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April 11, 2011

Reciprocate

Stop-Go
Fast-Slow
Days run willy-nilly

Laugh-Cry
How-Why
Life can be so silly

In-Out
Shh-Shout
Backs that need scratching

Tick-Tock
Shepherd-Flock
Eggs that need hatching

Yin-Yang
Coke-Tang
Balance in all things

Red-Blue
Me-You
Pairings of gold rings

Ping-Pong
Right-Wrong
One begets the other

Push-Pull
Bear-Bull
A sister or a brother

Strive-Wail
Try-Fail
Perfection’s pre-occupation

Give-Take
Fix-Break
Life’s about reciprocation

Up-Down
Green-Brown
Melody and harmony

Ebb-Flow
Shrink-Grow
Overweight or boney

Read-Write
Day-Night
I’m a poem poster

High-Low
To-Fro
Life’s a roller coaster

25 comments:

  1. wow trying to get my head to stop spinnning....

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  2. Enjoyed this ! Your tempo invites the mind to actually hear the tick-Toc...Thanks for sharing!___=^..^=___Kittie

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  3. Wow, sounds like my life! I got stuck on the back scratching part-that's my favorite thing in the world--turns me into a zombie.

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  4. It makes me realize how unbalanced I am at this moment.

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  5. real roller coaster...but great writing

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  6. I mirrored yours.

    well done and fun.

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  7. I really enjoyed the balance of opposites in this poem. Lovely rhyme and flow as well. Thanks for the inspiration this week.

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  8. I commented on OSI also. Love the roller coaster ride.

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  9. The opposition and reciprocation create an entertaining read, Eric. Lots of fun mixed in with essential truths.
    I reworked an oldie that seemed "not quite right" and posted it for this prompt:
    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/02/06/last-word/

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  10. this certainly is a roller coaster ride my friend... A fun one!

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  11. Love, love, LOVE the rhythym in this one. I saw it on someone else's site with a prompt too. Very cool. :)

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  12. Feelin' the beat and clapping along.

    Sounds like a marriage rap to me. :)

    Love where your mind gets to!

    xo

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  13. Awesome! Some very heavy statements made in a way that all will fall under your spell before they even realize its happening. Loves it :)

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  14. feeling a little wooozy...nice pairings and word association and/or dissociation.

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  15. love it all and agree --the mind goes up and down and in and out in reading....and leaves one spinning...well thought out Eric...truly enjoyed the reading of it..bkm

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  16. you sure had fun with the wordplay, it was a funny piece, rare and I liked that :)
    http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/in-search-of-jasmine/

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  17. I feel like I'm at a Chinese Ping Pong Tournement!!

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  18. wow! Eric, I am losing my bearing here!
    My head's completely spinning.. very very creative indeed..

    Mega love xx

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  19. thank you a fantastic rhyme and great flow well done and thank you

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  20. Aah, Eric you drove me willy-nilly-silly there :)

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  21. Laugh-Cry
    How-Why
    Life can be so silly

    I'll second that!

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  22. Lots of fun-- and very inventive! xxxj

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  23. nicely done. very upbeat and fast. you certainly covered a lot of territory in this one!

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  24. This poem's a fun little word game. I very much enjoyed it.

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