Choice

When you awaken, justme, you might see if you can learn some of Robert Johnson's tunes on the piano. They will lose in translation from guitar but they will gain in the dusting off. Warning: authenticity may require 14 vodka martinis. For starters. I bet he will inspire you. He does me. He does billybudd.

to this inspiration a muse
my esteem exalts to meet her
and thus mangy doggerel
rears merely poor poetry, um, er ...

Thanks and blessings and best wishes and perfect peace.

"Into the mountain, I will fall"

Dear jonnijoy..

Sorry if you didn't like it. I plan on continuing to do what I have always done. When I feel like replying to a post with poetry because the muse strikes me to do so, I will do it, no matter what type of website I'm posting on, whether it's a writing site or not. I write spontaneously. It' just what I do. I wasn't "showcasing" my poetry. I was writing. I'm a writer. I was replying to a post with poetry. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

If it "nauseates" you.... don't read it. That is your CHOICE. If you don't like the fact that I write poetry, that's your problem. I don't care.

And yeah, actually, i was thinking of starting a Poetry Therapy thread on this site and still might do it. Writing is cleansing and healthy and good for people. Should I carry through with this idea, feel free NOT to join in as it will no doubt make you feel nauseated.

I'll echo you in the "incredible" comment. It's absolutely incredible the rudeness I've witnessed on this site. If you spoke to anyone like that on my website, I would send you a private message to let you know you had violated the terms of service by posting a personal attack and it would be your one and only warning. If you personally attacked someone after that, I would ban you. That quick. Yep.

Have a good day.

Not needed.

you are an apologetic of the AA faith that wishes to derail the free thoughts of communication through the media of art, video, music and printed text?

Jonnijoy...

Unlike you, I don't have much in-person contact with people, unfortunately. I'm very socially isolated. It sucks. You're lucky. I post on multiple websites. Sorry I mentioned how I handle personal attacks on my website. That's not this website. That's mine. *shrug*. I don't come online to get insulted. I try to be respectful to everyone and I don't think mature adults should slam other people, even perfect strangers. It just bothers me, that's all. But don't worry, you didn't hurt my feelings or anything (like you'd care anyway. *smile*)

No, my ego is quite deflated, actually. And no, I didn't come here for any ego boost or anything like that. I struggle a lot with the value of my work as well as the value of my life so I work with arts as self-therapy, really. I'm not looking to get "discovered". First off, nobody even BUYS poetry. So, discovered as WHAT? hah! That's ridiculous. But yeah... I DID get buzzed last night drinking vodka and wrote poetry here. So what? If anything, the poem was pretty bad so I'm the one who would be embarrassed about it. It has nothing whatsoever to do with you. Is there a rule against writing poetry here? Again, I'm sorry you have a problem with people writing poetry but it's your problem, not mine.

Why did I come here? I've already stated why a few times but maybe you didn't see the posts. I stumbled on this site because I was looking for people to talk to who were former drinkers but NOT AAers. I thought it would be healthy for me to make some friends who don't indulge. Why? Because I drink too much sometimes. It's NOT healthy. I want to be healthy. I sometimes can drink moderately and just have a couple, but sometimes I drink 4 or 5 and it's too much! I feel terrible the next day. So, I'm struggling with whether to stop entirely or just learn to ease up on it.

When I found this site, I was impressed with the intelligence and writing of the members here and found the anti-AA thing fascinating because I've always known it's a cult and I've seen friends of mine have their lives screwed up because of AA. I don't LIKE AA. So, I read for a while, then decided to post.

You're not required to like me. And you can go ahead and judge me if you'd like. I don't really care. But I don't tolerate insults well and just know that I won't get pulled into any dramas and personality conflicts. If I continue to get attacked, I'll just continue to tell people to stop and if they don't stop, I'll post elsewhere. At any given time, I usually post on about 5 websites anyway.

But there are people in this group who I've come to respect and I feel rather comfortable here right now. So, if you wouldn't mind, thank you for discontinuing the personal attacks on me. It's really a waste of time, for one thing, because I don't accept belittlement. For another thing, it makes your posts appear to be childish and without purpose other than to simply be rude to someone for no reason at all.

So, you can either accept me for who I am or ignore me, but please quit insulting me. Thanks.

--------

PS - Oh and yes, I HAVE had a problem with substance abuse in the past. A long time ago. I probably indulged in every substance out there. I stopped many years ago. I know how insidious and dangerous that lifestyle can be. It can be life threatening. I could share my stories but I don't think that would be helpful to anyone. But, suffice to say, I guess I feel I fit in here because I've struggled with the same things others posting on this site have struggled with.

No big deal. No hard feelings here. Thanks very much. Oh and that's a riot! I laughed aloud when I read that about the Black Sabbath lyrics! hah! Genius way to get through that class! Too funny! Hope it gets warmer soon so you can get out there on your bike! Spring's coming.

Ride on!
(Write on.)
Vrrrooooom!
Let's go!
:D

(don't worry, that wasn't a poem... I don't think so anyway. ;)