SplashScribe Soft Words - Mud-Tracking With SplashHall Poet Silty AKA Jesse Lagoon

Thank you all so much for your appreciation and encouragement on my interview with Brenda.

I’ve been following Jesse Lagoon’s silty trail for a week now. The trail leads into deeper waters, in the black lagoons that he prefers to stay in. He was pretty reluctant to come out and play Q&A with me… but in the end, we’ve made a pretty cool job of it. Dear Splashers, here is your christmas treat.

SW: What brought you to SplashHall?
silty: Dodjie found my remains in a bayou and resurrected me on the internet with mystical Asian voodoo.

SW: What keeps you here?
silty: Anonymous criticism and just enough friendship to make me care.

SW: Your favorite forum(s)?
silty: I like the Ax. I can find enough people in the real world to skim my poems and tell me “that’s cool”. It’s much more interesting when I can find people who will read through a poem completely and tell me why it sucks.

SW: Your favorite Splashers?
silty: I’m kind of a poetry whore so I have to say everyone whose poems I get the chance to read

SW: When did you start writing?
silty: While I was just a young and naive tadpole writing became one of the few things I care about in this uncertain and hypocritical world, along with reading. Writing is still one of the few things I feel control over.

SW: Do I see you on the other forums besides the Ax? If no, why not?
silty: Why go anywhere but the Ax? I hope I have the balls to get my ass handed to me by a literary assassin if it makes me a stronger, faster and better samurai poet. The Ax honors my ancestors and myself. (bows elegantly)

SW: Has your writing changed since you discovered these halls to Splash in?
silty: Yeah. I’m more careful now, you never know how bad a piece may be torn apart so I try to kick it up a notch from the start.

SW: Favorite authors/poets (outside Splash)?
silty: E.E. cummings is very cool. I recommend his “Non-Lectures” to anyone with existential angst, he manages to capture beauty through the dirty and tragic lens of our reality. Ummmm…Philip K. Dick should be canonized and his mind-fuck stories will have you down on all fours begging for more.

SW: What do you think are the strongest influences on your writing besides the black waters?
silty: Sacred mantras, sacred herbs and a stupid sense of humor.

SW: What are your other interests, hobbies and passions, besides keeping them feet silty?
silty: I love tennis actually. I like to pretend I’m playing baseball so I feel really good about myself. I’m also going to school so that’s been commanding my interest for a while now.

SW: Describe your experiences in the lagoon orchestra... Are you a lead singer?
silty: How’d you know? My throaty howl will take us to the top of the pops where I can then write jingles for car commercials which is what I’ve always really wanted to do.

SW: Tell me... your three favorite authors, three favorite movies, and three favorite sing-a-long tunes in your car.
silty: Three authors would be Philip K. Dick, John Irving and Alan Moore. Movies would be O Brother Where Art Thou, The Fifth Element and the South Park Movie. Sing-along tunes? I make up my own gibberish lyrics when I sing along actually, so it doesn’t really matter what the song is.

SW: If I were a genie in a bottle, and offered you three wishes, which ones would you want?
silty: Freedom from the chains of this physical world. I don’t think I would need the other two.

SW: What are your poetic ambitions like?
silty: I want to write poems that will make me laugh and or smile when I’m 60 years old smoking my corn-cob pipe on the back porch.

SW: Any suggestions you might have for Rg to improve on your Splashing experience?
silty: Don’t stop now!

SW: Anything special you'd like to share with us?
silty: Not really. Thanks for sharing?

SW: Lets join in Splashers and show silty some SplashHall love. Not a Splasher? No problem. Visit silty at the SplashHall Poetry Forums Today.

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Autumn Sky Poetry - Number 4 available

Greetings!

The fourth issue of Autumn Sky Poetry is now online.

Read poems by Robert Bolick, Laurie Byro, Jeffrey Calhoun, Lacie Clark, Laurel K. Dodge, Guy Kettelhack, David LaBounty, Duane Locke, Corey Mesler, and Cynthia Neely.

—It's all about the poetry.

Sincerely,
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New SplashHall Poetry Paparazzo - SplashScribe Soft Words Interviews The Lovely Splash Poetress Brenda Cook AKA Nixon

Hiya everyone. I’m your new SplashScribe. I don’t know if I’m as good as Shoesie or Rg, but I think I’ll get better.

I started off having fun with Brenda Nixon Cook aka Nixon, our Environmental Scientist who loves cats. We’ll be careful not to tell her husband, but Tommy, her nineteen year old cat, is the true love of her life. With her droll sense of humor, her exceptionally sensitive writes that touch a cord somewhere deep within, and her warm appreciation and suggestions, Brenda brings the freshness of her garden to these busy halls.

