Beware HANBALAB!

An inspired piece Jess, I have no idea what 'Hanbalab' means but this line killed me! "balls as large as boulders." M

I didn't get it either... you had me looking up hanbalab to no avail... I did get a hit on some ancient (maybe it was druids) tribes... but... and of course after your explanation I see it was right there in front of me... I liked your carried-over-acrostic-styled poem... sometimes that is what it takes... to be as hard as nails... in some aspects of life and circumstances... the trick is getting away from it when we need to... enjoyed your thought filled poem Richard

I enjoyed this piece it had depth. Thanks

I unstood it to be about courage and perseverence when you related the story of your uncle. I really liked your question "Is that omelet worth those eggs?" but the last two stanzas confused me. Frost

I remember when everyone turned on me i was mid to late twenties was following my Guru woman whome everyone said was crazy and had turned me had to walk to work which was kilometers away a good half hour each way sometimes i got to use her car but it was at dusk in the winter and fall cold hungry tired that I got to think a lot thinking is crucial becoming a poet these last two years took immense time but brought me close to those times because I walk about twenty minutes to work and back Okay it was an hour there and back but anyway I thought I had big balls but strangely would find moments of revalation during all those hard moments things would just happen spiritual things i so believed in family and freindships and when it went away it changed me I became very very mean and so down and out I know what eggs in an omlette cost what freindship costs today this is a very meangingful poem for me I am glad that I get to read these poems today rather then take a book out of the library because not only do I get the Joy of Getting these poems but I know the artist as a freind and I sure wish I had a time travel transportational device so I could hang out for a day with him

Or is the 's' silent? As always on this date I track you down and fleetingly pop into your life. Happy Birthday!

Just wanted to let you know that I did get the acronym. But then, haven´t we both read Douglas Adams? By the way, do the "Hollow chocolate bunnies of death" ring a bell? If not, try looking for books by Robert Rankin, a very apt inventor of acronyms. Cheers, ID

can't stop... laughing... I'll have to get back to the rest of this piece as soon as I get over the warning at the beginning! honestly, great write! I love how it can be seen in a light and funny way, but also has depth where needed. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... your Proprietress

Monet and a garden sounds wonderful

our poetry no longer needs critique, only our ideas. Still, I now wonder what the point is in the cost of eggs. And I dream, wearily of an omelete, and more painkillers. Mark W.

everytime I try to read one of your newer pieces I get ridiculously distracted by this one. I have to read it again and again and then I'm just too distracted because it's so f***ing awesome... one day I might get over the HANBALAB. but I doubt it. with love, your Proprietress