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Call Me Crazy

January 21, 2015
By Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
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Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
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Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Call me crazy
but when the man
across the street

came jumping out his window

in a red cape with
underwear outside his pants
and looked at
everybody in the street
and said how he was
finally
free,
I smiled-
half in pity
half in envy.

© Cassie H., Carmi, IL

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Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 1 2015 at 2:49 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Thanks, Hanban.
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 6 2015 at 12:10 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Yeah, this year has been really good to me. Thanks!
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 5 2015 at 5:00 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

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I've been going through your stuff and So many editor's choices, you are on a roll boy! Congratulations! As for this poem, it is brilliant! Also I adore the structure. No suggestions at all here. Sorry :P
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 25 2015 at 2:36 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Thanks, a lot.
Hanban12 ELITE said...
on Mar. 8 2015 at 8:51 pm
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

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I love how unique, how simple, and yet how complex this is. The touch of humor is always nice, and I really like the one-lined stanza. Keep it up, Ray! :)
StarGazer9 GOLD said...
on Mar. 7 2015 at 3:02 pm
StarGazer9 GOLD, Marana, Arizona
19 articles 0 photos 79 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.&quot;

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Oh my gosh I just love this! I could ramble on about the poetry and the word use or whatever else makes a poem literately wonderful, but here. All I have to say really is You're Awesome!
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 1 2015 at 8:14 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Thank you so very much @Yoela !
Yoela PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 26 2015 at 6:43 pm
Yoela PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
27 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My powers stretch over the horizon and work even when my eyes are closed&quot;

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Your poetry is something else! You really capture the insanity of the moment, and the feeling of, I wish I were brave enough to be that free. Awesome writing!!
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 24 2015 at 7:34 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
43 articles 2 photos 581 comments

Favorite Quote:
God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Haha, thank you very much!
Beila BRONZE said...
on Feb. 19 2015 at 11:18 pm
Beila BRONZE, Palo Alto, California
3 articles 0 photos 516 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; -Mark Twain

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*as a writer
Beila BRONZE said...
on Feb. 19 2015 at 11:17 pm
Beila BRONZE, Palo Alto, California
3 articles 0 photos 516 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&quot; -Mark Twain

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Wow!!! Call me crazy, but this is the best thing I have read on here all day! No half and half for me--as I writer, I am stewing in 100% envy right now!