One Day In a Town

I had a wonderful dalliance one day in a town -its bucolic setting redolent of petrichor and roses. It was in propinquity to a demesne where I saw the face from my dreams! He was a harbinger - Sweet serendipity! Where efflorescence clung to stones, he kissed me; then came my epiphany. In erstwhile days I‘d seen his face. Oh, joy ephemeral! I had kissed my cousin! Written April 10, 2016 (checked by Howmanysyllables.com) for the "A Day in a Town" Rictameter Poetry Contest of Nayda Ivette Negron

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Date: 4/27/2016 10:32:00 PM
Andrea, Congratulations on your "Day in town win. XOX *LINDA*
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Date: 4/23/2016 9:30:00 PM
Beautiful, Andrea -- and, a nice vocabulary exercise.... ;-)
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Date: 4/20/2016 9:54:00 AM
Andrea,I read this poem in patches twice....I skipped both times avoiding those new (heavy for me)...Finally when I broke up the jinx,the joy I felt is not ephemeral.... Beautiful poem....
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Date: 4/17/2016 5:16:00 PM
so interesting. enjoyed as usual your lovely expressions and vocabulary.
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Date: 4/17/2016 1:11:00 PM
Ha ha love this funny poem Andrea. love phyl
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Date: 4/15/2016 8:23:00 PM
Hello Andrea ... well written as usual and enjoyed your humorous take in the finale - Lindsay
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Date: 4/15/2016 5:01:00 PM
Another gem, congrats for the contest..
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Date: 4/15/2016 6:19:00 AM
Great work well written x Too hard for me LOL
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Date: 4/15/2016 5:48:00 AM
Loved your humorous ending in this winning poem Andrea. Congratulations! #7 :)
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Date: 4/15/2016 5:37:00 AM
Kept looking at for quite some time, took leave from the eyes and read in delight... Congratulations...
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Date: 4/14/2016 5:08:00 PM
Hi Andrea, congratulations on your win in the 'a day in a town' contest. Nicely done. Hugs, Sandra
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Date: 4/14/2016 12:07:00 PM
Lovely write...Congrats on your win
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Date: 4/14/2016 7:54:00 AM
Sweet write Andrea.
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Date: 4/14/2016 7:10:00 AM
Excellent. Lovely romantic poem. Enjoyed reading it. All the best for the contest.
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Date: 4/14/2016 2:30:00 AM
LOL. I love how you took all these sweet elegant sounding words, and turned into a joke at the end. Kissing cousins ... he he he. I was too afraid of this contest, to be honest ... all those strange words, none of which I've used in a poem before, many of which I've never even heard of. My vocabulary isn't quite up there yet ;) But you did a wonderful job.
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Date: 4/14/2016 12:43:00 AM
A great write in rictameter using all those words and then a bit of humor. You did it all. Love, Joyce
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Date: 4/13/2016 9:49:00 PM
Andrea, Congrats on your "Day In A Town win. Love LINDA
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Date: 4/13/2016 7:53:00 PM
Congratulations Andrea on the placement of the contest
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Date: 4/13/2016 5:53:00 PM
A sweet dream of ephemeral joy in one day in town. Beautiful poem my lovely friend. Good luck in the contest. Loved always my lovely friend, bl
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Date: 4/13/2016 5:10:00 PM
AhAndrea this is great, my smile of the day!
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Date: 4/13/2016 4:40:00 PM
Reads like a winner but of course, I am not familiar with what rictameter is unless it is a meter on a rickshaw..LOL..Thanks for stopping by with congrats..Sara
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Date: 4/13/2016 4:42:00 PM
Looked up rictameter and found it to be 2,4,6,8, 10,8,6,4,2 syllbles per line..Okay..You should be okay with that one..Sara
Date: 4/13/2016 2:49:00 PM
wow, andie... this is fabulous; i am still doing a rough draft for this one... way up there!..huggs and mail in a while!
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Date: 4/13/2016 12:59:00 PM
There once was an antiquated gentleman who went by the cognomen of Uncle Edward. He had no capillary substance on the spot where the capillary substance oughta vegetate. I learned this one as a kid and that is all the big words I know. Anywho, I got your message. Very knowledgeable. You be cool. Love, daver
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Date: 4/13/2016 12:19:00 PM
Nicely wrought romantic poem here. You used a lot of fancy language here - propinquity? demense? Please clarify and good luck in the contest! Peace & Love Matthew Anish
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Date: 4/13/2016 7:51:00 AM
Hi Andrea, Best wishes for the contest. I enjoyed ur poem .......with love
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