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JustDaniel
post Mar 28 13, 12:53
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reflection of shelf
in her bathroom vanity;
hardly a blush


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post Mar 28 13, 15:14
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a hush on broad lea
golden trumpets herald Spring
silent symphonies


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post Mar 29 13, 13:50
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silent symphony:
daffodils with blue bells
trumpet their hues


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post Mar 31 13, 13:00
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trumpeting the blues,
Irises show Narcissus
the Echo's of love


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post Mar 31 13, 19:11
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echoes from above
the dark river canyon:
a night owl hoots


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post Apr 1 13, 22:30
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a night toils in soot
burning colors to ashes
the sun is Phoenix


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post Apr 6 13, 00:31
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sunrise in Phoenix
at a poultry farm:
smell of burnt feathers


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post Apr 6 13, 18:32
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burnished feathers sail
weeping willows shroud the shore
wood ducks on the pond


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post Apr 6 13, 21:56
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ducks wood in the pond:
from aggressive lumberjack
the beaver escapes


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post Apr 11 13, 00:19
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beaver escapades
still water makes wood softer
the rivers be dammed


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post Apr 11 13, 02:55
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the dammed river
floods the beaver's neighbor;
emotions rise


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post Apr 11 13, 14:10
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writhing emotions
invitations are scent to
anaconda balls


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post Apr 11 13, 14:27
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anaconda balls
up to get a turkey;
make a puddle


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post Apr 17 13, 00:13
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a puzzled Mako
prey fish school in a large ball
with a great white shape


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post Apr 18 13, 09:07
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great white shapes

emerge from the waters;

hungry for me?


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post Apr 19 13, 09:10
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hungry forms go eeeeee
while performing lots of tricks
for unknown porpoise


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post Apr 19 13, 10:53
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the unknown porpoise
allied with the killer whale:
man-mauling mammals


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post Apr 22 13, 09:09
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mammalian malls
stretch the imagination
a no-man's land




Thanks, Daniel!


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post Apr 22 13, 10:45
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QUOTE (Larry @ Apr 22 13, 10:09 ) *
mammalian malls
stretch the imagination [ - ]
in
a no-man's land ~ ~ remember: two separate clauses or phrases plus a break ?


nomad's land:
a desert that wanders
between oases


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post Apr 22 13, 14:40
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Thanks Daniel, although I'm sort of a 5-7-5 person, I'll change it!


a sea is between
sailors peril and safety
lighthouse and harbor


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