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Poetry Evening At Callahan's
September 24, 1998

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.Kathy> Hi Nan!  Welcome!
.Nan> Hi...
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.Kathy> How are you tonight?
.Carrie> Evening Kathy!!
.Kathy> Hi Carrie.  Good to see you!
.Nan> Hi, Carrie...
.Carrie> Hi Nan
.Kathy> Did you bring some poetry?
.Carrie> No not me - just here cuz it's Cal's!! Won't be here long
.Kathy> Well, that's reason enough!
.Carrie> I think so..!!
.Carrie> Gotta run - have fun tonight Kathy!!
.Kathy> Okay, Carrie...nice to see you!
.Carrie> - signed off -
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.Nan> I checked and there are almost 100 people in here tonight...
.Kathy> Howdy Al!  Welcome!
.Alan> Hello people!
.Nan> Howdy Al...
.Kathy> 100 people in chat?
.Nan> Yes indeedy Kathy...
.Kathy> Wow...
.Kathy> Alan, did you bring some verse?
.Alan> I'm new at this, but I did bring some.  Probably pretty bad stuff.  I just jotted down something new.
.Kathy> That's great!  Share it with us...
.Alan> Alright...:]... here goes...
.Alan> Reflections in the glass
.Alan> The coaster soaks the sweat
.Alan> Jukebox crooning quietly
.Alan> The Lady looks for a motel
.Alan> Drivers look her way
.Alan> Reflections in the glass
.Alan> The bubbles stream to the top
.Alan> 9 ball in the side pocket
.Alan> The Lady finds a motel
.Alan> Taxi takes her away
.Alan> Reflections in the glass
.Alan> The ashtray overflows
.Alan> Taste has gone flat
.Alan> The scent hangs in the air
.Alan> Drivers remember home
.Alan> Reflections in the glass
.Alan> The bottom looks back
.Alan> Clock strikes 2 o'clock
.Alan> The scent is gone
.Alan> Drivers head for tomorrow
.Nan> Nan listens...
.Kathy> I would say that was *good* stuff!!
.Alan> Darn. the new lines aren't in it.
.Kathy> You know what I liked?
.Alan> Tell me.
.Nan> Me too...but I have got to be more on the ball of listening...lol
.Kathy> The various interpretations of "glass"....
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.Kathy> "Glass" could mean the mirror, the window of the taxi, or the glass of Bourbon (or whatever)...
.Alan> Sorry. I thought it would look like it did in word pad
.Nan> Hi, Shane...
.Shane> hi
.Kathy> Hi Shane, Welcome!!
.Alan> Hi Shane
.Kathy> I know Alan, the line breaks are lost...:(
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.Kathy> ...not line breaks...the breaks between stanzas...
.Alan> I didn't mean to just blast it either.
.Kathy> Hi ya Bitby, welcome to Callahan's!
BITBYDOGS> thanks
.Alan> Hello Bitby
.Nan> Hi, Bit...how're you tonight?
BITBYDOGS> hello
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.Shane> sorry to come and go, I think I'm going to turn in...:)
.Kathy> Alan, you really captured the ambiance of a bar...
BITBYDOGS> i'm trying not to cough up a lung or die in the process =(
.Shane> - signed off -
.Kathy> Hi Frank, good to see you...
.Nan> Nite Shane..
.Alan> Tha was fast.
.Nan> Sorry to hear you're under the weather Bit...
.Kathy> Nan, how about you?  Do you have a poem?
> .Kathy slides Bitby a glass of water....
BITBYDOGS> i was in the hospital for a good part of this week for severe upper resp. infection
.Nan> Nope...one of the rare times I came empty handed...Peter kept getting on me for not knowing how to copy/cut and paste..
.Nan> So..I gave up...
.Kathy> Sorry to hear that Bitby....hope you get feeling better tonight.
BITBYDOGS> so do i
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.Alan> Join in Bitby... It can be fun!
.Kathy> Well, Nan, it will come...I had to practice myself tonight!
.Nan> HI, Pat!!! Hugs!
.Kathy> Hi Just!  Welcome to our Poetry Evening!
.Alan> Hello JustMe
BITBYDOGS> if i could type faster i would share one of mine
.Pat> Hello Nan!!:)
.Nan> It's frustrating Kathy..but I know I'll eventually get the hang of it...
.Kathy> We can listen slow...<G>
BITBYDOGS> <giggle>
.Nan> Pat did you bring a poem tonight?
.Pat> no, just came here out of boredom
.Nan> Pat did you bring a poem tonight?
.Kathy> Okay, well I have one...it's very short.
.Nan> er...sorry for the echo..
.Pat> My poems are filed away I have too much to do with the other chats
.Nan> ok..
.Alan> Lets here one
.Kathy> Here goes...
.Kathy> Double Or Nothing
.Kathy> .
.Kathy> The standards are set
.Kathy> for the left and the right.
