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A Seventies Production

Stage set: Nineteen Seventy-Two Enter threshold Jolly Jumper bouncing baby girl toes grazing the shag Next scene a little quicker Clad in plaid she's a Big Wheels and corduroy blur moving the plot along Intermission (Orange Crush, Pop Rocks and Pixie Sticks) Action: The games begin Go Fish your Fisher Price Little People out of the sandbox you're too young to play with Matchbox so cool until that Etch A Sketchy kid sends your Slinky down the stairs Plot twist: the corner store Mexican Jumping Beans were infinitely more entertaining than Pet Rocks The End Well not "The End" Training wheels are off and so is the star of the show Careening towards the eighties With her Choose Your Own Adventure collection in tow 18.02.25 Composed for Line Gauthier's Where were you in the 70's?

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James Swartz

Date: 3/18/2018 10:41:00 AM

You should follow it up with each decade now Maureen. You did such a great job tell us more!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/18/2018 9:31:00 PM

Thank you :) Oh so tempting! Those nineties though... Not so sure I want to out myself there lol ;)

Roy Pett

Date: 3/11/2018 7:56:00 AM

Congratulations on your well deserved win Maureen, so well written and a joy to read. :))

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/16/2018 10:10:00 AM

Thank you Roy! It was a joy to write :) xomo!!

Viv Wigley

Date: 3/11/2018 3:24:00 AM

A fun take on the theme, almost expected ' A Quinn Martin production', Maureen. Congrats! Viv x

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/16/2018 10:09:00 AM

Lol! Awesome :) thank you Viv! xomo

Eve Roper

Date: 3/10/2018 2:17:00 PM

Congratulation on your win! Hugs Eve ~`*

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/16/2018 10:08:00 AM

Thank you Eve :) xomo!

Line Gauthier

Date: 3/10/2018 12:32:00 PM

Fabulous style, Maureen. A fun read. Congrats.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/16/2018 10:07:00 AM

Thank YOU Line! Your contest was SO fun to write for! Love and hug :) xomo!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 2/28/2018 4:12:00 PM

Maureen, I really like this! Janice

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 2/28/2018 4:58:00 PM

Thank you Janice! It was funnnn xomo! :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/27/2018 3:18:00 PM

SO seventies of you!! Wish I could have thought up such a clever way to do my own rendition of it!!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 2/28/2018 7:40:00 AM

Thank you! I had play playing in my head a few days before the play took shape, one of those right in front of noses kinda things ;)

Silent One

Date: 2/26/2018 3:47:00 PM

Awesome...

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 2/26/2018 8:06:00 PM

Thankya :)

Vijay Pandit

Date: 2/26/2018 5:52:00 AM

Enjoyed reading your poem in images of the seventies..very uniquely articulated..best for a win, Maureen.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 2/26/2018 6:36:00 AM

Thank you Vijay! A fun one to write for, well the 70's were fun for me. ;) xomo!

Mick Talbot

Date: 2/26/2018 3:35:00 AM

'Pop rocks' = fizzy sherbert? Pixie sticks, havn't a clue, sound good though! Good luck in the contest! Mick ;-)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 2/26/2018 6:28:00 AM

A Pop Rocks virgin! Little candy nuggets that explode in fizzy crackles and pops in your mouth. Pixie sticks, picture a drinking straw full of powdered, coloured, flavoured sugar, tear, tip, and down the hatch, then WHEEEEEE!