement
ERTHANGL1: for your redemption.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: As the film of dusk clears,
ERTHANGL1: you see the half-fallen sun
ERTHANGL1: hold fast, glare bright,
ERTHANGL1: blare white cries of protest
ERTHANGL1: against surrender
ERTHANGL1: to a moon who possesses
ERTHANGL1: no light of her own,
ERTHANGL1: but in truth,
ERTHANGL1: rises only to reflect his.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: copyright judy lowe/ sept. 1999
ASYLM Bard: oh god---not gibran---the philosophical equavalent of Hanson or Wilson Phillips------
ASYLM Tigr: howdy Cal ;)
ERTHANGL1: Okay JOHN!!!! LOL
CalyxMouth: Ouch Bard!
ASYLM Bard: i call him Kahil Gibbrish.
ERTHANGL1: ewwwe
GalAengus: should i thwap him judy?
MntnPoet: Angel, I still love those paisley dreams and that killer
MntnPoet: ending..So bittersweet..Lovely work.
ERTHANGL1: I happen to like the guy...:-P
Mrs Zippie: Well Judy, now I hesitate to say I love the second stanza the most
CalyxMouth: I missed most of the poem Erth, but did like the last lines
Mrs Zippie: lol
ERTHANGL1: thanks....LOL Jan..
ASYLM Bard: hey, it's a free country. Like who you like
ERTHANGL1: yupyup
ASYLM Bard: he's just a lump of tripe, that all.
ERTHANGL1: LOL
EileenH415: oh erth ,, that was wonderful
ASYLM Tigr: heh
Mrs Zippie: Stand your ground girl!!!
ERTHANGL1: the Heck with you John...maybe he hits home with you???
ASYLM Bard: sorry I can't be more straigth-forward with you---
MntnPoet: C'mon John..Stop pussyfooting around and tell us what
MntnPoet: you REALLY think..LOL
Mrs Zippie: < cracking up here
ERTHANGL1: LOL
GalAengus: lol
GalAengus: lol
ASYLM Bard: no, he makes me barf, erth. sounds like a simpering six year old most of the time
GalAengus: Well
ASYLM Bard: can't draw either.
ERTHANGL1: I LOVE his book The Prophet
ASYLM Bard: and now.
ASYLM Bard: le'ts have Mrs. Zippie change the subject for us
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Zippie! ;)
Mrs Zippie: Lord, please don't let this smack or Gibrhan...
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: BROKEN
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: Slippery with butter, melted
Mrs Zippie: to brush on bread served with
Mrs Zippie: disappointing wine,
Mrs Zippie: the bowl slipped from fingers
Mrs Zippie: not comprehending the passage
Mrs Zippie: of substance so warm and solid
Mrs Zippie: from their hold.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: Glass shattered and spread
Mrs Zippie: before eyes could tell the mind
Mrs Zippie: what was lost and I kneeled
Mrs Zippie: on cautious knees
Mrs Zippie: to gather fragments so clear and fine
Mrs Zippie: I could not see what was gone.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: end
ASYLM Bard: wow. no gibberish here.
ERTHANGL1: Excellent metaphor Jan...WTG
ERTHANGL1: lol..no Gibran in there!
ASYLM Bard: too bad about the disappointing wine. this is working me over on several levels. Bueno
MntnPoet: That is so beautiful, Jan..Especially from the inside
MntnPoet: looking out.
Mrs Zippie: Thank you kindly. : )
GalAengus: wonderful work! this is soo clean...
EileenH415: Oh Mrs zippie what wondrful images
ASYLM Bard: now heres something new for a slam.
GalAengus:
ASYLM Bard: there is only ONE SINGLE POINT betweenn the highest
ASYLM Bard: and lowest scores so far!!
ASYLM Bard: it has NEVER BEEN THIS close.
MntnPoet: 4 way tie..
ASYLM Tigr: that is just too kinky
ASYLM Bard: so with that in mind, let's have our third and final work.
ASYLM Bard: Mountian, would you be kind enough to start this round.
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Mtn~~~~~~
ERTHANGL1: go David!!
MntnPoet: Thank you..For those not familiar with the form, this is a
MntnPoet: Portugese form called a 'glose'.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: Reflections In Black Marble
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: "That time of year thou may'st in me behold
MntnPoet: When yellow leaves, or few, or none do hang
MntnPoet: Upon those boughs which shake against the cold
MntnPoet: Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang:"
MntnPoet: ~~~ William Shakespeare
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: Do you remember me, brother?
