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The Words That Slip Away

July 1, 2011
By Emily.L GOLD, Gilbert, Arizona
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Emily.L GOLD, Gilbert, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something. " -Sarah Dessen

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Roses are red,
I'll always love you.
Look at this sham
We put ourselves through.

Violets are blue,
In colorblind views.
So is a heart
If you mix up hues.

Sugar is sweet.
How doubtful that is
If I'm a match
For a glucose wiz.

All of your words,
They end in cliché.
How do I know
If you'll really stay?

© Adria O., Edgewood, WA

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gigi01 GOLD said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 10:59 am
gigi01 GOLD, Seffner, Florida
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Very Nice! I also like how it starts with "Roses are Red," but the poem itself is far from conventional! It is touching too. Could you look at my poem "Fireflies and Stars?" It's similar to this one. 
.Izzy. BRONZE said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 10:09 am
.Izzy. BRONZE, Broadview Heights, Ohio
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I liked how you started the poem with "Roses are red". Also liked the part about the glucose wiz. I think I read this before, maybe in someone's favorites? Good job!
TheHangingGirl BRONZE said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 10:32 pm
TheHangingGirl BRONZE, Winter Haven, Florida
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"Poets utter great and wise things that they themselves can not comprehend."

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Amazing. 5 stars
TwasBrilling BRONZE said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 8:48 pm
TwasBrilling BRONZE, Staunton, Va, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk&quot; -H.W. Hegel<br /> <br /> &quot;Words are our most inexhaustable source of magic&#039; -Albus Dumbledore

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I LOVE how you take a cliche, and put it down!!
bookworm29 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 6:04 pm
bookworm29 PLATINUM, Rockville, Maryland
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These are the words that come to my mind when reading this poem: Impudent, insolent, suspicious, fiery, wishful, hopeful, and slightly scared?
ohheyyyelli SILVER said...
on Jul. 19 2011 at 2:36 pm
ohheyyyelli SILVER, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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You have a quirky style of writing, sort of edgy. I like it[:

I like "Sugar is sweet

How doubtful that is

If I'm a match

For a glucose wiz"