The witches were gathered in their coven one night,
incantations were flying and creating a fright.
They howled and they shuddered and cackled with glee,
as they added more ingredients to their midnight’s tea.
Three pinches of moss mites, two scrapes of a gator
and four full tablespoons of over-ripened capers.
Oh, the steam was now rising in misty curlicues
as the tea went on steeping while they looked for their shoes.
“Those are mine”, said one. “No, they’re not”, retorted the other.
“Yours are Manolo Blahnik’s, mine are the Jimmy Choos!”
Join us as we get in the mood for Halloween over at dVerse Poets: http://dversepoets.com/2015/10/20/10958/#comment-101942
Trisha
/ October 17, 2010This is awesome gayle! Simply awesome. what a piece! its hilarious.
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2010Thanks, Trisha. It’s funny isn’t it. I wondered though if people would recognize the names of the famous shoemakers that I referenced.
I’m glad you liked it and had a laugh! 🙂
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trisha
/ October 18, 2010i have only heard about the jimmy choo. any way, you know i am not much into dressing up. 🙂
specially in case of footwears i am very choosy, to me comfort, hygiene is must.
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Bodhirose
/ October 18, 2010I lead a pretty casual lifestyle myself. Hardly ever have an occasion to dress up but do have some pretty shoes that have lower heels on them to look special. And they don’t pinch my toes! 🙂
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Trisha
/ October 17, 2010If you can, will you share the story behind halloween with all of us? i dont know any thing about it, other than kids dress up for “tricks or treats”.
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2010My knowledge is very limited. But I know the foundation of beliefs that started thousands of years ago (maybe before) with the Celts whose new year started on November 1. They had festivals that celebrated the end of summer and the beginning of the cold, long winter days. They believed that on the eve of their new year, October 31, the land of the living and dead became blurred and that ghosts of the dead returned to earth. There were celebrations with people dressing in animal heads and costumes hoping to scare away the ghosts.
Hundreds of years later Christianity was taking over the Celtic beliefs and the church started a celebration which came to be called All Hallow’s Eve that eventually became known as Halloween.
As time evolved it became a time of celebration with autumn festivals and it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that parties became popular and children started going from house to house asking for food or candy which eventually became known as today’s “trick or treat”.
It was the baby boom of the 1950s in America that really started the Halloween tradition that we know today with just about every child old enough, donning a costume and celebrating Halloween through parties and trick or treating.
This is a very edited historical accounting of how it came about. But it goes way back in history beginning in Europe.
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trisha
/ October 18, 2010Thanks. now i know about it a little bit. i have asked a few people earlier, but most of them only know about the celebrations, not the history of the celebrations.
so those weird costumes are worn to scare away ghosts, how cute. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 18, 2010Apparently so! We sure had fun trick-or-treating as children. We six kids would come home with so much candy and we would trade it back and forth for our favorites. 🙂
My own two girls enjoyed it too when they were young.
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trisha
/ October 19, 2010We dont have any festival like halloween. But i can understand how much fun it might have been for kids to wear those funny outfits and go out.
who designed them? I wish you had some snaps of yourself to share 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 19, 2010Some people like to make the costumes for their children and paint their faces with all kinds of makeup to make them look like a ghoul or a witch, etc. Many children like to dress up as nice characters too, like princesses or fairies or characters out of their favorite movies or books. They look so cute!
But now most people buy costumes at the store. The stores are packed with costumes now and they are selling tons of candy. You wouldn’t believe how much candy is sold.
I wish we had “snaps” of those days with me dressed up, but we don’t. We had so much fun. A childhood friend and I were just reminiscing about those very days!
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trisha
/ October 20, 2010photographs were hardly present in our childhood days either. I have my photographs since the day my eldest sister bought her own camera. before that there were handcounted pix.
photographs bring back so many beautiful memories.
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010We did have a camera while growing up and my parents did take quite a few photos but none of us at Halloween.
I even have a photo of one sister, one brother and I all suffering from the mumps–I must have been about five or six years old. And I have some baby pictures of myself–as an infant and celebrating my first birthday. I looked like a little old bald man! 🙂
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trisha
/ October 22, 2010mumps is terribly painful. i had it at a ripe old age, ha ha, was in my twenties then. Got it from my brother who in turn got it from kids, his students.
