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JustDaniel
post Feb 24 12, 09:06
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moon shines
o'er Miami...
but the question remains:
does it shine over your ami
as well?


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post Feb 24 12, 09:29
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ON A MOON CALLED NARCISSUS

As well
ask of the moon
does it prefer shining
in mid June, or on reflection
in spoon ?

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post Feb 24 12, 13:52
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in spoon
held very still
I was found reflecting...
then recognized that I was in
the soup


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post Feb 24 12, 16:32
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HAS-BEEN, IN THE TUREEN

The soup
is your new home ?
Just how fly must one be
to attract sullen waiter's gaze ?
Garcon !

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post Feb 25 12, 16:47
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Carson
before Leno;
whom next with the mantle
of late-night Superman fall on ?
Jimmy?


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post Feb 25 12, 21:36
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Jim'ney -
Cricket's the name,
and cricket is the game
which only gentlemen should play.
Fine hope ....

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post Feb 26 12, 12:19
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Fine hops
hit stumps on pitch
dislodging bails for outs.
Bowlers use bats and Batsmen bowl.
Confused?


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post Feb 26 12, 13:44
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INNS AND OUTS

Confused ?
Study game's laws
Their ins and their outs
you see, are multiply involved
retire ....

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post Feb 26 12, 14:22
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Retire
the side with outs;
just like a baseball game.
Rules sound the same but our balls aren't
wooden.



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post Feb 26 12, 15:34
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COMPOSITION

Make-up
of your fine balls
is no concern of mine;
such information is best kept
well wrapped !

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post Feb 26 12, 22:11
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Will ripped
a high line drive
over the shortstop's head;
his left and center fielders met
head-on.


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post Feb 27 12, 01:02
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DEGENERATION

Head on
collision :
oldster's good traditions
versus younster's "make it all up"
en route ....

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post Feb 27 12, 08:49
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unroot
a seedling tree
perhaps a conifer
then deftly prune for two, three years
a dwarf



for example: . . . . . https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=...r1PSV1PgSGGnJrw


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post Feb 27 12, 16:17
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Add wharf
to a long beach
and strange birds will arrive
as waves susurrate and bleed from
sunsets.


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post Feb 27 12, 17:05
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GROUNDED

Sun sets
at end of day
to rise again in the morning;
more than can be said of this hulk,
grounded ....

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post Feb 28 12, 08:01
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ground Ed
was substitute
when cannibal swore off
any more of his former chef's
veggies


PS ground Chuck was the result of his previous attempt to swear off meat


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post Feb 28 12, 10:09
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Wedges
are tapered blocks
used to separate things
with ease. Distress comes when adding
an I.



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post Feb 28 12, 15:04
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and I
will al-way-ays
love you-ou-ou-ou-I
will always lo-ove you
- Whitney
Houston


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post Feb 28 12, 15:14
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Dear Daniel,

Oh, clever, and so sad. Well done.

Houston
we have problem
with our young Daniel -
Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters
duet

Alan


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post Feb 28 12, 15:20
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Alan, you must have been posting your answer the same time as I was writing mine. I'll answer your's as well.

Hewed stone
of huge tons may
have to be placed on top
of where she's placed to stop fortune
seekers.

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Do it
all together
and the hue's tone won't sound
like wolf's howling over muddied
water



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