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  May 18 05, 16:56
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 Mosaic Master  Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep  |
Our February, 2005 Moderator's Choice results are in!
  Congrats to Toumai for winning our Moderator's Choice Award for February with her tile, 'Dinosaur Remains'!! Your Mod Choice mini plaque  will be displayed in your signature and tile! You have led your Muse to bask in the glory of the greek urn known as Mod Choice.  Congratulations! You have added your special touches to our Mosaic in style. Thank you! JOY to you, oh mighty one!       Cheers! Mosaic Musings Staff      :roman:   Moderator Choice Award  *Graphic provided by Celtic Castle Designs Dinosaur Remains A fossilized morality tale in seven stanzas of almost Swap Quatrain (Swampy Q's ancestors?). These bones are old, my father said, 'fore mankind rose they were long dead, their bodies fossilized and cold, my father said, these bones are old. We scavenged on that rocky shore for signs of ancient beasts of yore; winter's stormy seas had ravaged, on that rocky shore we scavenged. A fossil band brought into light: some belemnites – an ammonite; sharp shark's tooth sits on softest sand, brought into light: a fossil band. Head down, eyes search for any sign, oblivious to views divine – sun-splashed surf, the perfect town – eyes search for any sign: head down. My back is sore: I stop to rest and glance up at the cliff-top crest – a prancing, dancing dinosaur! I've stopped to rest, my back is sore. He's gone before I make a sound, drag others’ gaze from fossil ground “Yeah, pull the other one!” They yawn. Before I make a sound, he's gone. A fossil brain with head in sand Look up for once and understand, sometimes glimpse another plane - with head in sand - a fossil brain. © 2005 Fran Martel ·······  ·······"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 Rings
Collaboration 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. Kanter Nominate 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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| Guest_Jox_* |
 May 18 05, 17:10
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Well done Fran -
A great working of Lori's poetic form. A great award for a great poem. Many of our poems on here are very serious and all the better for that. Your poem is great fun - and all the better for that too. (Though it does have some depths which are not prima facie). Anyway, congratulations, Fran. I enjoyed this and Swampy Q is ex-static (though still electrified). J. |
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| Guest_Cathy_* |
May 18 05, 22:53
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Congratulations Fran ... on your award and a great poem!
Cathy  :claps: :claps: :cheer:
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| Guest_Nina_* |
May 19 05, 00:26
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Hi Fran
Congratulations on winning the Mod award for February. This is a great poem. Nina |
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May 19 05, 01:39
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 Ornate Oracle  Posts: 3,660 Joined: 23-August 03 From: Somerset, England Member No.: 22 Real Name: Grace Writer of: Poetry & Prose |
Good morning Fran,
Congratulations :dance: :cheer: :sings: ~ on the award and for bringing back memories of great times scavenging on the beach at Lyme Regis. :cloud9: ······· ······· Love
Grace  http://mysite.orange.co.uk/graceingreece Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Nominate a tile for the Crown Jewels and Faery Awards today! For details, go to the Valley of the Kings! MM Award Winner     |
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| Guest_Toumai_* |
May 19 05, 01:43
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Thanks James, Nina, Cathy and Grace :sun:
James, you are right - this poem wouldn't have existed without Lori - in so many ways - so a HUGE thank you to her, too. :cheer: :sings: :dance: Fran |
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May 19 05, 05:16
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Mosaic Master Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep |
 and thanks Fran!CONGRATS! :pharoah2 ······· ·······"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 Rings
Collaboration 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. Kanter Nominate 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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Jun 17 05, 13:59
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 Ornate Oracle  Posts: 8,877 Joined: 27-August 04 From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia Member No.: 78 Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:David Ting |
Congratulations Fran !!
A wonderful poem and well-deserved award. Hugs, Sylvia :cheer: :lovie: ······· ·······Mis temas favoritos
The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you. "There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction." Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate 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! MM Award Winner  |
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| Guest_Toumai_* |
Jun 17 05, 14:19
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Thanks, Sylvia
Fran |
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