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Gyppo -- The feel of the weight in one's pocket.

Vaughn - welcome. It sounds like Kansas wheat is a worthy relative of North Dakota wheat.

Judy - what an unexpected surprise! the pill regimen - routine, until . . nicely down

Cheers all.

T

I get that the old man phases in and out - old to young to old. But this man is not the Narrator -- it's third person POV. The narrator observes these events. Anyway, a small point. Good poem. T. PS You can join the fun if you only have one or 5 poems in you. :D And who knows, once you start, maybe ...

Indar! Hugh! Nicole!

What wonderful trio of poems to help launch this venture.

Welcome to each of you. So glad you are here.

T

Welcome Marcel! Good to see you make your way here. Thirty Triolets? I am anxious to see this unfold.

Cheers.

T

Hi George, I have attempted this topic in several frustrating poems, all to lesser effect than this poem. With the exchange between the old man and waitress as the backdrop, the shifts in the man are set up well. For her, not so much. The big sticker for me was "changes his disguise into a young man...

Colm! You dog! It's April 1st in Dublin now, isn't it? So you have the first poem of 2019! I still have to wait 5 hours and 10 minutes before the poeting hour strikes at my locale.

Seriously -- 30 death poems? Good Lord! What a spectacle.

Let the poeting begin. This thread is open!

Too funny, Gyppo! Glad to see you.

S3 is made up of only a few of "all your words" and they have affected me deeply. There are others, of course, but I chose these three. I am not advocating S.3's removal, nor do I have revision recommendations. But I must say, I am more confused than ever. I don’t recognize or identify which three ...

Thanks George. Good observation concerning the title.
I appreciate your comments.

T