get back out quick ralphy--thoughts and prayers with you in the new year--that your health gets better and better and the website is better than ever!!!
jacob
carbondale, illinois--but not sure that is in the world

Dear Lucid Moon Readers,
Hope you have a happy New Year and that 2004 brings you much happiness and peace.Unfortunately, I am in the hospital again with the 5th bout of pneumonia this year and an infection. Not much fun in the ICU hooked up to IV's. But, today I'm much better with no temp and am fighting it. Hope to be out soon!Enjoy the Fall 2003 Newsletter. The Winter 2004 one will be up by February. All the newsletters will be archived on this website, so you can go back and print those that you missed.Thank you for your love, compassion and support. Happy New Year! Ralphy
Ralph Haselmann, Jr./Kathy H.
Flemington, New Jersey

Ralphy,And a Happy New Year to you too, my friend. May the Goddess smile on you this day.Many happy returns, Billie Jo.
Billie Jo Mayo
Somewhere To The South Of You

To all my Lucid Moon readers:Hope you had a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, and hope you have a happy and poetic New Year! Feliz Navidad!
Ralph Haselmann Jr.
Hampton, New Jersey

Merry Christmas, Wild Man! God bless us...every one!
Lisa Hulihan
Forestville, PA

Hi Ralphy! Glad you are doing well. Will be submitting in January and February of next year, have got a massive project going on, and will hopefully be sending you some of my new stuff...2 years is a long time and I've learned a lot. Got you to thank for some of that...Later!
Dorothy Wire
Chandler, IN

Each moonlight moment is complete and profound. Your poems will always be an inspiration to me and a reminder of how words can heal and make all dreams come true. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ~Joie de vivre~
Edva
Brunei

Peace, Ralphy,We're thinking of you. And have a merry Christmas. This old Scrooge is going to party!In words & deeds, A Friend.
Abdul le Rioux
Fredericktowne, USA

Hello, I am writing to say hello...I learned about your online poetry magazine through Poet's Market.Happy Holidays!Stocka
Stocka Le'mon
Indiana

Enjoyed my visit to your website immensely (did I spell that right?) I like the oxygen/laughing gas idea. Best of luck in the future. I invite all to visit my small poetry site and sign the guest book.
Donovan Baldwin
Dallas, TX

Ralph Hope you got the new issue of Ibbetson Street, you have a full page ad in the front --have a happy holiday season-pal!
Doug Holder
Somerville, Mass.

I love your web it's so awesome. I love poetry, and you have a great since of humor!! I'm A Hippie!!
Brittany Dannielle
U.S.A

Dear Ralphy,You have such a great spirit! Your sense of humor is incredible, considering all that you have been through. You truly are an inspiration. Thank you for all of your kind words to me. They were very helpful, especially when my father was so very ill. He died Nov. 13.
Rochelle Hope Mehr
West Orange, NJ

Peace, Ralphy,There's a new day a'dawning!Prayers again, Bill.
Wild Bill's Online Show
Fredericktowne, USA

I just got turned on to you guys through a fan of one of your poets, Bill Rhoads. His work is wonderful. I have just become his next loyal fan. You guys are awesome!
Kriket
Shreveport, LA, USA

Hey, Wild Man? Breast or thigh?! All kidding aside....Just thought I'd share what I'm thankful for in this season of Thanksgiving. I am thankful for this wonderful country of ours....the health of my Mom & Dad who I almost lost due to blood clots and cancer...the grace of God Who pulled them through...and my niece Kayla (my hero) who returned safely from the war in Iraq! I am truly thankful. I hope those reading this have been as blessed as I have been this year!!!
Lisa Hulihan
Forestville, PA (wish it was Ireland)

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Lucid Moon readers! Hope your holiday season is filled with happiness and warmth! Cherish the times that you have with your family, relatives, and friends. I am busy converting the homepage into a newsletter which will be up shortly. Have fun with my website! Warmest Wishes, love Ralphy.
Ralph Haselmann Jr.
Hampton, New Jersey

hola senor ralphyi just wished to include you in our prayers. excellente poetry site btw. an overflowing amount of quality poetry, related literary authors, n hollywood actor celebrities. i even bookmarked a couple of your recommended web sites. continue to educate us on the beat generation. i do miss jack n his merry hipsters. genius is something that is an inherited gift which these cool cats exuded. i intend on submitting my ode to the jazz medium in experimental beat poetic form n genre style. fly like the wind. take care ralphy.
Hipster Joe
Dreamland, USA

Hey, Wild Man! There is a full moon out tonight! When you look at it..know that I am too and I am sending you a hug! More hugs, Lisa
Lisa Hulihan
Forestville, PA

