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by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:50 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: Triolet 17
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Views: 2932

Re: Triolet 17

Ahhhhhh... indeed
Aj
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:32 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Tracy Mitchell wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:29 am
binx wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:25 am
4/17 poem
 
End Game

Remember,
once you were good
for nothing—

now every day seems
to be all of them.

by George  

George -- love this one!  
Perfect !!!
Aj
 
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:30 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

#17 How Sarah Palin Ruined the Wink She straddled a balloon perched on an anvil or a flying goose– tracking from the sky, the edges of everything ran down the page. Her skirt was red, her lips were warm: your kisses are wasted on me , she said– the edges of everything ran down the page. Far from ap...
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:27 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Tracy Mitchell wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:22 am
Ah -- the distinction. :)

The distinction I most strongly recall learning from my father was the difference between pile and stack. :D :D



Ha - good one !!!
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:50 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: You Will Remember Me.
Replies: 4
Views: 15710

Re: You Will Remember Me.

Wonderful
Aj
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:40 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Day 17

   
I wanted my Daddy
to tell me
everything was alright
 
Rather than telling me
how to do
everything right
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:38 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Deb - Stupidity - what to say... got to be all about fear of the unknown... knowing is the game changer.
Aj
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:35 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

lisaeagle65 wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:56 pm
 BEST FRIENDS

Lisaeagle - beautiful, idyllic... 
Aj
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:27 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Thanks Tracy, Yes when I read about it a few years ago I knew I had to put it in a poem someday somewhere. It's deadly enough imo to need no overstatement. Hey Sharon - your hornet poem makes one want to run away to save one's soul and sanity.  And I had to rush to look up Bolton Strid - yes, deadl...
by ajduclos
Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:17 pm
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
Replies: 828
Views: 679712

Re: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!

Tracy Mitchell wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:19 pm
Thank you M. :)

I concur - this Frenchman was watching the same dream - nice bit of writing !!
Aj