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 Apr 3 12, 15:16
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gotten
is so ugly we refined folk prefer 'have received' - mode of expression for now Alan ·······  ······· |
  
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Apr 3 12, 22:29
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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. |
For now,
I'll let that slide. Most refined folk will see that "forgotten" makes more sense than "forhave" ······· ·······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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Apr 3 12, 23:21
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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 |
Touche !
For Haves and us Have-Nots language's a resource to be squandered by all and by sundry Alan ······· ······· |
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Apr 4 12, 08:12
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sun-dried
red tomatoes are quite tasty morsels... but I prefer to eat them all juicy ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Apr 4 12, 08:14
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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. |
Looks like Daniel slipped in an answer while I was writing one. Okay, I'll do two.
You see mouth watering tomatoes on the vine. Eat them now, or dry them? Choice is sundry. Sun dry your tomatoes to retain the flavor that is squandered by stuffing them in cans. ······· ·······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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Apr 4 12, 14:26
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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 |
Incas
rose in Peru somewhere in the highlands early in Century Thirteen AD ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Apr 4 12, 16:19
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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 |
AD
Hey, that is me AMD as poet very slippery character that's me Alan ······· ······· |
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Apr 6 12, 07:38
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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 |
That Smee
was Hook's left hand since he didn't know right from anything he tried to do: What's wrong? ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Apr 6 12, 14:17
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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 |
What's wong ?
Opposite of Wight, the island across from Southampton, Hampshire, England the World Alan ······· ······· |
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Apr 6 12, 21:45
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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 world
always changes. Wrong or right matters not when existence is but a blink in time. ······· ·······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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Apr 7 12, 00:51
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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 |
In time
though now quite short re senryu / haiku I may come to know difference who cares ? Alan (PS very t-i-c !) ······· ······· |
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Apr 7 12, 17:40
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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. |
Hookahs
filter and cool for satisfactory flavor. Exhalations are just smoke screens. Alan, what is t.i.c.? ······· ·······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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Apr 7 12, 18:25
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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 |
Smokes screen
one's addiction as this weed smokes that weed one pretends all's well with the world and life Alan ······· ······· |
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Apr 8 12, 08:36
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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. |
End life
by inhaling their noxious content; carcinogenic pathogens will kill. ······· ·······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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Apr 8 12, 09:40
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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 |
Will kill
is not road kill but deliberate aim at expectant inheritors so there ! Alan ······· ······· |
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Apr 9 12, 07:44
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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 |
so there
are three terse lines with great profundity or simple insight on nature: haiku ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Apr 9 12, 09:07
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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 |
haiku
is so simple but surrounded by rules that make me feel like giving up I have Alan ······· ······· |
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Apr 9 12, 09:30
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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 |
eye has
so many cells it makes its receptors work overtime until they close the lid ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Apr 9 12, 10:39
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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 lit
up the night sky until the storm clouds came with lightning to echo the bright starlight. ······· ·······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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Apr 9 12, 10:47
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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 |
deLight
while the wind blows gently through my window: time for distilling to paper my thoughts © MLee Dickens'son 2012 ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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