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  • Cinnarry on August 16
    why the fuck did you delete me from your favorites list you aussie fuck?
  • Cinnarry on May 5
    Goddamnit! Make up your mind Boo!
  • Cinnarry on March 18
    Pines for April
  • Cinnarry on December 28, 2008
  • Cannonsfire on December 8, 2008
    christmas Pictures, Images and Photos
  • lordoftherings : Hey on November 29, 2008
    Hey bud, I.m back! Hope it will be for awhile but we can never tell, so let's enjoy the moment while we can.

    New contest is up for those who wish to enter and we can all get reacquainted again.

    Hope you are well and looking forward to doing some reading.

    Gregg
  • Cinnarry on November 27, 2008
  • Cinnarry on November 16, 2008
  • Mark Rickerby on October 8, 2008
    How ya doin' there, sonny Jim? Haven't seen you around much lately. Of course, I haven't been around much, either. I hope life has been treating you kindly. What do you think of Obama? You must be planning one hell of a hootenanny for the day Bush is out of office, eh? lol
  • Symphony on September 11, 2008
    Am glad to see you still writing; have not read anything of yours in recent times but still remember that fantastic poem you wrote called "How Much Is That Doggy" <-- don't think I'll ever forget it. Am hoping you're keeping well; best wishes!
  • Reset Button : Swtaswine recommends you on June 26, 2008
    Why hello. A salesman, huh? Ever read "Death of Salesman?" Good play. Awful reading. lol Want to host a contest with Swt and me?

    Yink
  • Cannonsfire : Seriously on June 25, 2008
    Have you ever thought about getting dual citizenship because I think the US could use your it and flare in their presidential race and I qould quite enjoy being the First Lady, just to take notes and record all the flack and the pot shots from the NRA you'd get...You amaze me and I am glad you are my friend and that my last name is not Bush
  • Emerald13 on December 22, 2007
    Merry Merry CHristmas mister ! ... hope its a good one for you and yours >>> Gina
  • General 1948 on December 9, 2007
    Curious... I'm a cat, so I'll die.
    But anyway where abouts in Australia are you from?
    If you don't mind me asking.
    I'm in Tasmania by the way.
  • WTF-Hatchwork : thx on December 6, 2007
    That was much to skim over. You seem pretty cool, I'm sure to see.
  • Mark Rickerby on December 6, 2007
    I got a call from Leo Tolstoy today. He said he's worried that your author page is going to be longer than War and Peace. I grew a beard while scrolling down to the bottom. Jesus. lol

    Thanks for the visit the other day. Always good to hear from you, mate. I'm glad you're keeping your nose clean and not starting any more donnybrooks around here, too.

    I thought you might enjoy a story from a book I read again recently. It's called Worldwalk. It was written in the late 80's by a guy named Steven M. Newman. Basically, he walked around the world by himself over the course of five years. I guess Steven has a pretty big schnozz and while he was in Australia, he was having breakfast in some small town and talking with one of the locals when a roughneck across the room yelled, "Hey! Who's your mad mate with the bloody big conk?" lol I thought that was hilarious. I mean, he was sitting right there. Australians, man. They're even worse than the Irish for having no internal editor. haha (I'm Irish so I can say that.)

    Thought that might give you a laugh. Hope all is well down undah.

    Your pal,

    Mark Rickerby
  • porksnorkel on November 15, 2007
    Did I see a comment up there from a person named "Midget of Fury"? That's the best name ever.

    I'll have to think of one similar.

    And when i do, I'll stop by here and leave a sparking, twinkling icon of a dildo by way of comment, above which will read "A GIANT COCK FOR YOU!"
  • Barb Davidson on October 30, 2007
    what is that pink flashing monstrosity below, it seems you can't go anywhere on this site without getting an eyefull of things flashing, now i'm not adverse to the odd flasher, i'm sure you have done a bit in your time, but the mushy poetry seems to have become 'visual' as i am assaulted by bears and angels!!

    Anyway how the devil are you? I must do a bit of catching up
    Barb
  • oneluckygirl on September 28, 2007
    Come to think of it, this situation definitely goes a long way in explaining why the message of the day: "Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting." hasn't been changed in quite a while. Perhaps it has become the site motto.
  • oneluckygirl : A conspiracy against Aussie humor? on September 28, 2007
    YOu must be incredibly aggrieved to be banned until 26th October 2007, especially for such a petty accusation. It has apparently been assumed without a shred of proof that you are writing under the name of Rusty Bangs. Albeit the person is amusing and has a tack similar to D P Robertson, but let's face it, most Australian's I've met are amusing, except of course those who are incredibly dull and take themselves far too seriously such as the countless number who have also sort to have him banned. This is the second time in as many weeks that you have been banned. First suggesting that a rightwing, Christian, jingoistic, tub thumbing knob from middle America could go well wading knee deep through water in a North Queensland crocodile infested estuary and now you've been associated with a classless fugly such as Rusty Bangs.