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010Yeah, that’s old to get the mumps! I had all the old childhood diseases like, chicken pox, measles, mumps, scarlet fever and we passed them all amongst each other so we would have company! 🙂
I think all those diseases can be much worse when you get them as an adult… 😦
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trisha
/ October 23, 2010I also think so. my sister gifted me with measles (another disease meant for children) when i was in twenties and i really felt awful. mumps hurts too much.
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Bodhirose
/ October 23, 2010Yes, they all were pretty miserable feeling. My daughter (Mahan Lakshmi) got one of the worst cases of chicken pox when she was little. She had horrible spots all over her poor little body. 😦
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trisha
/ October 24, 2010I never get overpowered by infectious diseases. when i got chicken pox as a child there were only three in my whole body. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 24, 2010Oh, you were very fortunate–all those horrible “pox” can be miserable when they are all over your body! 😦
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trisha
/ October 25, 2010yes all my siblings were horribly attacked. esp the sister who gifted me the measles, she and the brother just older than her were the bearer of all contagious diseases in home and they were terribly attacked too.
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Bodhirose
/ October 25, 2010What is nature trying to do to all those poor kids? I guess it’s part of “survival of the fittest”–if you can survive childhood, you can survive anything. 🙂
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trisha
/ October 26, 2010i think so too, or may be nature gets us proof to all the diseases as early as possible. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 26, 2010I guess it helps our immune system in the future too, to be able to fight off other harmful germs. I seem to rarely get sick these days. 🙂
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trisha
/ October 27, 2010thats what doctors say too, these diseases build up our future resistance database.
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Uncle Tree
/ October 17, 2010That’s funny, Gayle!
“two scrapes of a gator”…very strange.
Fashionable Floridian witches
fight over famous footwear, forsooth. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2010Yes, it’s funny, UT–it made me laugh too!
The “two scrapes of a gator” is what gives their tea it’s robust flavor–I’m surprised you didn’t know that!
The witches here in Florida are diva-licious–they wouldn’t be caught “dead” in anything but the most fashionable shoes! 🙂
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soulbro*
/ October 17, 2010Very crafty with wittily poem Bodhirose…enjoyed as well..yes it is funny Uncle Tree(+)
soulbro* 🙂 xo—{–@
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2010Hi my favorite Soulbro! I’m glad you found this entertaining!
xoxo 🙂
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Tamasin McGregor
/ October 17, 2010love it! how do I share this to fb?
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2010Hi Tamasin. I’m happy that you loved it! I’m not sure how to share it to FB. You could try to copy and paste it onto your FB page. 🙂
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Saraswati Rose
/ October 17, 2010Hi mom, I love that you’re sharing you’re writing, very funny at times and just simple and real at others. You go girl, keep it up! Love you…
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2010What a nice surprise, Saraswati. I’m glad you stopped by–I’m having such a good time sharing and writing. And even taking up poetry–who woulda thought!
Love you too…
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Tamasin McGregor
/ October 18, 2010I know…you could find the widget ‘share to fb’ and put it on this blog. If you look at my blog…www.lifeofaspiritwriter.blogspot.com there is a gadget and link that says ‘get this widget’. I tried to copy and paste but it is too long for facebook.x
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Bodhirose
/ October 18, 2010Tamasin, I left this message on your FB page too. You can add a share button for FB and other sites on here. I have attempted to do this–we’ll see if it worked.
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Bodhirose
/ October 18, 2010There’s now a “Share” button under the posting, Tamasin. If you click on there you will be able to share it to FB. I hope it works–otherwise you could add a link to the posting and share it that way. 🙂
I’m glad you liked it enough to want to share!
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Ediomo Udofia
/ October 18, 2010Scary and adventurous….. could this be a tea of death! It’s lovely to experience poetry at diverse angles…..
Wonderful shot.
