Archive for May, 2004

Minority Report: Response 2

May 31, 2004

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y past two entries have further elicited responses from some of you… and nothing from others. It is a touchy subject, I realize, and I hope that I am not turning anyone off by writing about it. The guy at the bar just pushed the wrong button [...]

Minority Report: Response 2

May 31, 2004

If you want to submit your senryu poem,
click here

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y past two entries have further elicited responses from some of you… and nothing from others. It is a touchy subject, I realize, and I hope that I am not turning anyone off by writing about it. The guy at the bar just pushed the wrong button [...]

Empty Praise: Response

May 29, 2004

If you want to submit your senryu poem,click here

It was amazing how varied the comments were to yesterdays post. I think I exhausted my “racial issues” energy for the next month or so, but I just want to squeeze out the last few drops and respond to some of the comments.
I was going to [...]

Empty Praise: Response

May 29, 2004

If you want to submit your senryu poem,
click here

It was amazing how varied the comments were to yesterdays post. I think I exhausted my “racial issues” energy for the next month or so, but I just want to squeeze out the last few drops and respond to some of the comments.
I was going to [...]

June topic

May 28, 2004

Change of topic please,Poems make me think a lot,Spare my brain sensei.
by ekin

Interesting poem. If nothing else, it made me laugh… Okay here’s the next topic… But remember the rules of composition. Read my comments for the May’s submisions. For a refresher on the basics, read this. Rule of thumb. Maintain the syllable count, try [...]

June topic

May 28, 2004

Change of topic please,
Poems make me think a lot,
Spare my brain sensei.
by ekin

Interesting poem. If nothing else, it made me laugh… Okay here’s the next topic… But remember the rules of composition. Read my comments for the May’s submisions. For a refresher on the basics, read this. Rule of thumb. Maintain the syllable count, try [...]

Empty Praise: Identifying by Race

May 27, 2004

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ecently, Sleetse wrote that he was tired of being a “glob.” I was surprised and flattered that he remembered the word I “coined” in nlute, a short narrative of selected periods of my life. I too was a glob–good little Oritental boy–not because I was genetically predisposed to be a “model minority” but because others [...]

Identity: Self-image

May 25, 2004

First an announcement: I think that Xanga now allows 8 blogrings instead of 4. Well, Zettonv has started a blogring for the man who was my favorite read. If you have the time, room and inclination, join SAMMY STORM ROCKS!. There’s also one for me started by simply_marie, that crazy girl…
Xanga names

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ost of us have [...]

Identity: Self-image

May 25, 2004

First an announcement: I think that Xanga now allows 8 blogrings instead of 4. Well, Zettonv has started a blogring for the man who was my favorite read. If you have the time, room and inclination, join SAMMY STORM ROCKS!. There’s also one for me started by simply_marie, that crazy girl…
Xanga names

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ost of us have [...]

Who’s looking you up: revisited

May 24, 2004

How do others identify me?

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ho the hell am I? This has been a major theme in my life, because I am often very lost. I always pictured myself as a geeky, unathletic, ugly kind of kid. The reason of course is because I allowed others to identify me as such. You know what I’m [...]