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Life
Old woman in the corner
Bent and weary worn
Regales her family with days of yore.
When it was all good and
Wrinkles were like hens teeth
And false teeth were on the down low.
Life goes a mile a minute
When your filled with the vigour of youth
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Free as a bird and
fresh as the summers rain
Your love is deeper than the deepest ocean
But it's nose to the grind stone
There is no icing on the cake
Too many cooks spoil the broth
It's a necessary evil the choice we must make
So it's all hands to the pump
The world Is rotten to the core
Knock it out of the ball park
Knock the cover off ball
Try to live life to the full
They say age before beauty
But here is the acid test
Here's how you play the game
Life ain't nothing but a chicken wing
Be hot to trot
Pick the lesser of two evils
Know that love is blind
Silence is golden
Ignore the seven year itch
Comments
Kailashana2
Thu, 2011-06-23 13:41
Hehehe. Who said using
Hehehe. Who said using cliches doesn't/can not make a poe?. Seems to me we might have started a new genre: Cliche poems in a heartbeat, a wing and a prayer.
~A
Some fine tuning for apostrophes and sp. ~
Kailashana2
Thu, 2011-06-23 13:43
oops
double post
Hooded Stranger
Thu, 2011-06-23 15:05
Lou
Lou,
mine is better so I win the prize!
Only kidding!
Good job.
Did you find it hard to write because I know I did, it was so outside my comfort zones.
Regards,
HS
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lou
Thu, 2011-06-23 16:20
Dan
I found it very difficult to write, I tried to retain a remnant of my style, in the end the poem just sought of happened.
Ps I win lol !!
Lou
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Barbara Writes
Thu, 2011-06-23 17:01
Lou
nicely done
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lou
Thu, 2011-06-23 17:30
Hi
Thanks
Lou
Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!
lou
Thu, 2011-06-23 17:30
Well bad boy
The reason it didn't flow well was because I was stifled by the cliches.
Ian what are you on? And can you get me some LMAO !!!!
Lou
Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!
Barbara Writes
Thu, 2011-06-23 17:43
Lou
LMBO
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lou
Thu, 2011-06-23 18:19
Thanks
Thanks
Lou
Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!
lou
Fri, 2011-06-24 00:11
Awww
I don't get a prize no fair LOL!!!!
Lou
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Lenny of Cohen
Thu, 2011-06-23 22:12
Just Right!
Lou! I enjoyed this fine piece of writing!
Namaste,
Lenny
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"Death" is nonsense: what is there to die?
"Life"? How could " life" "die"? That is a contradiction
in terms. Can "light" become "darkness"?
"Light" can only cease to be apparent
Wei Wu Wei
lou
Fri, 2011-06-24 00:03
Hey Lenny
Hope you realise I don't usually write in cliches.
Thanks Lou
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Candlewitch
Fri, 2011-06-24 10:17
Workshop: Cliches and Their Uses
Hi Lou,
marvelous job you have done fitting in all those cliches. Can't wait to see the cleaned up version.
always, Cat
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lou
Fri, 2011-06-24 12:06
Cat
Thank you, god knows how i'm gonna sort this one out.
Lou
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