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`Sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 11/16/2009 10:50:40 PM
the dream is chasing life, what a delicious turn of play and all the guests at the garden party cheered when Alice fed up with being bullied politely curtseyed then lopped off the heads of the didactic knave and Queen of Old Farts

`Sophia

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The Fireside Posted: 11/16/2009 12:59:12 AM
Do They Know It's Thanksgiving or Christmas Time At All? "The British colonial rulers introduced a system of Pass Laws in the Cape Colony and Colony of Natal during the 19th century.This stemmed from the regulation of blacks' movement from the tribal regions to those occupied by whites and coloureds, ruled by the British. Laws were passed not only to restrict the movement of blacks into these areas, but also to prohibit their movement from one district to another without a signed pass. Blacks were not allowed onto the streets of towns in the Cape Colony and Natal after dark and had to carry their passes at all times" "During the British Raj, India experienced some of the worst famines ever recorded, including the Great Famine of 1876–78, in which 6.1 million to 10.3 million people died[27] and the Indian famine of 1899–1900, in which 1.25 to 10 million people died.[27] Recent research, including work by Mike Davis and Amartya Sen,[28] attribute these famines directly to British policy in India." Copy and pasted from Wikipedia. Just saying... when you live in a glass house... It's Christmastime There's no need to be afraid At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime But say a prayer Pray for the other ones At Christmastime it's hard, but when you're having fun There's a world outside your window And it's a world of dread and fear Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime The greatest gift they'll get this year is life (Oooh) Where nothing ever grows No rain nor rivers flow Do they know it's Christmastime at all? (Here's to you) raise a glass for everyone (Here's to them) underneath that burning sun Do they know it's Christmastime at all? Feed the world Feed the world Feed the world Let them know it's Christmastime again Feed the world Let them know it's Christmastime again repeat then fade (Bob Geldof & Midge Ure)

`sophia

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A Rambling Poet... Posted: 11/3/2009 3:09:38 PM
messy mottled moody midnight mournful merlot musing madness and melancholy marching me down an aisle of regret I’m really sorry. Your poem is wonderful as is.

`Sophia

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The Great Virtue Sitting Parlor and Greasy Spoon Posted: 11/1/2009 11:23:07 PM
I'm sorry too Wooby on the loss of your friend. Those are beautiful memorial poems and I'm certain her family appreciates the compassion and caring. xo

`Sophia

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The Poetry Barn and Eatery Posted: 10/31/2009 12:30:33 AM
Happy Birthday Goat and I know why you and breathing love B.C.! I'm so happy you've both found your paradise!

`Sophia

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The Great Virtue Sitting Parlor and Greasy Spoon Posted: 10/31/2009 12:26:31 AM
Hi BD! (apparently, we like to loiter in the same spaces! LOL) Ya, the whole format thing bugs me too. The poem has so much more impact when you can see the real breaks, spacing. But that aside... thanks to you, I've discovered a new (old) poet! Thanks Ms Wooby!!!

`Sophia

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The Great Virtue Sitting Parlor and Greasy Spoon Posted: 10/30/2009 9:32:50 PM
LADY, ANEMONE The body burned away the parting cloth. As though a compass hand had pointed north, he moved! Storms, waterfalls, and tall men move this way - tremendous impulse draws them, not to stay! Lady, anemone, violet-soft and kissing, tender scabbard with a fierce blade missing... You will awake to find a tall man gone, his north become the morning. Like a tear, it trembles, hesitates, turns very clear, illustrious morning, weather of his smile. Who brought, enveloped in a rainbow storm, eleven fingers wanting to be warmed, and having warmed them - lifted with a twist that put you under him at least a mile~ For keepsakes leaving silver on a wrist, gold on a finger, bruises on your thigh... It's only being tired that makes you cry. ...... Tennessee Williams (wish this site would let me include the format in the book). He is amazing!

`Sophia

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The Great Virtue Sitting Parlor and Greasy Spoon Posted: 10/30/2009 6:11:58 PM
FAINT AS LEAF SHADOW Faint as leaf shadow does he fade and do you fade in touching him. And as you fade, the afternoon fades with you and is cool and dim. A wall that rises through no space, division which is shadow-thin, his eyelids close upon your eyes' quicksliver which bewilders him. And then you softly say his name as though his name upon your tongue a wall could lift against the drift of shadow that he fades among. Sometimes those frontiers of the twain may seem no longer to exist, but why, then, is the breath disturbed, and does the silver body twist, and why the whisper of a name as though enquiring, Is it true? which goes unanswered until sleep has loosened his fierce hold of you. ......... Tennessee Williams (got the book, thanks Wooby!) xoxo

`sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/26/2009 12:31:23 AM
the rest would all be she Pots and pans her big concern? Do you seriously believe that?

`Sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/25/2009 11:39:34 PM
on a rare moonlit night she screamed stop, no witness in sight, a woman's life

`Sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/25/2009 11:17:24 PM
and the taxidermist laughs last like all ther victims yes

`Sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/25/2009 10:35:43 PM
a fox lays down from the skill of her survival against a predator because the hunt is nothing more than one hunter's thoughtless kill

`sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/25/2009 10:21:05 PM
and pain turns the pages that you will never be privy to but the first amendment assures you can speculate at will

`sophia

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DAILY QUOTES Posted: 10/25/2009 10:15:26 PM
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”.... Albert

`sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/25/2009 10:11:56 PM
free of fur from the vermin who feast without conscience

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 10/25/2009 9:59:15 PM
can easily be solved with a bat or be ready to run like a rat yes, my Westie is primed taught him to spot you a long time ago

`sophia

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DAILY QUOTES Posted: 10/25/2009 9:37:34 PM
Probably written on this thread a hundred times but always a good reminder... "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." .... Albert Einstein

`Sophia

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!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAWNY !! Posted: 10/25/2009 1:05:44 AM
FOUND A FUNNY BIRTHDAY CARD: FRONT ....... For your birthday, I have combined your two favorite pastimes. INSIDE........ The remote now flushes the toilet. Happy Birthday!

`Sophia

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!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAWNY !! Posted: 10/24/2009 9:30:47 PM
Hope your day is great! Hey, bet you didn't know you share a birthday with .... PICASSO, born October 25, 1881 at 11:15 PM in Malaga (Espagne) Sun in 2°43 Scorpio, AS in 5°38 Leo, Moon in 8°13 Sagittarius, MC in 25°05 Aries Numerology: Birthpath 8 "It takes a long time to grow young" ... Pablo Picasso

`Sophia

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welcome to writin for losers 101 Posted: 10/16/2009 8:59:26 PM
Just got back from seeing "Where The Wild Things Are"! We laughed, we cried, we loved it! You've gotta take Cajun!! (wouldn't recommend it for kids under 6 but 6-100 absolutely!) I think it's the best Kid (and not so kid) movie I've seen in a very long time

`sophia

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The Age of Innocence Posted: 10/9/2009 10:19:51 PM
Yum, that made my mouth water. Have to wait another month here.... Happy Thanksgiving Autumn!

`Sophia

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Brizo's poems Posted: 10/7/2009 11:51:28 AM
Luckily, France and Italy both have ocean frontage, now if only the Euro would come down....! Hope you enjoy this poem... I thought of you when I read it (because of the cats not the dream LOL) Traveling Dream - by Marge Piercy I am packing to go to the airport but somehow I am never packed. I keep remembering more things I keep forgetting. Secretly the clock is bolting forward ten minutes at a click instead of one. Each time I look away, it jumps. Now I remember I have to find the cats. I have four cats even when I am asleep. One is on the bed and I slip her into the suitcase. One is under the sofa. I drag him out. But the tabby in the suitcase has vanished. Now my tickets have run away. Maybe the cat has my tickets. I can only find one cat. My purse has gone into hiding. Now it is time to get packed. I take the suitcase down. There is a cat in it but no clothes. My tickets are floating in the bath tub full of water. I dry them. One cat is in my purse but my wallet has dissolved. The tickets are still dripping. I look at the clock as it leaps forward and see I have missed my plane. My bed is gone now. There is one cat the size of a sofa.

`sophia

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Favorite Music Lyrics Posted: 10/7/2009 12:04:44 AM
Catch The Wind....................Donavan In the chilly hours and minutes, Of uncertainty, I want to be, In the warm hold of your loving mind To feel you all around me, And to take your hand, along the sand, Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind When sundown pales the sky, I wanna hide a while, behind your smile, And everywhere I look, your eyes I find For me to love you now, Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing, Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind When rain has hung the leaves with tears, I want you near, to kill my fears To help me to leave all my blues behind For standin' in your heart, Is where I want to be, and I long to be, Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind

`sophia

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Brizo's poems Posted: 10/6/2009 6:18:10 PM
Whoa... you didn't say it was a 7 page test LOL... I scored 60% Italy/58% France which doesn't make any sense because, that's 118% ?? No wonder I can't decide where I want to live LOL. That was fun.

