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Love Or Hate It

"For someone's joy is often someone else's despair" by Poet X Excited children grin and cheer to see the snow; a winter wonderland indeed for them to play - their parents are not quite as pleased to see it though (but memories of joy remain from yesterday). As creatures hibernate or hungry, search for food, the children's pets will frolic, happy as the kids. The foragers and playful children can be viewed from cars that cannot move or only manage skids! The elderly afraid to leave their comfy homes -a slip or fall is something to be greatly feared - will feed the garden birds and reminisce of roams on snowy hillsides, drives and paths that they once cleared. And homeless shiver praying that the snow won't last, their thoughts are far from happy times when snow brought joys, and pulling blankets up against the icy blast, their slitted eyes view happy laughing girls and boys.   Excited children grin and cheer to see the snow,     as creatures hibernate or hungry, search for food,    the elderly afraid to leave their comfy homes,   and homeless shiver praying that the snow won't last.   written 7th December for Constance's Created Form contest

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Date: 12/15/2020 4:05:00 PM
Jack, congratulations on your win in my Created Form- Rhyme4-Mix Contest with this wonderful poem, I like your quote too _Constance
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Date: 12/13/2020 3:32:00 PM
Hi Jack, Hate and love are the two emotions the dominate the world. At least, in my opinion, they are. Congratulations on your winning write. Have a great day:-) Alexis
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Date: 12/10/2020 3:03:00 PM
Good one incorporating many aspects of life. Reads like a good contender for the contest to me. Way to go. Thanks for all the visits to my page. Sara
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Date: 12/9/2020 12:28:00 PM
Snow is loved by the young and feared by the older - I suppose we always want what we cant have! In South Africa we see snow maybe once in 10 years so always long to see it, the same with living by the sea, we don't appreciate it when we have it, to live or not to live by the coast!
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Date: 12/8/2020 7:02:00 AM
- You have described love and hate in a perfect way when it comes to snow ... snow is best on Christmas cards ... as a child I liked snow ... not as an adult - A wonderful poem, Jack :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 12/7/2020 2:26:00 PM
Perfection, Jack. Love the way you divided it up into the different groups and their outlooks. I went totally opposite and did summer!
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