    It seems to me, as a funded silver member of this site that banning writers that make us think, make us laugh and genuinely attempt to write something more than the usual drab shit should be nurtured rather than banned by moderators who should be more interested in their own writing than becoming a de facto bureaucrat hell bent on destroying fun. David,how is it you have been banned again out of association and here say. What a Peyton Place this site really is and what a squandered waste to be banning the likes of you.

    As for Rusty Bangs, I really hope this site is sure of its facts. The poor bastard has just joined only to be banned for a month. He is probably thinking, who the hell is D P Robertson and why have I been suddenly banned for a month- no warning, no three day ban- bang,, pardon the pun, one month. I am sure he is impressed with AP and its jackboot mentality among some humorless moderators.



    Oneluckygirl
    writing about twonluckyfuckers.

  • zillion on September 25, 2007
    A good friend of mine sent me the link to a poem just for laughs. You so happened to have commented on it, quite honestly, and I found it funny enough to mention it to him. He told me I should check you out, that you were a great writer. So here I am, reading your author's page, and finding it obnoxiously funny. It was nice to laugh at all the comments made by you or to you, that you had posted. It amused me for a time too embarassing to mention. Wow. From one cynic to another,

    Cheers.


    Zil
  • poetryality : Hey There YOU! on August 21, 2007
    Profile Jewels @ profilejewels.net
  • earthstar on August 13, 2007
    Stop by to see who you are. I thank you for the comments you left on one of my works. I redid it. I feel it very good because of your comments. I have done some wonderful things at ap. Thank you for your support.
    Brenda
  • Cinnarry on July 3, 2007
    Bloody fucketh be...
  • whitewinged1 : David on July 3, 2007
    David i am truly honored that you would deem me fit enough to grace the page of your wall of shame.And to allot such an extensive portion to an untalented writer such as myself damn near brings me to fucking tears...from gut wrenching laughter. G' Day Mate
  • RedSnow : Why don't you try out for a moderator? HaHa HeHe! on June 15, 2007
    I am just here visiting your author page and I have to say I had a great time visiting! I have been laughing so hard for hours and I just have to think of these 2 comments and I'm still laughing!

    "But…the story is good and in maybe different hands or written differently it would lift off the page and bring the story to life. I suppose it could have been worse, instead of hitting her, Howard could have been reading this type of poetry to her".

    "No, there other greater mysteries and I am reading it right now. I am about to stab my eyes out with pins"

    I think that you having been DQed so many times too is also hilarious. The way you can piss so many people off! And then your comment to the moderator at the end! Haha!
    I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!
    Thank You for being you and true to yourself at least people can't say your a fake.
    RedSnow
  • j-ay rose on June 9, 2007
    lol. nice page.
  • angelica : Thank You Dear Friend on May 30, 2007

    Profile Tools For entering love Joan
  • poetryality on May 28, 2007
    I couldn't help myself!
  • poetryality on May 28, 2007
  • Aesthete on May 17, 2007
    Oh gawddd. That was fuckin hilarious. Thats honestly the only reason i was in that contest. I just wanted to get burned by you. You are such a dick its unbelievable. But really, what do people expect? Anyway, thanks for that little commentary. It could've been more interesting, but then so could my shit poem. Thanks for the laughs
  • Lace Nightmare on May 17, 2007
    You know, when I first got a negative comment from this guy, I wasn't offended. I knew he was right. But of course, being human, I started changing my mind. Then, however, upon looking over his other comments to others and reading his work, I realized something. Some things he says may be harsh, but they indeed have solid value worthy of the utmost praise. If one could find it in themselves to take his comments to a particular degree of seriousness without being offended, we can indeed improve as writers. Thank you, DP. Your comments are much appreciated. And I say that in the most truthful and respectful way. No sarcasm here. Listen to this guy, people.
  • poetryality : I LOVE YOU DAVID! Stop twisting my arm! I'm going to bed now...OKAY! Good Night! on May 9, 2007
  • poetryality on May 9, 2007
    I am laughing so hard at BabyFox's comment!
  • BabyFox Amberlight on May 5, 2007
    you son of a bitch you put my dear cousin in a bad mood...you bashed his poem that he worked really hard on...what kind of ass are you???
  • poetryality : The name of this font is VALIUM! on May 5, 2007
  • Malabu : Holy Shit on April 26, 2007
    came here to gaze upon your page...but changed my mind about reading it after seeing the novel about to unfold. Perhaps I will spend some time another time. I looks like a must read to me. Be well. Oh came here after seeing your contest. I believe Ive been here before. again I was frightened by the novel of literacy to be read...Be well
    Malabu
  • dp robertson on April 18, 2007
    Dear Mat

