trimple

Congratulations! Making light of night. won the contest "5-7-5 Poetry Writing"

Beri Bee : CONGRATULATIONS! Well-deserved! This poem is amazing!

April 30, 2019 at 3:54AM

rama devi: Congrats!!!

April 30, 2019 at 9:00AM

judiverse: Congratulations in you on your win and on the beautiful poem. judiverse

April 30, 2019 at 10:57AM

Mrs. KT: Dear Tracey, A beautiful rendering! Congratulations! Diane

April 30, 2019 at 10:59AM

lyenochka: Congratulations, Tracey!!

April 30, 2019 at 11:26AM

l.raven: CONGRATULATIONS Twilight...never a doubt sweet girl...love you...Twosocks...xxoo

April 30, 2019 at 2:33PM

Carla Trinklein: Congratulations! Well done.

April 30, 2019 at 5:28PM

Gloria ....: Congratulations, Tracey. :))

April 30, 2019 at 6:00PM

Sugarray77: Congratulations on a lovely win! Melissa

April 30, 2019 at 9:33PM

trimple: Thank you so much to each and every one of you. I'm so happy! :)

May 1, 2019 at 5:18PM

But sleep? On a night like this? What an idea! Just think of how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.?

― Franz Kafka

Out in the open... finished second in the contest "100 Word Flash Fiction"

rspoet: Congratulations, Tracey! Well done.

April 12, 2019 at 10:29AM

trimple: Thank you, Robert :)

April 22, 2019 at 8:40PM

trimple: If I had been God...

February 14, 2019 at 4:54PM

CD Richards: Yes, I think pretty much anyone could have done a better job. If I had been God, I think I'd have resigned and sought a better position elsewhere. Good song, but David Gilmour is more my cup of tea than Roger.

February 14, 2019 at 6:59PM

trimple: Glad you enjoyed this, Craig. I enjoy them both, but for me, Roger Waters has an edge that few can touch :)

February 14, 2019 at 7:03PM

Checkmate. finished first in the contest "Story poem"

trimple: Thank you to those who voted.

January 29, 2019 at 11:31PM

Pam (respa): Congratulations on your last two wins, Tracey. Well deserved!

January 30, 2019 at 7:23AM

trimple: Thank you, Pam

January 30, 2019 at 11:07AM

BeasPeas: Congratulations on this marvelous poem and your win for it. Marilyn

February 5, 2019 at 11:10AM

London finished first in the contest "'Hemispherick' Limerick"

BeasPeas: Congratulations. Great job. Marilyn

February 5, 2019 at 11:14AM

haiku sun slips finished third in the contest "Sunset Haiku"

Just in time... finished second in the contest "Abecedarian"

The joys of motherhood... finished third in the contest "Humorous Dialog "

Waiting for the sun... finished first in the contest "50 Word Story"

Van: Congrats! Nice touch that the protagonist could have been in a position for his sentence to have been served and he's free to the world or free from life by execution. Well deserved.

August 8, 2018 at 7:59AM

trimple: Thank you, Van Indeed I wrote this and left a trio of open questions... He cannot see the horizon... is this reference to his view of the future? His breakfast and favorite book... the bible perhaps, before execution, or maybe his own suicide, or as you suggest, his freedom after serving his time. Maybe he's reading Voltaire, Darwin... Who knows :) Thank you my friend trimple

August 8, 2018 at 9:26AM

michaelcahill: Wonderfully nuanced. I took it as his imagination setting him free, but many interpretations could be made ... thus, THE WIN! :)) Congrats!

August 8, 2018 at 6:48PM

trimple: Thank you, Michael :)

August 8, 2018 at 9:11PM

Eternal love... finished first in the contest "5-7-5 Romance"

Van: Congrats!!

August 3, 2018 at 9:52AM

Ginnygray: Congratulations, Trimple!

August 3, 2018 at 10:02AM

trimple: Thank you!

August 7, 2018 at 7:40PM

Broken finished first in the contest "Write a sad story poem"

Dean Kuch:

July 30, 2018 at 12:37AM

trimple: Cheers, Deano.

July 30, 2018 at 1:36AM

Van: Congrats!!! Well deserved.

July 30, 2018 at 9:23AM

trimple: Thank you, Van.