MntnPoet: Can you see us from where you are?
MntnPoet: I see you, caught in the amber
MntnPoet: of memories from long ago;
MntnPoet: eyes set in a thousand-yard stare;
MntnPoet: forever twenty-one years old.
MntnPoet: That time of year thou may'st in me behold.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: Your room is still as when you left;
MntnPoet: trophies shined with a mother's love
MntnPoet: and black-light posters, brittle now.
MntnPoet: Still the prince in her every dream,
MntnPoet: your crown, a slab of graven stone
MntnPoet: while I have passed my autumn years
MntnPoet: When yellow leaves, or few, or none do hang.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: I saw you, once, in ninety-two
MntnPoet: beside a lazy mountain stream;
MntnPoet: a place we always thought we'd go.
MntnPoet: Your name was there among the rest
MntnPoet: within that curve of sable stone.
MntnPoet: I felt the first real chill of loss
MntnPoet: Upon those boughs which shake against the cold.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: The autumn equinox of life
MntnPoet: has passed me now, and days grow short.
MntnPoet: I've left behind a trail of pain
MntnPoet: and poetry for those who know
MntnPoet: I never sang the warrior's songs.
MntnPoet: Perhaps, I should be there with you.
MntnPoet: Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
MntnPoet: ~
MntnPoet: End
ERTHANGL1: Oh Sure....pull out all the stops!!!!
Mrs Zippie: lol
ASYLM Bard: I have never seen this form before. it's wonderful
Mrs Zippie: calm yourself Judy
ERTHANGL1: He is just showing off!!!!
ERTHANGL1: LOL
ASYLM Tigr: so could ya take a moment to explain "glose" as a form 0:)
Mrs Zippie: LOL
ASYLM Bard: when you can do that, you ain't showing off.
SiTaX1980: lol
ERTHANGL1: Excellent David...(but he knows it!! ) LOL
EileenH415: oh boy ,, this man is the balls
ERTHANGL1: ROFL...Eileen!!!
Mrs Zippie: :
CalyxMouth: that was fantastic, a winner no doubt!
Mrs Zippie: no mouth, not saying nothing
MntnPoet: Thanks everybody..
ERTHANGL1: coward!
Mrs Zippie: mmm hmmm
ERTHANGL1: Geez David, I would be hard pressed to say which of yours I liked the most
ASYLM Bard: mtn, can you fill us in one what a glose is?
ERTHANGL1: you are a craftsman sir..!
CalyxMouth: i wanna know what a glose is!
ASYLM Tigr: howdy Kimm :)
ASYLM Tigr: orrr not
ERTHANGL1: I know..cause i did one too..but it takes a bit of an explanation
ASYLM Bard: and then we'll heare a zippie poem, I hope.
MntnPoet: 'Glose' is Portugese for 'gloss'..It takes a piece of poetry
ASYLM Tigr: does it involve incorporating another piece of text?
MntnPoet: and embellishes it.
ERTHANGL1: yup yup..
MntnPoet: Yes..The 'texte' is the lead to the poem.
ASYLM Tigr: so it is almost like a found poem?
ERTHANGL1: not really Tigr..much more to it than that
ERTHANGL1: you still have the instructions David? could email it to them..
MntnPoet: Each line of the texte either leads or ends a stanza..Each
MntnPoet: stanza must contain the same number of lines and each
ASYLM Bard: hummm
MntnPoet: line the same number of syllables.
ASYLM Bard: ouch.
CalyxMouth: wow, and i thought sestina's were a bitch!
ASYLM Tigr: so it is like a haiku with extras rofl
ASYLM Bard: ditto, calyx.
ERTHANGL1: Its very structured..
ASYLM Bard: sestina's I can crank out , butthis one sounds like work
EileenH415: like building a pyramid ,,, hard
ASYLM Bard: ook, Mrs zippie, your last poem of the night------
CalyxMouth: impressed Mntn, again that was a great read
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Zippie! :)
GalAengus: Hi Jim * * *
Alchmst1: Hi Nicki******
Alchmst1: et all...