    Here is my reply- let’s see this waive proudly on your front page

    What an interesting comment wrapping your verisimilitudes with one’s own perceptive on life, AP and writing. I labour under no illusion that there are better writers and worse writers than myself. All I really know is that most people are different writers and from my point of view that is a good thing. It enriches the world and creates a melting pot of thoughts and feelings. It matters naught if that writer pens poetry, essays, columns or comments on other pieces just as if they are commenting on the world at large. How one comments is a reflection on how one writes and how one behaves as an individual. I would like to think I write without borders and express myself not really giving a flying fuck how another perceives it in terms of manners or decency. That should be the prerogative of any writer just as much as it is the prerogative of the reader to accept or disregard the work. What you obviously perceive in my comments an anger. What I actually get angry about is the “Pleasantville” of manners that disguises many ills; whether they are literary ills or those in society, politics or just generally a malaise of beige that smooths and consoles rather than cutting to the core of any issue. Your issue with me is that you think me unnecessarily rude when clicking onto a potpourri of poetry and simply dropping comments “to get attention and to vent frustration and anger” on those pieces I perceive as fucked.

    The ‘vent frustration’ part is possibly correct as I am just as annoyed by the feel good comments of others that offer no insight further than an illiterate “oh wow.” Especially when a poem is either lazily constructed, riddled with clichés (that one you would know about as it was one of your drab pieces cobbled together with a lexicon of clichés that started all this) and generally lacking feel, meter, originality and where the writer could have, with a modicum of effort, produced something better. To highlight is to “beg for comment”. If there was only an icon one could click, “begging for praise” the problem would be solved. But being a journalist and reading your comments is an excise in frustration and drives to the heart of what I am saying. To explain to me you are a journalist, indicate you are articulate and yet stand judgement over how I comment on others while offering NOTHING in the way of constructive criticism that will genuinely improve the writing you have just read is either hiding one’s light under a bushel or hypocritical bullshit. And at this stage I am thinking the latter.

    You can take umbrage in the fact that my comments may sting but I inturn take offence that a supposedly intelligent, educated and literary person as yourself writes hardly more than a short paragraph of gushing praise on every poem he reads on this site. The percentages are wrong Mat because you are either the luckiest person on this site to have clicked onto a winner each time or, as I suspect, you are not commenting on what you don’t like, you are lying about what you don’t like or you have such low standards that everything is wonderful. But the truth remains that praise in itself is not a positive comment. It does nothing to improve writing. It improves humours and egos and cements friendships but apart from telling Shenanigans that her poem “Raining” - maybe the middle has me a bit confused- there is nothing that even hints of a critical comment. You are a journalist and in stark juxtaposition to that occupation you are a particularly ineffectual critic of poetry on AP.

    You have the temerity to label me at one time or another,

    Angry

    Overweight

    Single

    Cigarette smoker

    Heavy drinker

    Doper

    None of which is correct yet you mistake passion for these sweeping judgements.

    Which is really the basis of all this – atleast I am fair dinkum!

    And if you are not sure what that means, ask Cannonsfire, I am sure she will translate. If I think the piece is crap I will tell a person what I think. Because every time one comments on this site they should be aware others will read it and possibly benefit. My comments are worth reading because they are readable pieces in themselves. They are telling the writer exactly what I think of their work, good or bad and why. Sometimes I will write a 1000 word essay on ones poem because if that writer wants to improve, they do need to know it. But I write that comment truly and in my own words and if they don’t like how I have penned it, too fucking bad; that’s me. Like me or loathe me, I don’t care. I know how I write and others very quickly know how I write and who I am.

