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| Poetry Poems, Haiku & Tanka etc. |
06-23-2005, 12:36 AM
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Tiny Chug
Sipping from a shot glass
I guess the time
And laugh off the hours
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06-23-2005, 12:46 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Cheap drunk huh? It's a nice little image, & we're left wondering whether ti's a good time or not.
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*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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06-23-2005, 10:01 AM
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'sipping from a shot glass' seems like an oxymoronic exercise somehow... anyone else get that feeling? 
or, was that the point?
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06-23-2005, 10:10 AM
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So now we know maia drinks by the glassful. Line 'em up, chug 'em down? It is possible to not empty the glass each time you pick it up... 
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*He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
*Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
*Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it - Moses Hadas
*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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06-23-2005, 10:17 AM
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Wordsmith
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nah... never thought the 'knocking 'em back' crowd had even a modicum of sense... but, generally, shots ARE downed in one go, which is what i was referring to, as you probably well know, smartmouth!
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06-23-2005, 12:02 PM
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I read the title and thought this was going to be about a little red train. LOL Nifty little snippet anyway. Footnote : Mark, you never cut Maia a bit of slack do you? LOL
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06-23-2005, 11:21 PM
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I wouldn't dare! But that same fear keeps me to gentle tweaks at the hem of her verbility every now & then.
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*He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
*Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
*Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it - Moses Hadas
*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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06-24-2005, 12:52 AM
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Cool, that wasn't about anything.
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I didn't like it, I was excited by it
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06-24-2005, 02:09 AM
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Yeah it really isn't about anything. I was stonned. To see the poem in context go to short stories and the one called saltbush. It's probably my lowest moment on this site.
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