SW: What brought you and your daisy to SplashHall?
Nix: My Daisy blew in with the wind, I however came at the urging of my friend Balladeer, who said that it was "friendly place", where you could feel at home.

SW: What keeps you Splashing around?
Nix: Because it is a friendly place, where I can feel at home, except that I don't throw my clothes over the chair, or raid the fridge, or leave books and papers in every room. I like the companionship of the other writers, and I like to see how the creative process works for other individuals. The poetry is a huge draw for me, I like to read others work, it gives me insight into the creative process, and very rarely do I read a poem, that I do not find something that resonates with me as a reader. The feedback, I mean where else am I going to get honest feedback, my home audience is pretty limited, my husband says that's "good honey, whats for supper?", my teenager rolls her eyes and says, "well if you like it, can we go to the mall?", and my best friend loves everything I write. My 6 cats they are the real critics. If I find it shredded in the cat box, I take that as the highest of compliments.

SW: Your favorite forum(s)?
Nix: I like the Axe and the Genuine Poetry and Prose forum. I like the axe because you get honest feedback, I have an awful time with revisions, because I think every ones comments are good, and some contradict each other, and then I never sure which way is better, and I then become paralyzed, and then disgusted with myself, and I end up either never getting to a final revision, or make next to no changes at all. I think I will get better as I become more confident in my own writing and start to trust my own muse.

I like the poetry and prose, because I consider it a "sharing" or "showcase" forum, where you can read what others are working on, post poems you write that might not be from your natural voice, and just visit and read others works and share in their writing and work.

I also like the wax, as just yesterday, I tried my first "zen" poetry and you can post friendly competitions, like the one Ecphrasis, which was a result of a bet between Balladeer and myself.

SW: Any favorite Splashers (besides me… lolol)?
Nix: Well you... Like I said before "Splash" was a friendly place and everyone has made me feel right at home. Poets are like poems, I find something to like about most everyone. My friend Balladeer, is my sounding board, we both came from another forum, and I often send him my stuff, before I screw up enough courage for the axe. Honestly my friend Balladeer, Mojave, Soft Words (you know her right), Kay, Sampo, SeaSpirit, Dodjie, Sabine, Witt and Dublinsteve have commented on my poems the most, so I have connected with them more often. Mojave always includes a famous poem with his critiques, and I look forward to the poem, I learn by his example. Shropshire Lad, has been helping with the "Zen" and "Concrete" poetry, which I surprisingly like.

SW: When did you get bitten by the writing bug?
Nix: Initially as soon as I could read, maybe 2nd or 3rd grade, then in Jr. High and High School, I was on the school newspaper. In Jr. High I was the editor, isn't that funny, considering how awful my punctuation skills are. In High School, I took Journalism for three years and served as the news editor, but quit my senior year, because I could not fit in all of my science classes, with my electives. I had to choose between either my 4th year of Agriculture or my 4th year of Journalism, so the cows won. " I believe in the future of farming with a faith born not of words but of deeds".

I went to college, studied Chemistry, wrote tons of poetry on the side... like a movie "Poetry on the Side". I have poems from that period, that were written on the margins, of lab papers, calculus papers, napkins, etc.. and them sometime around 1986, I just quit. I took the road most traveled. Graduated college, got married, grew up, and for the most part, wrote very little, a few short stories, some essays, a couple starts on different novels. When my friend died this summer, I wanted to find a picture that was taken of the two of us, and I dug through the boxes in the garage, and in one of the boxes there were probably 200 or more of my poems, written from 1976 to 1985 (13 to 22). I collectively call them "Poems from the Cardboard Box", I started to type them up for my daughter, most are teenage angst stuff, some in my early 20s are not too bad, some are awful, my favorite are the political ones I wrote on the Reagan years. The process of taking all of these scribbles, notes, margins, must of woken up my sleeping muse and she has been stalking me ever since. My muse is stalker, a damn bossy, know it all, kind of stalker, maybe she is a conglomerate of all of my worst traits, except she makes all of the competing noise go away, so the tiny quiet voice inside gets a chance to create, so in that I have to thank her, but most of the time she just stalks me, at work, at home, in my sleep, until I finally put that random thought to paper.