July 30, 2018 at 11:24AM

trimple:

November 20, 2018 at 7:17PM

Enjoy

trimple:

July 13, 2018 at 8:44PM

trimple:

July 17, 2018 at 4:44AM

A change in season... finished third in the contest "Shifting Seasons"

Man is the most insane species.
He worships an invisible God and slaughters visible nature....
without realizing that this nature he slaughters is the invisible God he worships...

CD Richards: I so want to turn that into a plaque. Or maybe a huge nature print inscribed with those words.

February 23, 2018 at 10:14PM

trimple: :)

February 23, 2018 at 10:21PM

by a tree finished first in the contest "5-7-5 grass"

Irish Rain: Congratulations!!!

August 24, 2017 at 1:19PM

BeasPeas: Congratulations on your win. Marilyn

August 24, 2017 at 8:44PM

pipersfancy: Lovely piece! Congratulations!

August 25, 2017 at 1:12AM

trimple: Thank you :)

August 25, 2017 at 4:57AM

nancyjam: Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I'm not familiar with her work but will look for more.

August 16, 2017 at 3:53PM

DR DIP: I love a song that tells a story

August 16, 2017 at 6:19PM

Jannypan (Jan) : Did she sing Love Lifted Us Up Where We Belong with Jo Cocker. It went with a movie, maybe Top Gun???

August 16, 2017 at 8:21PM

trimple: Hi there, Jannypan. This particular song was written by the late, Leonard Cohen. Splendid poetry eh :) But yes... she also sang 'Love lifts us up where we belong' with Joe Cocker.

August 16, 2017 at 8:34PM

Music to the ear... finished first in the contest "Tyburn poetry"

Jannypan (Jan) : Super. CONGRATULATIONS!

July 23, 2017 at 9:42AM

Irish Rain: Congratulations!!

July 23, 2017 at 8:21PM

l.raven: [Glitterfy.com - *Glitter Photos*] Happy Birthday you...love to ya...Linda xxoo

July 31, 2017 at 4:08PM

trimple: aww... Thanks guys :)

August 16, 2017 at 8:46PM

trimple: https://youtu.be/p9_bI789Gog

July 11, 2018 at 8:14AM

Teddy bares all... finished third in the contest "Teddy bear"

Irish Rain: Congratulations!!

July 19, 2017 at 12:34AM

l.raven: CONGRATULATIONS Twilight...xxoo Linda

July 19, 2017 at 1:59AM

trimple: Thank you :)

August 16, 2017 at 8:47PM

garden path displays finished first in the contest "5-7-5 butterflies"

Val Crisson: Great contest! It was a "barn burner" as we say in the US. I was honored to share first with you.

July 17, 2017 at 11:40PM

Irish Rain: Congratulations!!

July 17, 2017 at 11:52PM

trimple: Winning 'joint first' with one of FS best haiku writers! The honor was all mine, Val. What a nail biter! lol

July 18, 2017 at 6:00AM

trimple: Thank you, Irish Rain :)

July 18, 2017 at 6:00AM

The Gate finished second in the contest "poem about a gate"

(haiku) rain drops finished first in the contest "Nature haiku"

Val Crisson: Thank you for writing a real haiku

June 13, 2017 at 9:00PM

trimple: Thank you, Val :)

June 13, 2017 at 9:09PM

Irish Rain: Congratulations!!

June 13, 2017 at 9:40PM

Dean Kuch: Congratulations.

June 14, 2017 at 4:23AM

rosehill (Wendy): Congratulations on the win and a lovely entry.

June 15, 2017 at 5:24AM

trimple: Winning 1st place was a wonderful boost to my flagging ability to write anything at all this last year or so. Thank you so much, guys.

June 15, 2017 at 10:26AM

A 'Shaggy Dog' story finished third in the contest "Shaggy Dog Poetry Contest"

divided we all fall... finished third in the contest "Quasi-Triolet"

Thoughts on marriage finished second in the contest "Monostich"

Clock... finished third in the contest "Time"

Food for thought...

Just returned back to the U.K. after spending 10 days in Silicone valley and decided to venture out to San Francisco in search of the 'Holy Grail' of hamburgers...

