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A Paradigm Shift

Listen, John, if you want a paradigm shift May I recommend that you incentivize, Or better still, leverage your poetry skills— Or, globalize them beyond the parameters Of the current norms…okay, friend? And when you have done a fact check I think you will see the bottom line is never As robust as you thought it was…certainly Poetry is never going to be the “in” thing Latest stats say you'll need better rubric! FIRST PLACE WINNER written August 2, 2021 entered "Buzzword Bingo" Poetry Contest sponsored by John Anderson

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 9/1/2021 2:22:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. A creative write. Have a blessed day..............

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/1/2021 3:53:00 PM

Thank you so much, Paula. You, too!

Greg Gaul

Date: 8/31/2021 2:04:00 PM

A clever, very different approach to the prompt. I love the risk taking. Congrats.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/31/2021 3:53:00 PM

Thank you, Greg, for this comment.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 8/30/2021 9:53:00 PM

Clever write, Milton, congratulations:)

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/31/2021 8:32:00 AM

Thanks so much, Jo. I always appreciate hearing from you.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/30/2021 8:37:00 PM

I never did understand the rules of this contest well enough to try it, but I see you WON and you won BIG. Congrats, Milt!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/30/2021 8:58:00 PM

It was a bit complicated, I admit, but I realized he wanted a poem filled with business "buzzwords," so that's what I wrote. Sometimes you hit; sometimes you miss.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/30/2021 8:37:00 PM

Very well deserved.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/7/2021 10:55:00 AM

This is enormously true "Poetry is never going to be the “in” thing"

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/7/2021 4:31:00 PM

Ah, so true, yes. But, you know I write for me. I used to want to make some money with it, and I sold a few many years ago, but never enough to pay the light bill.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/5/2021 6:57:00 PM

As they say, the best things in life are free. ~ Priceless

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/7/2021 4:30:00 PM

You got that right, Gershon. I just hope people are beginning to realize that we could destroy the most beautiful places on earth if we're not careful with our use of natural resources. I hear the Amazon jungle is now endangered, and I want so badly to visit there before it is gone.

Terry Flood

Date: 8/3/2021 12:02:00 PM

Oh dear... when I told my bank manager I wanted a loan to see me through until my poetry royalties come flooding in, he poured himself a very large whisky. Unfortunately, he spat most of it out because he was trying to drink and laugh at the same time.... Charming! ;-) Terry

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/3/2021 12:47:00 PM

Hmmm...why am I not at all surprised. I've yet to know a banker who appreciated my poem-writing talents! LOL

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/2/2021 2:33:00 PM

haha, who is John. Is it a Doe? this is hilarious, Milt!! I learned long ago how sadly LITTLE poetry is valued in the world. My greatest success with it did not even get me a dime! Good one.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/2/2021 3:47:00 PM

It's a Doe, Andrea, although it is funny that it is John Lawless who is sponsoring the contest. You are so on target. All the poetry I have sold would not buy me dinner at a decent restaurant. LOL

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/2/2021 2:33:00 PM

thanks for my win. I was very surprised, and happily so

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/2/2021 3:46:00 PM

You're very welcome and deserving, Andrea.