.Kathy> Tug-of-war speeches,
.Kathy> all day and all night.
.Kathy> .
.Kathy> Upsetting elections
.Kathy> is no easy task.
.Kathy> A storm passing quickly
.Kathy> is all that we ask.
.Kathy> End....
.Alan> *Applause*
.Nan> No kidding for NY right now...
> .Kathy bows...<G>
.Pat> Same here, we are headed into a civic election. Yhe official b.s. season
> .Alan goes to the bar for a pint of porter
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.Nan> Can we hear Bit's?
.Kathy> Hi Lash, Welcome!
.Nan> Howdy Lash...
.LASH> Roses are red and  violets are blue,
.Alan> Hello Lash.
BITBYDOGS> i have one, but it's nothing special. i don't know exactly what i was feeling when i wrote it
.Kathy> Yes, Bit....you can even wing it if you want...
.LASH> I never was poetic, boo hoo hoo
.Kathy> No rules, here...
.Alan> *chuckle*
> .Kathy listens to Bit...
.LASH> I like the next part
BITBYDOGS> ok, you talked me into it, but bear with me and my slow typing
> .Alan listens...
> .LASH turns into a monkey
.Nan> Nan listens..
.LASH> Hi Kathy
BITBYDOGS> i've began a journey through life to fulfill my potential..
.LASH> Can I   (((  ))))
BITBYDOGS> i have so much to learn about myself..
BITBYDOGS> that journey will take me through many twists and turns..
BITBYDOGS> every person has their own journey to take.
BITBYDOGS> .
BITBYDOGS> to give that responsibility to another would not be fair..
BITBYDOGS> or to take responsility for another would only be a burden..
BITBYDOGS> i look forward to my journeys..
BITBYDOGS> to see what there is to see, do what there is to do..
BITBYDOGS> learn what there is to learn and to love what there is to love
BITBYDOGS> <end>
> .Kathy applauds!!!
.LASH> yeah clap  clap  clap  clap[
.Alan> *Applause*
BITBYDOGS> don't know exactly why i wrote that or how i felt when i wrote it
.Kathy> Life really is a journey...we forget that so easily, and think of it as an "event".
.Nan> Give yourself a clap Bit...really good for trying not to cough up a lung while typin!
.LASH> hey, those could be famous lines someday.  better copy them down
BITBYDOGS> lol
.Alan> lol
.Pat> good!!
.Nan> Reminded me of something on a greeting card that you would pay $5 for...I liked it a lot...
.Kathy> They could be famous lines...!!
.Kathy> Do you remember it Nan?
.Kathy> ...to recite, I mean?
BITBYDOGS> a friend of mine has thought about creating a book of nothing but poetry in it and has asked me if she could use that one..told her i would have to think about it
.Nan> Oh, you should let her...
.Kathy> That's the first step to immortality...!
BITBYDOGS> you think?
.Kathy> Yes, you definitely should.
.Alan> Of COURSE!
BITBYDOGS> well....ok <smile>
.Kathy> :)
BITBYDOGS> she's already got a title for the book
.Pat> so many people do not have the opportunity to be published,you should graceiously accept the offer
.Kathy> What's the title?
.Nan> No Kathy..since I've gotten the puter...I have made my own cards and have saved a bundle..lol
BITBYDOGS> "heartlights reflecting"
.Kathy> That's a great title!
.Pat> Nan,my Cathie and I do that too!
.Nan> It's the only way to go Pat...  :-)
BITBYDOGS> kathy, she is planning on doing pastels for the backgrounds of the pages
.Nan> Sounds nice Bit..
.Kathy> That sounds wonderful....maybe a Web version too?
.Nan> Hey, where is Button Pat?
BITBYDOGS> possibly
.Alan> brb
.Nan> That would be really nice Kathy...I like that idea ...of a web version..
BITBYDOGS> we've talked about a web version, but i don't know if i have the strength to create it for her
.Kathy> Nan, do your greeting card messages generally rhyme?
.Nan> No...very rarely do they rhyme Kathy...don't know why...
.Kathy> Well, Bit, if you came up with a template, you wouldn't have to create over and over....
BITBYDOGS> <giggle> scanning all the pages she plans to put it this book might over-load my scanner
.Alan> I'll tell you Bitby.  You get energy from bring able to do something creative.  I know it sends me, And I'm new at this.
.Nan> Like it better that way ..I guess..
.Kathy> Well, I've been struggling with free verse vs. rhyme...
.Alan> I have as well
.Kathy> To me, free verse is a LOT more challenging.
.Kathy> Rhyme is so natural to me...
BITBYDOGS> i'll have to suggest the idea to her again and see what she thinks. if worse comes to worse, i'll have a friend of mine help us out
.Kathy> I have a hard time distinguishing between free verse and poetic prose.
.Nan> Really Kathy?  I am surprised ...you are soooo good at writing..
BITBYDOGS> when will you guys have this chat again?
.LASH> well, people, gonna go browse
.Alan> BYe Lash.
