HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: robg@citr.uq.oz.au (Rob Geraghty)
Subject: Kanangra
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 01:07:44 GMT


Kanangra
--------

Weelah!  The breezes sigh
Weelah!  The cockatoos cry
They chase each other from tree to tree
Jet black feathers, tail windowed gold
Weelah!  Weelah! Their primal calls
Weelah! Weelah! Through echoing walls

Then silence falls
The birds find trees to sleep
And darkness steals across the land
The stream flows silent across the sand
Then dances on the rocks in delight
While frogs call on into the night

The crescent moon slips lower still
The sky ablaze with stars
Jupiter the brightest light
And seconded by Mars
A sound amongst the trees above
Betrays a possum's flight
Her black coat glows in torchlight
As we watch her in the tree 
Caught her in her journey
To her night's repast

A shooting star, a satellite
The fire burns down low
We sit and hear the boobook call
As the embers warmly glow
A flash of light far in the east
The lightning of a storm
Slow at first, the winds arise
As clouds begin to form
Into the tent we then retreat
And close our weary eyes
And to our dreams we sink, replete
Until the dawn's reprise.


				Rob Geraghty 28/12/92

Rob
Official Journeyman-Harper of the RFA

PS  Yes, I know this one needs more work - it's basically just random
notes thrown together.  But it captures something of the beauty of a
night's stay in the forests of Kanangra Walls, a place of vast gorges
and spectacular spaces...  Think I'll go back to banging my head on the
desk for a while (maybe the pain in my head will take my mind off the
pain in my heart...)

PPS The poem actually features a campfire!  And what a wonderful
campfire it was too :-)

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Rob Geraghty               | 3 things are important to me 
robg@durian.citr.oz.au     | The gift of love, the joy of life
CITR                       | And the making of music in all its forms
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: evorst@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Ed Vorst)
Subject: A NEW ROMANTIC STORY (PART 1)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:28:22 GMT

He knew right away.  The moment he saw her, he knew there was no way that
he could ever stay away.  She had that look in her eye that he had only
seen once before,
 even then he thought it was once too many.  It was that look he could
never deal with again, but he could not resist it either.
	It was then that he realised that love is sometimes not the most
powerful of all
forces, though he could not describe what was.  He knew love, he felt it
then, though not for this girl.  
	After having seen her that day his life would be in turmoil.  He
knew it and he 
knew he was powerless against its force.  He couldn't even deny his
feelings for 
this girl because of the one he loved; these feelings were different. 
Though still
 incomprehensible as to why, he knew that he loved one yet wanted another.
	Christine.  
	Her name shook in his ears forever, there was no denying this
feeling, not now nor ever again.  For this was the only time he had ever
 found beauty in the
lighting and smoking of a cigarette, but he saw even more than that, he saw
passion, desire, wanting more and more of something he'd always hated before.
	As he watched her in his thoughts, he felt her fingers on his
lips, throwing the
 passion of that cigarette into his dreams like a bolt of thunder.  So
real was that feeling that he kissed her fingers and tried to smoke the
 cigarette,only then
 realising where he was and became lost in his own loneliness.  
	Christine
	His passion became anger as he knew he would never have her the
way he wanted to,
 for if he did, his angelic joy would surely take his soul away, for no
man could ever feel such requited desire. It was a desire he could not live
without, nor 
live to tell of, even if he did, there were no words.  His furious
attempts to express
 to himself the feelings he encountered then led only to a sleepless
night and mangled bedsheets   soaked with sweat.

	Days passed and he saw her again.......


