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RedMenace
Cruncher Canada, eh! Joined: Nov 19, 2007 Post Count: 28 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Chandelier trees and snapping trunks
----------------------------------------Line the road to the world. Access to gas, food, and our mailbox Cut off. Ice storms ravaged. Yet Santa still came with presents. The children still visited their parents. The gift of family. Christmas lives on.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together!" -- African Proverb
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NAP2614
Master Cruncher Joined: Mar 27, 2007 Post Count: 2546 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I'm Sorry Poem
----------------------------------------A parent who seems impossible to please suddenly says the three most important words. A Place Called Home © Heather R. Tindall Feeling tense, it's so hard to breathe, as every night I cry so desperately, To put the hurt in the past, as I walk out my room, my heart beats so fast. You shouldn't feel so scared to talk, so scared to joke, or so scared to walk. You don't have it bad. Grow up You're immature! is what you say, then why do I hurt so bad each day. Everything is a mistake to you! I say, I got an A! and you say but did you get two? My failure sticks out so much in your mind, that I dwell upon it and can't put it behind. For some reason when I succeed, all excited to tell you, you nod and say Good. then put it behind you. This tension between us, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I CAN'T STAND THE AGGRESSION OF DOING SO POOR! I WANT TO GET OUT! GET OUT OF THIS PLACE! SO I DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE DISAPPOINTED LOOK ON YOUR FACE! I'M STUCK IN THIS HOLE! IN THIS HOLE ALL ALONE! I'M STUCK IN THIS HOLE IN A PLACE CALLED HOME!... There's no place like home, I think that was said? Then I covered my face and then sat on the bed... Then all was quiet... He put down his mug and instead of a shrug, he walked to the bed to give me a hug. I felt a tear drop and that was something new, then he held me real tight and whispered, I love you.  |
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sunfolk
Master Cruncher Super Kiwi Socialistic Empire Of Jacinda Joined: Oct 8, 2006 Post Count: 1769 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Bump!
----------------------------------------Things that go 'bump' in the night Should not really give one a fright. It's the hole in each ear That lets in the fear, That, and the absence of light! Spike Milligan. Transported from the Bump thread by request.    |
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bjbdbest
Master Cruncher Joined: May 11, 2007 Post Count: 2333 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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@ RedMenace - Thanks so much for your timely submission.
----------------------------------------I sure hope the weather settles down a bit but winter has a mind of its own. Stay warm and please let us hear from you again.  @ NAP2614 - A great poem about teenage angst and family interaction. The capital letters utilized as shouts of frustration are heard loud and clear. A Place Called Home by Heather R. Tindall @ sunfolk - Transport successful!  To all --- Best wishes for a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!  |
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sunfolk
Master Cruncher Super Kiwi Socialistic Empire Of Jacinda Joined: Oct 8, 2006 Post Count: 1769 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Oh Look...! Even crunchers have dedicated poets.
----------------------------------------Crunch This enthused bunch of techies can crunch All our numbers so fast, I've a hunch They're mathematical mystics Who dine on statistics, Eat Fourier series for lunch! SheilaB |
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bjbdbest
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@ sunfolk:
----------------------------------------Crunch -- Clever limrick by SheilaB! Below not that clever by bjb  Statistics for techies a snap Interpreting CPU map As to modern devices My expert advice is Crunch on till the call, "it's a wrap" |
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NAP2614
Master Cruncher Joined: Mar 27, 2007 Post Count: 2546 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Today, I'd like to
----------------------------------------Sit and read Forget I have a Job I need Ignore the things I have to do And just enjoy a Poem or two. unknown [Edit 1 times, last edit by NAP2614 at Jan 6, 2014 6:23:20 PM] |
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bjbdbest
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@ NAP2614 good one!
---------------------------------------- Writing a Limerick's absurd, Line one and line five rhyme in word, And just as you've reckoned They rhyme with the second; The fourth line must rhyme with the third. |
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NAP2614
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Riches
----------------------------------------They say that times were tough then That money was very tight But I remember my childhood And I know that can't be right Mom would cook our dinner Dad came home at five We were all sitting at the table Waiting for him to arrive We wouldn't eat from a microwave Or a restaurant down the street We all ate Mom's home cooking And boy that can't be beat We didn't eat in front of the TV Or with a phone in our hand We weren't plugged into a stereo bopping to the latest band We would all sit at the table Everyone in their place There were never any surprises We recognized every face Brothers to the left of me Sisters to the right That's the way we ate dinner Every single night We laughed we joked we talked we ate We were a family don't you see Though some may have been raised poor You can see it wasn't me We ate collards we ate biscuits We ate fatback and blackeyed peas We said yes sir we said no sir We said thank you ma'am and please So when you talk of family life Or how it used to be Though many had more money None were as rich as me © Jeanne D. Rhein |
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bjbdbest
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Wonderful to see through adult eyes,
----------------------------------------the memories of a child's world. Blessed are those so fortunate. With love there's always warmth and riches. Another winner, NAP2614! “You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be - I have a mother who read to me.” ― Strickland W. Gillilan Edit: Quote ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by bjbdbest at Jan 7, 2014 8:36:20 PM] |
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