.LASH> - signed off -
.Nan> Bye Lash...
.Kathy> We have this chat every other Thursday...:)
BITBYDOGS> cool
BITBYDOGS> i'll have to get into my creating mood again and write some more
BITBYDOGS> but
.Kathy> Well, I like to write.  And poetry isn't really my specialty, but I like to write poetry.
BITBYDOGS> most of the things i write..usually reflect around love
.Kathy> I rarely write about love.
.Nan> That's nice Bit...
.Kathy> I think my best poems are character sketchs...or commentary.
.Kathy> Romantic love, Bit?
.Nan> Did you do the one with the chick in the elevator with the two guys Kathy?
.Alan> I have to admit,  I usually let my creative expressions reflect the darker side of my thoughts.  I lets them out and I can be free from them.
.Kathy> Nope, didn't do that one Nan...
BITBYDOGS> it was really nice chatting with you all, but i think it's time for me to hit the bed so i can hopefully get over this crud
.Kathy> Alan, poetry is a great release for dark thoughts...
.Alan> 'nite Bitby
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BITBYDOGS> night
BITBYDOGS> - signed off -
.Nan> That's wise Alan...I used to do that a lot ...now I have to work just to get the juices flowing...I think my preschooler stole all my functioning brain cells..lol
.Kathy> Night Bitby...thanks for joining us!
.Alan> LOL Nan
.Nan> Nite Bit..
.Kathy> Hi Clevenger!  Welcome!
.Nan> Hello, Clevenger...
.Alan> Hello Clevenger.
CLEVENGER1> - signed off -
.Kathy> Clevenger, have you brought some poetry?
.Kathy> Dang...:(
.Alan> Say Kathy, How 'bout that pint of porter or are you not serving tonight?
.Kathy> How about you Alan....got another one tucked up your sleeve? :)
> .Kathy pours Alan a pint of porter, pronto!
.Kathy> <G>
> .Kathy pours herself a God's Blessing....
.Alan> Yah, I've been waiting.  I posted it on the message board, but under the wrong heading
.Alan> Thanx
.Kathy> Oh dear....well it can be moved....
.Kathy> ...but, I'd love to hear it here.
.Alan> Like I say, I've only been trying this for about t3 weeks...
.Alan> Since the first time I hit this chat
.Alan> Here goes...
> .Kathy listens...
.Alan> The Violence of Peace
.Alan> The Violence of Peace holds us back
.Alan> The Peace of Violence brings us back
.Alan> The Violence killed the messenger before his bed
.Alan> The Peace killed the tyrant in his bed
.Alan> The Violence grips us in it's hold
.Alan> The Peace embraces us in it's hold
.Alan> With Peace, Violence may be
.Alan> With Violence, Peace will never be
.Alan> The END
.Kathy> I remember this one!
.Alan> Yah, that was me...*BLUSH*
.Kathy> ...and I like it very much....
.Kathy> I love how the semantics play on one another....
.Kathy> "Violence grips us..."  Peace embraces us..."
.Alan> I forgot to put my name on it.  I keep forgetting that I'm not just talking to someone in person.
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.Kathy> You draw a unique correlation between Peace and Violence...
.magpie> hi.
.Alan> Hello Magpie
.Kathy> Hi Magpie!  Welcome!
.Alan> Thanx, Kathy.  I struggled with that one awhile.
.Kathy> ...not necessarily an equation, but you show a relationship.
.magpie> bye
.Alan> Hello Conrad,  WB Nan!
.magpie> bye.all
.Alan> Bye Magpie.
.magpie> - signed off -
.Kathy> Night Magpie...
.Alan> Nan's having connection problems?
.Alan> BRB! just got an idea, need try jot done some notes.
.Kathy> What did you come up with Alan?
.Nan> Thanks Alan...where are you from?
.Alan> Just taking note right now Kathy.  From Seattle, Nan.
.Alan> LOL
.Nan> I used to live in Bellevue Alan..
.Alan> I live in Federal Way, Nan
.Alan> Oh, no!
.Nan> Lived there long Alan?
.Alan> Back and forth over the years
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.Alan> Hi Kiela?
.Nan> Hi, Kiela...
.Kathy> Hi Kiela, welcome!
.Alan> Wish I could type...
KIELA> Hi Alan, Nan, Kathy
KIELA> We're having a poetry session in Cal's?  That's kind of different!   It's usually a bunch of us sitting around babbling mindlessly!!
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.Kathy> Do you write poetry Kiela?
.Alan> Hey Mary!
.Nan> Hey, MrPoet...
.Alan> Hello Mr. Poetry Man
MRPOETRYMAN> Hello everyone !
.Kathy> Hi ya Mary!  Hi Mr. Poet!
.Nan> Hi, Mary...
KIELA> Nope, when I was younger!!  I guess I'm not used to this in Cal's.   It's usually pretty much the same group.
MRPOETRYMAN> Hi kathy !
