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Posted: 30-Oct-2003, 10:13 AM
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Very well done. Very sombre subject. We're blessed that no one died up here durring the fires last month. Many, many lost homes, but no deaths. Not that I know of anyway.



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Posted: 30-Oct-2003, 12:46 PM
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Thanks for your good wishes, folks. My family and I are not affected directly, thankfully, but several friends have lost property, and more are still evacuees. There are friends from the Lake Arrowhead district I haven't heard from yet... unsure.gif


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Posted: 30-Oct-2003, 02:19 PM
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silverdragon,

Your poem was very fitting. The devastation must be horrible which I can't imagine. My best wishes that everyone will come out of it alive. But sad to report that I heard on the news today that a fireman who was battling the blaze lost his life. God help them all! sad.gif


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Posted: 31-Oct-2003, 01:37 PM
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Here is a poem that is a sort of a riddle. Tell me if you can guess the answer of:

Who Am I?

My species comes in various shapes,
Colors, and styles:
Horizontal, sometimes vertical,
Of wood or metal.

My life may seem mundane,
Because I stand all day
In the rain, in the snow,
In the wind and blazing sun.

But I stand proudly,
Eagerly awaiting my parcel.
I must be special, because people come daily
Checking my mouth for their parchments.


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Posted: 31-Oct-2003, 01:41 PM
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Untitled Haiku:

Baby bottle falls,
Pitter-patter goes baby,
Running down the hall.


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Posted: 31-Oct-2003, 03:26 PM
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QUOTE (Roisin-Teagan @ Oct 31 2003, 02:37 PM)
Here is a poem that is a sort of a riddle. Tell me if you can guess the answer of:

Who Am I?

My species comes in various shapes,
Colors, and styles:
Horizontal, sometimes vertical,
Of wood or metal.

My life may seem mundane,
Because I stand all day
In the rain, in the snow,
In the wind and blazing sun.

But I stand proudly,
Eagerly awaiting my parcel.
I must be special, because people come daily
Checking my mouth for their parchments.


Roisin 1999

Roisin-Teagan,

The first thing that came to my mind is a Mail Box.

How close am I?


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Posted: 01-Nov-2003, 12:13 AM
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Richard,

You are on the money. I know it is so obvious, but believe me, many people I've shown this to don't have a clue. I guess submitting it was a little lame, but maybe fun too. rolleyes.gif
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Posted: 01-Nov-2003, 02:22 AM
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Roisin-Teagan,

Don't feel so bad about it. I posted a Riddle in the Irish Forum, (plug here) that was so, what I thought, easy. I figured it out before I had finished typing it. There were other two people had an answer for it and they both were right.

So it happens. But don't stop trying. I can't always be right.
(even though I think I am) king.gif
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Posted: 01-Nov-2003, 07:54 AM
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QUOTE (Richard Bercot @ Nov 1 2003, 03:22 AM)


I can't always be right.
(even though I think I am) king.gif

Oh, but Richard of course you are always right. And I'm sure your wife completely agrees with your selfassessment. rolleyes.gif


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Posted: 01-Nov-2003, 07:55 AM
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Or she lets you think so, anyway!


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Posted: 01-Nov-2003, 11:29 PM
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Elspeth and 3Ravens,

I tried telling that to my wife and all she could do was laugh. But it wasn't the laugh, it was how she was doing it. lol.gif

It truly mades me wonder what she was really thinking? sad.gif
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Posted: 01-Nov-2003, 11:49 PM
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Good != difficult

I think the mailbox one is pretty good. Maybe it's just the difference in the crowd here. It must not be *That* obvious, or else everyone you'd been showing it to surely would have gotten it. Ya see, when they get that easy is when you make them so funny that people are ROTFLMAO.
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Posted: 02-Nov-2003, 12:04 AM
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Aaediwen,

Thanks for the compliment. This particular piece was written in my Creative Writing class as an exercise. We had to write about an inaniment object without mentioning its name. For what it's worth it was fun writing. wink.gif
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Posted: 05-Nov-2003, 12:29 AM
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On the Hunt

Cunning,
Black and sleek,
Green-eyed;
Appetite not yet sated---driven

Lurking,
exhaling vapors
In a cold winter night,
Heart untamed

Moon splashes across the veiled forest
When clouds give way
A rustle in the brush,
Announces unknowing prey

Eyes lock on,
Claws draw out,
Body Extends,
Every muscle tautens

Hot blood pulses,
Rushing to the deepest parts
Senses keen, strength restrained,
Ready to pounce and devour

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Posted: 05-Nov-2003, 12:40 AM
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I just wanted to let you know I think your poems are beautiful!!!
Please keep writing, the gods have given you a great gift!


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