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JustDaniel
post Mar 2 18, 06:38
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CLIMB GRASS

climbing
lessened after
I hit green area;
my bare feet lapped up the cool grass
bladelets


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Larry
post Mar 5 18, 15:15
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by the shore

blade lets
you gut your fish
then you filet it to
have dinner, after you batter
each one


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post Apr 28 18, 10:25
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EARTH EDEMA

each one
added some wood
removing dirt from the
top pouring water to make room…
HA HA!


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post Apr 29 18, 22:24
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Hit It Again

Ha! Ha?
It’s not going
to match criteria.
It’s one syllable short and I
think twain.


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post May 27 18, 11:54
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MARK'S NOTES

Mark Twain
always wrote to
real situations that
keep us thinking lest we become
senseless


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post May 28 18, 10:01
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savor steak

senseless
aging good meat
very long for its age,
obscuring the fine aroma,
robs snack


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post May 29 18, 18:57
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rune snack:
writer eating
his not-so-magic words
because he lost the beat in his
last line


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post May 30 18, 19:06
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limit error

last line
is too long for
many but southerner
is enunciating it so
they hear


I fixed it Daniel!


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post May 31 18, 01:06
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THERE HEARD

Their cough
hasn't a large
'earing since it's in a
roadside cockney ale house that's for
English


Okay, I excised "breed" from the end, so that it wouldn't breed contempt for my ability.


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post May 31 18, 22:44
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elk is hound

English
like the breeds who
keep their sheep safe and you
include the best in your Cinquain.
Safe! Sound!



“English breed” is a good hound but it is also three syllables!


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post Jun 1 18, 14:36
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safe sound
is when the ump
spreads both of his arms out
but prevents his mouth from saying
a word


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post Jun 3 18, 13:26
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a word,
as they once said,
was given to the wise
but it may have fallen upon
deaf ears


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post Jun 3 18, 14:08
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deaf ears
can't hear wisdom;
it passes right through them
without communication to
their brain


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post Jun 5 18, 08:41
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that’s not it

their brain
has a lot to
analyze or forget
and resembles soft spaghetti;
skills left


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post Jun 6 18, 13:59
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SOFTY SELLS

skillets
open up the
food preparer's barrel
to kindly prepare each morsel
you'd kiss


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post Jun 7 18, 13:18
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kind o’ sweet

kisses
in the church pew
necessitate that some
discover what happened and be
overt


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post Jun 7 18, 15:36
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OKAY'D TASTE

overt
kisses kinda
ask for no instructions;
you unwrap and suck them without
debate


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post Jun 8 18, 13:26
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demos erase

debate
echoed chamber
making their agenda
opposing those republicans;
spared none


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post Jun 8 18, 14:05
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SABRE NOTCH

spared nun
a huge jabbo
by laying myself out
recklessly to avoid panic
"ENOUGH!"


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post Jun 9 18, 20:16
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every house

enough
venting will do
extremely well when you
rely on air conditioners
you’ll use


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