Something I’d love you to see:
http://ediomoudofia.blogspot.com/2010/08/free-fall.html
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Bodhirose
/ October 18, 2010Nah, Ediomo, I think this was their usual tea time. 🙂
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ed
/ October 19, 2010Here’s to the witch of Endor
Called up dead Samuel in all his splendour
But Saul didn’t hear what he wanted to hear
And the Philistines compounded his fear
To the point that he drank of the witch’s brew
While Samuel’s prophecy carried him through.
ooh err 😉
You inspired me, Gayle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_of_Endor
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Bodhirose
/ October 19, 2010Ed Croucher, is that you? I love your poem–and am glad I could inspire you! ; )
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ed
/ October 19, 2010Yep, Gayle, ‘sme of Intent!
I have my own WordPress blog, Scratchpoll, but haven’t added to it for ages. Really, I came here to say hello and got caught up with the Witch of Endor popping into my head…….can’t say I had much experience of Halloween as a child…..very Puritan upbringing, lol. Nice to see you branching out 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 19, 2010It’s been so much fun trying my hand at writing. And then Trisha introduced me to her poetry group a couple of weeks ago. I never had thought much about writing poetry–but here I am.
I’m glad you stopped by and took a peek and then got inspired to write your own poem–and you did such a good job!
I, on the other hand, did not have a puritan upbringing–Halloween at my house was a blast!
Please come again whenever you would like, Ed. 🙂
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Uncle Tree
/ October 20, 2010Hey, Ed, old friend! That was pretty good! 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010Well, isn’t this interesting that you know each other. 🙂
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ed
/ October 21, 2010You are very kind of a tree, Uncle 🙂
Yes Gayle, we lived through the old Intentblog together…..Keith truly made me feel at home in America. Seems like since Deepak was a boy!!!
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010Another friend connection from Intent–how cool! We pop up everywhere don’t we? 🙂
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Jamie Dedes
/ October 19, 2010Just plain fun … had to look up Blanick and Choos. That’s okay … we educate each other … part of the fun and the pleasure. Thanks for the smile today…
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Bodhirose
/ October 19, 2010Just a little silliness in celebration of Halloween.
I’m glad it made you smile. 🙂
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buttercup600
/ October 19, 2010LOLOLOL, now this is just simply awesome…also had to look up Blanick and Choos…thanks for telling me about this…you have made my day 🙂 Big hugs xx
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Bodhirose
/ October 19, 2010Well, I didn’t know if you knew of those famous footwear brands or not, but I had to share this with a fellow shoe lover! Thanks for coming. xoxo 🙂
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Jingle
/ October 20, 2010love story about witches…
simply words, but delightful read.
cheers!
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010Thanks, Jingle–I’m happy you enjoyed my poem!
OK about only one poem. 🙂
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Jingle
/ October 20, 2010I have gone back to my old rule, one poem a week,
last week, the links look messy.
Thanks for the lovely contribution.
have fun today..
your poetry rocks.
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RiikaInfinityy 마왕
/ October 20, 2010Fun and wonderful!=D The witches are on a roll ^.^~
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010Yeah, those witches were hoppin’! Thanks for coming by, Riika. xoxo
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Morganna
/ October 20, 2010I love the ending!
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010You don’t want to mix up your Jimmy Choos with the Manolo Blahniks now do you! Thanks, Morgana.
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Lahn
/ October 20, 2010Gayle,
What a delightful, fabulous poem! I love it!!
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010Lahn! What a nice surprise–so glad you enjoyed my silly poem! xoxo
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just another girl
/ October 20, 2010love the theme!
my fav: Three pinches of moss mites, two scrapes of a gator
and four full tablespoons of over-ripened capers.
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2010Thanks so much–appreciate your comment today. 🙂
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Olivia
/ October 21, 2010Dear Gayle,
Thankyou for this treat.. I loved celebrating Halloween- I feel so connected with “them”- LOLsss. That story of origination is so thrilling- you say your knowledge is limited..? Then I don’t even stand a chance to be around your site- 😀
Trisha: Thanks for making her tell this little story to all of us..!!
Very well crafted.. both fun to read- aah- had it been a little longer.. I almost shrieked reading it- 🙂
Cute- super cute. I hadn’t realized what was brewing until “three pinches..” came up!!
I do have a few “Moron” jokes that I have been sharing with my colleagues till I worked with corporates. Now I work from home. I had been celebrating the Day as if it was one of the major fests..LOLsss your story is very informative. Any day I decide to do a Halloween post, I’ll link it with your story and site.. Hope I could do that..
