tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post4764935450897235096..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - Octava RealTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-78128701557593907262016-08-09T19:26:16.882-04:002016-08-09T19:26:16.882-04:00...took a bit longer than a week, as you might wel......took a bit longer than a week, as you might well understand....<br />a real stretch. jAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639189488267519417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-20750958609719374462016-08-09T19:24:37.709-04:002016-08-09T19:24:37.709-04:00The Place
Once knew a man who refused to sell his ...The Place<br />Once knew a man who refused to sell his land.<br />He was born there and declared it’s where he’d die.<br />Army Corps of Engineers had made a plan<br />to make a lake for Houston, they were to buy<br />up Courtlin County. He did not understand.<br />If it were not such a pity he’d have cried.<br />Neighbors of five decades mostly took the cash,<br />leaving roots of generations Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639189488267519417noreply@blogger.com