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Emile’s set a poetry contest in which the poet omits one vowel It’s hard to write this exacting form yet I will not throw in the towel! So I’m tasked to write a poem I’ve got myself into the groove to try and write a brilliant ditty and hope the sponsor will approve I started a Shakespearian sonnet and I grappled with the rhyme My poem didn’t make any sense badly penned work is a crime! I threw away my first attempt now I’ve grasped my silver pen determined to enter the contest alas, I’m devoid of ideas again If I write of the spring season and lambs gamboling in the field With the mother ‘ewe’ watching them my missing vowel can be revealed! Hoping the poem can be removed from contest as U is not one of the permitted vowels 06/11/21

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Date: 6/20/2021 3:49:00 PM
Great job on this. Yours is so fluid and I love your word play with the "ewe"/u.
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Date: 6/17/2021 11:12:00 AM
This idea that you were inspired with Jan is not only exceptionally clever, but great fun and all this whilst trying to omit a vowel - stupendous! Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.
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Date: 6/16/2021 6:17:00 AM
Jan I don't know why I didn't see this earlier, a brilliant piece if I've ever seen one. This is the Winner with me. Big Hug!!!
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Date: 6/15/2021 2:18:00 PM
Wow, could not even begin to think how I could write something as witty and clever as this while omitting a certain vowel (not even in this comment!) best wishes for the contest~
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Date: 6/13/2021 7:11:00 PM
This is sensational, Jan -- contest or no contest. Postively Shakespearean in its sweep! Ewe da Brd! :) gw P.S. And I don't mean 'Bird!'
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:33:00 PM
Shakespeare leaves me cold especially sonnets lol:-( he would turn in his grave at my poop lol:-) hugs jan xx
Date: 6/13/2021 6:35:00 PM
Hello Jan … taking on this task is hard enough but U certainly did it better than I - well done Jan - Lindsay
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:32:00 PM
I am working on another one and am determined to get it right this time :-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 6/13/2021 5:57:00 PM
Ewe R funny, my friend!
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:31:00 PM
thanks Kim, perhaps there will be another contest and i can enter it then:-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 6/13/2021 12:18:00 PM
oh are you saying that he only allowed a, e, and I to be removed? I recall noticing one vowel was not included. I wonder why. Jan, you did a REALLY cute job with this. I love the fun you have with challenges. Never lose your sparkle. And shoot me an email sometime!
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:30:00 PM
Yes only a e i o and i didnt read the fact U was missing:-( hugs jan xx
Date: 6/12/2021 7:15:00 PM
I love this, Jan... So adorable. Love it. God bless you always, Love, Gina
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:30:00 PM
Thanks Regina:-) hugs jan xx
Date: 6/12/2021 3:09:00 PM
A tinge of your bathroom humor, Jan....you always find a way. LOL Love it!
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:30:00 PM
Thanks jenna it has a way of slipping in lol:-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 6/12/2021 1:37:00 PM
ha! nicely done, jan, contest or not! i enjoyed...
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:29:00 PM
I'm not giving up and have nearly finished my second attempt!:-) hugs jan xx
Date: 6/12/2021 11:21:00 AM
U did it! Brilliantly done, Jan! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:29:00 PM
would have been even better if I had read the rules lol:-) hugs jan xx
Date: 6/12/2021 10:27:00 AM
Wonderful write typical Jan style. Not sure of Emile, but surely you can try Brain Strand contest, Am confident it will place. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it! :) Thanks
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:28:00 PM
Thats a good idea thanks Rama:-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 6/11/2021 6:46:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this... delightful and delighting from the start til the end, revealing your glad-filled poetic heart and skill. I keep smiling while reading this, and am still grinning. God bless you.
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Date: 6/12/2021 9:24:00 AM
Shame its a pity I didnt read the rules as U is not one of the chosen vowels for the contest, oh well back to the drawing board if the sponsor can mark my poem as ;unread' :-( hugs jan xx
Date: 6/11/2021 3:25:00 PM
Leave it to "ewe" Jan. As I read I was waiting for a "P-ewe" ending....
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Date: 6/11/2021 3:26:00 PM
lol Thanks John, I'm not sure if it is what Emile is after but i enjoyed the challenge:-) hugs jan xx

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