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Hi Brian, we've nothing to sell but ourselves and I won't vouch for disease-free among this lot. We're all of us here for much the same reasons as you, with or without publishing ambitions.
Nice to have you on board. Your critical eye will grow back, be poked out, be replaced by a tougher one and then fall into the soup. Enjoy.
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(10-03-2016, 11:28 AM)rollingbrianjones Wrote: Hi,
After scoping around online this forum seemed pretty alive, responsive and not trying to sell me anything (yet?).
I have joined mainly to seek inspiration and hopefully increase my productivity... and I hope to be able to give some constructive feedback to others too, I once had a critical eye but that was some time ago now!
Fave poets: John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester), Keats and Coleridge. Writers... Hunter S Thompson, Christopher Hitchens, F.Scott Fitzgerald.
I also have some publishing ambitions and ideas, so always on the lookout for potential collaborators.
So there we go 
Hi Brian - atheists like Hitchens will be damned. We only appreciate pope-passed poetry here. Praise blond Jesus. Just kidding. Welcome to the Pen and please take a moment to check out my website selling cheap razors.
I like your choice of poets.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
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(10-03-2016, 11:28 AM)rollingbrianjones Wrote: ... found you after scoping around online. This forum seemed pretty alive, responsive, and not trying to sell me anything (yet?). ![[Image: gunad.jpg]](http://wordbiscuit.com/im14/gunad.jpg)
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Hey, everyone. I'm Luke. I love all things poetry: writing it, reading it, reading about it, thinking about it, pontificating about it, etc. You get the point.
Looking forward to jumping in to this lively scene.....
Meep meep.
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(10-08-2016, 01:45 AM)Bueller Wrote: Hey, everyone. I'm Luke. I love all things poetry: writing it, reading it, reading about it, thinking about it, pontificating about it, etc. You get the point.
Looking forward to jumping in to this lively scene..... You sound like our type of person! Love your avatar image.
Welcome,
Ray
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(10-08-2016, 10:03 AM)rayheinrich Wrote: (10-08-2016, 01:45 AM)Bueller Wrote: Hey, everyone. I'm Luke. I love all things poetry: writing it, reading it, reading about it, thinking about it, pontificating about it, etc. You get the point.
Looking forward to jumping in to this lively scene.....
You sound like our type of person! Love your avatar image.
Welcome,
Ray
Thanks man. I'd say cute cat, but I think it's plotting my demise...
Meep meep.
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(10-08-2016, 10:47 AM)Bueller Wrote: (10-08-2016, 10:03 AM)rayheinrich Wrote: (10-08-2016, 01:45 AM)Bueller Wrote: Hey, everyone. I'm Luke. I love all things poetry: writing it, reading it, reading about it, thinking about it, pontificating about it, etc. You get the point.
Looking forward to jumping in to this lively scene.....
You sound like our type of person! Love your avatar image.
Welcome,
Ray
Thanks man. I'd say cute cat, but I think it's plotting my demise... It's plotting, but since it's about 50 times slower, yours would have to run into the box or something.
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(10-08-2016, 09:11 PM)rayheinrich Wrote: (10-08-2016, 10:47 AM)Bueller Wrote: (10-08-2016, 10:03 AM)rayheinrich Wrote:
You sound like our type of person! Love your avatar image.
Welcome,
Ray
Thanks man. I'd say cute cat, but I think it's plotting my demise...
It's plotting, but since it's about 50 times slower, yours would have to run into the box or something.
Quite right. Meep meep.
Meep meep.
Hey minasama. I'm a young'ish guy from Denmark I'm not a very strong at this poet thing I will give it a go anyways 
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Hey Bryon, welcome. The posting guidelines for each forum can be found by clicking on its title and there are critique tips in the Important Threads of Novice. I hope you enjoy the site.
billy wrote:welcome to the site. make it your own, wear it like a well loved slipper and wear it out. ella pleads:please click forum titles for posting guidelines, important threads. New poet? Try Poetic DevicesandWard's Tips
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Hello everyone!
My name is Neoriko, I go with Neo. I'm not a native English speaker.
I have written a few poems in my native language before. I wanna
try free writing in English, maybe a little bit of poetry too.
I'm excited about reading the poems in the forum and can't wait
for your feedback on my trials.
Thank you.
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10-11-2016, 04:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2016, 04:33 AM by Leanne.)
The reason you can't post poems is because you haven't read your welcome letter. This is a workshop and we ask that you leave thoughtful, well-considered feedback on at least three other poems in the workshop forums before you try posting your own stuff. Your comments will be moderated until it's clear that you're making a reasonable attempt to be helpful.
The poems that you have attempted to post on discussion threads have been deleted.
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Hi all!
I'm f*sion here at the forum, but if it doesn't catch on, I can be called Charlin or Cha or even a Smelly Sock, I don't mind.
English is not my native language, I know you're probably bored to death by this excuse. I'm pretty confident when writing in my native language (not published or great, though), but as I'm actually consuming more English than Polish now, stupid poems in English keep coming to my head. I don't have the means to tell if it's any good, hence I came here. Also I've already browsed through some poetry here and it's so diverse, my little heart is happy to absorb so many new ways of writing.
TL;DR I can't spell, love marshmallow fluff, k-pop, and commas,,,,,,,,obviously (NOT).
edit: Failed to mention that I'm a girl/female/women, I mean you'd get that from my poems anyway - but god knows if and when anyone will read them.
edit 2: just wanna mention that this billy person seems really cool
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Greetings, Smelly Sock (you know you're stuck with that now, right?)
Polish poetry is wonderful -- although I can only read it in English, because I'm uneducated. It's lovely to have you here, and we hope you don't find out the truth about billy...
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hi smelly sock, it's true, i am great, oops cool. ignore leanne, she's a poet. welcome to the site.
Hello,
I am acclimating gradually, timidly adding one toe at a time into the pool and waiting until it has adjusted to the temperature before adding the next. I have been reading the blend of styles and voices gathered here and it is a very pleasant flavor. Eventually I may add my voice, but for now I am content to simply read. I hope that is ok?
--J. Duncan
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No problem, J, take your time. Welcome to the site.
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I'm Zach aka howls. I like trees and oceanic things.
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welcome to the site, Zach
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