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I bought a stamp for her collection.
 

It had heart balloons,

flying I-love-you’s.

A generous-eyed bug,

offering gigantic hugs.
 

Not much, a rubber stamp….
 

I dropped it in the oversized bag,

with the card I made,

and the picture of me,

flying balloons,

with I love you’s.

I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
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Average: 4 (2 votes)
Submitted by Meic on 9 December 2007 - 11:30am.
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I think this says a huge

I think this says a huge amount about true tenderness with such sparse words. You are to commended for your brevity.

Iechyd da [Good Health - Welsh]

Mike

Submitted by themoonman on 13 December 2007 - 9:20am.
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Thanks

Thank you for your kind words…

Submitted by weirdelf on 13 December 2007 - 8:34am.
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Yes! This to me is what poetry is about

saying so much, so intimately, with so little,
cheers,
Jess
wishing you a Salubrious Solstice

Submitted by themoonman on 13 December 2007 - 9:25am.
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Hello..

Wow… I appreciate your comments. Sad thing is my wife liked the poem better than the picture…lol

Submitted by CaptainKrash on 29 August 2008 - 8:00pm.
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...

sometimes brevity and simplicity is all love really is.
i think people tend to complicate it entirely too much.
this was sweet. ^_^

good write.

Submitted by themoonman on 30 August 2008 - 2:00am.
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Hi there again...

you had to go back to dig this one up… thank you!

and you are right, we as human beings do tend to over-complicate
the simple things… over-thinking beings we are at times.
I appreciate you reading my forgotten write… I think it needs
a little structuring… but as of yet it hasn’t been done.

thanks

Richard

Submitted by Arrow on 30 August 2008 - 2:02pm.
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Yes, tender

I agree with all the above comments. I don’t think it requires any major restructuring. A few thoughts:

He has heart balloons, - I’m a little confused here. Is “he” the salesperson and if so, should it be “had”? Or, are you talking about the stamp, which would be “it”?

flying I love you’s, - “I love you“‘s or I-love-you’s? It seems to need something.

A generous eyed bug, - and (or) a generous-eyed bug

I can see why your wife would be pleased. This poem is a much beter gift!

Submitted by themoonman on 30 August 2008 - 5:21pm.
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thank you Arrow...

I think your suggestions help this little write out tremendously…

thank you for the read of my poem…

Richard

Submitted by Rett on 30 August 2008 - 8:01pm.
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Richard

This is not in much need at all. Maybe what Arrow suggested. Quite a good write if you ask me although you didn’t. *G* I like it. Sometimes what we think is the least likely thing a person will cherish is the one they most do. Well done. Somehow I guess I missed this or it was posted before I came.
Respectfully,
Rett:
“The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor” Unknown

Submitted by themoonman on 31 August 2008 - 2:30am.
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Rett...

thank you for the uplifting comment.. it means a lot coming from you..
you hadn’t missed this one it was posted before you came to the site.

thanks again
Richard

Submitted by Linda Moses on 31 August 2008 - 1:32am.
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Richard

You just keep getting better. Good one

Submitted by themoonman on 31 August 2008 - 2:38am.
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Linda...

I like you… thank you for reading this one… as I told Rett this one was
posted earlier… in fact it was the second or third poem I posted here.. and
thanks to CaptainKrash, one of our new members, it got brought back to the first
page again… I changed it a bit as per Arrow’s suggestions…
thank you again for reading
and just for being here

Richard

Submitted by CaptainKrash on 31 August 2008 - 10:18am.
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i thoroughly enjoyed

the revisions you made on this made me like it even more.
just the small little tweaks on this made all the difference.

hehe
i’m glad i went way back for this one ;)

great work

Submitted by themoonman on 31 August 2008 - 10:34am.
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Ash...

I want to thank you again… I thought it made a big difference too.. .
see.. your fresh eyes and voice are needed here…

thank you
Richard