love/hate relationship by Carl “Papa” Palmer
Manipulation and design layout: Elizabeth Stark
Carl “Papa” Palmer of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway, VA now lives in University Place, WA.
He is retired military, retired FAA, now just plain retired enjoying life as Papa to his grand descendants. Carl, Hospice volunteer, is a former Pushcart Prize and Micro Award nominee.
MOTTO: Long Weekends Forever
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I love how one well-placed adverb, “shyly,” makes this poem.
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Thank you, Liz, my verb, “whisps” was talked about most in our poetry group.
I preferred it over “whisks.”
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Definitely! “Whisps” began the turn to softness. “Whisks” wouldn’t have worked at all.
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We agree, Liz. In fact, there’s a lot to love here. 🙂
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I think it’s simply beautiful!
Appearance can be misleading … though everyone has a bit of a dark side
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We agree, Daginne. We would all do well to remember that books aren’t the only things we shouldn’t judge by their ‘cover.’ 🙂
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