tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post38846855452654805..comments2023-07-12T03:49:56.593-07:00Comments on CombatWords!: New Feature: CannedJihad!Khakjaan Wessingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-46209726640644288872010-04-02T19:56:20.140-07:002010-04-02T19:56:20.140-07:00Clarifying: delete my poem, please.Clarifying: delete my poem, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-26699780478634352162010-03-30T16:30:48.680-07:002010-03-30T16:30:48.680-07:00I wrote this a long time ago. It is on my blog. ...I wrote this a long time ago. It is on my blog. Delete my post to you and don't use the poem anywhere else. I'm done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-80796487507067283882010-03-30T14:41:13.011-07:002010-03-30T14:41:13.011-07:00Ah, much better. You do have a problem here w/ the...Ah, much better. You do have a problem here w/ the mixed metaphor, but I'm glad you made the effort and defended your honor. I only wish I had seen it last night so we could do cannedcombat the way it's supposed to be done: on the clock. Since it took you some time to post this, I'm going take care of other matters before I riposte. If you wrote more poems like this on your page, I Khakjaan Wessingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-57577217607318582262010-03-29T14:51:30.069-07:002010-03-29T14:51:30.069-07:00You are a loud, moderately talented person with a ...You are a loud, moderately talented person with a very narrow view of what poetry is. I don't need to compete with you. If you do want to post this, make it for a brief time.<br /><br />Home<br /><br />After submerging order, light, the day—<br />A soldiery of doubt usurps hope’s place,<br />Soon nestled sly amid the pulsing gray<br />Nerve ends where soul meets sky. In dark I trace<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-51801820058379613882010-03-26T16:23:36.476-07:002010-03-26T16:23:36.476-07:00So will ye defend your honor? Or is this all idle ...So will ye defend your honor? Or is this all idle sound and fury, signifying nothing?Khakjaan Wessingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-72110656002147305772010-03-26T16:22:44.060-07:002010-03-26T16:22:44.060-07:00poemblaze, if you have a problem with my verse, pl...poemblaze, if you have a problem with my verse, please--I'm all ears. I think we'd like to all see how astute (or not) you are as a reader. <br /><br />Of course combat promoted your site. Don't be a tautology-machine. <br /><br />Even better, let's do battle. You name the time (time zone please), I'll confirm and we'll let the audience decide. You can even pick styles--I&Khakjaan Wessingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-68964314779515679852010-03-26T07:59:27.197-07:002010-03-26T07:59:27.197-07:00Since your poetry is all the forced rhyme stuff I ...Since your poetry is all the forced rhyme stuff I hate and my poetry is something you hate, let's just not read each other's stuff. There is a vast internet out there and each of us could go happily for years without seeing each other. My wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-89647588800736000402010-03-26T07:38:49.222-07:002010-03-26T07:38:49.222-07:00I tried alphainventions for a week. Hadn't he...I tried alphainventions for a week. Hadn't heard of it before so I used it to see whether it did any real promotion. It didn't, so I removed it.<br /><br />I don't get your attitude here. You aren't Mr. Shakespeare yourself, so why screech about other people, if it isn't just to get ratings for yourself?<br /><br />Chill. I guess you did promote my site, in your odd way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-59223851960605543262010-03-25T13:09:49.765-07:002010-03-25T13:09:49.765-07:00Never saw the documentary, but I remember their ri...Never saw the documentary, but I remember their rivalry. Competition makes both competitors stronger. The best know that they must lose to win.Khakjaan Wessingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-45303054581725458432010-03-25T03:18:34.587-07:002010-03-25T03:18:34.587-07:00speaking of which: have you seen that documentary...speaking of which: have you seen that documentary about the rivalry between larry bird and magic johnson? it's spectacular. bird lost interest in playing basketball the day magic retired. no need to read the stats in the box scores anymore. he had no one to compete against. the two worst days of his life: the day his dad died, the day magic retired - and the second one was more painful. Onyx Supersonicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906677842480253216noreply@blogger.com