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early frost
bountiful persimmons fall
happy opossum
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MKL
Author notes
Written October 11th, 2004
A contest entry
- ~ haiku ~ 13 hour contest ((CLOSED)) by FifthDove.
300 points, ended October 11, 2004, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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excellent work
i love it**** -
touchof1der, thank you for such a nice reply! I'm so glad that you liked this!
Regards,
Melinda -
Freda, you have been so kind in your comments to me-- I'm very grateful. I can't help but believe that if you could get over your terror of them, you would excell at haiku-- just as you do at your other writings!
Regards,
Melinda
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Stu, I'm so glad that you liked this! Yeah, that ole possum sure gets around, doesn't he?
~smile~
Thanks for reading!
Melinda -
Tina, I had to laugh, I'm sorry! Persimmons are the most bitter, foul tasting things and the taste lingers in your mouth-- when they are not ripe. After the first hard frost hits them, something magical happens and they become so sweet with creamy flesh! Yes, possums are funny and strange creatures, with perpetual grins. I have one that visits occasionally, raiding the cat food bowl, not to forget the aforementioned persimmons!
Thanks for your comments!
Melinda -
Mari, hereis a link to a page about the little critter!
http://www.opossum.org/facts.htm
Thanks for your comments, dear!
Melinda -
Ah the persimmons again
But now you have anew word for me 'opossum'...what is that? I'm too lazy to look up in the dictionary 
Good luck my dear friend!
K&L,
Mari
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You are just too good at this. This brought a HUGE smile to my lips. What a great haiku to think up. Thank you for the pleasurable read!
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Haikus terrify me..I have not the gift nor vision to do as well as you have done here...so much said in so few words....amazing freda
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I know that ole possum. He knows when those persimmons fall and grins like crazy. You must know him, too, because you've captured him in a very unique way. Stu
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I've never eaten a ripe persimmon, but when I was a child, my father tricked me into eating an unripe one and I can still taste that bitterness! I know I must have made an awful face
This made me smile. Opossums are just plain funny 
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Thank you for your gracious comment, Cindy. I'm so pleased that you liked this!
Have fun judging!
Regards,
Melinda
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Now this is really a good play on words...
Very clever haiku
Thank you for the entry and good luck!
Cindy
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