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Guestbook entries for BillS2

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  • kiss of death 1974 on January 1, 2006
    hey bill i figured i would stop in and see how things are going...i hope everything is well..and i wish you and yours a very happy new year...take care peace be with you always..

    ~~DI~~
  • Maatkara on December 25, 2005
    Hi, Bill Lovely to hear from you again -- wishing you a wonderful Christmas and many blessings for the New Year.
    Hope to see you on AP more often..

    ~ Gennelle
  • BillS2 on March 1, 2005
    Hi Sam:
    Been doing a bunch of traveling and only intermitent email access. Tough to keep up and now I am swamped with emails. I appreciate your kind and welcome comment and ((((((Hug)))))).
    Thank you and will talk to you later. Bill
  • Samplette on February 17, 2005
    I sure have missed you...hope all is well. wanted to let you kmow I was thinking of you....(((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))
    S♥m
  • J Rhys Davies on December 31, 2004
    Hey Bill. I just wanted to wish you a safe and happy New Year as well! May 2005 be a prosperous year, and only get better as more come to pass.
  • MagicLady on September 10, 2004
    Hi,
    Read your page and see you are from Texas. I live in San Antonio, Texas. Are you anywhere near there? Stop by and say hi on my authors page. I'll come back and read your stuff when I have more time. We are in the same group, I found you there.

    Cheryl
  • Pierre Richards on August 5, 2004
    I read your bio up there and found that we share a lot. In High School and earlier, I learned to hate poetry, and only learned such limited forms. What I have learned now, I have taught myself as I go and from feed back. Even if it sounds like I did not take the response good, I never ignore any. I think that some of the best writers on these sites have been those that took the time to explore and experiement with different forms, and taught themselves.
    Thank you Sir for your comments on my works!
  • Samplette on July 18, 2004
    Hi Bill...I wanted to thank you for you wonderful words of encouragement. I haven't been well, but am getting better and stronger every day. After my visit to NC, I hope to be back in full force. Know that I miss and appreciate you.
    Sam
  • Wyvern on June 23, 2004
    hello
  • wheezyanna on June 13, 2004
    Just stopped by to see who was commenting on my poetry. Nice Picture. I like your haiku. Will be back to read some more. Cheers.
    Anne
  • SusanL on May 23, 2004

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  • Unbridled1 on May 6, 2004
    Hi Bill! I remembered reading you before and thought i'd pop by for a peek today. I am glad i did..really enjoyed the pieces i read. Hope you are doing great!

    UB
  • BillS2 on April 18, 2004
    Hi Lena:
    I appreciate you stopping in to say hello. It is just me, but I certainly am tickled for you and John. I hope the visit went well and I do believe you have won his heart, completely! I, personally think that John is a great guy and though I only have what I have read to base that on, I think his work, comments and IMs speak volumes. Thanks and come back any time. Bill
  • PurpleSky on April 16, 2004
    Thought I would stop by and say hello and check out the person behined all the wonderful coments on John's love poems for me
  • Piscean soul on April 8, 2004
    oi poet! good morning/afternoon/evening..whatever time zone you're in! hello!
  • SusanL on April 4, 2004
    So where have i been???? I didn't realize you brought your picture over.... Welcome to preferred status.... No new poems to read... Oh well I will be back again....Susan
  • J Rhys Davies on April 1, 2004
    Hey Bill, just stopped by to say howdy, and low and behold a picture to see what the man looks like behind the awesome poetry. Isn't being a preferred member the greatest? Well, take care. I am off to read some inspirations from you my friend.
  • Pretzel on March 28, 2004
    Hello. Just dropping by because you're always so nice to always comment my poetry.
  • AndrewHide on March 22, 2004
    Hi Bill,


    The Jue ju, is an ancient Chinese form. Like the haiku, it is as economic with words as possible, it does not dictate a story like many western poetic forms but captures a moment again simular to the haiku, but instead of an image or thought, it captures an emotion.
    It is made up of four lines, each containing five or seven syllibles (or onji)