.Nan> Anyone have some poetry to share???
.Marywood> hi everybody
MRPOETRYMAN> Hi Marywood !
KIELA> I would believe you if I could actually see gnats fucking!!
.Marywood> hello, mrpoetryman
KIELA> Hey Alan, has Beth or Lauren been in here tonite?
.Kathy> That's enough of that.
.Alan> Haven't seen them yet.
.Marywood> Hi Nan
.Nan> Hi, Mary...how are you this evening?
.Marywood> fine, how you doing?
.Alan> Hey Mary.
.mary> hello alan
.Nan> I am getting sleepy...am trying to hold my own though Mary...
KIELA> brb
.Nan> ok Kiela
.mary> is the session over with already? kathy
.Alan> WEll you are frre to express yourself but that doesn't mean somebody HAS to listen
.Kathy> No, not really...
.Alan> We're just getting started
.Kathy> Mary, did you bring some poetry?
.mary> i kept looking for the chat for a long time and had to go into callahans to see what time
.mary> no Kathy, I thought it was cancelled
.mary> when I couldnt find it
.mary> Kathy are you moderator tonight?
.Alan> Brb. Need to walk the dog.
.Nan> ok Alan
.Kathy> Yes, I am.
.mary> ok
KIELA> I am not being rude, but can I ask why we are having a poetry session in Cal's?
.Kathy> We have a Poetry session every two weeks, Kiela....
.Nan> We have em every other thursday kiela
.Kathy> We also have a Poetry topic in our Message Board....
KIELA> I must totally miss out on every other Thursday because this is the first I have ever heard of it and I've been coming here for months!!
.Kathy> ...poetry contests, and a Poetry section on the Web site. :)
KIELA> So who else usually attends?
.mary> Kathy, I entered another poetry contest today.
.Kathy> Peter usually hosts...
.mary> I find them in good places besides here.
.Kathy> Did you really Mary??  That's exciting!
MRPOETRYMAN> Walking through the fields of flowers
MRPOETRYMAN> Knowing I have been here for hours
MRPOETRYMAN> The leaves have fallen off the trees
MRPOETRYMAN> Spread around by the whispering breeze
MRPOETRYMAN> Watching the sky above me get black
MRPOETRYMAN> Picking up my poetry books, I start to walk back
MRPOETRYMAN> To the house that I call my home
MRPOETRYMAN> Waiting for another day to roam.
.Kathy> Excellent!!!
> .Kathy applauds!
.Nan> Very nice...
KIELA> WEll, I am no poet, so I will leave you to your business, but will definitely check out the poetry on the website and message board!! Nite all
MRPOETRYMAN> Thank you, Kathy
.mary> I could never write that fast  applauds
MRPOETRYMAN> Thank you nan.
.Nan> LOL
MRPOETRYMAN> Thank you Mary
.Kathy> Night Kiela....we'd love to have you stay though. :)
.mary> Kiela nite
.Nan> He's not typin...he's copy/cut/pastin...
MRPOETRYMAN> Nite Kiela
KIELA> Maybe I'll stop back!!
KIELA> - signed off -
.Nan> nite kiela..
.mary> ok Nan. I sure is fast!!
.Kathy> Yes, that's the easy way to post poems in chat...
.mary> I still haven't learned to do that yet.
.Kathy> Do you use Windows?
.Nan> Me either...and they say it's simple..but I have yet to master it Mary!
MRPOETRYMAN> Nan: No, I write everything on the spur of the moment. I do not cut, type, and paste. All of my poems are off the top of my head ! I am waiting for an apology from you :(
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.mary> I find everything on the computer difficult
.Alan> I'm Back.  *Applause*
.Kathy> Hi Libby, welcome!!
.Nan> Oh...I am very sorry Mr. Poetryman...PLEASE forgive me...I am more than impressed now...(wink)
.mary> hello libby
.Alan> Hello Libby
.Nan> Missed you Alan..
.LibbyLibby12> is kaycee here?
.Kathy> Libby, have you brought some verse?
.Nan> Hi, Libby..
MRPOETRYMAN> Nan: Okay, apology accepted. I have been writing poetry for over 30 years. I can write a poem on any subject at any time.
.LibbyLibby12> i'm in colorado springs, can you believe it?
MRPOETRYMAN> Hi Libby !
.Alan> SHow off
.Nan> You DID type it fast then....!!!
.Kathy> Yes, but posting it is much easier using "cut-and-paste"....
.Kathy> It doesn't mean you copied the poem from someone else...
.mary> posting? Kathy? I don't understand that at all.
.Kathy> I often write spur of the moment poetry...
.LibbyLibby12>  it takes a heap of livin in a house to make it home, a heap of sun and shadow and you sometimes have to roam.
MRPOETRYMAN> Kathy: I can not use cut and paste. I write it in the box and then i post it.
.mary> that's posting? extemporaneous?
