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0 posted 2007-03-21 04:12 PM



I’m wishing you a sunshine-sugar-poka-dot day,
all painted like a brightly metaphysical Monet,
where holding still is silly and a wiggle’s okay
in a willy-nilly-it’s-a-dilly-polka-dot way!

Now, when you get a sunshine-sugar-polka-dot day,
remember that you never need a reason to play,
just find one happy spot and turn it to a bouquet,
catch a smile and never spurn it, then you give it away!

I’m wishing you’ll be dishing a delightful buffet
and never have to say dessert is “merely souffle”
but a feast of happy feeling in a joyful display
on a sunshine-sugar-knock-you-reeling-polka-dot day!



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I dunno, sometimes a day just needs some silly in it!

© Copyright 2007 Ed Ratledge - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2007-03-21 04:31 PM


Ahhh this is so cute...and silly..
But we need days like that just to keep us sane.

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
  So you won't ever forget me. ~

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2 posted 2007-03-21 04:37 PM


I did it as a challenge to myself, to see if I could work that kooky meter, and a complicated rhyme scheme without having the whole thing fall apart....

a
a
b - a
b - a

a
a
c - a
c - a

a
a
d - a
d - a

The poem's goofy, but I'm happy with it anyway!

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3 posted 2007-03-21 04:54 PM


YES...I can appreciate some silly, Silly.
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4 posted 2007-03-21 06:51 PM


RatMan~
I like you serious
I like you silly
I like you polka-dotted
and a little willie nilly~

Shucks alive
I declare
I like any mood
you wear !!

Bear with me ... I got caught up in your playful mood~

Love you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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5 posted 2007-03-21 06:55 PM


Very upbeat and I like the form!     ...jo
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6 posted 2007-03-21 07:26 PM


Silly is good, especially for
the first day of spring.

So I shall think and tinker
with polka-dot thoughts!


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7 posted 2007-03-21 08:17 PM


Preposterous,
Impractical,
Ridiculous,
Yet tactical.

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8 posted 2007-03-22 01:06 AM


I'm just glad I wore my polka-dot socks today...love those writes that challenge the writer...always good for us readers...
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9 posted 2007-03-22 01:45 AM


I was sitting at the desk, tappy-tapping the rhythm with my fingers, THEN writing the line, whittling and sanding it until the syllables matched my finger-diddles -- I wanted it swingy and syncopated if I could write it that way.....and that was the best "method" I could come up with!

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10 posted 2007-03-22 01:47 AM


Now, off to bed in my pokeydot PJ's! Sweet sunny dreams to ya!

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11 posted 2007-03-22 06:26 AM


Ed,
I'm sitting here a tapping out a rhythm like you say.
It isn't anything like your rhythm of today.
This just isn't working like I know that it should,
But you have me feeling silly and silly is good.

love your polka dotted p.j.'s martyjo

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12 posted 2007-03-22 06:57 AM


well this made me feel a little better about today, so I'm keeping it to see if it still works tomorrow

cute one Ed

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13 posted 2007-03-22 05:11 PM


Ed...
I used to have a dress
it wasn't quite my best
I wore it for its twirl
when I was a little girl

The polka was a dance
the dots for eyes enhance
circles circles are my friends
they never have an ever end.

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14 posted 2007-03-22 06:24 PM


feel the pure heart of a Child.
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15 posted 2007-03-23 02:16 PM


I simply adore your sing-songy sweet silliness!

A delightfully delicious piece of scribbles!

May your every day be a perfect polka dot day!


Linda

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16 posted 2007-03-25 12:43 PM


A cute little polka-dot write.  
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17 posted 2007-03-26 07:04 PM




love the polka dot finger-diddles!
they set me to smiling and tapping


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18 posted 2007-03-29 01:29 PM


I dare anyone to read this and not feel a grin tugging at the corners of their mouth! LOL

This is delightful! *S*

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