    I see you have proudly laid your gauntlet down on your front page as well as my own. Well this is my comment to you. A writer who writes without passion is about as serviceable as a writer without a pen. You comments on other’s poetry on this site are lame, ineffectual and designed for no other purpose than to be friendly. Good for you if that be your modus operandi. No one will learn anything from your 350 feel good comments, no one will improve and in a mutual admiration club everyone will be happy.

    On the other hand, your friends can start reading my 4000 comments and more importantly the poems they have been written about and judge for themselves who writes comments with the greater veracity, passion and eye to genuinely improve the writer’s art. Your readers may wish to read my front page and realise that harsh critiques of my own work does not offend me.

    Most people are very one dimensional and as Montesquieu noted, if triangles needed a God they would probably make him three sided. The subjectivity by which people judge often knows nothing except their own.

    I click onto nearly any writer I have read before on this site I know roughly what to expect.

    “I must assume that you do it to I see neither the utility, nor the value of your comments to anyone other than you.”

    And you would be wrong. I do it because of all the comments people receive, mine is among those they will remember as either being that rude prick I have placed on my ignore list or someone that will actually give me an honest comment and I can improve my poetry with. I don’t feel they could say the same of your comments that fade to beige against a light brown sky.

    David

    And this is a typical review on a typical piece of crap that donated a medal by one of Mat’s Aussie friends who has since placed me on her ignore list for being boorish. And she can sit on a rusty spike because this is still a piece of doggerel.


    on Set in Stone by Mat Larkin, on April 3

    Set in Stone
    Search for you
    amid the madness,
    for all my days;
    Crawl and cry
    through the night.
    Live for the day
    when you arrive,
    wait a million years or more;
    Never give up the fight.
    Can’t compromise
    settle for less,
    From darkness through to light…
    and our love will set in stone.

    And the reason why I didn’t comment is that Cannonsfire seems like a nice person as do you. That she has awarded a gold goblet for a poem that is so utterly choc full of clichés is staggering. And they are not just any clichés but ones that are so old they should have been pensioned off after the death of Chaucer. We have in this piece, “search for you, for all my days, through the night.” And then we hit a real literary high, putting in the hard yards with, “Live for the day, wait a million years or more – and now the real biggie - Never give up the fight” Even the title of this piece is a cliché. This is a horrible drab piece of writing that if it made the judge happy, terrific, what can I tell you except I found this to be a recycled bit of sentiment that would have greatly impressed me had you used just a couple of your own sentences rather than Banging together a Hallmark card (who probably would have rejected it for clichéd or given you a special prize for being the one billionth writer bereft of originality and opted for “Set in stone” “Never give up the fight” & of course, “Waiting a million years or more”

    So Mat, if you think its poor form that I click on and not write a comment, as this piece did not have one redeeming factor except it was written for a nice person by a nice person but totally devoid of one cornel of originality, here’s your comment you have insisted I do for you. It is shithouse!!

    David



  • Mat Larkin : ach, David...you're a blister... on April 18, 2007
    I think it is grand that you are willing to spare your valuable time and precious life's breath to offer your sincere comments on the works of others. Especially those who beg for comments by spending points to "feature" their efforts.

    I do not, however, believe you are justified in the tone and texture of your remarks. I have repeatedly encountered insults, vulgarity, crass and crude references. To what end?

    I doubt you honestly think you are helping the author to be a better writer or person. Or that you are offering some keen perspective or interesting insight into a particular piece. My guess is that you know you are being rude and offensive and it is your intention to emphasize these traits. I must assume that you do it to get attention and to vent frustration and anger. I see neither the utility, nor the value of your comments to anyone other than you.

    I offer this simple solution...Don't click on a featured piece if you aren't going to comment. If you are going to comment, take the time to make it thoughtful and useful. Mere insults and discourtesy serve no real purpose other than to allow you to vent your feelings.

    As for your own writings...I have found a few to be inspired and well-written. You display a sound grasp of vocabulary, and a bit of rhythm. You also offer an interesting perspective in some instances.

    Yet,I have also found more than a few which strike me as grandiose, verbose, and generally over-done. Some reveal an author who is a bit self-absorbed. Two decades as a journalist has reinforced in me the belief that the story is important, not the writer. The same holds true for poetry, I believe...

    I will keep reading your work and your comments, and hope that they improve...

    All the best,

    Mat
  • Mark Rickerby on April 8, 2007
    Hey David,

    Just spent some time reading the comments on your author page. If a tornado took human form, you'd be it. Loved the variety of responses and reactions to your work. You make people think, and powerful new ideas are the only things that can really change a damn thing. Bombs sure don't. The old saying is true - war doesn't necessarily show who's right, only who's left. Keep stirring it up, mate.

