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    Skol'er of Thinkery The Comedian's Avatar
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    Here's my minimalist song and dance.

    The Early Travels of Young Man

    Rosetta Stone
    Sometimes Spanish home
    Choose your own
    Adventure prone

    Option one, option two
    It doesn't matter what I do.
    Last edited by The Comedian; 03-01-2010 at 01:46 PM.
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    alfalfa

    in a field
    half a snake
    protrudes
    from one bale
    in the row
    of dew scented
    pillows of hay
    Last edited by hack; 03-04-2010 at 11:25 PM.
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    One Time -

    Something happened.
    Regret.

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    The girl in que in front of me
    standing beneath the 6th Station of the Cross
    hands folded in prayer,
    eyes locked shut with inward memory
    waiting for the confessional door to open
    was wearing a pink frizzled blouse
    with her skinny arms bare.

    When the door openned,
    she turned, the chestnut of her eyes met mine,
    the gold of the crucifix across her chest
    glowed in the candle light
    and she entered.

    I was eight years old too,
    and I being next
    rushed in mind and heart
    to roll out my list of sins.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

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    The contest is now closed.

    I'll post results very soon. Probably this evening.
    The Moments of Dominion
    That happen on the Soul
    And leave it with a Discontent
    Too exquisite — to tell —
    -Emily Dickinson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4

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    Thanks.

    I've been away for awhile, but I hope I can join the next.

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    Sorry guys, I'm getting to it. There's just a bunch of crap going on right now and I'm trying to find the time.
    The Moments of Dominion
    That happen on the Soul
    And leave it with a Discontent
    Too exquisite — to tell —
    -Emily Dickinson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4

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    Quote Originally Posted by DanielBenoit View Post
    Sorry guys, I'm getting to it. There's just a bunch of crap going on right now and I'm trying to find the time.
    I was wondering what happened.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

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    Quote Originally Posted by DanielBenoit View Post
    Sorry guys, I'm getting to it. There's just a bunch of crap going on right now and I'm trying to find the time.
    Crap like in baby crap?
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
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    Hey everybody, I'm exhausted and am unable to think (just returned from a family party). I would like to say that I enjoyed everyone's poems, but the one that I liked the most was Virgils for its personal subtly and skill in understatment.

    So Virgil it's your turn
    The Moments of Dominion
    That happen on the Soul
    And leave it with a Discontent
    Too exquisite — to tell —
    -Emily Dickinson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4

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    Quote Originally Posted by DanielBenoit View Post
    Hey everybody, I'm exhausted and am unable to think (just returned from a family party). I would like to say that I enjoyed everyone's poems, but the one that I liked the most was Virgils for its personal subtly and skill in understatment.

    So Virgil it's your turn
    Yay! Thanks Daniel.

    Let's see, how about for a subject: musical memory.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

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    Congratulations, Virgil. I liked yours very much!
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
    "Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai
    "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka

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    Whoa, I clicked this link on a whim, and saw the stuff you all just did, and then Virgil's new idea. And then decided to try it out:

    Juke Box Fury

    Speakers in the window
    Letting the neighborhood know
    The boy over there and his friends
    Can lay claim to all hours before dawn.

    The small yard like a field
    Girls far off, old friendship sealed
    and Rickie Lee Jones' lyrics
    Teach of women to schoolboys on the lawn.
    Last edited by billl; 03-20-2010 at 03:07 AM. Reason: removed a couple of "the's"

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    Good job Virgil, all the poems were quite good I thought.
    "Remember, we are all in this alone." - Lilly Tomlin

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    First of June
    Sitting on wooden floorboards
    Summer awakening
    To the sweet sounds of vinyl records
    You and me
    We take a stroll through Abbey Road
    We hold hands and embrace summertime
    Within the winds of rock n' roll



    Much thanks to DanielB for editing
    Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
    the whole boatload of sensitive !

    — Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.

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