Tag: poem
member name: Tracey W.
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July 27, 2007 04:02 PM EDT --
The balletomane went to the ballet
the ballroom musicians played allargando.
But when the ballerina appeared,
even the wallflower stood and cheered.
The music soon changed to allegretto
as . . .
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June 25, 2007 12:06 AM EDT --
1. To Give "First North American Serial Rights;
2. To Give One Time Rights;
3. To Give any other type of rights to your work that are common or not so common in the marketplace . . .
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May 12, 2008 09:56 PM EDT --
Our Poets in order of appearance:
Samantha B/Archie Bottoms with Itchy,
Amy S. with "Itchy Elaine" ,
Susan B. with Cat and Mouse ,
Anita R. with Time . . .
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December 11, 2008 04:58 PM EST --
Let's start back up with something really fun. I know this isn't Monday, but I wanted to give you a head start on this challenge. It will be due Sunday, December 21 . . .
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August 09, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
Braving my new circumstances
with brazier hot tears;
those barbarous traitors
haven't betrayed me in years.
Now refusing my barest control,
they fall, un-barred and cold.
Freezing barbs . . .
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August 29, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
I am Icarus, carving the sky.
I fall singing as the ocarina;
deformed, yet caressing the wind
that knows my careless fate
A fate at once careening
out of control,
yet held fast by the jeweled . . .
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August 10, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
I cry so hard
the tears can’t fall.
My breath rasps in
each ragged sin.
Oh why did I have
to love at all?
Why couldn’t I have
just stayed small?
But I’m in the . . .
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September 24, 2007 01:15 PM EDT --
The contestants in order of appearance were:
Elemental Being by Susan B.
The Last Wedding Dress by Marty Wynhoff
OLE RED by Ernie Johnson
Terza Rima - Circling by guatami tripathy
Dusk by Alison Pearce . . .
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November 15, 2007 11:19 PM EST --
F air y Penguin, your name is air y-f air y.
F air y Godmother to you was unkind.
Your tiny little body must be very air ish
in the chill New Zealand brine.
. . .
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November 30, 2007 09:58 AM EST --
The f row zy d row sy Princess
couldn't even lift an eyeb row
to wonder at the fearsome row outside her b row nstone door.
It was too early even for spar . . .
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October 03, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
Inside
Why do I hide?
The open window taunts
Whispering the joys of outdoors
Calling me to that world I'll never know
The glass is tear - stained and hazy
All . . .
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July 27, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
It took three engines to pull that train
car after car after car.
It bounced past our window all night.
I lay awake and wondered
does the engineer have a wife to get home to?
Will he make it home . . .
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November 23, 2007 01:59 PM EST --
Gentle men always the guards men be;
Ennoble men t your goal ele men tally.
Noble men avoid noninvolve men t with care,
Tourna men ts testa men t to your fair
Lisso . . .
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August 08, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
You’ve tried to hide
your feelings these last days
for me I think,
to spare me till the
final blow the
pain such feelings make.
But I know you well enough
to feel the worry . . .
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August 12, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
Friends Standing With You
A Tragedy Brings Them Here
To Stay Close Always
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September 24, 2007 01:27 PM EDT --
Remember, you don't have to actually use the word and you can write in whatever style you please. But do take a moment to look at the group description if you haven't already.
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October 26, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
Win digo can take the shape of a man,
win now your defenses quick as it can.
It win s your affections, has you disavo win g all objections,
until the sorro win . . .
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September 14, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Hear the raindrops crash to Earth?
Each one bears my name.
A fearsome thing, to be so known,
bearable just the same.
Each perfect pearl calls out,
yearning for my attention.
Clearly, . . .
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September 21, 2007 01:44 PM EDT --
Cowed by my own pain;
My head bowed in flowering shame;
There's power in a name.
Once power clung to mine.
Now I'm lower than a spouse
without her own dower house. . . .
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September 28, 2007 01:55 PM EDT --
The blare of the claret
as it shares my mouth
declares the careful cultivation
of its now bare vine.
Carefree lovers ride bareback
caressing amid the harebell
as young mares . . .
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