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Quill

I’ve been told that I possess A “most creative quill.” So, thank you, Bob; I must admit Your words gave me a thrill. Alas, a pencil is the tool Which helps me to create. I know, at least poetically, It doesn’t quite equate. I’d love to write with ink-dipped quill, A style I could embrace, But reason trumps such fantasy – For how could I erase? My trusty pencil does the trick, Though lacking feather frill, But I’d have fancied, like the Bard, Composing with a quill.

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Date: 8/2/2014 10:41:00 AM
So clever, Ilene. I find I can't write with a pencil; I use a pen and scribble all over the page. This poem is a treat.
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 8/3/2014 8:43:00 PM
much appreciated, faye! i think it's interesting what we all use to write with. i can't do a crossword puzzle or write a poem in pen...
Date: 8/2/2014 8:42:00 AM
A beautiful quill it is Ilene...hugs Tim
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 8/3/2014 8:42:00 PM
thanks for reading and commenting, tim...
Date: 8/2/2014 8:25:00 AM
I love this! It makes me want to glue a feather to a pencil and send it to you. (Best of both worlds?)
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 8/3/2014 8:41:00 PM
that is one of the sweetest comments i've ever gotten! thank you so much...
Date: 8/2/2014 7:22:00 AM
Beautifully done Ilene, I simply love poems of this nature, and this is among the best I've read.
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 8/3/2014 8:41:00 PM
thank you so much, jerry, for this very supportive and much appreciated comment!

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