.Alan> I usaully have word pad on the side to cut and paste from
.Kathy> I write it in Notepad or Word....then highlight it all, press CTRL C, then return to the chat window and press CTRL V....
.Nan> Yes...that's what I meant mr poetryman...i was in no way implying that you got your work from someone else...hope you know that...
.Kathy> Yes, Poetry Man...that works too!!
MRPOETRYMAN> Nan: yes, I understand.
.LibbyLibby12> - signed off -
.Kathy> Libby, that was great!!
.Kathy> Dang...missed her. :(
.Nan> I'll have to try it that way Kathy...
.Kathy> Yes, it works well, Nan....as long as you put periods between stanzas.
.Nan> I'll try to remember that...
MRPOETRYMAN> I have to leave now everyone. If you would like to read some more of my poetry, come to my website:
MRPOETRYMAN> http://members.tripod.com/~nsrosenthal/index.html
MRPOETRYMAN> I will see evryone again in two weeks. Goodnight everyone !
.Kathy> Nan, cut-and-paste works between most MS applications.
.Alan> 'nite Poetry Man
.Kathy> Thanks for joining us Poetry Man!
.Nan> Nite poetryman
MRPOETRYMAN> Bye everyone ! Take care !
MRPOETRYMAN> - signed off -
.mary> nite poetry man
.Nan> It's my bedtime as well..so I bid everyone adieu...
.Alan> Goodnight Nan.
.Kathy> Good to see you Nan....:)
.mary> dittely dittely dee, my cat has southern fleas !!
.Alan> *chuckle*
.Nan> Nice to be seen!  Goodnight!
> .Kathy giggles...
.mary> night nan
.Nan> - signed off -
.Alan> DO you have another on Mary?
.Alan> Wish I could type....
.mary> no, that was just off the top of my head.
.Kathy> Hey, want to rhyme off each other?
.mary> it usually happens when I miss saying night to someone
.Alan> Hey Kathy, how 'bout you?
.mary> sounds good to me Kathy.
.Alan> We can try
.Kathy> We start with a phrase or sentence....
.mary> I give it a good wack
.Kathy> Alan you go first...then Mary, then me...
.Alan> ok, let me charge up
> .Kathy freshens drinks around the bar's library/den...<G>
.Alan> We jump and dance and sing
.mary> we can fly and do the swing,
.Kathy> It doesn't really mean a thing,
.mary> I like that
.Kathy> <G>
.Alan> But, it keeps intact the ring.
.Kathy> Okay, Mary you go next....then Alan, then me...
.Alan> Sorry.
.Kathy> No, that was GOOD!!
.mary> All I see are monkeys laughing in the zoo
.Alan> And I think the monkey are laughing too,
.Kathy> They glimpse a peak at me and you.
.Kathy> Peak....grrrr....I meant peek....
.Alan> Yeh, One more time...
.Alan> go Kathy
.Kathy> although peak has its merit...<G>
.mary> Alan, I thought you'd add another line
.Kathy> Just a sec...
.Alan> Oh, I'm too slow tonight.
.mary> no you are not.
.mary> I think you are pretty good, myself
.Alan> I'm too new at this. I just get lucky
.Kathy> Okay, my turn?
.mary> not luck, creative
.Alan> Go Kathy
.mary> yep
.Kathy> The sun may shine on sand and sea,
.Alan> The waves beckon to me
.mary> as I lean back to see the sea.
.Kathy> Instead I see a view of me.
.Alan> GOOD!
.Kathy> Cool!!
.mary> that's super!
.Alan> Whew!
.Kathy> Okay, Alan, you're up!
.Kathy> Then Mary, then me...
.Alan> I'm thinking.  Trying not to make the rymeing word to difficult
.Alan> wish i could type..
> .Kathy giggles....Thank you!!
.mary> you are doing fine Alan.
.Alan> The alley is dark and rank
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.mary> Now I can't get to the bank
.Alan> Hi KA
.Kathy> For that I have my broker to thank.
.Kathy> Hi KA!  Great!  Now we have 4!!!
.Alan> And hopefully I waon't get thrown into the tank.
.Cortland> Am Iinterrupting?
.Kathy> Not at all, Cortland!
.Kathy> I hope you will join us in group poetry!
.Cortland> Was at a _physical_ rading.
.mary> hi cortland
.Alan> Hey Cort
.Cortland> And of course I will join you in group poetry; how mcuh more verse can it get?
.Cortland> 'lo Alan.
.Kathy> Cortland, we are just doing rhyme exercises....
.Cortland> So... I'm in time?
.Alan> Sure
.mary> to make a rhyme?
.Kathy> Okay, let's have Alen start, then me, then Mary, then Cortland...
.Alan> And have a good time?
.Cortland> A bell, a chime,
.Cortland> (whoops)
.Kathy> Cortland you and I must rhyme...
.Kathy> Then, we'll reverse...
.Alan> Shall we do couplets
.Kathy> That's a better idea!!  Okay!
