To Be Silly With-

I would love to swim to the 'Guilamine' in the skin
Or dance on a carpet of sheer pleasure
I might like an ice-cream cone on the way
Topped with pink and golden treasure.
I would enjoy a drink made of sparkles
That might light up with yellow-red magic
My dreary grey-blue life – and then
I would anticipate with joy an umbrella
Made of silk and maidenhair fern
To be silly with –
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December 31, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Liz, congrats on your featured poem of the week. Hope you are enjoying the new year. May you be blessed with a wonderful & joyful New Year! Take care*Luv~SKAT
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December 31, 2010 at 7:09 AM
Good work..Very descriptive and expressive..Congratulations on being featured on homepage this week..Sara
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December 30, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Charming and whimsical. Don't know Guilamine, but it has poetic meaning. Congrats on the selection. Dave
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December 28, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Congrats on having your poem being featured on the Poetry Soup home page this week. Please keep your creative caps on, let your poetry pen keep painting your poetry pads with colors of creativity. Thanks for sharing this with us and have a wonderful week ahead. Love always, Adeleke
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December 27, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week at PoetrySoup Liz. Love, Carol
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December 26, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Congrats Liz on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. a great one to share with us all with luv...
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December 9, 2010 at 8:03 AM
I think we all need silly, funny things in life or it would be so boring. Made me smile this morning. God Bless Phyl
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December 8, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Thanks for the comment, and your poem, good job!
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December 6, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Hi Liz.I think it's good for us to give way 'to be silly with'life sometimes.So much sombre and at times gloomy dealings invade our thoughts and everyday actions.We have to focus on being grown-ups we forget about the child 'within'.We need to be playful, act the fool, laugh, be childlike- not childish-even if just for a while.I think as poets we have the ability as well as opportunity to do this Thanks for the reminder.Love this.A favourite for me.Also glad you liked my Dog.Love June(S)
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December 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Oh, I'd like to join you in this magical journey, Liz. We could all use something like this to brighten our "dreary" days. And I'm quite silly anyway. Make my cone chocolate please. Thanks for your kind words, Carolyn
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December 4, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Hi Liz. Thanks for your kind comment. I thought that it would not be seen by anybody that I knew. Bang goes all my street cred. You might write a lot but when you do they are little gems. The artist in you comes out in this piece, Colour, colour everywhere in those words. Eamon
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December 1, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Oh, this is sillylicious!!! Love it. Andrea
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October 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM
smiles to your poems Liz. have a nice one' luv n.d
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October 15, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Reads like a great fun fun that is very descriptive and expressive..Sara
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October 15, 2010 at 7:12 AM
Starting my weekend early reading all the amazing poetry of all the wonderful poets here at PoetrySoup. I am so happy to find your poetry posted here this morning Liz. Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find tons of inspiration along the way as Fall is upon us. Love, Carol
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