Peace, Ralphy,
The gods smile on you this day.
Always, Bill.
Friend Bill Of A Neighboring State
Fredericktowne, USA

Hey, Wild Man! Trick or Treat! Hugs.
Lisa Hulihan
Forestville, PA

Indeed a good site
Radha
India

Hey There, Little Brother!!--Like yourNew Newsletter, am soooooooo glad yougot your new computer, too!Have a Happy Halloween and keep that 'Ole Zen Typewriter Ribbon of ideas flowing......Your Sister, Chris :)
Sister, Chris
Scenic, Colorful, New Jersey

Hang tough, Ralphy, old boy,We're still pulling for you as best our fingers can crawl across this keyboard and on back to Zion's silver pasture. Once and always, Little Brother, you're in our prayers. Peace.
Bill The Man.
Bill, An Idler-Be
Fredericktowne, USA

Hey, it was nice looking around on your site you did a great job, i hope you get the newsletter up soon ;)
Gary R. Hess
Kansas, USA

Dear Ralph,it is good to know that you are recovering at last... and that you are back with your poetry activities...Thank the Lord not only for good nurses, doctors etc... but also for the near miracles of the web which make it so much easier to work even if one is stuck in bed...And you are, indeed, fortunate to have such devoted parents...On this side of the Pond one hears so many dismal stories about the disintegration of the faminly in the USA... Your parents are a living example that as in so many things sociology, no less than economics, is a 'dismal science', which is only coincidentally in touch with reality...I once..before your accident - tried to send you some poems for your 'Moon' page, but they did not seem to reach you.You told be to 'try again' but before I could do so, you had your accident. Shall I try again not?These will be previously published pieces...is that still in order?Vera
Vera Rich
London England

Hi Everyone!Well, I'm out of the hospital for the second time in 2 months. My new telephone number is: 908-806-5250, and my room number at the Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington is: Room 107. My computer will be installed Saturday and I'll be back in business! Thanks again for all your get well wishes!!Ralphy
Ralph Haselmann, Jr.
Flemington, New Jersey

This is my first visit to your site and I am new to the internet. I avoided it for years, fear of technology I guess but this site looks great. I'm sorry you are having health problems and I hope things are getting better.
Neva Brooks
Sullivan MO USA

Excellent website. Excellent work that you are doing. Keep it up.
Richard D. Small
Florida

Peace, Ralphy,Better days are a'Coming. You better believe it!
Bill Childe
Fredericktowne, USA

keep the movement alive.
Keith Combs
USA

Keep fighting the fight Ralph!
Matt Sheahan
New York

RalphJust reading over your web site. Sorry to hear you had a set back. Think of you and your family often. You are in our prayers all the time. Keep the faith, and the good works.
Vince & Joan Tomminelli
Cape Coral, Florida

Hey, Wild Man! I am always praying for you. Keep the faith and keep on fightin', Ralphie! Lots of hugs, Lisa
Lisa Hulihan
Forestville, PA

Hi All,Just wanted you to know that Ralph Jr. is out of the hospital and on Wednesday was moved to a facility close to home. He is now at the Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington, NJ. He will soon have a laptop computer and will be back at his website. He thanks you all for your good wishes and is anxious to get back in the swing of things!Kathy and Ralph
Ralph and Kathy Haselmann
Hampton, N.J.

Glad to hear you beat the latest health setback. I am sure your amazing determination helps with your continued healing progress. Your website looks better all the time and looks forward to your return. Keep up the good work. With love from your cousin Guy.
Guy Haselmann
Stamford, CT

Hi All,Just wanted to update you on Ralphy's condition. He beat the 2 infections he had - ecoli and pneumonia! After 2 IV's of antibiotics, his vital signs are all normal and he's doing well. He needs surgery for his stage 4 wound. He and we thank you for your concerned thoughts and prayers. Ralphy is anxious to get back to his website - he's still in the hospital, but hopefully, another week or two and he'll be back in action!Thanks, again!
The Haselmann Family
Hampton, New Jersey

Ralphy,Sorry you're ailing _again_. Really. I don't know what to say. I'm not much of a believer in prayer myself, but if birds have wings to fly there must be a reason for praying as well. Peace then, Little Brother. In my mind's eye I light a candle for your good health and peace of mind. May it burn brightly as the day turns to night and then again to dawn's early light. I wish you well.
Bill Le Fool
Fredericktowne, USA

Hi Everyone,Just wanted you to know that Ralphy is back in the hospital fighting a killer infection. His temp was 105.4 last night. He is on 2 IV antibiotics and also has pneumonia. His website is on hold for now. Please say a few prayers for him. We know they helped before. Thanks, Kathy and Ralph
Ralph and Kathy Haselmann
New Jersey

Inspiring poetry. Wonderful to read. Great site. Hope all is well.
Michael Nowicki
Michigan USA

