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Post by AquarianM on Oct 13, 2019 23:51:34 GMT -6
The Shallow Pumpkin...
The shallow pumpkin has shallow roots, An empty gourd of poor seed, Thin of skin and rotting from the inside out.
It is a false jack-o'-lantern, Decaying and caving in 'fore All Hallows can even begin, Raising a horrendous stench, Leaking a mess upon the world at the earliest frost, Amounting to a waste of time and effort.
Pin your hopes upon the pumpkin of deep roots, Look for that to glow true upon the night of thin-veiled spectacle, The light of the past illuminates a magical future.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford ©10/13/2019
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 1:17:15 GMT -6
Shallow pumpkins...meh....has me thinking of carving 'em.....how some people buy them and carve them WAYYYYYY to early and they never last to Halloween...never understand why some people do that. I wait till about 1-2 weeks before carving, usually i wait till just one week, rarely push it to 2..gotta make 'em last and yes, i will be carving one again this year, don't care if i'm an old man, i'll never outgrow it
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Post by lostineternity99 on Oct 14, 2019 2:35:09 GMT -6
I really like this, especially your final stanza Oh yes ... it is silly and messy when people carve pumpkins way too early!
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Post by simpledip on Oct 14, 2019 5:48:30 GMT -6
The light of the past illuminates a magical future.
Moment of our enlightenment is a moment of having what we have been most sure of stripped away, to reveal
a world where knowing and not knowing collapse into the whole of this moment, the whole of this universe.
The Now.
Dan, Thank you for the inspire.
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Post by AquarianM on Oct 14, 2019 6:50:34 GMT -6
I really like this, especially your final stanza Oh yes ... it is silly and messy when people carve pumpkins way too early! Rick, thank you. I always did mine on the afternoon of Halloween so they were only lit for the night. Dan
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Post by AquarianM on Oct 14, 2019 6:51:46 GMT -6
Shallow pumpkins...meh....has me thinking of carving 'em.....how some people buy them and carve them WAYYYYYY to early and they never last to Halloween...never understand why some people do that. I wait till about 1-2 weeks before carving, usually i wait till just one week, rarely push it to 2..gotta make 'em last and yes, i will be carving one again this year, don't care if i'm an old man, i'll never outgrow it Michael, thank you. I totally agree. Dan
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Post by AquarianM on Oct 14, 2019 6:53:35 GMT -6
The light of the past illuminates a magical future.
Moment of our enlightenment is a moment of having what we have been most sure of stripped away, to reveal
a world where knowing and not knowing collapse into the whole of this moment, the whole of this universe.
The Now.
Dan, Thank you for the inspire. Dip, thank you. That's a pretty amazing response, glad to have a small hand in bringing it forth. Dan
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Post by susan on Oct 14, 2019 7:26:29 GMT -6
has me thinking of making soup or something like that, but i won't, i'll just stick to the squash soup
but a good poem nethertheless
susan
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Post by Catlady2710 on Oct 14, 2019 10:13:35 GMT -6
This sounds like a comparison to man - hollow pumpkin, hollow man, solid (deep roots) pumkin, solid man.
Good one Dan.
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Post by AquarianM on Oct 14, 2019 16:37:02 GMT -6
has me thinking of making soup or something like that, but i won't, i'll just stick to the squash soup but a good poem nethertheless susan Squash soups are awesome, Susan. Thank you. Dan
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Post by AquarianM on Oct 14, 2019 16:38:05 GMT -6
This sounds like a comparison to man - hollow pumpkin, hollow man, solid (deep roots) pumkin, solid man. Good one Dan. Cat, thank you. I was kind of thinking that way when I wrote it. You're on-target. Dan
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Post by Brian on Oct 14, 2019 17:52:13 GMT -6
Rushing leads to ruin, overlate so easily from rushing. Breathe through the days allowing everything to come in its time.
Love the read and the comparison imagery Dan.
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Post by AquarianM on Oct 14, 2019 23:38:04 GMT -6
Rushing leads to ruin, overlate so easily from rushing. Breathe through the days allowing everything to come in its time. Love the read and the comparison imagery Dan. Brian, indeed. Thank you. Dan
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