Twin .
Alice
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Twin .
Alice
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Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
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Alice
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From 'my mother's rose petals' conjures up so much - a whole novel, perhaps.
I shouldn’t be surprised
at how much I lost
during the move:
perfume
carefully collected
from my mother’s rose
petals
That's what poetry is supposed to do, fling us off into a new direction. Land us
surprised in some other place.
Beautiful.
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From 'my mother's rose petals' conjures up so much - a whole novel, perhaps.
I shouldn’t be surprised
at how much I lost
during the move:
perfume
carefully collected
from my mother’s rose
petals
That's what poetry is supposed to do, fling us off into a new direction. Land us
surprised in some other place.
Beautiful.
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Alice
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Alice]]>
Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
Gary]]>
Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
Gary]]>
Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
Gary]]>
Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
Gary]]>
He is nearly, or even spiritually, part of us in the IBPC family already. And it is now my pleasure to announce that this fall's IBPC judge is Paul Lisicky, as in"Heaven for Paul ." (So he has already been introduced to us IBPC poets.)
Here is a brief webography:
His web site, for your perusal:paul lisicky .
His blog, for you reading and comment:Paul Lisicky .
Paul speaking at Cornell:
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He is nearly, or even spiritually, part of us in the IBPC family already. And it is now my pleasure to announce that this fall's IBPC judge is Paul Lisicky, as in"Heaven for Paul ." (So he has already been introduced to us IBPC poets.)
Here is a brief webography:
His web site, for your perusal:paul lisicky .
His blog, for you reading and comment:Paul Lisicky .
Paul speaking at Cornell:
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You had me grinning with this one . I like the way you wrote it, as though you were just talking awaycasually about something you had read. I like the image, though don't like the idea of the tickle of the legs....yuch. And I like the way you've given a personality to how the cricket got from Mexico to you. Bob's son had to learn how to eat anything and everything like worms,
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You had me grinning with this one . I like the way you wrote it, as though you were just talking awaycasually about something you had read. I like the image, though don't like the idea of the tickle of the legs....yuch. And I like the way you've given a personality to how the cricket got from Mexico to you. Bob's son had to learn how to eat anything and everything like worms,
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Poetry & Poets in Rags blog
A theme develops further this week, in which the sick fools running some of the countries on our home planet, are keeping poets and artists from travelling. We begin with the open letter from Liao Yiwu, who was kept by the feeble-minded Chinese government from going to Germany. We then link to the story about Simin Behbahani who was kept
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Poetry & Poets in Rags blog
A theme develops further this week, in which the sick fools running some of the countries on our home planet, are keeping poets and artists from travelling. We begin with the open letter from Liao Yiwu, who was kept by the feeble-minded Chinese government from going to Germany. We then link to the story about Simin Behbahani who was kept
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Really got me today.
Aloha,
Wilt
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Really got me today.
Aloha,
Wilt]]>
But don't call it failed--maybe call it unfinished or rough.
hugsmo
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But don't call it failed--maybe call it unfinished or rough.
hugsmo]]>
matter....re using the board...brion
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matter....re using the board...brion]]>
And as for this
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And as for this
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Ellen
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Oh, how I love reading your poetry. It's a flair you have, friend. You take an idea and make it so fresh and clever with your images and language. I marvel at you.
hugsmo
ps Your title grabbed me right away. It spoke to all of us who find our imperfections more easily than our qualities. I shall come back to this poem again. Magic. Keep writing. Get publsihed. Find the time to show the
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Oh, how I love reading your poetry. It's a flair you have, friend. You take an idea and make it so fresh and clever with your images and language. I marvel at you.
hugsmo
ps Your title grabbed me right away. It spoke to all of us who find our imperfections more easily than our qualities. I shall come back to this poem again. Magic. Keep writing. Get publsihed. Find the time to show the
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I agree with all that's been written so far and really appreciate Alice's observation about the fact that there are two worries going on. This is a really neat insight into the lives of both -- the woman observed by the speaker and the speaker as she sees her and reflects outward with her own sense of values. It's like a russian doll, peeling away the layers. I really enjoyed.
Ellen
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I agree with all that's been written so far and really appreciate Alice's observation about the fact that there are two worries going on. This is a really neat insight into the lives of both -- the woman observed by the speaker and the speaker as she sees her and reflects outward with her own sense of values. It's like a russian doll, peeling away the layers. I really enjoyed.
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I can feel your exhaustion in the poem -- it's a sketch, quick, but with the sudden detail of peril popping out at me. Well done.
Ellen
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I can feel your exhaustion in the poem -- it's a sketch, quick, but with the sudden detail of peril popping out at me. Well done.
Ellen]]>
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well said,
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well said,]]>
Maybe its really “climate shift”
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Maybe its really “climate shift”]]>
Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
Gary]]>
Thanks.
Smiles.
Gary
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Thanks.
Smiles.
Gary]]>
Congrats on your 10th 30. Spiced Tomato Nehi raised high.
Smiles.
Gary
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Congrats on your 10th 30. Spiced Tomato Nehi raised high.
Smiles.
Gary]]>
Being gone raises cane with my stats.