Dear Lucid Moon Poetry Readers and Friends,I hope you had a happy July 4th celebration. I would like to thank many of you for writing to me over the past few years. I would especially like to thank William S. Mayo, Erin Jacob Fog, Claudio Parentela, Robert L. Penick, Catfish McDaris, Elliot, AD Winan, Lyn Lifshin, Lisa Hulihan, Rochelle Hope Mehr, Kelly Jean White, Francis Catti, Frances LeMoine, Doug Holder, Brian Morrisey, David Greenspan, Ashley Morris, Brad Kammer, Ana and Dave Christy, Kevin M. Hibshman, Adam Winnicky, Gary Wolkwitz, and Ross Shuman. Enjoy the summer months, as my friend Adam says, 'It's the best time of the year'! Warmest Wishes,
Ralphy
Hampton, NJ

Well, Ralphy,It's a little over a month later and I'm still thinking of you. Happy thoughts! Hello to all. Hope you are well.
Bill Strange
Fredericktowne, USA

Hey- Ralph I sent you a few Ibbetson Publications. Did resend you the Winans interview awhile back, and a Books of Hope piece. How did your party go?--Doug
Doug Holder
Somerville, Mass.

V.F.W. Hall (Valiant Family Within)Who would have thought that therewould be a poetry readingdown at the V.F.W. Halland there would be pictures of theadmiral's son Jim Morrison on the wallthe award for GREATEST FAMILYgoes to the Haselmanns who endureand are as pure as I have ever witnessedV.F.W. on this day stood forValiant Family WithinBlessings to you alland thank you for welcomingmy wife and I so graciouslypeace and love
David Portolano
Nowhere Zen, New Jersey

Hey Tough guy...congratulations on your spirit & your poetry. Keep going. I am happy to see you writing again.
Steve De France
Long Beach, Calif.

here's a link to the baraka piece (I couldn't get the e-mail link to work!)http://www.amiribaraka.com/blew.htmlso glad to see you're full of energy and poems, hope to make it up to new jersey
kelley white
Philadelphia PA/Gilford NH

Yes, Ralphy, by all means, sign me up for your poetry newsletter. I believe you have my email address. May the miles between us diminish with each passing word through the ether. Until next time. Signed, your friend, Old, Fat, And Ugly, still on the keyboard and still wishing you the best.
Strange William
Fredericktowne, USA

Dear Ralph Hasselmann, Jr., Fellow Poets and Friends,

I want to thank you for inviting me to this unique poetry gathering in celebration of the word and, most of all, Ralph’s recovery from the accident in 2001. It seems like Ralph’s strong will and determination is strong enough to see him through the toughest of times and if I had the money or means to get there today, I would. It is important we celebrate and unite in honor of strengthening the longevity of poetry.

Ralph, I envy you for your energy and inspiration you give to the world of poetry and celebration at a time when poetry is on the edge of being pronounced dead as the World Wide Web, television, movies, best-sellers, fast food, and beer have taken a dominating precedence over the past times of American life. We are taught to grasp the immediate satisfaction of the dwindling attention span where no thoughts are needed to develop our sense of satisfaction. Enrichment, focus and premeditation are suspended at the expense of the media’s in your face presence catering to the minds of a generation that ceases to acknowledge the relevance of poetry. It is rationed to society as a medium less than influential.

Today, we are here to strengthen the presence of emerging poets and celebrate the light poetry has shone down upon us revitalizing a soulful energy perspiring through our pores, begging to break free, moving our hand toward the pen as our minds speak freely.

Today we challenge every website, sitcom, box office hit, New York Times best-seller, Burger King Meal Deal, and every Budweiser can from New Jersey to California to put more emotion and thought into their craft and we dare you to possess more power-driven thoughts and emotions than us.

To deem us as irrelevant members of society as Bruce Wexler states in the headline of his Newsweek Opinion column, “Poetry is Dead. Does Anybody Really Care?” is simply absurd! Wexler states that his daughter informed him that April was National Poetry Month and he decided to take the time to figure out who our National Poet Laureate is. In doing so, he took the time out of his busy schedule to read a poem by Billy Collins. Wexler submits to, “To read a good poem, it takes knowledge and commitment…. As a society, we lack knowledge and commitment.” How can we let the stresses of life whittle us down into a lazy, thoughtless, and apathedic race? He admits poetry touches the heart in ways that all other mediums dream of, but we just don’t have the time to take a deep breath and appreciate a deeper understanding, nor do we have the urge to.

