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Larry
post Sep 4 15, 14:17
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buy some growing herbs
to flavor your food tonight
mint for contentment


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post Sep 5 15, 00:42
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meant for content mint:
a two-year-old compost pile
with rain in the shade


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post Sep 5 15, 14:32
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should the rain end with
rainbows in the distant clouds...
unbroken promise


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post Sep 6 15, 03:32
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broken premises;
ants make a living mountain
out of a mole hill


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post Sep 6 15, 10:19
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meal out of a hill
termites can make small mountains
anteaters climb them


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post Sep 6 15, 15:23
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an aardvark climbs out
of the first page of the book:
Living Alphabet


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post Sep 6 15, 21:28
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Tibet alp living
helps evolve hairy creatures
abominable


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post Sep 7 15, 04:47
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a bomb in a bull
went off during rodeo;
rider didn't score


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post Sep 7 15, 18:28
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rider didn’t scare
the frightened bull elephant
a little mouse did


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post Sep 8 15, 05:46
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the little mouse died
under the elephant's foot;
had a crush on her


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post Sep 8 15, 15:45
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a crash on her head
made it very difficult
to use the bathroom


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post Sep 9 15, 03:04
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ant used outhouse
for growing source of foodstuffs;
opened hole foods store


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post Sep 9 15, 21:25
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store food in a hole
and you’ll always be known as
a cellar feller


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post Sep 10 15, 07:37
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a cellar feller
crawls out of the potatoes;
the bag has a swarm


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post Sep 10 15, 18:49
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the bug has a swarm
waiting to surround your face
a breath of fresh heir


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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.
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post Sep 11 15, 09:35
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a branch of fresh heirs
now hatching from light blue eggs;
robin family


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post Sep 13 15, 15:16
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robbing families,
magpies and cowbirds push eggs
leave their own in nests


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John Fitzgerald Kennedy



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post Sep 14 15, 05:53
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making homes of nests
they create with yard debris;
those village weavers


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post Sep 14 15, 21:50
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they weave a village
leaving holes in the bottom
so snakes can’t hold on


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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.
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post Sep 15 15, 22:00
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snake gets a hold on
his victim and starts to squeeze;
the python bites first


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