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 Aug 3 03, 09:55
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 Ornate Oracle  Posts: 3,822 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Florida Member No.: 10 Real Name: Elizabeth Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori Kanter  |
Hello Everyone,
Lori you've done an amazing job with these forums! Quite impressive! Now let me introduce me for those who don't know me, I am Liz... for those who do... I'm ducking!  Hugs to you all, Liz ·······  ·······Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more details, click here!
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 Aug 3 03, 11:50
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And so you are, miss precious gemstone,
hope to read some of your sparkling jewels of poetry soon. hugs, Z² :angry: :D |
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Aug 3 03, 11:59
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 Mosaic Master  Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep |
Hi Liz!
Thanks you...I did receive loads of help from lots of folks! I'm sure there will plenty more to come too! Glad to have you on board the Mosaic...Looking forward to seeing you add tiles to it! Cheers! Lori :kungfu: ······· ·······"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!  "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner   |
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Aug 3 03, 21:14
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 Assyrian Posts: 203 Joined: 3-August 03 Member No.: 11 Real Name: Beth Writer of: Poetry |
Isn't Cleo just amazing?
Oh happy day! Amethyst is here to stay! Oh, I love her poetry so and I hope she'll always know she is quite a wonderful friend and I'll love her till the end! ······· ·······I am who I am.
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Aug 4 03, 19:07
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 3,822 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Florida Member No.: 10 Real Name: Elizabeth Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori Kanter |
Hi Guys..
Larry: I hope to be posting some new and fresh work real soon! Perhaps I will give you first peekies before I embarrass myself.. Cleo: Thank you for inviting me to your new paradise... I do hope you will be balancing your time between the two worlds... :) Bethie: You are the most naturally poetic person I've ever met... the vivacious energy comes out in rhythm and rhyme with no matter what you do and I think what I admire the most about you... ... IS you are CLUELESS to how much talent you've got going for you... :) Thats why I love you so... Hugs my friends... I think this place will be doing quite well! It's an interesting theme and quite fun and frolicky with the great aspirations of learning... I think making learning fun is the best way to learn! Night! Liz ······· ·······Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more details, click here!
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Aug 4 03, 20:11
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Assyrian Posts: 203 Joined: 3-August 03 Member No.: 11 Real Name: Beth Writer of: Poetry |
"ASP"irations! HA! HA! HA! Oh, Mysty, that's a good one! Just don't let it bite you on the behind!
 And thanks for such sincere compliments! You've knocked my big blue hat off! But what, you dont' admire my odd sense of humor most? Hmmm, I'm perplexed. Why ever not? Tee-hee! oh wait a minute! You're just kissin' my hinney to get some of my M&Ms! I told you! I STILL DON'T SHARE! (And, I DO run with scissors, too! :p ) Well, no matter what, I heartest you mucho! Big Scarabic Hugs, Nef ······· ·······I am who I am.
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| Guest_Don_* |
Aug 12 03, 17:03
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Hi Liz,
Yes, it is nice to see you here. This site is an addition to current mailboxes I poke into. Each time I think my elastic band is stretched a little too far with activities, I think of you. If you can dither all over the place, I can at least show up from time to time. I am having trouble, again, with iambic meter. Each time I think I've got it, it turns and bites back. Perhaps similar to guessing the next random number. Now let's us check...there are 52 cards in a normal playing deck, right...? Larry has all the M&M's, right? See ya around. Don |
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Aug 22 03, 19:28
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 Greek Posts: 624 Joined: 6-August 03 From: Texas Member No.: 15 Real Name: Marcia Writer of: Poetry & Prose |
HiYa Liz,
Great to see you here....beginning to feel right at home with so many familiar faces ! I can't wait to get more free time to begin posting in earnest..... Marcia 
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and every person that crosses our path takes up the brush and makes their mark upon our surface. So it is that we develop. But we must realize there comes a day that we must take up the brush and finish the work. For only we can determine if we are to be just another painting or a masterpiece..." 1981 Javan (from the book " Meet Me Halfway" ) MM Award Winner |
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Aug 24 03, 18:18
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 3,822 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Florida Member No.: 10 Real Name: Elizabeth Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori Kanter |
Hey you guys... I didn't forget about ya... I've been in the midst of upside downing my home, my life and well... hmmmm~ is there anything else left... Oh and at work, online time is rather short because I am training someone and well, its just not expected to have the trainer spending time online writing and reading poetry when the 911 lines are ringing... LOL
Hugs to you all... Bethie... I have a 1/2 written email I need to finish to you... And will do as soon as I can sit at my desk proper like! Marcia I am glad to see you here as well... and will continue to see you at PK ... Oh and Don... I finally got iambs a bit under my hearing belt and then these other folks started throwing things like spondees and trochees at me... Geeesh... My mind is less like a sponge and more like a sieve! Hugs to you guys, Liz ······· ·······Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more details, click here!
