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Thunder Plays Tag

Lightning flashes brightly outside our front window. Rain's falling fast and furious. Feeling IT in my fingers, vibration jolts and loosens the window pane. Delightful, but frightful, quivers follow lightning. Tag game mommy shudders; I'm deaf, but I sense IT. My sister covers up her ears awaiting, anticipating something. I wait for looks on their faces. "You're IT!" you make me shake like a sudden tag game?

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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 3/5/2018 8:16:00 AM

Fun, clever, and original, wonderful ink! Congratulations on your win!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 3/5/2018 4:04:00 AM

The deaf do hear with their eyes and they also feel vibrations more acutely than those who can hear. I enjoyed your beautifully written entry Reason. Congratulations on your most deserving second placement! : )

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 3/6/2018 8:57:00 PM

THank you Connie, I think that may be true. Appreciate your time and good wishes.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/4/2018 12:01:00 AM

Congratulations Reason on your well deserved win.

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 3/6/2018 8:59:00 PM

THank you, Tom, for your encouragement.

Eve Roper

Date: 3/3/2018 10:11:00 PM

Congratulations on your win.. wonderful imagery made me feel every line...

Carrie Richards

Date: 3/3/2018 7:35:00 PM

I love how you used the imagination and we were there ~!! So clever!! Congratulations !

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 3/3/2018 8:12:00 PM

And congratulations on your fine entry also. I really like your dueling swords, colliding. Great vibrations with your rattles, shatters and trembles. It was a great contest, wasn't it? Thanks for commenting on my piece.

Sandra Haight

Date: 3/3/2018 6:52:00 PM

Reason, I enjoyed your take on how to circumvent the use of sound in your poem! Very clever and well-written in the Rictameter form. congratulations on your podium win! Hugs, Sandra

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 3/3/2018 8:16:00 PM

AND Congratulations to you too, Sandra with your winning entry, you created several clear pics using the sense of touch (feeling). Thank you for your generous comment on my rictameter and its placement.

Line Gauthier

Date: 3/3/2018 6:13:00 PM

How original to introduce the idea of a tag game. Lovely poem and well deserved win. Beautifully done, Reason.

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 3/3/2018 8:18:00 PM

Thanks, Line. I enjoyed your tale of comforting the puppy dog pooch, a touching piece. A return word of congratulations for you and your entry.

Laura Hay

Date: 2/28/2018 9:13:00 AM

I like how this one describes the visual emotions of a storm without sound, well done RAP, kind regards, Laura.

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 3/1/2018 11:40:00 AM

And a bit of touch which is a close second to sight if you can‘t hear. Thanks, Laura have a beautiful day in the world of rhyme and reason. Now to search for your entry.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 2/25/2018 7:26:00 PM

You conveyed well the sights of a storm..deaf people can sense a lot..best for a win, RAP.

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 2/25/2018 8:54:00 PM

Thanks, Vijay, I appreciate your time and energy in commenting. I tried to emphasize a deaf person’s interaction with people who can hear the sound - their reactions.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/25/2018 2:59:00 PM

- Deaf people have an incredible feeling for most things, great written R.A.P. - Best wishes in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 2/25/2018 8:54:00 PM

Thanks, Anne-Lise, so glad for your read and remarks.

Heidi Sands

Date: 2/25/2018 1:20:00 PM

This is well written and brings the reader right there, to feel it as well :)

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 2/25/2018 8:58:00 PM

What a welcome reply, thank you so much, Heidi. No taste, no smell but sights and touch.