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Ripley’s 2021 - raven atop the burial of masks


12/29/2020

I.

Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered weak and weary…
              Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”

Edgar Allan Poe The Raven

II.

Robert Ripley would travel the world looking for oddities.
2020 was surely one he wouldn’t pass up.
The world came to the proverbial him, instead.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/29/2020 2:21:00 PM

I loved Poe and Ripley’s Believe it or Not books. Thank you for writing this one Kim

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/29/2020 3:34:00 PM

Thank you for reading!

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 12/29/2020 11:52:00 AM

Hi Kim, with a write like this you shine talent from head to toe - what a dreadful year we have had and who would have imagined it would be so. Hope 2021 brings all your wishes and dreams to fruition. You are a wonderful poetry friend Kim. Hugs and blessings. Jennifer.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/29/2020 12:55:00 PM

Happy New Year, Jennifer! Thank you for your friendship on PS! God bless you!

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 12/29/2020 10:07:00 AM

Oh I would believe it if he were alive. Loved the picture too. ~~

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/29/2020 10:22:00 AM

Thank you :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 12/29/2020 7:13:00 AM

Interesting work. I went a museum once that held some of Ripley's believe it or not. Thanks for the visit to my page. I really like that picture. Sara

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/29/2020 10:22:00 AM

I wanted to when I was a kid but I didn’t go until I was all grown. The one in San Francisco at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/29/2020 10:22:00 AM

I wanted to when I was a kid but I didn’t go until I was all grown. The one in San Francisco at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Arturo Michael

Date: 12/29/2020 6:46:00 AM

There are many great poets indeed...A nice presentation here. All the best to you Kim, the year is about to over and the future's cycle is about to begin...May 2021 bring you and yours joy from deep within.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 12/29/2020 10:21:00 AM

Joy and peace to you! Thank you!