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Can you know someone you've never metlove someone you've never known
Can you feel someone you've never touched
feel like you are not alone.
Can you hold someone close
with an ocean between
Feel the hands
that you've never seen
Can you taste the lips
that you've never kissed
Daydream clear through
a wall of mist.
Yes.
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I still liked your angel one better. 
Wow. I'm actually getting it!
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yay! lol glad it was comprehendable and such
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Interesting end, though I don't agree with it. I personally would have phrased a final question, but your approach did bring a sense of finality to the poem. Good job.
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yeah.. the ending was kinda for me... I realize that the majority of people who read that didn't like it much. It's kinda a statement about my family telling me that it is impossible to know someone at all until you've met them and spent a long period of time with them... something I strongly disagree with, and they tell me that I have no life because I like talking with people who live far away and consider people friends even if I haven't actually met them. So the end is kind of like me saying once and for all, yes I can, and yes I have a life, and yes, I can live it however I damn well please 
if that makes any sense...
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The rhyme scheme for your other poems was just okay, but this is really cool! It just seems to have come so freely, without effort, like a poetic machine was guiding you in your symettry of sound. Awesome beat
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I worked really hard with the rhyme and flow of the first stanza-
Can you know someone you've never met
love someone you've never known
Can you feel someone you've never touched
feel like you are not alone.
I went from know to met, then love to know, and I was going to go from some other verb and then back to love... (do you see the pattern there? kinda confusing and subtle), but then I couldn't find anything else to put in front of that ....
so for the last two lines I did kind of a play on the word 'feel' with going from physical touch to an emotional feeling inside.
No one else noticed that at all, but those tiny details kinda made the poem for me
thanks again for the great comments
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uhh? I thought I commented on this, ... yes, i did, *scrolls up* yessssmmmm... i did so. i love the poem though, good thing to read it again.
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I LOVED it up to the last line and then the 'YES' kind of killed it for me, i would have loved if you just left it as a question, but maybe this is just me.
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As *xhileno got, I was trying to make a point with the whole complex questions vs. one simple answer. Also, I answered the question, because I have heard so many people say the answer is no. and I am contradicting them for a purpose.
A lot of people didn't get the ending *shrugs* the ending was more for me than for anyone else.
but glad you liked the rest of it
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ok, im sorry if i offended you
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no offense taken 
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very very glad you like it
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this is beyound beautiful.....i lvoe it more then i can say
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thank you so much!
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I don't think it's sappy but very romantic. Your last couple poems have made me think of my own girlfriend. The way your writing has been adaptable to me and probably others is something unique. You have a talent. Although, the last line, Yes., seems a little dead, if you know what I mean.
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your poetry doesn't stop amazing me... it hasn't changed a bit.
such a clear and blunt answer to such complex questions. great poem.
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thanks! 
very glad you liked it
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lol, absolutely nothing wrong with sappy! We can't be depressed all the time. Well, I can, but thats a different story
Yes indeed, that is the correct answer. This poem reminds me of the mindset I was in about 2 years ago.. nice, romantic, and obviously someone is in love 
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lol thanks
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very nice
you CAN fall in love with someone you never met because out there is someone you never knew you always wanted.
very romantic poem.
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thanks
tis very true
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awww you're so sweet
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Very nice poem. I agree with the previous comment though, the ending is too simplistic.
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it is a bit simplistic for an ending, but I wasn't very daring with the creating an ending, for fear of ruining it. my writer's block is still there a little bit, and everything I tried to add on started to sound shitty, so I figured I'd end on a good note.
*shrugs* maybe I'll work on it again some other time.
thanks for the comment
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lol thank you 
tis a bit personal 
thanks for the comment
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Wow... it's sappy in a good way. I like it. But I'm a sappy guy.
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lol sappy guys are good
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I agree.
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Indeed a sappy and cheesy piece, really lacking originality. Could do with less repetition and more imagery, like the ocean and the wall of mist. Many of the lines would sound much more poetic with removal of some words and some editing, like "Can you know someone you've never met" could become "knowing without having met", but that would change the poem a lot, of course. I liked the title, Atlantic.
I'm not a big fan of poetry that asks question and answers them in the end, it feels like underestimating of the reader. Questions don't always have to be answered and if they are, it shouldn't be the simplest way possible.
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pfft dont worry about her it was wonderfully written and I for one enjoyed it thouroughly!! Some people just dont like poetry but others can appreciate the beauty it potrays. You did a excellent job on this--dont worry about it
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I do like poetry a lot, it's rather silly to claim I don't. I just don't like all kinds of poetry. It's like saying "You don't like Metallica, that means you don't like music at all."
I don't see any reason to get down because of my comment, it was just honest and constructive feedback. I'll try reading more from ~hereticschizoid later.
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thank you very much. I feel better now
veryveryvery glad you liked it
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HAPPY B-DAY!!!!!!!!
*happppyyy birrrthhdayyy toooo youuuuuuu,
happppyyyy birrrthhhdayyyy toooo youuuuuuuuuuuuu
happpyyyy birrrthhhdayyyyyyyyyy dearrrr Mellllbellllll
happpppyyyy birrrtthhhhdayyyyy tooooo youuuuuu*
yay!!!!!!!! *mails you a cake*
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*stuffs her face with the cake* well ok its in a day but still--closeness counts!!!
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pff! you mean I gotta sing this all again tomorrow!
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