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03-25-2016, 12:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-25-2016, 12:26 PM by Leanne.)
"How come I can't post right now?"
MOD: Read your welcome letter
"Want to post but don't know how!"
MOD: Read your welcome letter
"How come I can't start a thread?"
MOD: Read your welcome letter
"Why can't I press like instead?"
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"I don't know what poems mean."
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"I must have my poems seen."
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"Criticism kills the mood."
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"I just want my poems viewed."
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"Worship all my poetry."
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"I'll go elsewhere, you've lost me."
MOD: Thank fuck. Now, cake and tea?
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Are these sentences exact quotes from various sources? In which case....wow.
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2SM thanks - 2 sugars, milk. I can't eat the cake if I have it so I'll pass on that. 
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i get a shitload of those in my email on a regular basis. they destroy my soul
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(03-25-2016, 05:01 PM)billy Wrote: i get a shitload of those in my email on a regular basis. they destroy my soul
but....why? I'd be entertained..
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
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because i have to waste my time responding and being nice. some are okay but some are worse than a kick in the balls.
after five or six hundred the novelty wears off
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One of my replies:
ellajam Wrote:Hi, welcome to the pen. Please read your welcome letter for instructions on how to become a member. It's pretty easy, just post three thoughtful comments for someone else in the Novice, Mild or Serious workshops.
Hope you enjoy the site, ella
Most common reply: None, registrant never seen again.
Common reply: "but how can i enjoy the site if i can't post my poem"
My favorite reply: "Cunt!" 
Coffee, and just a bite of cake, please.
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I suddenly have the urge to reply to my welcome letter with one of these....
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(03-25-2016, 07:00 PM)RiverNotch Wrote: I suddenly have the urge to reply to my welcome letter with one of these....
But that involves the follow up action of never returning, we'd hate to lose you. >  <
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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(03-25-2016, 01:50 PM)RiverNotch Wrote: Are these sentences exact quotes from various sources? In which case....wow.
A small amount of paraphrasing only
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I have literally seen 7 of those verbatim.
(Stop going through my inbox)
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(03-26-2016, 05:56 AM)milo Wrote: I have literally seen 7 of those verbatim.
(Stop going through my inbox)
Sometimes they use the scatter tactic, that way we all bleed even though they get no different answer.
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Stupid poetses. They don't know ellajam. She's always hungry. She always needs to feed. She must eat. All she gets is nasty poetses.
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Is this the tea and cake thread?
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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Jam cake for me.
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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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Why can't I just like that post? Damn not Facebook sites.
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 (but somehow I always imagine a different finger.)
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