thanks for the comment~
i understand completely!

Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention

http://www.humblevoice.com/profile/components/word_gallery/word.php?iid=5680

So there is no need for re-posting things.

Don't worry too much about talking about yourself in your replies. When I comment on your poems, the subject is very much you since it is something that you made. I like to think of poems as a different way of starting a conversation myself. I know when I comment on a poem, I always hope to hear back on what the writer thought of my comments, particularly anything they thought I misinterpreted specifically in regard to their intent which by it's very nature is hardest to interpret.
On the subject of your poems, I think the problem with your older work was you leaned too heavily on your imagery, like it had little substance to it beyond that, which was alright. It was really good imagery, but it seems you are able to put together much more cogent pieces now which have a much greater sense of importance and intent which gives them a more structured and polished feeling. Also now I don't feel completely bewildered by them as I have a general idea of what your talking about. The thing about having nothing but images is that the reader has no real way of associating them to the subject the writer has chosen. This is a really cool device I suppose, in a very post-modern way, but I think post-modern writing is sometimes too friendly to the writer and too unfriendly to the reader. Your new stuff is much more fun to read now and I think it still holds that post-modern air about it without making me want to stop reading it.
by the way, that's cool about the books. I personally don't like Bukowski, but I know a lot of people do. I'll have to check out Ginsberg though. I don't really use a lot of published poetry for inspiration myself, Shakespeare being the one exception. I've always told myself I would try to change that, but I just don't keep up with popular poetry much, so I wouldn't know what I would like.

i got some feedback from a poet in derby about some of my older poetry today -
by the sounds
he essentially says i'm post-modern, too esoteric
and awful with grammar.
(i am bloody awful online).
i may reference e.e. cummings on the grammar and see if i can get away with it.
i'll think about it.

Go capes! =D