April

After the “egg” hunt,
Pretty brightly-wrapped candies
Rest in my basket. 
I liked the eggs much better,
Lacking a taste for sugar.

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Date: 4/13/2023 7:53:00 AM
i wish i lacked a taste for sugar lol congrats on your win in andrea's contest with this charming tankacrostic :)
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/13/2023 8:19:00 AM
LOL. I like an annual piece of pecan pie. ;) Thanks for stopping by with congrats! :)
Date: 4/9/2023 11:32:00 AM
- A wonderful winning poem ... how many eggs did you find? - Congratulations, Linda :) - hugs
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/9/2023 3:48:00 PM
I found five - and you? How many did you find? :)). Thanks for the nice comment and congrats. hugs :)
Date: 4/9/2023 6:15:00 AM
Very interestingly personal. Congratulations!
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/9/2023 10:28:00 AM
Hi Christuraj. Thank you for your comments! :)
Date: 4/8/2023 4:22:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Linda. I like both varieties of eggs. Have a lovely Easter. :)
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/9/2023 10:28:00 AM
Thank you Evelyn. A very happy weekend to you with bright colored eggs - candy or chickeny :)
Date: 4/8/2023 2:51:00 PM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed your wonderful write. How about some egg sandwiches??? "Happy Easter" with blessings...................
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/8/2023 3:36:00 PM
Yum! I'm hungry now Paula! :) Thank you!
Date: 4/8/2023 11:50:00 AM
Creative and Fun! Though i have never celebrated easter, i get your point. Congratulations on your win!!:)
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/8/2023 12:04:00 PM
Thanks you Akanksha!
Date: 4/8/2023 11:24:00 AM
So you just go for the boiled ones, huh? Now that I'm grown up, I think I do too. Congrats here.
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/8/2023 12:03:00 PM
Thanks Andrea - fun form you created! I never cared much for sweets. I appreciate the placement! :)
Date: 4/3/2023 11:23:00 AM
LOVELY Linda, A smart way to enjoy healthy easter eggs congrats for the nice work! alkas
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/3/2023 11:51:00 AM
Hi Alkas. So nice to see you today! Thanks you for reading and commenting. I hope your day is going well. :) Linda
Date: 4/2/2023 6:15:00 PM
Love the tanka, mine was about the eggs as well.
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/2/2023 6:19:00 PM
Thank you Eve. Great minds - LOL I loved your "parade". :)
Date: 4/2/2023 3:54:00 PM
Hello Linda, I prefer dark chocolate Candied coated chocolates is too sweet. Happy Easter. Enjoyyour day my friend. /Darlene\
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 4/3/2023 5:45:00 AM
Hello Linda, yes I had a good shopping trip. I bought a gnome He is wearing a blue jacket a red stocking hat black boots. He is holding some flowers he picked. When i saw him , iknwe i had to bring him home. Hugs./Darlene\
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/2/2023 4:06:00 PM
I like dark chocolate too Darlene. Have a very Happy Easter as well my friend. I hope your shopping trip was fruitful ;) Linda
Date: 4/2/2023 3:35:00 PM
Cool poem, Alice. I'll eat the candy eggs for you:)
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/2/2023 4:04:00 PM
They're all yours (well, I might keep ne or two LOL)!
Date: 4/2/2023 1:31:00 PM
Enjoyed this Easter write Linda-Alice..I take This oppertunity to wish you a great Peoples Peace day..Hey you're getting in early here we Are making history.' Also I finx in my ignorance. You see I am not that much on anniversarys.' I am claiming that April the 2nd is a saturday.' Well I find its a sunday..Palm sunday to be Precise..' So yes i see now It was His idea to get Me proposing this (bless the Lord) i am magnifiying Him in my mistakes..' he makes a Way where there is no way.'
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 4/2/2023 2:17:00 PM
Hi Joe. And great wishes back to you Joe. There are a few onsite who appreciate the PPD effort. Sunday, it was meant to be this year :) Thanks for the read and great comment! :)
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