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  One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« on: March 10, 2010, 12:58:44 PM » by Rick Stansberger
whistles
tambourines
small bells &
squeaky hinges --

how many
grackles are
in that tree?
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2010, 01:24:02 PM » by larry jordan
Rick,

this got me,
banged a pot lid upside my head.
I love it when that happens.

larry
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2010, 01:40:33 PM » by Rick Stansberger
Larry, I'm honored.  Thank you.
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2010, 01:58:40 PM » by Tom Riordan
enjoying picturing each one of us, in turn, as that cypress!
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2010, 04:56:28 PM » by Rick Stansberger
You turned it sideways and got a meta4!  Cool.
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2010, 04:11:27 AM » by Jamie Foster
At first I thought, what the heck does this mean. Then I looked up grackles, learned a new word today and said WOW! A very enjoyable poem. Thanks for introducing me to a new word. REMEMBERED now!
Jamie
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2010, 01:46:00 PM » by Rick Stansberger
Isn't grackles a great word?  You can't say it without sounding like one.
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2010, 02:48:56 PM » by David C. Man
Grackles, eh? What would Wallace Stevens say? (That is the same bird, isn't it?)

Lovely poem, but really not sure about that title.

Cheers

David
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2010, 03:07:28 PM » by milner place
Short, but oh so very sweet, Rick. A pick.

milner
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2010, 04:53:51 PM » by cherylleverette
Ditto all the above.  Very fun and excellent writing.


cheryl
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2010, 08:44:42 PM » by Rick Stansberger
Thanks milner and cheryl.  It was a fun poem to write.
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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2010, 08:49:34 PM » by Rick Stansberger
Quote from: David C. Man on March 12, 2010, 02:48:56 PM
Grackles, eh? What would Wallace Stevens say? (That is the same bird, isn't it?)


Not according to Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird

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Lovely poem, but really not sure about that title.


David, would it help to know that a cypress tree has very close branches and that birds roosting inside it can't be seen?

Rick
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2010, 05:38:39 AM » by David C. Man
Well there you go, I thought I'd read somewhere that grackle was a North American word for what I think of as a blackbird, but it turns out to be an indigenous wee beastie.

Rick, I know what you mean about the cypress, but the skinny made me think of coffee. Completely wrong, I see now.

Cheers

David
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2010, 12:28:31 PM » by Rick Stansberger
Skinny coffee?  I think we have a dialect gap here.
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  Re: One Cypress, Skinny but Loud
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2010, 12:39:52 PM » by David C. Man
Skinny latte? No? I could have sworn I'd seen it in Frasier. (Usually ordered by Niles.)
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