So there I am, soaking up the sun outside this recommended burger joint, my mouth straining to curl its way around this 'cow in a bun' that had more trimmings than a scissor-happy hairdresser's floor, when a guy in his late 70's casually walked passed me, stark bollock naked! He had a small white poodle in one hand and a baguette in the other! All he had on was a hat!

Nobody said a word as he strolled along the street as cool as a cucumber!

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for freedom of expression, but Is this normal for you guys? LOL

michaelcahill: Heck no! We don't wear hats in California. I'm shocked. I apologize on behalf of my state. I don't even want to ask ... was the poodle spayed?

November 11, 2015 at 10:36AM

trimple: LMAO! Not sure if the dog was spayed, but it had a shiny pink collar on that clashed with his green hat...

November 11, 2015 at 10:44AM

Linda Engel: Mikey would never be caught wearing a hat. That is too funny but then, again, it was San Francesco. What was the hamburger joint?

November 11, 2015 at 1:34PM

mrsmajor: Of course not...here in some places in new York, these men at least have their butts covered...although so much of their underwear isn't...lol

November 11, 2015 at 1:37PM

trimple: I think the burger joint was called 'Sooper Dooper' but it was awful. Just a greasy mess... Mind you, I spoke to a few people in the U.S. who claimed that the 'Holy grail' of burgers didn't exist.

November 11, 2015 at 3:07PM

evilynne: Perhaps he was trying to convey the naked truth. Evi

November 11, 2015 at 5:43PM

Rubylou: My prayers and thoughts are with your wife and you.

November 12, 2015 at 7:30AM

Rubylou: OOps, saved comment the wrong box. Sorry. I did read about your adventure in CA. Very interesting! LOL

November 12, 2015 at 8:18AM

kittykatnoel: Wow, San Francisco sure has some weird ones. I thought Oregon was out there. You would think someone would like scream and tell people to, "Look Away, Look Away!"

November 23, 2015 at 1:29PM

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Good luck in the voting.


Confused.com...

Am I missing something here? lol

I am Cat: Well, if you are... we all are. ***You can not vote for this contest if you have an entry. *** ***It's important that all contest participants participate in the vote. Which is it?

September 22, 2015 at 1:27PM

michaelcahill: You can't vote for yourself because your haven't already voted for yourself. That's the logic. Bottom line, you can't vote in the contest.

September 22, 2015 at 2:27PM

michaelcahill: You can't review yourself. I left that out. Duh. :))

September 22, 2015 at 2:27PM

michaelcahill: It sounds like I wrote the rules doesn't it...

September 22, 2015 at 2:28PM

TAB_that's me: So did any of you who had entries in the "First they came for.." contest try to vote? I didn't even try as I've tried in these before. I really don't want to spend the time reviewing all of them for 2 cents. I've reviewed half of them but for 2 cents. Padumachitta though said she got to vote - ?? How?? Because she started the contest maybe? I hate when we can't vote in a contest we are in or see how the vote is going.

September 22, 2015 at 2:36PM

ravenblack: I reviewed every one...and can't vote. Que sera sera. At least I know there are many great entries.

September 22, 2015 at 4:07PM

michaelcahill: Actually there was a contest where you could vote on classic but not on the new format or vice versa ... a glitch. A couple of us managed to vote. Maybe it isn't fixed.

September 22, 2015 at 5:34PM

TAB_that's me: Ah, I just went to the new version, reviewed the ones I hadn't reviewed and was able to vote.

September 22, 2015 at 10:55PM

trimple: Yup, ya right, Tab. Now having reviewed all, I can vote but only on the new version. Very misleading I must say.

September 23, 2015 at 8:14AM

trimple: From what I see across the board, most people use the old format, so perhaps, Tom should either twin both editions or at the very least make the members aware of the differences. We also need the voting rules to be made clearer as the above contradictory ruling demonstrates.

September 23, 2015 at 9:05AM

I am Cat: I always read them all... Not necessarily get to reviewing them all before the contest ends. It hasn't stopped me from voting yet. New version... Hmmm

September 23, 2015 at 10:56AM

None of us are blameless...

Kingsland: War is so wrong. Killing and destruction is wrong. The only war to end war, is to never fight in another war. There is a phrase that goes like this. Just imagine that that started a war and nobody came. The only way to end war, is not to fight in them...