Mrs Zippie: For those of you not familiar with the form, the following is pretty much free verse.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: one night flying
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: Temptation. Bound,
Mrs Zippie: found more enticing than what you know
Mrs Zippie: flowing through thoughts,
Mrs Zippie: over rivers of nerves
Mrs Zippie: to hold you so stunned by desire
Mrs Zippie: the body controls
Mrs Zippie: reason,
Mrs Zippie: owns it,
Mrs Zippie: throws it to the senses
Mrs Zippie: as comic release;
Mrs Zippie: preposterous, foolish
Mrs Zippie: waste to be scorned,
Mrs Zippie: derided,
Mrs Zippie: chided into bitter regret
Mrs Zippie: for never having tasted
Mrs Zippie: fruit from other vines.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: Wines become mellow
Mrs Zippie: with blending;
Mrs Zippie: merging skins
Mrs Zippie: and meats.
Mrs Zippie: . The earth and air
Mrs Zippie: of growth and stem
Mrs Zippie: breathe into the very
Mrs Zippie: essence of ruined perfection
Mrs Zippie: leaving pith to stain.
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: .
Mrs Zippie: end
ASYLM Bard: stunned by desire---my usual state of mind-----
GalAengus: Jan, wonderful ::applauding:: deep and sensual.
MntnPoet: Wow, Jan..That is powerful..A perfect blend with just the
MntnPoet: tiniest touch of eroticism..Perfect.
EileenH415: i love this mrs zippie
ERTHANGL1: Jan..
Mrs Zippie: Thank you
Alchmst1: nice phrasing, Mrs. Z...
ASYLM Tigr: howdy warf :)
WARFRAT123: evenin
Mrs Zippie: Hey Sharon, Jimi. : )
Alchmst1: Hi Warfie..;-)
ASYLM Tigr: we're in the home stretch of the poetry SLAM ;)
EileenH415: have you ever thought of it a recipe for mango zinfindel
GalAengus: hi Sharon :)
ASYLM Bard: warfrat!
Mrs Zippie: good to see you
ASYLM Bard: having the auditons for the play now.
WARFRAT123: excellent!
ASYLM Bard: changted the name from Icicle Moan to My Achilles heart.
ASYLM Bard: and eileen gets to go next
WARFRAT123: think i like that better
ERTHANGL1: lol John...
ERTHANGL1: go EIleen..
ASYLM Bard: what's funny, erth?
ASYLM Tigr: The floor is now closed for Eileen~~~~~~~
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Silence Follows
EileenH415: Silence follows the shape
EileenH415: of emptiness, like white chalk
EileenH415: lines, trace the body's edge
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Silence fills open spaces
EileenH415: like summer tides
EileenH415: that place and replace sands
EileenH415: melting castle walls
EileenH415: with rippling undertow
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Silence smoothes
EileenH415: fragile shells with pearly blue
EileenH415: saxophone jazz , on the
EileenH415: dark back porch of summer
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Silence fills lonley lives
EileenH415: Silence smoothes
EileenH415: fragile shells with pearly blue
EileenH415: like the moans of sultry
EileenH415: saxophone jazz , on the
EileenH415: dark back porch of summer
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Silence fills lonley lives
EileenH415: hermits thieves slip inside
EileenH415: empty shells
EileenH415: when squatters sieze the night
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: Silence mellows memories
EileenH415: With smoke and old scotch
EileenH415: Blue moon shine paints
EileenH415: white sheets with quiet reveries
EileenH415: '
EileenH415: end
EileenH415: sorry about the messup
ASYLM Bard: there was a messup?
Mrs Zippie: Love the third Stanza
Mrs Zippie: : )
MntnPoet: Outstanding, Eileen..The shells / sultry saxaphone
MntnPoet: metaphor is awesome.
ERTHANGL1: lots of good lines in this one too Eileen
ASYLM Bard: saxophones are superious to Gibran, eileen. good choice.,
EileenH415: thank you all ,,
ASYLM Bard: and for the last poem of the night, certainly one of my favo. folks,
EileenH415: leave poor mr gilbran alone
ASYLM Bard: ERTHANGL1, who can take a ribbing!
ERTHANGL1: sure can..
ERTHANGL1: (JUst watch your mail john!)
