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Dot To Dot

There's a plan Which will create a perfect picture If you just follow it All laid out You may use pen or pencil Free to rectify mistakes Follow the plan For your own way creates an intricate mess The title won't match the picture There may be a longer gaze At your chaotic maze But essentially your ways Missed the point Messed up the page Follow the plan Fit in Show up Make no noise Be uniform in your appearance Unobtrusive Inoffensive in character and word Seen but not heard Casting no shadows Dot to dot Step by step Piece by piece Slotting in Not out of place Awarded 1st place

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Date: 10/30/2023 9:29:00 PM
When I was younger I had an Etch-a-Sketch like a dot to dot but even more prescriptive.. now age has taught me that creativity is squashed by rules and getting it 'wrong'. Your poem reminded me how far I have come, thank you DD dear. Very best Cindy :)
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Date: 12/24/2022 12:02:00 AM
Nicely done, congratulations
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Date: 2/6/2023 7:00:00 AM
Thank you Terry, it was a delight to find I'd been placed so highly
Date: 12/23/2022 4:56:00 AM
Well-said, Dilly. Inconspicuously going about day by day. Well-put, well-deserved first first place
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Date: 12/22/2022 11:44:00 PM
Wonderful write. Enjoyed. God bless you and Congrats. Love, Gina
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Date: 12/22/2022 11:55:00 PM
Thank you
Date: 12/22/2022 2:43:00 PM
Free to rectify mistakes… For your own way creates an intricate mess…enjoyed your poem, Dilly Dally! Congratulations on 1st place in my contest!
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Date: 12/22/2022 3:30:00 PM
Hurray! Thank you :)
Date: 12/22/2022 2:03:00 PM
Back with congratulations on your first place win. Merry Christmas!
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Date: 12/22/2022 3:46:00 PM
Thank you
Date: 12/20/2022 12:17:00 PM
Well said. Best wishes for the contest.
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Date: 2/6/2023 7:00:00 AM
Thank you Sam, it was wonderful to place so early in my poetry journey
Date: 12/15/2022 10:55:00 AM
A good poem. Well done.
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Date: 12/22/2022 3:46:00 PM
Thank you

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