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| Guest_Don_* |
Aug 24 03, 18:19
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QUOTE (AMETHYST @ Aug. 04 2003, 19:07) Hi Guys.. Larry: I hope to be posting some new and fresh work real soon! Perhaps I will give you first peekies before I embarrass myself.. Cleo: Thank you for inviting me to your new paradise... I do hope you will be balancing your time between the two worlds... :) Bethie: You are the most naturally poetic person I've ever met... the vivacious energy comes out in rhythm and rhyme with no matter what you do and I think what I admire the most about you... ... IS you are CLUELESS to how much talent you've got going for you... :) Thats why I love you so... Hugs my friends... I think this place will be doing quite well! It's an interesting theme and quite fun and frolicky with the great aspirations of learning... I think making learning fun is the best way to learn! Night! Liz Hi Liz, Making learning fun makes it fun to learn, BUT if we only learn what is fun we would little learn. Remaining within familiar fences of security chains us to see horizons as obscurity. Barefoot, we suffer the paths of stone so with ease we may walk on fire alone. All ignorance may leap from our boat to feed hungry monsters in the moat. So we can continue to dance and frolic devoid of light to clear dust from attic.  Don :pharoah2
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Aug 24 03, 18:24
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Mosaic Master Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep |
Very nice poem Don - I should do an 'anthem for the Mosaic' challenge perhaps? Tee hee
 Welcome back Liz - congrats on the bed too! ???  Take care and keep on keeping on.... Hey - as a matter of fact Lindi, Andrea and I all just learned a new form called: monotetra....pretty neat from Shadow Poetry.... Perhaps we'll add it here in the future? Cheers! ~Cleo  
······· ·······"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner |
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| Guest_Don_* |
Aug 24 03, 18:36
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High Amethyst,
Today, I spent mucho time at PK reading dericlee's info on meter. Pretty solid stuff. When I am satisfied with my mastery of iambic I'll send you a welcome card from an asylum. I do understand it pretty well. The nuances and tight corners are fuzzy. I firmly believe no one in right mind would intentionally write all iambic outside of classwork. We shouldn't be having all this trouble because English is more prone to iambic than any other language, you know? Frost's "Whose woods these are I think I know" is used as a good example of iambic meter. But I've queries on that one too. Remember what the forest looked like before we got lost in the trees? :) Don |
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| Guest_Don_* |
Aug 24 03, 18:45
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QUOTE (Cleo_Serapis @ Aug. 24 2003, 18:24) Very nice poem Don - I dhould do an 'anthem for the Mosaic' challenge perhaps? Tee hee Welcome back Liz - congrats on the bed too! ??? Take care and keep on keeping on.... Hey - as a matter of fact Lindi, Andrea and I all just learned a new form called: monotetra....pretty neat from Shadow Poetry.... Perhaps we'll add it here in the future? Cheers! ~Cleo Monotetra??????? Sounds like four monosyllabic words per line. When you get around to doing so, please explain the rules. I am your friend, You are my friend, See spot run fast as Jane runs slow It's dumb, I know Don
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Aug 24 03, 19:23
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Mosaic Master Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep |
QUOTE (Don @ Aug. 24 2003, 19:45) QUOTE (Cleo_Serapis @ Aug. 24 2003, 18:24) Very nice poem Don - I dhould do an 'anthem for the Mosaic' challenge perhaps? Tee hee Welcome back Liz - congrats on the bed too! ??? Take care and keep on keeping on.... Hey - as a matter of fact Lindi, Andrea and I all just learned a new form called: monotetra....pretty neat from Shadow Poetry.... Perhaps we'll add it here in the future? Cheers! ~Cleo Monotetra??????? Sounds like four monosyllabic words per line. When you get around to doing so, please explain the rules. I am your friend, You are my friend, See spot run fast as Jane runs slow It's dumb, I know DonI will see what I can do Don... I Will ask Marie for permission to post the form here at Mosaic. This was her description to us for the challenge there: "The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables. What makes the monotetra so powerful as a poetic form, is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated. It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired." Stanza Structure: Line 1: 8 syllables; A1 Line 2: 8 syllables; A2 Line 3: 8 syllables; A3 Line 4: 4 syllables, repeated; A4, A4 ······· ·······"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner |
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| Guest_Don_* |
Aug 24 03, 19:40
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Hi Cleo,
