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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981
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I've noticed that we get about five new members every day. This is great, it's nice that people are showing an interest in poetry, but why do only one out of ten stay for more than a mounth? the Wind is invisible. |
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Marshalzu 
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
They don't leave we just feed them to the admin.  |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
What's the point of comeing? do they just want to be in the book? I've welcomed so many of them, and some never do more than that first post. the Wind is invisible. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
We saw that a lot with the last book too. Some people just want to be in the book - they're going to miss being a part of the family around here. |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Judging by some of the tabulations, they're going to miss being part of the book, too.  |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
and judging by some of the tabulations its not just new people posting and leaving either. Book or not, we see this all the time in here... some people are givers and some takers and many fall in between...I think some come in and post and once they find they have to give back, do replies and participate they dont want to make the effort...and I think some are overwhelmed by how fast the forums can move...and I've had some tell me they dont like that they cant bump their work, many forums still have that. But if someone is genuinely here for love of poetry and a desire to learn and grow as a poet..they will make the effort and will stick around. We see a lot leave and come back too...I think it also has to do with time...some have the time, some make the time...some dont have it to spend. different strokes and all that jazz. It's what makes life interesting right? |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
quote: And Wind...we have a LOT who stick around, and make a difference.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
and some ( like me) who stick around just to pester people like you that ask a serious question there are a thousand answers for... no time to list them all for you...so you next assignment is to write a short poem as to why this happens..and the sadness of it.. LOL.. or... We'll stick you on the next reality show to come along that feeds the contestants really gross stuff... like yogurt. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
SMEARED the Wind is invisible. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
yeah..we'll make you eat it smeared on rasins and covered with potatoe chip crumbs...but you'll have to eat it with a straw... standing on your head.. with live earthworms crawling on the soles of your feet... and wearing a purple clowns suit and wig..that has been tie dyed in a vat of chocolate.... oh yeah... on top of an anthill.. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
I won't ask this time..... Yogurt SMEARED on your face? sounds good to me! the Wind is invisible. remeber me [This message has been edited by Wind (03-03-2003 08:47 PM).] |
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Amara Member
since 2003-02-23
Posts 158East of the moon, west of the sun. |
*bashful* I kinda left, a while back. But I have returned! And I plan to stay this time, muse-less or not. I'd really like to get to know ya'll a lot better. You all seem so friendly and...well...something which I wanna be a part of too! That's what we, as heroes, do. We live as if the world were like it should be, to show the world what it could be. |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Some of us keep coming back no matter how often we get chased off! Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
I leave all the time  the Wind is invisible. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
jm, all that jazz is just about right...  wind, where do you leave to all the time? and talking of yoghurt smeared... yoghurt is good for you... regards, sudhir |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Wind... not even the cruelest of reality shows would have yogurt eaten off my face... there are limits to what humans can be expected to do... and anyone with human genes could not be expected to lick yogurt off anything as gross as my face... now..a dog might... but hey..you know dogs..they'll even lick their own butt.. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
/pip/Forum29/HTML/000612.html This will clear up any questions yes...those dogs will eat anything. the Wind is invisible. |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I come and go.... whatcha gonna do about it? |
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sweetwater Member
since 2002-12-16
Posts 178Perth |
I joined a short while ago, then I saw the standard or writers here and was scared off. At some point, I wandered back and have even attempted to write some poetry off the bat.. but I can never do it as quickly, as often or as well as most of the poems that come up in the forums.. so now I mostly read and if the mood strikes , string a few lines together, but I always feel embarassed when I read through the list. It usually goes - from the top - good poem, good poem, great poem, touching poem, great poem, meaningful poem, my poem, great poem, fantastic poem, good poem... etc |
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KristieSue
since 2003-01-31
Posts 1460PA, US |
sweetwater...I tend to feel the same way. I look at Cpat, Sunshine, etc... and feel like I could never express myself so eloquently... but being here is MORE than just writing poetry. It's friendship, reading other poets, and expressing feelings. And, the more you read, the more inspired you become (and things even pop into your head!) And, who am I to say that writing about HOW I AM FEELING isn't just as good as someone writing about something abstract...keeping on writing. Make genuine remarks, and next time you think about leaving, you will know what you'll be missing... :-) |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
One of the most special things about this Passionate Place of Poetry is that we have a very wide gamut of writing abilities among our membership. Everyone is welcome to contribute and share their work... Everyone has to start somewhere... We have some who've begun as novices and have grown immensely in their abilities.. and some who just don't care to try. We're a slice of real-life writers... Some of the folks who've been gone awhile and have come back "just to submit" for the book are highly talented folks that we're extremely happy to see - Others we don't know well, but may perhaps be equally as talented. Each of us is unique... That's what we're about... Hey JP... We locked the door when we let you in this time... You're not escaping again...  |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Well, KristieSue, this took me by surprise, quote: and sweetwater, quote: Y'all ever seen a shy goose? That's me. Talk about nervous, scared, shy rolled into one...that was me for most of my life. Just to get through things, I have always had to put on a brave front, and if ever anything meant so much to me, it was to try to gain the ability to write where others could "get something from it". Not that they understood, so much, but that they FELT the words. So I tentatively offered a few poems some 3.5 years ago and voila...I met a community of poets that said "welcome, you are HOME..." To see that someone thinks I write as well as Cpat - now there is a compliment, for, you see, I hold him in much higher regard than he would like to know! There are so many GREAT writers here on the boards that I still feel honored that they let me stay! I have studied THEM, [Ron Carnell, Elizabeth Santos, Sy Tabin, Poet Devine, Mysteria, Balladeer, Toerag, LngJohnAg, Nan, Serenity, and a little moth lady.....I could go on and on...because there are SO many here and I'm barely scratching the surface...] and every day I come in here, I learn a little more... So never become discouraged that you think you're "not as good" because there is no such thing. We all develop in different stages, at different times. Our lives take us away for a short while, but eventually when we are looking for heartstrings to be plucked, we come back here, and find comfort, solace, education, peace, life... And Wind, the good thing about the new folks coming in just for the book is that...they may come back to stay! And JP? The door is FIRMLY latched from letting you escape again! [This message has been edited by Sunshine (03-06-2003 11:21 AM).] |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
