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Sep 3, 2024 at 9:06am
In response to "In Defense of Free-ing Verse"

AmyJo-Christmas wishes

Thank you! I really have nothing against rhyme, only against insisting it is necessary or it's not poetry. This would exclude some of my favorite poets - TS ELiot and e e cummings, for example. Shakespeare rhymed all those sonnets and they're lovely. The key to rhyme is using it well.

AmyJo-Christmas wishes

Sep 3, 2024 at 8:09am
In response to "In Defense of Free-ing Verse"

As a fan of free verse and prose, I think that demanding rhymes is excessive at times. I like this poem that while fussing about rhymes, has a wonderful cadence that flows well. Kudos to you!

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Jul 1, 2024 at 1:02pm
In response to "Ups and Downs"

I am unlikely to be found on a roller coaster due to a strong affinity for the ground and a general distrust of roller coaster designers, builders and operators.

Jul 1, 2024 at 12:59pm
In response to "Interplanetary Equity"

That's because they unidentified. I shall identify them, then capture them.

Jul 1, 2024 at 6:47am
In response to "Ups and Downs"

A rollercoaster ride would be fun. I loved your sense of humor, great joke there!

Jul 1, 2024 at 6:46am
In response to "Interplanetary Equity"

and how may I ask, do you do that, when people say they can't even get a photo of them? lol

Jun 12, 2024 at 6:31am
In response to "Hit or Mess"

Beholden

Or vice versa.

Beholden

Jun 12, 2024 at 6:20am
In response to "Hit or Mess"

It's all about hand and eye coordination. Sometimes your hand is awake but your eye not.

May 27, 2024 at 2:33pm
In response to "Nothing to Crow About"

AnotherDreamer

Blue Jays are intelligent, too. They are in the same family as crows and often harass crows, but mostly by squawking and flying around to tease or taunt them. Again, bratty behavior. Although jays do raid nests occasionally, I would think most are smart enough to not raid a crow's nest. That jay paid dearly for his crime.

AnotherDreamer

May 27, 2024 at 2:16pm
In response to "Nothing to Crow About"

Once I witnessed a murder of a bluejay. (it deserved it) My Dad pulled his fishing boat into a small cove on a tiny island not far from the larger island of Wrangell, Alaska. We were having our lunch when a commotion in the treetops got our attention. With the help of binoculars, I saw a blue jay harassing a nest of crows. It drove at the nest several times then came out with a featherless baby. I saw it drop to the ground and I ran to look at it. There was nothing I could do to save it because the head was gone. I ran back to the boat. A few crows started chasing the blue bird. Several crows, screeching, flew to the larger island returning very quickly with enough crows to darken the sky.
In horror we watched them pluck every feather off the jay before they snipped off its head.