No Cents--- A Challenge from Balladeer (repost)

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Open Poetry #17

No Cents--- A Challenge from Balladeer (repost)

Lucie
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since 1999-06-20

Posts 1077
Houston

0 posted 2001-11-29 01:44 PM

I’m just a nickel in a 10¢ world.
No matter what I do, I don’t fit in.
I like puttin square pegs in the circle.
I like telling stories from the end.

I’m just a nickel in a 10¢ world.
No matter what I have, its not enough.
You describe the Louvre as a Museum.
To me its just a building filled with stuff.

I’m just a nickel in a 10¢ world.
Everywhere I go, I’m odd one out.
You have all the answers to the questions.
I have no idea what life’s about.

I’m just a nickel in a 10¢ world.
Never claimed to have a lot of "cents".
You like to tell the world your secrets.
I like tryin' to keep them in suspense.

Alone you fit perfect in this 10¢ world.
And you may think that I have lost my mind.
But I’ll just search for someone who’s just like me.
Cause, a nickel and a nickel make a
dime.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-11-29 01:47 PM

Sounds like a challenge well met!

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

2 posted 2001-11-29 02:26 PM

Don't know what the challenge was but I love the poem!

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

3 posted 2001-11-29 02:56 PM

Lucie - You may be just a nickel, but you are solid gold through and through.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2001-11-29 04:01 PM

Lucie, Long John just said you were "clad."

You gonna sit there and take that without a whimper?

Personally, I like you "unclad."

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2001-11-29 04:04 PM

Lucie! This is great, even without knowing what the challenge was/is. Enjoyed!
~hugs, Nancy~

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

6 posted 2001-11-29 09:14 PM

Well done, Lucie!!

The challenge was to create a poem from the line "Sometimes I feel like a nickel in a ten cent world."

Ya done good, kid!

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

7 posted 2001-11-29 09:23 PM

i love it!! great job!!!!

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