kalibantre

I just like using the boxes...

we're an odd family in our way, 7 of us.. my mother is quite possibly the oddest, it's like she's drunk all the time the stuff she'll come out with... my dad loved annoying me, I hope he still does. I shaved my head, (well most of it I got a pink mohawk) and he just sort of smiled and said my, you've got a good head to shave haven't you.. and then when I died it a very dark blue and had it cut into a more suitable style he said "i'll get used to it... I suppose" he also hates my piercings but doesn't comment on my tattoos..

I live with a frnech girl when not at home, she's going to open her mouth and i'm going to remember this and cry with laughter.

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Syren

What's wrong with france? Aside from the french, it's a really nice place.

*giglz*

Actually I enjoyed my visit there a bunch. The people were just as they are anywhere, a few cool folk, a bunch o jacktards. Just like everywhere... hehee.

French chicks...

Great stuff JR - I like the idea of sex w/ the sea too. Great pace to this one, really well done - no gripes, all goodness.

//Sy

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- Back for a bit, more and less.

J.R. MacLean

Kali: my wife, who had the OM symbol tattoed on her hand and foot decades ago, and daughter have some sort of deal re tattoos and piercings. Daughter is almost 16 and nothing yet, thankfully.

Sy: hey, nice to see you.
your sexist comment regarding Gallic women is highly P.I.
that said, you're right on, they are beautiful....we are lucky to
have many in nearby Quebec.


Thanks for the positive FB.
cheers

gigi

I could swear I commented to this earlier!

I really like this poem. It's cheeky, but not overplayed. It might be too heavy on the "what ifs". Maybe.

Kinda makes me feel like I sometimes feel about my own writing. You can be there and do that all you like, but still need an ounce of insight.

But truth be told, you can be whip-smart and have all the insight you like, but lacking experience will put nothing at all in your poetic arsenal. At least your example allows you to string together a bunch of images

Lans

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J.R. MacLean

Thanks for indulging me, Lans. I think you've hit on something important there-
and ounce of insight plus the talent to tell it can make poetry of almost any experience, while the extremes of experience are inherently loaded with poetic possibilities.

Jilla

I swooned when I read this.

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huni

Well for goodness sake J.R. you certainly don't need more attention to this thread do you? ; ) It's entirely your own fault - writing such a good piece. The poetic foods was a good image even with out listing them. TTQ's comment says it best so just - warm regards, huni.

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J.R. MacLean

Jilla: cool. emerged undamaged I trust.. thanks for reading

Huni: oh, a little more attention is always welcome, particularly from an intelligent writer such as yourself. Thanks for stopping by!

huni

MMMmmm? Well, okay then. More attention coming up. huni

See how flattery will get you more attention.

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each time we see the face ...it is our own ideas of him which we recognize. Proust

J.R. MacLean

I just call 'em as I see 'em huni.