Guestbook entries for ariosto

• Cvillelisa on June 3
  
  I saw the spark of the Future tonight. In Minnesota.
  
  
  
• Dauzet on May 7
  I must say dear sir this is a magnificent page. The background adds such a touch, as well as the picture at the top. Off to read your work...
• Dalaney on May 7
  I love this painting.. It inspires all kinds of thoughts Love to you, my Artiste.
  
  Mermaid
• Cvillelisa on May 6
  
  
  
  I found the parrot poem. Written by my current poetic infatuation ( that is of the dead variety) Weldon Kees
  
  Obituary
  
  Boris is dead. The fatalist parrot
  No longer screams warnings to Avenue A.
  He died last week on a rainy day.
  He is sadly missed. His spirit was rare.
  
  The cage is empty. The unwhooked chain,
  His pitiful droppings, the sunflower seeds,
  The brass sign, "Boris," are all that remain.
  His irritable body is under the weeds.
  
  Like Eliot's world, he went out with a whimper;
  Silent for days, with his appetite gone,
  He watched the traffic flow by, unheeding,
  His universe crumbling, his heart a stone.
  
  No longer will Boris cry, "Out, brief candle!"
  Or "Down with tyranny, hate and war!"
  To astonished churchgoers and businessmen.
  Boris is dead. The porch is a tomb.
  And a black wreath decorates the door.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• NurseChilly on April 28
  god what a nipple she's got ... swoon...
• godlessbutdivine : No Comment on April 24
  Great work mate...
• K-Dense on April 15
  Thanks for the kind words. You should look up a poet named Paula Friedrich, who writes tons of pieces like "Medusa's Diner" and "Ophelia's Technicolor G-String."
  
  Also, please feel free to read my allpoetry homepage profile as well as some/any/all of my additioanl wokrs posted on this site.
  
  -Curtis Meyer
• Desiree Darkk on March 9
  Hey what a cutie you were back then.
• one dismal day on January 26
  Beautiful painting. Mind-dulling censorship is a bad thing. And people wonder why America is losing interest in the arts, half it's citizens are incapable of seeing art as anything more than a picture.
  
  The point to my ramblings: Where can I see more of your works? deviantart?
• Cat on January 24
  i like her.. of course it would be better if her nips were showing-
  
  
• dericlee on January 23
  Yeah, those stripper-tassles make her look a lot more moral!
  
  Sheeesh...some people will just NEVER get a clear grasp of the difference between porn and art! (What are prints going for? I'd like a copy, and my wife thinks it's beautiful.)
• Layne.. on January 23
  Just has to drop by and tell you your art is stunning, this picture on your homepage is simply beautiful.............
• Jaden on January 22
  Good words DP.
• Dalaney : Finally.... on January 21
  Just read DP Robertson's words re censorship and I was very impressed. Now...if only the Higher Ups thought this way...Love, Mermaid
  
  PS: God, I love you. Those tassels are amazing
• Cat on January 20
  just dropping some love on your doorstep
  
  glad you're still here
• D P Robertson on January 19
  and my motto is Modigliani's ghost.
  
  I believe he would have thrown an empty bottle through the screen in utter disgust!
• D P Robertson : Censorship at AP again on January 19
  Fact number one – the US of A could possibly be the most uptight and indeed hypocritically prurient nations on the face of the earth and such issues as nudity, sex and blasphemy often demonstrates just how ingrained this trivial attitude is.
  
  Fact number two – the US of A believes that a bare tit, ie Janet Jackson’s norg making a guest appearance at the super bowl, blow jobs in the white house and the censorship of art to often be more important issues that controlling guns laws, controlling a government that bombs innocent people and invade foreign countries at will and generally cite biblical verse to justify a litany of issues that the rest of the world find at best irrelevant. Or at worse criminal.
  
  These two facts reflect daily upon Allpoetry.com and those who contribute to this site and especially those who control it. Being one of the more banned writers for saying what I truly believe in a fashion that I want and not tempered by some rube who believes I should be expressing myself in a certain way, I find this just another example of the type of bullshit that tarnishes an otherwise brilliant interactive writing site. The fact is that Kevin made a decision. Possibly from inception that the greater personal economic benefit of this site would outweigh the freedom such a vehicle could achieve to fully benefit art, extend writing and indeed the writers. In other words, if the art ever endangered the cash flow then the art would be secondary. Artistic freedom does not have fences but Allpoetry.com certainly does. And the main underlying reason why it has restrictions on what writers can say to one another and in David’s case, tits on display is that this site is a microcosm of America. It is a capital enterprise and much of that capital is supplied from the conservative right so Allpoetry.com slowly shifts to a point where biblical values takes precedent over artistic expression. Therefore censorship is applied whenever and wherever it threatened gold and silver memberships from vocal Christians offended by the sight of mams on display. And how sad is that?
  
