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February 20, 2008 09:09 AM EST --
This is not an actual news bulletin. This is a fictional short suited for PLAY ON WORDS, using the three letter prompt (SON) - Enjoy the read and better yet, why don't you join our group and . . . more
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . . more
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June 11, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
Here's a few I gleamed from Ted Kooser and several other noted poets, as I understand them:
DO'S & DON'TS OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY
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June 08, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Senryu 1
those girls talk too much
when they gather together
excluding all boys
Senryu 2
time has come to stop
complaining . . . more
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July 01, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
for Donald Hawley - 7/1/2008
soothsayers, seers and saints
have a corner on the future,
perhaps scientists do not,
stuff happens, no longer a dream. . . . more
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June 12, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
astrology, alchemy, atheism
none a true science
so many endeavors
directed away from
reality, truth and beauty
so much wasted time
. . . more
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June 11, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
Here are a few terms serious poets should use and understand:
abstract/concrete
alliteration
allusion
anaphora
anecdote
aphorism
assonance
blank verse
cadence
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June 12, 2008 06:23 PM EDT --
the sky is filled with so many visible objects,
many can be seen with the naked eye,
others require binoculars or a telescope,
with help the heavens open up to a . . . more
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June 12, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
Summer Days Haiku
on warm summer days
it seems we are at peace
then the TV comes on
Vibrations Haiku
vibrations . . . more
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June 06, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
That pooch and her stuffed toy puppy,
she confronts, attacks, tries to destroy it.
I suppose confronts is a bit of over simplification,
she does chew it, bite it, throw it, and jump on . . . more
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June 10, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
Taken from: http://www.twodragonflies.com/about.html - THANKS!
What is Haiku?
Haiku – a form of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka . . . more
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June 12, 2008 07:24 PM EDT --
Grandpa Joe's favorite possession
his filly "Goldie" a beautiful palomino horse
sired by Roy Rogers' famous "Trigger"
Goldie's dam (or mother) . . . more
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June 13, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
summer's solstice starts
desires sexual, physical,
emotional attractions
pleasant longer days
shorter nights filled with
lust, desire, temptation
summertime . . . more
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June 05, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
witch's strange poisoned brew
what a horrible black broth of evil
gruel with bubbles of hate, malevolence
our long terrible war
victims scream a tragic song . . . more
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June 21, 2008 04:24 PM EDT --
Happens all the time, me wife talks to me,
while I'm iPoding!
What an interruption! What nerve!
Yes, what a grand insult!
Here I am in the middle . . . more
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June 21, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
Where would we be without Alex Bell
the telephone inventor?
What would radio be today without
Marconi, Morse, and Armstrong?
Other necessary . . . more
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June 04, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
after sight and memory
eleven things on the old wood mantle
foggy it seems
a large ornate figured plate
a comical six inch wooden
statue of Don Quixote
a large . . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:34 PM EDT --
children in the wind
drop the leaflets
drop the stuff
blows away
soldiers in the wind
one mile from test
blast, fire, shouts
houses, trees exploded
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June 06, 2008 02:12 AM EDT --
Here's a very good question, for you enjoyment and enlightenment!
What is Poetry?
Wikipedia says, and I quote:
Poetry is a form of art in which . . . more
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June 05, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Small birds eating seed
Left behind for them to find
Seem utterly unaware.
more
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