Friday, January 3, 2003

A Simile Comments

Rating: 2.8

Dear Thomas, didst thou never pop
Thy head into a tin-man's shop?
There, Thomas, didst thou never see
('Tis but by way of simile)
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Matthew Prior
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kkkkkkkkk 31 August 2018

that's so cute...………...I like your voice come over lets do stuff in the bed mine is big

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panda lover 28 30 January 2018

great poem..................best ever.............................................................

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Bernard F. Asuncion 15 January 2017

Nice poem........thanks for sharing.......

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Could the squirrel represent thoughts that scramble about in our mind before it becomes something solid- liked or unliked?

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Sylvaonyema Uba 15 January 2017

Nice preamble. Good use of Apostrophe at the opening. Sylva-Onyema Uba

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Tom Allport 15 January 2017

compared to a squirrel we be not half as clever as he?

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 January 2017

A mile! ! A smile. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Adeline Foster 27 November 2007

Poor Rainulf Pineda, he didn’t get it. Like the squirrel in his cage going round and round but getting nowhere. So like the majority of poems on this site that seem to be going nowhere with a tired old theme. And then there comes a poem like this one that sums it all up. Worth more than a 3. Adeline

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Jay Lung 30 January 2005

I don't get it..... Not Appropriate poem ' ...

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balls 69 16 September 2022

stfu

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