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A Collaboration with my sweet and witty friend Leslie Albright, who did the last two stanzas. The first two are mine. I think she maybe entered only one other contest here at all, so that is why I chose her for this collaboration of Silent One's, and also, I think she is a GREAT writer who needs to write more and more!

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The Endless Fight

The Endless Fight

My sis and I, we made a vow,
to lose all of our weight somehow.
Long months we tried; sometimes we’d cheat.
Jogging! Oh the agony of da feet!

 A one-week cruise; sister noshed and noshed -
Put back half the weight she’d lost!
A month she took to put things right.
Battle of the Bulge is the endless fight!

But, I digress, we're only human.
You can only eat so much with cumin.
And the next day she made her goal.
God bless her heart, God bless her soul.

So now when we get on the scale.
Sometimes we lose, sometimes we fail.
Butt, ;) we both get tired of the botching.
Of all this weighting and this watching.

Nov. 13, 2011 for Silent One's Introduction By Collaboration Poetry Contest

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Mike Bayles November 17, 2019 at 1:55 PM Very good. It took me on a journey to the Mediterranean Sea,

Mike Bayles November 17, 2019 at 12:43 PM Good collaboration, Andrea.

Connie Marcum Wong November 17, 2019 at 12:56 AM Your collaboration reads as if one person wrote it Andrea. Leslie finished this off splendidly. I am happy to see you in First place with this poem I certainly relate to. Congratulations to both of you. : ) xxoo

Silent One November 16, 2019 at 10:42 AM It was mainly regular contestant poets who entered...However they are mentioned in the poem, so people can go read their work...Many poems that entered the contest were not collaborations..I think those people misunderstood the point of the contest... Andrea Dietrich November 16, 2019 at 11:48 AM It's too bad they did not understand. I think collaboration contests get misconstrued a lot. For that reason, I'll never do that type of contest here. I appreciate the members who mentioned their collaborators in your contest! It's unfortunate if some of those collaborators did not submit their entries as well.

Silent One November 16, 2019 at 2:11 AM I am so so sorry! I have no clue why your collaboration was on part of the winning list! I have sorted it out now. You should appear in the winners list. Great choice for a partner to collaborate with. It always helps when there is someone to lose weight with. Thanks for taking part Andrea Dietrich November 16, 2019 at 9:46 AM we both entered on the last day, Silent One. I am curious why some of the collaboration partners are not on your list. Did many of collaborators just not enter their poems? I was surprised that the point was to introduce the new poets who rarely enter contests but i did not see many of them on the list. I wonder if they were too shy to enter the contest?

Ravindra K Kapoor November 15, 2019 at 10:44 AM How interesting it is to watch weight figures going down and how sad it is to see them rising in spite of best efforts. Well knitted lines in both parts dear friend. With best wishes...Ravindra

Gordon Mcconnell November 14, 2019 at 9:12 AM A fine write Andrea, rather funny too. What's it about you girls and weight loss? we guys think the world of you as you are!!

Sandra Adams November 13, 2019 at 7:24 PM nicely penned and quite funny...it's hard to tell who wrote what as you both seem to have a similar style... best wishes in the contest :) hugs

Frederic Parker November 13, 2019 at 6:55 PM Two poets with a similar writing style...good luck to you both, thank you Andrea for introducing Leslie

Lindsay Laurie November 13, 2019 at 6:07 PM G'day Andrea … this appears to be a life long roller coaster for many who have a weight gain problem, but oh gee Andrea, some of the food on offer is so hard to bypass - thank you Andrea - Lindsay

Matthew Anish November 13, 2019 at 3:27 PM It is sooo… hard to watch one's weight and you capture that here! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Robert Johnson November 13, 2019 at 11:41 AM Thank you Andrea for asking me to do this. I count myself honored to have you choose me. I've always wanted to collaborate with someone on a poem but it just never came together. And thank you for the nice comment of me up in your poet's notes. <3 :)

Line Gauthier November 13, 2019 at 10:01 AM Bravo - this collaboration is awesome. Superbly done.

Kim Rodrigues November 13, 2019 at 9:19 AM I see a winning collaboration! You both have the humor flying! A fave for me! BUTT....lol Robert Johnson November 13, 2019 at 11:35 AM LOL

Arturo Michael November 13, 2019 at 9:13 AM Nice Collaboration...Thank God I've never had an issue with Weight... Andrea Dietrich November 14, 2019 at 1:01 AM haha, Leslie's comment is so funny. I fought the battle most of my life, Arturo, until four years ago when i put priority on vegetables. Since then I've lost a lot of weight and plan to stay "normal" now the rest of my life! Robert Johnson November 13, 2019 at 11:36 AM I've never had a problem with weight either Arturo. I can put it on very easy. :)