.Alan> Even, odd Even, Odd
.Kathy> Let's do couplets first...
.Kathy> ...just to get in the swing...
.Cortland> so Kathy does one, I do a next, then the other two take over?
.Alan> I'll start, then kathy, Mary ryhmes with me, then cort with kathy?
.Cortland> how 'boutthat, boss lady?
.Kathy> Okay...Alan, Mary, Cortland, Kathy....:)
.Cortland> wait a minute... who rhymes with whom in that order?
.Kathy> Oooo...I meant Alan, Kathy, Mary, Cortland....
.Cortland> bseder!
.Kathy> Alan/Mary rhyme....Kathy/Cortland rhyme...
.Alan> OK
.Kathy> OK
.mary> ok
.Alan> I run the endless highway
.Kathy> I study all the maps
.mary> no one gets in my way
.Cortland> And I miss the speeding traps.
.Alan> *Applause*
> .Kathy APPLAUDS!!!
.mary> applauds
.Cortland> (gee... it even makes sense.)
.Alan> This is great.
.Kathy> Okay, Cortland, Alan, Kathy, Mary....same rhyme sequence...
.Cortland> When the bigger ones ran in the clouds and the rain,
.Kathy> ...1st and 3rd, 2nd and 4th...
.Alan> And the little ones hugged the ground
.Kathy> There was a chorus, a mighty refrain,
.mary> while little whirl winds run around
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.Kathy> Excellent!!
.Alan> *Applause*
.Cortland> Not toooo bad (g)
.Kathy> Hi Volman!  Welcome!
.Alan> Hello Volman
.mary> hi vol
.Kathy> Okay, Now it Mary, Cortland, Alan, Kathy...same sequence...
.Volman1> - signed off -
.Cortland> t.
.mary> I have to inform you about this day
.Alan> It has been one for the record books
.Cortland> And the evening that followed behind
.Alan> sorry
.Kathy> Was a night of blackguards, a night of crooks.
.Alan> Woops!
.Alan> one more time, same order
.Cortland> put in your lne, Alan
.Cortland> ok
> .Kathy giggles...we got distracted....let's try again.
.Kathy> You start, Mary...
.mary> I want to pull my hair out cause I am so mad
.Cortland> And the neigbors are screaming all night
.Alan> I fell like I've been had
.Kathy> But at dawn it will be alright.
.mary> neat!!
.Kathy> Dool!!!
.Cortland> we lost a bit on the rythm, there
.Alan> YEH! *Applause*
.Kathy> ...er, Cool!
.mary> applauds
.Cortland> rHythm
.Alan> I'm new at this. Soory
.Kathy> Okay, Kathy, Mary, Cortland, Alan....
.Kathy> You're doing great, Alan!
.Cortland> me too. Alan
.Kathy> Here goes....
.Alan> Let's do it
.Kathy> My fondest dream, my dearest wish,
.mary> my wonderful hopes seem so far away
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.Cortland> A silver dream of a mythical fish
.Alan> As I sit and ponder on the pot today
.Kathy> LOL!!!!
.Alan> Hi Brigit
.Cortland> heheheh!
.Kathy> Hi Brigit, welcome!!
.mary> LOL
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.Brigit> hello all
.Cortland> hi brigit.
.Kathy> Has anyone brought prepared poems?
.mary> hello lw
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.Alan> Hey LW
.Kathy> Welcome LW!  Welcome Suzer!
.Cortland> A Brigit must bring now a muse to our fete
.Cortland> hi lw, Suzer.
.Suzie> Hello everyone.
.Alan> Hi Suzie
.Kathy> Either that or perhaps, amusing feet!
.Kathy> <G>
.mary> hi susie
.mary> whoops
.Brigit> not too good at muses :)
.Brigit> lol
.mary> suzie, sorry
.Suzie> How is everyone tonight?
.Cortland> Must be bursting with delight!
.Kathy> We're waxing poetic...<G>
.Alan> We we're doing some ryhming
.Alan> Did anybody bring some verse?
.Kathy> Or rehearsing primal fright...
.Suzie> Is Peter not leading the timing?
.Cortland> No, Kathy is head of teh rhyming.
.Kathy> No, Peter is out of town tonight...
.Alan> and I'm driving the hearse
.Kathy> So I'm filling in for him...
.Cortland> As we be
.Cortland> at a dead verse,
.Suzie> I have a brand new poem for this week. I love this, because it always makes me complete a new one before arriving.
.mary> say, Cortland, I think we've been doing alright.
.Kathy> Oh, that's perfect Suzie!!
.Alan> Let's Hear it
.Kathy> Yes!!
.mary> that's great!!
.Cortland> yes Suzie, by allmeans.
> .Kathy listens to Suzie....
> .mary listens to suzie
.Cortland> like it!
.Cortland> I listen
> .Alan listening
.Suzie> Do you all remember me? I think it best sometimes to set my work up.
