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Wind
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0 posted 2003-03-03 06:25 PM





clouds drifted
winds rustled through the sky
rain was falling
the trees wispered the same lie

let it rain,
they cried,
the sun was fading away,
and the sky stood still,
And begged the sun to stay

This challenge forbade the use of adjetives. (shudders)

the Wind is invisible.
        remeber me

[This message has been edited by Wind (03-03-2003 06:28 PM).]

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the_loner_23
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1 posted 2003-03-03 06:26 PM


This is really good. I enjoyed it.

Cold hands means a warm heart

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2 posted 2003-03-03 06:29 PM


This is truly beautiful, and from what I can see, it is a challenge well met!

Have a wonderful evening!
EA

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3 posted 2003-03-03 06:46 PM


Great job, Wind.  Writing without adjectives does seem like a daunting (oops) challenge.  You've met the challenge well.
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4 posted 2003-03-03 06:52 PM


Well done Wind!! Enjoyed. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

VAS
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5 posted 2003-03-03 06:56 PM


Absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Barring adjectives didn't bar your descriptiveness one iota! Excellent!!

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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6 posted 2003-03-03 07:58 PM


Thanks everyone

the Wind is invisible.
        remeber me

JP
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7 posted 2003-03-04 07:25 PM


Well done!  Shamed me in my inadequacy - and rightly so!  

Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
Nil Desperandum, Fata viem invenient

Aenimal
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8 posted 2003-03-04 10:09 PM


Loved this and love the new pic lol
BluesSerenade
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9 posted 2003-03-04 10:13 PM


You did good Windy woman,
the trees are shady indeed!

GG
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10 posted 2003-03-04 10:23 PM


wow! I thought this was really good.. and then I read the challenge and now I think its even better!
As long as you don't inclue articles as adjectives. That'd be impossible, though I'd have thought this would be anyway. Like I said, WOW!

Always, Alyssa

- And so it was that time stood still -
     (blink, breathe, stand, fight)

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11 posted 2003-03-04 10:37 PM


Liz, this is good and very descriptive even without adjectives. I'm going to read the challenge.....if I can find it.

BTW, I like your new picture...

Hugs,
Ethel

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12 posted 2003-03-04 11:17 PM


Challenge met head on, and quite a wonderful poem!
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13 posted 2003-03-05 03:05 AM


just awesome! well done!
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14 posted 2003-03-06 07:09 PM


nice reading

>>phantom poet<<

Amara
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15 posted 2003-03-06 07:18 PM


Good job! I especially like the title, in connection to the challenge itself (not being able to describe the sky, with adjectives at least.) I also like the line "The trees whisper the same lie."

That's what we, as heroes, do. We live as if the world were like it should be, to show the world what it could be.

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