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     Cagedbird Veteran Poster Username: Cagedbird Post Number: 103 Registered: 02-2004 Rating: N/A |
In honor of National Poetry Month, 2 HG is holding it's First Poetry Contest! The theme for this year is "What does it means to be a woman?" Winner will be announced on Mother's Day, May 10th! First prize is a $50 gift certificate to Bath & Body Works! ******************************************** On Thursday, April 30 the winners of the Grief Blog’s 2nd Annual Poetry Contest will be announced on Healing the Grieving Heart Radio Show. The show airs at 9 a.m. Pacific Time and can be reached at http://www.modavox.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1053 We will also announce it right here. We will begin posting the poems on Thursday. The winners poems will stay up for one week and then we will post a poem each day until they are all posted. Each of you who submitted your poetry is, indeed a winner - and each poem is uniquely beautiful. Thank you so much for participating. ***************************************** ONLY A BLACK WOMAN > > > > Her sick black husband was lying on his death bed. He had only hours to live > > when he > > > > Suddenly smelled chitterlings! He dearly loved chitterlings > > > > more than anything else in the world. The way his wife cooked them was known > > through the > > state of Louisiana and was > > > > known as chitterlings 'La Blackco.' With every last bit of energy left in > > his mind and body, > > > > the terminally ill husband pulled himself out of bed, across the floor, > > down the hall and into > > > > the kitchen. Here, his wife was removing the fresh batch of chitterlings > > from the stove top. > > > > As he reached for one of the freshly made chitterlings (he only had a couple > > of more hours > > to live), his apron wearing wife smacked him in the back of the head with a > > wooden spoon. > > > > 'Leave them alone, Carey!' she yelled. They're for the funeral!' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slVv5T7rq04 |
