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Word Pile - Englyn Union

Alas, all this pile, has not got much sense, Ha’pence for all the lot; Had but a clue I been taught, I’d not compose utter rot.

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Date: 7/18/2025 12:32:00 PM
Congratulations on this creative winner. Way to go. Thanks for sharing it with us. Sara K
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Date: 7/18/2025 2:26:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 7/17/2025 7:24:00 AM
ha, clever it is. Congratulations on your win dear poet. Cheers!!!
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Date: 7/17/2025 2:22:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 7/17/2025 5:27:00 AM
I feel this. It's indeed a challenging form, but you did very well. Congrats!
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Jerrold Prothero
Date: 7/17/2025 2:29:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 7/16/2025 10:22:00 AM
Congrats!
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Jerrold Prothero
Date: 7/16/2025 2:07:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 7/16/2025 8:39:00 AM
Jerrold, congratulations on your win in my Straight One-Rhymed Englyn poetry contest! I enjoyed your clever poem full of wit. A Fav poem for me.
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Jerrold Prothero
Date: 7/16/2025 2:10:00 PM
Thank you! It was a new form for me, which I was struggling with. Hence the topic, a self-referential poem on how bad the poem is. If you run the contest again, I will aim for something more substantive.

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