July 16, 2015 at 9:43AM

Kingsland: What is so hard to understand A dearth of low level sounds At the mountain top No clouds are found There is a point that has dulled Mankind creates its own hell It's all in the directions we have chosen When it's cold enough, water gets frozen The bed is made, then we lay in it Out of the frying pan So on and so forth All is in front for eyes to see But do we have the capacity? For we surely have the need So blind that we be We cannot see the forest for the trees An ignorance of immorality When we permit atrocities It's a sad sad state of all that is When will we learn to live and let live? It's time to take a step back Do unto others We are all brothers Love your fellow man Reach out a helping hand What is so hard to understand? John Allen Kingsland

July 16, 2015 at 9:50AM

trimple: Thanks, John How very true... And yet we have the audacity to refer to the animals as dumb... Wonder what the future may bring? Look at the past :(

July 16, 2015 at 10:12AM

trimple: 'A war started and nobody came... If only, my friend...

July 16, 2015 at 10:16AM

mrsmajor: I have never held a gun to the head of another living soul..I am blameless...

July 16, 2015 at 2:49PM

trimple: As Einstein said... The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

July 16, 2015 at 3:33PM

trimple: https://youtu.be/8r-e2NDSTuE

June 30, 2017 at 9:30PM

Feeling uninspired?

Watch these :)

Tatarka2: Very powerful. Thanks for sharing.

March 14, 2015 at 2:04PM

trimple: Wonderful! isn't it :)

March 14, 2015 at 4:04PM

l.raven:

March 14, 2015 at 11:34PM

l.raven:

March 14, 2015 at 11:34PM

l.raven: thank you for the beautiful music Tracey...I love it...Love xxoo Linda

March 14, 2015 at 11:36PM

trimple: Hey! Twoxocks Glad you enjoyed it :)

March 26, 2015 at 6:12PM

Debra White: Funny!

March 11, 2015 at 11:19AM

Debra White: I like this! x

February 19, 2015 at 4:13AM

trimple: Great eh! :)

February 23, 2015 at 4:10PM

Lovinia: Hi Traceeeeyy This is amazing! xox

March 3, 2015 at 6:55PM

trimple: Hey, Lovi! Great isn't it :)

March 5, 2015 at 11:17PM

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. -Albert Einstein

William Walz: I find it difficult to believe that fish are stupid. Don't the majority of fish spend their lives swimming in schools?

November 6, 2014 at 11:04AM

A most beautiful song...

'hijklmno' -- What can you see?

What am I?

answer has five letters

rosehill (Wendy): A prestadigitaion master whose magic word is "abecadarian"?

October 14, 2014 at 9:52AM

rosehill (Wendy): Or, Hi J.K, Laughing my nose off?

October 14, 2014 at 9:54AM

trimple: nope :) has five letters...

October 14, 2014 at 9:56AM

trimple: what can you actually see? 'hijklmno?

October 14, 2014 at 9:56AM

judiverse: Hi, trimple. Congratulation on your win with "paper chasing." judiverse

October 14, 2014 at 2:22PM

trimple: Hey Judi Thank you so much. I think that was my first successful haiku :) hugs xx

October 14, 2014 at 6:14PM

l.raven: HI Tracey, a really great win...CONGRATULATIONS...I knew it would...Poems and their Poets...yeah!!!luff ya

October 16, 2014 at 10:06PM

country ranch writer: congrats on your winning the poem of poems

October 17, 2014 at 12:55AM

My husband at work....

DIS-illusioned: And the moral of the video is: if you're not George Clooney, you're worthless. :-/

September 20, 2014 at 3:57PM

trimple: Is it?....

September 22, 2014 at 5:13PM

robina1978: Many congratulations on this price, Ine

September 27, 2014 at 12:51PM

trimple: Thank you Ine. My husband is doing extremely well with his art right now :)

October 7, 2014 at 6:57PM

hifein: Well deserved. Wonderful poem!!!!!

October 16, 2014 at 8:27PM

trimple: Thank you hifein :)

October 17, 2014 at 6:14PM

Domino 2: Loved the harpist solo, Trace, and I also checked out the wonderful Sinead O'Connor's version of this great Celtic song.

