#3 FOR SALE, HUSBAND, SLIGHTLY USED So read the sign around his neck. He greeted me at the door of the church rummage sale, a once-tall gray-haired man with a smile and a bright twinkle in his eye. I asked him what it meant. His smile turned wistful as he said “My wife always says to me 'Stand up st...

Ahem. That's quite a ...toy..., Hiss. Yes, indeedy, quite a toy.

mae

A song, huh? Well, I'd have to hear it. Most lyrics, it seems to me, are far more repetitious than this, but as a gentle ballad, it might work beautifully.

mae

Mudge, your poem brought tears to my eyes. I don't know the backstory of it, but it makes me think of a couple of stories I heard recently of couples who were deeply in love when they were young but for some reason separated. They married other people, raised families and then, fortuitously, met aga...

Ya know, Mudge, as I read it again, that last stanza doesn't really fit with the rest of it, anyway. In need of a rewrite, it seems. Thanks for reading.

mae

Well, hi, folks! I saw this pop up and felt like giving it a go. Here's a poem from the word list. Kiss and Tell I will write my memoir someday in purple prose and other pastel words. I will tell of times that counted and people who didn't when I write the lyric of my life. I will be a starlet somed...

Olsen, my dear, I almost swooned at your last line! You know, my perspective on the high school dating scene was from the other side - the "I wonder if he'll ask me to the prom" side. It was interesting to see "Maybe, if no one else asks me." and to see the kiss of death "cute" applied. It's a wonde...

Diagramming sentences (that's what we called it - but it sounds the same as "parsing") was one of my very FAVORITE things to do! My friends all thought I was nuts - and not just slightly nuts, but full on.

I'm not sure a teen would know what a gerund is now.

mae

Dawn creeps into the room, reaches under the covers and tickles me awake. With her golden smile and rosy cheeks, she is the laughing child of the day Skipping through the morning, she runs away from mid-day who scowls at such shenanigans. Noontime bids us sit a spell, take a load off, have a bite. H...

Only three scents, mlou. They both smelled the same scents - to me, it sounds like he needs a bath!

Well, I know how to spell sex, but...!

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Kitchen is a NOUN, dahlink, used as a descriptive word. However, I understand what you mean. But would you call a gerund an adjective if it described (e.g.,running water)? I don't know how to view it, exactly. The idea was to use other parts of speech to describe. Hmmm.

mae

Challenge #1 - no use of adjectives. sex and the Olfactory Nerves He stumbled as though smitten with a palsy, and fell into the room. He bore an aura of odors, some of cooking, some from working, and some the scent of her perfume. Then there was the scent of desire. Fulfilled. She lay on the bed, re...

Ack!!!! What happened!!!!

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Elle, I can tell this is heartfelt and I'm very sorry about that -- but -- this is SUCH an improvement on your past poetry! I can see a real maturing in your writing. You wondered once if you'd ever be able to write poetry well. I think, my dear, that you are on your way. The only critique I have is...

And never mind the numbers - I obviously can't count!

mae

Ummmm...mlou, today is the 24th - not the 14th.

mae

#3 Water in a Dry Land The swish, swish of the reaper's scythe gave way to a clunk as the blade struck a stone. 'Twas but a passing blow, a common enough occurrence in this dry, rocky land. Oh well, thought the farmer pulling his sickle from the ground. I'll sharpen later. When he bent once more to ...

#2 You Got a Problem With That? I hereby dedicate today to fusses. Confrontations, large and small, arguments and musses shall be honored on this day. In true celebratory fashion, those becoming pugilism, fistfights, boxing and other euphemisms, shall be cheered in the American way! There shall be n...

N Nothingness O Oblivion T Terminated H Hollow I Insignificant N Naught G Gone mae

I almost feel as if we're betraying WT. Not only have I drawn many of you over to AP, but we're talking about it here on WT!

mae

Why don't we just say that with the "e" is the British spelling?

I like it now, also. A really great idea for a poem. I thought so when I first read it and I still do. Nice job.


mae

Well, I don't know how good my stuff is, but it isn't shocking at least!

mae

I hate fishing. I'm not cleaning them. Fishing is so B-O-R-I-N-G! I take a pad along to draw or write. Or I sleep.

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ms, youse pays yer money and youse takes yer chances.

mae

Absolutely!

mae