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the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

0 posted 2002-07-12 10:33 PM

I was looking for friends
To read my poetry
And critique

I had tried so many places
Before I stumbled upon the site
They hated my poetry
And criticed with spite

I didn't like the hateful replies
So I kept on searching
Until I came upon this message board
And found people that truly liked my poetry
Without spiteful replies

So I truly found friends
When I came here
I will never leave this board
So don't fear

Cold hands means a warm heart

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2002-07-12 10:57 PM

(sigh) Awwwwwwww, I too have been through that experience before and it can be so aching but you have come to the right place and I for one am so blessed to have you as a friend! (smiles) You are a delight to us all and I am so happy you found us, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Julie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (07-12-2002 10:58 PM).]

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

2 posted 2002-07-12 11:02 PM

Julie, I'm glad you found PIP and gave us your thoughts. I agree in that at some of the sites the others think they are above you and that you don't write good enough for their standards which I detest. How can anyone judge the words that come from within another's soul?

Take care.....Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

3 posted 2002-07-12 11:10 PM

Julie,
I've heard those horror stories before. Glad I didn't have to go through that. Glad you're here and glad you plan to stay!

Show you care to those you love...today.

Krishankins

Senior Member

since 2002-06-23

Posts 972
Texas

4 posted 2002-07-12 11:12 PM

All I can say is that it is people like you who make this place so worth staying for!

Kris

A bird never flies so high that it can't hit the ground

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

5 posted 2002-07-12 11:23 PM

Challenge well met, Julie...
Piptalk is such a loving family, and we are happy to have you here.
I, too have had some horrible nightmarish experiences at other websites...
I think most of us have.

I went to one website, ironically called "everypoet", where they really hated it if you said that you liked a poem. All they wanted to do was to tell everyone how awful their poems were. And we weren't supposed to write with our hearts...which was totally rediculous.
Here is the link the the poem I wrote...
I have re-posted it a few times already because so many of us have had bad experiences.
The Poetry Police

~ hugs for a little sister

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

[This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (07-12-2002 11:24 PM).]

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

6 posted 2002-07-13 09:38 AM

Julie,
what a joy and delight it has been to have you here and read your work.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2002-07-13 09:40 AM

Julie, Passions is more than a message board...
it is a home where hearts live...
thank you for joining our Circle of Friends...

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

8 posted 2002-07-13 10:25 AM

Hi Julie, you found a home here, and that is so much. I treasure this place. Happy that you found us.
Sandra

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

9 posted 2002-07-14 11:15 AM

Hi Julie,
oh yes, it was a really humbling, though torturing, experience when people put down my work at other sites..then i realised that i shouldn't have to go through such nonsense when i found passions...

nice meeting you...hope to read more of your work...

Music Maker
Member

since 2002-07-07

Posts 152
THE ORIGINAL !!!!

10 posted 2002-07-14 11:45 AM

I am new in the forum, and have no experience of others, but in the short time I have been 'in the circle' (I have been an 'outsider' looking in ever since I met Sunny!), it appears that you all have something in here that is missing elsewhere on the internet. The magic ingredient 'X' - a kiss, a smile, a hug - caring words for those who are 'down' - and so much more. One thing that 'Artists'(painters, writers, and musicians) have to have is sensitivity, and it is within this Forum in all its guises.

Kind thoughts,
from
John

ThunderMage
Senior Member

since 2002-06-20

Posts 812
Canada

11 posted 2002-07-14 01:01 PM

Julie was also the one who brought me here. Always gotta have a warrior, eh?

What is life without poetry and adventure?
"Little sister" is just another way of saying "Guardian Angel"!

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