Fauxku Choo Choo (the play's the thing)
cinnamon candles
make her think of pumpkin spice--
it's barely summer

Next week is July 4th
BAM, summer turns the corner--
snuggles by the fire.
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Next week is July 4th
BAM, summer turns the corner--
snuggles by the fire.


by Canada Day
another year is half done--
rain on fireworks
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A day in Canada
lasts years, though things are slow -
checkmate Einstein.
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A day in Canada
lasts years, though things are slow -
checkmate Einstein.


one day is a soap bubble
the next drips like an hourglass filled with pitch
time doesn’t fly, it lies
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
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A day in Canada
lasts years, though things are slow -
checkmate Einstein.


Einstein's in a boat
just fishing the day away--
tells wife it's research.

(06-30-2023, 09:53 PM)Quixilated Wrote:  A day in Canada
lasts years, though things are slow -
checkmate Einstein.


one day is a soap bubble
the next drips like an hourglass filled with pitch
time doesn’t fly, it lies
Quix you beat me to it!
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(06-30-2023, 10:27 PM)brynmawr1 Wrote:  Quix you beat me to it!
Big Grin  Two poems for the price of one.  I would challenge you to a duel, but I lost my dueling pencils ages ago and can’t be bothered to look for them.  We can let the next poster untangle it however they see fit.
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
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(06-30-2023, 10:48 PM)Quixilated Wrote:  
(06-30-2023, 10:27 PM)brynmawr1 Wrote:  Quix you beat me to it!

Big Grin  Two poems for the price of one.  I would challenge you to a duel, but I lost my dueling pencils ages ago and can’t be bothered to look for them.  We can let the next poster untangle it however they see fit.

Ha! I've never had such pencils.  Besides, I think Tiger would erase both of us.
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Einstein’s soap bubble
bursts bright in a fiery flash:
atomic fishing.
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Einstein’s soap bubble
bursts bright in a fiery flash:
atomic fishing.


not all bubbles burst
in a subatomic flash--
who designed this thi
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not all bubbles burst
in a subatomic flash--
who designed this thi


post apocalypse
Kevin Costner sporting gills-
fruit flies did just fine
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post apocalypse
Kevin Costner sporting gills-
fruit flies did just fine

Oppenheimer smoked
a hundred fruit flies a day
grew wings, flew away.
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Oppenheimer smoked
a hundred fruit flies a day
grew wings, flew away.


Surgeon General
shook his head but said nothing--
can't stop evolution
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Surgeon General
shook his head but said nothing--
can't stop evolution

A wise man once said
evolution can’t be stopped:
time to adapt.
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A wise man once said
evolution can’t be stopped:
time to adapt.


a wise man evolves
knowing that adaptation
has no time to stop
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a wise man evolves
knowing that adaptation
has no time to stop


There is no stopping
life's perpetual motion--
5 o'clock somewhere?
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There is no stopping
life's perpetual motion--
5 o'clock somewhere?

Day begins its end
5 o’clock shadows resist
perpetual heat.
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Day begins its end
5 o’clock shadows resist
perpetual heat.


shadows fearfully
resist the day’s end when night 
comes out to eat them
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
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shadows fearfully
resist the day’s end when night 
comes out to eat them


Full of itself night
grows weary on its prowls
tucks in for the day
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Full of itself night
grows weary on its prowls
tucks in for the day

just trying to sleep-
midnight, on the other hand
had something else planned
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just trying to sleep-
midnight, on the other hand
had something else planned


catching up on rest
midnight oil gets expensive--
a good sleep is cheap
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