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

0 posted 2004-10-05 11:31 PM



I like synonym
on my toast.

I take antonyms
to the coast.

I swing adverbs
merrily

and my adjectives
give me glee.

When my nouns
just lie around,

I pick them up
and put them down.

I find some verbs
to set them free

and they go dancing
away with me.

Then some of my nouns
get all mixed ‘round

they’re stirred and shaken
and sometimes ground.

They’re like the coffee
in my cup

that I drink down
and then fill up.

©October 5, 2004


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

© Copyright 2004 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
1 posted 2004-10-06 11:40 AM


Oh, this is lovely!

I think you master the dance of all those ingredients of the language wonderfully!

Love, Margherita

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
2 posted 2004-10-06 12:20 PM


I think you just gave us the song for these pages of blue.  I really got into this one and now I am thinking I could use a bagel with some pronoun spread.

Very much enjoyed this.

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