Lots of treats and Love xox
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010Hi Olivia! I’m so happy that you enjoyed my condensed form of how Halloween came to be and my poem. Yeah, the poem is a bit short but somehow it wrapped itself up with the shoe business. 🙂
Please share your jokes–I would love to read them, and you sure can link my site if you decide to do a Halloween post. Thanks, that would be nice!
And please visit again–lots of treats (no tricks). xoxo Gayle
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Olivia
/ October 26, 2010I already linked your site in one post- http://oliviasbiopiclog.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/grudges-gone/
Now working on the Halloween one- will soon link this bit again- 🙂
Loads of treats to you too Dear.. Regards and wishes.. xox
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Olivia
/ November 4, 2010hahaha
Only this one had to be the one.. Gayle, this is such a cute one.. I almost start imagining – LOLssss
I am back for sure.. My system has “come back” to Me..
Loads of wishes and Love xox
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Bodhirose
/ November 4, 2010Hi Olivia, thanks for coming by again, but you didn’t have to read this twice. 🙂
Glad to hear that your computer came back to you!
Love… xoxo
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Olivia
/ October 21, 2010This is a little serious one- 😀 My entry for the Rally
Happy Rally Dear.. xx
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Someone Is Special
/ October 21, 2010Well crafted poem.. I loved it Bodhirose..
An Ode to Friendship
Happy Rally
–Someone Is Special–
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010I’m glad you loved it…thanks so much.
Gayle xoxo
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umasanthy
/ October 21, 2010Lol..hilarious peice of poem written beautifully
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010Thanks for your nice comment, Uma. And thank you for visiting.
Gayle xoxo
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thoughtsnotlost
/ October 21, 2010Love it…and Halloween themed too. Great job!
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010Had to write something about Halloween–I have such fun memories of those days as a kid! I’m glad you liked it!
Gayle xoxo
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Shawn Bird
/ October 21, 2010lol Thanks for the laugh! Like the suspenseful lead up to the funny twist!
Shawn of the Rally
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010Thanks very much, Shawn and thank you for including your link here.
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Darlene
/ October 21, 2010This is really good, great images and a lot of fun.
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2010I appreciate your visit, Darlene–and thanks for you kind comments.
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Scent of my heart
/ October 22, 2010I enjoyed reading your post, thanks for sharing !
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010Thanks for stopping by–I’m happy you enjoyed it.
Gayle xoxo
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Tamasin McGregor
/ October 22, 2010hi Gayle, how do you feel about me emailing this poem for inclusion in a Chat magazine? may be a little late for halloween but you never know, it is too good to keep quiet about x
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010Hi Tamasin, sure you can share this poem–I’m glad you’re enjoying it so much. Can you give me the link to the magazine? xoxo
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B
/ October 22, 2010Hahaha.
Nice end to the poem!
Gave me a good laugh on this hot afternoon.
=)
I love Jimmy Choos than Blahnik.
Hahaha
Kudos!
Love lots,
B
BTW, here’s my entry for this week.
Hope you like it too!
MOVING ON AND LETTING GO
HAPPY RALLY!
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010Thanks, B–I’m glad it gave you a laugh! It gave me a laugh when it popped into my head! Also, thanks for your link to your entry this week–makes it so easy to visit–I’ll be right over…
Gayle xoxo
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B
/ October 22, 2010No worries Gayle.
btw,
this is for you:
Luv,
B
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010You are the sweetest, B! As I’ve already told you on your blog–I am honored to have been chosen for your Best Poet Friend Award. And so surprised!
Thanks again,
Gayle xoxo
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Tamasin McGregor
/ October 22, 2010Hi Gayle
I was just going to email it to :
editor chat it’s fate
to see if they want to use it. Did you want to email it directly from you? They are quite good at responding when they want it. If you want me to do it, that is fine, also I would quite like to put it on TheSpiritGuide.co.uk under humour..of course, you can just add it yourself but I am happy to put it on for you. Either way, I don’t mind, just let me know.
Thanks
Tamasin x
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010You can email it directly, Tamasin and share with Spirit Guide too. I’m honored that you want to share this!
