[stylist] Humor assignment

[Lynda Lambert]

the end was not anticipated and took me by surprise.
Nice job.

Lynda Lambert
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Ellwood City, PA 16117

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Humor assignment


> Here, Bridgit.  It's written in quatrains as most of my stuff is.
>
>     THE SORE THUMB
>
> By Barbara Hammel
>
> MY thumb hurts! My thumb hurts!
> Ohhhh, the pain!
> My thumb hurts! My thumb hurts!
> It's making me insane!
>
> Ohhhh, what can you do
> When your thumb is sore?
> I guess just complain,
> And complain some more.
>
> I guess you could sleep
> So that you won't feel it
> But then a baby cannibal
> Might come and steal it.
>
> I guess you could cry
> To make it feel better
> But all that will do
> Is make your hand wetter.
>
> So next time remember,
> When sucking your thumb,
> There's not room in your mouth
> For a thumb; and some gum!
>
> Barbara
>
>
>
> Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 3:25 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [stylist] Humor assignment
>
> Barbara,
>
> Could you paste your poem into the email? I know it might not retain
> it's structure, but these listserves are not very compatible with my
> email server when it comes to attachments.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
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