SW: Has your writing improved/changed since your myriad Ax-periences?
Nix: Practice makes perfect, yes? I think so but not from my writing, but by example, from the reading of others work, for the exploration of others creativity. The reading of other voices, the discovery of voice, I am still finding my voice, my focus, I am not there yet. There are so many others who I believe speak with a clear resonant voice, who I long to write more like. I think as we read others work, out own voice gets stronger, and it is the collection of the work from any period of time that gives the most accurate picture of that time. We all need to speak in our own distinct voice, and it is the blending of the voices or of the instruments that make the sweetest sounds. Sorry for my soapbox....my husband tells people that I am only 5'2' without my soapbox.

SW: Favorite authors/poets (outside Splash)?
Nix: Poets - Robert Frost, E.E.Cummings, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Authors - Tom Robbins, Anne Tyler, Robin Cook , Ellen Gilchrist, Barbara Kingsolver, Jimmy Buffett, and I am a closet " Historical Romance" reader, especially those with a mystic overview like the "Highlander" Series by Karen Marie Moning ( I guess I just came out of the Closet).

SW: What do you think are the strongest influences on your writing (besides the Ax)?
Nix: My writing comes from inside, it is more an internal expression and less of an observation, so that being the case, I suspect my own life experiences have had the greatest influence on my writing. I am a doubting Thomas sort of personality, and have a strong personal faith, that I myself continually question and reaffirm. I believe all living things are connected and that in each of us resides the ability for great good and great evil. I am fascinated by the human experience, and our place in the circle, and in the connections within the circle.

SW: What are your other interests, hobbies and passions?
Nix: My daughter is the bonus in life I didn't think I would get, she is the best and worst of both me and my husband, she drives me crazy, but I think she is near as perfect as anything I have ever done. I like to garden and photography. I like the satisfaction of planting something and watching it grow. I feel connected to the dirt and the environment. I feel my place in the universe is pretty insignificant and I am happy there. I am happiest when I am gardening, reading or writing, and being with those I love the most. I am a environmental scientist in my real life, and have an almost tangible connection to nature, I am most happy when the circle is complete. When I die, I am looking forward to being worm food and compost for the next living thing. Check out my pictures of my garden at http://photo.xanga.com/rachaelsmom915

SW: What are your poetic ambitions like?
Nix: For my writing to make a connection that positively impacts another. Oh and I would love that Pulitzer (hahahaha).

SW: Describe yourself in less than ten words.
Nix: curious (my family would call it nosey)
left of center
optimistically cynical (aka smart ass)
intelligent
reverent

SW: If I were a genie in a bottle, and offered you three wishes, which ones would you want? (be honest, and don't you say world peace unless you really mean it)
Nix: I would wish for world peace, except how long would it last, before human nature screwed it up, so what do I really want?
Genuine respect between individuals
respect for nature
and for myself, I would like to have enough time and money to do what I believe needs to be done.

SW: Any suggestions you might have for our sweet Rg to improve on your Splashing experience?
Nix: I enjoy this forum, thanks for having us all at your house, mine has too many cats....

SW: Anything special you'd like to say to everyone here?
Nix: Thanks for making me feel at home.

SW: Now its your turn beautiful Splashers and let Nixon know how much you enjoy her friendship and excellent poetry. Not a Splasher? Visit Nixon at the SplashHall Forums Today.

SplashHall Poetry's Janitor Interviews Splash Chat Host Denise Richardson AKA Lucy Luu

Ok my valued Splashers. I aint as pretty as Ms Shoes but hopefully you'll enjoy this interview? Then again, the gorgeous Denise Richardson aka LucyLuu will surely make up for what I lack. Please enjoy.

Rg: Lucy, What brought you to SplashHall Poetry?
Lucy: Well, lets see ummmm. If I remember correctly it was You.. lol You dragged me in kicking and screaming all the way..haha.. Just teasing.. I'd never heard of splashHall until I started listening to BZoO on poetry night. I some how stumbled upon BZoO on myspace and was hooked! So I guess you can say things just evolved from there. I'm a Myspace Poet Society Member and I guess that's how come you invited me.?? ehehe.. Maybe you just needed a good laugh and thought my poetry would do the trick..

I've also been fascinated by poets who can read their work with such feeling and passion and I love the connection with Splash/BZoO that gives us a chance to do just that on poetry night at BZoO Radio. I hope to record my own poetry soon now that I've finally learned how to use Cool Edit enough to get by ..haha Soon my poetry will be heard on the BZoO HomeGrown Radio airwaves and I hope lots of other splashers will give it a try also..

Rg: You surely have the voice for it.

