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Snuffles... (A Spenserian Sonnet)
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Snuffles... (A Spenserian Sonnet) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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I'm reeeally sick! I hab an awfoo code - I don' feel good doe madder what I do. I deed tsum soup and a stupfed bear to hode. Oh doe.. Here cubs a great bid sneedze... ah-CHOO! I'm reeeally sick! I'm stnupfly and I'm blue I deed a great bid box ob titsues, pleadze - Here cubs another, AH-ah-AH-ah-CHOO!! I'b sorry folks, I din'nt mean to sneedze. But I can'd breedthe - I cough an' then I wheedze. Rebembering what mommy always said, "Stay cubbered and drindk tea so you don' freedze." If you'd escuze me pleadze, I'm goind back to bed. Who-ebber gabe dis awfoo code to me. Pleadze take it back - Now where idz my blankey??? |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Awwwww.....I hope you feel better real soon, Nan. Sounds like maybe a touch of the flu. It's going around here too. A lousey way to spend your winter break. Great sonnet! Now get back to bed! And God bless you! Denise |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
The scary part is, this is the first one of your poems I can understand... *smile* loved it... |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Bless you Nan! And I hope you're feeling better real soon! I have to really laugh at how you did this though...so true to life...keep that tissue close and use some cocoa butter on the nose to keep it from hurting!!! <*\\\>< Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is GOD. Where there is GOD, there is no need. Hallmark |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Ya say ya got the cold And you're full of sneezes You're coughin' and sputtrin' Your breath comes in wheezes! Well step forward young lady Now don't be shy I've got the cure for what ails ya And that ain't no lie! See here the bug you got It's a brand new strain Not very leathal Unless you got an AI brain They call it the Y2K And there's only one remedy Stock up on D-cells And go straight to February ... and with that, the Doctor has left the building! Hope you get to feeling better... my wife has been sick these past four days and she's just haten life right now. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You guys are all bad influences on me... I write this wonderful sonnet because I'm too sick to do the sestina that I should be working on... I try to go back to bed so I'll feel better.... and you all keep me up... What's wrong with this picture??? It's all Passionate Poets' fault....  |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Yep! We take full responsibility... even though it's really all Toerags fault! |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Ooh Nan..  You aren't alone here..I'm sick too...I think I might have the flu....ick! I hope you and everyone else who's sick here at passions gets well soon! *Krista Knutson* ~*Like a lion, without fear of the howling pack, Like a gust of wind, ne'er trapped in a snare, Like a lotus blossom, ne'er sprinkled by water, Let me, like a unicorn, in solitude roam.*~ Hymn Of Buddha |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Jeeze - talk about "a play on words". Indeed, I hope this ain't contagious...LOL Good job. Michael |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Laughing at Mikes reply...I was going to say something similar myself. This is the first of your poems, I think, that I haven't had to get a dictionary out to look up at least one of the word...LOL...now that's bad. But it seems we're speaking the same language right now Hope you get to feeling better soon my friend...you are in my thoughts and prayers. Hugs |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Must say Nan, that I sound as congested as you do, yet I'm guiltily sitting at my computer, typing away. Just get yourself a few boxes of kleenex for the top of your computer hun, Hope you're better soon! Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
sobbing uncontrolably* Im sorry Nan *sniff* I didn't mean to get you sick =o( I hope you feel better soon!! you can give it right back to me if you woudl like, I wont mind! Sorry!! Great poem though! ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Dear Nan, Snuf is esnuf already. Get back into bed And continue with tea. If that doesn't work, Get in touch with me. Love ya Sy. PS. the poem was wonderful. |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA |
I've seen your sestina so you must feel better. Keep on writing and using that tissue, Nan. |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA |
ack..scratch that...feel better soon so we CAN see that sestina...LOL though this is funny and I'm with Mike on understanding it. |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Gee Nan...we had better get you better so that the Dictionaries don't get dusty! lol. Sending you some TLC and some homemade chicken soup. Get better soon. |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
Wow, Nan! I haven't read much of your poems but, this poem alone shows that you're among the best poets on this board. Brillant poem!! Your lovely poem has inspired to write a sonnet. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Well, Snuffly. . . I see that the medication has finally gotten to you! Hope that you're feeling all better veddy soon!! That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
I know the feeling Miss Nanners...I've got one too. In tribute, here's a limerick. Croup Husky throat contradicts me Illness I feel quite acutely I cough and I sneeze When I sleep I do wheeze This body would like to be rid me Alicat  As I sit here dimly thinking Watching modem lights a-blinking Churning out poetic hash. Lord, in all Your piety, Help me keep my sanity: Please don't let the modem crash! --Alicat |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Poor NANNER! At least your malady has not dulled either your wit or writing ability. This one's a cutie |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Nan: Hope you're feeling better and thanks for the gift of laughter... HUSG Don't ask me where I'm going, just listen when I'm gone and far away you'll hear me singing softly to the dawn. |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
Great one, Nan! LOL.... loved it!!! Hope you're feeling better! stay well in 2000... happy New Year love, doreen |
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maedavid Junior Member
since 1999-12-29
Posts 24Carrollton, TX, USA |
May the New Year bring you health and love. Great poem. Very entertaining. Sounds just like me when I get sick. I like to have my little soft fuzzy bear to hold on to also. The only way to know Love, is to Know God. |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
I love how you always find a way to make light of your formatting... it just goes to show that some formats are universally applicable, and can bring something to any sort of poem, be it a love sonnet or a poem about having a cold... I've never read a humourous Spenserian sonnet before now... thanks for the experience. Brian "God becomes as we are that we may be as he is." ~William Blake |
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