Monday, October 7, 2019

Squashed Fat Comments

Rating: 4.3

Like a blobfish without soulful eyes
more orange than white, this pumpkin
takes over my garden
its ridges uneven
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Jenny Kalahar
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Kim Barney 12 February 2020

Congratulations on poem of the day! A very different piece of writing. Now many will remember this in October and hesitate to start carving!

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Jenny Kalahar 13 February 2020

Thanks, Kim! It seems an odd choice for PotD in February! - Jenny

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Malabika Ray Choudhury 12 February 2020

Interesting poem with clever choice of words for a seemingly regular Fall activity - autumnal sacrificial rite! Congratulations!

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Jenny Kalahar 13 February 2020

Thank you, Malabika! - Jenny

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Lyn Paul 12 February 2020

Enjoyed reading this delightful poem I now feel like a pumpkin scone. Though cutting pumpkin is not joyous at all.

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

Thanks, Lyn! - J

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Dr Antony Theodore 12 February 2020

hacked flesh chopped into giant bowls carted off for pies and breads once fully dead, and we feel nothing of the horror of it all really a great poem. tony

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

Thank you! I appreciate your comments, as always. - Jenny

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Edward Kofi Louis 12 February 2020

Horror! ! Fully dead. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

You are welcome and thank you, Edward! - Jenny

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 February 2020

So very sorry for my typing errors, Jenny. I do hope you read them in the correct form.Your poem site is constantly disappearing and that's why I have only sent this message that I made errors. Thank you for your kindness.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 February 2020

CONGRATULATIONS on being chosen as The Member Poem Of The Day. Hooray! A TOP Score 10 for this poem full of glee. From the dirty mess to a most deolicate Pumpkin Soup, I mean delicate snack we all enjoy, and gone are the unfriwndly thoiughts and gestures. A well captured poem full of activities.

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

Thank you so much, Sylvia! - Jenny

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Bernard F. Asuncion 12 February 2020

A well written poem of the day. Congrats on your featured piece.....10+++

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

Thank you so much, Bernard! - Jenny

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Anil Kumar Panda 12 February 2020

Written beautifully with a strong imagery about a food item. Loved it. Congrats.

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

Thank you, Anil! - Jenny

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Mahtab Bangalee 12 February 2020

we feel nothing of the horror of it all this autumnal sacrificial rite we feel the horror of it not at all /// really excellent imaginative poem; nicely penned; congrats for being selected this poem as POD

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Jenny Kalahar 12 February 2020

Thank you for your kind words, Mahtab! - Jenny

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Crayon Poet 21 October 2019

I fully enjoyed your clever humanization of this celebratory food item.

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Jenny Kalahar 24 October 2019

Thanks, CP! - Jenny

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