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This Poem was Submitted By: Mark Andrew Hislop On Date: 2005-05-18 14:35:58 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Online dating

Man, check out those jpegs. It’s like some women think a man thinks a woman only exists to the lip, from the nipple up. Hello, I am a 36 year old single female and I recently had Gastric Bypass surgery and after losing almost 150 pounds, I look and feel like a new woman! Of course, there are exceptions: scalpel? Or another emetic? Hey! I am 36 yrs young and live in Upstate SC. As of Apr 26th 2005 I am engaged and very happy. I love you Reece! Dang nabbit, missed out again. Damn those 36 year olds. I hear about this site. I like meet new friend. I like read and to write, stories and outdoor. If you are, we can talk. Can’t to wait. Really, no. im 30 yrs old i love to cuddle im lookin for mr right if you think you can be my mr right then you know what to do im thinkin Me too. In fact im thinkin Ms Wrong I just split with looks better by the second. Nursing school studnet, Looking to find a yankee who will COach me through the game into a permanent romamce! Any ideas Yeah, red wine, candlelight and a spellchecker, baby. Talk dirty to me. (Focus, man, you're here because...) hi ... this is me ... i have totally given up on true love and happiness ... prove me wrong Love to, but ... Looks like you've already made up your mind. Like me. Time to sign out. Click.

This Poem was Critiqued By: Latorial D. Faison On Date: 2005-06-03 20:41:13
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.87500
Mark, This was just the cutest thing I've read all month. You make me laugh, and you make me think. You know I always wonder what those dating sites and online dating can be like. Whew! You've told me in one very nice poem, and I think you've covered the spectrum. The entire time I was reading your poem, and all of the different letters from various Mrs. Wrongs, I was thihnking about a comedian I saw recently who characterized online dating much in the same way that you have. However, I think that your poem made it more real for me. The typing is such an integral part of online dating. I'm so anal about spelling that I'd probably never date anyone who couldn't write me a descent letter or woo me with words. I think you show that this online dating thing can get to be a bunch of BS, and after time, you sign off for real. I think you chose an interesting set of responses to show. The poem read very well, and I like how you've constructed the poem with your responses and the other individual's letters. The title is just right too. What else could you call it? Online faking maybe (smile), but these letters seemed awful honest, especially that one about having the gastric bypass. Most people really lie about what they look like in those ads sometimes. Thanks for poetically adn intriguingly showing me the ins and outs of online dating. I enjoyed it. Good job. Latorial www.latorialfaison.com

This Poem was Critiqued By: Thomas Edward Wright On Date: 2005-05-19 19:08:46
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
50 and eager. 40 and meager. 30 and - did I say eager? Careful.

This Poem was Critiqued By: Rachel F. Spinoza On Date: 2005-05-19 07:25:03
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Micely ironic poem about a man who is not satisifed by a variety of women available to him. Makes one womder what his bio would say.

This Poem was Critiqued By: Mark Steven Scheffer On Date: 2005-05-18 21:59:50
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
MAH, Great concept! The poem, not the online dating. Me, I just have to struggle with the porn. I haven't dated in centuries. You may not have found a babe, but you found your muse. MSS

This Poem was Critiqued By: Claire H. Currier On Date: 2005-05-18 16:38:54
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.90000
Online Dating......interesting title, very true to life though I have never read the adds personally.......I worked for a man who met a young mother on line, three thousand miles from where he lived, met her, married her and brought her home.......she had three children though only two were mentioned......two ex husbands and forgot to mention the one she was still married to at the time of their marriage.....what a mess........they have after almost six years divorced......long story...... my daughters friend met someone on line from England, divorced her hubby, married this man......children still don't know after ten years.....like the way you put this all together though.......each invitation (that's what I tend to call them) came from different views.........different responses followed....structured well, word flow was good for it provided the images you certainly created.....hell, it was like watching this woman turn into a new one losing all that weight but she forgot to mention it will come back......always does........you captured the ones that try the seduction first , the bad speller and heaven knows what else she has done wrong......certainly is an eye opening experience for those that really look inside the adds presented.........funny how we have something good already and we tend to think other ways........thanks for posting, for sharing this with us........I hope you remember to be careful if you date someone met on line........not saying its bad just better safe then sorry.........God Bless, Claire

This Poem was Critiqued By: marilyn terwilleger On Date: 2005-05-18 15:01:23
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.84615
Hi Mark, Please tell me these ads are figments of your imagination and not real...pleeeese! I have never looked at one of the dating sites but if they are this hilarious I think I should. Certainly not all the people that post on these sites are illiterate. This poem is so full of fun that I keep going back and re-reading it over and over. You know you have done your job, as a writer, when you can make the reader laugh or cry...and you have done that here. By the way, how is your book coming? See ya.....Marilyn

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