From: cujo@petitmorte.net   
      
   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in   
   news:X7ydnT99dIwQ4A_0nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
   >> Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:   
   >> nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in   
   >> news:OdadnZoyLPFW6g_0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> HarryLime wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> NancyGene wrote:   
   >>> February   
   >>> by Ina D. Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith)   
   >>>   
   >>> Newly wedded, and happy quite,   
   >>> Careless alike of wind and weather,   
   >>> Two wee birds, from a merry flight,   
   >>> Swing in the tree-top, sing together:   
   >>> Love to them, in the wintry hour,   
   >>> Summer and sunshine, bud and flower!   
   >>> So, belovéd, when skies are sad,   
   >>> Love can render their sombre golden;   
   >>> Turn the winter to summer glad,   
   >>> Make of the weary heart a holden   
   >>> For the sunshine, and the flowers that bloom,   
   >>> Even in February’s gloom.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Note that this is not "Ida," of the Columbus postcard fame.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> We see that George Jealous Dunce stole this poem from us and   
   >>> posted it as his own.  He is so covetous.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Ina told me that she was never in Columbus and is not planning to   
   >>> go either.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Will Donkey is claiming that the time stamps tell the story.  Well,   
   >>> we posted Ina's poem at "Sun Feb 15 2026 11:19 am," and George Dunce   
   >>> stole our poem at "Sun Feb 15 2026 3:12 pm."  Bad George Jealous   
   >>> Dunce!   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> In Dunce's defense, it isn't technically an act of theft as the poem   
   >>> is in public domain.   
   >>>   
   >>> Dunce is, however, guilty of being a "second-hander" (and seems to   
   >>> be hell-bent on second-handing all the poems that you post).   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Public domain, yes, but we went to the trouble of contacting Ina and   
   >>> asking for a suitable poem.  We posted it and four hours later,   
   >>> George Dunce posted the poem.  He is not only jealous of us but   
   >>> wishes that he were us.  And we are not Moose.  Should we be   
   >>> concerned?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> You know those clip-on antlers people sometimes wear on their heads   
   >> around xmas time? Maybe you can fake him out.   
   >   
   > Does George Dunce mirror Moose Rut time (is there a poem for that?).   
   > We think George Dunce would be more attracted to multiple belts hung   
   > in the trees, or the Asteroid Belt.  We don't want him Moose Calling   
   > in our vicinity.   
      
   Given that they have 50 different words for snow, there's probably a few   
   Eskimo words that define the various stages of Moose Rut.   
      
   But I doubt there's one to describe his stage. Who knows, maybe something   
   like "ookomayak" which means "impotent-shriveled-man-who-posts-after-NG-   
   like-a-stalker".   
      
   --   
   "The fact that it doesn't apply to the poem is of little consequence to   
   you, because your poems don't have a literary basis, because you're   
   functionally illiterate and haven't got a clue as to what a poem is." -   
   Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon   
      
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