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A Frog Adores a Bog

Sky squeezes wet clouds and showers drip through fingers and drop on earth’s grip. Drops peer through nerve ends to starving earth’s soul; soul fills in and crust moistens and drops slip on her skin. Brooks fill in, fields spill; canals feel thrilled; crabs bounce, fish pounce and cranes feel chilled; trees bend their heads, their hands and their arms; sap oozes through their stems, roots and palms. brooks pump the river river spills and floods marshland ~ frog adores a bog
------------------------------- Crystalline: 9/8; Kimo: 10/7/6; Couplet (9 syllables in each line) and Haiku: 5/7/5. Posted on Verse *A 2nd Place*in the following contest (judged on Dec. 7, 2020) Dec. 1, 2020 FUSION Poetry Contest Contest Sponsor: Brian Strand *A 3rd Place* in the following contest (judged on Sept. 20, 2020)
September 10, 2020 Writing Challenge - Nature, Four in One - Poetry Contest Sponsor: Constance La France

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Date: 12/7/2020 1:48:00 PM
Wonderful images, Newton. So many creative phrases -"sky squeezes wet clouds," "nerve endings to starving soul." Amazing. Another round of congratulations. This is so imaginative!
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Date: 12/7/2020 1:58:00 PM
Thank you so much, Sam, for this impressive, great rain of appreciation!!
Date: 9/29/2020 1:35:00 PM
Newton, congratulations on your win in my Nature Four in One Challenge with this wonderful write, a FAV for me _Constance
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Date: 9/29/2020 2:38:00 PM
Thank you so much, Lance, for this immensely great comment and the placement!!
Date: 9/21/2020 3:20:00 PM
frogs adore a bog and I love your poem especially the opening line:-)Many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 9/21/2020 6:00:00 PM
Thank you so much, Jan, for this lovely comment!!
Date: 9/21/2020 6:41:00 AM
- Congratulations on your win, Newton :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/21/2020 8:39:00 AM
Thank you so much, Anne-Lise, for revisit and the comment!
Date: 9/11/2020 2:18:00 AM
- A fun contest, Newton ... mix poems together :) - Yours is built great together as one ... (your kimo is my favorite) ... - A beautiful contribution to the contest, I'm sure it gives you a top win .. best wishes :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/11/2020 5:08:00 AM
As always, thank you so much, Anne-Lise, for this immensely encouraging piece of comment!!!
Date: 9/11/2020 1:47:00 AM
Greeting, Newton. Your splendid nature water poem reads like a spritely frog hopping along. All sounds verge with adjacent. A pleasure to read aloud, very musical! Soon proudly showcased on Winners list!
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Date: 9/11/2020 5:06:00 AM
Thank you so much, Sigrid, for this wonderfully great read and the comment!! Your comment encourages me to revise this piece, while enlivening that from image that you highlight in your comment. Thank you again for this great piece of lesson.

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