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Alan
post Jul 25 14, 07:31
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heading for a thrash
all-night rave in farmer's barn
make hay while sun's down

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post Jul 25 14, 19:50
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haymaker son's down
for the last count on canvas;
picture a 10-count


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Alan
post Jul 26 14, 03:09
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picture a sawbuck
Warhol "creativity"
modern, but not art

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post Jul 26 14, 09:46
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mowed down but not art,
the cornfield paths intersect;
roads to nowhere


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Alan
post Jul 26 14, 11:21
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the roads to nowhere
are deceptively disguised
all start right at birth

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post Jul 26 14, 11:47
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birth is a start
even for a cynic;
nowhere is a place


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post Jul 26 14, 11:53
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birth of a cynic
saves formal education
study war no more

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post Jul 27 14, 02:45
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studs are no more;
all the stallions have become
transsexual


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post Jul 27 14, 03:38
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trans-national
my birthland made by Hitler
not liking mother

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post Jul 27 14, 05:18
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unlike its mother
the turtle would not shell out;
content as old maid


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post Jul 28 14, 01:06
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content of old maid
sugar and spice, all things nice
old rhymes speak sooth

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Larry
post Jul 28 14, 23:09
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old rimes sink south
winter sun heats up the glass
a pane in the ice


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post Jul 28 14, 23:25
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a pane in the ice
caused one skater to slip;
a pain in the arse


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post Jul 29 14, 01:00
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as plain as your arse
do my lies look big in that ?
all fabrications

Alan

Forgive the British spelling - so much more resonant, don'tcha think ?


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post Jul 29 14, 01:46
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a fab vacation
in the British Isles;
memories foggy


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post Jul 29 14, 14:37
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froggy memories
always jump to conclusions
a tale with a tail


Sorry Daniel, probably a Faux-ku.


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post Jul 29 14, 16:09
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is this a faux-ku ?
or a foxy senryu
swallow difference

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Larry
post Jul 30 14, 08:58
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different swallows
are aerial acrobats
gulping down insects


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Alan
post Jul 30 14, 09:34
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swallowing insects
is the prime purpose of life :
swooping, diving flocks

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Larry
post Jul 30 14, 13:11
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flocks dive in the swamp
fish lay eggs in the shallows
links in life's long chain


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