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    Dark Muse, that was indeed a complete throwaway bit. At that point I wasn't really interested in finishing it off in style, to be honest.

    Congrats, Pendragon - although surely you meant poplar, not popular

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    I always forget about that spelling! We call them Tulip Trees sometimes here in the South...

    And that is your next assignment: The South (USA)
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    South

    Down below where it is warmer,
    Not so far you roast in hell,
    There’s a land that’s labelled “southern”
    Pretty as a feisty belle
    Where the ladies when they’re talking
    Wiggling hips like French girls walking
    Trap you with a Cajun spell,
    Make you reason: might as well.

    Pecan rolls could not get sweeter.
    Just a nibble spins your head.
    Chili without beans as filler,
    Salsa spiked. Your mouth goes red.
    Forests, deserts, gators, peaches,
    Beauties in bikinis, beaches,
    Men with laughter, sure but well-bred,
    Stars so every dream is well-fed.
    Last edited by YesNo; 10-08-2015 at 08:56 AM.

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    deep south
    reaves about
    not one can
    see
    but the narth
    warmth could the reason
    for that
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    …in Dixie

    maybe it's about Lil' Blanche
    running up the dusty lane
    in her white frill dress,
    magnolia bopping in her hair;

    maybe it's about
    the mossy live oaks
    stretching gnarly fingers
    over the neat lawn;

    in my dreams, however,
    it's about that month of
    humid afternoons
    and about the wind

    whistling
    'I wish…'
    'I was…'
    'I wish…'
    Last edited by DieterM; 10-15-2015 at 10:19 AM.
    "Im Arm der Liebe schliefen wir selig ein…" ("Liebesode" - Otto Erich Hartleben)
    New poetry collection available (Kindle and paperback)

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    Where the Magnolia Blooms

    bayou cajun gators
    creole about - on a
    tobacco spit road some
    hot mississippi nights
    thick as june bugs searchin'
    for peaches - 'neath pecan
    skies where the magnolia
    blooms amidst charnal light

    10/10/2015 r.10/13/2015


    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
    tailor STATELY
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    tailor

    who am I but a stitch in time
    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

    7-8-2015

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    A short poem by some Brit who has no idea of what the South is like
    apart from what he picked up from The Dukes of Hazard.
    (at least they still have Dukes down there, what!)


    Daisy Duke,
    Reb's an Ol' glory,
    Y'all come back
    Y'hear !
    Last edited by prendrelemick; 10-15-2015 at 07:37 AM.
    ay up

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    Anyone else? I will post a winner Sunday!
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    Anyone else? I will post a winner Sunday!
    Hold on...here you go:


    Another sultry dawn in Oxford,
    Maribelle leans to butter Faulkner’s grits.
    A dogwood blossom falls,
    from her bouffant do.
    White petals glide on his chicory.
    “Another a warm up hun?”
    Last edited by Gilliatt Gurgle; 10-17-2015 at 02:51 PM.
    "Mongo only pawn in game of life" - Mongo

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    Let's see here: Chicago, London, Paris, California?, Yorkshire, Texas

    Y'all done seen too many movies about Southern people!

    Taylor, you win! Congrats to all y'all!
    Some of us laugh
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    Some of us smoke
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    ah haha thanks Pendragon
    congratulations Taylor
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Thanks!

    I tried to channel a Billie Holiday song from a poem chronicling a terrible Southern past event(s), but couldn't quite pull it off in my estimation during the process; so deviated a bit. (lol) In my defense re: being a California-ite, I have been to the South a 'few' times and enjoy Southern fried chicken beyond the norm.

    New topic: (In honor of our friends across the pond)... Paris

    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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    tailor

    who am I but a stitch in time
    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

    7-8-2015

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    Paris

    Perhaps the breathing’s better there
    Not where I am, but since I’m here
    I’ll tell myself that I don’t care
    And then enjoy whatever’s near.

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    Deadline November 10th midnight PDT.

    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
    tailor STATELY
    tailor

    who am I but a stitch in time
    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

    7-8-2015

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    paris
    the eiffel tower
    is laddish
    to climb it
    is to preach
    a view
    from any angle is
    worth a sample
    without it
    you are humble
    unknown to handle
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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