	
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							ST:TNG
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Tuesday, 22 Dec 1992 13:41:44 MST
From: <ICSJM@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: romance
 <1992Dec22.111210.9733@ac.dal.ca>

true the more surface exposed increases the probability of pain, but true
honesty is needed for a lasting relationship.....without trust there can
true relationship.
            jojo
From: peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au (Clare West)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Another new participant
Date: 31 Dec 92 22:14:54 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2

"A.J. Janschewitz" <p00258@psilink.com> writes:

>>Hi, Jan (I'll call you Jan til you introduce yourself properly :-),
>>I'm clare, the offical welcomer of the RFA,

>I'm usually called "A.J." (have been since my first childhood), but will 
>answer to nearly anything. Since you are acting in your official 
>capacity, I will consider myself welcomed <g>.

Hi A.J., hows the second childhood coming along?

>Happy new year to all of good cheer, and given that the basis of this 
>place is romance, there must be an abundance of that about ...

Happy New Year to you too,

clare

--
usually cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz but currently peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au 
                                         or rgl@adfa.oz.au

only 7 days to go...
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 00:52:49 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.014829.5410@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Dec24.062942.15122@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>>>Lisa Mae <AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>
>>**deleted stuff**
>

**some mo' stuff deleted**

>>Hey everyone!  Did you all know that ross does incestuous things with
>>sheep?!  He even ties them up first!..... in his playroom!
>>(there, that should get the ball rolling....) :-)
>
>Gee - thanks, mate!!

No prob!  anytime....

>So much for being a nice guy...  NG[TinaMarie]...  :-(
>Ofg course... everone knows that Rip taught me all the techniques..
>His vast experience in the subject helped me get it right first time!  :-)

Yep!  I taught ross everything *he* knows, but not every *I* know!!
Brewhahahahahha!!!!!!!!!!

>>>Sweet Ariel, would you like to come over here to my house...
>>>and I'll cook you some dinner, and we can drink some wine and snuggle
>>>in front of my log fire.... and I'll promise to be very quiet too!  :-)
>
>>Hey, blade!  Isn't sweet Ariel too young to drink in most states?
>
>Ah - shut up Rip!!

Hey!  I am just concerned that you don't get in trouble with the law,
that's all....  :-)

>We weren't going to drink in most states... just in front of my fire.
>(Unless you are talking about most states of dress/undress *grin*  )
>Besides... the younger, the better... *Naughty Grin*

Ooooooo....!!!   A pedophile!  I like it!

>>>Hooo boy!!!  Its not losing its effect over here, Ariel!!
>>>Try on the stuff in the other cupboard, too!  :-)
>
>>Now LisaMae dear, you put those clothes back on!  It's time for
>>bed...  Here let UncleRip read you a bedtyme story!  Brewhahahahaha!!!
>
>No - she took them off for me.. and I like her much better that way!  :-)

Yeah, well I suppose you're right....

>Besides, sweet Ariel may be young - but I think she is sensible enough not to
>let 'UncleRip' read her anything in bed!

But, you haven't heard any of my bed tyme stories.... >:-)

rip
-- 
Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we use the ones we
have?
From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Chocolate...: )
Date: 29 Dec 92 14:37:51 GMT
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

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Tina Marie writes:
|>	Tina smiles tenderly up at you, letting her free hand caress
|>your heavenly body softly, lovingly...She sits up, slipping her arm
|>around you, and lying her head on your shoulder tenderly.
|>
|>	Time seems to stand still, while they watch the stars come
|>out...It's getting chilly, and Tina snuggles closer to you...

Sean kisses you gently, then pulls the blanket around your shoulders.  A
short time later, he has a small fire built in a cleared area.  He then
slips back under the blanket with you, holding you and sharing warmth as
the air grows chill...

On a quiet night, by the fireside, a moment can last forever...


Sean writes:
|>>And I always thought girls *liked* serious guys (or was that guys who
|>>flirted like this?)

Tina Marie writes:
|>	I never said i didn't like it...:)

Actually, I'm enjoying myself.  Now if I can just apply these skills to RL,
I'll be all set...

