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Mike Hauser had a brilliant idea to “Pass the pen” and see where it got us.  This, Friends, is the result. **I write of the stars I write of the moon I write of the things That I love to do I write of the lies While telling the truth And when I am through I pass the pen to you** *I read the things that went before and add my thoughts for you to write more of things we love and things we hate so here's the pen, now contemplate!* *I wait like a kid the anticipation breaks my quiet like a train in station with thoughts pouring out like the traveling weary so here's the pen "now what's my hurry?"* **While looking at this And studying that As our poetic peruse Comes up to bat With much more in store From the writer's’ knack I jot down my last line Then pass the pen back** *and now it get's fun with my lines and yours at least it keeps me from doing my chores! fingers be nimble brain be quick I finished this part now here's the Bic.* **With words tattered and torn I have you here to mend Don’t know where I’m going Brain lights on dim With little or no warning Here it comes again All on a whim I hand you the pen** *so who will care if we make no sense “these poets here must have the bends!” but all the same we’ve had our yen it was a good run let's retire the pen*
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Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017 at 2:29 PM UTC
Pen, please!
Mike Hauser had a brilliant idea to “Pass the pen” and see where it got us.  This, Friends, is the result. **I write of the stars I write of the moon I write of the things That I love to do I write of the lies While telling the truth And when I am through I pass the pen to you** *I read the things that went before and add my thoughts for you to write more of things we love and things we hate so here's the pen, now contemplate!* *I wait like a kid the anticipation breaks my quiet like a train in station with thoughts pouring out like the traveling weary so here's the pen "now what's my hurry?"* **While looking at this And studying that As our poetic peruse Comes up to bat With much more in store From the writer's’ knack I jot down my last line Then pass the pen back** *and now it get's fun with my lines and yours at least it keeps me from doing my chores! fingers be nimble brain be quick I finished this part now here's the Bic.* **With words tattered and torn I have you here to mend Don’t know where I’m going Brain lights on dim With little or no warning Here it comes again All on a whim I hand you the pen** *so who will care if we make no sense “these poets here must have the bends!” but all the same we’ve had our yen it was a good run let's retire the pen*
Thanks Mike! That was fun. Now maybe some of you can grab a buddy and see what happens. To put this in context, all the stanzas went round in under an hour. A dizzying frenzy.
amy-ha
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Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017 at 2:29 PM UTC
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