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 May 6 14, 00:27
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 Laureate Legionnaire  Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends  |
when I am in too much pain to fight
I wear a smile akin to the light of garish neon until danger's gone and I wake up, escape nightmare's fright Alan ·······  ······· |
  
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May 14 14, 15:27
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 Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Frightened mare has escaped in the night
when the rancher declared that he might get big studs from a ship for his barn; they would rip but the thought of that gave her a fright. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner       |
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May 14 14, 21:49
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Egyptian Posts: 399 Joined: 11-April 13 From: Australia - The great Southern Land Member No.: 5,178 Real Name: Maureen Clifford Writer of: Poetry Referred By:arnfinn |
The mare's instinct to fright was flee.
She hurdled creeks and fallen trees that stood in her path - a kookaburra laughed at the brumby mare once again free. ······· ······· |
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May 17 14, 06:40
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Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
My dreams are once again oh so free
so I'll sleep myself into a spree I'll go on a jog live high on the hog ain't I doin' great, so yippee Alan (PS awful, I know !) ······· ······· |
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May 19 14, 22:06
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Ain't no yuppie but I'm doing great;
more a hippie. There is no debate about what I've become writing limericks... hum-drum but of those I have more than a spate. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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May 20 14, 03:38
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Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
damn gardening is more than a spade
for when you have dug, got hole made you must fill it somehow wipe the sweat from your brow only then is it time for cool - lemonade Alan ······· ······· |
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May 23 14, 20:06
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 Ornate Oracle Posts: 19,978 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
I've no patience with cruel lemon maids;
my knee hurts, and the sight of their braids makes the darned thing hurt more. Must I always implore? Tell the nurse I need pain pill upgrades! ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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May 27 14, 13:10
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Pain pill upgrades from nurses that tell
may alleviate pain; senses quell, but euphoria's bubble will get them in trouble and then all of your doctors will yell. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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May 28 14, 01:31
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 19,978 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
If my doctor does yell, it will be
at the lab that's forgotten my knee; they've not picked up my blood to be tested; what good was the drawing?! I'm mad as a bee!!! (The meeting with my doctor to determine the time of my operation to replace the knee that's been out for four weeks, is this afternoon, and the lab did not pick up the blood drawn yesterday morning to be tested to determine whether staph infection in still in it!!!) ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Jun 2 14, 13:32
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
To be mad at the drawing of blood
for a test that turned into a dud may be good for your mood but won't help because, dude, all the lab folks were drinking some Bud! ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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Jun 4 14, 23:46
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Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
so the lab folks were drinking some blood
hence their responses rather like mud the toast is Count Dracula and others, not macula then they switched to the product of spud Alan noun: a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field ······· ······· |
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Jun 6 14, 08:21
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
They all switched to a product from spuds
because rice, corn and barley were duds making crisps or French fries. It came as no surprise they resembled cows chewing their cuds. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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Jun 14 14, 00:17
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Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
they resembled cows chewing their cuds
though they'd prefer "Hey fella, this Bud's on me", cuz I celebrate what ain't in that crate life's in me yet, still flowing, my blood Alan ······· ······· |
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Jun 16 14, 04:54
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 19,978 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
It now seems that the blood in my veins
is staph-free, so infusions weren't vain. I now have a right knee so my future is free to exercise, lessening pain. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Jun 16 14, 06:46
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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 |
YAY for you Daniel! Celebrate!
······· ·······"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 16 14, 23:52
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
I'm so glad surgery did the trick
and you're back on the track; in the thick with a nice brand new knee and that you are staff free. Shame on you! We were all worried sick! and now for the thread continuance from above... Exercise is a lesson in pain and endurance if you can just gain the willpower to do it before you say screw it. Tell yourself, “It is all in my brain!” ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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Jun 30 14, 03:31
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 19,978 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
tell myself that it's all in my brain?
forty staples speak loudly of pain where the skin had to stretch; am I now said to kvetch? none of five-times scarred tissue remains ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Jun 30 14, 15:01
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
The scar tissue remains from all five
of the skin grafts. They flayed me alive then debrided the burns. Even now my gut churns when I think how God let me survive. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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Jun 30 14, 16:27
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 19,978 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Why has God let these old men survive?
It is not because we have connived to live longer in pain; yet we here will remain to flutter our wings in the hive! ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Jul 1 14, 14:07
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,727 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
In a hive when you flutter your wings
are you shaking off pollen which clings to your body and hair or do you want to share information which no one else brings? ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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