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Cotton-Pickin' Paradise

Down south of a dirty delta town after double-winged dusters sweep low White hats, bent backs and bloody hands sway to the rhythm of summer snow fields Backed by a choir of ten thousand crickets reaching up to touch heaven with a song

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Bl Devnath

Date: 7/15/2016 2:52:00 PM

Congrats on your win my lovely friend. Loved always, bl

Teddy Kimathi

Date: 7/15/2016 3:55:00 AM

Congrats Tim, for your placement in the contest!! ;-)

Carrie Richards

Date: 7/13/2016 12:36:00 PM

Oh my......I would place this one high.....it soars with nostalgia, and into the sky with crop dusters that I remember sweeping over my home, sprinkling the fields of alfalfa across our road. I miss seeing you more often, Tim. Hope all is well !!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/13/2016 1:02:00 AM

Tim, Congratulations on your awesome win. Thank you for the support. Stop by and enjoy the sanity of my newest Blog "In Red's Silent Fury." Always & Forever WUV ~LINDA~

Skat A

Date: 5/26/2015 3:23:00 PM

Lol, I was once a cotton picker

Deb Wilson

Date: 12/2/2014 12:52:00 AM

Tim...the imagery in this is awesome...don't know how I ever missed it before! You certainly deserved to be a winner! I have been away for awhile due to personal problems but I am back now ...Again, congratulations! love, Deb

Jan Allison

Date: 11/30/2014 12:31:00 PM

great imagery and alliteration Tim - many congrats:-) Hugs Jan xx

Skat A

Date: 11/30/2014 1:34:00 AM

TIM. Congratulation, enjoy your win. ~SKAT~

Robert Lindley

Date: 6/9/2014 9:59:00 AM

I very fine write. One that impresses me greatly since I know such cotton fields intimately , having actually picked cotton as a very young boy (EARLY 60'S) here in the South. Extremely hard and back breaking work it was!!!! Bravooooo on this great write !!!!!

Moonbee Canady

Date: 9/14/2013 8:03:00 PM

A word picture painted with the brush stroke of genius ... This has a melancholy tone, but with dignity woven thru it ... A tribute to a historical landscape and past as tho' I could hear the crickets chirping (oh-wait ... that was yesterday) ...(smile) ... Your Pal, Moonie

Karen Anglesey

Date: 7/21/2013 4:01:00 PM

I really enjoyed your wonderful poem set in a cotton-pickin' paradise. Wonderful imagery and feel. Congratulations on being a featured poem of the week :)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/21/2013 9:06:00 AM

Hi Tim, Congratulations on your featured poem of the week. enjoy life with smiles :-) love <3 LINDA

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/4/2013 9:46:00 AM

Tim, I reread this one of yours again on Deb's contest page recently and wanted to tell you that for me, it was the most inspiring but then I realized she only wanted free verse and I can't come up with a free verse for it. However, maybe later I will work on a pantoum. Just love this one!!!

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/23/2012 12:47:00 PM

Congratulations on your placement in Brian's "#184" contest Tim. Love, Carol

Kash Poet

Date: 6/22/2012 5:09:00 AM

Wonderful Write!Congrats on your win!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/21/2012 7:34:00 PM

this is awesome imagery of cotton fields, Tim. I really enjoyed this one. Congrats in Brian's contest.

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 6/21/2012 6:10:00 PM

super congrats Tim pn a wonderful winning poem luv.. still a Saints fan? how r u luv?

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 6/21/2012 2:29:00 PM

Oh my my...oh hell yes...this is a good one for MY contest too! [Summer] a 7 and to my fav's ..love the title too! Congrad's on your big win! Light & Love

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/21/2012 11:40:00 AM

Tim ,congratulations with your wonderful win in Brian's contest... Take care pd... ;-)

Terry O'Leary

Date: 6/21/2012 2:53:00 AM

Great poem... Congratulations on your win... Terry

Date: 6/4/2010 5:47:00 PM

Nice use of imagery and alliteration. Congratulations on making it through the first round of the Poetry Soup contest with this poem. Best wishes in the finals. Karen

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/4/2010 2:05:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round Tim. I wish you the best in the finals. Love, Carol

Date: 5/31/2010 8:39:00 PM

Congratulations on your first round win. Best wishes. Scarlett

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 5/31/2010 10:20:00 AM

Congrats Tim on your poem making it to the first round of competition in Poetry Soup contest.. way to go handsome ..good luck my friend.. with luv from the "Sweetheart"

Donna Golden

Date: 10/11/2009 8:20:00 AM

Lovely piece, Tim! I especially liked the last line. I decided to read a couple of your earlier poems, and now, I can't stop! Hugs, Donna