She's gone 
and none of us knows why but the island girl is missing and there are hearts broken all over AP.
So let's pen our goodbyes, our thoughts and our prayers for Lady Lane, hope she is in a good place where the wind from her ocean blows her hair and sends the bad dreams away.
Say your goodbyes, declare your love for the Lady and her inspiration to us as poets and as friends, just in case she comes peeking to see if we miss her.
We want her to know there is always an open door for her and her muse to light our day.
No line limits
No style constraints
Sensual is just fine (in fact Lane would demand it!)
A fond farewell to an Island Girl
you'll come back again
when moths fly in the firelight,
a back porch calls for a rocker,
a brandy and a paper napkin
as the wood cracks
on unused piers,
waves crying with an albatross,
he flies the horizon in solace
I will open my hands
and light will dance on my palms,
laughter will bubble
in a toss of your hair
sharing cigarettes, ice cream
and dreams we have shattered together
idea's and notes to an island
we'll share
set them up Joe...
I'm already there
(Will miss you Lane, Love, C)
(background- JeannieD)
and none of us knows why but the island girl is missing and there are hearts broken all over AP. So let's pen our goodbyes, our thoughts and our prayers for Lady Lane, hope she is in a good place where the wind from her ocean blows her hair and sends the bad dreams away.
Say your goodbyes, declare your love for the Lady and her inspiration to us as poets and as friends, just in case she comes peeking to see if we miss her.
We want her to know there is always an open door for her and her muse to light our day.No line limits
No style constraints
Sensual is just fine (in fact Lane would demand it!)
A fond farewell to an Island Girl
you'll come back again
when moths fly in the firelight,
a back porch calls for a rocker,
a brandy and a paper napkin
as the wood cracks
on unused piers,
waves crying with an albatross,
he flies the horizon in solace
I will open my hands
and light will dance on my palms,
laughter will bubble
in a toss of your hair
sharing cigarettes, ice cream
and dreams we have shattered together
idea's and notes to an island
we'll share
set them up Joe...
I'm already there
(Will miss you Lane
, Love, C)(background- JeannieD)
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 28, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Thank you for the wonderful responses to this, it is nice to know Lane is well and doing fine with her new job in NYC and it's also nice that she is back to peek in on us all eery now and then. Thank you all for your beautiful pieces to her. I am sure they all made her smile.
Contest Winners
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- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4137647, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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by marc creamore 27 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 15 9:05 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts, Sad
Bronze trophy winner
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Honorable mention
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Dalaney… Dalaney… your name is familiar
like fish-bubbled wallpaperby Justplainwaynethen 59 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 15 12:50 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
I hope and pray with all my might
that she will come back on the sceneby poetryality 53 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 15 8:10 AM 2008. In Tribute to a Friend• Commented on by judge. -
by paulcreates 47 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 15 8:20 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Weird, Lost love, Loss, Dedication• Commented on by judge.
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Yes indeed she was a poet who shined-
Wrote poetry which was just damned divine-by JohnnyD 18 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 15 6:10 PM 2008. In My own style, Lost in thought, Friendship, Sadness, Loss, Dedication
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Reserving my spot for my favorite poet and my biggest fan.by alexandrathegreat 0 lines, on Apr 15 6:04 PM 2008• Viewed by judge.
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Dalaney I love you my Island of Hope
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She's here with me now though you tell me she's goneby rhondasail 29 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 15 11:40 PM 2008. In Love you Lane• Commented on by judge.
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I remember Dalaney would write everyday series of scene of mornings on the porchby Matt Holck 6 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 19 9:27 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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I am sorry to hear this Sis....may it be as you say hope the path she walks will bring her peace.
Lane was and is an inspiration for many poets who walk these AP halls.
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Just like a wisp of a feather on the breeze she has vanished. Without a word to any of us...I hope she comes to look at how many she has touched with her words and her friendship.
Love, Chez
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Yeah Matt, she has even disabled her email connection, so none of us can find out why she left in such a hurry. We will all miss her.
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I did a googled her name but that produced all sorts of different unrelated websites
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I went to this website and it does appear to be her....It does have an email address...
