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			<title>This Old House</title>
			<description>This Old House&amp;hellip;.&amp;nbsp;Like the darkened, spotted petals Of a rose, lying on the soilBeneath the treeThese four walls and a porchSits crumblingLong past its gloryFaded, mold-studded Spots mar the Silky tissues Once b..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1646539/</link>
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			<title>Whispered Winds on Hallowed Ground</title>
			<description>Have you ever been to visit a monastery or a spiritual retreat center and felt the incredible sense of peace that just permeated the air right down to your bones?  These Godly places still exist.... </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1644621/</link>
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			<title>Legend of the Blood Moon Rising</title>
			<description>just a little mythical lore to think about this night, Night of the Blood Moon</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1640786/</link>
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			<title>Monday Night Football</title>
			<description>just some old memories that Jacob inspired with his latest poem, again...
Thank you, Jacob!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1638407/</link>
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			<title>Clueless </title>
			<description>Clueless&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Radio waves transcending airVoices with something to shareCommunication, solicitationSalutation&amp;rsquo;s epiphany&amp;nbsp;On impatience sophistryTurn the volume downTune out The interaction&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1637436/</link>
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			<title>Into the Woods</title>
			<description>I don't know where this one came from...it just appeared.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1545414/</link>
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			<title>This Marriage, Three</title>
			<description>An Anniversary Present</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1544611/</link>
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			<title>Spirit in the Sky, He likes Full Circles...</title>
			<description>Circle of Life</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1525197/</link>
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			<title>Sweet Procrastination</title>
			<description>procrastination, imagination, poetry's addictive verbal incarnation</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1523233/</link>
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			<title>A Scottish Highland Miss</title>
			<description>In honor of Noodlebum's return!  So happy she's decided to come back...:)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1518474/</link>
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			<title>Storms Passing Through</title>
			<description>It's wet here, and has been for days.  It is supposed to continue for several more.  I just thought I 'd use it to my creative advantage....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1515186/</link>
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			<title>Thank You</title>
			<description>From my heart to yours....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1507431/</link>
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			<title>First Son</title>
			<description>Something that just came to me tonight.  I hope you like it.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1506790/</link>
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			<title>The Joys of Competitive Soccer</title>
			<description>Just observations from a Soccer Mom</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1506379/</link>
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			<title>Souls in Shadows</title>
			<description>just something that I've been thinking about lately...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1504379/</link>
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			<title>Rhythm's Long, Slow Ride to Saturday Night</title>
			<description>Just some silly things that I put to paper.  None of them are very important, earth-shattering or particularly noteworthy.  Just Enjoying Friday Night!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1502729/</link>
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			<title>Wild West Gold Mine</title>
			<description>just a bit of poetic whimsy and the History Channel's newest show about &quot;The Dutchman's Treasure&quot; in the mountains of Arizona...:)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1500513/</link>
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			<title>The Feel of the Jump</title>
			<description>Something that I've been wanting to put to paper for a long time...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1497408/</link>
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			<title>Cloudy Winds and Fitful gods</title>
			<description>The stars twinkled down on me tonight...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1495830/</link>
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			<title>Obama, Your State-Mandated Healthcare Might be Worth it if You Threw in the Dogs!</title>
			<description>just a commentary on the trials of life...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1493616/</link>
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			<title>My Girl</title>
			<description>Inspired by her piercing eyes</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1493202/</link>
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			<title>Cat, There's a Mouse in the House!</title>
			<description>just something stupid that went through my brain...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1491573/</link>
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			<title>Devil Dogs</title>
			<description>Poem from a U.S. Marine</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1488744/</link>
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			<title>The Rosary</title>
			<description>a little history into the importance of this little, innocuous string of beads</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1483993/</link>
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			<title>Black Heart Among Us</title>
			<description>just sayin' something that's been needing to be said...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1481606/</link>
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			<title>Sippin' Wine on a Saturday Night</title>
			<description>just surveying my current situation</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1480375/</link>
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			<title>First Time for Everything</title>
			<description>A poem written in honor of the first ever writing contest of a new group</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1457142/</link>
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			<title>Landscapes Afar</title>
			<description>just a little bit of inspiration that knocked me 'tween the eyes...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1449515/</link>
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			<title>Little's Last Day</title>
			<description>a jumbled mess of rhyming madness, I suppose...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1446745/</link>
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			<title>Angels and Lost Souls</title>
			<description>something I've been thinking about lately...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1441145/</link>
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			<title>Hippoty Dippoty Top</title>
			<description>My take on children's favorite nursery rhymes...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1439129/</link>
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			<title>Old Man in the Moon</title>
			<description>created in response to a moon contest...I couldn't resist!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1435064/</link>
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			<title>Love</title>
			<description>This was a poem my son sent me from Advanced Training in the Marine Corp...
It was my birthday present.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1432450/</link>
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			<title>A Star Shines So Bright</title>
			<description>just a little ode to my namesake...I hope you like it...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1430247/</link>
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			<title>Acrostic BRAVERY</title>
			<description>This is my son, Max's, creation, in response to an English class project...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1428961/</link>
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			<title>Earth Mother</title>
			<description>just a little whimsical nonsense that inspired my brain...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1422233/</link>
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			<title>When Your Time was Near....</title>
			<description>just an ode to my mother-in-law...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1421863/</link>
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			<title>Overgrown Baby</title>
			<description>This poem has been a long time coming!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1419761/</link>
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			<title>Skittish Scotsmen</title>
			<description>just a collection of thoughts about the most recent vote.  My Campbell blood is still boiling a bit... I'm sorry, Great-Great Grandmother!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1418798/</link>
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			<title>The love of a good horse is all anyone really needs</title>
			<description>some of my favorite memories</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1417585/</link>
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			<title>Holy Speed Angels From Heaven on High</title>
			<description>my son says it sounds like the poem of a sad middle aged woman who likes to fantasize....I think he's dead to rights....but it was fun!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1416905/</link>
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			<title>Pre-Dawn Ramblings of an Insomniatic Mind</title>
			<description>just me and my tea at a quarter past three...:)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1413189/</link>
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			<title>Nature's Quixotic Fury</title>
			<description>just something that came to me earlier this week and wouldn't leave me alone.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1412832/</link>
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			<title>Tis but a letter from a Mother to her Son</title>
			<description>I'm bad.  I know I'm bad, but this one was written to get a laugh out of him...so what do you think?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1378434/</link>
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			<title>Spirits Visiting in the Night?</title>
			<description>Can this be real?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1375827/</link>
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			<title>Moonlight Ponderings</title>
			<description>T.S. Elliot inspired this one....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1362512/</link>
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			<title>Love Thy Neighbor?  Not So Easy...</title>
			<description>Why must people throw trash out on country roads instead of taking it home to put in their own garbage?  I just don't understand....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1360639/</link>
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			<title>Sweet Melissa</title>
			<description>musings of a swim mom....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1353772/</link>
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			<title>Soul and Inspiration</title>
			<description>The Righteous Brothers got to me...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1349762/</link>
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			<title>Blessed Be the Angels</title>
			<description>This is a nod to the miraculous activities occurring over Cross Mountain in Medjugorie, Yugoslavia, where Angels dwell</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/laughingpoetess/1349413/</link>
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