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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Way back when, in October of 1999, some of our poets participated in a project entitled My Home Town, in which members posted a poem about where they lived. They could choose their city or, if they preferred, their state, area or country. It was quite a success. We found that it gave us insight into each poet's life to the point where we felt we knew them better than just a name on the screen. It greatly increased the familiarity we shared with each other. Well, that was then and this is now. Passions has grown by leaps and bounds and many more countries are represented now than back then. Also our membership has increased substantially. So...we propose to do it again. Should you care to join in, please write a poem about your home town or area in which you live. E-mail them to me at bigroach@gate.net and I will compile them into a collaberation of all participating poets. If you would like to see the first one, please go to.. /pip/Forum69/HTML/000849.html If you feel you would like to participate but need some time to complete it, please let me know so that I can wait for you. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how you may look at poets in different ways after viewing the world through their eyes based on their surroundings....and you will learn a lot more about your country and the world, in general. Happy writing.....  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Gee 1999...I remember that year! And as things change about home towns, I won't submit what I wrote before, but will add to it substantially....so yes, count me on board! |
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RosePetal 
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
i'll just sit this one out and watch since u already wrote about my hometown..err I mean OUR hometown |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Deer ..that link goes to your Hoot at Nans thread...I think you mean this one... dont confuse the moth baby...shes flying blind as it is  /pip/Forum69/HTML/000889.html |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Count me in too, please, Deer for I live in a lovely country here My hometown is the open land Just wait untill my poem is send  TitiaA rose is a rose is a rose...I guess... |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
you're BOTH confusing me!!! :dizzy: I believe the following was the first community Home Town poem: /pip/Forum20/HTML/000850.html Peace, C |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Count me in, It will probably be a tribute to Canada as a whole "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Melissa, I am pooped, want to do one together LOL  if not, I will just watch (I'm still unpacking).~* Sharon *~ |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
How long do we have? I am definately interested, but my muse may not be, LOL. Tara |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I would think a week to ten days should give everyone enough time. We will play it by ear and see how it goes... Melissa...Canada is not a hole!!!  |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
your home town....? i remember this... i felt so at home there... i'll check it out, michael it's great to do community poetry.. i'm not sure how it works, tho.... it's been a long long time...... tomorrow .. after i make it through tonight, i'll click on the link maybe add some insight cool project.... i like that! nothing like collaborative efforts.... thanks, sweet Poet..... maybe i'll write a few lines about pool halls and swimming pools and public transportation..... that's what we've got out here in my home town.... *wink |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
hehe M'deer, don't make me come over there!!!  And Sharon, okies, let's write one together! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Hey .... wanna come watch me mow ?  LOL .. by the time they're published ... I'll be moved !  Does that mean I get to do TWO ? LOL~ I'm in ! Check your e-mail~ *HUGS* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ok, things are moving along...I have Sunshine Titia Marsha Krissy Keth Marge Napalms...under construction SmartChick...under construction Melissa & Mysteria......promised Kit...promised I hope to get more participation. Any poets who participated in the first one and would like that poem used may tell me and it shall be done.... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Well, since I've now landed in Houston, can I just borrow Lucie's from the first round??? LOL On the other hand... I'm not sure I consider the place HOME... the werk monster dragged me here. *S* |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Okay, Michael, I'd love it if you'd use the one I had submitted the first time around! Thanks! Hey, I love your new pic, too! |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Suthern gal, you can send one about anywhere! SInce you're determined to chase that evil Toe, how about Fantasyland? Ok, Denise! Thank you!! Poet deVine - received Victoria - received keep 'em coming! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Count me in, Michael, I think. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
I posted one a long time ago about my home town...it wasn't back in 99 though, because I've only been posting here since last December...can I re-post it? I think this is a great idea, Michael Lyra |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
sure, Madame C....just e-mail it to me, if you will, and I'll include it happily. |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Here's an update m'deer: Sharon has decided to write a hometown poem afterall in tribute to Vancouver But, lazy ole me can't muster the time to write one about St. Catharines (the garden city). So, is it okay if I just submit an oldie tributing Canada? If not, it's all good! "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Sorry, patootie. This is actually an effort to show a little of our lives to the other members...where we live, what we see, the characteristics of our surroundings which adds a personal touch to the name on the screen....just a general poem about a country really doesn't do that, yanno? Things are moving along.. So far I have... Sunshine Kethry Titia Muys Marsha Krissy Marge Victoria PDV Madame Chipmunk Denise All you promisers need to get going. I'd like to wind this up by the weekend and present it next Monday... Onward, Passion soldiers!! |
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