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Aunt Dora Baggins
Half-elven
Jan 31, 8:18pm
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I was trying to choose a poem for the week and realized I had one racketing about in my brain because a friend of mine has just moved to Oregon.
This is by John Ciardi, and is from memory, but I think it's mostly right.
Mind You, Now
by John Ciardi
Never stroll away from camp
Without a brush, a comb,
A compass, and a postage stamp
To mail yourself back home.
Don't go off to Oregon
Without at least one shoe,
Or you may get a blister on your toe,
Or even two.
Don't go past the Golden Gate
Without a dinner pail,
A pillow, and your hat on straight,
And a boat in which to sail,
Or long before you reach the land,
You may find you get
Hungry, sleepy, sunburned,
And both your feet extremely wet.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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Weekly poetry thread
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 31, 8:18pm
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Allen Sherman
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silneldor
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Jan 31, 10:53pm
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OK, now I have an earworm :-D //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 1, 1:23am
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Hee-hee! I love Allen Sherman - thanks, sil!//
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Arandiel
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Feb 1, 2:47am
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That played on the radio when we were all kids...
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dernwyn
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Feb 2, 1:09am
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ah the memories
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sevilodorf
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Feb 2, 2:38am
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I don't know if it qualifies as a poem.
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BoromirOfWinterfell
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Feb 1, 11:54am
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Of course it's a poem!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 1, 12:40pm
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Some of the headstone writings
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dernwyn
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Feb 2, 1:12am
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I saw a poignant tombstone recently.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 2, 6:22am
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That's beautiful, but so sad...
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BoromirOfWinterfell
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Feb 2, 7:10am
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Well, that makes a good reason
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dernwyn
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Feb 2, 1:27am
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My dad used to sing that
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 2, 6:13am
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Keats gets silly
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squire
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Feb 2, 2:48am
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..I wonder if..
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silneldor
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Feb 2, 4:16am
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How about that! And, yes, it reminded me
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Ethel Duath
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Feb 2, 4:41am
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Another master in a simpler mood
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Ethel Duath
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Feb 2, 5:08am
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How sweet, and sad!
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dernwyn
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Feb 2, 3:17pm
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Pretty sure he would have been
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Ethel Duath
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Feb 4, 4:39am
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In honor of our -13 degree night last night...
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Magpie
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Feb 2, 5:40am
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That's so vivid
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 2, 2:38pm
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when I was out a week or so ago
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Magpie
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Feb 2, 5:13pm
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Awww, that's sweet :-)
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 2, 8:17pm
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I wrote a poem about that about a year ago, actually.
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Kassandros
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Feb 4, 5:02pm
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Is it Sunday already?
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Ciars
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Feb 3, 5:13pm
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I like that a lot
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 4, 3:02am
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