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KMart (my own challenge)
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KMart (my own challenge) |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
From this link to FoxNews, it seems KMart may have to close some of it's stores. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42801,00.html This is my poetic challenge poem: A place of childhood fantasy at cost we could sustain looming large in my heritage at the corner of fifth and main As I grew up it comforted me gave me more for every dime but this has changed dramatically as everything does with time No longer will I stand in line listening to registers shout things have changed in shopping land the blue light has gone out. |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
We have two k-marts here..one is a brand new super store..i know someone who met her husband in k-mart...she will be very sad..cute poem though ms.devine ~Vic [This message has been edited by Victoria (01-12-2002 10:04 AM).] |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
This is very well put, and so true Sharon. Most of the K-Mart outlets, if not all of them closed in Canada a few years ago and they are missed! Those stores were jam packed with so many memories....those blue light specials are now a thing of the past in Canada. Dry your eyes and I'll put another 50 cents in the horse for you to ride.  ~Hugs, Nancy~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you Nancy!!! But if I get dizzy and fall off will you help me up? |
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strbbux Member Elite
since 2001-12-19
Posts 3859 |
"The blue light has gone out" LOLOLOL I loved this, I heard they were going bankrupt, And that all the stores are closing.? loved this poem. floria |
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HumbleBee Member
since 2002-01-06
Posts 52Kentucky |
I think Wal-Mart is responsible for more than K-Mart going out of business. Remember when Sears used to be the place to shop for everything you need? Now it seems as though Wal-Mart is the place to go...at least it's that way here in Kentucky. Yep, I remember those blue light specials...dashing through the store...smiles. Good poem...love your writing style |
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RosePetal
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
oh man, I love Kmart and wal-mart. I always go to Kmart and get great bargains. I will miss it very much if the one by my house closes!! I refuse to shop at sears and pay twice as much for the same things that kmart and wal-mart sells for less! |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssss) Oh no...this is so sad, I couldn't help but cry reading this for I too remember so many times going to K-Mart to buy snack foods, water guns, apparel, and toys with my family as a boy in K-Mart, and still stop in today sometimes! (sad sigh) I hope this store closing is not as bad as I think of it being, for this store has become a cornerstone of all our American society! Sooooooo heartfelt, sweet friend, I pray that these blue light specials will continue to shimmer and siren off! We all love you so much, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!   May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Poet deVine - I've always loved shopping at K-mart. But alas, they have taken it almost into ruin, as so many before it... BC |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
*sigh* the KMarts here went into history several years ago...I miss them as a place I loved to shop and where fond memories were made...I too think Wal-Mart has replaced most of the stores we once had. **big hugs** Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
I'll take the Blue Light Special over that Smiling Face with a sword any day!!! ah yes, as a former member of the retail shopping community (I worked in a Hills Dept. Store for 18 months before it closed), I know all too well what can happen. . . it would seem that the Waltons (and not the kind you see on TV) march on. . . well done. . . ----------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Poet De Vine, I loved this...What's a Kmart? Is it some sort of endangered species? Keth Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
LOL...Sharon, I've gone to call the manager because you have been on that horse since early this morning and... I didn't realise you had your foot caught in the stirrup!  I'm headed over towards the final blue light special of the night! Nancy. ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
PoetD....nicely done...and yep...the blue lights are more common on cop cars than in shopping centers now days... |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Geeez, my local k mart has me scanning and bagging my own stuff, but I have to love it when their computer talks to me. Who would have ever thougth k mart would be a sign of the times~ I liked your poem and k mart thanks you for the plug! |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Poet deVine, This was great and sad cause I grow up with the big K as well, I have not heard anything like that of yet, but the one in our town is very run down and not a very safe place to go because of where it is, wonderful job, Love, Cerenity "God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist. |
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