my poem " zoes birthday " does not appear on my page the way it was submitted. the way it appears changes the entire context of the poem. this poem is very important to me. either change it to the way it was submitted, or eraze it and i will submit it again. but do it quickly. after october 28th this poem is invalid.

You put about a hundred periods in a row. What did you expect to happen?

When you submit a poem learn to use the preview button because what you see is what you get.

Secondly, learn to use the modification link. Its at the bottom of your poem. Then before you submit the request, use the preview button. Again, what you see is what you get when you preview.

Lastly, I do not appreciate your language and I certainly do not appreciate the tone of your post.

the formatting "changes" were probably done because of html restrictions, which, to be honest, are generally horrendous. by the time the site's moderators viewed your poem for approval, the changes were already made. even if they wanted to, there's absolutely no way they knew it differed from the original intended formatting nor do they have any way to "change it back".

if you want to preserve formatting, look up the code[] tag.

also, be aware that uncivil action on the site has been grounds for account suspension in the past.

like yer work omega... but i do side with j chin and john on this one.. :[

i've only owned a computer since june. before that i had never touched a computer, let alone opperated one. i learned what to do by randomly hitting keys to see what happened. i still have no idea what the vast majority of the things on the screen do. i know that computers are second nature to people on here, but try and remember the first time you sat in front of one. as i said to a friend of mine, before june i thought a web site was a place where spiders lived.
you may, or may not know this, but the majority of my poems are directly, or indirectly about a lady called zoe. we were going to be married, but last christmas she.....died. this poem was a final tribute to her. a form of closure, written for her bithday( 28th october ). when it came up wrong ( it's fixed now, i eventually worked it out ) i panicked.the next time i panic( and i'm sure i will ) i will panic internally, and not in print. having said all this the e-mail i recieved from john was highly insulting ( i guess we both know how to swear, eh john ), so this is just an explanation, and by no means is it an apology- love and peace- paul.

no worries. I just wanted to point out that any perceived action on GotPoetry's part was completely unintentional.

1) I am sorry for your loss. That is terrible and I can understand why that would fuel your emotion.

2) You have two pages of poem submissions since July. That's quite a bit. You should know how to edit by now, or at least know that the formatting error was your fault. If that last post wasn't an apology, perhaps you should consider one that is.

3) I read your poem today, on Oct 29, and did not find it invalid. I am truly sorry and glad that you are experiencing some level of closure.

-Jesster

Yes but Paul does have a point to be fusterated. The poem is of great meaning. Zoe died. You can't blame him for wanting it the way it was supposed to be. and like he said he's kind of technologicly chalenged

I'm locking this thread. Everyone is on the same page with the circumstances.