I believe Wexler’s outlook on poetry is not too far from the norm of society, but I don’t take offense to his comments, nor am I insulted that all my hard work contributing to emerging state of poetry is deemed as irrelevant. I accept it as a challenge that could be reached far beyond days of my existence. I believe in the relevance of poetry. I believe that poetry can be more exciting than daily rituals of American pastimes. It is a challenge that we must look in the eye and speak to clearly that we are here to fight this war. We are here to fire images of divine creation and beauty that will serenade you with a passion more overcoming than anything you have felt before. Once you feel the gentle touch of raw emotion upon you, your mind will orgasm, your knees will buckle and you will fall into the arms of poetic inspiration and never look back at the submissive way life used to be.

We are all together, united, on the page.

Poetically yours forever,
Brian Morrisey
Editor of POESY Magazine
Brian Morrisey
Santa Cruz, California

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james
the a-hole of california

Ralph, it's greeat to see you back in business. I'm going to send you the first couple of issues of Blue Monk as soon as I get these finances under control!
Ashley Morris
I wish i was in New Orleans (in the ninth ward)

Ralphy,Though your legs may falter your mind wanders on. Be well. In Spirit, Bill.
Simple William
Fredericktowne, USA

Just clicking around today!
Laura M. Porras
Yelm, WA

Hope you are well. Miss being a part of Lucid Moon.John
John Dorsey
26 April 2003

Great to see you are back in action, Ralphy. Hope your recovery stays on track. All things are possible. Peace.
H. Lamar Thomas

I really enjoyed the poetry, especially Moon Beams. Keep up the great work!
Bernard
Vancouver, BC

Mr. Haselmann,

I have not visited your site in a long while. It is good to see that you are continuing to expand and grow.

I am now in Estonia after a year in Egypt. Estonia is cold, lovely, and inhabited by hard-working, fiercely intelligent people. I like it here better than any of the other ten countries in which I have lived.

Tell David Christy hello for me. I have mostly been out of touch with the stateside poetry scene for the past couple of years.

Good luck and have fun with your July celebration.
Michael L. Newell
Tallinn, Estonia

Keep on trucking, Ralphy. As always we're thinking of you. Until next the _Moon_ shines, I am your lonesome hack, Simple William.
Will Mayo
Fredericktowne, U. S. A.

Thanks Ralph for posting the new interviews, sent notices to all parties involved will send you more soon--Doug
Doug Holder
Somerville, Mass.

Haggard and Halloo is looking for submissions for it's spring issue. We focus on surreal work, but take a look at haggardandhalloo.com and see what you think suits us. You can submit thru the website.
TC
Austin, TX

Great sight this lucid moon.We thank you Ralph and and all otherswho bring us here to read or write what ever the case may be we thank you.
Mark Andrew Johnson
under the maple behind the pine in Michigan

Wonderful site. Glad I found you.
CHARLES P. RIES
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Hey Ralph,Greetings from the Portolano Brother'sin Arizona. Glad to hear you are comingalong- you have been in our prayers.peace and loveHope to be able to make yr bar-b-que!
David
Arizona via New Jersey

Thanks for putting up the interviews...I will send you more soon.
Doug Holder Somerville, Ma.

Hang in, Ralphy. And remember that we're thinking of you. As Scarlet O'Hara once said "Tomorrow is another day." Best always from your hack,
Guillermo De La Mayo
Fredericktowne, USA

Doug the interviews are now up under Magazine Archives
Scott
Sweden

Hi Ralph. Do you plan to add those interviews I sent. Hope all is well.
Doug Holder
Somerville, Ma.

Hey Ralph, Love the new format, & archives. You've come a long way from a year ago & we are all so proud. Keep up the good work. When will we see new poems from you? Are those creative juices flowing? Looking forward to July BBQ & giving thanks to all who have raised you up in prayer for your recovery & sustained our family. Luv, Sis
Camille Waser
New Jersey, USA

DITTO!-just correcting my web address-Thanks again Ralph!
Emily Gonzalez
Albany, New York

Thank you for your persistence, your strength, and your poetry!
Emily Gonzalez
Albany, New York

best poetry best guestbook
Handylogos Klingeltöne

Your site was very helpful to me. Thank you. ALAN
Klingeltöne Handylogos

Remember, Ralphy- Life's for the living. Let's live! Stay well and keep up the good fight. I'll write more later.
In Fredericktowne, U. S. A.

It's great to know you're back at your website!! Keep up the good work! We're proud of your accomplishments & we know you'll continue to do well despite all your setbacks. Your body may not work the way you want it to, but your mind works beautifully! We love you, Mom & Dad
Kathy Haselmann
New Jersey

Great site. I found it via my pal elliott's Arminus9's Writers Directory. He has a link there.
Deloney
Toronto

Great to hear you will be back. Funny July 5 is my 47th birthday, maybe I can make that barbecue!
Doug Holder
Somerville, Ma.

I loved the site, Thanks
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