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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-08-10 11:33 AM


I missed my 5000th post...it was 4976 just a moment ago, and now, in reply to "Your Key" it was 5052. Darn!!!

So to commiserate, here's an unfinished poem, unless I'm able to tack on an ending in the moments here:

do we
make lazy, fat
birds, when we hang
thistle seeds
from the
eave?

or
do their
wings flap in
rapid enough succession
to cause the consumption
of calories galore
resulting
a

slimness
to their svelte selves
evermore?

can
we get
the skinny
on this fat
chance?

©August 10, 2002

yep, finished,
'cept a title,
how about "Fat Chance"

oh, I'm such a bird-brain


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

[This message has been edited by VAS (08-10-2002 12:01 PM).]

© Copyright 2002 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Magnus
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since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA
1 posted 2002-08-10 11:38 AM


Virginia.....I think you are cool.....

And I think the title is appropriate....

A grin it brings...and leaves....

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
2 posted 2002-08-10 11:42 AM


Not a bird brain at all.....what counts is that you are here and sharing and that makes it more special knowing that you can get lost in the poetry that way.  Maybe a better reflection of celebration after all.  Btw...I think "Fat Chance" would make a great title for this one.  Congrats on the 5000 plus and smiles for knowing you enjoyed the poetry in here enough to get lost in 40 plus moments before realizing.
VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
3 posted 2002-08-10 11:46 AM


Thanks, you two! you have given you leave

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

Bill Charles
Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
4 posted 2002-08-10 11:48 AM


Virginia from Oregon - you're sweet, it shows in this write...

BC

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5 posted 2002-08-10 12:19 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Yay!!! Oh Virginia, congratulations on 5000, YAY!!! (smiles) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we're all sooooooo proud of you, believe me I love birds so so much too, this is wonderful, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!



May love and light alwyas shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296
Michigan
6 posted 2002-08-10 12:31 PM


Congratulations Virginia....
You made it!
So what if you went a little beyond....
it just shows how much you love this place.
I think you can officially celebrate 5000 posts

And your poem is adorable....keep the title as Fat Chance...its a great poem and a great title.
~ congratulatory hugs from annoying rodent

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Enchantress
Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113
Canada eh.
7 posted 2002-08-10 12:33 PM


CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 5000 POSTS!!
Love this one too Virginia!
~Hugs, Nancy~

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