    Your ol' pal,

    Mark
  • luvdrkchocolate : :) on March 24, 2007
    Yep, I liked your stuff. Had to favorite you. I hope you write more soon.
  • Catressa on November 8, 2006
    resists mad urge to rub bum on page..

    hey genius..
  • Long Road Home on October 26, 2006
    I don't think a policy such as this would be fair to me. I have only ever written one really good poem and everything else I've written is pure stinking shit. But because there are no restrictions on the entry and re-entry of the same poem over and over into contests, I've managed to accumulate quite an impressive array of trophies on my page. How dull and ordinary I would appear to be without this glistening testament to my manhood greeting every visitor to my page. I think this is a stupid idea and you should keep things like this to yourself lest you be subjected to public ridicule by the likes of myself.
  • Long Road Home on October 26, 2006
    Hey... I honestly think I may finish reading your author page by the end of the year At first I was wondering what kind of special skill you have to piss so many people off, but now that I've made my way down into the "comments by me" section, I see. Your specialty, it appears (well, besides writing stuff that puts people into convulsions), is offering realistic commentary on (ahem!) 'poetry' that's so fucking awful the writers should be banned from life (yes, that said "from" not "for"). I realize now, that if I ever want to be as widely reviled or the subject of as many asassination attempts as you, I will have to throw my standards out the window and start reading and commenting on the 90% drivel on this site that up to now, I have simply ignored.

    Thank you for the lesson.

    LRH
  • Janice M Pickett on October 21, 2006
    Just dropped by to read your work. After all we are both Hughs favourites so I need to get to know you. You never ventured into my Aussie group though?? Where do you live?
    I am in Qld.
    Anyway....Nice to meet you.

    Jan
  • sidewinder on October 20, 2006
    pounces thru your authorpage with skull mask on ... .

  • The Bear on September 9, 2006
    Thank you and Brian for doing the book. It arrived today from Lulu, just in time for Stef's birthday on Monday, which was nice. No matter what else, I think he treasure that the most.
  • Am I Will 626 on September 1, 2006
    I lift your tan shirt, Oh
    How it resembles your skin,
    I take a boundless breath,
    Instantly intoxicated,
    By your savory scent,
    My eyes linger closed as
    I hold it there,
    I punish myself
    Simply by breathing,
    Once in
    And once out
    Over and over,
    This vehement crave
    I cannot place,
    I’m left with one image,
    Of you,
    With crumbs on your face

    However you are looking,
    Whether startled or
    Distressed,
    Your petrified in time
    In my mind I must confess,
    Your enchantment of me,
    Abounds distances,
    Neither can see, but for now
    I’m content

    I open my eyes, casting
    Your shirt to the chair, I
    Then lay alongside you,
    Touching this
    Silky soft
    Heavenly hair,
    My eyes invade your body,
    Starting with esculent breasts,
    So sweet and ambrosial,
    My lips ache for your chest,
    Descending instead
    Towards your belly’s recess,
    Butterfly kisses flutter
    Down, then rise back up in
    Quick success

    I look, yet you are still asleep,
    Frozen fervor of an angel
    Who never would weep, I
    Take my final glimpse,
    Such salacious eyes, off
    Now to dream, quicker
    To arise



    Thank you, I have correction and revisions ive already made but id like someone (aside from who it was meant for) to give me an opinion
  • Am I Will 626 on September 1, 2006
    hey,anyone you would recommend aside from the basics? and i also wrote something maybe if you have the time you could take a look at it,its not on the site so im going to send it in a different message,and once again dont go out of your way, just whenever
  • Vasquez10 on August 30, 2006
    hey thanks, i appreciate the critical response. it's really nice to get a critical comment every once and again. i'm glad you liked that couplet, it too, is my favorite. the only reason i don't want to add too much to this poem is because of it's style. it is meant to have those short lines because if you add too much to this poem it takes away from the flow and pace. Trust me, i went through this many times through highschool Advanced Placement English courses. You are right though, in common literature it would need more descriptive adjectives and better vocabulary, but for this poem i specifically chose these words to, basically, make the poem short and sweet. and i also want to keep it short because the idea of the poem is love in a short amount of time and not having that chance to kiss. so, the length of the poem, reflects the story. but thank you very much! and i was more than happy to enter! i'd love to see what you think about my other poetry as well!
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