-------------------------
Sean Roberts (working a romantic fire into the story)
"Creativity is the last refuge of the brilliant." - Me
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 21:56:47 GMT

In article <92Dec21.195854.22988@acs.ucalgary.ca> verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>In article <1992Dec17.163220.29378@sequent.com> rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>In article <92Dec16.065628.28857@acs.ucalgary.ca> verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>
>>>>Anyway, always wanted to get up to Calgary for the Stampede...
>>>>course, I wanted to hit Prince George too.... *sigh* someday.
>>>
>>>MA grins at her slave and thinks of bucking bronco... "Yeahaw!!!
>>>Ride em cowboy!!!!"
>>
>>"Oh, I got the spurs and she's got the saddle,
>>We'll get together and ride, ride, ride...."
>
>MA smiles with delight and goes easy onthe spurs, don't want
>tomark up my slave :)

Yeah, and I suppose that Tina the HLO is out getting the branding iron
hot!!!

>>rip(rake me baby! rake me!)
>
>SNUGSANDAPPLIESDISINFECTANTTOTHOSESCRAPS

Thanks, don't need to be getting any nasty infections....
Isn't she just the nicest thing?  Always thinking of others before
herself....  *hug*

rip
-- 
Epperson's law:
        When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably
something his wife can beat him at.
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From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Subject: Re: Chocolate...: )
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:22:37 GMT

DUE TO A SCHEDULING CHANGE, ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS WILL NOT BE SEEN
TONIGHT.  INSTEAD, WE BRING YOU A SPECIAL PRESENTATION...
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Tina Marie writes...
|> Sean writes...
|> > 
|> >Sean opens the bottle of champagne that bacon was thoughtful enough to
|> >provide, and pours two glasses full.  "Lips that touch wine shall ever
|> >touch mine...", he misquotes, then gathers you into his arms for a long,
|> >passionate, and tender embrace, kissing you deeply...  The warm sun and
|> >cool shadows make pleasing contrasts on the two half-clad bodies...
|> > 
|> 
|> 	Tina smiles, sipping her champagne slowly.  The warm sun is just
|> beginning to set behind the trees, and she lies down, laying her head in your
|> lap.  Taking your hand in hers, she sighs contendly, watching the beautiful 
|> colors of the sunset.  Luckily, the night air is warm enough that you
|> aren't cold.  She caresses your fingertips gently with hers.....  

Sean smiles and sips his champagne, gazing up at the sky as familiar
constellations appear overhead.  He stares until the forms of Perseus
and Andromeda become visible.  'How fitting,' he thinks, 'that the
Lovers should stare down at this spot...'  He squeezes your hand a
little tighter, while staring at the heavenly bodies...

|> >-------------------
|> >Sean Roberts, in a romantic spot with Tina Marie
|> >"I'm not writing pornography, boss, I'm just net.flirting!"
|> 
|> 	You call the above "flirting"??? I'd hate to meet you when you 
|> were serious...:)
|> 
|> 	Tina Marie

And I always thought girls *liked* serious guys (or was that guys who
flirted like this?)

-----------------------
Sean Roberts
net.flirting
From: inde7i4@jane.uh.edu (Mirena Paravic)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: GRW gets the blues
Date: 22 Dec 1992 18:41 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: jane.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

(Phillip E lujan) writes...
> 
>STEVE?!?!?!?
>WHO THE HELL IS THIS STEVE CHARACTER?
>And how did he get over by the ChocoVat with Tina?
>I thought I was there...  :-/
>I should be the one there, I've been writing the posts...  :-(
>Maybe I just *think* I'm there...  :-/
> 

	Tina checks you out...you look like Sean....I hope you didn't 
change on me...!

> 
>Sheesh...  Just for calling me Steve, I should jump into your bubbly vat...
>Hmm...  Chocolate flavored champagne...  (Oh, Tina Marie... ;-) )
> 

	*grin* Yes, dear??