Rg: Do you have a favorite forum here at SplashHall Poetry?
Lucy: That's a difficult one... I like quite a few... I guess Haiku Tag.. is #1 ..just because its so much fun and the interaction is much quicker. It's also lots of fun from VooChat especially after quite a few beers. lol I also love Erotica and Genuine Splash Poetry & Prose, Nature and Spiritual and Romancing the Heart.

I have to admit that I had never written erotica before until recently and never really gave it much thought, but some of the poems I read in Erotica inspired me.. well along with my on little muse of course... lol

Rg: Have you become friendly with any SplashHall Poets?
Lucy: Oh yeah.. lots!! I can't tell you how much Splash means to me and the friendships I've made I hope to treasure and keep forever. The personalities on here are endless... We've got some really sincere caring and kind hearted people here along with a great mix of humor. I'm blessed to be a part of these halls...You never know who'll you'll meet roaming the halls especially at night! Boo!!!! Sampo! eheeh the Zombies come out at night..

Rg: Have you found romance here at SplashHall?
Lucy: Oh Boy!! what a loaded question you got there.. lol Ummmmm.. hummmmm.. romance eh?? lol ehehe.. I guess you could call it that.. I call it a lot more. Maybe one day soon I'll let you all in on it... smiling from ear to ear.. lol

Rg: Anything you would like to shoutout to any Splashhall Poets?
Lucy: Oh you bet way too many!! To You Rg.... My favorite Janitor ... Thanks for everything! Thanks for this home you've made for all of us, for giving me hope and kindness. For always being willing to help and for putting up with all my tantrums.. lol You are One of a Kind!! and pretty fine..lol.. Wanna get married.. ehehe.. J/k.. ehehe

JOJO... my bestest friend..(oopps.. hope I don't offend anyone by saying that) I can't thank you enough.. You've become my sounding board and with u in voo I'm never bored!! lol You Crazy Cat!! HEH.. Thanks for always cheering me up and trying to keep me sane..

Sampo my partner in crime.. ehehe.. We can slam em down in voo.. ehehe... You are a lot of fun and great company.. The place wouldn't be the same without you.. We've spent many nights til the wee hours chatting and I enjoy them all.. thank you!

Seaspirit06... What can I say.. OMG.. U crack me up!! I love you.. ehehehe and thanks for all the love! smile.. I've enjoyed your crazy personality and we all need you here!!

List is getting long so let me just mention a few and please know that I appreciate each and everyone of you that I've met and I know I'm leaving out quite a few that I'd love to mention.

Softwords..!! I'm always sending you good vibes and hoping you knock em dead on your test scores.. You go girl!! I'm proud of you.. and you are a doll..

LadySunshine.. Your name fits you perfectly.. You radiate such a kind spirit and shine so brightly in the halls.. hey.. I bet that's what keeps the halls lit at night!!! lol

Dodjie, Wit, Wordfaery, Sartor, theMerlin, Kay, Seabourne, ... what can I say.. you are all wonderful..I truly enjoy each and every one of you...Thank you for the kind comments on my poems and look forward to being able to spend more time here once I'm a bit more settled in my life.

Rg: How do you like being Splash Chat Host, along with Sampo, in VooDoo Chat?
Lucy: It's been a lot of fun so far though we have some kinks to work out with the server right now.. Sampo and I got lost in there last night ehehe.. Thank God for IM!!! ehehe.. We finally found our way back after i had to locate the code in my email.. haha Other than that its lots of fun and I wish more would join in and share their poetry and personalities..

Rg: Those kinks should be worked out this week. And yes its really fun getting to know everyone, sharing poetry and playing around.

Rg: Does Sampo behave himself?
Lucy: Sampo is a perfect gentleman and its as though we are sitting in the same room having a drink and discussing what ever topics come up. Last night I had him Listening to BZoO Radio instead of that junk he listens to..and he actually knew some of the songs...lol Like Otis Redding.. haha but he enjoyed it..still trying to convert him..

Rg: How is VooDoo Chat different from other chats, say like Yahoo?
Lucy: There's no comparrison hon... Nothing compares to VooDoo Chat with all it's options and especially Voo/Splash Chat as I call it since you created the page for Splash it's become our own lil slice of heaven page.... I've been to many different chats including Yahoo and it just never clicked for me. I never had that feeling of home like I feel in Voo/Splash Chat and that is a big thanks to you Rg for all the hard work and talent.

What makes Voo/Splash Chat so special are our members. That's what voo is all about and what it was created for. No need to go there and be bothered by weirdos.. Heck we bring our own straight from Splash!! lol The room you created Rg has such a cozy feel to it, the campfire gives you a warm feeling and I can say I rarely feel the need to roam around in the rest of vooDoo unless I want to go look for new Avatars although some splashers have fun checking it all out.

