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Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 1/8/2012 5:51:00 PM

The title looked like fun and so it is. great rhyme and some silliness I needed today as I have the flu.

Tony Lane

Date: 12/27/2011 7:14:00 AM

Merry Christmas Clay. This is very funny.

Audrey Haick

Date: 12/25/2011 8:10:00 PM

Hey Clay, Thanks for reading "Priceless Gifts". I missed this the other day..I've not been lucky to see an owl outside of a zoo..What inspired you to write this poem? Love, Annalise

Clay Robbins
Date: 12/25/2011 11:02:00 PM

Anne Lise, I'd say my inspiration was not really so very overwhelming. After sharing my Won't You Adop One Long Term Companion with an audience, I was challenged by a fan to write about a cat (his favorite animal pet) the owl portion of the rhyme was inspired by that 19th century rhyming tale by LEAR, the owl and the pu$$y cat. A bit of irony here; in the 48 hrs. where i was giving thought to this idea of rhyming the owl vs. the cat, i did see two owls in flight in the wee hours of the night, two nights in a row...

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/25/2011 1:26:00 PM

SWEET one her.... OXOX hugs Anne-Lise

Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 12/25/2011 2:15:00 PM

Thank goes back to you. And welcom back to my poem. hugs Anne-Lise

Clay Robbins
Date: 12/25/2011 1:58:00 PM

Oddly as I was giving thought to rhyming the 'OWL' word I saw in the wee hours two owls in as many nights. For this mega-metopolis, the San Francisco Bay Area, I can't recall having seen more than the occasional owl once every few years. Thanks Anne Lise for taking time to read and comment on this piece. oxox - back at you.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/24/2011 11:39:00 AM

haha. the litter box line. sometimes our cats' boxes get that way. Cute poem, clay.

Clay Robbins
Date: 12/25/2011 2:00:00 PM

thinking about the odor of the unkempt litter box is hard on my tear ducts...