BlueIris
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Wed Oct-22-08 08:56 AM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 10/22/08 |
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"Girlhood"
How happy we were to begin to use scissors, to point them in jubilation toward one another, because we were warned expressly not to. Sharp, silver, thrilling with glint, what relief
to jab and pierce those paper snowflakes, snipping like Girl Scouts gone mad. But before we were passive-aggressive, we were passive and learned to make flowers of our folded hands, quiet as souvenir birchbark canoes balanced on bathwater. Blame me
for anything, everything. Damage me. How easily the boat tips still.
—Terri Ford
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BlueIris
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Wed Oct-22-08 10:20 AM
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1. I will be very sad if we go back to that BlueIris/Lounge dynamic wherein I post poem threads |
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and the Lounge ignores them. Very sad.
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Wed Oct-22-08 10:28 AM
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BlueIris
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Wed Oct-22-08 10:54 AM
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3. Yep. That about sums it up. |
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Wed Oct-22-08 10:58 AM
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Chorophyll
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Wed Oct-22-08 11:37 AM
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Just wanted to let you know, I read most of your (and Retro's) poetry threads through a long, long season of not posting, and I appreciate your efforts.
And now I'm here to kick you up a notch. :kick:
:hi:
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BlueIris
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Wed Oct-22-08 01:15 PM
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6. Awwwww. Thank you, nice poster. |
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Edited on Wed Oct-22-08 01:15 PM by BlueIris
Everyone, copy off Nice Poster's paper when responding to these threads.
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Chorophyll
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Wed Oct-22-08 01:58 PM
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Just don't beat me up on the playground. :scared:
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Wed Oct-22-08 02:38 PM
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Ah, I like this one!
Very evocative, and great imagery!
Thank you...
:hug:
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BlueIris
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Wed Oct-22-08 02:45 PM
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9. This one is very stealthy. |
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Edited on Wed Oct-22-08 02:46 PM by BlueIris
"How happy we were to begin to use scissors, to point them in jubilation toward one another..."
Stealthy use of the line breaks there.
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Wed Oct-22-08 05:16 PM
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snipping like Girl Scouts gone mad
:hi:
RL
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