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Comment from ExperiencingLiphe
I always find things like this when I get ready to move and I have to go through everything to pack in boxes or totes. Great job with this.
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2011
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I always find things like this when I get ready to move and I have to go through everything to pack in boxes or totes. Great job with this.
Comment Written 15-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2011
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When you move, you realize how much junk you've accumulated. Thanks for the review.
Comment from atty.may
Spitfire, sorry I missed this one. I've literally been downsizing, preparing to move and having a very difficult time. You gave me a new, helpful perspective on
"Vain memories." Great job. Thanks, May
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2011
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Spitfire, sorry I missed this one. I've literally been downsizing, preparing to move and having a very difficult time. You gave me a new, helpful perspective on
"Vain memories." Great job. Thanks, May
Comment Written 15-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2011
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Wow! How is that for good timing!
Comment from Judian James
Well done Shari. This one struck quite a chord with me as I did do this after my first marriage ended many years ago.
I'm sure others will identify as well. Bravo
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2011
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Well done Shari. This one struck quite a chord with me as I did do this after my first marriage ended many years ago.
I'm sure others will identify as well. Bravo
Comment Written 15-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2011
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Thanks Judian. Can see where you could definitely connect!
Comment from poetstar
Isn't it amazing these things that were such a big deal in our youth are now such outdated memories cluttering our home. It is good you have the courage to throw the past away, and make room for new joys and adventures.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2011
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Isn't it amazing these things that were such a big deal in our youth are now such outdated memories cluttering our home. It is good you have the courage to throw the past away, and make room for new joys and adventures.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2011
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It's not a matter of courage, it's a matter of de-cluttering.
Thanks for the stars.
Comment from robyn corum
Where does all the time go? Got to clean out the space to make room for all the new memories...that we'll throw away later. Strange world.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2011
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Where does all the time go? Got to clean out the space to make room for all the new memories...that we'll throw away later. Strange world.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2011
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That's why I don't buy anymore trinkets when we travel!
Comment from Shirley B
Dear spitfire, This is a very nice haiku. I really liked the last line. The haiku follow the rules of a haiku perfectly. The message of this haiku is one I need to follow a little more. LOL Great poem, Shirley
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2011
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Dear spitfire, This is a very nice haiku. I really liked the last line. The haiku follow the rules of a haiku perfectly. The message of this haiku is one I need to follow a little more. LOL Great poem, Shirley
Comment Written 14-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2011
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Thanks Shirley. We all hang on to things, don't we.
Comment from Eleanor Buron
Sad, but true, ;) I tossed so many memories, especially of high school, old corsages from dances, the dance programs, stuff, stuff, stuff I had held onto for too many years to count. All gone. Over time some of those memories changed and were glorified more than their worth. So your poem rings true! Many will relate to it. E.
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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Sad, but true, ;) I tossed so many memories, especially of high school, old corsages from dances, the dance programs, stuff, stuff, stuff I had held onto for too many years to count. All gone. Over time some of those memories changed and were glorified more than their worth. So your poem rings true! Many will relate to it. E.
Comment Written 13-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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Wow! Corsages and dance programs. I never had things like that to keep. Reports cards and science fair certificates. That's my bag.
I don't want my kids to have to sift through all that "junk" when I go. It's going to be awhile though, but I don't keep souvenirs anymore. Downloading pictures is a great space saver!
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I went to a all girls parochial high school run by Dominican nuns. I was quite artistic and they took me out of class to work on different projects. Always did a small sketch, then from that the large one in color. I designed dance bids which had a place for the boys to sign up for a dance. I did attend a few dances and my Junior and Senior prom. My husband, Joe, was my escort to the senior prom! ;) Report cards, and any other honors - problem was I lived in a foster home so little was allowed. The dances were because I did all the decorations and art and got a free ticket. Being a girl's school, we asked the boys. Some of my friends had nice brothers. ;) I even made a couple of my full-skirted dresses with material I bought with baby-sitting money. I did have access to an old singer sewing machine and taught myself how to cut a pattern, after-all I was an artist!
Terrible days. We wore pea-green uniforms, white shirt-waist blouses and ugly green beanies on our heads. But at least I didn't have to worry about clothes.
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Sounds like the setting for a good story. We had the Sadie Hawkins dance every year and I would ask a friend and just have a good time.
Am impressed you taught yourself to cut and sew. My mom taught me. Boy! Those zippers were a b--ch.
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Hook and eyes, no zippers for a long time! LOL
Comment from Earl of Oxford
Hi, Spitfire.
I like the clever way you have the 'satori' in the 1st line rather than, as usual, in the 3rd. Good 'sh' alliteration in 3rd line and 'v' to start 2nd and 3rd too. Excellent, Earl
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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Hi, Spitfire.
I like the clever way you have the 'satori' in the 1st line rather than, as usual, in the 3rd. Good 'sh' alliteration in 3rd line and 'v' to start 2nd and 3rd too. Excellent, Earl
Comment Written 13-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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Thanks Earl for pointing out the satori switch.
Comment from God's Writer
A well deserved one at that. You have done more in your life. Loved more genuinely in your life than the vain girls that tormented you in school. It is time my dear to put the past to rest. Look at it as a spring board that gave you the imputes to strive to become the woman that you are. Then bury the rest. A well deserved house cleaning!!!!!!
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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A well deserved one at that. You have done more in your life. Loved more genuinely in your life than the vain girls that tormented you in school. It is time my dear to put the past to rest. Look at it as a spring board that gave you the imputes to strive to become the woman that you are. Then bury the rest. A well deserved house cleaning!!!!!!
Comment Written 13-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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You do catch on. Appreciate reference to past poems.
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I am not as dumb as I look.
Comment from Realist101
Yes, I'm going thru things too. OR was. I have to save some things, but other stuff just has to go to Goodwill. This is a nice 5-7-5 poem Shari. I like what it says. ")) xoxo...Susan
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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Yes, I'm going thru things too. OR was. I have to save some things, but other stuff just has to go to Goodwill. This is a nice 5-7-5 poem Shari. I like what it says. ")) xoxo...Susan
Comment Written 13-Nov-2011
reply by the author on 13-Nov-2011
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Thanks Susan. I think of it this way--younger people can enjoy and give new life to the "things" no longer useful to me.