November 5, 2014 at 6:09AM

trimple: Hi there, Ray Yeah, Is saw that one too. Love Sinead O'Connor. Especially three babies:)

November 15, 2014 at 3:55PM

Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

Linda Engel: I love this saying

August 31, 2014 at 9:41AM

nancy_e_davis: Wow! That is so true! Thanks I love it!

August 31, 2014 at 12:16PM

Oh my! I have just been told that I am to visit America in November.
Can't wait!

:)

shelley kaye: where?

August 28, 2014 at 10:26AM

Linda Engel: Where will you be visiting?

August 28, 2014 at 12:54PM

michaelcahill: You should visit the desert here! We have lots of sand... and uh... sand!

August 28, 2014 at 2:52PM

Nosha17: I am just about to review your fun children's poem, but I thought I'd take a look at your profile. I live in Hampshire and another coincidence I am going to the US in November, too. My daughter lives near Pasadena. She just offered to pay for my airfare, so I said yes! Where in the US are you going? Faye

August 28, 2014 at 3:53PM

trimple: I will be going to Texas, staying on a ranch apparently :)

August 28, 2014 at 6:33PM

trimple: Thank you Nosha. Love your name by the way:) Smashing review, cheers you :) xx

August 28, 2014 at 6:36PM

In case anyone missed this... :)

Domino 2: Fantastic video of the huge London puppets, Tracey, and the great atmosphere they created on the streets. 'Magic and joy' as the guy said at the end. WOW! When did this take place? I missed it and must have been wasting my time on fanstory. :-) xx Ted

March 14, 2014 at 6:50AM

Ahh David Byrne--Timeless Artist!

Domino 2: Crazy-weird and BRILLIANT VIDEO AND SONG, Tracey. The vocalist sounds like Paul McCartney to me.

March 14, 2014 at 7:01AM

ravenblack: So you are a Cave fan too? Great stuff.

March 7, 2014 at 12:08PM

trimple: Indeedy! :)

March 7, 2014 at 5:21PM

dancerwriter: Dancerwriter, I do appreciate your kind remarks, and feel so good because of them,i guess age make a difference and often I feel down.There are nice people in this world and you are one. Regards,andthank you, Lesley.

March 9, 2014 at 7:56PM

trimple: Hey Lesley How lovely to have you back! A big fat hug to you. tracey :) xxx

March 9, 2014 at 11:31PM

If you're talking behind
my back...
You're in a real good position
to kiss my ass.

Marillion: If the rogue is back there, he's not kissing it, and all the talking is dirty. ;-)

February 25, 2014 at 9:22AM

trimple: LOL :)

March 9, 2014 at 11:30PM

Now, as far as poems go, there are no rights or wrongs , but there is form, structure, feel, and delivery. In amongst that lot, somewhere, there is what I call; the 'soul' of the writing.

You challenge your mind, and deliver your thoughts. That is what you do.

Your thoughts are not the soul. Your thoughts are vessels of communication that need molding in order to create the emotion that appeals to the conscious, and unconscious mind....in this case, the reader.

Sometimes, thoughts alone cannot deliver the emotion needed when writing a poem. You need to develop its 'soul'

Nouns are, in a sense, static and stationary, robust and full-proof. They do not bend or move unless you bend them.... with mostly, GOOD adjectives.

Yet, be careful. Many new poets, and many old, (who should know better) sometimes tend to over compensate their poetry with TOO MANY adjectives.

An adjective can be the light of a poem or the glaze of disaster. Chose your adjective well, and use it when it serves purpose, or there is a reason to believe you are just creating superficial decoration.

With prose, you have time to develop and lull into a sense of feel, and direction.
With poetry you have no time. You must formulate with only a few words, therefore the adjective becomes your most potent weapon, or you most poetic death.

Use wisely friends.

'There is a difference between writing poetically and writing poetry.'

When we truly grasp the difference, we will undoubtedly write better poems.

Copy pasted from a most talented writer here on FS

Marillion: That's very well said, Tracey, so kudos to you for posting it, and also to the author of the quote. It's excellent advice.

February 21, 2014 at 9:17AM

Adri7enne: Good stuff. I'd like to know who the 'most talented writer here on FS' is, so I might read the entire post. Thanks for sharing.

