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Poetic Form: Rhyme
Inspired: 2024 July 30
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Penny For Your Thoughts...

A Coin In The Fountain

(For-your-thoughts) ((Many moved away
quake rushes waves ashore
suburbs are our new town today
bare main street an eyesore

the town's post office is still there
plus the water fountain
we used to flip coins in the air
penny wish amount in

older siblings, it's just for kids
that's me--oh boy--that's me
make a wish--tighten your eyelids
you'd wish for this--CANDY!

no fountain, just coins, and water
siblings passed, it's just me
I wish all were here, much sweeter))
[[--kid's, he spent his penny!!!]]
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De Beaulieu Avatar
July 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Aloha! i have thrown coins ino]=to a fountain. i have done this several times. I am not certain if my wish came true. Yet I have done it. Have you? aloha! /Darlene/
De Beaulieu Avatar
July 31, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Aloha! Oh, William that sound lovely. Well the fish is surrounded by coins. He is protecting them. Aloha! /Darlene/
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 31, 2024 at 3:08 PM
A kid and mom's coin purse if dad's pants pocket don't jingle enough, and of the two wishing wells in Hilo town of the 50s, one's a fountain and the other is actually a Japanese Tea Garden and the Japanese Koi fish shares the pond with the tossed coins. Aloha William
Narain Avatar
July 31, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Nice poem. It is hard to find pennies and dimes. Now you need a quarter.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 31, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The oldest is my brother would say snippy remarks regarding () Penny-for-your-thoughts and he realized my wish them back won’t work cause I spent it in my thoughts of them. Aloha William
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