.Kathy> Yes, set it up...a little background is good!
.Alan> no, but go ahead
.Suzie> If you remember my previous poems, I have been writing a series on issues associated to crossdressing. So run away now if you think you might be offended, even though everything is very "clean."
> .Kathy listens...
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> .Alan listens
.Suzie> Okay...here goes.
.Kathy> Poem in progress...welcome Jamie!
.Alan> Hi Janie
.mary> hi Janie
.Suzie> Title: Where it All Began
.Janie> ok, figuring out how to do this...
.Suzie> ...
.Janie> hello, all!
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.Kathy> ** Caution, QUIET group **
.Suzie> In small town basketball we Visitors
.Suzie> joked ourselves into our uniforms,
.Suzie> nervous in the lingering perfume
.Suzie> of Home girls’ locker rooms,
.Suzie> and those odd machines on the wall.
.Suzie> It was an honest break: my shoestring
.Suzie> snapped when I retied it during warmups.
.Suzie> Coach told me where to look for his
.Suzie> equipment bag behind the red steel door.
.Suzie> I was alone by the lost and found.
.Suzie> A pair of taupe pantyhose curled 
.Suzie> like a brown snake on the edge of a box.
.Suzie> One pink half-slip. There were other things,
.Suzie> a brush, two combs, barrettes and ribbons,
.Suzie> a pair of glasses, a pair of tennis shoes.
.Suzie> But nothing mattered then except
.Suzie> that satin sheen, that nylon hiss,
.Suzie> and I scooped them clean to the inside
.Suzie> pockets of my jacket, and prayed the game through
.Suzie> that no one would see my bulges on the busride home.
.Suzie> I am stealing tomorrow to dress again,
.Suzie> twenty years from high school basketball,
.Suzie> when the cheerleaders chanted success
.Suzie> and whispered things no boy
.Suzie> could understand would ever go away.
.Suzie> END
.juan dela cruz> good
> .Alan APPLAUSES!!!
.Kathy> ** Group is not Quiet **
> .mary applauses!!!
.Kathy> Impressive, Suzie.
> .Alan APPLAUSES!!!
.Suzie> Different, huh?
.mary> that was very good!!!
.mary> different I like!!
.Alan> Great!
.Kathy> Welcome Juan!
.Alan> Hi Jaun
.juan dela cruz> hello
.mary> howdy Juan
.Brigit> very interesting suzie
.Suzie> It is always a little scary showing poems. Especially this kind.
.Alan> Well, I think you have a good audience tonight
.mary> but it is good suzie.
.Suzie> Thanks, everyone.
.mary> you are welcome
> .Kathy fresens drinks around the bar's library/study....
.Alan> Say Juan, did you bring any verse tonight?
> .mary sips on her fresh orange juice and vodka
.Alan> thanx kathy
.juan dela cruz> i did
.Kathy> :)
.juan dela cruz> when can i start
.Alan> Well?
.Kathy> Great Juan!  The stage is yours!
.juan dela cruz> ok
> .Alan listens
.Kathy> ** Caution, QUIET group **
.Suzie> listens
.juan dela cruz> TITLE:    AUGUST 21, 1983
> .mary listens
.Cortland> I hear.
.juan dela cruz> i had a long day at work
.juan dela cruz> and also tired from school at night
.juan dela cruz> it was the last thing i could think of
.juan dela cruz> as i lay in bed my roommate rushes in
.juan dela cruz> and gives me the bad news
.juan dela cruz> it wasn't shock that i felt
.juan dela cruz> it was more of
.juan dela cruz> "where has he been all these years?"
.juan dela cruz> we had no classes next day
.juan dela cruz> what seemed like a rumor was now
.juan dela cruz> gripping reality
.juan dela cruz> an old politician
.juan dela cruz> exiled in a foreign land
.juan dela cruz> unable to express his sentiments
.juan dela cruz> in his own country.
.juan dela cruz> we wondered then
.juan dela cruz> why would he come back
.juan dela cruz> to meet death, guaranteed.
.juan dela cruz> seemed strange for a man
.juan dela cruz> known for a fast wit and intelligence
.juan dela cruz> but now we understand
.juan dela cruz> we now know he had to pay
.juan dela cruz> the ultimate sacrifice
.juan dela cruz> so that his beloved country
.juan dela cruz> will finally meet freedom.
.juan dela cruz> indeed, he became more dangerous
.juan dela cruz> now that he is dead.
.juan dela cruz> END
.Kathy> ** Group is not Quiet **
.juan dela cruz> let me explain a little bit
.Kathy> That was very dramatic....
.Alan> Very...
.juan dela cruz> this is a poem about the filipino martyr - Ninoy Aquino
.Kathy> Yes, pleas do...
.juan dela cruz> does anyone know about him?
.Kathy> I'm sorry....I don't...please tell us about him.
.Cortland> Yes, killed before he even could set foot in the termina
.Cortland> l.
