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El_Campeador
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0 posted 2003-07-28 12:05 PM


Here's a challenge for everyone:

1. Get out a dictionary, and find an unusual or common word or phrase that begins with "A".

2. Write a poem based on that word. Let your imagination fly, please! I want to see what everyone can come up with. DO NOT PUT YOURSELF IN A BOX! I want to see unboxed creativity!

I would personally like to get to each of the letters - but the best place to start is probably at the beginning, so at the beginning let's begin!  

~El Campeador


[This message has been edited by El_Campeador (07-28-2003 12:06 PM).]

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littlewing
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1 posted 2003-07-28 02:28 PM


I'm game - will check in after school
brezee
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2 posted 2003-07-29 10:39 PM


i have a question are we sposed to post our "a" thingy on here? lol never done this b4  thanx
El_Campeador
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3 posted 2003-07-30 09:44 AM


Brezee, post it in Open Poetry, where everybody can read it...

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

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4 posted 2003-07-30 09:54 AM


I think the challenges themselves have sprung from Pandora's box...

LOL...

Ok, Ben, I'm game, as soon as I light upon Serenity's current challenge, I'm back for yours!

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5 posted 2003-07-30 10:10 AM


Hey, Ben, I like this challenge, too. I'll be back.  
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6 posted 2003-07-30 08:12 PM


/pip/Forum80/HTML/003742.html

There you go, Ben.  Please, judge with a critical eye!

garysgirl
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7 posted 2003-07-31 09:22 AM


Ben, I started on one, but am going to pick another word, I think.
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8 posted 2003-07-31 01:44 PM


    I tried Ben.  I had never heard of the word before...although I had seen one...umm..I think that I might not be making sense as I skipped lunch..lol. bye! Chris rushes off to the kitchen /pip/Forum80/HTML/003796.html

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garysgirl
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9 posted 2003-07-31 02:50 PM


Here's mine, with a common word that I use the meaning of all the time, in one of my favorite forms, too. So, I'm surely not "out of the box". HaHa!!
/pip/Forum80/HTML/003802.html

El_Campeador
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10 posted 2003-07-31 04:08 PM


You all did well, and met the challenge in your own style. I liked each poem very much!

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

[This message has been edited by El_Campeador (07-31-2003 04:09 PM).]

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11 posted 2003-07-31 05:23 PM


I have found the perfect word..lalala...

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12 posted 2003-07-31 05:30 PM


I'm going to have to put this one on the list. Sounds like fun.
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