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Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

0 posted 2012-03-26 03:34 PM

When Grendel told the tale
the alliteration was much rougher,
and the narrative style was spotty, at best.
Perhaps that’s why the other version lasts.

Shakespeare slandered Richard so badly,
he’d still be in litigation,
if Henry had left any relatives living.

Considering who owns the final press,
I wonder sometimes
what we’ll look like when the dust settles.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

splashMeadow
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since 2011-06-09

Posts 20
UK

1 posted 2012-03-26 04:13 PM

Intriguing and thought-provoking. Writing often evolves into a life of its own... after the dust settles.

And I heard somewhere that Grendel's version was beastly!

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2012-03-26 04:14 PM

we will look like fingerprints,
touching screens...

like this *touching screen*

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2012-03-26 04:36 PM

Hah! Loved this, Nan from Texas. I have a cousin Nan from Arkansas.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

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Texas, USA

4 posted 2012-03-26 05:16 PM

splash, you made me grin out loud!

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

5 posted 2012-03-26 05:17 PM

Ah, Sunshine, to leave my prints on history, how great would that be?

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

6 posted 2012-03-26 05:18 PM

Thanks, JP, and say hi to your Nan for me.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2012-03-26 10:00 PM

Smiling at this, Nan.
Ida

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

8 posted 2012-03-27 08:56 AM

There are two sides to every coin, indeed.

Very thought provoking.

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

9 posted 2012-03-27 10:10 PM

Hey Ida, thanks!
Nicole, yeah. And people are always willing to believe the best story, or shall I say, would rather believe the best story? Truth tends to be a little less interesting.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

10 posted 2012-04-02 01:23 AM

Hey, Nan. Makes you wonder, huh. Like this a lot.

A

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

11 posted 2012-04-02 12:43 PM

Thanks, Alison. Yup. I could have expanded it to hideous length if I wanted to cite every time the tale we remember is the tale best told, rather than the truth, but why bother? People like the better story, don't we?

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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