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Azhria, I have taken the liberty of highlighting your post, because I that that it is worth mentioning again how treacherous the waters can be if or when one offers criticism of a site. Not all admins/mods are equally tolerant of critical or even constructive suggestions, and they do after all...

Azhria, One is always torn about whether or not to post critical comments about a forum that one likes, but I have to commend you for an unusually balanced and accurate appraisal of the way this site has seemed to be lately. Like you, some others of us who have been members for quite a while...

Yay for getting married! :) :) :) Publishing is doubtful, but you'll know it when you see it. If. The memoir is really intended for my children and grandkids. And no poetry submission has been accepted yet. But progress is slow and steady on both fronts. So someday . . . Many thanks for...

Writing more (memoir, poetry), posting less. It all depends . . . :) And married now -- but you knew that. :D Happy as a lark. :) :) :)

Big welcome back, and hopefully not too briefly. :) What's been happening?

Neato, John! Love it. :)

Next, from Shakespeare, the equally well-known Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the...

Next, two immensely popular sonnets which also set a standard for the form. First Sonnet 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of...

Stigmaticman, Many many thanks for your very nice words. They are the kindest compliment I have ever received. :) The muse is coming around less and less frequently these days. Your words will now keep my spirits up through the empty times. Really! Thank you most sincerely for your gift, Peder

And, for a total change, the opening lines of the unforgettable poem and its amazing long lines by Allen Ginsberg: Howl For Carl Solomon I I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for...

Thanks for your comment, stigmaticman. Glad you liked it. Much appreciated Peder

Have you made a book-related post in the current forum that I haven't noticed. Last I heard you hadn't even read the book (saving a couple quid, remember?) As for next paragraph, that's your typical trash talk.

If this is "discussion," then yes I do really not care to participate. Moderator?

recently Polly, Bob, You can't really both be serious in suggesting, that my posting or not makes a difference to the overall level of discussion in the BOTM. I, in fact, have been the solitary poster in both recent forum discussions. You assume I don't wish to participate. I am making the...

Bob, Polly you asked for suggestion. I suggest that the original question be called, and that a member of management post a straight yes-or-no poll on whether the BOTM be discontinued indefinitely, until a show of sufficient interest might arise again. Respectfully Peder

I would respectfully suggest that the current BOTM forum be closed indefinitely, until sufficient interest might again be shown in reading and discussing selected books on a monthly basis.

Bob, There is nothing pretend about any part of my attitude. And who, might I add, are you to lecture others on proper behavior? Are you the new moderator? You who, up above, were "I'm in." and who have now "saved a few quid" by not buying the book. Please save your posturing as hero and...

You are right, Bob, that my comments on the last two books have been minimal. I have deliberately refrained from detailed justifications for my negative opinions because it is my experience, through many book discussions on a number of forums, that negative comments are not generally liked...

Many reasons, Bob. 1. I prefer forums that have BOTM discussions, and keeping a BOTM going is a collaborative effort that takes some effort by all concerned. I think it is only common courtesy to read contributions to a forum where one has contributed, and to reply to relevant posts. After...

And here is another I noticed recently that speaks to both head and heart: i carry your heart with me(i carry it in i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no...