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    What is a pun in poetry?

    I guess it would be the same as in those inane jokes that can still make us laugh. If you are looking for a deeper meaning, I must leave it to the Poets to give you the answer.
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    Elizabeth is Calling.. Poem from challenge. Would ya...?

    read, comment/critique. Elizabeth is Calling I was in my study when James knocked on the door Was his nightly habit should I require more Then he would retire to his rooms for the night And I'd sip my sherry by the firelight Maids helped my Caroline to bed each night at eight But it had to be...
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    Child death sympathy wording / poem?

    I know he's at a playground now For the kids who died real young And he's laughing and swinging and climbing real high And having lots of fun. During times you miss him most Know his voice is in the breeze His laughter is the sunshine His smile is the flowers and trees Since I'm a kid I know...
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    Child death sympathy wording / poem?

    I know he's at a playground now For the kids who died real young And he's laughing and swinging and climbing real high And having lots of fun. During times you miss him most Know his voice is in the breeze His laughter is the sunshine His smile is the flowers and trees Since I'm a kid I know...
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    challenge poem. Poetry section Y/A Please?

    A soft footfall, a creaking board, a rustle and a breeze A thump unexplainable, a distant shriek, unease Maybe there be ghosts tonight or demons straight from hell Maybe they'll come for me and come for you as well Maybe this is the night ye die, or maybe this be mine Or perhaps ye'll live and...
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    A poetry challenge. Can you write a mangle?

    You are a Genius! There was pirate's hoard under a creaking board And Hiram was wanting it all But BG called the dogs out But they got ol' Hiram's softball There was a rustle and thump and a shriek and a hunk Of ol' Hiram in the dog's mouth And the cats chased the bats and the bats chased the...
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    homecoming help from all you poets?

    To thank you for your sweet invite I baked a cake for you last night And since your clever invitation Drew my heart's standing ovation And made my smile so very wide My answer's hidden somewhere inside But I hope my note's still credible Though be warned; it isn't edible That okay?
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    Different Challenge for Wednesday! Write on, Poets!?

    Answer w/ just the first sentence so you can come back anytime to write your poems... AND DON'T FORGET TO POST THEM!! Rather than titles this time, I'm giving you the first sentence or partial sentence of your poems. Pick one, pick all but just have fun with it! It was after seven in the...
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    Saucy Jean. A vinegary poem maybe. Would ya c/c?

    Saucy Jean It was a Cat House, a Br0thel, A Den of Iniquity All fancy names for a Wh0reh0use, if you was ta ask people like me. There's no other way to call it when it's filled to the brim with wh0res Plying their trade on their backs or their knees Rather than work in the shops or the stores...
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    What will this be? Poem? Maybe...?

    A fat toady on a rock Blinked his golden eye And didn't seem to mind me As I passed him by I fought my way through briars And through swampy marsh And made my way through terrain Every bit as harsh I had the map in my mind A vague memory But knew that I would know it When I found the tree...
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    Train - poem. Want to read? crit-com if ya will...?

    I could hear the rumble Of a train coming through Like the sound of distant thunder And I smiled and thought of you How young we were back then! When trains were not so rare And their sound off in the distance Sounded like a prayer All is well, all is well All is well with you And the whistle...
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    Reposting old challenge poem. C/C Please?

    Deep Green Eyes The rugged face I met too late And too late loved him well For the ghost of she who haunted him Had cast him in her spell Though she be three years dead I knew he mourned her still And married again a year to me But seemed t'was 'gainst his will Caring I was near or not He hid...
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    New challenge! For Ma! and all! Poetry section YA!?

    Here goes: Toadstool Sand on Silk Young Jim Unrung Bell Misread Books I Can't Reach That Far Ghost of My Content Call Me By No Name And Then it Was Done I Couldn't Stop the Rain I just realized something... if people could see my reactions as I read their poems, I wouldn't have to say a word. I...
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    Shake up/wake up! Poetry challenge time...?

    Here's your titles; start writing! (Everyone gets a TU just for responding) Backroom Bar None Baby Blues Rocks Little Vicious Things Slippery Steps When He Comes Home Epiphany Tremor Did You Hear? So He Said Lead Me And the River Ran Blood The Day the Dragon Died Well, I Always Say... Jesus and...
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    would ya care to read a poem?

    Cotton candy dreams and lollipop licks Jump ropes and scooters And pick-up-sticks Put up your dollies And tiny tea sets Your croquet balls And badmitton nets There went your childhood Tucked into the past Lesson today is that nothing will last Learn to do laundry Carefully spend Your own house...
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    Ghost: A poem. Please comment and critique.?

    Nice story to read with morning coffee. Thx for sharing!
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    Ghost: A poem. Please comment and critique.?

    Nice story to read with morning coffee. Thx for sharing!
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    Ghost: A poem. Please comment and critique.?

    Nice story to read with morning coffee. Thx for sharing!
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    Ghost: A poem. Please comment and critique.?

    Nice story to read with morning coffee. Thx for sharing!
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    Ghost: A poem. Please comment and critique.?

    Nice story to read with morning coffee. Thx for sharing!
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