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PostPosted: Mon May 16 19:16:01 EDT 2011    Post subject: Dance Alone Reply with quote

Suited up for another dance.
You've got moves, baby;
the way you side step,
back up, turn and run.

So flexible, with your
head up your backside.
Impressive footwork...
you managed to put yours
in your mouth again.

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PostPosted: Tue May 17 5:43:27 EDT 2011    Post subject: Re: Dance Alone Reply with quote

iwrite wrote:
Suited up for another dance.
You've got moves, baby;
the way you side step,
back up, turn and run.

So flexible, with your
head up your backside.
Impressive footwork...
you managed to put yours
in your mouth again.

I enjoyed this. It runs and turns like "baby". I might put "Dressed" rather than "Suited" at the beginning, to get a bit of alliteration and avoid the suggestion that baby is suited for another dance, but it's just a personal preference. The other thing is the ref to putting the foot in the mouth at the end. This appears abruptly without any previous hint, and takes the poem away at a tangent rather than rounding it off. What about adding something like:

when you said
I couldn't follow.

?
Just a suggestion - maybe not what you intended.

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PostPosted: Tue May 17 7:09:54 EDT 2011    Post subject: Re: Dance Alone Reply with quote







...soz couldnt help it...

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PostPosted: Tue May 17 9:42:31 EDT 2011    Post subject: Re: Dance Alone Reply with quote

nuff said
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PostPosted: Tue May 17 9:44:15 EDT 2011    Post subject: Re: Dance Alone Reply with quote

I think what wylde means is that " foot n mouth" is preceded by another insult,, there it shouldn't seems that abrubt
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PostPosted: Wed May 18 10:46:59 EDT 2011    Post subject: Re: Dance Alone Reply with quote

Interesting! I like the verbal slaps in the face. The part about putting their foot in their mouth is a little wordy for me, but I get the idea.

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