	Tina Marie
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Salter)
Subject: Re: Kryst bows.
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:26:46 GMT

erisande@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nowhere Man) shares: 

>	(Ok.  All the ladies on the net can have a free kiss from me
>for Christmas/Holiday if you return a copy of this posting to me.)

Oh goodie! :)

>
>	(Sorry guys, but all you will get is a hug.  The ladies are a
>little more special.  ;)  )

Whew!  Good!  I'm getting tired of trying to keep the guys away from my
sweetie...I suppose I should take that as a compliment....he's so good
EVERYone wants him...;)


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Julie Salter<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            President, Romantic Fire Association
  Wife of the Official Fireside Sex Advisor..AKA: Steven Salter
"Look into my eyes...you will see....what you mean to me......"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>email: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
From: peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au (Clare West)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
Date: 3 Jan 93 21:24:25 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2

>IO11283@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (My friend Jen S) writes:

>>Pain in one's ankle tending to get to your brain? Try taking your foot out of y
>>our mouth!!!! :-)


Hi Jennifer,

   Welcome to ARC, the happiest place on the net

*WELCOME HUGS*

clare

--
usually cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz but currently peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au 
                                         or rgl@adfa.oz.au

only 4 days to go...
From: sjmetz@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven J Metz)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Suzaina Kadir...  Where are you???
Date: 29 Dec 1992 04:00:58 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: sjmetz@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Hello all you ARC's...

I'm posting this in the hope that a person I got to know in the past
is still out there in net land.  Her name is Suzaina Kadir, and she goes
to UW-Madison.  We used to talk all of the time, but then I had a real 
wickid semester in grad school on top of working 45+ hours a week.

If anyone has heard from her (I know she reads this group often), please tell
her that I miss talking to her, and I am sorry for putting her by the wayside
over the past few months...  she seemed really sweet!!!


Steve
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair)
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 13:13:58 GMT

Richard Iswara <ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>******attribution and a lot of innuendos about underwear deleted******
>> >>I think she means *tied up* in bed, for a week....
>> >
>> >Tied up in the busy sense, Rip.
>> >I don't use ropes!  :-)
>> 
>> Ahhh but I do Ross, nice silken cords ;)
>> 
>> Mary-Ann

>Mary-Ann, did you use the silken cords around Ross' neck??

Darlng MA woudln't do that.....
besides, if she got carried away with it - then she be a necrophiliac....

And I think we will leave that practice for Rip alone!  :-)

Ross
Getting back at Rip for comments about me and sheep!
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: cs151kx@lamar.ColoState.EDU ()
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 07:08:25 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

	Well, I'm not sure where this thread has gone, however, i think
	the the best place to see a sunset, or even a sunrise, depending on
	which side of the mountain you are on has got to be in
	COLORADS, they are unmatched by a sunset in any other land. 
	You just have to see it, i have seen many beautiful sunsets
	in many other places but there is none better, anywhere on this
	planet anyway...
	
	Go ahead, speak your peace. I don't see much room to argue.
	
	Sincerely Lates
	
	ChrisTOPHer S. Johnston
   ___________________________________________________________________________
   I   ______  ____   ___  /   /     cs151kx@lamar.colostate.edu              I
   I     /    /   /  /  / /___/      ChrisTOPHer S. Johnston                  I
   I    /    /   /  /--- /   /       Colorado State University                I 
   I   /    /___/  /    /   /      AND NO, WHAT I SAY DOES NOT REPRESENT CSU  I
   I__________________________________________________________________________I
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair)
Subject: Re: CALLING OZ: '93 status, please ...
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 13:27:55 GMT

"A.J. Janschewitz" <p00258@psilink.com> writes:

>Should be '93 now in OZ ... are things getting better yet?

Well, not weatherwise!!
Its still pissing down here in Canberra

Ross
Right at the end of the Aussie chat  :-(
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: Re: Beauty
Organization: OFSA
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:31:42 GMT

erisande@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nowhere Man) remarks:


>	Cool.  A match made in Heaven, eh?

