Winter Couplet

Winter couplet Winter time in sixty four I went way south, an Wagga saw, Yes it was bloody cold, and I was surely young and poor, While there in the army camp, the coldest showers ever had, Hot water wasn’t there about , recruit Johnson label, sad, I swore I’d never go back south, fingers numb six weeks way south, And I never have returned to the cold, true to my word of mouth, Queensland doesn’t see the sleet, or have the snow around your feet, Just heat and nothing more than heat, here we have the bloody heat, Springs almost gone, and sweat it flows, under a sheet sleep naked though, Too hot for loving treats, but sweating lovers do I know, seen tween toe n toe, So take your cold an hold it close, does not suit me till I’m comatose, When they slip me in the icy draw, with strangers I suppose. Sponsor john freeman Contest Name Pictures of winter |

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Date: 12/6/2011 8:02:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Moses' "Pictures of winter" contest Don. Love, Carol
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Date: 12/5/2011 10:44:00 PM
A great write Don. Really enjoyed. Congrats
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Date: 11/30/2011 11:02:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Francine's "A Winter Couplet" contest Don. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/29/2011 12:04:00 PM
Congratulations on winning in Francine's contest with this entry.
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Date: 11/28/2011 11:59:00 PM
congrats on your 7th place win with this chilly walk Don
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Date: 11/17/2011 4:05:00 PM
Good luck in the contest..Reads like a winner to me..Very descriptive of the conditions of the time.. A pity that we couldn't have an inbetween or do you have that in Australia..Sara
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Date: 11/17/2011 3:54:00 PM
The cold is on my doorstep...dying to get in...wish it wasn't the way...but...luv shannon
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Date: 11/17/2011 6:16:00 AM
Just heat and nothing more than heat, here we have the bloody heat, That is a great line and I hear it with an Ausie accent. Thanks Don. We had ice outside this morning. First time this season. Tony
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Date: 11/15/2011 10:53:00 PM
Ride on Queensland! Mind you Don today I could do with a bit of that Southern cold. Good poem good luck in the contest! Lizzie
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Date: 11/15/2011 9:39:00 PM
Quite the interesting write Don! So did you still ever go down South? I have not ever lived anywhere that that gets that cold...but the state I live in now gets down to 0 degrees Fahrenheit!! Only But the average temperature in the coldest part of winter is about 25 degrees Fahrenheit!! And the summers here are around 80-95 degrees and that is not the usual! What's your temps!!
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