February 21, 2014 at 10:03AM

pipersfancy: This is off of RGstar's profile page.

February 21, 2014 at 2:15PM

rama devi: Superb. Ditto on the kudos.

February 21, 2014 at 2:42PM

Adri7enne: Thank you, pipersfancy. I'm going to check out RGstar's profile page.

February 21, 2014 at 5:54PM

I just saw an advert on FS that read..

"Christians make better Lovers"

How the hell did they work that one out? LOL

nor84: Those things come from Google, most likely. Beats me.

February 10, 2014 at 1:06PM

adewpearl: I've seen bumper stickers for everything under the sun - Golfers make better lovers, grandmothers make better lovers, Democrats make better lovers...

February 10, 2014 at 1:42PM

Joy Graham: Poets make better lovers

February 10, 2014 at 7:18PM

Margaret Snowdon: Ha ha - how about angels? I've been told I'm one - just wondered!!

February 12, 2014 at 12:22PM

trimple: LOL Margaret :)

February 12, 2014 at 4:04PM

If the whole world smoked a joint at the same time, there would be world peace for at least two hours, followed by a global food shortage.

MM lives on :) : legalize it like they do in Europe

October 4, 2013 at 3:59PM

trimple: indeed!

October 4, 2013 at 7:17PM

sunnilicious:

October 21, 2013 at 2:32AM

trimple: The drug war is a total scam, prescription drugs kill 300K a year, while marijuana kills no one, but they spend billions/year 'fighting' it, because pot heads make for good little slaves to put into private prisons, owned by the banks who launder the drug money!

October 24, 2013 at 1:42PM

does anyone know of a good British writing site that does not require hours of reviewing or having to spend a fortune in order to have your work looked at?

DIS-illusioned: Yes...but it's in the dark recesses of my deluded mind (and don't you dare tell me my mind isn't a good British writing site!).

September 8, 2013 at 11:20PM

Sally Carter: Forward Poetry has a members' section, which I have joined. However, from what I see so far, any comments are of the "Oh, isn't that lovely" variety. But to be fair, I haven't fully explored it, so don't write it off on my say-so. They do also run competitions which are free to enter. Might be worth a look. If nothing else it might lead you on to other places.

September 9, 2013 at 3:31AM

shelley kaye: ask google lol

September 9, 2013 at 10:38AM

trimple: Dis you is not British! :) Sally thanks I shall take a look see :) Shelly, I was hoping to get a recommendation, but thanks you :)

September 9, 2013 at 1:27PM

Sylvia Page: http://www.treasurepen.com/dashboard/SylviaPage You not only can post your articles, you earn from them as much as 70% of the advertising revenue. You may mention my name as the person introducing you.

February 10, 2014 at 2:02AM

trimple: Hi Sylvia I shall look into it, thank you :)

February 12, 2014 at 4:06PM

Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French café, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress: I'd like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream. The waitress replies: I'm sorry, Monsieur, but we're out of cream. How about with no milk?

DIS-illusioned: Bwahaha! :-)

September 4, 2013 at 7:23PM

trimple:

October 20, 2014 at 4:48AM

One day the zoo-keeper noticed that the orangutan was reading two books - the Bible and Darwin's Origin of Species. Surprised, he asked the ape, "Why are you reading both those books?" "Well," said the orangutan, "I just wanted to know if I was my brother's keeper or my keeper's brother."

Sally Carter: Very good!

September 3, 2013 at 5:09PM

DIS-illusioned: Well now, that anecdote is just false, as we all know that zoo-keepers can't tell the difference between ape-types, or between monkeys and apes. (It was really a 'gorilla' perusing those books.)

September 3, 2013 at 5:30PM

mrskristinball: You are hilarious! Fantastic jokes, and I'm thinking you wrote these yourself...can you claim any of them as your own? If so, more please:-)

September 3, 2013 at 8:03PM

trimple: mrskristinball sadly no, I didn't invent them :)

September 5, 2013 at 5:49AM

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Just spent three hours working on a poem. Hit save, and was taken to a page stating that I already had a piece with the said title.
Work was automatically deleted!

Sally Carter: No! Are you sure? That happened to me once, ie inadvertently used a title I'd used before, but it gave me the chance to re-name it. That's awful.

