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barbsdad2003
Jul 10, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

metaphor


metaphor

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should you wish to 
keep yourself so poor,
pray engage in
obscure metaphor
                                  ---barbsdad
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first I glimpse their shadows ...
and then the flying birds

now I loose my poem;
I have my concrete words

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[t]here is, despite the myriad
difficulties it presents at every
hand, an element of fascination
about a tropical forest unlike anything
else, though the chief pleasure lies
in looking forward to getting out of it

                                                    ---Hinde

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barbsdad2003

17 years 10 months ago

A brief note here ...

to commenters: Do you see why I'd title this "metaphor"? (And just FYI, it is not because I have that word repeated in the italicized self-quote.) Chuck
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infinite_dwarf

17 years 10 months ago

Chuck

Loose poem = flying bird. Freedom. Outstanding job, and great quote in the beginning. You should make a book just on those alone. ~Jess K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~"Save the trees, wipe your ass with an owl..." ~"The grass may be greener on the other side, but it still needs to be mowed..."