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Monkeys In the Mirror

Monkeys stare through cages at the zoo
Picking teeth, scratching each other too
     But who are we to cast aspersions 
     We each have our primate reversions    
Reflecting us, monkeys see – monkeys do 


* For Linda-Marie's Zany Zoo challenge

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Kash Poet

Date: 5/28/2011 2:33:00 PM

Very true words you have penned here Carolyn....enjoyed

Joshua Freeze

Date: 5/14/2010 5:10:00 PM

Excellent. Congrats.

Gerard Keogh Jr.

Date: 5/13/2010 8:06:00 AM

That rhyme scheme in the middle seals it for me. Well done, my dear. I like this. It should be a keeper for you! Thank you as always, ever the lady! Regards, Gerard

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 5/12/2010 4:15:00 AM

Nice to see you here where you deserve to be, Carolyn! Congratulations on your success in the Linda-Marie’s “Zaney Zoo” contest with this fun limerick. Your creative humor soars with amusement! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Laughingly with Love, Dane Ann

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 5/11/2010 8:39:00 PM

FUNNY! ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ooh! Monkey see (or hear), monkey do. Nice one! Love you. Hope all is well as can be. Love, Dane

Buffy Fooksss Aka Lynette C.

Date: 5/11/2010 7:35:00 PM

HAHA. MONKEY'S ARE BEASTS! bUfFy

Simone Segal

Date: 5/11/2010 9:57:00 AM

Wonderful limerick!! love Simone

Izzy Gumbo

Date: 5/11/2010 7:27:00 AM

Wonderful Carolyn! I love this write :) Congrats my friend. xo

John Freeman

Date: 5/10/2010 7:50:00 AM

This is a cool poem Carolyn. We could equate the mind's illusionary persona of self to the monkey see, monkey do syndrome.Smile! Thanks for your support of my poem "The Void" as I need all the help I can get to expose the illusion. I appreciate you more than your mind can possible know, my friend. Agape, Moses

Daniel Cwiak

Date: 5/9/2010 9:42:00 PM

Love It! Congrats on the win - Dan C.

David Byrne

Date: 5/9/2010 7:39:00 PM

funny!

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 5/9/2010 5:25:00 PM

Awesome, Carolyn! Perfect limerick, well written, quite descriptive an allegory to human behavior, funny. Thanks for sharing and I hope you had a great weekend. Love, Caroline.

Kim Hilliker

Date: 5/9/2010 12:53:00 PM

lol. Funny, clever and honest write. Good luck in the contest.

Chuck Keys

Date: 5/9/2010 9:32:00 AM

ok, now i have to worry about what monkeys think of me as i stare at them. hmm, what do you think they really see? maybe i should dress better when i go to the zoo! great job, thank you, chuck

James Peranteau

Date: 5/9/2010 7:57:00 AM

How odd, those monkeys must think, when we giggle at their behavor ! Great entry Carolyn ! My next visit to our zoo here in Philly, which Noah and I do, and very soon at that...I'll be thinking of you when we enter the primate grounds ! TY for this mind provoker ! james

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 5/9/2010 7:51:00 AM

Thankxxxx Carolyn for your wishes for M.D. and we are celebrating in high style all day.. my three sons and three grandkids are planning big family dinner since the weather turned very cold so killed our plans for the beach and seashore day.. its only 45 ..from 80 and 90 last week...u also have a wonderful Mother's Day .. to me our children are beautiful gifts from God and my poetry ..and yours... are also our "children" too.. luv.. Linda-Marie..

Gert W. Knop

Date: 5/9/2010 3:15:00 AM

Yes, Carolyn this is so!!! Sometimes i wonder what monkeys would say if they could speak! But there was that experiment in the US with a female gorilla who learned the sign language and tought her baby! Well written and good luck in Linda-Marie's contest...Love, Gert