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No I think Wbiro's is the correct one..Lane's blog and it seems to be her as it mentions AP...I cannot post the entire link as AP seems to have a new form of blocking sites outside of AP that are accessed too frequently so this is it and you have to add http://
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I didn't really check out the poetry but the picture posted of her on that site sure does look like her last avatar she used on here. Did you see the picture??? Same eyes and forehead and all but who knows could be a HUH factor?
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I went to a couple of her family members' pages and saw that she was listed as "absent" and even "deceased" which made me absolutely ill yesterday.
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Yes I don't know what it is all about. Even Ariosto couldn't fill me in and she talks to him about lots of things.
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I saw that she hadn't deleted her contests and thought maybe she was just in the process of changing her page and got called away or something - but when I saw the "announcements" on people's pages, (which seemed premature if it was not known where she was) then I looked at my old contests, and saw that her poems are now gone.
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Has anyone asked any of her AP family if they know anything? I'm really upset by this! Lane was my ROCK!!!!!
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What family? She has none but Ol Joe. The dead Lane Smith is the actor.
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE???????????
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Seems the plot maybe thickening but as to why she left...I have heard nothing!
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Has she passed away???
I never knew her but just got a message from my dear sister.
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Matt, I haven't asked the admin or greeters, I guess you can leave of your own free will unless they boot you for something we don't know about?
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It is so very very sad. It seems that she has touched many many people here.
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This is all new to me! I had no idea she was gone. Have you learned anything new yet?
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Trina, have learned some things but none of them make anysense as to where Lane may be.
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I find this all very, very unsettling . . . had no idea that Lanie was absent . . . I pray that all is well with her and that this absence is just her taking a little break for herself . . .
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Might want to allow pre-writes in as well; there are some really poignant ones already written.
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I think I was the last one to speak to Lane three nights ago. We were entering a contest together and she told me she was "hunting and pecking" to type because of the "jammed thumb" that she had to have treated at 2AM the previous night. All I can figure is that the thumb is too painful or cumbersome to type and this is her way of taking a break...AND staying connected with us at the same time....which, I'm sure is massively humorous to her because she has now plenty to read with everyone bemoaning her exit. lol
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I think it's more than a banged up thumb...to remove her entire page and disconnect her email is a little extreme for a bit of time off...no...I think it is more than that!
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Just for clarification, I can go to Lane's page, it's just that it's empty, not gone. It has the color that she left it in and I can send messages to her, but there are no return messages back.
Is this what you have experienced Cannonsfire?
Just making sure I don't have anything showing on her page, more than you do.
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Chez and Tom
Thanks for having this.
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inkblotsandfinethread.blogspot.com
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Oh I thought I was the only one who noticed!! how silly of me, since I know everybody loves that woman! I can't believe I'll no longer have my daily shot of poetry from her anymore! I'm so sad!
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I see that you do not allow pre-writes. But I have already written my goodbye to Dalaney. Another would be superfluous - I can't say more than I already have about my kissin' cousin. Would you consider allowing pre-writes?
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What can I say except I am truely sorry Lane has left AP and deprieved everyone of her wonderful poetry. Coral
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www.inkblotsandfinethread.blogspot.com
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Lane has contacted a friend on AP to say that she will not be back. She is currently not online much. The inkblotsandfinethread blog is hers it refers to a poem she wrote about her parents. She has not updated it since before she left AP. Many of us hope that she will be back, but it isn't likely to be for quite a while.
All the best in all you do Lane. You made a difference and are greatly missed.
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I went to her author's page ... it is not possible to take out the default info ... that info is gone when you take out the 'hide' and remove the color from her page ... it is simply blank ... that is not possible, so this may be something she has arranged to do somehow beyond what is normally done ...
the link they have as her blog site is correct, and it has been there for several weeks but she has only made two entries on it ... the comments you can make are not disabled, but subject to her approval
.. that means you can still message her by making a comment on the butterfly poem there,,, which, by the way ,,, is one of the best she has ever written, and that is saying a lot !!!!
I hope she is ok. I hope she finds happiness. If that means she does not post here again, then I encourage her to be happy ...
Moqui -
Thanks so much for the gold. The greatest contest ever!
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