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Community News Everything is Broken - 02/06/2018 by V. Blake As I write this, I don't actually know if it will post successfully. Let's see. Sorry to report that the owner of this website has abandoned it. We owe him eternal gratitude for all the work that went into building it in the first place, and for continuing to foot the bill that keeps it online at all. That said: we apologize for the bugs, but there's nothing we can do to fix them. CURRENT MEMBERS: Keep steady backups of your poetry. And everything else--that's just practical advice for a digital world. In case you didn't realize, private messaging does not work. Your messages are not reaching their recipients. The moderators can pick poems of the day. That's about it for our powers. APPLICANTS: I am sorry. Site errors will prevent me from making you a member. I promise that we'd have welcomed you to this community if we could. -- I guess that's it. Hope you're having a good day. The Pathetic Book of Poetry - 04/08/2014 by V. Blake Our very own Jody Pratt was cool enough to put together a book of poetry using submissions from Pathetic members. Read more about it in the forums--you can even just click this link if you're feeling lazy, so no excuses. Thanks go out to Jody for his efforts and to everyone who submitted their work to make it possible. Go get yourself a copy! New Server - 08/03/2013 by Gavin M Roy The site has been moved to a new server which should address the ongoing login issues for the past week or so. Stop, Collaborate, and Listen Contest Results - 09/20/2011 by V. Blake Well, the extended contest is over, and we have our results! Congratulations to our winners, and a sincere thanks to all the participants! WINNER: Scarecrow by Frankie Sanchez and Steven Kenworthy RUNNERS-UP: Everyone else! (Sorry. The submissions were too few to warrant runner-up selections!) There wasn't a huge pool of submissions this time around, but all the ones we got were awesome. Thanks again everybody. Older News

Poem of the Day for 05/24/18 Kin To The Devil by Hartwell Davis Kin to the Devil cause he’s colored red Kin to the Devil all the white men said. The injuns were hated by the white man kind If you killed an injun, they say that is fine If you kill an injun - that’s one devil less They’re kin to the Devil - that’s real brother-ness. If the injuns get you, you’d be better off dead They will stake you out on a lively ant bed First comes the torture then they cut your throat The buzzards will eat you and that’s “all she wrote”. Of course, they were cruel, they were wrong, I guess But we took their land and could have cared less Let’s remember each act and the reason why Because we’re kin to the Devil, you and I. 12/18/2005 Visit Hartwell Davis's Library Kin To The Devil Copyright © 2018

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