Thanks,
Gayle xoxo
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Tamasin McGregor
/ October 22, 2010phew! for a minute there I thought I could be guilty of hi-jacking your poem! I will keep you posted with any news and the links (can take a couple of days) x
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010No worries–you’re not hi-jacking it! 🙂
Enjoy your day, Tamasin!
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boababpapers
/ October 22, 2010A fun light read…
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010Thanks for your visit.
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Liliana Negoi
/ October 22, 2010lovelyyyyyy 😀 i’m still laughing here
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Bodhirose
/ October 22, 2010It’s been fun to have made people laugh! Thanks for enjoying–and laughing! 🙂
Gayle xoxo
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jargnar
/ October 23, 2010Blimey! This is Brilliant !
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Bodhirose
/ October 23, 2010Oh thanks, Jargnar–so glad you enjoyed this!
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siubhan
/ October 23, 2010hehe–cute. seems i’ve been scrolling through too much sad love poetry tonight (not that there’s anything wrong with that ) 😉 and this is just what i needed. thanks!
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Bodhirose
/ October 23, 2010You gotta have a sense of humor… I’m glad you liked this, Siubhan! 🙂
Gayle xoxo
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ashbeezone
/ October 23, 2010Nice 1
!! HAPPY RALLY !!
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Bodhirose
/ October 23, 2010Thanks ashbeezone! Appreciate you coming by tonight.
Gayle xoxo
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jgrow2
/ October 24, 2010Witches in fancy-schmancy shoes! I love it!
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Bodhirose
/ October 24, 2010Yep, those witches love their fancy shoes! Thanks for coming by and sharing my fun.
Gayle xoxo
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The Reason You Come
/ October 24, 2010Oh my, this was a funny read! Even witches wear Manolos and Jimmy Choos nowadays!
You have a great sense of humor! Keep writing funny poetry like this! 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 25, 2010Oh, yes, witches must keep up with the latest fashions. Truly, I surprised myself with this ending, but it did make me laugh too!
Thanks for your nice comments tonight. 🙂
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julielaing
/ October 25, 2010Thanks for your feedback on my rally entry! I’m recovering from round 2 of surgery and so waiting to be able to dance once again. Your poem made me want to get up and dance around the witches’ brew, but for now I have to content myself with smiling and laughing. What a fun piece. Thanks for sharing!
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Bodhirose
/ October 25, 2010Please don’t hop up too soon on those feet, Julie–you will be dancing in due time! It was my pleasure to read your entry and I hope you will have a full recovery very soon.
I’m happy you liked my silly Halloween poem! I appreciate your visit.
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Inez Salcido
/ October 26, 2010I love, love, love this poem! You painted a picture with your words, and great prose for the season too!
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Bodhirose
/ October 26, 2010I’m so happy that you loved this, Inez! Thanks for coming by…
Happy Halloween!
Gayle xoxo
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Jingle
/ October 28, 2010please vote for fellow posts,
you are nominated, you win one vote, if you vote for other poets, you win another vote.
upon join the voting, you win at least a runner up award .
Thanks for the attention.
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liv2write2day
/ October 31, 2010I LOVE this. So fun…with a whimsical ending!
Victoria
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Bodhirose
/ October 31, 2010Thanks Victoria–I’m glad you liked my short, funny tribute to Halloween! 🙂
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ana
/ October 31, 2010Fun Halloween write!
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Bodhirose
/ October 31, 2010Thank you, Ana–I’m glad you stopped by.
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ogungbesan20
/ November 1, 2010WOAH, THIS IS JUST A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT SEEM TO BE. I LOVE THIS. I LOVE, LOVED AND WILL STILL LOVE THIS
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Bodhirose
/ November 1, 2010I’m so glad you loved this! Thanks for coming by and reading.
Gayle xoxo
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Suzanne
/ November 1, 2010Delightful poem filled with a fun Halloween spirit. Thank you, and peace!
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Bodhirose
/ November 1, 2010Peace to you too, Suzanne. I appreciate your comment–that was nice to hear.
Gayle xoxo
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Shashi
/ November 1, 2010Very well done.. I liked it so much.. thanks for sharing…
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Twitter: @VerseEveryDay
Blog: http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com
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Bodhirose
/ November 1, 2010Thanks, Shashi, I’m happy that you liked this.
