tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post798902813757369942..comments2024-02-24T15:58:56.712-08:00Comments on The Good Typist: Phobia IndexKristen McHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-74762352644732677152010-04-07T10:53:26.845-07:002010-04-07T10:53:26.845-07:00I adore list-poems, yet I feel almost too-indulgen...I adore list-poems, yet I feel almost too-indulgently ashamed for the glory of your fears!<br /><br />And again, the abiding craft of your fine work is right in hand, if hidden at all, only by virtue of being so obvious in sight. (pardon that sentence please)<br /><br />Your poems are not "over dressed", they are just right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-62446807054891064732010-04-04T21:06:10.019-07:002010-04-04T21:06:10.019-07:00Nooooo! Come back, Frank!!! I am not afraid of you...Nooooo! Come back, Frank!!! I am not afraid of you, you hear??? I...am...not...afraid!!!Kristen McHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-26137239020988541442010-04-04T21:04:07.539-07:002010-04-04T21:04:07.539-07:00To avoid writing some very necessary pornography (...To avoid writing some very necessary pornography (<i>not</i> in the Tom Wolfe sense), and to complete the "assignment", and to prove that I can walk my talk, here is my ten minute--as close as I can come to a first draft, and I still bet those fools over at "Exquisite Corpse" would publish it--poem, which I will banally call "My Fears":<br /><br /><i><br />reminds<br />me hard<br />candy<br />chip fairy<br />tooth ice<br />cream head<br />ache<br /><br />remind<br />me mind<br />thinking<br />factor ice<br />cream heart<br />ache<br /><br />no mind<br />me soft<br />marble<br />thinking nice<br />dream life<br />ache<br /></i><br /><br />Retched, but see what you can do in ten minutes. Consider creating a kind of exquisite corpse from it: use the same words and write something non-retched or less-retched, or more-retched. The last is probably the most interesting alternative, because I don't think one can take this piece out of retchedland. You would be, after all, stuck with the same sub-genius references and stupid puns. There just aren't enough words to give you much room to move: chip fairy tooth ice cream head ache? Egad!<br /><br />I'm gone.Frank Moraeshttp://www.franklycurious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-14973927377542300492010-04-04T18:10:03.935-07:002010-04-04T18:10:03.935-07:00I am absolutely harmless, despite my best efforts....<i>I</i> am absolutely harmless, despite my best efforts. Schopenhauer, however (yes, back to him) is not. I think almost all those I see have turned into Ionesco rhinos. Thus, it is simply that our species is evolving in the way that best suits The Will's dubious, no, evil use. It is no longer necessary for the The Will to provide us an illusory sense of self; as rhinos we need no phantom soul: we have "Dancing With the Stars" and "Cops" and yet another production of one of "That Bard's" plays (for the rhinos who haven't noticed the horn yet).<br /><br />On bad days, I feel I am in "Evil Dead"; on good days, "Evil Dead II." If only I could find my way into "Dead Snow". Alas. Again: immortality; can any of you think of anything worse? (Not that I'm unhappy; I'm quite pleased with my illusory life; I just wish it paid better.)Frank Moraeshttp://www.franklycurious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-70452167068039764742010-04-04T07:34:20.601-07:002010-04-04T07:34:20.601-07:00Ah! I see. They're welcome to it; the specie...Ah! I see. They're welcome to it; the species has already gotten whatever dubious use it may have had :-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-76988908637001019722010-04-04T03:35:37.476-07:002010-04-04T03:35:37.476-07:00You seem to be fearful of a lot
I would add Frank ...You seem to be fearful of a lot<br />I would add Frank Moraes to the list!rallentandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-79122085493775223712010-04-03T22:07:08.039-07:002010-04-03T22:07:08.039-07:00I fear only two things: pain and immortality, whic...I fear only two things: pain and immortality, which are really just the same--not to get too Schopenhauer on you, but it's simply the way I've been feeling recently (the last ten years or so).<br /><br />Are you serious about "someone reading my first draft"? I scoff at any writer with such hubris. Do you really think <i>anyone</i> believes that <i>anything</i> you do the first time is good? They don't. Not really, anyway; again: Schopenhauer.<br /><br />I ridicule you more at<br /><br />http://www.franklycurious.com/index.php?itemid=141<br /><br />where I hope you will go and perhaps we can catch up. I am in need of your theatrical insights--really. (Oh: my email is frank at my URL)Frank Moraeshttp://www.franklycurious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-68939907837058267352010-04-03T21:23:45.614-07:002010-04-03T21:23:45.614-07:00Dale!! You don't know what a Grey is? Well you...Dale!! You don't know what a Grey is? Well you are in dire peril if you don't watch out for them...they are coming for your DNA!! ;)<br /><br />http://www.crowdedskies.com/grey_alien.htmKristen McHenryhttp://thegoodtypist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-18450646055349818312010-04-03T20:32:31.263-07:002010-04-03T20:32:31.263-07:00of Greys? What are they?of Greys? What are they?Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-8633879561700008232010-04-03T19:02:44.025-07:002010-04-03T19:02:44.025-07:00nicely done...now you got me scared...thanks for ...nicely done...now you got me scared...thanks for sharingWayne Pitchkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376196523487344143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-20075983166101469022010-04-03T12:19:04.531-07:002010-04-03T12:19:04.531-07:00I can totally relate! Nice job.I can totally relate! Nice job.Cara Holmanhttp://caraholman.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-78951545854439165462010-04-03T10:54:08.417-07:002010-04-03T10:54:08.417-07:00I love it. :) I have some of the same fears. No...I love it. :) I have some of the same fears. Not just bus crazies, but riding the bus too. <br /><br />Nice take on the challenge.Kimberleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17787970553045999626noreply@blogger.com