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8 out of 10, Part 2
My best friend Rachel gave me these 10 words, challenging me to use 8 of them in a poem:
wolfsbane
narcolepsy
defenestrate
overseer
skirr
palilogy
facinorous
wether
macrobian
cacaesthesia
Here’s what I came up with, good or bad:
Normandy
The wind gusts flailed themselves around and screamed—
Invisible children having tantrums.
Good and evil, wolfsbane and the sweet bloom,
Can—did—exist together on this ground.
The wet dirt that fell through his large […]
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8 out of 10
I belong to a poetry website (Poetry Power–see the link on the sidebar), and there are some forums on that site that present challenges. One of the forums gives you 10 words, and you must create a work incorporating 8 of those words. Yesterday, the challenge I participated in had a list of these 10 words:
paragon
megalomania
stupor
clocktower
whistle
petty
manse
uxorious
slip
dilettante
I chose […]
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The Address Says It All
How could you NOT want to visit a site with this name?
http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/
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Fruitstock 2006
Well, it happened again.
An apparent fruit fly orgy once again produced an epic plague in my apartment. Spraying poisonous fumes in poorly ventilated areas with little regard for my own air quality, I bravely fought off large numbers of them, making their lifeless bodies a warning to others that would dare procreate in my place of residence. […]
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Empty Nest Syndrome?
This is exactly the sort of thing that would happen if I were a mother duck:
Now let’s just hope they don’t switch to grates with baby-sized holes in the next 20 years or so.
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Out The Window
While I heat up my tea or my neck wrap in the microwave at work, I often look out our back window. The golf course of a country club is right across the road, making the view from the window very nice. And so, while my soul dies a little bit each workday, I merely observe others enjoying the […]
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Double-u Tee Eff?
Time for another rant on the state of Earth. The world is going nutso. Apparently, Logic went on vacation and took Sanity with it. A quick look at world events proves it:
Israel has attacked Lebanon. This is apparently based on the assumption that
1. Killing many soldiers and starting a war of retaliation is better than […]
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The Road To Hell Is Paved…Less Frequently
I hate road construction. I love the benefits of it, but I hate the inevitable backups that come every summer. Didn’t they just pave that road last year or the year before? I mean, c’mon…we can launch humans into outer space or transplant a heart, but we can’t find a material that lasts more than a […]
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Just Married
My sister Jill and her husband Dustin were married on Saturday. Jill did a fantastic job planning the wedding, and it went very smoothly. As the maid of honor, I had the privilege of offering a toast at the reception. Here is my toast:
Jill, you and I are sisters and
As we grew up of course,
We played […]
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