  David is a good artist although in fairness I like his writing more than his art. To be offended by an artist should never be an offence based on content but on whether the writing, painting, whatever, has actually connected with you. I find the ocean of clichéd, clunky tautology fobbing itself off as poetry way more offensive than the human body. I find the “Pleasantville” commenting way more offensive, the beige, the tepid, the jingoistic, flag waving propaganda that is often horrible illiterate writing that is praised to hilt more offensive than the visual expression of naked humans.
  
  I know nothing of this until it was mentioned in passing by Lisa in a comment but to read these comments and way the right argue their case is possibly as depressing as the issue itself. Because you know that art is coming a distant second to dogma and the weapon of censorship is always at the ready. The moderators who do Kevin’s bidding are as flexible as HAL from 2001 although possibly endowed with less humour. The real blessing of this site is that it attracts enough writers who simply view such pettiness as annoying and get on with it. But deep inside, in the very pit that creates much of the very infinitesimal writing that can be deemed brilliant at AP, deep where the original thoughts and patterns of speech reside, where the creativity is at is most vivid, there lies a regret that this site is not truly free of such counter productive behaviour as what is so often displayed by moderators. Writers who I equate unfortunately to those Jews in the camps who harshly policed their own and then oversaw their fellow human being buried. If you want to write, you write what you want, how you want. You paint what you want, how you want. Make it public, to quote Kipling, “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same;”
  
  But, to have some hack remove something of yourself from AP – censorship, what a stake in the heart to what any artist holds sacred.
  
  DP Robertson
  
  
• Lute on January 19
  
  
  dat down right tacky.
• rebeka on January 14
  
  hi David, I stand in support of you, censorship was unfounded, here is my open letter to site admin...to remain silent for me is not an option, there is more than enough silence in my life in other ways. Thank you for being true to your art David, you are greatly respected for it.
  
  ........................
  
  
  Your membership will no longer automatically renew.
  
  ↓ New Messages
  Kevin
  right now
  I noticed you cancelled your paid membership renewal, and wanted to see if you had any complaints, feedback, or suggestions about how to improve the site.
  
  ↓ Reply, History, Delete
  
  
  
  Hi Kevin
  
  I have enjoyed the use of Gold membership and would hope that I will one day renew it. However, in light of the recent censorship of a poet and artist I have so much respect for, David, I feel I must stand in support of the arts.
  
  Every community needs guidelines, but the art in question was banned without cause or consideration from all I have read on the policy forum board, including your own words on the matter. I wish you every success, and I do hope that I may one day be able to offer my support to this site. For now, I will take advantage of the "free" posts and enjoy the reading of some of the more mature artists here.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Rebeka
• ca ne fait rien on January 14
  It is very sad to see your beautiful page so grey David.
  The reason for it is even more sad. However, I feel pity for the person who ticketted it, their life must be devoid of so many things.
  
  Sorry we could not get a grown- up resolution of this travesty of judgment for you, and also for the rest of us.
  
  Stefan
• rebeka on January 13
  
  
  
  
  creative expression died at AP ..
  
  AP = Art Prohibited
  
  
• naked roots : it looks so bare... on January 13
  Some people would probably even complain if they went to an art museum. (sad huh?)
  Your masterpieces are beautiful. It's ridiculous that you had to remove them!!
  xoxo
  beth
  
  
  
• Melissa Gayle on January 13
  I have come to your poage before, visited your art through words and other mediums -
  
  and have always appreciated it. I am sorry that you were needlessly censored.
• Lute on January 13
  
  Perhaps they should just ban all art from the site leaving us all to wallow in narrow minded stupidity.
  
  your friend,
  Lute
  
• thelordreigns : Beautiful and tasteful on January 12
  Your art is beautiful. I truly hope you are permitted to continue using your page for your gallery.
  
  - joanne
• Cvillelisa on January 12
  
  
  Please leave your page as is. I stand in support of Art.
  
  
• XxX CuppyCake XxX on January 1
  beautiful art
• zara on December 31, 2007
  Happy New Year, David! (I think I may have missed you for the evening.)
  
  May 2008 bring peace and rain and rain and rain.
  
