Two World Views

 diamante 
optimist auspicious, positive hoping, unveiling, explaining enthusiast, energy - lethargy, fatalist complaining, curtailing, groping negative, suspicious pessimist

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Date: 11/23/2014 8:59:00 PM
A wonderful diamante, Reason! I'd like to think I'm the top not the bottom...congrats to you!! Hugs, Rhonda
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Date: 11/21/2014 2:05:00 PM
I see your name is on the winner's list..Let me salute you and enjoy the bliss..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 11/18/2014 11:00:00 PM
It's all in having a great contrast that makes these forms work and THAT you have. Congrats, i see this was a winner!!
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Date: 11/17/2014 9:12:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Reason. I love your Diamante. Great choices.
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Date: 11/17/2014 12:26:00 AM
- A really wonderful diamond, Reason !!! Congratulations! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 11/16/2014 3:42:00 PM
lovely write reason - many congrats:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 11/12/2014 5:26:00 AM
- A great diamante, Reason ! - Good luck in the contest :) - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Reason A. Poteet
Date: 11/16/2014 7:36:00 PM
Thank you, Anne Lise, I appreciate your read, remarks and well-wishes.
Date: 11/11/2014 3:45:00 PM
I like this one Reason. Looks great also.
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Date: 11/11/2014 1:50:00 PM
I like that you can read these forwards and backwards. Excellent choice of words.
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Reason A. Poteet
Date: 11/11/2014 3:23:00 PM
thanks for the comment, Debra; it reminded me to look up PS's definition of the form and to change my verbs to gerunds. I took a class on another poetry site and they were rather non-traditional in their approach. I included a bit of rhyming which makes it seem more like a poem (IMHO).
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