Abacus (tanka for the "A Word" challenge

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Open Poetry #27

Abacus (tanka for the "A Word" challenge

Nightshade

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just out of reach

0 posted 2003-07-31 01:35 PM

     ~~~

Drill me to the left
                   Fifth degree me to the right
      Tears...center...counted
Faithfulness you calculate
Like beads on an abacus

     ~~~
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Chris Barker
July 2003 ~

[This message has been edited by Nightshade (07-31-2003 01:38 PM).]

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

1 posted 2003-07-31 01:52 PM

You've now met this challenge as well Chris!
Look at you go!!
Love the presentation as well.
~Hugs and love ya, Teed.~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

2 posted 2003-07-31 01:54 PM

Yer brains are showin'! Very cleverly done, Dear Chris!

Linda

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

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3 posted 2003-07-31 01:58 PM

Chris, what a presentation! You are on a
roll, girl...

A very well met challenge, friend.

Hugs

Ethel

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2003-07-31 02:20 PM

Brava!  Challenge VERY WELL MET!

Ahem.  You deserve the
[oh no!  She's going to say it!]

A of the day!

El_Campeador
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since 2003-01-29

Posts 761
Ohio, USA

5 posted 2003-07-31 02:44 PM

And you adeptly swept us off our feet with this poem... Good job, Chris.

“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

Nightshade

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6 posted 2003-07-31 02:56 PM

I'm learning new things each day it seems!

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

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New York

7 posted 2003-07-31 03:26 PM

Chris, only you would write of this . . .
and OMG it is quite brilliant!
Well met indeed - surpassed . . .
xxoo

Nightshade

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8 posted 2003-07-31 04:25 PM

Thankyou Sue...what a wonderful compliment!

Wind

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9 posted 2003-07-31 05:24 PM

gorgeous Chris

insanity is not a crime

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

10 posted 2003-07-31 05:44 PM

nicely done, not at all what I expected
*s
M

Nightshade

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11 posted 2003-07-31 06:26 PM

Thanks Wind and Maureen for reading and commeting.

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