Smiles.
Gary
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Being gone raises cane with my stats.
Smiles.
Gary]]>
Smiles.
Gary
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Smiles.
Gary]]>
Congrats for counting your way into your 9th 30. Blueberry Nehi raised high.
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Congrats for counting your way into your 9th 30. Blueberry Nehi raised high.
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Swiffer the best.
Smiles.
Gary
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Swiffer the best.
Smiles.
Gary]]>
I am very pleased to announced that, as of this morning, Dana Goodyear is our 2009-10 Poem of the Year judge. She will receive the top poems from May of last year, through April this year, when April's is available.
It is so involved to do a representative webography of Dana's work, because she is so involved with so much in our culture. But here's where we can begin.
Her remarkable web site:
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I am very pleased to announced that, as of this morning, Dana Goodyear is our 2009-10 Poem of the Year judge. She will receive the top poems from May of last year, through April this year, when April's is available.
It is so involved to do a representative webography of Dana's work, because she is so involved with so much in our culture. But here's where we can begin.
Her remarkable web site:
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You are beautiful. Now say it.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Move those hips; share those lips!
Too thick, too thin--
get over it, you got 'em, flaunt 'em.
Love those luscious mounds, those smile lines.
Take care of the heartstrings-- your treasure,
not purse-strings, baby.
Don't beat up on your feet;
treat each part as a friend--
full blown
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You are beautiful. Now say it.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Move those hips; share those lips!
Too thick, too thin--
get over it, you got 'em, flaunt 'em.
Love those luscious mounds, those smile lines.
Take care of the heartstrings-- your treasure,
not purse-strings, baby.
Don't beat up on your feet;
treat each part as a friend--
full blown
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Good one,hugsmo
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Good one,hugsmo]]>
I loved the information about your poetry class. Soo lucky you three having such reasonable experiences in writing. Shared writing and eating too!
I enjoyed both of your cinquains. I'll have to write one being such a copy cat and you are my mentoress of the highest regions. Blue sky, warm breeze, and palm trees with poi and friends too. Consider yourself lucky.
loveyou love for living
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I loved the information about your poetry class. Soo lucky you three having such reasonable experiences in writing. Shared writing and eating too!
I enjoyed both of your cinquains. I'll have to write one being such a copy cat and you are my mentoress of the highest regions. Blue sky, warm breeze, and palm trees with poi and friends too. Consider yourself lucky.
loveyou love for living
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S.
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I love these photo haikus of yours. They have a name, don't they? I'm drawing a blank.
Great photo and poem combination here. I can tell it's a picture taken by a mother. There's a lot of love in it.
Ellen
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I love these photo haikus of yours. They have a name, don't they? I'm drawing a blank.
Great photo and poem combination here. I can tell it's a picture taken by a mother. There's a lot of love in it.
Ellen]]>
allen
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Now you're making me think of breakfast already! It's sucha social event going out to breakfast. You made it sound like such enjoyment. Friends and a great spot, add the delicious food, and the satisfaction. A complete morning lived in just the right way.
hugsmo
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Now you're making me think of breakfast already! It's sucha social event going out to breakfast. You made it sound like such enjoyment. Friends and a great spot, add the delicious food, and the satisfaction. A complete morning lived in just the right way.
hugsmo]]>
Smiles,
'ilima
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Smiles,
'ilima]]>
'ilima
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'ilima]]>
Smiles,'
Helen
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Smiles,'
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Simple they seem, b ut wonderful little poems. My most favorite favorite...
Night and rain,
the perfect couple,
sing a duet
Smiles,
Helen
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Simple they seem, b ut wonderful little poems. My most favorite favorite...
Night and rain,
the perfect couple,
sing a duet
Smiles,
Helen]]>
Such a comforting feel to this poem!
Ellen
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Such a comforting feel to this poem!
Ellen]]>
allen
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allen]]>
'nuff said.
allen
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'nuff said.
allen]]>
allen
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allen]]>
ducks
are goose-stepping down the street
and across front lawns, splashing
repeat after me
rain is my friend
rain is my friend
rain makes my garden
grow
along with webs between
my toes
allen
edited because i've wanted to ask if you've heard and what you think of Johnny Cash's version of "Aloha Oe" in the latest and almost certainly last
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ducks
are goose-stepping down the street
and across front lawns, splashing
repeat after me
rain is my friend
rain is my friend
rain makes my garden
grow
along with webs between
my toes
allen
edited because i've wanted to ask if you've heard and what you think of Johnny Cash's version of "Aloha Oe" in the latest and almost certainly last
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i hunger for a new taste
of the past, maybe that ‘49 Chevy fastback
i had when i was twenty, six cylinders,
standard transmission, power nothing,
built like a tank, but disguised as a
family coupe for the requisite
family of four who ate their Wheaties
in the morning and their tuna-bake
at
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i hunger for a new taste
of the past, maybe that ‘49 Chevy fastback
i had when i was twenty, six cylinders,
standard transmission, power nothing,
built like a tank, but disguised as a
family coupe for the requisite
family of four who ate their Wheaties
in the morning and their tuna-bake
at
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