`Sophia

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welcome to writin for losers 101 Posted: 9/28/2009 4:39:46 PM
^^^^ snort What a happy wardrobe malfunction! Very funny!

`Sophia

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The Great Virtue Sitting Parlor and Greasy Spoon Posted: 9/26/2009 6:32:02 PM
Oh brother Wooby ... you need a good cell phone backup plan LOL! Glad you're connected again and hope your birthday was fun despite the frustrations! xoxox

`Sophia

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I'll Be Posted: 9/25/2009 10:16:57 AM
Actually, just looked it up and the lyrics are written by Diane Warren. Hope you won't make that mistake again pianoman.

`Sophia

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I'll Be Posted: 9/25/2009 9:57:19 AM
Hey pianoman, I'm not sure who actually wrote the lyrics to "I'll Be" but Reba McEntire sings it. You probably should have mentioned that otherwise it might be a copyright violation. When darkness falls upon your heart and soul I`ll be the light that shines for you When you forget how beautiful you are I`ll be there to remind you When you can`t find your way I`ll find my way to you When troubles come around I will come to you Chorus: I`ll be your shoulder When you need someone to lean on Be your shelter when you need someone to see you through I`ll be there to carry you I`ll be there I`ll be the rock that will be strong for you The one that will hold on to you When you feel that rain falling down When there`s no body else around I`ll be And when you`re there with no one there to hold I`ll be the arms that reach for you And when you feel your faith is running low I`ll be there to believe in you When all you find are lies I`ll be the truth you need When you need someone to run to You can run to me Chorus I`ll be the sun When your heart`s filled with rain I`ll be the one To chase the rain away Chorus

`Sophia

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We Are More Alike Than We Are Different Posted: 9/24/2009 4:54:37 AM
NurseStacey it is a wonderful poem and perhaps even more amazing because it was written by someone so young. This poem "The Paint Box" was written by Tali Shurek, Age 13, Beer Sheva. It is good form to credit the author when you post someone else's work.

`Sophia

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Your Favorite Music Lyrics Posted: 9/23/2009 9:01:37 AM
This is the trailer song for "Where The Wild Things Are" ... Loved the book and can't wait to see the movie! Wake Up - by Arcade Fire Somethin’ filled up my heart with nothin’, someone told me not to cry. But now that I’m older, my heart’s colder, and I can see that it’s a lie. Children wake up, hold your mistake up, before they turn the summer into dust. If the children don’t grow up, our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up. We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms turnin’ every good thing to rust. I guess we’ll just have to adjust. With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ I can see where I am goin’ to be when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand. With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ I can see where I am goin’ With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ I can see where I am go-goin’ You better look out below!

`Sophia

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Playa del Sol...grade the story, not my Spanish...thanks! Posted: 9/21/2009 3:40:05 PM
I could see the characters pretty vividly .... really enjoyed it S!

`Sophia

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I'll never be Sylvia Plath, will I ? Posted: 9/21/2009 3:36:19 PM
Me too! Really well done! As for Plath .... you're probably better off just being you! LOL

`Sophia

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The Great Virtue Sitting Parlor and Greasy Spoon Posted: 9/21/2009 12:21:39 AM
Me three - Happy Birthday dearest dearest Wooby

`Sophia

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Leaves, and other noises Posted: 9/19/2009 10:20:28 PM
^^^ "I second that emotion" ... loving what you are doing with just a few lines! Have you ever seen any of the Picasso sketches... just 5 or 6 strokes and ... art!

`Sophia

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Cathartic Expression of Authentic Self Posted: 9/17/2009 12:56:18 PM
Hope you get everything on your wish list and more!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday!

`sophia

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~sweet dreams~ Posted: 9/11/2009 2:41:41 AM
drive them home, keep them safe... it's everything we would all do for our sisters, brothers, friends, strangers in trouble (at least I hope we would) ..... don't apologize for caring.

`sophia

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~sweet dreams~ Posted: 9/11/2009 2:07:48 AM
The "girls" I know are "the salt of this earth." It's no problem for me sticking up for then. If we are all truly connected... she's my sister.

`sophia

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~sweet dreams~ Posted: 9/11/2009 1:53:55 AM
I know a few women that dance to survive. They have pride and mouths to feed! Good on you. Thanks.

`Sophia

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I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt Posted: 9/10/2009 12:50:01 PM
Channybeans: Blech ... If what Drea says is true (and I'm certain it is) you are just another plagiarist ... a lazy, lying, thieving piece of scum. No wonder you kept asking people who stopped by to comment on your work if they had any to share. I for one would love to know on what other web sites I can read the work you've ripped off so I can leave comments there as well.

