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rough wooden background light behind your laddered frame woven bullrushes your seat unbroken staunch stiff what spinsters have you held tall with locked knees and fallen heads *5/7/7/5/7/7 one of two possible structures

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/7/2012 3:25:00 PM

never tried this form,,thought i'd check this poem and form out... it is a good poem...pd

Gwendolen Song

Date: 6/9/2011 1:59:00 PM

You certainly put the chair at center stage here, Debbie. Very lovely personification. Congrats on this win. You probably write these things with your eyes closed like a great marital artist poetry master! Great job, Master Debbie.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/9/2011 10:13:00 AM

Congratulations on a well deserved win in "Chair In A Shadowed Room" contest Debbie. Love, Carol

Joe Maverick

Date: 6/8/2011 1:12:00 PM

pleased to be in one of the top spots with you Debbie... (enjoyed the poem) well done..!

Robert A. Dufresne

Date: 6/8/2011 5:28:00 AM

ooh what descriptions, Debbie. Esp the last two lines... Classic and masterful. Love it. Can't seem to get over those last two lines esp. Congratulations...well deserved

Joseph Osita

Date: 6/8/2011 3:02:00 AM

congrats on your well deserved win in Rick Praise's contest

Iolanda Scripca

Date: 6/7/2011 11:17:00 PM

Congratulations on your third place win, dear Debbie! Very expressive Choka you composed here. Love, iolanda

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 6/7/2011 9:10:00 PM

Congrats Debbie on your sweet success in Rick's contest with this wonderful creation luv..

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/7/2011 8:13:00 PM

YOurs was truly one of the best, Debs. COngrats on your win!

Carrie Richards

Date: 6/7/2011 6:58:00 PM

Indeed, a shaker chair could tell a wealth of stories about a difficult, stringent, yet perhaps satisfying lifestyle. Well done, Debbie...congrats!!

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 6/7/2011 6:32:00 PM

Congratulations on the third place win in the contest of Rick, debbie

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/4/2011 10:15:00 PM

OH, I ADORE that last line, and the one before it, setting it up! Great job,Deb!

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 6/4/2011 3:52:00 PM

Very cool take on the picture, Deb. I thought the choka had six lines, but would have to look it up. I like the way you focused on the spinster "with locked knees and fallen head." This is a great entry and I wish you success! Love, Carolyn

Debbie Guzzi
Date: 6/4/2011 5:06:00 PM

thanks for the heads UP my friend, don't know where my mind was?

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 6/4/2011 3:46:00 PM

What a lovely humor and wit flowing in your write, Debbie, Soup Mail!!!!!