"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Sunday, May 06, 2012

Magpie 115-


image: River Irwell by R.A.D. Stainforth


Reminds
Inner
Vagabond
Ever
Rippling
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24 comments:

  1. Mimi Foxmorton11:20 AM

    Perfect! My inner RIVER is all about the vagabond! :)

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  2. Anonymous11:45 AM

    nice acrostic

    the riverz

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  3. stephen Hayes11:55 AM

    You've managed to get quite a bit of meaning into very few words. Nicely done.

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  4. Anonymous12:42 PM

    It's good to wonder and dream sometimes and picking lovely debris:) along the way.
    http://leah-jamielynn.typepad.com/blog/

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  5. rel12:58 PM

    Hi Kathe,
    No blues for this river rat... Just reading the ripples. :)

    Funny, just yesterday I was contemplating starting another blog titled; vagaries of a vagabond.

    You piece says "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn to me.

    rel

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  6. Christine1:13 PM

    drifting is the best part of summer, reminds me of my days out on the Lake

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  7. Susan Lindquist2:41 PM

    ... a happy vagabond I'd be to be slipping along that river!

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  8. Anonymous2:56 PM

    ...ever rippling -yes.

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  9. Brian Miller3:33 PM

    ha i will always be a rolling vagabond...nice acrostic...smiles.

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  10. 21 Wits10:12 PM

    I surrender to such strong words!

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  11. Rinkly Rimes11:28 PM

    I love a good acrostic and 'ever rippling' tells the tale.

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  12. Susan Anderson1:38 AM

    Deftly done.

    =)

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  13. Tess Kincaid10:15 AM

    Nice acrostic...

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  14. The Blog of Bee11:53 AM

    Very well done.

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  15. Helen12:03 PM

    Form and poem ~ neat!!

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  16. Tumblewords:3:56 PM

    Vagabond - a wonderful vision for the footloose! :) I love it.

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  17. Silent Otto 10:41 PM

    Plenty of movement there, Kath

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  18. kaykuala6:29 AM

    A little here, a little there. But it sets thinking!

    Hank

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  19. Unknown8:29 AM

    In five simple words you have captured the spirit and essence of the river. I love the 'rippling' which continues this poem eternally. Very snappy repartee, today Kathe. Thanks for sharing this. =D

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  20. Jinksy10:10 AM

    I'd drift on your ripples, anyday...

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  21. Maggie12:22 PM

    You have captured it! Wonderful. : )

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  22. Berowne12:27 PM

    You expressed a lot in very few words...

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  23. ninotaziz8:10 AM

    Rippling, for sure!

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  24. Carrie Van Horn8:33 AM

    Well spoken ripples Kathe! Love this! :-)

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