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  1. #ff Great to follow! @scipoem, @PoetryFound, @jacksontom, @nomopoetry, @TheRustyPen, @annihilator_, @Flobbit10, @rueberrylive, @brookslampe 12:16 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for iPad
  2. Wonderful! “@scipoem: A visual #scipo by Carl #Rakosi, an interesting comparison, "Making an Apocalypse." twitter.com/scipoem/status…” 12:10 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for iPad
  3. @tonedeffpoetry Glad you like it! 3:28 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad in reply to tonedeffpoetry
  4. Up where the colors Blend into the sounds. But it got me so dizzy When I looked around, I got sick to my stomach And I threw down. (Fall 2) 3:28 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPad
  5. @WhiteCottBlog I'm sure it was a huge moment for your family. 1:43 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPad in reply to WhiteCottBlog
  6. I tripped on my shoelace And I fell up— Up to the roof tops, Up over the town, Up past the tree tops, Up over the mountains, (Falling 1) 1:42 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPad
  7. Here it is from my favorite author (not Dr. Seuss, he's second): Shell Silverstein, and from his collection, "Falling Up" 1:42 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPad
  8. What are your plans for June 1st? It's #internationalchildrensday! I shall begin posting one of my favorite children's #poetry. 1:33 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPad
  9. @annihilator_ sorry it took so long to reply. "punch drunk with love" is a powerful imagery I enjoyed. Build upon that :) 4:22 PM May 29th via Twitter for iPad in reply to annihilator_
  10. What is your #story surrounding your #birth? I was born two weeks late and only came out when I heard the doctor was going to do a c-section 3:39 PM May 29th via Twitter for iPad
  11. from standing over the deep fryer, / telling the fish to hurry / hurry. (Fish 6, end) 3:38 PM May 29th via Twitter for iPad
  12. haddock-scented hands, apron / over his black pants still sprinkled with flour, forehead oily (Fish 5) 9:59 AM May 28th via Twitter for iPad
  13. Thanks for all of the follows and #FF! Happy #memorialday for those who know what I am talking about! 3:53 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPad
  14. Had to tell him to get upstairs, “Your wife is having that baby now.” / I hope that when Dad first held me, / it was with (Fish 4) 3:52 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPad
  15. on the hospital bed. / Once, when she was angry with him, she told me: / When your father finally got there, / the nurse (Fish 4) 2:22 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPad
  16. Early #FF to these wonders! @Flobbit10, @rueberrylive, @Haiku_Today, @annihilator_, @Rosie_Echelon, @TheRustyPen, @scipoem, @nomopoetry 6:26 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPad
  17. He told my boyfriend, one short order cook to another. / Mom doesn’t know why Dad was late / for her screams and sweat (Fish 3) 6:21 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPad
  18. @annihilator_ punctuations? I like the tempo it has, the internal rhyme, and the vernacular language! 6:19 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPad in reply to annihilator_
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