  It's so great to count you as a friend.
  
  
  
  
• DeletedProfile on December 25, 2007
  Merry Christmas!
  
  Wish we both were in Savannah...
  
  And a Happy New Year!
  
  
  
  
• Cvillelisa on December 24, 2007
  
  
  May the stars illuminate your life like your poems light up mine full of sparkles and twinkles, and winks.
  
  Merry Christmas David, may the peace and joy of the season settle into your heart and radiate ..
  
  Love,
  Lisa
  
  
• naked roots : Happy Holidays! on December 23, 2007
  David,
  Thank you so much for being such a dear friend to me.
  I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2008!
  lotsa hugs!
  
  -beth
• EstherG on December 17, 2007
  At the risk of sounding like a tween (which is fine if you are one, not so fine if you're 26) I always mean to ask whether you have a facebook/myspace account. A couple of other people on here whose work I've loved have such acocunts, and it's been really nice getting to know them a little better, see more of their photos, art, blogs etc...and vice versa. Would be nice to see more of your stuff in a less limiting arena...
• Cvillelisa on November 29, 2007
  
  
  that is one of my favorites.
  
  hey, just wanted you to know, i'm moving most of my favorites off my ap faves list to my personal bookmarks.
  
  i'm still reading.
• Cvillelisa on November 22, 2007
  
  
  Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours ...
  Love
  me.xo
• Pelican on November 20, 2007
  sin verguenza!
• Dalaney on November 18, 2007
  your daughter is beautiful...
  i've always thought she looks
  like you...
  Love, Mermaid
• Cvillelisa on November 7, 2007
  
  pardon all my spelling mistakes. i tip fast.
• Cvillelisa on November 7, 2007
  
  
  Hello
  Has been a while since I visited and left a little not for the artist.
  
  I love that painting/drawing of Rachel. I remember seeing it when you first came to AP and I snooped around your art place. Time flies huh?
  
  In was in Montreal last weekend and of course the trip included a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts and any trip to an art museum or discussion of such pops you into my thoughts.. "what would David have to say about that crazy artist, I think to myself."
  
  It was a glorious visit and prices in Montreal are down I think I'll consider a move and live as an ExPat enjoying Old Montreal's Parisian flavor and all the sophistication of downtown
  
  oh right, I still have a little kid and one who isn't even in college yet. BUT hey! A girl can dream can't she?
  
  Love ya,
  
  Lisa
• sidewinder on November 4, 2007
  walks on your page and does his best Lurch impression... YOU RANG?
• tomno : backround on October 25, 2007
  how do you get that backround it s awsome!
  
• naked roots : thank you... on October 17, 2007
  Thank you for everything.
  You are an amazing friend, artist and poet.
  hugggggs to you!
  -beth
  
  p.s.
  did I mention that I love the artwork on your page?
  
• insaneprincess on October 9, 2007
  your artwork is simply aweinspiring.
• NurseChilly on September 11, 2007
  there was this poet called Dave
  who wanted to be a sexslut slave
  every day he would pout
  and his easel he'd mount
  then he'd paint himself inside and out
  
  oops
  
  lolol
  
  ooops
  
  
• Cat on September 10, 2007
  There once was a fellow McSweeny
  Who spilled some gin on his weenie
  Just to be couth
  He added vermouth
  Then slipped his girlfriend a martini
• Dalaney on September 2, 2007
  mermaids and spies
  candles
  and sighs...
  I love you, Artiste...
• Melissa Gayle on August 30, 2007
  Don't mind if I add you a thousand times, I am having trouble keeping my favorites apparently - maybe a glitch? Who knows.
• Cat : edward lear on August 13, 2007
  Limerick
  The was a Young Lady of Bute,
  Who played on a silver-gilt flute;
  She played several jigs,
  To her uncle's white pigs,
  That amusing Young Lady of Bute.
• Cat on August 13, 2007
  cover me with kisses darlin' cover me with love.. roll me in designer sheets i'll never get enough.. -..
  
  can you tell i have an 80's station on right now?
  
  hope you have a wonderful week...
• sassylilpoet : An Awsome Artist! on August 7, 2007
  This man is a very talented artist, if you haven't visited his web sight, you're missing out! He is an awsome poet also, he has a true gift
• naked roots : thinking of you... on July 26, 2007
  I hope you're having a wonderful time on your trip!
  You'll have to tell me all about it when you return.
  Now it's time to read some of your excellent poetry, which is why I stopped by your page in the first place...
  

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