August 3, 2013 at 8:19AM

trimple: Yup I'm afraid so Sally. I'm so gutted, I had been working on a series of poems about William Hogarth's "A Harlot's Progress" Spits and screams!

August 3, 2013 at 8:28AM

flippant: Oh no!! I write in Word or e-mail myself for this reason. Worst feeling in the world.

August 3, 2013 at 9:14AM

Sally Carter: Yeah, don't want to rub salt in, Tracey, but I never write direct onto FS unless it's something very, very short. It's amazing that even if you have written something yourself, spending hours going overt it line by line, once it's been lost the brain (well my brain anyway) just can't re-create it. We all feel for you. It sounds a brilliant theme for a series of poem. I must explore more...

August 3, 2013 at 9:40AM

adewpearl: That has happened to me several times when I've used a title from a while back. I never compose my poems on the page though, so the worst that has happened to me is I had to copy it all over from the manuscript.

August 3, 2013 at 12:29PM

shelley kaye: dang i hate when that happens!

August 3, 2013 at 1:44PM

trimple: Found the bugger! :)

August 5, 2013 at 7:52PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a36_CwzA0bk

Make of this what you will.
A very interesting documentary.

Selina Stambi: trimple, dear, loved the parody on The Owl And The Pussycat!! You had me in stiches ... :)

June 1, 2013 at 9:56PM

trimple: Hey Reach Why thank you very much trimple

July 4, 2013 at 2:18PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU

Favorite talks on utube
"Temple Grandin my experience with autism"

Tune in for this unusual presentation on autism by someone with autism. Animal Science professor Temple Grandin, who designs livestock handling facilities, discusses the value of early intervention in autism, and about medications. Other topics include her sensory sensitivities and how she manages them, how she and other autistic people think, and social relationships and careers. Series: "M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders"

atticus63: Did you see the terrific HBO film about her? I do believe it is just called Temple Grandin. It was with Claire Danes and it was truly fantastic. See it, if you can.

February 8, 2013 at 3:22AM

trimple: No I havn't seen the film of Temple, been trying to get it on 1channel but no go:( isn't she just terrific!

February 8, 2013 at 3:41AM

hifein: i saw her speak here in New York. She is a wonderful inspiration for others with asbergers.

February 8, 2013 at 8:55PM

trimple: Hey Hifein, wow how lucky were you to see this incredible woman! I have since managed to see her film. What a story. As you rightly say a true inspiration to everyone Trimple x

February 11, 2013 at 8:59AM

vawilcox: I wish I could 'like' things right now. (facebook) My brother and mother both have asperger's and I can agree - knowing only a little about her - she is quite inspirational. That must have been amazing to hear her speak!!

May 11, 2013 at 12:07AM

films not to be missed :

untouchables (french film) amazing!
truly madly deeply
shallow grave
one flew over the cuckoos nest
mary and max

Do you have a top five top watch?

atticus63: Just saw Beasts of the Southern Wild. I agree Truly, madly, deeply -I loved that film, I think especially because all the dead people were huge film buffs (I could relate). Glad I came here, because just today I was trying to remember what film you told me to see...and here it was! One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -brilliant. I choose Harold and Maude, Whale Rider, To Kill a Mockingbird, King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh -director and Departures (Japan). Miss you, T.

February 8, 2013 at 3:30AM

trimple: Hey Atticus! truly madly deeply awesome film:) To kill amocking bird I saw many years ago, a truly tremendous film! I shall look up the films you enjoy :)

February 8, 2013 at 3:39AM

trimple: Estelle, I have written to DS as I had to refresh pc and lost auto log in details, still waiting for response:(

February 8, 2013 at 3:59AM

atticus63: Well, I hope you make it back some day. I miss your scintillating conversation and witty banter. Signed your multi-groupal stalker. ~atticus (love ya, Babe)

February 8, 2013 at 4:24AM

trimple: You can stalk me anytime! :)

February 9, 2013 at 8:44AM

velvetElvis: congratulations on winning the: Your Cheatin' Heart challenge. Watered Down was a wonderful poem and very deserving of the win.

February 22, 2014 at 11:33AM

trimple: Hey VE Thank you very much for setting the challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. much love trimple:)

March 9, 2014 at 11:29PM