David Dalton wrote:

> On Oct 25, 2023, General-Zod wrote
> (in article<4948a4b721b5af908d367cf704814484@news.novabbs.com>):

>> On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:41:39 AM UTC-4, rachel wrote:
>> > On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 9:13:57 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
>> >
>> > > Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:
>> > >
>> > > https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html
>> > >
>> > > I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
>> > > needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
>> > > at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
>> > > I am in St. John’s.
>> > >
>> > > Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
>> > > an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
>> > > will return soon and that it will include the ability to
>> > > complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.
>> > >
>> > > Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.
>> > >
>> > > Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
>> > > but I never bothered her. However her record label
>> > > person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
>> > > the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
>> > > me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
>> > > of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.
>> > i didn't read the whole thing but these looked really good!! :)
>> >
>> > do you have finished pieces? i bet those are great. :)
>>
>> Hi Rachel..... agreed and seconded...!

> I didn’t see Rachel’s post, probably since google groups was
> being filtered out by Eternal September for a while.

> I haven’t written anything poetic in a long while now, but
> expect my creativity to return soon, and when it does I
> will definitely write some. Though I suppose even now
> I could mechanically build something using form, metre,
> and rhyme, brick by brick, rather than relying on creative
> flow/bread crumb trail/drunken walk of words.

Hi D.D.... well put..!

General-Zod wrote:

> David Dalton wrote:

>> On Oct 25, 2023, General-Zod wrote
>> (in article<4948a4b721b5af908d367cf704814484@news.novabbs.com>):

>>> On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:41:39 AM UTC-4, rachel wrote:
>>> > On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 9:13:57 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:
>>> > >
>>> > > https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html
>>> > >
>>> > > I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
>>> > > needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
>>> > > at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
>>> > > I am in St. John’s.
>>> > >
>>> > > Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
>>> > > an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
>>> > > will return soon and that it will include the ability to
>>> > > complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.
>>> > >
>>> > > Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.
>>> > >
>>> > > Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
>>> > > but I never bothered her. However her record label
>>> > > person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
>>> > > the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
>>> > > me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
>>> > > of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.
>>> > i didn't read the whole thing but these looked really good!! :)
>>> >
>>> > do you have finished pieces? i bet those are great. :)
>>>
>>> Hi Rachel..... agreed and seconded...!

>> I didn’t see Rachel’s post, probably since google groups was
>> being filtered out by Eternal September for a while.

>> I haven’t written anything poetic in a long while now, but
>> expect my creativity to return soon, and when it does I
>> will definitely write some. Though I suppose even now
>> I could mechanically build something using form, metre,
>> and rhyme, brick by brick, rather than relying on creative
>> flow/bread crumb trail/drunken walk of words.

> Hi D.D.... well put..!

Good afternoon, agreed.

😃

roach wrote:

> On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 1:53:12 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
>> On Oct 25, 2023, General-Zod wrote
>> (in article<4948a4b721b5af90...@news.novabbs.com>):
>> > On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:41:39 AM UTC-4, rachel wrote:
>> > > On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 9:13:57 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:
>> > > >
>> > > > https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html
>> > > >
>> > > > I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
>> > > > needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
>> > > > at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
>> > > > I am in St. John’s.
>> > > >
>> > > > Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
>> > > > an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
>> > > > will return soon and that it will include the ability to
>> > > > complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.
>> > > >
>> > > > Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.
>> > > >
>> > > > Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
>> > > > but I never bothered her. However her record label
>> > > > person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
>> > > > the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
>> > > > me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
>> > > > of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.
>> > > i didn't read the whole thing but these looked really good!! :)
>> > >
>> > > do you have finished pieces? i bet those are great. :)
>> >
>> > Hi Rachel..... agreed and seconded...!
>> I didn’t see Rachel’s post, probably since google groups was
>> being filtered out by Eternal September for a while.
>>
>> I haven’t written anything poetic in a long while now, but
>> expect my creativity to return soon, and when it does I
>> will definitely write some. Though I suppose even now
>> I could mechanically build something using form, metre,
>> and rhyme, brick by brick, rather than relying on creative
>> flow/bread crumb trail/drunken walk of words.
>> --
>> https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
>> "Spring come to you at the farthest In the very end of harvest. Scarcity
>> and want shall shun you. Ceres' blessing so is on you." (Shakespeare)

> hi reading this now seems FAMILIAR so i am surprised i didn't respond to you, i'm sorry, maybe it's the kind of thing like there was nothing to say, like taking it all in was enough to completely fill me, i can totally relate i hate thinking that what one/you like to do it be creative and you have no idea where it comes from and you can't do it on demand and you just really don't want to "just do it" like write when you have nothing to say waiting for inspiration i always keep thinking that's it i'm done i don't think i have anything left to write or say insofar as making a poem or whatever

Interesting observations, Rachel, interesting how?

