Dear Carol Re: "Found his father's pistol.Put it in his mouth and pulled the trigger" A poignant reminder for me of a recent event concerning a young married...
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carol_emt87
Sep 18, 2012 8:56 pm
Thanks Jay. It was several years ago, but true nonetheless. Carol...
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carol_emt87
Sep 18, 2012 9:02 pm
Dear Wings, Thank you for your kind words. I also cannot imagine ending my own life, but I do sympathize with the anguish. I have several friends who suffer...
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wings081
Sep 18, 2012 10:38 pm
Dear Carol Along the same lines as my last post: I would never pay one penny ransome money. Neither would I pay a blackmailer for his silence. I recall the...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 19, 2012 4:27 am
My dear lady, You have captured a moment in time and painted it for all to see and feel. Well done! As always, Jerry...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 19, 2012 4:27 am
Ode From An Old Friend I knock on your roof For it's time for me to go I've sheltered you for years But it's time for me to go I was a haven for wings and...
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wings081
Sep 20, 2012 1:37 pm
Jerry my friend Since I was old enough to climb,trees have been my shelter from the trials and tribulations of ground zero. The higher the better, as from the...
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Jay Doggett
jmdoggett
Sep 21, 2012 9:23 am
Jerry, A terrific and moving piece. I'm always sad to see a tree go down, even the beautiful one that crushed my car a couple years ago. Jay ... From:...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 21, 2012 12:14 pm
Friend Wings, I too spent many a day in treetops during my youth. The world took on a different appearance when seen from those lofty heights. It seemed the...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 21, 2012 12:27 pm
Greetings Jay, Sorry to hear about the loss of your car as well as the tree. A few years ago during the winter we had four ice storms in three days which was...
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Jay Doggett
jmdoggett
Sep 22, 2012 2:10 am
Jerry, It was very nice ( and prudent! ) of you to move your neighnor's car. We got hit by an ice storm too, stronger than any in recent memory. In NH we ...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 22, 2012 2:25 am
This brings to mind that horrible time when Dutch Elm Disease ravaged northern Illinois. We cut down 125 trees in one season, some nearly three feet across....
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 22, 2012 3:39 am
Jay, It's funny in a way how beautiful everything becomes when covered in ice and yet the destructive power is so very sad. We were without power from those...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 22, 2012 3:44 am
Suzianne!!! Where were you when I needed you a couple of days ago. I would much rather have paid you to take down my tree than the two fellows I hired. (lol)...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 22, 2012 2:15 pm
My First Command `Twas a blustery day on the high seas. The mighty masts swayed overhead and the sails jumped and snapped as they filled with wind. "Keep her...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 23, 2012 2:23 am
Dear Jerry, You should have called! I woul have cut it up into enough fire wood to last you a while in your poetry circle fire pit. Suzianne...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Sep 23, 2012 2:34 am
My dear lady, Rather than spending time having you cut up the firewood, I would prefer that you join me around the fire pit. Also, instead of poetry we might...
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wings081
Sep 23, 2012 7:55 pm
Dear Suzi Re:"If you ever need a tree felled give me a call" I trust our milliner extraordinaire will wear suitable logger's headgear and not one of her...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 25, 2012 1:14 am
HOT NEWS: September 24th, Poetry at the Moon: Joy Castro & Jennifer Gray ... HELP WANTED LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES ANNUAL BOOK SALE Lancaster Event Center Monday,...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 25, 2012 5:20 am
Dear Wings, Safety first and always...Now that I think of it, the trees at the old homeplace were sufficiently distant from the house that they didn't require...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 28, 2012 5:25 pm
Poet Anthony Trendl to Appear at Fresh Poems Nite 28 September Today, September 28, 2012, 7:00 pm 224 N Main St, Wheaton, IL | Get Directions » FREE  ...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 28, 2012 5:27 pm
Poetry Center Chicago Cultural Center  78 E Washington St., Pedway East  Situated in the Cultural Center Pedway, directly adjacent to the Metra Train...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Sep 28, 2012 5:29 pm
speaking in tongues | chicago calling 2012 Monday, 1 October 2012, 7pm Powell’s Bookstore University Village 1218 S. Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60607 poetry...
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carol_emt87
Oct 4, 2012 10:53 pm
Under a cold sky on Christmas Eve, the last crumpled oak leaves fall on freckles of starlight. To the east, a chorus of coyotes rises. With yip and howls, the...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Oct 5, 2012 12:44 am
On Wednesday, October 24, from 7 to 10 PM, there will be a HUGE Chicago Poetry bash at the Viaduct Theater, 3111 N. Western Ave, during which over 3 dozen...
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suzianne411
Oct 6, 2012 3:46 am
Dear Carol, You hit the mark with this one. The contrast of children ripping into Christmas packages and the coyotes bringing down their prey is vivid and...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Oct 6, 2012 2:41 pm
HOT NEWS: - Saturday: Plainsong Folk Fest ; the Clean Part Reading Series ; Ember Schrag at Bourbon Theater ; Monday the 8th - Poetry at the Moon with Tom...
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carol_emt87
Oct 6, 2012 5:47 pm
Dear Suzianne, I'm glad you like my poem. We were standing on the deck listening to the coyotes sing rather close to the house. The poem came to me the next...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Oct 7, 2012 4:12 pm
Welcome Laura, new to the Forum! Â .FOURTH SUNDAYS RHINO POETRY FORUM WORKSHOP and peer exchange sponsored by RHINO/the Poetry Forum COME AND TRY OUT YOUR NEW...
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corbetth35
Oct 14, 2012 7:13 am
I am excited to say that I now have a special new page at my website to celebrate the student winners of my "Metaphor of the Week" writer's notebook contest:...
