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"as I Snooze, I Lose, the News"

When I sit down to watch the news, 
I am always determined not to snooze. 

At my age not much time in earth to lose,
To waste at all in an easy chair snooze. 

Forever about oil spills on Fox news,
I sense myself falling into a snooze.

It seems our earth is destine to lose,
It’s been ten minutes since I’ve  snoozed.

One day I’ll awake from a quick snooze,
From earth departing as heaven I choose. 

For Contest: Your Snooze, You choose!
In Honor of: Nikko Palmario
Placed #15

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/25/2010 11:49:00 AM

Those recliner naps refresh and rejuvenate some so that they can get up and go again...Great way to present the topic..Thanks for the honor of winning in your contest..I know that it is hard to choose winners when there are so many good entries...May your gift expand like a "Spiraling Universe" and touch on the lives of many in a positive way in the years to come..Sara

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 6/25/2010 9:08:00 AM

John, even dolphins are dying and there are many endangered species that can only be found in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. That's why the Noah's Ark project is so important. God bless you for your concerns about sea life. Love, Carolyn

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 6/25/2010 8:31:00 AM

Though I cannot snooze while watching the news, its contents do make me wish I could choose to depart from Earth to heaven, John. Congratulations on your win in the contest. Forgive me for not catching this poem earlier;been busy with the Noah's Ark project. Thanks so much for my placement in your contest! Love, Carolyn

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/24/2010 3:03:00 PM

Oh , I remember really enjoying this shortie poem about snoozing! Congrats on the HM, john. LUv, Andrea

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/24/2010 5:39:00 AM

Congratulations John on your win in Nikko Palmario's contest "Your Snooze, You Choose". Love, Carol

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 6/24/2010 3:39:00 AM

You may say you lose in the news, but you definitely got in my winners' list, Moses :) congrats! Enjoyed your take on snoozing, and your last couplet gave it a serious but very inspiring turn...enjoy your snooze! --nikko :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/23/2010 5:39:00 PM

very good!! I always force myself to see the ends. of things. DVR is a godsend for me. I keep nodding off and then I rewind, snooze, rewind, snooze rewind. sometimes it takes me a whole hour to see a ten minute end. hahaha.

Constance La France

Date: 6/22/2010 10:55:00 AM

I sit down to watch a movie and I never, ever, see the end, ever.. I enjoyed you poem very much, best of luck in the contest.. you have soup mail.. love constance

Joseph Spence Sr

Date: 6/21/2010 10:32:00 AM

Snoozing is one of my favorite times of the day. We have to take those naps to stay awake. This is right on point. Blessings, Joseph

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/21/2010 7:21:00 AM

Just saw your other comment. I am bad with computers and did not even realize there was a difference between spell check or doing it by defnition, whatever you were saying there. I feel really inadequate (not even sure I spelled THAT word right) I lost half my teaching hours at a small private adult school for ESL and now I need to look for online stuff to do and I do not know enough to feel qualified. Not a good feeling! Bye again, Andrea

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/21/2010 7:17:00 AM

john, for me the first spelling looked better, privilege. There are quite a few words that stump me, however. That is just one that seemed easy when I saw the two spellings. I hope it was right! well, just here for a second and I need to get to school. See ya later! andrea

Jeralynn Clark

Date: 6/21/2010 4:27:00 AM

Great write John, but snoozing is such a priviledge isn't it!!!! Love Jeralynn

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/20/2010 10:43:00 PM

I am finally getting to bed. YOu would think I would be in bed by now after only four hours of sleep last night. haha. When you say verb tenses, what do you mean? Certain verbs, perhaps, like lay and lie? That is something I could blog about. Spell check is worthless I have found. There are too many words that it will not catch becuase we can spell a word that exists and the spell checker won't realize we did a mistake. If I wrote Loose for lose, spell checker won't catch it! bye now! andrea

Joyce Johnson

Date: 6/20/2010 10:40:00 PM

Good luck in the contest. I enjoyed it. Joyce

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/20/2010 10:17:00 PM

I do stuff like that all the time, not with words but with other things that show how bad my memory is getting hahaha

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/20/2010 10:04:00 PM

forgot to say, thanks on your response to my blog!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/20/2010 10:03:00 PM

VERy cute. That kind of stuff puts me to snoozing too!!! Hope you don't mind me pointing out a commonly misunderstood word. Lose is what you want here. Loose means not tight fitting. I was thinking of doing a blog on spellings most often confused by people.What do you think? Luv,Andrea