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    Danik 2016 - A delightful poem reminiscent of jumping rope or clapping verse: "Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack All dressed in black, black, black With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back. She asked her mother, mother, mother For 50 cents, cents, cents To see the elephants, elephants, elephants Jump over the fence, fence, fence. They jumped so high, high, high They reached the sky, sky, sky And they didn't come back, back, back 'Til the 4th of July, ly, ly! "

    YesNo - prettify: an interesting choice of words coupled with proud. Enjoyed the personification with Spring.

    cacian - Interesting choice of shinning as a variant of shining. I enjoyed the abstraction of your poem; it made me think of the dogwood blossoms as stars shining in startling horizons.

    And the winning entry belongs to cacian. Thank you all for entering!

    A recent photo I took I'm considering for a cover:

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    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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    hey thank you very tailor STATELY for the feedback.
    I have not had a winning for a while so this is really nice

    and the next topic for the subject entry is:

    CLOCKS


    look forward to reading your entries and good luck
    Last edited by cacian; 05-07-2018 at 09:43 AM.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Congrats, cacian! Thanks for our comments and the kids rhme, tS!
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    the digital age


    its roundabout face
    was numerically
    peculiar -
    with three hands
    in motion... one
    perceptively
    one less so and one
    lesser still
    'til one day
    was taken away
    what was it ever for ?

    5/8/2018


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

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    Congratulations, cacian! That should make a beautiful and striking cover, tailor STATELY.

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    Quote Originally Posted by YesNo View Post
    Congratulations, cacian! That should make a beautiful and striking cover, tailor STATELY.
    thank you YesNo.
    any more entries would be smashing!!!
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Clocks

    A clock must change to measure time
    And yet it cannot change
    The way its changes mark our days.
    We won’t let it act strange.
    Although it’s bored with what it does
    That has to be enough
    Of entertainment it will get.
    We do the funny stuff.

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    Life

    tick
    ticktack
    ticktackticktack
    ticktackticktackticktack
    ticktackticktackticktack

    ticktackticktack
    ticktack
    tack
    ta
    t...
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    three great entries keep them coming
    Last edited by cacian; 05-24-2018 at 08:34 AM.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    ok here we go

    tailor STATELY:

    a great title with a great choice of words. a fun piece to read and reread,liked the way it ended on a question mark.


    YesNo:

    a factual piece with a great ending. much enjoyed.

    Danik
    tiktak is repetitive but that is what clocks do

    and the winner is
    tailor STATELY.

    Thank you all for taking part.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Congrats tS!

    Now that the contest is over, an explanation: my poem was an attempt at concrete poesy. It was intended to have the form of a round clock but I wasn´t able to save that format. So all I was a managed was a half clock.
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Thank you cacian and Danik 2016 !

    I would have loved to see your concrete poem come to fruition Danik 2016... enjoyed your poem YesNo as well.

    My poem was inspired by the news in England: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tell-time.html

    and more: https://www.google.com/search?num=10....0.HXs-3aESrjQ

    The next subject will be: Færies... one of my favorite topics. Deadline 10 days from the first entry. Bonne chance !

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    fairy

    away with the faeries
    they say but
    they hold a good posture
    when it comes to foster
    an ideaology
    that is made to prosper
    without a fairy
    there is no prairie
    cinderall worry
    only a lobster
    to have in a hurry !!
    Last edited by cacian; 05-24-2018 at 02:20 AM.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Congratulations, tailor STATELY!

    -----------------------------

    The Faeries of Oubliette Woods

    Some thought that they had all long gone.
    Some thought they never were.
    But in fresh woods forgotten still
    They flourish safe and always will
    Though we sense not a stir.

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    Thank you YesNo, and thank you both for the entries !

    Deadline will be the end of the day of the first of June: E.O.D. 6/1/2018 P.D.T.

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    who am I but a stitch in time
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    7-8-2015

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