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Question: Have you written a poem today!?
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SEDIMENTAL JOURNEY
I go to the rock shop, some
call it the riverbed,
not for me, this place,
no water will
be sleeping here,
tonight!.
I told the clerker,
“A fine, flat stone,
water-washed smooth and round,
held between my thumb
and forefinger, just so!.”
He knew exactly what
I wanted!.
He asked about the color!.
I asked for something earth-tone…
I took my new rock
down to the pond,
where Gertrude and Rochambeau…well,
no need to be tacky…
Anyway, I took my rock,
which I had paid several minutes for,
and I cocked my arm,
when I let her fly,
she skipped across,
much in the same way
as mon Général’s had,
those so many years ago…
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
My grandfather taught me to skip rocks, I wonder if I still can!?
This is so beautifully descriptive I can see you let let it fly!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Rock skipping on a summer afternoon!. Contests - who could get in the most skips - the longest skip, etc!. Stones selected with care - must be the right flatness - round was nice - and just as smooth as ice!. After finding the most perfect stone - one had to lose it - to the river!. Loss - in order to reach a goal ?Www@QuestionHome@Com
And if you threw that rock today would a visit to the ER be in order for your shoulder!? It would be for mine! Liked the 'clerker' and 'paid several minutes' for!.!.!.very creative!. But I am expecting a finishing of Gertrude and Rochambeau's tale! lolWww@QuestionHome@Com
I very much like the creative title and the way in which you describe choosing that rock!. Some memories are both sweet and painful at the same time!. I know a place like the one you describe in your poem, although it doesn't resemble your pond at all!.
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Yep, I sure did!.
You couldn't get away with cocked and I've seen a** hole on here several times lately!.
I stopped counting after 6 shoulder dislocations and had surgery!. It's titanium now!.
Now this IS odd!. cocked shows up when you click to answer the question!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
i found your rock
i took it home
threw it in the garden
now it sits alone
throw another
the one i got says it has a brotherWww@QuestionHome@Com
No I haven't, but you have and it is meaningful and poetic as usualWww@QuestionHome@Com