you wrote following------------- "The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables. What makes the monotetra so powerful as a poetic form, is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated. It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired." Stanza Structure: Line 1: 8 syllables; A1 Line 2: 8 syllables; A2 Line 3: 8 syllables; A3 Line 4: 4 syllables, repeated; A4, A4 you wrote above--------------- THANKS Don |
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Aug 25 03, 07:45
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 Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 1,250 Joined: 2-August 03 From: USA Member No.: 7 Writer of: Poetry |
QUOTE (AMETHYST @ Aug. 03 2003, 09:55) Hello Everyone, Lori you've done an amazing job with these forums! Quite impressive! Now let me introduce me for those who don't know me, I am Liz... for those who do... I'm ducking! Hugs to you all, Liz Welcome!!!!! I am so glad that you are here, and look forward to reading some of your great work!!!!!  Take care~ Lindi (Aphrodite) ······· ·······"Imagination is more important than knowledge and encircles the world"
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Aug 25 03, 20:05
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 Egyptian Posts: 431 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Lee's Summit, MO, USA Member No.: 5 Real Name: Butch Writer of: Poetry & Prose |
Hi Amethyst,
Just wanted to say hi and tell you I enjoyed your posting of the Stargazer. I look forward to viewing more of your work. AtH 
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Sep 1 03, 08:14
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 3,822 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Florida Member No.: 10 Real Name: Elizabeth Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori Kanter |
Oh my... Have been caught under debris and have missed so much going on here! My apologies to all of you... I promise it won't happen again! ... (The baby is almost here guys...)
Don: QUOTE Hi Liz, Making learning fun makes it fun to learn, BUT if we only learn what is fun we would little learn. Remaining within familiar fences of security chains us to see horizons as obscurity. Barefoot, we suffer the paths of stone so with ease we may walk on fire alone. All ignorance may leap from our boat to feed hungry monsters in the moat. So we can continue to dance and frolic devoid of light to clear dust from attic. Hello Don, I am so sorry about the delay on response here! You are so right, we need to learn what isn't fun as well... (But we can make learning un-fun things in a fun way! )Thank you for your poem here... I especially can relate to stanza 1, as the beginning lines touch my own recent fears that I live within those confines... I think your poem speaks of truth in many different aspects of our lives. Thank you, Don! As for Iambics... oh we'll both be in an asylum by the time I figure it all out as well. I think I've gotten a stronger ear for iambic, but now to properly combine the other meters and stresses to flow like a baby's breath... perfect rhythm... :) Yes, Eric does offer excellent threads of learning material. I often read them but rarely participate! I am glad we're learning (even the parts that aren't so much fun, eh? ...) I look forward to seeing you play with those monotetra's... I will just wait to see you jump into the water first and if the water isn't all that cold, I will join you! Hugs, Liz Cleo: QUOTE Very nice poem Don - I should do an 'anthem for the Mosaic' challenge perhaps? Tee hee Welcome back Liz - congrats on the bed too! Take care and keep on keeping on.... Hey - as a matter of fact Lindi, Andrea and I all just learned a new form called: monotetra....pretty neat from Shadow Poetry.... Perhaps we'll add it here in the future? Cheers! Hey Lori, Thanks! The bed is working ok...its going to take me a lot of time to adjust to sticking 40 years of "stuff" into a 9 by 9 cubicle... :dance: :tigger: I am interested in learning more of this new form... Have you yet started a thread in the poetry forms forum? ...I think I will be opening a few new threads in that forum soon... :) Hugs Liz ... Hey Lindi, Oh I am glad to be here too! I should be finding myself a few extra minutes available for my pleasures... Which would include spending time with my friends here at the mosaic! Thank you for the warm welcome! I will see you in the forums ... Hugs, Liz ······· ·······Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more details, click here!
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Sep 1 03, 08:17
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 3,822 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Florida Member No.: 10 Real Name: Elizabeth Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori Kanter |
QUOTE Hi Amethyst, Just wanted to say hi and tell you I enjoyed your posting of the Stargazer. I look forward to viewing more of your work. AtH Hello Atilia the Hun, Hmmmm, is that sort of like a lot of honey! :dance: :jackbox: I like your name quite alot... Thank you for the compliment on Stargazer, I've got some minor revisions I've made and need to change them here as well... It was written as a gift for a friend! Best wishes, Liz ······· ·······Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more details, click here!
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