I also like that you can use your own Avatar (your own pictures) which makes it more personal when meeting up with fellow splashers. I'm truly thankful to you Rg for giving Splash a Face and a voice with Voodoo/Splash Chat and I love that the poetry reader there is so simple to use that even I can use it!!!.. eheh

Rg: Any events planned for our new chat?
Lucy: Yeah.. we're starting to play Strip Poker tonight!! lol eheh Maybe that will draw us a bigger crowd.. ehehehe Everyone come join in.. then we'll skinny dip a while.. Seriously I just hope more people would take the time to come see what voodoo chat is all about and no it is not some demonic place...lol It's just as warm and friendly as Splash.. It is Splash with extras! Will have to think of some events once life turns me back right side up!! lol

Rg: Strip poker? ..deal me in ..lol..

Rg: To me your writing suggest you're a romantic, are you?
Lucy: Oh yeah.. very much so.. my writing comes from the heart and I have always wrote what I feel without regard to rules.. I just let it flow and hope people get it and can relate. Romance is such a big part of life and without it you don't have much... Love is the greatest gift of all you know..smiling and I'm so thankful for finding the love of my life.. phewwww.. Is it gettin hot in here or is it just me having another hot flash?? lol Excuse me while I go ummmm.. write another erotic poem.. brb. ehehehe

Rg: ..hmmm follows her to Erotica Forum ;-)

Rg: Tell us about your lifes desires and passions?
Lucy: Well if you've read my poetry I guess you would be able to figure out some of it.. smile.. I desire to be with my love, my life, my soulmate.. hummmm passions.. ummmm right now.. yeah I feel passion!!.. lol I guess you can call it that.. phewww.. or could be another hot flash.. ehee Rg.. I think I desire what most all of us desire... true love and happiness and my passion has always been poetry and love.. I'm a hopeless romantic.. what can I say..

Rg: What inspires you into wanting or needing to write poetry?
Lucy: Usually love or something going on in my life so yes pretty much all of my poetry has a reality base to it.. So if you want to know who I am and what I'm about just take a look at my poems. You're always welcome to check out more of my poems on my myspace profile also and there is no telling what you'll find there! The need to write or as I call it sometimes.. Rant! Is overwhelming at times.. It's a feeling that is so strong that I feel like if I don't let it out I'll explode!.. Sometimes I write in the heat of the moment (ok more than sometimes. eheh) and then the next day think "what was I thinking..lol" but it needed to come out.. so "scusa"..to anyone offended by my rants..I'm just thankful to have a cool place to express myself.

Rg: Who are some of your favorite writers and poets?
Lucy: Don't laugh.. but I truly couldn't tell you one.. I read poetry and I don't associate it with ah.. this is Poe or whomever it may be... I love to read poetry that I find in bookstores from unknown poets and I find inpsiration in them.. I'm not much on rules or names.. sorry to disappoint.. lol

Rg: Do you feel since being a part of the SplashFamily your writing has improved?
Lucy: I hope so!!! Could it get any worse?? lol

Rg: Any suggestions, you would like to share with myself and SplashHall?
Lucy: Humm... ok.. I'm kinda lazy so I would like to see BZoO Radio automatically come on when you log into Splashall and Voo Chat without me having to open it!! ehehe.. and Oh yeah.. a cabana boy for VooChat.. lol Someone needs to do a better job of keeping the drinks flowing in there.. smile..

Thanks to all of you at Splash for making me feel so welcome!!! You'll never know how much this place means to me. Maybe one day soon I'll be able to write about it and let you really know...*wink*

Rg: Thank you Denise, you are truly a great poet, member and a Splash Chat Host. Even more so a great friend. You inspire many including myself. This has been a very fun interview. Thank you for participating in it. Its a genuine pleasure getting to know you more.

You know this interview also gets posted at our blog Rollin Thunder Poetry, and at your favorite radio BZoO HomeGrown Radio, so for readers and listeners at those two websites. Come on over to SplashHall Poetry Forums and visit Denise aka LucyLuu. Better yet come visit her in real time in the SplashHall Virtual Chat...

Download the Voodoo Chat Client, the software that SplashHall Poets use to interact with other Splash Poets in real time. It is an easy, one-time download (Under 2 minutes)! Once in locate cafeRg, DJ-Rg, LucyLuu or Sampo for a virtual reality chat. It is completely FREE. And Safe.