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SWEET AND SOUR morello cherries sweetened-sour beneath warm crust scoop of cold ice cream only whipped cream tops my pie a centrifugal design royal anne cherries preserved in glass of whiskey sipping manhattan liquor may be quicker dope for my health, pitting cherries gripping one by stem love the cheeks of cherry red kiddos spinner play don’t mess with sour cherries maraschino soothes temples* 6/30/2017 Two-Voice Tanka, Thrice Contest New *Shirley Temple is a drink for kids Spinners - a new toy

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Date: 7/30/2017 9:12:00 PM
Congratulations on this win Kim. I am excited just to be counted amoung poets of this caliber. Enjoyed this delicious poem. - Dean
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/31/2017 10:36:00 AM
Thank you Dean!
Date: 7/29/2017 12:13:00 PM
Back to say congrats on this great winner..Sara
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/31/2017 10:35:00 AM
Thanks Sara!
Date: 7/28/2017 7:13:00 PM
CUTE one, Kim. I do love cherries, especially those maraschino ones! Congrats on a fantastic win.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/28/2017 8:03:00 PM
Thanks Andrea
Date: 6/30/2017 11:57:00 AM
Cherry Pie with Ice Cream is one of my favorites..Reads like a winner to me..Way to go..Sara
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/30/2017 12:23:00 PM
I just love cherries! Thank you!
Date: 6/30/2017 11:01:00 AM
I prefer my ice cream on the side :) Great Tanka Kim good luck in the contest I hope we both make the cut!!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/30/2017 11:24:00 AM
Me too,Jeremy!
Date: 6/30/2017 10:31:00 AM
Yum, sounds delicious! Although I can just imagine someone making the pie and getting snockered at the same time. Be careful!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/30/2017 10:33:00 AM
LOL!!!
Date: 6/30/2017 10:28:00 AM
This was really good Kim. I remember having a Shirley Temple as a kid thinking I was cool. : ) And yes, the maraschino cherry was the best part.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/30/2017 10:34:00 AM
Hope your taste buds are salivating! Whether a Roy Rogers or a Shirley Temple... and those candy cigarettes...lol!
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