barbsdad2003

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a squirrel is but a rabbit with a long tail

Posted Jul 17, 2010 · 23 lines · 2 critiques

==

a squirrel is
but a rabbit
with a long tail

when you eat the hard-
boiled egg, be sure to ingest
its shell; when you eat

the apple, do not
forget its core, its dark and
bitter seeds; and don't

discard its skin; set
aside its stem remainder
to place with reverence

beneath its mother

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tree as a charity to
the common deer; when

you eat well-cooked fish
from a can and mark the bones
as soft, eat them too;

it should be wise to
respect the dandelion:
take it to salad

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Received a critique
on a squirrel is but a rabbit with a long tail from @Marie-I-Be
"You have taken a lot of care with this, Chuck---with the form and with the content. My feeling is that I'm reading precious lines from Chuck's Book of Wisdom. Your tenderness and respect toward your environment close an…"
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on a squirrel is but a rabbit with a long tail from @Kailashana
"...do you know how to make dandelion wine mr ee? http://www.texascooking.com/recipes/dandelionwine.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://shotgunwildatheart.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dandelion_wine.jpg&imgrefu…"
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a squirrel is but a rabbit with a long tail
"=="
Open thread 23 lines
15 Thu

Critiqued
"SNOWDAY in CAROLINA" by @scribbler
"I just checked: snowplow seems to be spelled, as far's I can see, as one word versus two. And I'd be inclined to remove the space tween g and , (though I'd have to see the change to judge with greater accuracy). As to s…"
15 Thu

Critiqued
"Fire" by @blistered-pen
"now checked out blood red. Yes, it's in flux, apparently, in the British English---and probably Canadian too---though given that fact I would suggest the hyphenated version before a noun, as in your cogent piece. The pr…"
14 Wed

Received a critique
on respecting words from @magics02
"Love the format you used here and the content. Good job Love,Mona"
14 Wed

Received a critique
on respecting words from @scribbler
"I find myself in a continual struggle to not be too "wordy" in my writes.....scribbler"
14 Wed

Posted a poem
respecting words
"=="
Open thread 43 lines
14 Wed

Received a critique
on it's from @loved
"please do i think as u say its an erroneous assessment of such a wonderful creation thanks"
14 Wed

Received a critique
on it's from @loved
"i shall edit it don't want to hurt a fly normally i don't"
13 Tue

Received a critique
on you smell from @Marie-I-Be
"Notice that I laid out the sentences in my original comment to you in such a way as to help your other readers pass through your puzzle(s)."
13 Tue

Received a critique
on you smell from @Marie-I-Be
"Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are read vertically in columns from top to bottom and ordered from right to left. In Arabic it's right to left, line by line, top to bottom. Dizzy yet?"
13 Tue

Critiqued
"Legacy" by @Shula
"theme, wonderful wording. As to I place inside this box These things, I'd be tempted to place a colon after things, and/or perhaps leave a line space between things and the first line of the rest of the poem. I think th…"
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"Fire" by @blistered-pen
"with Whitetea. Chuck"
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"Depression Dragon" by @Candlewitch
"a ditto (as to stars and nomination) from me---and a hundred percent agreement with Marie's comment. Hugs, Chuck PS: Oops! Now I've gotta go back and click on stars. Missed it the first comment go-round."
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"Depression Dragon" by @Candlewitch
"here they are!"
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"Lost Lore" by @xena465
"for intruding here: Just in to give this write its fiveworthy due. Sheer quality. And so glad I am that you've made fixes that're so appropriate. Hugs, Chuck"
12 Mon

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"a dream floats up" by @whitetea
"piece, this. Dreams suggest/tell so much. Metaphorically rich here. And written exceedingly well. And from marvelous memory, to boot. It must have made quite an impact at the time of experience. Your pieces come filled…"
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ms. woodchuck
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