OK... now I have to weigh in again... dang it... questions: 1. How or why in the world would anyone feel intimidated by the other writers here? I have yet to see anyone belittle or browbeat another's poem. 2. I can't help but wonder if what others see when they read our poems or offerings.. is so often much kinder than our own opinons.. Kristie..for example saying Sunshine and I perhaps made her feel she could never be so eloquent in expressing herself.. well I for one am not eloquent... and hate most of what I write as being either so poorly expressed or so overdone. So..just because you don't think you write at the same level as someone else is it not wise to remember that others may think much more of your talents than you do? Now... this stuff about not sharing..because you don't write as often or as much...or don't feel it is good enough...sorry... not buying it... all BS... post it!!!!! let us read it and learn..read then other people and learn what it is you like and what you don't...and make parts of it you own... no one is born a poet or a writer... you get there by practice..by trial and error.. no one here is laughing at anyone else... or belittling anyones efforts that I have seen..and in truth if they did..I think the good people on here would string them up..or tar and feather them after giving them due chances to mend their ways... this is about the safest place I have seen for new and old writers to mix..and learn.. ok... I'm going back to me corner now..and shut up... |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
uhhh thanks Cpat. I guess. (I wish Kit would make me a smille with one eyebrow raised) That was an interesting little outburst. So how are you people anyway? the Wind is invisible. |
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aries_luv_ppl Senior Member
since 2001-09-20
Posts 1448Universal Mind |
Oh I remember I used to be like that too...afraid to post...and sometimes even now sometimes I feel bad about my own writing,...But I am thankful for those who take time to read and response.....like Joyce and Betty Lou, and some other often give me enouragement and feedback Cheers!~Every girl has a dream within. |
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Red Member
since 2000-01-01
Posts 143Ca |
Just because someone doesn't post often themselves doesn't mean they aren't here reading all the time. Some of us are just lurkers |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
RED! How the heck ARE you?! It's been awhile! POST something for gosh sake! |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
I have an active inferiority complex but I'm starting to judge my writing against my own skill not that of others, happily It's working and in my opinion my poetry is improving. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
oh wow. Y'mean we can LEAVE? |
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Amara Member
since 2003-02-23
Posts 158East of the moon, west of the sun. |
Not that you ever will! I love your poems, Serenity. You're my new idol. That's what we, as heroes, do. We live as if the world were like it should be, to show the world what it could be. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
No, serenity...I'm afraid you misunderstood. Welcome to the Hotel California. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
now why would I want to? awwwwww.... see? now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! all this love! bring it on! oh YEAH..... mmmmyummmy stuff. and? Wind? I'm looking at your new pic? and thinking, if you don't stop holding your breath you will force me to come over there and begin "tickle torture"! Hugs you...and wow...ya'll make me feel so good.  |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
*grin* You inflict it upon yourself. ... I just had a really bad analogy... it was apt, and even decent, but I'm not sure it was flattering...  Yes. GUESS WHAT? Life is good. (It took me all my life to learn that... hopefully I won't forget it next month... lol)Kielo I know only one thing, and that thing is that I know nothing. [This message has been edited by Kielo (03-08-2003 07:16 PM).] |
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abbe Member
since 2003-01-20
Posts 131michigan, usa |
well... i haven't posted lately. first, i broke my ankle and not spending much time "on line". second, my work schedule is atrocious right now, with overtime - and hobbling about... had to set some priorities... so mostly i pop in read a couple things, pop back out. but i'll be back before too long to enjoy all the fun here. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
I didn't want a depressed looking picture. I was anticipateing the night, and fixing my hair. I'm alive and breathing. the Wind is invisible. |
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Anvrill Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710in the interzone now |
Here's the opinion of a person who disappears off the face of the planet from time to time: I suffer from "ooh, shiny!" syndrome. I am very easily distracted, so when I first joined PiP, it was the absolute greatest thing to have ever existed, ever. But then it wasn't new, and I remembered I should be doing schoolwork at school, instead of taking advantage of the computer lab to use the internet. So I started only using this at home, which led to even less sleep than I usually get... Hm. Also, "ooh, shiny!" syndrome has decided to make me a moody little git. My moods are as quick to change as my fancies. I'll get mad at myself, shut off the the entire world (meaning PiP too!), and just not exist for days, weeks, months.Wish I could get back into the state where having a place to *put* poetry made it easy to *write* poetry. I was there for a while! Wrote the most poems I have in years, last June and July, I think... Then came the evil, evil, evil apathy. And I drifted away from this place. Drifted back a few times. And think I'm actually sort of back for a while, but I have poet's block. Not writer's block, since my stories are flowing maybe a little too fine, but poet's block. I blame that on missing Mike immensely... Wah! Also, I'm a pretty selfish li'l git. I admit this openly. Mike would probably challenge this, but he's deluded, anyway. I'm really caught up in myself, and am truly *terrified* to do anything to make me look stupid, so I find it hard to reply to other people's poems (even though I do read voraciously, when given the time), for fear of coming off like I don't know what the hell I'm saying. Um, oops?You should see me in person. Heh. I only talk to people I know, unless I get angry, then boy oh boy, no one can stop me. remember the sound |
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