.Alan> I thought so.  I heard about Aquino
.mary> - signed off -
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.juan dela cruz> he was going to be president a year before marcos declared martial law
.Cortland> And that... was teh end of the dicattor,though he did not know it.
EK980729245> - signed off -
.Alan> Hello EK
.Suzie> I like it, juan. I like it a lot. I knew a filipino exile myself, a great man and a great teacher.
> .Kathy listens...
.Alan> Woops, too late
.juan dela cruz> he was imprisoned and exiled during the martial law years. he was going back as he felt alone in the states
.Kathy> That was an excellent piece, Juan...
.Cortland> Yes, very impressive!
.Brigit> very intense
.Alan> *Applause*
.juan dela cruz> little did he know that his death will cause a revolution and bring his own wife, a housewife to occupy the highest office of the land.
.Suzie> juan, did you happen to know Bienvenido Niņo Santos?
.Alan> Little did he know.
.juan dela cruz> he is a great filipino author
.Suzie> He was a truly great teacher too, juan!!!
.Kathy> Cortland, you have an old one?
.Kathy> <G>
.Cortland> Yes, a few months old, anyway. I dont' know if the oflks her ehave seenit.
.Alan> brb folks.
.Kathy> Well, let's find out...:)
.Cortland> (pardon my fumble fingers)
.Suzie> listens
.Kathy> ** Caution, QUIET group **
.Cortland> So will I rise
.Cortland> .
.Cortland> So will I rise again as he
.Cortland> The faithful say who died
.Cortland> To save us from our sins once did,
.Cortland> Or drift upon the tide?
.Cortland> Which waits not for affairs of men,
.Cortland> But moves the oceans deep
.Cortland> And carries in its depths the dead
.Cortland> Who now forever sleep.
.Cortland> Forever sleep! A goal so sweet,
.Cortland> A Lorelei so fair,
.Cortland> Who beckons with a golden comb
.Cortland> To join her if I dare.
.Cortland> .
.Cortland> Forever sleep, and never dream,
.Cortland> If God indeed is kind,
.Cortland> But lay down all life's futile cares,
.Cortland> Delusions of the mind.
.Cortland> Forever sleep, aye, there's the rub,
.Cortland> And never wake again,
.Cortland> Unknowing in an unmarked grave
.Cortland> While lives the world of men.
.Cortland> Forever sleep, and never love,
.Cortland> Nor sunrise ever see,
.Cortland> No canyons deep, no valleys green,
.Cortland> No happy tears set free.
.Cortland> .
.Cortland> Forever sleep, without a call
.Cortland> To rouse and rise once more,
.Cortland> While moves the tide unending still,
.Cortland> And washes on the shore.
.Cortland> So will I rise again as he
.Cortland> The faithful say who died,
.Cortland> Or pay with cold and darkness for
.Cortland> A pure and lonely pride?
.Cortland> Forever sleep! An end to pains,
.Cortland> All great and large and small;
.Cortland> An end to joy and love and hope,
.Cortland> An end, indeed, to all.
.Cortland> .
.Cortland> .
.Cortland> Cortland Richmond,  Spring, 1998
.Cortland> END
.Kathy> ** Group is not Quiet **
.Kathy> "A pure and lonely pride"....what an incredible phrase!
.Kathy> That was remarkable Cortland!
.Suzie> That was a lot to absorb in a hurry. Good, Cortland.
.juan dela cruz> this is sad and beautiful
.Brigit> wow I loved it
.Cortland> From extreme emotion, comes wonder, if we survive the epxerince.
.Brigit> beautifully put Cortland
.Kathy> Somewhat like riding a roller coaster...
.Kathy> ...and I don't mean that lightly...
JANICEPRIEST> - signed off -
.Alan> just got back.  That's moving Cort!
.Cortland> Hi Alan... it took a lot of pain to write that. Save tears; they make better ink than the do tracks on teh cheeks.
.Kathy> Well, I really hate to say goodnight....this has been wonderful.
.Kathy> Maybe I can talk Peter into doing this weekly...
.Alan> Leaving already? It's only 10 o'clock
.Cortland> Only ten on the left coast, Alan
.Kathy> Well, here, it's almost 1:00....
.Alan> Woops. Sorry. Have a good night Kathy.
.Kathy> ...and I have to wake up in "hurricane watch mode" <G>
.juan dela cruz> its actually still
.juan dela cruz>  5 to 10 here in the left coast
.Suzie> Oh, I have s sick child. I have to run. Goodnight, everyone!
.Cortland> Nite, Suzie
.Alan> 'nite Suzie
.Kathy> Hugs to all...and please continue...
.Alan> (kathy)
.Brigit> bye Suzie and Kathy
.Cortland> L'shana Tovah, Kathy.
JWA111> Good eve all
.Kathy> ...also watch for more Poetry sessions, more frequently...:)
.Suzie> - signed off -
.Alan> YEA!
.Kathy> - signed off -
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