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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

THE DAY SURE DIDN'T START THAT WAY

Susan may have been a tomboy, frisbied with the best of them, but not when leaping for the high ones - arching back and tapering legs... Darting for the surf, I yelled 'You're good at Frisbie, now catch me!" (That's a dare I lost on purpose - it's how pups and kittens play...) Above the water or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 18, 2011

REMOTELY POSSIBLE

To ease the cluttered coffee table, I bought myself a black remote for nineteen dollars ninety-five. It turned my Sony TV on, started coffee and my car, let out the cat and cooked the supper (sometimes would reverse the two), could re-set the blinking clock whenever power lines cut out, woke me up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

A SCRABBLE HAIKU

Used all seven tiles? T T E R Landed on triple word, too? Y a w e s o m e! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

REVISION CAN BE RUTHLESS- - a haiku

When words are surly, kick the s__t out of a line till it tells the truth! 0/2/14 Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 15, 2011

REINCARNATION RECONSIDERED

We bite our tongues and want do-overs often rue the words we've said hear in horror as we speak the things we know we will regret yearn to press REWIND/REPLAY wish we'd been a bit more careful waited just a little longer called misdeal and tried again chosen B instead of A followed instinct, not our... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE

This hand of mine still hesitates to set a cup of coffee down for fear I'll knock it flying when I sling the carriage over on the Underwood I used to use. 2/3/28 Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

SEASONINGS - 4

Spring is smiling sniffs Summer's lazy respiration Autumn fills your lungs Winter takes your breath away 1/5/9 Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

SEASONINGS - 3

Spring says, Let's do it! Summer says, Okay, when? Autumn says, Sometime soon. Winter says, Forget it 0/6/10 Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

SEASONINGS 2

Spring says it's time to frolic summer says it's time to laze autumn says it's time to savor winter says it's time 0/5/17 Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 10, 2011

SEASONINGS - 1

Spring's Champagne Summer's Riesling Autumn's Port Winter is the ice and glass 0/5/7 Sign in to see full entry.

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