They're self explanatory.

😃

David Dalton wrote:

> Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:

> https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html

> I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
> needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
> at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
> I am in St. John’s.

> Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
> an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
> will return soon and that it will include the ability to
> complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.

> Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.

> Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
> but I never bothered her. However her record label
> person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
> the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
> me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
> of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.

Hi there, having another read, quite a good collection of poems...

David Dalton wrote:
>
> Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:

> https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html

> I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
> needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
> at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
> I am in St. John’s.

> Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
> an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
> will return soon and that it will include the ability to
> complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.

> Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.

> Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
> but I never bothered her. However her record label
> person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
> the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
> me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
> of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.

Again, you should post selections here, David.

NancyGene wrote:

> On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 4:13:57 AM UTC, David Dalton wrote:
>
>> Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:
>>
>> https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html
>>
>> I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
>> needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
>> at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
>> I am in St. John’s.

> Mr. Dalton, you have no poetry writing talent. At. All.
>>
>> Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
>> an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
>> will return soon and that it will include the ability to
>> complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.

> First, you should find out how to write poems and not the embarrassingly juvenile, no meter examples that you have offered.
>>
>> Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.
>>
>> Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
>> but I never bothered her. However her record label
>> person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
>> the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
>> me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
>> of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.

> Sure, she "silently approached" you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hush up, troll...!

David Dalton wrote:
>
> Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:

> https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html

> I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
> needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
> at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
> I am in St. John’s.

> Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
> an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
> will return soon and that it will include the ability to
> complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.

> Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.

> Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
> but I never bothered her. However her record label
> person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
> the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
> me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
> of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.

Hope 2024 is a good poetry year for you, David.

😃

On Jan 19, 2024, W.Dockery wrote
(in article<b9407571ea5b0348becb3b1e834db89e@www.novabbs.com>):

> David Dalton wrote:
> >
> > Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:
>
> > https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html
>
> > I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
> > needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
> > at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
> > I am in St. John’s.
>
> > Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
> > an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
> > will return soon and that it will include the ability to
> > complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.
>
> > Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.
>
> > Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
> > but I never bothered her. However her record label
> > person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
> > the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
> > me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
> > of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.
>
> Hope 2024 is a good poetry year for you, David.
>
> 😃

Thanks, Will, and the same to you and other readers!

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“It dpesn't matter baby, if you're a non-believer, the axe has fallen...
I give to you The Bitch Goddess of Truth" (Lizband -- Queen of Swords)

David Dalton wrote:

> On Jan 19, 2024, Will Dockery wrote
> (in article<b9407571ea5b0348becb3b1e834db89e@www.novabbs.com>):

>> David Dalton wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:
>>
>> > https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html
>>
>> > I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
>> > needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
>> > at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
>> > I am in St. John’s.
>>
>> > Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
>> > an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
>> > will return soon and that it will include the ability to
>> > complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.
>>
>> > Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.
>>
>> > Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
>> > but I never bothered her. However her record label
>> > person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
>> > the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
>> > me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
>> > of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.
>>
>> Hope 2024 is a good poetry year for you, David.
>>
>

> Thanks, Will, and the same to you and other readers!

Good afternoon, my friend.

:)

David Dalton wrote:
>
> Here's a few of my poetry and song snippets from 1993 -- 1995:

> https://www.nfld.com//~dalton/poemfrag.html

> I won’t copy and paste them all here since then some
> needed spacing in some of them won’t be reproduced,
> at least in Hogwasher newsreader which I use when
> I am in St. John’s.

> Back then I had good wordplay ability but suffered from
> an inability to complete projects. I hope that my creativity
> will return soon and that it will include the ability to
> complete projects and to do longer poems and songs.

> Constructive(!) criticism is welcome.

> Some of them do show my interest in Sarah McLachlan,
> but I never bothered her. However her record label
> person who was on the mailing list must have relayed
> the best of my writing to her since she silently approached
> me twice in the spring of 1995, which is reflected in some
> of the lyrics on her 1997 Surfacing album.

Second read

Cool