ERTHANGL1: '
ASYLM Bard: lol
ERTHANGL1: On Writing and Editing
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: You are my metaphor,
ERTHANGL1: the words I grope,
ERTHANGL1: my constant hope
ERTHANGL1: desperate for the plunge
ERTHANGL1: into reality or
ERTHANGL1: the fall away from it.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: I listen for you
ERTHANGL1: in the footfalls of autumn
ERTHANGL1: the crunch of winter-white;
ERTHANGL1: to hear you call out of
ERTHANGL1: earth's silent resurrection
ERTHANGL1: into the summer heat.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: Always alert to your scent
ERTHANGL1: in case you rise suddenly
ERTHANGL1: out of eucalyptus, cinnamon,
ERTHANGL1: cilantro; some familiar form
ERTHANGL1: of dejavu to pull you back
ERTHANGL1: from uncertain recognition.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: I look for you
ERTHANGL1: on the surface of stones,
ERTHANGL1: in church, the produce aisle,
ERTHANGL1: in the faces of children,
ERTHANGL1: the distant sailboat bobbing,
ERTHANGL1: moored below the bridge.
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: Yet, as always, I find you
ERTHANGL1: floating in that small space
ERTHANGL1: between sun and moon,
ERTHANGL1: on the smooth swirls of breath
ERTHANGL1: just beneath my pen. And now,
ERTHANGL1: the real dilemma--do I put
ERTHANGL1: you at the beginning
ERTHANGL1: or the end?
ERTHANGL1: .
ERTHANGL1: copyright judy lowe/ aug. 1999
ASYLM Bard: hummmm that is a problem
Mrs Zippie: Oh Judy, what an eloquent ending
MntnPoet: <*Angel*> That is so beautiful.
ASYLM Bard: well, folks, we do have a winner.
EileenH415: this is really wonderful ,,,i love the idea of looking in places ..
ERTHANGL1: thanks..
ASYLM Bard: three of the poets are still bunched right together,
ASYLM Bard: only two points apart.
ASYLM Bard: but one pulled away with the last poem and left them in the dust.
ASYLM Bard: looking down from where eagles dare,
ASYLM Bard: its
ASYLM Bard: MOUNTIANPOET!!
Mrs Zippie: YAY DAVID!!!!!
ASYLM Bard: (whose name I spelled wrong, sorry)
ASYLM Tigr: congrats Mntn ;)
ERTHANGL1: Oh..like what a surprise...DUH!
GalAengus: Wonderful David! Congrats!
EileenH415: I knew that !!!
ERTHANGL1: YEAY DAVID
EileenH415: congrats David
Alchmst1: nice work..all..
GalAengus: All of you did outstanding work! IT was incredible poetry tonight.
ERTHANGL1: Yup yup...we knew it before we even started..but deservedly so...
MntnPoet: Thanks, everybody..I think everyone was a winner tonight.
Alchmst1: makes me want to take this writing stuff seriously...;-)
ASYLM Bard: but believe me, this slam was NO Trial to watch000you all are fine writers.
EileenH415: i was in great company tonight
ERTHANGL1: Oh Jim.i...your poetry Rocks!!!
ASYLM Bard: but this tired old man has to hit what hay he has left before quater to six this morning.
ERTHANGL1: Thanks opponents!! -- Friends all
ERTHANGL1: It was fun..
GalAengus: Yes, it was.
ASYLM Tigr: well guess it is time to close up then for the night ;)
Mrs Zippie: This has been the best tonight
ASYLM Bard: so thaks for sharing-----you'll behearing about your points soon.
GalAengus: I agree, Jan
ERTHANGL1: I agree..
EileenH415: it was wonderful
ASYLM Tigr: remember folks shoud you need any assistance...
ERTHANGL1: Thanks..John , Tigr...
MntnPoet: Wonderful night..Thanks to you all.
ASYLM Bard: and especially thanks for sharing for the first time, mrs zippie.
ASYLM Tigr: heh ;)
ERTHANGL1: Hey Sharon* where have I been? didnt see you there..
Mrs Zippie: Thank you John
Mrs Zippie: I loved it
Mrs Zippie: : )
Mrs Zippie: Tigr, Thank you
ASYLM Tigr: quite welcome ;)
ERTHANGL1: So what does David win?
MntnPoet: 'Night everybody..
GalAengus: well, this old gal is moving out--many thanks again ***
Mrs Zippie: Night friends.
GalAengus: night
EileenH415: goodnight ,,, all
ERTHANGL1: night all...
Mrs Zippie: sleep well

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