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Nov 16 04, 06:19
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Jan 7 05, 17:28
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Two yummie ones, Cleo! common grounds
coffee freshly brewing streams anticipation down at Daniel’s Bagel Parlor where the clients steep in stimulation on each other and their palates Thursday mornings early complementing coffee
© Daniel J Ricketts 07 Jan 2004
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Feb 16 05, 08:20
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May we admire your tower? . . . one eyeful, so we hear . . . and could we see your graceful arch? O might we peek in through the louvers where we’d blush to view plush nakedness that friends have said is art? Greets gay Paris: Mais oui!
© MLee Dickens’ son 16 Feb 2005
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Apr 26 05, 09:31
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an assignment for a local poetry group for next week, to write a poem using the word "secure": Secure
seek your poetic voice in everything you write until it seeps out from the page to whisper softly… shout across the room in tone that’s unmistakably no other’s voice but yours to make your mark secure
© MLee Dickens’son 26 April 2005... and another that just occurred to me while talking with an associate at work: ComPlain
Complain but wait a while until it settles down so you can think the matter through and figure out a way to make things right apart from bitterness that could come blurting out too soon; with calm, words can come plain
© Daniel J. Ricketts 26 April 2005
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May 4 05, 10:47
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RICTAM’TER
response
in graphic verse
creating diamond shape
to focus reader on one thought
about whatever’s in the poet’s mind
meticulously shaped and phrased
‘til writer’s satisfied
each word is his
response
© Daniel J Ricketts 04 May 2005
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May 9 05, 16:41
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HazMatters
Will you
need a placard
saying you’re Explosive ?
that you’re a Hazardous Dump Site ?
Are you prepared to contain your discharges;
get rid of bitterness, anger;
treat all with dignity;
keep a Light on?
Will you?
© Daniel J Ricketts 09 May 2005
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Aug 13 05, 11:40
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Giving
Giving
of yourself is
a courtesy that when
nurtured properly flourishes
in kind, spreading our wills, desires, hopes
amongst the masses intent on
capturing the delights
that is shared by
giving.
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Jan 21 06, 21:12
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Wow... a lot of time has past since you posted this one, Lori...
I guess there isn't much interest in rictameters here, huh? I simply overlooked it. Yours in excellent in every way!
Here's one of my recent spate with which I'm reasonably happy:
Slight Revision:
revenge
anticipates
an evening of odd
and even paradoxical
events to find a satisfying end
to all the fire that burns inside
but when the smoke is gone
ash leaves its own
revenge
© MLee Dickens’son 21 Jan 2005
Original L4: 'or even contradictory'
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Jan 27 06, 08:15
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caught up
on wings of words
too sore on feathered wheeze
I rise above my chair, then perch
on Microsoftly down to peer about
perhaps to sharpen taloned fowl
who scratch about below
while we get all
caught up
© MLee Dickens’son 25 Jan 2006
what’d
I think about
on waking up today?
did I remember that His grace
is new each morning even ere the sun
comes shining through the clouds — or not?
will wonder fill my day?
I need my edge
whetted
© MLee Dickens’son 27 Jan 2006
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Jan 30 06, 07:16
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wood wee
would we
call specialist
meaty urologist
after workouts at a health spa?
and would friend be meteorologist
whether or not he’d known whether
we’d have snowy weather today?
we’d not call fat scientist
meatier-ologist
would we?
MLee Dickens’son 09 Dec 2005
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Feb 23 07, 11:48
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critique critic
critique
slowly arrives
or maybe not at all; I stumble over feedback need. I think... I think... awry about myself
or maybe I'm just insecure,
but weight excruciates.
Am I my worst
critic?
© MLee Dickens'son 22 Feb 2007
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Feb 25 07, 12:12
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Excellent poem Daniel. I imagine we all feel insecure wiht the critique process and am almost always a tad impatient...
Here's two I just wrote for this weekend's flash stimulus:
Heaven's Caress
Caress this day and learn my love for you has grown beyond measure; you light my nights, soothe my days and reaffirm commitment. Without you by my side, surely I’d not be this person who yearns for your caress
Heaven sent you to me on this beautiful day when one kiss sealed our fate’s caress; Love’s coupled desire of absolute peace. Your smile assures me “Life is good”. You understand my needs; our wedded bliss - Heaven
© Copyright Lorraine M Kanter All rights reserved as an unpublished work
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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Feb 26 07, 09:18
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Beautiful expression, Lori, in each of these... and of course I like the fact that you've linked both words in your title. Your corporate piece reminds me of the fact that... Marriage is more than words sealed with a ring and kiss solemnized, witnessed by good friends who celebrate with tossed rice and dancing; it's an hour-by-hour commitment for hand to share with heart while both flesh out marriage
© MLee Dickens'son 26 Feb 2007
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Feb 26 07, 09:37
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Thanks Daniel. Your response is stunning as well! YOu should check out the Acropolis forum today as this was the flash challenge.... Cheers ~Cleo
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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Feb 26 07, 10:07
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Thanks, Lori... I haven't been there for ages. I was a little late, but I posted it anyhow: flowers cannot express the smoke and fire I sense when heaven brings your face and hands to share another moment with this man but my desire to stroke your hair caress your loving smile grows as your kiss flowers
© MLee Dickens'son 26 Feb 2007
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Mar 3 15, 12:05
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sometimes we have to try a form we haven't used for so long we can't remember even how to form the blessed thing; but here we are trying again to write a piece that makes memorable some times
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Mar 3 15, 15:21
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Even numbered lines are what the doctor ordered whenever I’m feeling at odds and am needing a new form to explore. I believe this one fits the bill as a mind exercise I could spend an eve in.
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Mar 4 15, 10:21
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number all your fingers and you'll see they add up to ten -- if you rename your thumbs but since those digits are retractable it really is not such a stretch and the fingers won't mind if they're not made number
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Mar 11 15, 23:33
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playing this kind of game can become addictive as well as limber up the mind but unlike other narrative formats the only thing required here is counting while you are typing up your thoughts, pecking your keyboard while some fingers are playing
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