`Sophia

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DAILY QUOTES Posted: 9/10/2009 12:25:02 PM
"Be the kind of woman that - when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!". I have no idea who wrote it but, I liked it. (examples of devils: woman-child- elderly - frail beaters/rapists/molesters; child pornographers; political/religious/commercial hypocrites; arsonists; murderers; moral majority liars/diddlers/thieves (including men and women of every kind of cloth); censors; bigots; KKK, gang-bangers; anyone selling drugs to children; crooked cops; crooked anybodies; liars; Insurance companies that won't pay; profiteers, opportunists; zealots; war mongers; Trophy hunters; poachers; PLAGIARISTS ..... ) we're up!

`sophia

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DAILY QUOTES Posted: 9/9/2009 2:30:27 PM
(Note: "blaming, shaming, preaching, moralizing, ordering, bossing, admonishing, accusing, ridiculing, belittling, threatening, bribing, diagnosing, prognosing" -- sounds like the Forums! Must be where we all learned it.) “Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images” Jean Cocteau

`Sophia

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Love Is ... Tell me what you think. Posted: 9/8/2009 12:14:53 PM
Love is involuntary unpredictable nomadic traceable insatiable cathartic irreplaceable undefinable

`Sophia

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Spongebob Squarepants Posted: 9/7/2009 1:00:12 PM
(spending too much time with the under 10 crowd I guess LOL) It's The Best Day Ever Mr. Sun came out and he smiled at me. Said it's gonna be a good one just wait and see! Jumped out of bed and I ran outside feeling so extra exstatified! It's the Best day ever! (Best day ever) It's the Best day ever! (Best day ever) I'm so busy got nothing to do, spent the last two hours just tying my shoe. Every flower every grain of sand, is reaching out to shake my hand. It's the Best day ever! (Best day ever) It's the Best day ever! (Best day ever) Sometimes the little things start closing in on me, when I'm feeling down I wanna lose that frown I stick my head out the window and look around. Those clouds don't scare me they can't disguise, this magic that's happening right before my eyes. Soon Mr. Moon will be shining bright so the best day ever will last all night. Yes the Best day ever's gonna last all night now. It's the Best day ever! (Best day ever) It's the Best day ever (Best day ever) It's the Best day ever! (Best day ever) It's the Best day ever (Best day ever) (Best day ever) (Best day...)

`Sophia

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DAILY QUOTES Posted: 9/6/2009 11:27:10 AM
"Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels" ... Francisco Goya "No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love." ... Evard Munch

`Sophia

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labor day weekend poetry contest, anyone? Posted: 9/5/2009 12:52:30 PM
DB sknahT !detsal ti elihw nuf saw ti, llew hO !sdrawkcab dna nwod edispu taht tog evah tsuM. dnekeew lla no gniog saw tsetnoc eht thguoht

`Sophia

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labor day weekend poetry contest, anyone? Posted: 9/4/2009 5:22:56 PM
Sweetness: chili peppers? LOL... spicy! edit: ... oops sorry, didn't see the two new posts.

`Sophia

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labor day weekend poetry contest, anyone? Posted: 9/4/2009 4:49:34 PM
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. crepe trailing from his bum cheeky bugger took one look back and laughed at the happy dog's decor - um (Kinda lame I know! Sorry ladies and Mr. Doggie, I tried )

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 9/3/2009 12:45:28 PM
call it Restavek, call it Haiti the Bronx, L.A. or Toronto. Central or South America, Eastern and western Europe. Africa. The Middle East, Asia major, Asia minor, every dot on the Pacific and Atlantic ... this global warming pandemic brought to us by the gasses emitted from children dying face down in our dirt.

`Sophia

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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux) Posted: 9/2/2009 4:12:39 PM
for the deceivers we be killing the soul of humanity Firefly - when you pulse among the stumps of trees sacrificed for cane, shacks and cooking fuel, shine down the throat of starvation, illuminate the mosquito crops of a rain soaked soil. Chronicle the transparent children dying in urinal city gutters. Their memories of food, medicine - a home - flowing in the sluice of an angry voodoo morphing rice to maggot - Manbo’s sons and daughters into sewer rats and jackals. Firefly - streak innocent on every cross. Collect their little lives into a book of wilted poems inscribed with apathy. Condemn throughout eternity this pestilent infanticide, this gangrenous ignorance festering three hundred thousand sores a year call it Restaveck, call it Haiti.

`sophia

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Haiku Connection - This is It ! Posted: 8/29/2009 10:35:01 PM
we dance together puppets on a string there is safety in numbers

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