Gayle
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Jingle
/ November 1, 2010The witches were gathered in their coven one night,
incantations were flying and creating a fright.
…
let the creepiness begin,,,
love the opening,
thanks for sharing,
Happy November.
xx
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Bodhirose
/ November 1, 2010Happy November, Jingle! Thanks for your visit–I’m glad you liked my Halloween poem.
Gayle xoxo
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fiveloaf
/ November 1, 2010jimmy choo is from my hometown haha!
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Bodhirose
/ November 1, 2010Wow! I know he’s from Malaysia–but don’t know the town. Thanks for stopping by Fiveloaf.
Gayle xoxo
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Eric
/ November 1, 2010Says a lot about she who covets designer shoes. Nice Potluck entry!
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Bodhirose
/ November 2, 2010Thanks for your comment–I’m glad you liked it.
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Reflections
/ November 1, 2010Wonderfully written piece of ghouls in the night. Nice flow.
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Bodhirose
/ November 1, 2010Thanks, Reflections, for stopping by and your nice compliment–I appreciate your visit.
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lovelyannie79
/ November 3, 2010I have read this one before…I love it still!
Happy November Lady Bodhirose!
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Bodhirose
/ November 3, 2010Sorry you had to come by twice, Annie–but appreciate you still loving this.
Happy November–LovelyAnnie! xoxo
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Kavita
/ November 4, 2010Gosh.. this was crazy good!! The recipe was extremely creepy… but hey, it’s Halloween after all!
I dig your imagery, lady!! It’s just FAB!!!
Keep up the awesomeness, my friend.. and thanks a ton for sharing this “treat” with us at Poetry Potluck… we could all do with some tea here.. 😉
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Bodhirose
/ November 4, 2010The recipe had to be creepy! Thanks so much for liking my Halloween poem, Kavita. I appreciate all your nice comments. xoxo
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Jamie Dedes, all rights reserved
/ January 3, 2011Oh, yes. I remember this one. The first two lines get you right into it.
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Bodhirose
/ January 3, 2011It was nice of you to revisit these posts, Jamie. I’m glad you enjoyed them the second time around. 🙂
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kanzensakura
/ October 20, 2015How funny! those over ripe capers gave me a giggle. I’d have no trouble finding my shoes – they’re the flat, comfy, sensible ones! Glad you submitted this today!
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2015Yes, just silliness for Halloween. 🙂 Pretty much that’s what I wear too. I have to have comfortable shoes. But I do like stylish too…
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Grace
/ October 20, 2015This is so funny…ha.ha… Thanks for the tea and laughter ~
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2015Glad you liked it, Grace…thanks!
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Sanaa Rizvi
/ October 20, 2015I thought this was rather stylish 😀 loved the closing line!!
Lots of love,
Sanaa
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2015Yes, those witches were stylish ones. 🙂 Thank you!
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Mary
/ October 20, 2015This one made me smile, Gayle!
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Bodhirose
/ October 20, 2015Good, I’m glad, Mary!
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Candy
/ October 20, 2015he, he, he – if the shoe fits. what a fun surprise at the end!
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2015That’s right…if the shoe fits…it better be your own shoe though! 🙂
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
/ October 21, 2015Ha, I was especially amused by their taste in shoes. I have always wondered who bought those creations.
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2015Now you know! :~)
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katiemiafrederick
/ October 21, 2015Smiles.. and yes.. witchcraft
works.. as effective as
the placebo effect.. light..
yes.. nocebo effect
in opposite return..
dark.. metaphors of
black spells
and voodoo
all reign the
same where humans
believe consequences
are real.. but the garlic
is as simple
as relative
human
free
will.. for
light or against
the dark.. a play
of belief makes it
ALL REAL NOW..:)
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Bodhirose
/ October 21, 2015You’re so right. It’s all in what we believe, our minds are very powerful. Just having some fun. Thanks for coming by, Katie.
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Sherry Blue sky
/ October 31, 2016LOL, i got a kick out of this, Kiddo!
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Bodhirose
/ October 31, 2016So glad you did, Sherry!
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