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Sunday, April 14, 2013

NAPOWRIMO 2013 #14


AMENDMENT


Very often sceptical
Therefore only a slight chance
Of being in full control
And beginning to unwind
Complexities of the Ninth

You might be so bold as to
Saturate yourself with facts
Then breathe a sigh of relief
When at last you discover
You're standing on the threshold

...Not on the blade of a sword


Instrumental contributions from Changnoi: Go on click them!
http://says-sir-ten.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/electric-changnoi_1729.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYLAiYrzI2A

Wordle words from Sunday Whirl: Often, Skeptical, Slight, Control, Unwind,
Ninth, Might, Bold, Saturate, Sigh, Threshold, Sword.



35 comments:

  1. The feeling one gets when all the wordle words fit in perfectly!! ;)

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  2. Nanka's comment made me laugh! Nanka is right - those last two lines really do explain that feeling of the words falling into place!

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  3. complexities of the ninth indeed...

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  4. Nice little job of stitching up all those words, Stan. Well done.

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  5. Love this, Stan. Your use of threshold and sword is sharp. ;)

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  6. I like how concisely you used the words - and the ending is terrific.

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  7. I would be utterly relieved to find that I was standing on a mere threshold, and not on a sword--vorpal or otherwise!

    A Dozen Whirls

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  8. Reminds me of Baseball...
    all those recorded facts of hits and misses and finally of who has won.
    A different type of warrior, the sportsman.

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  9. I like the tightness of this piece. Well wordled, Stan.

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  10. Nope, don't want to be on the blade of sword, not me, Stan. Well wordled.

    Pamela

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  11. Good one, Stan. Love the last 2 lines.

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  12. Nice tight poem which did not cause you to fall on your own swaord.
    Good job. Randy

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  13. Stan, we are absolutely poised on the precipice of interpretation of the Ninth Amendment. The matter of the threshold or the sword depends largely on whether one evaluates all arguments for and against, or whether one simply listens to what others say and follows that without question.

    Critical thinking has fallen out of fashion for much of America. Makes me sad.

    Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for ALL, Amy

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  14. Phew, I think I'll take the fifth amendment on this one Stan!

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  15. Wow! Wonderful use of the words, Stan. Take a deep breath, we are very close to half way through it. Can't see how anything can be the same after. And I do agree, reality is often far stranger than fiction.

    Elizabeth
    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/

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  16. Sorry, the last comment was meant for the other poem. Getting a bit ragged around the edges I guess. It may be a threshold, but it certainly feels like the edge of a sword.

    Elizabeth
    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/

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  17. Oh, so that's what the ninth amendment says. Thanks for the link Stan, now I get it. (Once again proving I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking.) :)

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  18. Very cool, and meaningful poem. Love your ending.

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