    Andrew
  • SusanL on March 19, 2004
    Ok so was in the neighborhood and thought I would knock, alas no one was home I am leaveing this note tacked her just to say hi and let you know a friend was thinking about you....God Bless Susan
  • kiss of death 1974 on March 19, 2004
    Bill just wanted to stop in and say hiya...and it is an honour to be on your favs list...peace be with you always take care

    ~~DI~~
  • poltroon on March 17, 2004
    thank you.
    your right it is really hard!! i think it took me longer to write this than it did to write any rant i've ever done.
    i gotta say, if it weren't for you this style would have never spawned from my brain.
    thank you so much for opening a whole new world for me!!
    ~Leah
  • poltroon on March 17, 2004
    neat, thanks for the background concerning that style. i always like to learn new things.
    okay, it's actually four poems. one vertically on the left side,
    ont vertically in the middle,
    one vertically on the right,
    and one that is the entire body of words
    spanning horizontaly.
    it's really just a collection of one liners that all seemed to share a common idea. it's pretty simple, you can tell me what you think.

    ~Tree top Archives~
    This TREMBLING Leaf
    Beckoning SPINE Swinging
    Salute CURLS Around
    Cries IN Vibrant
    Thought, FEARFUL Sense of
    Denounced DEFEATS Projection

    so that's it, it's short, and a simple collection of words.
    anyway, hope you like it.
    ~Leah
  • poltroon on March 17, 2004
    hi bill,
    i have a question for you, how on earth did you come up with combining two poems? i'm so intrigued! i really love the concept of it, in fact i decided to try one last night, it combines three poems in one. i'm not going to post it (because it's your idea, and i wouldn't take it from you. i just wanted to see if i could do it or not), if your interested, i'll send it to you.
    much love brother~
    ~Leah
  • DistantWorld on March 13, 2004
    TEXAS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  • Kafnen on March 7, 2004
    anytime bill! u know im a huge fan!
  • BillS2 on February 29, 2004
    Hi Andrew:
    I really appreciate you taking the time to give me the information on the Sedoka and of course the Mondo. I believe that the Sekoka will be more in line with my style of writing. I will have to study a bit more on what you have said and see if I can't come up with one. Thank you again for taking the time to pass on the information. Bill
  • AndrewHide on February 28, 2004
    Hello Bill,
    I thought I'd put the structure to the sedoka here so I can see what I'm doing more clearly. The sedoka form evolved from the mondo form, way back in the history of Japanese poetry. It was in fact the form which gave birth to the waka/tanka which in time lead (through a few changes) to the haiku.
    Both the mondo and sedoka share the same form...

    The Mondo,is made up of two Katauta. The katauta was the standard verse used in early Japanese poetry which consist of (5-7-7) onji.
    The first katauta would be phrased as a question,

    For six days I searched
    hilltop to the valley floor,
    where is your mountain retreat?

    with the second delivering an answer to the first, but with a deeper meaning than might first appear. This would give the reader something to contemplate.

    For five nights you slept
    in the comfort of its walls,
    yet still woke empty handed.

    These where often written by two different authors and probably used as a way of instruction. Another variant on the Mondo was the Sedoka, this carried the same format, (two Katauta) but would be written by a single author and did not present the question and answer. This gave the poet more room for the subject/image. The poet will often use the second katauta to give a differnt perspective to the same image as the first, this is believed to give the poem a stronger body.

    Morning (Sedoka)
    Blackthorn cloaked in frost,
    undresses in the morning,
    as the sun peeps through the trees.

    Drips fall from long thorns,
    patting on the fallen leaves,
    an omen of Spring showers.

    Hope this helps.
    Andrew
  • Kafnen on January 20, 2004
    hello again bill, it was no trouble at all to read ur poetry and i am glad that i chose poems that u felt were ur best (i thouroughly enjoyed them all!) i had to come back for more!
  • Lonely on January 10, 2004
    Hi Bill
    LOL, did you really fell in love with Haikus? A friend of mine over here at AP told me about your poems, and I really enjoyed reading your work, and I am WILLING to read more, but right now I have to run, so I'll be back to read some more of your beautiful work!

    Best wishes,
    Lonely~
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