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9/17/2024 for The Picture On The Parlor Wall Poetry Contest sponsored by Craig Cornish

When Grandpa died and his clock still ticked, he fell from a ladder by a tree - nor could that clock on the wall predict when I died at age twenty-three. A traveling artist, who, out of luck, implored gramps (...how'd he know his name?) My grandpa was kind. A deal was struck. Soon his picture was in a frame. The parlor portrait's eyes would follow me, conveying every feeling. Kindness and cheer, I could swallow, but remonstration sent me reeling. A frisbee stuck in a tree, so high, Grandpa said he'd retrieve it for me. Just hold the ladder, please, small fry? and that's all that he asked of me. Nobody knows that story but me. I sway gently as the wind does blow, from a branch on that sycamore tree, but the eyes on the portrait know.

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Date: 10/21/2024 11:04:00 AM
Truly a pensive family secret revealed in your poem, David. Congratulations on your win. Blessings.
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David Crandall
Date: 10/21/2024 8:21:00 PM
Thanks, I appreciate it Sam!
Date: 10/8/2024 5:10:00 PM
Congratulations on your placement!
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David Crandall
Date: 10/8/2024 6:23:00 PM
Thanks Karen!
Date: 9/22/2024 1:15:00 PM
Spooky Dave. Frightening for a child. :)
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 9/22/2024 6:15:00 PM
LOL. That would be cool...:)
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David Crandall
Date: 9/22/2024 2:07:00 PM
Thanks. I was thinking of one of those TV s hows or movies where the portrait has real eyes.
Date: 9/17/2024 3:42:00 PM
Very unique way you approached the topic, David. Good luck on the contest
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David Crandall
Date: 9/22/2024 2:06:00 PM
Thanks Andrea!

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