Logical...a cool match WOULD be made in heaven...a HOT match would be
made in hell, eh?, make sense?

>	I wanted to take some time here to say: Thanks to Steve and
>Julie for letting me stay over after they left and play games all
>night.  ;)  T'was kinda fun, really.  But it was strange to be in a
>house which I have only seen with people inside laughing and having a
>good time.  The quiet was nice, but I guess that the ARChat just stuck
>in my mind at the time.  Kinda strange, huh?

You are welcome son. :) Hope you got a lot of flying done and
etcetera, etcetera. Welcome anytime.

>
>	I suppose I should be off now...  Love and Rockets, kids...

Love and rockets?

Steve
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 18:51:14 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <92358.115453AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET> Lisa Mae <AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>In article <1992Dec23.072653.20671@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu
>(Ross Mair) says:
>>
>>>Awwwwww ... MA gathers Ross in her arms and snugs him real tight
>>>and whispers in his ear...
>>Ross:
>>Ahhh - that feels so nice. Thank you MA *HUG*
>>I knew there had to ba *a* women who appreciated that I didn't wear
>>her underwear  :-)
>>
>>Now, just what wewre you whispering in my ear?? :-)
>
>*That's what I was wondering.  Come on MA, tell.  Hey wait a minute!  Ross,
>weren't you listening when she said it? hmmmmm....where was your mind? *grin*
>*giggle*

Ahh now... you missed it Ross... here let me tell you again... MA
leans forward and whispers something to Ross and watches his face
flush and his mouth drop... MA grins and winks at Ariel... 

SNUGS

Mary-Ann


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Mary-Ann Verwey                    Hold on to the shining moments in times
verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca             of darkness, they will pull you through
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From: hck@maximo.enet.dec.com (Herb King)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: hi i am new
Date: 28 Dec 92 15:13:22 GMT
Reply-To: hck@maximo.enet.dec.com (Herb King)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


|> Hello, H. King.  I LOVE your name!  Welcome to ARC.....a wonderful place
|> to share, laugh, cry, support and have a good time.  Sure hope you
|> like chocolate! :)
|> 
|> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Julie Salter<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|>             President, Romantic Fire Association
|>   Wife of the Official Fireside Sex Advisor..AKA: Steven Salter
|> "Look into my eyes...you will see....what you mean to me......"
|> >>>>>>>>>>>>>email: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|> 


 Hi julie thank you  for the welcome. I am glad that you like my name.
I do love chocolate. I have some chocolate but no one to share it with.
Any ideas????


herb
From: epperson@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Mary)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Another new participant
Date: 2 Jan 93 17:12:03 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department

In article <2934847457.3.p00258@psilink.com> "A.J. Janschewitz" <p00258@psilink.com> writes:
>Count in another middle-aged male among the ranks lurking about here. By 
>way of introduction, I'm ... nahhhhh ... I'll let you get to know me, 
>should you care to do so.
>Where is the curmudgeon seating in this place <g> ??
>==a.j.==

Welcome AJ!  middle-aged male?  Ahh, but it depends on how old you
*think* you are!! :-)

You can sit wherever you'd like...no pre-arranged seating needed.
There's plenty of room over here by the fireplace, if you'd like.

Mary
aka GEMR
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Subject: Holiday blues
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 21:09:31 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

Hi folks... 

To Ross and Rip and Rob, sorry I haven't replied to your posts...
I just haven't had the bounce to do it lately. The holiday season
is almost over and I can't tell yu how glad I am that it is...
Just the dreaded New Years left and then I can try to get things
back in order. This was the first Xmas ever that I spent alone
and I hope never to have to do that again. I turned 30 on the
28th too and spent it mainly on my own. Now I know the meaning of
holiday blues... 

Sorry to be a downer folks but I just wanted to say I was alive
out here and will return to posting shortly.

Mary-Ann
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