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And thus, my estimation of you went up a thousand-fold. Most people start off rubbish. I certainly did. It's the progress that counts.

I remember a good stoat.

Did you just write it because you thought no-one would know Dutch so you could get away with writing whatever you felt like? ::shakes head:: tsk.

You, madam, officially rock. 'Scuse me while I go look out my rarely-used seal-of-approval.

Oooh, I say, very good. Minor point - put an apostrophe in that 'airs' or you will surely perish. Excellent ending - the last three lines were very, very good.

Thanks, guys: I used to write a lot of political stuff, but it was mostly song lyrics and none of it very good, so I generally don't do it anymore. ...

Well, as soon as I saw it I thought "that's half a heart!" Just as effective as an entire on with a hole, I think. And, what's more, I also ...

Everything I have to say to this has been said on your other poem. Exactly the same things apply here.

Aw, for me? Heh. Great piece: "theif" needs respelling :)

First off, thank you: to be compared in any way to Wordsworth Frost and Coleridge is beyond my ken. And to get a 'maybe it doesn't need to rhyme' from ...

Oh, I thought it was meant to be 'bayed,' after Cerberus, the dog that guarded the underworld. It gives that feeling of loss, as well: baying at the moon is ...

Nessy! Everyone knows Nessy! Heh. Well, it's either his girlfriend or the Loch Ness Monster. I'm gunning for the latter.

I should say: it's not meant to stand alone. I'd kind of (in a pipe-dream sort of way :)) had an idea that it would go in a book of ...

uh-oh, serious competition. maybe I'll see you there! maybe I'd better edit first... anyway: you're absolutely right, it's only there for context and theme. It does add something to it, ...

I was ... forced to change this by my teacher, who was editing it. Apparently (since it was written particularly for a theme) it doesn't have enough of the theme ...